Wikipedia:Canada collaboration/Removed

Canadian centennial (4 votes in 4 weeks)
Support Comments
 * 1) AndyL 23:18, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Bearcat 16:24, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Radagast 18:59, Oct 27, 2004 (UTC) - Deserves much better than this!
 * 4) Denelson83 00:43, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Unquestionably a significant topic in Canadian cultural history, which has so much potential to be an excellent article. Bearcat

Canadian humour (greatly expanded since)
Article is a stub presently on Votes for deletion - let's save, adopt and expand it. Samaritan 20:39, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support Spinboy 21:05, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support - definately, this is a great idea! Jord 16:50, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Perhaps this article should be removed from consideration since it has been vastly improved since it's existance as a stub, and it seems to have been an unofficial CCOTW due to it being on VfD. Spinboy 17:39, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree We should discuss to establish precise guidelines for this COTW/COTM. --Circeus 19:31, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

Lakehead University (2 votes in 3 months)
I'd like to nominate them for COTW. Spinboy 20:33, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Samaritan 20:39, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Spinboy 18:53, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Tommy Douglas
Tommy is the Greatest Canadian! His article should be expanded to reflect his greatness. (By the way, this is fact, not bias. I voted for Trudeau ;-) Earl Andrew 03:14, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Samaritan 20:39, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Douglas did Canada a great service and shaped many aspects of Canadian political culture that now distinguish us from our southern neighbour. The fact that he was named The Greatest Canadian shows how many recognize this. Sunray 18:41, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC)
 * Support. Lorddude 05:00, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Grey Cup
An important Canadian cultural event/artifact. Could use serious expansion. Lommer | talk
 * Support. Lommer | talk 02:11, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oak Ridges Moraine
The article currently has some decent information on the Oak Ridges Moraine, but given the importance of this natural region to south-central Ontario, I believe it deserves to have a far greater scope. Mindmatrix
 * Support. The Moraine is the source of water for the Toronto area and there is a huge struggle to keep it from development. The story of this struggle is an interesting one and should be told. Sunray 00:57, 2005 Jan 22 (UTC)
 * Support. -Lommer | talk 04:56, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

1998 Ice Storm
Article on the Eastern Ontario Ice Storm in 1998. Spinboy 17:44, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Agreed, major Canadian Event. -Lommer | talk 01:57, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Blizzard of 1978
The article is quite nice as is, but shows a serious limited geographic scope, and not a single word is mentionned of effects in Canada, which was hit quite severely (my parents could confirm, having been stuck at school for 2 days)--Circeus 16:41, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. - Jord 19:10, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Music of Ontario
This article is pretty pointless as it is now. Earl Andrew 06:12, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

J. Léonce Bernard
He is the Lt Gov of PEI. The article is pretty barren. Spinboy 06:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Canadian national men's hockey team
Could be so much better then just the basics it is now. Earl Andrew 06:24, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. -Lommer | talk 18:13, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Crazy Canucks
A very interesting topic with broad historical and cultural connections in addition to its athletic interests. Currently a bare-bones stub. Lommer | talk 18:43, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

J. Léonce Bernard
Reasons for nomination: He is the Lt Gov of PEI. The article is pretty barren. Spinboy 06:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Spinboy 06:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments

Great Blizzard of 1978
Reasons for nomination: I removed Blizzard of 1978 because I had confused the two storms. This is the article I originally intended to nominate. Massive snowstorm that occurred on January 27-28 of 1978. Circeus 15:27, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Circeus 15:27, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Samaritan 22:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Roméo Dallaire
Reasons for nomination: He's newly appointed to the Senate. --Spinboy 04:20, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Spinboy 04:20, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Ahh, I hate having to take this position, but the article is too good as is to need an organized group collaboration, so I disagree. Samaritan 22:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree with Samaritan - too good already Lorddude 03:20, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Isaac Brock
Reasons for nomination: The saviour of Canada, and all he gets is a pthetic little stub? I have gone through and massively overhauled the article, but I'm still pretty new and don't know what it would take to get this up to feature-article material. Scimitar May 18


