Talk:Glace Bay

Removing exteral link

I am removing the link to the gbalumini. If someone wants people to go to there website, thats fine, but please put links in apporiate places, like maybe the Glace Bay high school page, if one exists.--Kirkoconnell 15:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

On second though, I am removing all reference to the The Glace Bay High School Alumni Association as it is NOT one of the most popular community organizations in Glace Bay and clearly shows of self promotion on the behalf of whoever added that.--Kirkoconnell 15:39, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I reverted a lot of seriously incorrect ro just plain silly information. Please do not revert it. The information IS incorrect. --Kirkoconnell 01:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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Fauna of Glace Bay

I removed this from the section on flora and fauna. I don't know what animals really are there (e.g. bald eagles? pheasant? dire wolves?), so I encourage someone who does to get rid of the jokes and put the paragraph back in.

Glace Bay has a large amount of forests and swamp surrounding the town and within the town limits. Mammals present in Glace Bay include squirrels, rabbits, llamas, fox, deer, mice, beavers, muskrats, bigfoot, yeti, moogles, leprachauns, fairies, lions, tigers, bears (oh my!), cats, dogs, humans, dire wolves, sabre-toothed tigers, Woolly Mammoths, dinosaurs, The Loch Ness Monster, aliens, and coyotes . Bird species include ducks, bald eagles, great horned owls, Canada geese, crows, chocobos, emus, emos, seagulls, and pigeons. Pheasant are occasionally seen around wooded areas. Smaller birds such as robins, black capped chickadees, and sparrows are also present. Frogs,salamanders, and snakes are also common in Glace Bay. They also include various pokemon. Such as: pikachu, charmander, quagsire, and yomomma.

24.89.211.71 01:29, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Discussion on information placed in the article.

Because people seem to be insisting that I am reverting needless I thought I would open discussion here. This is the text that I keep reverting:

• As part of the C.B.R.M. Glace bay is represented municipally by Mayor John W. Morgan, a Glace Bay native. Morgan has a tested IQ of 176, (Cape Bretoner Magazine, June 22 1999). While attending college at St. Francis Xavier University, Morgan patented one of the earliest designs for a retractable syringe. Morgan is a close friend of American author and philosopher Chris Langan.

In the John Morgan article itself, it has been resolved that the IQ is not sourcable information and therefore likely false, disclaimed by the man himself to me although that is inadmissable admitedly, and sourced to a paper "Cape Bretoner Magazine" which I have found is or was a real magazine that dealt with political issues to an extent. My only problem is the date listed, June 22 1999, which was over a year before John entered the Mayors race and entered the public eye. I think this is a dubious reference in the least and I therefore reject it is improbable that it would be valid, given the time frame. You cannot just re-source it with a new time frame, this is the one used to source. Don't try to be clever.

Second, whilst John studied at STFX and studied science, chemistry to be exact, I have yet to find him listed on ANY designs of the retractable syringe. Here is the canadian patent for the retractable syringe: http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=2142731. All the details are on that page and nowhere does it state it was even discovered in Canada. So I reject that unsourced claim as bogus.

As for the claims that Chris Langanis a personal friend, I cannot find ONE piece of evidence that they were ever in the same country together. Chris lives on a farm in Missouri for crying out loud. He is 10 years older and never finished college. They have almost nothing in common, besides a claim of high IQ's, of course Chris' test have been verfied on on TV show whereas we have absolutely no evidence of the same for Morgan.

Also, I have searched town articles on wikipedia, and besides the fact that the local mayor if the town is big enough has he own article, they do not mention anything beyond terms of service and meaningful events. IQ, personal friends and almost everything that is being included in this article is never included in the TOWNS article.

Other things such as changing the name from Glace Bay to Morganville, clearly vandalism, have been reverted. Also the use of my name as a notable person from Glace Bay seems to be a popular topic reverted. Please, lets discuss why we should include any of this data? Also, You IP 14.... seem to have contributed only one piece of information in all the articles you have ever edited, John Morgan's supposed IQ. Could you please contribute more then unsourced, fanastic, disproven, claims and could you also be sure to include this information in articles that it is relavent. Thank you. I hope we can open some dialogue here. -Kirkoconnell 17:29, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

KO That long rambling blah blah blah story is why you are often banned by the Wiki and got your ass regected flat out by the Vandalproof status dudes. You should respect the opinion of the other editors. You claim the issues are settled on the John Morgan site when actually you have just frozen everyone else out of that site to stop any further discussion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogcat555 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I think I was banned once, then had it reversed. I do not believe that counts as "often". They don't offer reasons for reject from Vandalproof and you were not on the board so you don't know why I got rejected. By the way, I do not think they go by Vandalproof status dudes. Your rebutal to my hours of research as to why I concluded that this information is not valid is I should respect the opinion of other editors? Why did I do all that research into this if I don't? I tried to get you the benefit of the doubt. I will let you enter the information with ONE VALID SOURCE. You cannot even come up with the slimmest of slim requirements. The issue was solved on the John Morgan discussion group. You and your small group of merry men just IGNORED rulings and kept on editing. I got sick of your petty games and had the page blocked to IP editing, a normal step. This will be reverted. Please address my points before including unsourced information. I am sorry if logic and a one valid source rule is too much for you. -Kirkoconnell 02:59, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

