Eglinski

Deadmonton

First, please sign your name with four tildes (~~~~) when you post on a talk page. This makes it possible to actually respond to you. Second, "Deadmonton", while a known nickname for the city, is not a common one, nor is "Redmonton". "Edmonchuk" is by far the commonest nickname. I've lived in this city for nearly 40 years, and the only instance of this term I can recall was the journalist who coined it. You are a bit disingenuous when you talk about "censorship"; you yourself fail to note that the British journalist who coined the term was subsequently invited to visit Edmonton by then-mayor Bill Smith, and completely and publicly retracted his opinion of our city. If you want to provide a balanced view on the issue, you ought to provide The Rest of the Story. Denni^talk 19:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for your quick response, and thanks for signing your post. I have no issue with the Edmonton article discussing nicknames, flattering or not, for the city-all I ask is that they be properly sourced and referenced. As far as the Telegraph reporter's remarks go, I expect the Edmonton Journal archives would be a fine place to look for his retraction, because I know they covered it. Such a thing would probably not be able to be sourced online - while the original comment was made in a more or less international scope, the retraction was very much a local story. Frankly, I don't care much what outsiders think about Edmonton - residents know it is a culturally alive place to live. We are not known as the Festival City for no reason. I also take no small issue with your comment that "It's further perpetuated when government officials make public claims that we're leaders culturally, artistically, and in other fields when these sorts of claims are hugely laughable by both national and international standards." We have a world-class folk festival. The Jazz Festival is among the top in North America for the performers it attracts. Our Heritage Days Festival is enormously popular and among the best-attended in Canada. The Winspear is a top-notch concert hall and attracts international performers. For a city which has only just reached a million, I think we have everything to be proud of, and very little to be ashamed of (118th Ave notwithstanding). Denni^talk 20:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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