 * Support:
 * 1) Scimitar 22:25, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Captmondo 15:48, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks again. -- Scimitar 15:30, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Comments:
 * 1) Captmondo - The update that has been made is very good; wouldn't take much to bring this up to feature status
 * 2) Scimitar, this article is much too good to require nomination here. The CCOTW is used to grow an article from a stub or small article to a decent, but not feature-quality article. The comprehensiveness of the Isaac Brock article suggests that you should review the following instead:
 * 3) *What is a featured article
 * 4) *Article improvement drive
 * 5) *Peer review
 * 6) Hope this helps. Mindmatrix 02:12, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Thank you for the clarification, Mindmatrix. When I found the article, it was a measly little stub, and I overhauled it myself since I didn't realize this page existed. After the overhaul, I figured, hey, he's probably got enough to be a feature article, so I'm trying to push that through now. I'm not sure how to withdraw the nomination here, but clearly it is now out of place.

Music of Ontario
Reasons for nomination: This article is pretty pointless as it is now. Earl Andrew 06:12, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Earl Andrew 06:12, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Spinboy 17:21, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Will2k 14:21, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * I'm not sure if there is enough material on this subject to write a featured article-quality piece on this subject. -Lommer | talk 02:08, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This article needs a structured look. Divided according to genre perhaps. Compare to Music of Quebec--Will2k 14:23, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course there is enough on this subject. Ontario is Canada's most populous province. A lot of music comes out of it, and it is the home of Much Music. - Earl Andrew 17:07, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't really say there's an "Ontario scene" per se. After a summary, the best approach for this article would be to focus on local/regional scene sections: Music of Toronto (and the GTA), Music of Hamilton, Music of Ottawa, Music of Northern Ontario, etc. Samaritan 22:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * This topic is certainly a valid one. However, if the goal of CCOTW is to take an article and develop it into featured article quality, then I agree with Lommer in that I don't see this article having enough original material to bring it to that status. --Deathphoenix 15:54, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Canadian national men's hockey team
Reasons for nomination: Could be so much better then just the basics it is now. Earl Andrew 06:24, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Earl Andrew 06:24, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Lommer | talk 18:13, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Daniel11 08:24, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Gemini Awards
Reasons for nomination: I would like to nominate both the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards. I have done some work on the Gemini's but the Genie awards a very barren. As the Genie Award only recently rook place and had some internationaly recognised nominee's like Ian McKellen this might be a good Canadian topic. User:Dowew, 26 March 2005.


 * Support
 * 1) User:Dowew, 26 March 2005.
 * 2) -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 22:42, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Genie Awards
Reasons for nomination: ... and so I'll spin this off. Samaritan 22:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Samaritan 22:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Comics 03:55, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet
Reasons for nomination: I would like to have this expanded with some more political dialogue. -- Earl Andrew - talk 06:00, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Earl Andrew 06:00, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Spinboy 06:07, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) User:Dowew 1 April 2005

Nancy Greene
Reasons for nomination: She's new new Chancellor of Thompson Rivers University and a gifted athlete. --Spinboy 02:33, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support:
 * 1) Spinboy 02:33, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Lorddude 05:03, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Maude Barlow
Reasons for nomination: Founding leader of the Council of Canadians. I am working on a report about her and was surprised that she doesn't even have a Wikistub ! User:Dowew April 6th 2005


 * Support:
 * 1) User:Dowew April 6th 2005


 * Comments
 * Other than founding the Council of Canadians did she do anything else, and is there any source information? --Spinboy 02:28, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * There's a stub now. I've provided a number of links to sources. She didn't found the Council (IIRC - I believe that was Mel Hurtig, but I'm being lazy at the moment and just going on memory for that). She has some notable involvements outside of the Council. She's also the author (and sometimes co-author) of something like a dozen books. And she's appeared in two documentaries, plus a CBC "Life And Times" bio about her. -GrantNeufeld 04:31, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Crazy Canucks
Reasons for nomination: A very interesting topic with broad historical and cultural connections in addition to its athletic interests. Currently a bare-bones stub. Lommer | talk 18:43, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Lommer | talk 18:43, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Samaritan 22:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Mindmatrix 15:29, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) EatAlbertaBeef 22:39, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC) *This article has some potential.
 * 5) Double Blue  (Talk) 16:20, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) · Zhatt  ·  20:25, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