According to ...214 you have been banned four times but cover up by accessing different usernames. You should be permanently banned by the Great Wikiman. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogcat555 (talk • contribs) 11:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay so that person is lying to you. Also, they are not exactly the most trustworthy source for information. I only use my username, never have used another. Making a bold statement like permanently banned requires evidence, something you seem to be allergic to as you are repeatedly ignoring and/or refuse to answer my call for valid sources. This will be reverted again, and you will get a final warning. Once more and you will be reported for violating policy, apparently willingly. -Kirkoconnell 12:29, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Why does this KO guy get to shut down the site for the whole town? He is not adding anything himself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Caper555 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

And adding unsourced nonsense is productive? I have added some material to the article actually, but I am not to justify MY edits, you are to justify YOURS if they are unsourced or clearly nonsense.-Kirkoconnell 01:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Bruce Boudreau Reference.

Besides his own Wikipedia article saying it, here is an article stating the Bruce Boudreau is a native Toronotian: http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10143

Please cite sources for information. -Kirkoconnell (talk) 20:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Kirk, I twice reverted this guy over the weekend for adding Bruce Boudreau to the notable names list because his Wikipedia article said he was from Toronto, Ontario. The edit was made a third time, this time by user 142.167.231.79 [[1]] who, according to his user contributions, edited the Bruce Boudreau article one minute prior to the edit on the Glace Bay article, changing his birth place to Glace Bay. It looks like a vandalism attempt, however I didn't revert a third time for fear I would be the user banned. Other than the obvious vandalism in the Bruce Boudreau article, I was unable to find any reference to him being born in Glace Bay, or even having some connection to the community. CapersAreCool (talk) 01:45, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I caught that in the BB article and I reverted that given my previous research into the matter. I will revert that if it is in the artcile. -Kirkoconnell (talk) 01:18, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

what are you calling non-sense bi? you frigged in the head? the 'material' that was previously posted made more sence to me and me chums that whats there now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 007nathan (talk • contribs) 00:29, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Mayors of Glace Bay

I happened to come across an article for John Carey Douglas, so I added the link to the article, but there seems to be a mistake somewheres. The Glace Bay article lists him as mayor from 1907-1910, while his own article lists him as mayor from 1908-1911. I have no idea which one is correct, but his parliament of Canada link also lists him as Mayor of Glace Bay from 1908-1911. If his own article ends up being correct, then there could be other dates wrong in the Glace Bay articles list of mayors since the mayor after him is listed as starting his term in 1910, which would be wrong since he couldn't have been mayor until 1911. I just thought I would point this out in case someone has additional information that would show which set of dates is correct. Cmr08 (talk) 23:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

I just noticced as well a mistake in the dates for Gordon S. Harrington. On the Glace Bay article he is listed as mayor from 1912-1915, while his own article has him listed from 1913-1915. Cmr08 (talk) 23:38, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

In no way is this currently a "B-class" article

This article in no way meets the criteria for being a "B-Class" article. For starters, it completely lacks reliable citations WP:CITE, and the burden of proof is on the editors that include information WP:BURDEN. At best this is a "Start-class" article. Until there is significant improvement on the citation front, and the prose, this article barely meets "Start-class" criteria: see WP:B-CLASS for how to improve this article.--Abebenjoe (talk) 04:32, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. I did not put the rating on there. -Kirkoconnell (talk) 11:03, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia → Glace Bay – Place disambiguation not needed - no other places named 'Glace Bay'; no disambiguation needed, as this is the most prominent thing named (in whole or part) 'Glace Bay', moreover, Glace Bay currently redirects here. Mayumashu (talk) 19:31, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

• Comment. Wouldn't the bay be the primary topic? 117Avenue (talk) 21:14, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

the bay doesn't have a WP article - Glace Bay redirects here Mayumashu (talk) 00:54, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't mean it should. 117Avenue (talk) 05:11, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose, The convention has been to use Town, Province to avoid potential confusion for places. I say stick with the convention already in place. Turgan ^Talk 15:34, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Not for Canada, according to WP:CANSTYLE, if the community's name is unique, as is the case here. Mayumashu (talk) 00:54, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose per Turgan. Steam5 (talk) 21:52, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
• For: I think most from this area just associate it with Nova Scotia through pride, but I do agree with Mayumashu in how they have referenced the rules regarding names here: WP:CANSTYLE It is a unique name, even if you search for just "Glace Bay" on Google it still goes to the right place. In regards to the topic becoming the bay, the bay is the town and the town includes the bay, so I don't see much confusion coming from that. Also as pointed out there is no entry for the bay. And I could say I'm from "the bay" to countless Atlantic Canadian's who would know I was talking about Glace Bay, and that's without even adding "Glace" to it.[2] (Mileages (talk) 18:30, 11 August 2012 (UTC))

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