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[edit] Template talk:Adventure travel

I have a question for you at Template talk:Adventure travel. Please respond. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 18:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

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No problems. If you require any advice or help in the future, feel free to ask. Wikipedia is a community after all! Michellecrisp (talk) 07:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:RFA Michellecrisp (talk) 15:05, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nicholas Street Gaol

I reverted your edits. You turned the jail-related article into a hostel-related one. That was not the intent of the entry. Might I suggest that you create a separate section about the hostel within the existing article rather than performing a complete re-write.--JeffJ (talk) 23:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

The Toronto Central Prison no longer exists; most of the land has been converted for use as a railway yard and condominiums. Before being converted to use for condos, the buildings and land were owned by John Inglis and Company. But I wouldn't rewrite the article to change the focus to John Inglis, then railways and condos. Instead those eras in the prison's history are mentioned, but Inglis has an article of its own.

The article on the Nicholas Street Gaol is about the gaol. If you want to have a specific article about the Ottawa Jail Hostel, then write one, with appropriate links to the article about the gaol. But don't just hijack another article.--JeffJ (talk) 01:10, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I went one step further: I took your edits and created a separate article about the Ottawa Jail Hostel. I truncated the history of the jail, leaving that for the Nicholas Street Gaol article. I hope this satisfies both our interests.--JeffJ (talk) 01:21, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

If suggested, I would argue against a merge. Many different businesses have used a pre-existing building as is the case here. You cited the Rogers Centre as an example, however I would argue that that is a case of a facility retaining it's original use, but changing owners. The jail not only changed owners, but changed function. It became an entirely new entity even though it retained some of the previous motif. I believe that 2 separate articles serves better in that those interested the the gaol (or correctional facilities in general) have a clear source, and those interested in hostels (or similar) have a clear source. Each article caters to clearly differing avenues of interest. Anyway, we can debate further if the subject of a merge ever comes up.--JeffJ (talk) 02:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I've left a comment on the Gaol talk page but subsequently noticed some discussion above. It would help if you write in the edit summary a description of your edit so we can track changes more easily. Michellecrisp (talk) 03:17, 19 May 2008 (UTC)