Geography of Ontario
Reasons for nomination: We need to create individual provincial "Geography of" articles. Circeus 19:55, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Circeus 19:55, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 08:49, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Mindmatrix 15:29, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Sunray 15:11, 2005 May 2 (UTC)
 * 5) · Zhatt  ·  20:25, July 11, 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * I agree entirely, but I fear the project is too big for the (still-nascent-in-its-ressurection) CCOTW. Samaritan 22:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree with Samaritan, perhaps create the individual articles, and then nominate them once they have a bit of work into them. --Spinboy 05:34, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Lorddude 03:20, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC) I agree with Samaritan and spinboy, this would be a bit too big
 * Then I'll concentrate on Geography of Ontario Circeus 14:27, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree it is a big project. If we could work on Geography of Ontario, we might develop the capabliity to continue with the others. Sunray 15:11, 2005 May 2 (UTC)

Ernest Alvia Smith
Reasons for nomination: I looked him up and his page doesn't really include much useful info. He is the last Canadian recipiant of the Victoria Cross and we really should have a proper page ready for when he dies (at his age this should happen pretty soon:) User:Dowew March 31, 2005.


 * Support
 * 1) User:Dowew March 31, 2005.
 * 2) Lommer | talk 23:15, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Benw 07:00, 14 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments

Gurmant Grewal
Reasons for nomination: With Grewal in the news so much lately it would be good to have a bit more biographical info on him. Plus its fun to research political scandals, like watching a trainwreck in slow motion. (Note: this was nominated by Dowew.)


 * Support:
 * 1) Dowew 03:48, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 03:07, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Morgentaler et al. v. Her Majesty The Queen
Reasons for nomination: Since we are nominating Canadians laws this supreme court case from the 1980's against Henry Morgentaler was the essential case in legalizing abortion in Canada. This is again in the news since Morgentaler was given an honourary degree today by the University of Western Ontario against protestors outside. User:Dowew


 * Support:
 * 1) Dowew 04:29, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 03:08, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Charles Michel de Langlade / Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade
Reasons for nomination: Well, it's shocking he doesn't have an article. He was perhaps the most important métis (Ottawa and French Canadian parents) military leader of the 18th century. It's even arguable that he fired the first shots of the Seven Years' War. Somehow he managed to be at countless important battles in North America during that war, and led the Ottawa forces that defeated the Braddock Expedition. He was with Montcalm at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. In his spare time, managed to be proclaimed by some as the "Father of Wisconsin." Fascinating guy. See his entry (somewhat dated) at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online here. --Kevin Myers 14:29, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)


 * Support:
 * 1) Kevin Myers June 28, 2005 13:28 (UTC). Well, somebody needed to vote for the guy. Sure, he's got three strikes against him (he's Indian, he's French, he's from the Olden Days), but sheesh. ;-)
 * 2) NormanEinstein June 28, 2005 14:09 (UTC). Maybe I'll learn something from this. :-)


 * Comments:

Sheldon Kennedy
Reasons for nomination: He was 1997 Canadian Newsmaker of the Year and didn't even have a stub until a week ago. Pburka 03:41, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Support:
 * 1) Pburka 03:41, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Thompson Rivers University
Reasons for nomination: Brand new Canadian University! Could use a proper article. --Spinboy 05:50, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Support
 * 1) Spinboy 05:50, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Lorddude 03:20, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC) I live near the University :)
 * 3) Haunti 14:48, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC) Good idea, although a lot of universities don't have much better than the "stub" that TRU already has. Maybe we could make a general effort to improve on university articles overall.
 * 4) Phoenix2 01:58, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

The Ottawa Hospital
Reasons for nomination: Largest hospital in Ottawa, major Canadian hospital. --Spinboy 01:32, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support:
 * 1) Spinboy 01:32, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 03:07, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Pburka 04:02, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments: