Template talk:Same-sex marriage in Canada/Archive 1

Archive 1

Gay flag

I included the gay flag because I felt that the Canadian flag was taking up too much space, and because it's relevant. Is it really necessary for the Canadian flag to take up ~40% of the template? ^…Markaci 2005-07-21 T 04:23:49 Z

The gay flag's inclusion covered up the Canadian flag. And even if you reduce the flag size, it doesn't change the size of the box. --File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 04:28, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

The Canadian flag is just as relevant if not more relevant. It's a time to feel patriotic pride that democracy works. --File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 04:32, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

O_o; the height of the flag(s) went from 120px to 60px. That decreased the vertical size of the template by 20% (if my 40% estimate is correct). Unless your Internet cache saved the big version of the Canadian flag, the two flags should have been side-by-side, same height, with a space ( ) inbetween. The Canadian flag is the wider of the two because of its 1:2 ratio (compared to the 2:3 ratio of the gay flag). Take a look again. I certainly agree that the Canadian flag is relevant to the template (and I'm very patriotic), but I just feel it's taking up too much space. ^…Markaci 2005-07-21 T 04:59:52 Z

I have to agree with Markaci that the 240px version of the flag just takes up too much space. A smaller, more modest-in-a-Canadian-way version works better, I think. Ground Zero 06:03, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Looks good. --File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 16:45, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Add new links?

I propose adding links at the bottom of the template to the article Gay rights in Canada, and to the category Marriage, unions and partnerships by country, since same-sex marriage in Canada is a subset of both, and readers would be interested in the larger picture. As it is, in the articles on each province, there is no link whatsoever to Gay rights in Canada, and the only link to the Marriage, unions and partnerships by country category is by climbing up through two categories at the footer of the pages. On the other hand, it would be undesirable to add the Marriage, unions and partnerships by country category directly at the foot of each provincial article since it would clutter up that worldwide category.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Wuzzy (talk • contribs) 12:06, 31 December 2005 (UTC)