Talk:British Columbia Children's Hospital

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Rename?

I do believe the article should be "BC Children's Hospital". I've not seen "British Columbia" Children's Hospital in common or official usage. Can you source that? Canuckle 14:33, 19 May 2007 (UTC) Points to support name change to BC Children's Hospital:[reply]

Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(acronyms)#Acronyms as words in article titles - "Acronyms can be used in page naming if the term you are naming is almost exclusively known only by its acronyms and is widely known and used in that form"
Wikipedia:Naming conflict#Proper nouns describes 3 criteria commonly used to determine whether to use common or official name:

Most commonly used name in English - BC Children's Hospital
Current undisputed official name of entity - no dispute that either name means this hospital and not some other organization
Current self-identifying name of entity - BC Children's Hospital

Canuckle 00:15, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree on this point, as I've also never seen it referred to as anything other than "BC Children's Hospital" (or just plain Children's Hospital). I'll try to get a decent photo next time I'm in the area as well. --Ktims (talk) 21:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just looked through the website, and I cannot find "British Columbia's Children's Hospital" anywhere. The article needs to be renamed, but I'm too lazy right now to correct all the links. Greg Salter (talk) 14:07, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Its legal name is "British Columbia Children's Hospital". It's referred to that way in provincial statute. "BC" is just a common abbreviation.Agent 86 (talk) 09:16, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then perhaps the article should be renamed to that (look at what the actual title is currently). Greg Salter (talk) 09:53, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the need to rename. I'll do it. Canadianknowledgelover (talk) 03:35, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Number of beds

I did some more updating to the history section, noticed the number of beds in the organization box is stated as "142^[1]

The reference is a dead link. Someone last looked at it in 2007. But this number doesn't make sense with the other info provided from the Chuck Davis reference (which I also wasn't able to look at) from 1982 when the hospital opened at its current site - "250 acute care beds, an adolescent unit, a modern isolation facility, a rehabilitation unit, a 10-bed psychiatric unit and a 60-bed special care nursery."^[2] I couldn't find any current estimate. Maybe they don't care about bed numbers much anymore. I think it's best to take out the number.

Canadianknowledgelover (talk) 06:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "BC Children's Hospital Strategic Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-11-04.
^ The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver. Harbour Publishing. 2012. p. 409.

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[strategicplan-1] "BC Children's Hospital Strategic Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-11-04.

[2] The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver. Harbour Publishing. 2012. p. 409.

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