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File:Viafrequencies.svg[edit]

Dear Sam, I noticed that your map of Canadian train routes contains 3 distinct routes & schedules using the same color (red). It appears that the routes are distinguished by their line thickness in the legend. Please refer to link below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Via_Rail_routes#/media/File:Viafrequencies.svg

My colleagues and I from The University of Geographical Representations in Ukraine agree that that you do not choose a color palate of sufficient variety for easy comprehension of your maps. It would be far more effective to simply choose different colors for each of the routes, since there are only 4 routes, afterall. We have come to a consensus that colors should be chosen based on maximum contrast. Please see article below on contrast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast_(vision)

Please update your map at once, so we can begin planning our winter trip to Canada without the uncertainty regarding the frequency with which our trains shall depart.

Thank you, Jeremy Fischer

Hello Jeremy

That map is a few years out of date and should be updated. In terms of switching to a colour scheme, the existing map is meant to indicate frequency only. Additionally, the red routes include 8 different lines, not 3. However, I am in an extremely remote area with limited time, space, and bandwidth to make changes at this time so I likely unable to get around to updating it for a few weeks. The map is a general reference only and not intended for planning travel, as Wikipedia is not a travel guide. I suggest you consult VIA Rail's website directly for travel planning information. Samuell ^{Lift me up} or _{put me down} 15:12, 28 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Pronunciations[edit]

I noticed your post on the Help Desk, so I looked at a couple of your added pronunciations and noticed that in Agassiz, British Columbia the pronunciation respelling is given as "AG-a-see"—which is what I assume you got from the Canadian Press Stylebook—but the IPA is given as /ˈɑːɡəsiː/. These don't match. If the vowel in the first syllable is pronounced like the a in black (which is what "AG" in the pronunciation respelling would indicate in our system), the IPA should be æ rather than ɑː. If it's pronounced like the a in father (as the ɑːɡ in the IPA indicates), the pronunciation respelling of the syllable should be "AHG" rather than "AG". And if the middle syllable is a schwa (as the IPA indicates), the pronunciation respelling should be "uh" rather than "a". You may want to have a look at Help:Pronunciation respelling key and Help:IPA/English. Adding these pronunciations is obviously a good thing, but it seems that the Canadian Press Stylebook pronunciation-respelling system doesn't exactly match the one used in Wikipedia, so some interpretation may be necessary. Deor (talk) 14:36, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Deor This is exactly the sort of feedback I was hoping for, thanks. I'll correct it. Samuell ^{Lift me up} or _{put me down} 15:48, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thank you for adding the Canadian pronunciations! I've corrected obvious errors as much as I could, but the notations you added in these articles were either dubious or nonsensical beyond fixing:

Is it possible for you to show me the notations for these words in the source verbatim? If it includes a key (like H:RESPELL), that would also be appreciated. Thanks. Nardog (talk) 10:39, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nardog Thanks for the feedback. I've gone through the list an fixed a few errors, but many of the pronunciations appear to be faithful renderings of pronunciations that are nonsensical products of linguistic mixing. I don't have any formal training in linguistics, and am still learning IPA. I've gotten better, thought I became less cautious and let a few typos slip through that I would have caught if I had been double checking.

The source is paywalled, but I have access through my employer, and will email the list and the rules. The one issue you noted most often was a lack of stress in two-syllable names. The phrasebook appears to use this were two syllables are merged into one, and neither has a particular stress on it. Samuell ^{Lift me up} or _{put me down} 16:37, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for sending me the source! I've fixed them where I could, but I must note the list is an idiosyncratic mess. The compiler(s) clearly didn't have the amount of knowledge about the sound system of English required for the task. Without a dedicated symbol for the schwa, unstrssed syllables are especially ambiguous and hard to interpret. The sheer quantity of the work is enticing, but whenever another source is available, I recommend the latter be given precedence. Nardog (talk) 18:09, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nardog Okay. I've looked into other pronunciations guides for Canadian toponyms, and all of them have similar issues. I will look through the CP stylebook to try to separate the problematic pronunciations from those that are of better quality. Samuell ^{Lift me up} or _{put me down} 01:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Ulukhaktok[edit]

Thanks for updating the Ulukhaktok, and other communities, pictures. I live in Cambridge Bay on the other side of the island but haven't been to Ulukhaktok since since 1996. The cost of getting there, never mind that it's in another territory, is at least $1,300 one way. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 16:18, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I live in Inuvik, so it's a bit easier for me to get out the NWT coastal and Delta communities. I have to cycle through them again in June, at which point I should have more time, and whether will be warm enough that I shouldn't have to worry about my camera batteries Samuell ^{Lift me up} or _{put me down} 02:22, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Lots of relatives in Inuvik and even more in Ulukhaktok. Even a few in Paulatuk and Sachs. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 23:20, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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