Talk:Vernon, British Columbia/Archive 1

Archive 1

Broken Link

The "http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/find_a_place/mapping?mapid=political_gaz&zoomtomode=gazetteer&map_featureannotate_class_expression=JBOAP&ntsmap=82+L%2F6&lat=50.2667&long=-119.2667&mapext=-1704490.4728+453482.247416+-1667741.31481+473814.548998&searchstring=Vernon&prov=BC&map_polygonresult_data=g_csd96&map_polygonresult_class_expression=JBOAP&map_featureannotate_class_symbol=arrow&layers=featureannotate+polygonresult" link doesn't work at the moment. 67.70.120.252 05:58, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup-external links

The original layout is sloppy and needed to be freshened. The external hyperlinks are blatently advertising Vernon's attractions, rather than expressing unbiased details about the city. Recent editing by *homosexual*.

This article is laced with inline external links, and the external links section contains a long list of links about just anything connected to Vernon, informative and commercial alike. See WP:NOT. Many of the subjects covered by those links may already have their own wiki articles. Other are not informative of just commercial/advertising/spam links. The article needs cleanup of external links. I would do it, but I'm not familiar with Vernon. --Qyd 15:39, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I've just cleaned house. The official town website ought to be sufficient for external links, it ought to then link to any other important town websites. The rest are not useful here (WP:NOT a travel guide). --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 05:46, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Vernon crest.gif

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BetacommandBot 05:11, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Photos, parks and Arts/Culture mention

Thank you for the article on Vernon, its generally well done. I have a few suggestions however. I was raised in Vernon for the first 20 years of my life and I know how ridiculously stunning it is, and the choices of photographs is a little less than flattering admittedly. There was no mention of Polson Park as well, or many of the other parks or hiking trails, in particular it would be worth mentioning BX falls, Ellison and Locheed Park. You may also consider adding into the arts and culture in regards to the mural project that has taken place in downtown Vernon as well as the Vernon Art Gallery, VCAC (Vernon Community Art Center)and Vertigo. Vdess (talk) 08:05, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Population stats etc.

Please note that the population figure in the lead paragraph and the one in the fact box (below the map) do not agree even though they are both purported to be for 2006. Also note that Tourism BC (provincial gov.) has a more current figure of 38,968. http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCities/Vernon.htm

Please also note there are three citations for the winter carnival reference in "arts and culture" (9,10,11). Only one is needed (9). The two "brochure" citations should be deleted as a promotional brochure is not an authoritative source; and the two are redundant in any event.

One last suggestion: Sean Harvey "disgraced ex-mayor" should probably not top the list of notable Vernonites. Domlacasse (talk) 22:57, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

The only officially recognized population statistics in Canada are taken from the Census. I have corrected the infobox to reflect this. Tourism BC statistics should be avoided, especially considering they are not the national authority on population statistics and make no reference to where they got those statistics. Further, there is no reference of what year that statistic is from, so there is no way to firmly assert if they are indeed more current. – Nurmsook! ^talk... 00:25, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

old military camp

I don't see anything about CFB Vernon or whatever it was called, so didn't know where to put this. File:Military training camp, Vernon, British Columbia, 1915, bird's eye view (HS85-10-30574).jpg.Skookum1 (talk) 06:30, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Especially since it was better known as Vernon Army Cadet Camp (and various other official DND names over the years), and a significant portion of Canadians and a few Americans who would have been to or heard of Vernon would have done so because of going to cadet camp there (or a relative going).

About the Cadet Summer Training Centre

Titaniumlegs (talk) 13:34, 31 May 2016 (UTC)