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Contents 1 Category: TV shows produced in Vancouver 2 Please help settle a stalemate 3 Hockey Night in Canada GA 4 Anime conventions 5 Category naming 6 Collaboration of the week

[edit] Category: TV shows produced in Vancouver

Cool wikiproject! It's about shows made in Canada as well as broadcast in Canada, right? Anyways, I was thinking it would be cool to have a category or list of shows produced in Vancouver. This may be to broad and need narrowing down, I don't know. - Peregrine Fisher 07:08, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I hadn't really though about that. I was thinking shows about/set within Canada, but given the number of TV shows filmed in Canada that aren't set in Canada, I think that would become a part of the project. I think a category would work better than a list, since I think all you want to say is "Produced in Vancouver". I think that a "Produced in Toronto" cat might be warrented as well, as that's the other filming hotspot. JQF • Talk • Contribs 20:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please help settle a stalemate

Hi. Could someone please help settle a debate on Canadian science fiction. We are talking about what shows should be listed under the title of "Canadian". User:Avt tor feels that anything filmed in Canada counts as Canadian, whereas I feel that something should have some Canadian creative input to get the title. I have tried to propose a middle ground of splitting the list so that we can both get our way, but he will not allow any compromise. --Arctic Gnome 08:13, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I've ran into him before regarding the same issue. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 14:37, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

You are mistaking finance for "creative input"; you are not acknowledging the work of Canadian creative talent on shows produced in Canada. If you talk to authors, screenwriters, actors, production staff, and active fans (organizers of conventions and clubs), the definition of "Canadian" is clearly works done by people living in Canada. Avt tor 18:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

There's nothing wrong with reconizing Canadian talent in shows, I infact would encourage it, but their is a need to reconize the diffence between something with Canadian talent, and something about Canada. JQF • Talk • Contribs 04:04, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Hardly any Canadian science fiction is "about Canada". For that matter, most American science fiction isn't about America either, and, for example, I would have trouble considering a show like "Star Cops" to be American just because a lot of it is set in the US or the "Ronald Reagan Space Station", and I would certainly consider Hercules to be New Zealander rather than, say, Greek. One could parenthetically highlight shows using Canadian settings, but that's a very small group. Avt tor 04:16, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I suppose that could be said about science fiction and fantasy. The only sci-fi I can think of off hand set in Canada in ReGenesis, and even then it isn't "about Canada". Hmmm, now I want to go petition the CBC to make more sci-fi shows set in Canada. Maybe change the name of the article to "Science fiction produced in Canada" or something? Maybe sublist or cat the ones specifically set withing Canada? Or maybe two Cats, one "Sci-fi produced in Canada" and one "Shows set within Canada"? JQF • Talk • Contribs 05:10, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Off the top of my head, Alienated, The Collector, Forever Night, and Highlander: The Raven were clearly set in Canada, but you're right that it's a short list. An article about "Shows set in Canada" would be very short and uninteresting.Avt tor 06:41, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hockey Night in Canada GA

I've started trying to fix up HNIC, please help at Talk:Hockey_Night_in_Canada#GA. - Peregrine Fisher 19:31, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anime conventions

Why are Canadian anime conventions (such as Anime North and Animaritime) being added to this project? They're conventions, not TV shows.--PatrickD 20:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I added them because this project isn't just about TV shows themselves, but also the history and such of TV shows in Canada. Since these articles are about Canadian conventions focusing on anime (which includes TV shows), I figured they fit the bill. JQF • Talk • Contribs 03:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga has a section on conventions. That's a more logical place for these, IMO. Avt tor 04:18, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

While they should be under that, I don't see any reason why they can't be under both. JQF • Talk • Contribs 05:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I personally have no objection to including fandom as a category within this WikiProject; fandom is my thing. However, I would be surprised if the consensus supported such an expansion of the scope of this particular WikiProject. Avt tor 06:44, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I think it's appropriate. We should tag any Canadien sci-fi conventions that do TV to. - Peregrine Fisher 07:02, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

After looking, I can't find a list or cat of sci-fi conventions (or any conventions other that the anime) in Canada. As such, I've created the Category:Conventions in Canada Cat. It needs to be populated, and a Sci-fi cat could be created to. JQF • Talk • Contribs 18:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category naming

I would like to point out that there is a policy towards not using abbreviations in the names of categories. This project seems to have created several categories that contain "TV shows", i would suggest changing that to "televsion shows" or "television programs" or something the likes. TheDJ (talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 11:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject British TV shows uses the same naming convention, so if it's going to be changed, they should probably be informed as well. JQF • Talk • Contribs 12:42, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Collaboration of the week

I'm thinking with the distinct lack of articles above the "B" class, I think a "Collaboration of the week" program might be in order. Comments? JQF • Talk • Contribs 17:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)