Talk:Government and politics of Vancouver

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I am not a fan of this page

this page seems redundant and awkward. why is there a Mayor subsection? why isn't that stuff covered in the Sam Sullivan? or in Vancouver municipal election, 2005? or in Non-Partisan Association? Also on a slighty different note, why does the Vancouver municipal election, 2005 have a page, and the 2002 election doesn't? 2002 stuff doesn't belong in here. Geedubber 01:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, all this stuff used to be on the main Vancouver page. It was taking up way to much room, so it needed to be moved to a new page. That is what I did. Sure, the 2002 election needs a page but I have been too busy to make one. Can you do it? Canuck89 03:29, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IMO, I think a {{main|Sam Sullivan}} would make more sense for the Mayor subsection. Or a {{main|Vancouver municipal election, 2005}}. Or both. Buchanan-H e rmit™..SCREAM!!!..

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03:57, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree considering those are only short term solutions. There have been many political elections, mayors, scandals, political upsets and actions occur in Vancouver, and there will be many more in the future. This section should comprise a summary of all past and future notable political events in Vancouver. The only unfortunate thing about this article is that it only has events from the last couple of years. Ideally this article should be expanded to give a history of Politics in Vancouver and then include internal links for the reader who wishes to read more about a certain area covered. Mkdw ^talk 01:41, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Page should be renamed: City of Vancouver

This page describes the municipality City of Vancouver, mayor and council etc. It should be consistent, in keeping with other pages describing municipalities, such as City of Ottawa, City of Brussels, City of London, etc. More general information about Vancouver is well documented in Vancouver.
Enquire (talk) 21:52, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 18 December 2024

It has been proposed in this section that Government and politics of Vancouver be renamed and moved to City of Vancouver.

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Government and politics of Vancouver → City of Vancouver – The current title is a little verbose, City of Vancouver is succinct and unambiguous. Currently, City of Vancouver is a redirect to Vancouver, which is misleading since City of Vancouver unambiguously refers to the municipality. Enquire (talk) 22:27, 18 December 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 09:34, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, City of Vancouver is a justified primary redirect to Vancouver. OP cites no sources to confirm this supposed usage of the term "City of Vancouver." 162 etc. (talk) 00:06, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The "City of Vancouver" is the legal entity, the municipal government of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as described in the Vancouver Charter. This page is all about the governance of the municipality known as the "City of Vancouver."

Enquire (talk) 01:01, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No objection to Municipal government of Vancouver. 162 etc. (talk) 01:44, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, The primary topic for City of Vancouver is clearly Vancouver—an article about the municipality. This is an article about the cities Government and politics not about the municipality—blindlynx 13:12, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support there is already an article about the council at Vancouver City Council so it makes sense to have this about the municipality. I don't think there is problems with ambiguity as the settlement isn't called "City of Vancouver". In other parts of the world "City of X" is about a municipality or district even when "X" is a settlement. See City of Winchester/Winchester, City of Perth/Perth, City of Carlisle/Carlisle, City of Salisbury (in Australia)/Salisbury (in England) and Whitehorse (in Canada)/City of Whitehorse (in Australia) so WP:SMALLDETAILS probably applies similar to Talk:City of Whitehorse#Requested move 27 September 2016. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:13, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as proposed. This should be a redirect to the main article on the city, which is what the vast majority of readers would expect. I am not an expert in Canadian law or traditions, but it seems that City of Vancouver probably is the city's official name: Vancouver Charter a municipality with the name of City of Vancouver and it's somewhat commonly used in its communications. And so should definitely just redirect to the primary article for the city. Or am I missing some distinction but Government and politics of Vancouver acts like its subject is exactly the same as locality as Vancouver. I'd be fine with Municipal government of Vancouver or potentially other titles that make its scope clear. Skynxnex (talk) 18:33, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed the section above. And for those three: City of Ottawa is a redirect to a section in Ottawa from a merge but arguably should not target the section; City of Brussels is a distinct piece within Brussels (formal name Brussels-Capital Region) and so disambiguation of some sort is needed; and City of London is a similar but different than the situation with Brussels. So unless there's some of the latter two's complexities with Vancouver, I standby my comment. Skynxnex (talk) 18:42, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – clearly City of Vancouver should (and does) redirect to Vancouver. There may be a better title for this article but that is definitely not it. —Joeyconnick (talk) 21:08, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment: City of Vancouver is rejected. Is there a consensus for Municipal government of Vancouver? —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 09:34, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – One is 33 characters and the other is 36 characters. I think this is a solution looking for a problem. —Joeyconnick (talk) 20:07, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]