Talk:Toronto/Islands

Latest comment: 7 years ago by TheTrolleyPole in topic Restoring the article

Added link to the Toronto Island Community

Restoring the article edit

I wanted to add much more info about the Toronto Islands but found that to be awkward with the former article-within-an-article format of the Toronto/Harbourfront article. It's virtually a separate district with its own distinctive quirks (ferries rather than subways/trams/buses; no autos; etc). So, I converted Toronto/Islands from a redirect into an article. I made corresponding changes to the main and Toronto/Harbourfront articles. TheTrolleyPole (talk) 20:02, 18 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

I previously raised some concerns at Talk:Toronto#Harbourfront / Islands about the district split. It's true that the Islands are geographically distinct, but I'm concerned that the split leaves both articles too short. Powers (talk) 18:20, 20 January 2016 (UTC)Reply
Both articles are now much longer than before, and the status of the Island article has recently been upgraded by someone else from "outline" to "usable" status. I felt that mushing mainland and island categories (See, Eat, Do, etc.) together was inconvenient to readers. It is not likely one would say: Shall we eat at Swiss Chalet (mainline) or the Rectory (Islands)? Normally one would eat at the Rectory only if one is already on the Island. Also "Get in" and "Get around" is distinctly different than on the mainland.TheTrolleyPole (talk) 20:00, 22 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
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