User talk:70.30.210.8

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[edit] Re: Comments on Calgary Talk

What are you talking about? Nobody has blocked anything. From what I can tell, the article is pretty fact based, and avoids biased claims (otherwise, it would not have "good article" status). The Calgary-Edmonton corridor data comes from StatsCan, not economic development agencies; and according to StatsCan, it IS amoung the most densely populated areas in the nation (along with the Golden Horseshoe, the Fraser Valley and S. Vancouver I., and Greater Montreal). If you have specific problems with the article, could you please point them out so that they can be fixed... or make the changes yourself if you see fit. Vague and sarcastic comments do nothing to improve the quality of the article. --Arch26 06:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Also, if you have alternative GDP/economic indicator data, please provide the reference. Mistakes need to be fixed as we all want this article to be factual, and since you took the inititative and pointed out the potential error, I assume that means that you have the alternative data or at least know where it came from (note that GDP per capita and median household income are NOT the same thing). --Arch26 06:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Why is it so hard for you to find a reference to support your arguments? It's tiresome. Either start making the necessary changes and backing them up with data, or stop making comments. Without anything to back them up, nobody really cares what you believe is true or not. There is data on StatsCan's website to support/refute everything you are saying, as I have seen it all before. You should look. --Arch26 02:52, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Please stop making strange edits to the Calgary page. Am I suppossed to go to the Toronto page and add, "Unlike Calgary, most head offices are related to the financial sector"? Please. Give me a break. It is clear that you dislike Calgary, but your edits are not contributing positively to the encyclopedia. Correct falsities if you find them, but don't add unnecessary description or clarification simply because you are from Toronto and clearly wish to make it known that you think it's better. That is petty. --Arch26 05:41, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
That article is discussing head office employment, not the number of offices. You should have read it before you put it in the article. --Arch26 19:35, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
See my response in the Calgary talk, and please do not attempt to make this change again without the consensus of other users. It really flies in the face of the spirit of Wikipedia when you do, and it can be considered vandalism when it is done with that kind of arrogance. If it's a contentious issue and you want to make yourself heard, maybe it would be prudent to do some more research before grossly misinterpreting a reference. --Arch26 06:25, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
In the interest of accuracy, I am going to take this fact out altogether (some might object however). I could not find a detailed description of the study where the #2 value came from BUT, it has been seen on several websites as well as newspapers... even front pages (I personally have seen it published in the Calgary Herald, the National Post and the Globe and Mail). I have also seen it published in books (in fact, just this weekend I saw the number in a book about Alberta). But still, not study. So I await a response to your email. In the meantime, I still hold firm that the StatsCanada study was looking at a slightly different things and its focus on employment is a dead give away. You seem to think that I believe the study to be incorrect. I have NEVER said that. Only that it does not reflect the same thing as the study where the other value was determined. As such, I will remove the information completely until something more concrete and agreeable can be found. --Arch26 06:08, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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