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The government section is a mess

Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Towards the end, after it gets into policing, I cant even... Obviously people have just been making minor edits and additions over years and now its just an unstructured hodgepodge of random outdated info.

Somebody needs to revise the whole thing to give it, if not a point, than at least chronology. 2604:3D08:7F89:6100:87E1:90A1:EE94:516D (talk) 00:31, 18 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 10 March 2026

Latest comment: 4 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

“Change time zone to UTC -07:00. Also remove summer time. Most of British Columbia has now switched to year long UTC -07:00” ~2025-41256-36 (talk) 06:06, 10 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 16:03, 10 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

“B.C.’s transition to one year-round time zone will begin after the province “springs forward” on Sunday, March 8, 2026, when clocks move ahead by one hour. This will be the final time change in British Columbia.”

” At that point, the transition to Pacific time, the name of B.C.’s new time zone, will be complete.

Pacific time will be set seven hours behind co-ordinated universal time (UTC-7), matching the current offset used during daylight saving time.”

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026AG0013-000209 ~2025-41256-36 (talk) 19:01, 10 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Include at least one link to Canada in the lede and the infobox

Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Regarding my reverted edit from March 18: I realize that Canada is a common term, but there's really no reason not to include any links to the Canada page, is there? As a supporting example, the page for Paris links to France in its lede and infobox. @Joeyconnick Theolaa (talk) 02:37, 14 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

We don't generally link country names per MOS:OL. Similarly, MOS:GEOLINK. —Joeyconnick (talk) 04:55, 14 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

April 2026

Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

May you please expire protection ~2026-10938-26 (talk) 21:20, 21 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: requests for decreases to the page protection level should be directed to the protecting administrator, or to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection if the protecting administrator is not active or has declined the request. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 04:10, 22 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2026

Latest comment: 1 month ago3 comments2 people in discussion

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

~2026-35646-53 (talk) 06:20, 20 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Can you City in link pls?

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. jolielover♥talk 07:21, 20 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

"change X to Y" format pls ~2026-35646-53 (talk) 06:23, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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