Talk:Ottawa
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Wikipedians interested in Ottawa are invited to visit WikiProject Ottawa, a collaboration to improve Ottawa-related content on Wikipedia. -Joshuapaquin 23:39, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
Are those "speak French" numbers for monolingual Francophones; people who are fluent in French, whether or not they speak another language; people whose first language is French; or something else (or a combination)? Vicki Rosenzweig
I don't know. My guess is those whose first language is French, or those who speak fluent French. The proportion of French speakers is higher not just because it is across from Quebec but also because of the huge bilingual federal government workforce. - montréalais
Just changed the term "officially bilingual." From what I recall of the coverage on local media of the amalgamation in 2001, only the province can make the city of Ottawa officially bilingual and it has (to the best of my knowledge) refused to do so. (References: City Manager's Report (http://www.city.ottawa.on.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/csedc/2001/05-01/ACS2001-CMS-OCM-0002e.htm), dated April 2001 on Ottawa's bilingualism policy, and current consolidation of City of Ottawa Act, 1999 (http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/99c14e_e.htm)) Cafemusique 20:46 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)
Deleted Tom Cruise link. According to the site I found [1] (http://www.ixplosive.com/tom/bio.html), he only attended high school for a year or less in Ottawa, which does not seem enough of a link to consider his as being "from Ottawa." - Cafemusique 16:58 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Tom Cruise was in Ottawa for well over a year. He attended Henry Munro Middle School and Colonel By Secondary School while he lived in Beacon Hill. I'm going to re-add him to the list. mpiff 02:21, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I've moved the lists of churches and schools to their own pages: List of Ottawa, Ontario churches and List of Ottawa, Ontario schools. They seemed to be taking a lot of space, without fitting in with the article. - Cafemusique 09:50 2 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Oh my...is it really going to be necessary to write articles about all those Ottawa neighbourhoods? Adam Bishop 00:11, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Of course :D Why not? look at all those darn US community places. Earl Andrew 02:46, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Yeah...people should stop justifying making even more articles based on what has happened with the US stuff, and instead concentrate on getting rid of that stuff :) Adam Bishop 06:19, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Hahaha well my opinion is it's all important, just not yet. If you think the neighbourhoods are taking up too much space, we can put them on a seperate page like the list of Ottawa, Ontario churches or list of Ottawa, Ontario schools Earl Andrew 06:23, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
It appears that the coat of arms is wrong. Speaking with the Canadian Heraldic Authority, I find that it was one of the symbols that was considered by the transitional committee, but in the end, city council requested that the former coat of arms of the city of Ottawa, granted in 1954, be re-granted to the amalgamated city, which was done in 2001. - Montrealais
Does anyone have any evidence to support the claim that Bryan Adams is "from Ottawa"? Everything I can find suggests he was born in Kingston, Ontario, spent most of his childhood travelling around Europe and eventually settled in Vancouver, with no mention of Ottawa..... Cambyses 15:46, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
In the absence of dissent, have now removed him! Best wishes, Cambyses 18:24, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
- http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/adams_bryan/bio.jhtml has the following text: "From Portugal, the family briefly moved back to Ottawa, and then went to Tel Aviv." and then later "In the mid-'70s, his parents separated, and he returned to Ottawa with his mother and younger brother before settling permanently in Vancouver". There was a story floating around the neighborhood when I was growing up in the eighties that Adams attended my middle school (D. Aubrey Moodie Intermediate School) however I don't know this for sure Dze27 02:31, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)
Added link to OttawaGasPrices.com Spinboy 19:06, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- We tend to be very selective about external links in general they should be specifically about the topic at hand, not a sub-topic such as gas prices. We also look askance at links to any commercial sites as we have long been plagued by spammers. - SimonP 19:11, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
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Venice of the North?
Looking at List of city nicknames, I see that Ottawa is listed as being nicknamed Venice of the North. Personally, I have never heard anyone refer to Ottawa Venice of the North. I hardly think that one canal makes the city a rival for Venice. However, if someone thinks that this is indeed a common nickname, I'd like to hear about it. Peregrine981 08:27, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
- Just echoing that I've never heard it either. - Cafemusique 10:51, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Likewise, I've never heard the term applied to Ottawa. I think it is sometimes used to describe Amsterdam (which not only has more canals than Ottawa, but is also further north! :-). Cambyses 17:39, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I have heard it before, but only applied by enthusiastic tourism boosters. It shouldn't be in here. -Joshuapaquin 21:11, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
Famous People
The famous people list is much too long. This kind of trivia should not be so thorough on the front page. I am from Ottawa, and I haven't heard of half those people.
- Agreed, I have moved it to a separate List of people from Ottawa article. - SimonP 20:52, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
Demographics
You have stated "The racial makeup of the city is .... Korean, 0.31% Other, 0.33% Multiple responses." but in fact you are mixing the catagories of race (eg white) and ethnicity (eg japanese). Use one or the other, and I would recommend ethnicity rather than race.
Mike Kaulbars
Images
How much is too much? We're at ten now, not including the infobox. -Joshuapaquin 18:50, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
- If we add more depth to the article, it won't be a problem. --
Earl Andrew - talk 18:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
