Talk:Twillingate

This article should be changed to 'Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador'
 * No, I don't believe this is necessary as I don't know of any other Twillingate it might be confused with. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 17:20, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Devon---West Country
"By the winter of 1739, there were 152 people - the "livyers" or permanent settlers - living in Twillingate. They were mostly fishermen and their families from the West Country in England."

The sentence originally read "Devon". This is a common misconception, so I have changed it to read "West Country" because surname and family history research in this area of Notre Dame Bay demonstrates that the original settlers in Twillingate came mainly from Dorset with some incomers from the neighbouring counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Devon.

Merge
Someone has recently created new articles called Twillingateabout and Toulinguet (which is about the history of this place). I think at this time this info would be better served as sections of this article, rather then as its own article. So it needs to be merged, history and all. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 15:13, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Outdated Link
Dear Site Webmaster/Administrator/Owner

I am in the process of doing an evaluation and clean-up of the website of the Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.

My analysis shows that your site has links to our discontinued website "Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society" at URL address  http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/nlgs/. The Society name has been changed to "Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador" and our website now resides at URL address http://fhsnl.ca/

We would greatly appreciate it if you could make an effort to update your site links with the correct name and latest URL address of our Society.

Thank you, your efforts will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely, Kevin Reddigan

205.251.51.218 16:50, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

old article
Article is messy so I'm rewriting. Posting the contents of the last revision (well, the part of it I'm rewriting/removing) here for reference:

Twillingate is a town of about 3,000 inhabitants situated on two neighbouring islands in northern Newfoundland, accessible from Route 340. It was founded on September 30th, 1965. It's name comes from the French word "Toulinquet" which was given to the islands by French fishermen, who named them after a group of islands off the French coast, near Brest, also called Toulinquet.

Twillingate is at the mouth of the Exploits River where it flows into Notre Dame Bay. The islands provided an excellent sheltered harbour and easy access to the rich fishing grounds nearby. In recent years a causeway has been built connecting it to the mainland via New World Island.

Twillingate was probably used as a seasonal fishing port during the 15th and 16th centuries, but there were no recorded European settlers until the 17th century. The native Beothuk managed to survive until the early 19th century in small numbers near Twillingate and the mouth of the Exploits River. By the winter of 1739, there were 152 people - the "livyers" or permanent settlers - living in Twillingate. They were mostly fishermen and their families from the West Country in England.

As the population grew, Twillingate became an important fishing community - the "Capital of the North." It was a busy trade and service centre for Labrador and the northern shore fisheries for more than two centuries.

One of the most prominent historical events of Twillingate history was its local newspaper - The Twillingate Sun which served the Twillingate district from the 1880's to 1950's. Today The Pilot, a newspaper published in Lewisporte serves the area with it's "Island's Collection" segment.

The Sun was a robust and professional newspaper that covered not just local & provincial but international news as well.

Since the moratorium on fishing northern cod was announced on July 2, 1992, Twillingate has been forced to look to the tourist industry for income and is becoming a popular spot for visitors in the summer. It is now being promoted as the "Iceberg Capital of the World".

Twillingate is home to a popular summer festival, called the "Fish Fun and Folk Festival". Many tourists from around the world come to take part in the events and concerts held annually.

The "Fish Fun and Folk Festival" is usually held in the last part of July and has many fun things to do including booths and games at the stadium, entertainment on Thursday & Friday nights, gospel concerts, the ever-popular Split Peas concert, and many more things that are great for the entire family. The festival invites many tourists to the beautiful town and ends with a massive fireworks display. ~NeonFire372~ (talk) 01:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Georgina Stirling
The article should make reference to Georgina Stirling, who was born on Twillingate Island. Just a thought...--HJKeats (talk) 01:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

GA Review

 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):


 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * SriMesh | talk  03:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * SriMesh | talk  03:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * SriMesh | talk  03:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

My comments seem to either (a) not appear or (b) appear as a response to something they weren't meant to be a response for. I'd appreciate if you could try to fix that since I'm not good with the wikicode and since this is a rather long, code-heavy discussion, I probably inserted things where they shouldn't have been inserted. I fixed most of the suggestions that I could fix,

A few things I don't understand are the whole image copyright issues. I read the articles you linked to but I still don't understand your request. What exactly do you want me to do with the images? Could you provide info on exactly how to do that?
 * Look at Shaktism. There is an image there, where there is credit given the author. (Caption...Shiva and Shakti in the half-male, half-female form of Ardhanari. (Elephanta caves, 5th century CE. Mumbai, India.) Author:Pratheepps)
 * I added the author to the first image, and left the other two for you...

I removed the notable people from Twillingate section altogether - didn't really like it anyway.
 * Be careful of removing too many items, the article is scrimpy on the broad in coverage aspect, would be better to flesh out, add, make lists into prose. Ensure as many of the sections from ... Canada WP communties can be added to the article as is possible.    would be better to put the famous folk into the article, by enhancing the sections which are standard formatting from Canada WP communties.

Could you tell me where the spacing between numbers should be fixed (confusing).


