Template talk:City of Canterbury-Bankstown topics

notable residents
The notable residents are references in there own articles. Some of there are. Adam (talk) 05:02, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Criminals
I don't think notorious criminals should be given publicity by including them in a template for City of Bankstown. I doubt any criminals would be on such a list for other cities, towns around the world. If they were, I'd say they would have a higher profile than this character. I think the subject is sufficiently covered by the gang rapists topic which provides a link to him also. J Bar (talk) 04:15, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think that notorious criminals should be given anonymity and the template is there to help people find and navigate topics related to the suburb the suburb of Bankstown.        Adam (talk) 05:32, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * If I could find more notorious criminals to add to this template I would.Adam (talk) 04:50, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's not an appropriate reason for keeping him in. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It's not a list of notorious criminals.J Bar (talk) 06:37, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and this is a navigation box for related topics in the City of Bankstown, that's the purpose of the template. The Bilal Skaf article is also a featured article in the Portal for the City of Bankstown as well. The fact that most of the crimes happened in Bankstown and that he is a former resident make the article appropriate for the template. If he is removed then Milperra massacre should be removed as well. But they are all appropriate. You can't just remove links due to personal biases. .        Adam (talk) 07:47, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * As I have already said, the subject matter is already covered by the gang rapists link, I do not think a separate listing is required. Are there any other criminals in other templates like this? J Bar (talk) 06:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The link is in the template as a topic related to the city of Bankstown and not a criminal link. I suppose if you looked hard enough you would probably find another template with a similar link.        Adam (talk) 07:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Why is it so important to the City of Bankstown? My point is that other criminals or criminal acts are not linked to topic templates for towns or local government areas. Where is the precedence? Why is there a need to have this one? J Bar (talk) 22:41, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * hello from far away. One could compare, say, the city of Hayward, California and its template, Template:Hayward, California, with similar population size and perhaps relative importance. I have included in the template 3 notable residents: the man the city is named after, a historic figure of international importance, and a highly notable photographer. the city has had other notable residents, but few of them are, or were, notable while living there. we have an indicted felon who was the head of a prominent white nationalist group. i might have included him IF he was highly active in that position while living there. the city also had a headline making kidnapping, (Michaela Garecht) but i didnt add the victim to the template. if Bankstown is highly notable for certain criminals, the template can probably include them. the hayward template includes 3 unused or abandoned buildings, 2 for earthquake issues, one due to the economic collapse. So, warts and all, thats Hayward. I have not surveyed other city templates thoroughly. I admire the detail here, with lots of articles creating a well fleshed out template. perhaps too much, but something other cities could strive for in detail.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:36, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I think the objection of the other user as to the inclusion of the gang rapist link was due to more of a personal bias than anything else. I put the link there because I believed that the article is relevant to the area as some of the events took place within and the subject was also a former resident or at least wont be for another 35 years or so. I checked out your template, I might even convert this template to look like your template if no one else objects ***Adam*** 00:26, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

this template needs updating
as City of Bankstown no longer exists to reflect Canterbury-Bankstown Council. I will start these changes. LibStar (talk) 00:44, 11 January 2017 (UTC)