Talk:Oliver, Edmonton

Name controversy

Article should be updated to reflect recent controversy over the name, which among other things resulted in Oliver Square being renamed Unity Square. Is the City of Edmonton planning to rename the community too? 70.74.156.235 (talk) 14:05, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Why an entire section on places of worship?

And more importantly, why is that the only subsection? It seems excessive if you are not given the same level of detail to commercial & community establishments. 165.124.70.193 (talk) 18:20, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Probably because the article is still in development.

If there is something you want to see added with respect to commerncial and community establishments, feel free to add.

That's how these Wikipedia pages grow. People who know something about a neighbourhood contribute.

As a related aside, I'm taking the paragraph somebody added on Central Tabernacle out. This church was, proir to its demolition, located in the neighbourhood of Queen Mary Park to the north and is mentioned in that article.

66.48.175.38 (talk) 03:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

As you may note, I have done just what I suggested and expanded the article to include a significant section on residential development.

66.48.175.38 (talk) 04:35, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Cultural Activities

It would be great to have a section in this article on things like the Oliver Gallery Walk and related activities in the Oliver area.

Is there someone who knows more about these who would be willing to add a section?

74.210.8.203 (talk) 18:53, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

What is the crashed car sculpture about?

I know there’s a meaning but I don’t know what the meaning is 199.7.159.97 (talk) 20:23, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 23 January 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) BilledMammal (talk) 02:22, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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Oliver, Edmonton → wîhkwêntôwin, Edmonton – Since January 23, 2024, the name of this neighbourhood’s community league has been changed to wîhkwêntôwin (without a capital W). This article states that although the name of the neighbourhood proper has not yet been legally changed, it also mentions that the proposed name has been approved by Edmonton’s naming committee and is expected to be voted upon soon (February 7). Further, it states that the community league has been looking for a new name since 2020.

Given this, I see no reason why the city would not go forward with the renaming. As for the article itself, wîhkwêntôwin alone may be too confusing for someone unfamiliar with Edmonton; I believe wîhkwêntôwin, Edmonton would be a better name. GriffintheFolf (talk) 21:53, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

• Wait. As the nomination states, the City of Edmonton hasn't even made this change yet. It also remains to be seen whether secondary sources will use the new name (likely, but Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.) Let's revisit this when the WP:COMMONNAME can be verified properly. 162 etc. (talk) 23:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

  Agreed. estar8806 (talk) ★ 02:19, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

• Not yet. And when the time comes to move, the move target should just be wîhkwêntôwin. There will be no need for the disambiguation suffix “, Edmonton”. Indefatigable (talk) 19:55, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

  Currently, all articles in Category:Neighbourhoods in Edmonton have the ",Edmonton" suffix, even the unambiguous ones. wîhkwêntôwin, Edmonton would follow this established precedent. 162 etc. (talk) 20:05, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:02, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Requested move 21 February 2024

Oliver, Edmonton → Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ – The new name of Oliver has been officially announced by the City of Edmonton with a news release issued February 21, 2024 which can be found at https://myemail.constantcontact.com/News-Release---Edmonton-City-Council-approves-the-name-W-hkw-nt-win------------for-the-former-Oliver-Community.html ThisIsOwl (talk) 20:07, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

• Comment for me, at least, the link to the press release requires some query params, so [1] works for me (also linked from [2]). Skynxnex (talk) 20:37, 21 February 2024 (UTC)