 * It was the 25.74 square kilometers which needed fixing, so I added the conversion template for square kilometers, then the additional coding is not needed, as the template addresses MoS problems.

what else I should add to the lead (if anything, I added a short sentence)
 * Add more to the lead so it introduces the whole article, so if the reader stops there, they have the summary of the article, but if something intrigues them, then they go on to the section for more detailed information.


 * The sentence from the above article in the talk page could be added to the lead...Twillingate is at the mouth of the Exploits River where it flows into Notre Dame Bay. The islands provided an excellent sheltered harbour and easy access to the rich fishing grounds nearby. In recent years a causeway has been built connecting it to the mainland via New World Island.

and where I've used contractions in the article. Good!.

Thanks! NeonFire (talk) 11:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Moved GA comments out of template
Prose/Mos


 * The lead should be expanded. If the article continues to FA, then the lead paragraph is the only introduction to the entire article which is presented on the main page of Wikipedia.  This lead does not hold its own to introduce the article. Think of it as a mini encyclopaedia, a micropaedia, and the article as a macropaedia lengthening the topic.
 * Again, could you please elaborate more on exactly what I should add to the lead? NeonFire (talk) 19:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia:Manual of Style (numbers), there should be a non-breaking space -  between a number and the unit of measurement.  A good way to do this easily is using conversion templates such as height 
 * Avoid contractions such as doesn't spell out does not instead.
 * When driving to Twillingate, one will pass through many other small fishing communities such as Boyd's Cove, Summerford, Virgin Arm and Newville.
 * this sentence follows to routes into Twillingate from the west or the east, and no reference is given for the location of these communities = east or west.
 * It may serve to say, Between Lewisporte and Twillingate are small fishing communities such as Boyd's Cove, Summerford, Virgin Arm and Newville. or perhaps Between Gander and Twillingate are small fishing communities such as Boyd's Cove, Summerford, Virgin Arm and Newville., whichever the case may be.
 * There's only one way (Lewisporte and Gander ways branch into a north-south highway) into the town but I clarified a bit. NeonFire (talk) 11:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Twillingate was a prominent fishing community though because of the decline of the fishery, some residents have had to find jobs elsewhere in other industries, however the remaining residents of the town still value the area's culture and traditions in several ways.
 * Wheeush! This is a long sentence. Twillingate residents value the area's culture and traditions.  Historically Twillingate was a prominent fishing commnity, however due to the decline of the fishery industry, residents find employment in other industries.


 * Festivities and folk music is a big part of Twillingate. 
 * Plurals need the word are and not the word is.
 * Fixed both. NeonFire (talk) 11:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The festival features local talent, dances, entertainment from throughout Newfoundland on Thursday and Friday nights, a parade, performances from the Split Peas and a fireworks display at the end.
 * Another long sentence. What occurs on Thursday and Fridays, what at the end?  Do not need the word throughout.  Perhaps this is better...  But do the Split Peas perform every year at the festival?  The festival features local talent, dances, entertainment from Newfoundland on Thursday and Friday nights.  A parade, performances from the Split Peas  and a fireworks display at the end.
 * Fixed.


 * A screech-in is performed annually at the Fish, Fun and Folk Festival and done privately elsewhere, where tourists from outside Newfoundland and Labrador and classified "Honorary Newfoundlanders" after completing a ritual that involves kissing a fish, drinking a shot of Screech and repeating lines said by the host.
 * A long long sentence.
 * Fixed.


 * Twillingate was probably used as a seasonal fishing port during the 15th and 16th centuries, but there were no recorded European settlers until the 17th century. 
 * Encyclopaedias should be a compilation of facts not probably's.  Re word, or cite or remove.  Being a coastal community there should be something to this statement.|*The lead should be expanded. 
 * Yeah, I've always kinda wondered about that sentence in the article. It was there long before I began editing but I just left it there. It's removed now anyway. [I'm not sure how it appears to you but this is coming up next to the lead suggestion for some reason for me; it's meant to be a response to the Twillingate was probably used... suggestion.

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 * <Strike>Wikipedia:Manual of Style (numbers), there should be a non-breaking space -  between a number and the unit of measurement.  A good way to fix this manual of style issue is by using conversion templates such as height   instead of the coding
 * <Strike>By the winter of 1739, there were 152 people - the "livyers" or permanent settlers - living in Twillingate.
 * This statement could use a citation of some sort.</Strike>
 * I removed it. NeonFire (talk) 11:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Broad in coverage - Major Aspects


 * According to Canada WP communties, many of the topics have been covered in this article. Check this new WP for guidelines in creating city articles. If there were a Government and politics section, there would be a place for writing prose about many of the prominent people, eliminating the Notable people section altogether.  The notable folk related to Arts and culture could be placed as prose in that section, and so on such as in these FA CA community articles.  This would also eliminate much of the See also links which also are better in the prose of the article leaving only the lists of communities.
 * Check out the Government section at Dawson Creek, British Columbia or Chetwynd, British Columbia as these are FA articles which are comparable in size to Twillingate compared to the larger city articles.
 * ie. From this version ...there were listed these politicians and federal electoral districts.  These listed items, when worded into a descriptive sentence about each of them could connect together to make into a wonderful section on government.


