Talk:International Street/GA1

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Reviewer: Mike 2 8 9 16:54, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so I read most of the article and the only problem I had with it was in the "Buildings" section. The stuff that lead off that section was very confusing and without a reliable reference. Also, most of your refs were taken from Toronto Star. I think you'll need different sources. Other than those 2, this article is great!Mike 2 8 9 16:54, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, don't know if you know this but at the time Canada's Wonderland was being built and even before it was built and in the planning stages, the Toronto star was one of the only sources that really kept track in the progressions of the park. Yes, there are other sources that tell you SOME info but the Toronto star was the one source that actually went into depth of what was happening in the park. In the end, the Toronto star is really the only most-reliable source out there to date about the park and really nothing can compare to it.--Dom497 (talk) 18:59, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, but what about the intro to "Buildings"Mike 2 8 9 19:27, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

well that there's probably no reference. The windseeker article you reviewed had about 3 statements that had no reference so I think you could make an exception as it only one small statement or delete the statement all together. --Dom497 (talk) 23:32, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alright then I'm passing this one too.Mike 2 8 9 23:48, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Thanks! -- Zanimum (talk) 00:24, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A comment for the record

While I was writing this comment, the GA passed! Wow. I'm posting simply for posterity, to note issues with sourcing this article.

May I start off by saying "wow", such a quick review turnaround! I'm impressed. Usually I forget that I even nominated an article for GA, by the time it's reviewed, but here this is reviewed before I knew it was reviewed!

If I'm correct, the owners of Toronto's other major newspaper of the era (Toronto Telegram) have been strangely tight-fisted with the rights to their defunct paper, and thus there's no digital subscription service to the archives, and very few libraries and archives in the area have microfilm of the publication. Eventually, I might make a trip to York U, where their collection is stored, but that's far off for now.

As for additional sources, I've started to add content from the Globe, but they are a national paper officially. There is also the book Wonderland through the looking glass, but I don't know how in-depth this pre-opening day critique will go. Plus, being only at the UofT, I'll have to wait weeks for the interlibrary loan. (I'm confident Vaughan had a copy when I check about a year ago, but decided to discard it. As if it was worthless to their collection. Whatever.)

I've done revision to the buildings intro, I agree that was random leftovers that didn't fit elsewhere. One issue I have with this section in general: so much isn't citeable. At CW, all of the buildings in each section is one continuous structure, compared with Kings Dominion, which from Flickr, those buildings seem separate. But no source says that. Some of the hidden uses of the buildings are fairly well-known amongst employees, former employees and uber-fans, but again, not citeable. Even the Maple Room, a chic event venue that you can see from the public area? There's only one reliable reference to its existence, on the park's head chef's blog, but it doesn't say where the venue is within the park. -- Zanimum (talk) 00:24, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]