User talk:Meraloma

Brief Club History

The Meraloma Club is an amateur athletic organization founded in 1923 by Bill Edwards and 11 other swimmers from the local Kitsilano area of Vancouver, Canada. They initially called their club the Mermaids. Canadian Football, Rugby Football and various sports soon followed. As the club grew to include sports other than swimming, the members developed a new name keeping the original "Mer", and adding "al"pha and "om"ega, the first and last letters of the the Greek alphabet, and ending with an "a" for "Always" symbolizing the club motto "Once a Meraloma Always a Meraloma". The club even developed their own songs. For several years in the late 1920's and early '30's a women's swim team was part of the club. Women's sports returned to the club in 1973 after a 45 year absence, at first in the form of field-hockey and eventually, soccer, basketball, volleyball and touch football. The club currently has 350 active male and female members and 100 associates in 6 sport sections.

In 1978, Eric Whitehead, former sports writer for the Vancouver Province Newspaper wrote: "Speaking from my experience... I know of no other organization that so epitomizes the special spirit and character of a community that has produced a far greater pro-rata share of outstanding athletes of national and international calibre than any other area in the nation. Now, in these times of change, with all the swing back to participation sport at all age levels, the Meraloma Club stands as a time-tested model of all that is best in volunteer community sports establishments."

The Meraloma Club is housed in a 1923 Parks & Recreation vintage structure, on Connaught Park which it continues to renovate and maintain. A Heritage Award from the City of Vancouver was earned in 1979 for preserving architectural integrity during renovations.

Once a Meraloma Always a Meraloma

Your question on the Newcomer's help desk

Hi there! To answer your question on the Newcomer's help desk: It looks like you were talkiung about this page. That is your user page, which you use to put information about yourself (if you wish). It looks like you were trying to create an article on Meraloma - click on the Meraloma link, click on "Start the Meraloma article" link, and start writing! If you've got any other questions, feel free to leave a comment on my talk page. Cheers!

PS Also, this page is your "user talk page" - meant for discussion with other users, and a space for leaving comments or question addressed to a particular user (in this case, you! :)). See what my user user talk page looks like to get an idea what it's generally used for. — QuantumEleven | (talk) 10:58, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

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George W Bush

Many thanks for your contributions. Remember WP:NPOV though. --John 03:45, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. You also may want to peruse WP:V and WP:RS, as well. SQL^{(Query Me!)} 08:48, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of Meraloma Club

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George W. Bush

I reverted your edit to George W. Bush with an unfortunately inaccurate edit summary. Seems I need to pay attention to which tab I have open. Regardless, the Posada issue was discussed a few months ago and it was determined to be irrelevant to the Bush article. The previous discussion can be found in Talk:George W. Bush/Archive 52. Thanks, - auburnpilot talk 01:08, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Image removal

I added an image which I created and for which I credited myself. It is my image. Why is being constantly removed. Meraloma (talk) 01:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Which image? --Carnildo (talk) 01:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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Articles for deletion nomination of Meraloma Club

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