Talk:Hamilton, Ontario

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[edit] McMaster University Category in Education

Hey everyone, I removed the McMaster University category at the top of the education section. I don't think the article should be weighted towards McMaster by having this articles education section linking to the McMaster category as the first piece of information in that section. The fact that McMaster is a wikilink in the education section is sufficient for me that anyone wanting to know more about it could simply click that link. Thoughts? Alan.ca 17:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Hi Alan, You had removed that Mcmaster University link in the past and did not leave a reason for the removal and so I placed it back onto the Hamilton, Ontario article. When the article went through with a review before being lifted up to the "Featued article" status the people reviewing it thought it was o.k. to leave that link on there. I don't want to make any unnecessary changes to the article especially since it is now at the "Featured Article" status. Add to the fact that McMaster University is the most important educational institution in Hamilton and this coming from someone who did not graduate from there. I graduated from Mohawk College.Nhl4hamilton 19:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
It just seemed out of place to start the education section with a category for McMaster University. A main advantage of Wikipedia is that no article is ever finished, even when it reaches featured article status. It's too bad we aren't receiving any wider feedback on this issue as technically we are both correct. I notice you haven't put the link back in, are you comfortable leaving it out as there is a link to the McMaster article in the first sentence of the section? Alan.ca 22:17, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes Alan, now that I have your reasoning for leaving it out I agree with it. As far as the feedback and contributions from other people I guess that was one of the main reasons why I started making contributions here especially pertaining to Hamilton. I wasn't at all too impressed with the little we had here PLUS the little that we did have a lot of it was inaccurate and most of it did not have any citations. Monday I go around town and shoot photos of Barton Street...that's if I don't get a call from my agent to work on "The Incredible Hulk." Nhl4hamilton 08:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

What do you guys think about eliminating the external links section? It seems to be attracting link spam at worst and distantly related links at best. Alan.ca (talk) 09:36, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

  • I think for now we should keep the external links section intact. lets keep an eye on it. If it gets out of hand we can always get rid of it then. Just my 2-cents Alan. Nhl4hamilton 08:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Ya ok Alan, I've had some time to think it over and I think we should get rid of the external links section. Nhl4hamilton 03:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] McMaster medical school

I have heard that the McMaster medical school is world renowned. Does anyone have any source material that may support this? It has been suggested to me that this should be mentioned in the lead paragraph. Alan.ca (talk) 23:47, 19 January 2008 (UTC)


(1) BRALEY DONATES $50M TO MCMASTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&nid=17574


(2) St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton: http://www.stjoes.ca/default.asp?action=article&ID=84

Also, Academic Ranking of World Universities, Top 500 World Universities, McMaster University - #88 in World, #53 in North America, #4 in Canada

http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500list.htm

Nhl4hamilton (talk) 20:38, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jackson Square

I thought it changed its name to "Eaton Centre", or is that only one part of the mall? I'm still a bit confused. Ruolin59 04:31, 28 Feb 2008 (UTC)

The newer part, technically a separate mall, is the Eaton Centre. The older mall is still Jackson Square. freshacconcispeaktome 13:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Warning

I don't know what the hell is going on, but there seems to be a unusual amount of vandals on this page. Maybe this page should be semi-protected for the time being.

seanwarner86 (talk) 16:43, 29 February 2008 (EST)

This page is on the front page, and will be for another 2 hours (see WP:NOPRO before requesting semi-protection). -- zzuuzz (talk) 21:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
half an hour more. Chalk up one for the good guys. Chalk up one for the Hammer.  Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat  23:32, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Hamilton

I would now like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have contributed here to this article and helped make Hamilton, Ontario the "FEATURED ARTICLE" today here on wikipedia. February 29th is a very special day in the calender for it only comes around once every 4-years and with this Hamilton article as today's featured article February 29 will always be an extra special for me because of it. Hamilton is a big town and there's a lot of work that needs to be done. Everyone has a part to play in it and together we can make it all happen. The Future belongs to Hamilton!  Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat  23:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Congrats to all the editors who worked on this. Amazing job! I didn't get a chance to contribute anything to the article on my hometown, but I've been watching the progress. Great work everyone. freshacconcispeaktome 23:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
You're from Hamilton? How about that? Cool! I always thought you were from Toronto.  Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat  23:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Yep, I'm an East Mountain boy. freshacconcispeaktome 00:26, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Me too.  Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat  00:37, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


This is a fabulous article! You've done a simply amazing job, and I just wanted to pop in to say so. Kudos to the editors who brought this fantastic page to fruition. {Jazz2006 (talk) 00:50, 2 June 2008 (UTC)}