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Contents 1 African-Canadian? 2 Article title 3 Added Copyedit template 4 Assessment

[edit] African-Canadian?

How is this guy anything other than Canadian? He was born in Canada...

to the above poster:

According to the wiki-page for Black Canadian, "Some may refer to black Canadians as Afro-Canadian or African-Canadian, although this term is not as prevalent as African American in the United States."

I suspect that the writer of the page started with "African-American" and then changed it. Regardless, I have never heard the term used during my 23 as a Canadian resident. If it is necessary to indicate a person's race, they may be referred to as "black," but only in a situation where his/her race is particularly relevant. I'm not sure it is here. I'll leave it as is for a few weeks, and if no one balks (ha!) I'll take it out, or see if there's a more relevant position for it (for example, he is probably one of a select few black members of the Canadian Walk of Fame). Wencer 20:17, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, they mean black, and yes, nobody uses the term 'African-Canadian'. Is it relevent? I have no idea. WilyD 20:51, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article title

Per WP:COMMONNAME, shouldn't this article be titled "Fergie Jenkins" rather than "Ferguson Jenkins"? Do most news articles or other sources refer to him as "Ferguson"? -- JHunterJ 14:06, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

• This google fight suggests that Ferguson is used 10 times more often than Fergie. Kingturtle 02:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

• I'm not sure that the simple google fight is enough to make the call here. Actually Googling the names is a little more telling. Most of the sites that refer to "Fergie Jenkins" also refer to his full name for obvious reasons. Also, it's important to look at which sites list him as "Fergie." Both his official site, his foundation's site, the Baseball Hall of Fame site, and even Britannica list him as Fergie first with a note on his full name. I'd be in favor of moving it to Fergie. What do other think?--Eva ^bd 13:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added Copyedit template

There's some atrocious styling and grammar in this article. -- J.R. Hercules 05:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

I have assessed this as a Start Class because it is contains a fair level of detail and organization, but lacks references in many sections. I have assessed this as low importance, as it is a highly specific topic within Canada. Cheers, CP 01:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)