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[edit] People, people, SIGN please!

I live in Halifax myself, and, BTW, supported the games. But, you have to remember to SIGN your posts, here or anywhere on Wiki. It's the little squiggly thing above that sort of looks like a signature. Put it after your posts so it ends like this. >--RobNS 20:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Why was this removed?
"Which has caused concern for taxpayers in Canada, Nova Scotia, and the Halifax regional municipality. :As a result, a number of web sites have appeared which are against Halifax's bid. "
This text was added as a result of my research into the these games.
A number of usenet new group discussions, not to mention the number of articles in local
Canadian news and web sites show that there is opposition. You can be pro or against these
games, but you can't deny that there is opposition regardless of your viewpoint. That's a fact.
As a result an opposing view web site was also added. Can you explain why was that removed? Is that ::web site non-existant? No it exists.
I think it would be best to include these simple statements and additional web link, which showing the ::opposing viewpoint in regards to this. Thus insuring the article is factual and accurate.


I removed the speculation as to if a majority supports it, as far as I know, no complete
unbiased scientific polling has been done. Removed redundant link, same link mentioned earlier.
There are more than one web site against it, as far as I know, If I find more, I'll add them.
There's certainly a lot for it. Posted by 142.68.38.143

[edit] External sites

This is getting out of hand. Numerous sites are poping up all over the web. Anyone else think we should stick to official sites?

Sportyguy03 00:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


Define Official? There are not many links listed IMO. If it grows larger than a dosen per city, you might have a point. Besides who decides which ones get added? Since there's so few, best to leave them. Sorted by Bid City was a good idea. At least 3 or 4 for/against per city would be fine. I think a parse of the full URL should be left in, so one can see the link before judging to go to it. One appears to be a spoof site, with no real content, so I think that one should go.

[edit] Please update the article

The article says that "the deadline for bids was set for May, 2007." We're in June 2007 now, so the official contenders/bids should be known by now. This information should be added to the article, and the structure/headers should be edited accordingly. Cows fly kites (Aecis) Rule/Contributions 17:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 07:47, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cricket and Football

I see you don't have cricket or football listed. Is this true? 24.4.131.142 18:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transport

Some of the transport projects stated to be fact are still in discussion (such as the Glasgow Crossrail). The current wording suggests they are underway and will be completed when that is not the case. 86.161.91.187 20:04, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Road races and mountain biking?

My understanding is that it is not just track cycling that is on the programme, but also the usual road and mountain events. Anybody got any refs? --Mais oui! 01:03, 16 November 2007 (UTC)