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Opening heading[edit]

Seems a pity people haven't posted a personal photo! That would be legal for Wikipedia and add to the article. --Dylanfly 00:36, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Not moved ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 13:36, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pride Week (Toronto) → Pride Toronto — Pride Week is a part of the many year round events that are a part of the entire Pride Toronto organization. UnionStn (talk) 07:20, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The article is at the correct place since it addresses the parade and not the organization. It is common for an event to be more notable then the organization that runs it. I'd suggest adding a section about Pride Toronto and when it matures, it can then be moved to Pride Toronto. Or if you believe that the organization is notable and meets WP:ORG simply create the article. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:05, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose did you read the article? It's about Pride Week, not Pride Toronto. 70.29.210.242 (talk) 03:41, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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QuAIA controversy[edit]

I'd like to make some changes to part of the "History" section to better reflect the recent QuAIA/Free speech controversy. The most convenient sources I have are from Xtra [[1]], though I know there are other news sources that touched on the issue (NOW, Toronto Star, etc). What I've got is:

"Toronto Pride Week has not been without controversy, as the growth of the event in recent years has led to questions about whether it has become an overly commercial enterprise at the mercy of its sponsors and business interests. Programming includes all races, communities, and gender identifications. In 2010 there was a controversy over Pride Toronto's decisions regarding the participation of the group, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid. After deciding not to allow the phrase "Israeli Apartheid" in May, Pride Toronto reversed that decision June 23, allowing the group to participate. "

Any thoughts or feedback? Quietmarc (talk) 19:30, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, at this point, the section on the controversy seems to be overwhelming the whole article. Is it time to summarize the events? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salishsea (talk • contribs) 01:37, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Proper name of this festival is Pride Toronto Not Pride Week. It should be fixed to reflect the actual festival name — Preceding unsigned comment added by SMCKINNON (talk • contribs) 22:35, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 18 February 2017[edit]

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The result of the move request was: page moved. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 21:44, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pride Week (Toronto) → Pride Toronto – While this move was rejected in an RM discussion in 2010, and then suggested again in 2012 without being addressed either way (see unheadlined comment by Smckinnon at the bottom of the QUAIA section above), there's been a significant change as of 2016 that warrants revisiting the proposal: in 2016, although the primary community festival still took place in the final week leading up to the parade itself, Pride as a whole was not declared as just that week, but for the entirety of June. The final week was still the biggest locus of activity, but the flag-raising kickoff at Nathan Phillips Square was held on May 31 and declared Pride Month rather than Pride Week ([2]), and a program of Pride-related events was scheduled throughout the entire month of June rather than being confined solely to the week of the main community festival alone ([3]). And while certainly stuff could change between now and June, that is currently what's expected to happen again this year. So, rather than quibbling over whether the event is "Pride Week" or "Pride Month", I believe the best course of action here is now to move the article to the title Pride Toronto. ("Pride Week" and "Pride Month" can still be retained as redirects, so that a person who's expecting one of those titles will still get here.)

I would also note that the idea that this article is about the event rather than the organization, which is what was proffered in the original RM discussion as a reason not to move the article, isn't all that convincing an argument — the article, as written, is somewhat of a hybrid of "the event" and "the organization", as evidenced by the content about QUAIA and financial difficulties and the stuff that should be here but isn't yet about the current BLM/police fracas. There wouldn't be much basis for us to maintain two separate articles about the event and the organization that runs it, but the idea that this article isn't at least partially about the organization isn't really an accurate reflection of what's actually in this article. Bearcat (talk) 14:46, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support a Gnews search for those two words seems to overwhelmingly support the position that this is the commonly used name, by far. And lately yes the organization is the more notable, not always for happy reasons. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:22, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's very much shifted in the media to Pride. I suspect it's simpler to call this Pride Toronto than Pride (Toronto), until the article becomes big enough to split. Reidgreg (talk) 19:32, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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