 * Bonavista—Twillingate
 * Gander—Twillingate
 * John Lundrigan
 * William G. Adams, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Twillingate.
 * Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne, a Canadian politician who was part of the Newfoundland National Convention.
 * Derrick Dalley, the current MHA for The Isles of Notre Dame electoral district.


 * ie. These listed folks when added in prose / proper sentences to the history section, would enhance that section tremendously.


 * William Cormack, set up the Boeothick Institution (now the Beothuk Institute) in 1827, while at Twillingate.
 * John Day, a local policeman who, in 1825, was the first non-native settler at what is now Carmanville.
 * Demasduwit, one of the last Beothuk people, was held at Twillingate.
 * ie. These listed folks when added in prose / proper sentences to the  art and culture section, would enhance that section tremendously (where they would fit in and make sense to the flow).


 * Travis Randell, a forward with the Halifax Mooseheads hockey team.
 * Georgina Stirling, an opera singer, known by her stage name Marie Toulinquet.
 * Peter Troake, Captain of the MV Christmas Seal and recipient of the Order of Canada, born in Durrell.


 * I just removed them altogether. Is that fine for now? NeonFire (talk) 19:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * For these new paragraphs on Government and the additional paragraph into history about the people, references are needed. Sometimes the wiki articles on the biographies have references that can also be used in this article if they refer to the person and Twillingate.

Broad in coverage - Focused


 * The listing of island communities that follows the statementTwillingate island is made up of several different communities. should be in an article named Twillingate island not in an article about Twillingate the town.  Move list to another wiki article, please.  If there is some economic trading between Twillingate and the communities, or interchange of sporting events, then they are part of the prose in this regards, otherwise it is info about the island proper an not the town proper.

Images


 * Image:Twillingate.jpg, Image:Newfoundland Twillinggate2.jpg, Image:Newfoundland Twillinggate1.jpg add the copyright holder name in the image caption use under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it.
 * The images that are in public domain don't need attribution to the author. Only one uploader requested attribution.  The author won't deter, but not needed for the last two images, only for Aconcagua's images.


 * [[Image:TwillingateReligiousAffiliation.jpg|thumb|100px|Religious Affiliation Twillingate 2006]] and [[Image:MaritalStatusTwillingate.jpg|thumb|100px|Marital Status Twillingate 2006]] are made now.

comment
 * The improvements are coming along. Used the strike out to eliminate the ones completed...only a few left.  Kind Regards SriMesh |  talk  17:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I didn't see the comments above before. I added to the lead, added captions to the images attributing the authors of those images and added some of the notable people back into the bottom of the history section as well as the new Government and politics section. Being a town of only 2400 people, there isn't much to say about government.
 * Me again. Asked for request for citations/references for the two new paragraphs one in the history section, and the other the new government section.  SriMesh |  talk  20:27, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I think the author name could be removed from Aconcagua's images. My understanding is that if the author asks for attribution and the author's name is in the image description page that will suffice and none of his images here require that. The pictures from Aconcagua only ask that you notify him if they are used and I did that commons:User talk:Aconcagua CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 21:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I've added citations to both the Government and politics section and the new information in the history section. NeonFire (talk) 22:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC) I've also added the two pictures (graphs). NeonFire (talk) 22:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Successful good article nomination
I am glad to report that this article nomination for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of May 5, 2008, compares against the six good article criteria:


 * 1. Well written?: Pass
 * 2. Factually accurate?: Pass
 * 3. Broad in coverage?: Pass
 * 4. Neutral point of view?: Pass
 * 5. Article stability? Pass
 * 6. Images?: Pass

If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to Good article reassessment. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations. version of artricle passedSriMesh | talk  03:48, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Twillingate Religious Affiliation
I notice User:SkyMesh has made a chart of religious affiliations for Twillingate. It is a useful addition to the article except that it contains an error that is confusing and might well upset some people. People are listed as being either Protestant, Roman Catholic or Christian. Now, both Prtotestants and Catholics consider themselves to be Christians. So, it is unclear who is meant by "Christians" (maybe "Pentacostals", "Evangelical Christians", Baptists, or some other group or groups???), and it also implies that Protestants and Catholics are NOT Christian. Would someone please adjust the chart so that it is accurate and will not offend people - otherwise it may well be removed from the article. Thank you, Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 17:18, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Why the chart on religious affiliation has been removed
The chart is misleading as it did not indicate that the category "Christian" actually referred to Christians who did not nominate a denomination, nor did it indicate the people who gave no religious affiliation on the 2001 Canadian census. So I have removed it from the page on Twillingate - at least until it can be adjusted. The 2001 Canadian census which gives the figures by religious denomination as Catholic - 60; Protestant - 2405; Christian (unspecified) - 55; and "no religious affiliation" - 50. I hope someone can repair the chart - but I thought I should remove it until this can be done. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 00:53, 5 June 2011 (UTC)