Talk:Toronto Parking Authority

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Major modifications to this article in August 2017

I have made some much needed improvements to this article, including

removing a section on customers 10 years moaning about not being able to pay cash
removing the list of all the parking lots the TPA operates - but I have included that City Hall is the largest parking garage that the TPA operates, however I cannot find a source that "it is the world's largest"
Rewriting sections that were copy and pasted from the TPA website
Improving and consolidating information about the TPA - especially the number of parking spaces
Addition of on street parking
Addition of a picture of a Green P parking lot (would appreciate a better one if you can find one!)
Expansion on Bike Share Toronto, including latest figures
Addition of a Bike Share Toronto dock - with visible "TPA esque" logo
Removal of AutoShare, as I can't find a source that AutoShare and TPA are still connected

I also removed the Multiple issues | Refimprove | No footnotes tags - Can someone check these if this is appropriate?

Cheers, Turini2 (talk) 10:08, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox edits

@70.30.114.41: I'd like to outline why I reverted your edits to this article, and why I believe your edits were incorrect. The TPA manages Toronto's Parking lots - therefore the industry is Parking, not Property management. City owned assets are developed by CreateTO, not the TPA.

The chairperson of this organisation does not seem to be notable - or mentioned elsewhere in the article. I would query whether the CEO/President of the organisation would be more likely to be a "key person"?

Monetary assets with regards to the TPA does not convey any useful information. More useful information with regards to "assets" - as outlined elsewhere in the article - include number of parking garages and parking spaces.

Finally, the web address of the TPA may be "Green P" - however it is the website of the Toronto Parking Authority and therefore I named it accordingly.

I also recommend you set up an account - it makes it much easier to edit! I look forward to your response. :) Turini2 (talk) 15:52, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thx for laying your reasoning out like this, and sorry if I came off a bit harsh earlier. I'll go through and respond point-by-point if that's ok.

Looking at some other articles like Impark I can see that consensus is to call them "Parking" companies so I won't contest that one.
Based on their annual reports, TPA doesn't have a President or CEO since (legally) the corporation consists of the Board of Directors as appointed by the city and the assets they manage. So the Chair of the Board is the head of TPA as a corporation de facto, if not de jure.
As for assets, I think it's fine to describe the assets in the article (number of spaces, etc) if you feel the actual monetary amounts are not appropriate.
According to Template:Infobox company the website in the infobox should be shown as the URL (i.e. it should use the URL template and appear as example.com) not as a descriptor of the URL.

I'll take the idea of creating an account under advisement. In the meantime have a great rest of your day :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.30.114.41 (talk) 20:07, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]