Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/British Columbia

Mixed feelings but clearly no consensus to delete and nobody's added any comments lately.-- Poetlister 15:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

British Columbia
No notable quotes. The first five, by Emily Carr, don't mention British Columbia (and the "sources" -- Said What, Think Exist, and someone's blog -- don't give any further indication that they're really about British Columbia. The last two are spam. Take them all away and there's nothing left. — Ubiquity 04:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 05:00, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No consensus - extend to 05:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)-- Poetlister 17:28, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

The procedure at sourcing, Layout, Canada and Vancouver was followed. Thank you.&#91;&#91;User:SriMesh&#124;SriMesh&#93;&#93; &#124; &#91;&#91;User talk:SriMesh&#124;&lt;small&gt;talk&lt;/small&gt;&#93;&#93; 03:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. Please explain why it is voted for deletion.


 * Keep. Emily Carr is a noted British Columbia artist and author. Hundreds and Thousands  journals of Emily Carr spanning her life from 1927 to 1941 while a painter in British Columbia. Improved sources for Emily Carr, and provided first source citations for the quotations, or removed them. Earle Birney is a recipient of the Governor General's Award for literature was faculty member at University of British Columbia.  Removed the two one from the Premier of British Columbia, and the other about the 2010 Olympics at Vancouver.  Trying to find quotations notable for the western province of British Columbia, Canada.SriMesh |  talk  06:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Also added quotes by John Carr and Earle Birney two other award winning writers from the west coast of Canada (British Columbia).SriMesh | talk  06:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comments, although I work on the other wikis, this was my first wikiquote article. I am glad it is kept, as it is referenced now on the english wikipedia Portal British Columbia page, which is why I created this article, the Portal British Columbia  is also a new one, and the box section regarding quotes is nice to have.  Is there a place to learn more about the types of quotes to choose for wikiquote as in regards to notability of author or notability of subject or etc. I have found the style and formatting pages, but not the copy pages.SriMesh |  talk  22:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment again Hello I try again. I found some excellent sources, if quotes from songs are OK.  These state British Columbia right in the lyrics, or a BC place name.  Have deleted the borderline quotes or those by BC notable people which may or may not be about BC or Canada.  If these song quotes are OK, there are a bizillion more.  SriMesh |  talk  03:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment This is a first wikiquote article - query again - are pictures ever put on wikiquote pages?  As this features BC, and various placenames, perhaps these places have images available.SriMesh |  talk  03:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment Being born in somewhere gives no direct relevancy to the quotes, regardless the notability of the people who said it. British Columbia page should be a collection of mentions about British Columbia, not the page of quotes of those who were eventually born there or living there. --Aphaia 18:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Undoubtedly a notable subject. It shouldn't be impossible to find some relevant quotes, but there are few if any at present.  The notability of the people quoted is irrelevant if the quotation doesn't mention British Columbia explicitly.--Cato 20:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

* Delete unless more quotes are added that are explicitly about British Columbia. I am concerned with the remark "This article is for quotes about the province of British Columbia, Canada and displayed on the British Columbia Portal." We are not bound by what goes on this portal, and if the article is saved we should delete that.--Yehudi 12:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Can I simply withdraw this? The editor (or someone) has removed the spam and found better quotes. In retrospect, since he was named and not anonymous, I should have spent more time talking to him before nominating for VFD. --Ubiquity 20:29, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep per Ubiquity's above request. This is a notable topic and I think that enough new content has been added to make it a Keeper. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 21:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. --Inesculent 07:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm looking for more quotes.--Poetlister 20:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Largely improved. See the diff. Good to keep for now. --Aphaia 04:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, per Yefudi, unless irrelevant quotes like "Life's an awfully lonesome affair. You can live close against other people yet your lives never touch. You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even coming and going." are removed and largely clean-up. --Aphaia 14:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. I think the editor may be under the impression that any notable quote by a notable British Columbian (such as Emily Carr) belongs on the British Columbia page. I will try to have this discussion with him. --Ubiquity 15:31, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - as it stands it appears to be a page with quotes by British Columbians rather than about British Columbia. ~ UDScott 18:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve - somewhere there are notable quotes about this expansive region. BD2412 T 20:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep--Lookatthis 00:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Very little explicitly about British Columbia. Can you imagine a page about England that was full of quotes about Shropshire and Rutland and hardly mentioned England?--Yehudi 20:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. For all the work done on it, this still isn't a page with British Columbia as the subject of the quotes. - InvisibleSun 04:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)