Talk:Swift Current

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 * An important person in Swift Current's history is Ira E. Argue. (Methodist Sunday School superintendent, and co-owner of Argue & Cooper's store, which became WW Cooper's, and then was bought out by Pioneer Co-op.) He was the Swift Current equivalent of Robin Hood. At a point where the town was out of coal, and the government refused to give or sell them any, Argue stole a train car filled with coal from the CPR, and sold the coal to the locals at a very low price. He prevented them from dying of cold. 
 * Qyd(talk)17:46, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

This is an actual event that took place during the winter of 1906-1907. It can be found in Jim Greenblat's Those Were The Days. I'm not sure of the page. Also this was removed from the English article but not the French article. Kiara potter (talk) 19:11, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Origins
I think it would be prudent to mention something about the early history of the town. The Creek is what it's named after so something should be mentioned about that. --Zeolite 17:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Famous Persons Abuse
First of all, I'm new here. I'm from Swift Current, so I hope I can be useful on this particular article. I could be wrong, but I don't think Tomas Shatner and the three below him are either famous or notable, and I think they should be removed. Looking back in the history, I have noticed this section has been a target of vandalism. -- Zorando 18:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Wiki layout
The page was reading like an essay. Wikipedia standards insist that there be a brief one or two sentence long introduction to the content. This was missing completely from the page. There is also a lack of links within the history portion of this page. For more information on wiki layouts please read Guide_to_layout User:Nels Nielson 02:55, 21 September 2006 (UTC) I withdraw what I said about the links. Glancing the history section over a second time it does feel well supported by them. 03:01, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Which Canadian cities do or don't qualify for page moves
There is a list of cities this one is included which is discussing city page naming conventions. Please add your comments here in this regards. SriMesh | talk  18:26, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
move. Jafeluv (talk) 06:52, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Swift Current, Saskatchewan → Swift Current — This article is title will be move to the name Swift Current, I check the disambiguation page on titled Swift Current (disambiguation) and I see the link to the city's article, but this title is to match the Canadian city related titles without the province name. For example Saskatoon, Yorkton, North Battleford, Moose Jaw and Estevan have titles already and this is one of the fewest and biggest cities in Saskatchewan. — Steam5 (talk) 03:10, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Survey

 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.


 * Support as Nominator. Steam5 (talk) 03:11, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment you are the nominator. 76.66.196.218 (talk) 04:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Your point being? Bearcat (talk) 00:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The point being that he claimed to support per nominator see oldid= 286588945. It appears to be an attempt to look like a separate vote, though it might have been unintentional. Steam5 later changed it to as instead of per. 76.66.202.139 (talk) 06:05, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Really? You seriously think that's worth mentioning?  He signed both comments, so I am surprised that anyone would even suggest that it might be an attempt to look like a separate vote. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 12:58, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Doesn't matter, Other users would say "Support as nominator" or "Support per nominator" as well for naming conventions. But I am still supporting for it's rename. Steam5 (talk) 23:58, 30 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Oppose It is not the primary usage of the name.  TJ   Spyke   23:16, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * But it has 10 times the pageviews and several times the incoming links of the next most viewed article. Station1 (talk) 03:06, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. It's the only usage of this name that could or would ever actually have an article at the proposed title. Bearcat (talk) 00:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. See page views for the different articles linked from the disambiguation page: over 2000 for Swift Current, Saskatchewan, 150 for Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan, and 185 for Swift Current (provincial electoral district). So yes, clearly the primary topic. Jafeluv (talk) 10:40, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. This appears to be the primary use of the term. There is a "Swift Current Colony" in Bolivia, but that would use the term Colony in its name anyway, and would probably exist as content merged into an article about Mennonites in Bolivia. Mind  matrix  13:33, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. For the reasons stated above, and because the move is consistent with the applicable naming convention at WP:CANSTYLE. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 15:37, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Any additional comments:


 * There are many swift currents of sea or fresh water in the world. And Swift Current (disambiguation) has 3 meanings. The area specifier addition is needed. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:30, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * But this article will be renamed and moved to match the categories, for an example Category:People from Swift Current and Category:Radio stations in Swift Current. Also this article is to match orher Canadian related cities without the province included. There are no cities in the world by naming Swift Current. Steam5 (talk) 18:24, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Swift currents of sea or fresh water don't merit their own separate article independently of the one on regular non-swift currents. And the other meanings listed on the disambiguation page are all secondary geopolitical features of this one which are named as they are because of their association with this topic, not separately notable things. Accordingly, this is the only use of the name that can actually have an article at this title — the rule per WP:DAB is that disambiguation or non-disambiguation is decided not on the basis of how many things happen to have a word or phrase in their name, but on the basis of how many articles could ever have the exact title "Swift Current" — and this is the only topic that ever could. And furthermore, the undisambiguated title Swift Current is already a redirect to this one and has been since 2004. Bearcat (talk) 00:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, mostly. Although the electoral district could theoretically be titled Swift Current, the city article is clearly primary use between those two. Station1 (talk) 03:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * "Paris" is the name of a Greek mythological figure, a Roman actor, about 30 real or fictional people, and at least 20 cities all over the world. Still, as one would expect, Paris is an article about the capital city of France (instead of a disambiguation page or a redirect to Paris, France). Why? Because it's a primary meaning for the term. The readers of the encyclopedia will (most of the time) expect to find the French city when searching for "paris". What will readers searching for the term "swift current" be looking for? A swift current? No, they'll be looking for the city in Saskatchewan (which I don't think anyone will object, since Swift Current already redirects here). Since it's the primary meaning, and since we're supposed to use the most common name for the article, it should be renamed Swift Current, without the modifier. Yes, there are many "swift currents" in the world, just as there are many Parises, many Torontos and many Canadas in the world. That doesn't stop one of them for being the primary usage of the term. Jafeluv (talk) 10:29, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, OK, sorry. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Additions and renovations
Please convert listing format to prose format with citations, and add sections using WP cities guidelines and WP settlements how to for a guide where applicable. Some sections still need paragraph type expansion in this article along with citations.SriMesh | talk  21:53, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Updated population but some edits still required
I updated the population in the text box on the right hand side, and revised the opening paragraph. (Source: Census Profile)

For some reason, when I input density, it doesn't show in the text box.

There's also a number given for "agglomeration," not sure what it refers to, and didn't update that number.

The demographics paragraph (simply a comparative box) has also been left for future updating.

Canadianknowledgelover (talk) 01:05, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Name change
Swift Current resident here. Fairly recently, the Iplex has been rebranded as the "InnovationPlex," supposedly to coincide with the rebranding of our local Innovation Credit Union to the Innovation Federal Credit Union. However, most residents still refer to the building as the Iplex. Should the name be changed throughout the article? Or left alone? 216.197.144.32 (talk) 03:18, 24 October 2023 (UTC)