Talk:Calgary

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November 14, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
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indigenous names as native names?

not sure if there’s already been a discussion on a different article but i wonder if it would be appropriate to list the native name in the infobox as the name given to the place in the most common indigenous language? i understand english is the most common language in most cities in canada but would it be inappropriate to include a native name MishchaytWiki (talk) 03:58, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'd personally love to see a resurgence in the usage of native names alongside Calgary. However, I don't think the salience of the issue is nearly broad enough here as it is in, say, New Zealand, where upwards of 40% of the national population is in favour of officially renaming the country to better reflect the indigenous language.

I really appreciate the detail put into the Etymology section of the page though, it really helps to frame the city and its geographical context neutrally. I think Mohkinstsis especially is sticking among younger Calgarians, and I could see this becoming normalized here as like ward names in Edmonton. Until then, we'd probably best leave it how it is. Bismvth (talk) 18:08, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Founding date

Calgary existed as a town well before 1875. Documents indicate the town of 500 people existing and being incorporated in 1844 TheBrodsterBoy (talk) 02:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Both these dates are in the article.... what is it you're looking to change? Moxy🍁 02:40, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please show us these documents. I'm always willing to learn something new, but at the moment I've very dubious of the notion of a permanent settlement before 1875. Indefatigable (talk) 03:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://hssh3.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/download/40681/36861/50927

some of its in French, but yeah . Calgary was incorporated as a town in November 1844 as it hit the population threshold of 500 people(this also implies a Village and prior Hamlet of Calgary existed for some time prior) 2604:3D09:1F80:CA00:B8C0:DC5F:9D12:C67B (talk) 06:00, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That has to be a typo - 1884 was intended. In 1844, that region was under the governance (from the settler perspective) of the HBC, which barely acted as a government at all. I'm pretty sure they didn't "incorporate" any municipal governments. And they pretty much ignored that section of Rupert's Land, as it wasn't productive for the furs they wanted. In 1884 the NWT government incorporated the town. There are extensive and well-sourced paragraphs in the article on the 1884 events leading to incorporation. Indefatigable (talk) 15:33, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Typo. An obvious one to boot as it directly contradicts the title of the document. Hwy43 (talk) 16:01, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Almadina (school)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Subarctic climate

The cutoff for a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) is to have the warmest month be below 22 degrees. The cutoff for a no-dry-season subarctic climate (Dfc) to have 1-3 warm months above 10 degrees. Considering Calgary’s warmest month (July) is 16.5 degrees. How would that not make the whole city be in a warm-summer humid continental climate? (16.5 is closer to 22 than 10.) The source shown describing Calgary’s climate is of Springbank Airport, which is not the normal place that the city measures temperature, and if we use the Calgary International Airport, it shows the July temperature being 16.5 degrees. NameStuffs (talk) 18:58, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NameStuffs 16.5 being closer to 10 than to 22 is irrelevant; that's not really how the Köppen system works. As you said, the city needs to have at most 3 months over 10C to qualify for a subarctic climate. Calgary Int. Airport has 4 months over, so it's not Dfc. And it wouldn't matter if another station had a mean temp of 16.5: If it also has temps above 10C for 4 months, it's not subarctic. The second station in the article does in fact have 3 months, and so does qualify. Uness232 (talk) 17:24, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, but as a note, when the 1991-2020 temperature data for Springbank Airport is (released?), the climate classification may change also to a Dfb climate, if May and/or September become warmer than 10 degrees. NameStuffs (talk) 18:41, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]