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Oppose. Might as well keep things as they stand. There's no advantage in shortening the title when the redirect already points there.
Si Trew (
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13:33, 19 August 2010 (UTC)reply
I'm telling you it is not uniform, Fort McMurray, the only other urban service area, doesn't have a ", Alberta", and its population is only slightly larger, the only thing that makes it different, is that it once had city status. Twelve cities (13 come September 5) have populations less than Sherwood Park, and 5 have already dropped the Alberta, plus two towns.
117Avenue (
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23:30, 19 August 2010 (UTC)reply
You have that backwards, my proposal conforms with
WP:NAME, Qyd's comments conforms with CANSTYLE, which contradicts it, but has an exception for cities that are a primary topic.
117Avenue (
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00:16, 20 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Yes, the section Good Olfactory refers to in
WP:CANSTYLE applies to cites only. Fort Mac should also be moved back to the dab'ed title. So should all other Canadian communities if you ask me. --
Qyd (
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16:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)reply
As explained in
List of communities in Alberta#Urban service areas, they are essentially cities, we list them with the cities in the subdivision template. If your option goes forward Fort McMurray, Drumheller, and Okotoks, will have to be moved, which I disagree with, because Fort Mac and Okotoks are unique names, and qualify for city status, and Drumheller because it previously held city status.
117Avenue (
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23:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Don't even know why CANSTYLE would want to treat cities differently than other populated placed. As far as notability goes, SP is essentially a city; it's larger than most cities in AB.
Good Ol’factory(talk)00:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
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For the record, Qyd is incorrect in asserting that the guideline spelled out at
WP:CANSTYLE is for cities only. Any settlement which either has a unique name, or can be convincingly demonstrated to be the primary topic for a non-unique name, may be moved to a disambiguated title regardless of whether it's a city, a town, a village, a hamlet or an unincorporated two-house crossroads on the highway — as one might well know if one were to actually read the footnote after the word "cities" in the very first sentence.
Bearcat (
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21:10, 4 September 2010 (UTC)reply
The sports section needs to be heavily updated. I live in Sherwood Park, and have been playing football for years. That info as been there for a long time, and as a firsthand source I tried editing the section. Someone changed it back to information from around 2005/06.
Chasmosaurus13 (
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15:50, 18 June 2012 (UTC)reply
The mayoral section needs to be updated to reflect Roxanne Carr's win of the recent municipal election, but i'm terrible at sourcing info. Could anyone help me with the process? — Preceding
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05:12, 22 October 2013 (UTC)reply