Talk:Gold Coast

Gold Coast
Gold Coast was just linked to by the official Wikipedia Facebook page. Keep an eye on it as traffic may increase for a bit. LtPowers (talk) 23:03, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * They've tweeted as well and they often tweet about our article. --Saqib (talk) 06:49, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Districts?
I noticed Surfers_Paradise and other districts of Gold Coast are listed as separate towns. Should they not be districts of this article? Andrewssi2 (talk) 05:53, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Only if there's overlap. If this article covers the city proper while the other articles cover suburbs, then it's fine the way it is (though perhaps the links should be moved to "Get out". Powers (talk) 19:58, 2 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I saw this a bit late. To be clear the suburbs are inside the city of Gold Coast proper. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 21:47, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Replacement banner


The existing banner is of rather low quality and appears to have been taken through a window. I have created a replacement of almost the same view with a higher quality source.

Any objections to replace? --Andrewssi2 (talk) 21:50, 3 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I think replacing should be non-controversial... --Andrewssi2 (talk) 08:39, 5 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Agreed. The second image is clearer. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:56, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Commonwealth Games logo
I'm trying to import this into the article from Wikipedia, but it won't work. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Ground Zero (talk) 04:05, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Pictures need to be on Commons, links to any other project don't work. However, the logo may not be uploaded to Commons as it's copyrighted, therefore you must upload it locally to Wikivoyage if you want to use it in an article here. So save it from WP to your computer, then come back to WV, click on upload file in the left sidebar and follow the instructions. And when uploading it here, you need to add a disclaimer similar to the one in the file's summary section on Wikipedia. ϒpsilon (talk) 05:39, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ypsilon, thank you for this. I only have a phone for the next few weeks, but I'll try this when I'm home. Regards, Ground Zero (talk) 13:01, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It might be technically possible to do it with a phone (or tablet) too, but at least I don't have the nerves to try to edit with anything that has only a touchscreen :). ϒpsilon (talk) 16:22, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It probably is possible, but I think it can wait for a few weeks to preserve my mental health. Cheers. Ground Zero (talk) 13:30, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. Thank you for your very helpful instructions. I'm not a techy person, so they were invaluable. Ground Zero (talk) 12:46, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Disambig?
Should this term be a disambig? This is not the only place now or formerly known as "Gold Coast". Is the idea that it's the most famous? Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:41, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Since the other Gold Coast I know of was a whole country, I'd support a disambiguation.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 23:54, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Thundering. Anyone else want to offer an opinion? Maybe I'll post to Requests for comment... Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:56, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I'd agree that this should be a disambiguation. See Gold Coast (British colony). ---Selfie City (talk | contributions) 02:04, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I saw this just now but I'm going to have to oppose a disambig for three reasons:
 * Since this is Australia's sixth largest city, there will be a lot of links that will break by moving this. While we can fix internal links, we have no control over the external links and I'd assume that there will be a fair number of external links to this article. This is the main reason why I strongly object renaming this article.
 * Usually, cities with districts should avoid having a disambiguator unless absolutely necessary.
 * Continuing on point 2, what will we call it then? Per our naming conventions policy, this would be called Gold Coast (Queensland), but then we have Gold Coast/Tweed Heads which is in New South Wales, and that just looks very messy and messes up with my mind. Gold Coast (Australia) seems a bit too broad IMO.
 * It's also worth noting that per Q140075, most language Wikipedias drop the disambiguator, while all language Wikivoyages but the German Wikivoyage don't have a disambiguator. But due to the whole swathe of broken links that this will cause, this article should not be renamed. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 10:48, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with SHB2000. People have had 65 years to get used to the new name for the Gold Coast Colony in Africa. That's enough time. The number of people looking in a tourist guide for the Belgian Congo, Nyasaland, Basutoland, Tanganyika, or the Gold Coast Colony will be approximately zero. Ground Zero (talk) 13:50, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Also one more reason: many Olympic events will be held in the Gold Coast for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games. SHB2000  (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta) 06:34, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Incomplete districting
Looks like there's no Gold Coast Hinterland article, and there are 6 other districts mentioned just as "Other districts include", with no indication of where they might be. Once the districting is completed, we also could really use a static map that clearly shows the boundaries between each district. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:29, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * (3 years later) @Ikan Kekek: on it, but not a static map but a better dynamic map that outlines all the districts (like the one you see on Portugal or New South Wales). I've entered the Wikidata IDs on OpenStreetMap and it should be on our database tomorrow. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 09:58, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Done, except that it's incomplete – not the map, but the districts as they look far apart. I last visited the Gold Coast in 2009 (though I have passed thru it on trips to Brisbane), so I don't remember much, except I can suggest the following tho:
 * Remove the Gold Coast Hinterland – it's not really within the scope of this article, and some places in the Hinterland already have their own articles such as Lamington National Park
 * Create all the other districts. As I will be going off for a break next week onwards (per my message in the pub), I won't get the time to do these districts, but I can do one or two today and tomorrow. I'll start Gold Coast/Broadbeach Waters and Gold Coast/Burleigh Heads, as these are important places in the Gold Coast that don't have their own articles SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 11:21, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Portugal has a static map that can be toggled with a dynamic map, and static maps are much better in showing regional divisions than dynamic maps are, as shown in the examples you gave: the Portugal map is superior to the one for New South Wales. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:42, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's not a permanent solution nor is it ideal, but until someone knows how to make a static map, then it's the only temporary solution – for now...
 * It's also not a feasible solution now given that there's incomplete districts, but I'll try and finish this in the next two months – pending time available from next week. Unfortunately, it's not clear as to why this was districtified, but since someone made a start to it, it may as well be completed. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 11:50, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * If you think it would better serve the traveler to merge all the district articles, do that. Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:39, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I think it's too late now, and if we do merge it, it will eventually need redistrictification, especially given that the Gold Coast is a huge tourist spot. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 12:44, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 revised
I've traced out the district boundaries using geojson.io and the results can be seen at User:SHB2000/GC. I've drawn the northern boundary between exits 35 and 38 (on the Pacific Motorway) following the boundaries of Logan City and the western boundary following the Gold Coast–Scenic Rim boundary. However, here are some of the major adjustments I propose: Does that seem okay with you? I'm no expert nor local, but here's my best attempt to fix the incomplete districting – I don't feel very strongly if someone else comes up with a better solution. -- SHB2000  (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta) 04:15, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * the three suburbs listed in "Other districts" should all be under "Central"
 * two new articles for the islands in the north: one for South Stradbroke Island and the other for the Southern Moreton Bay Islands
 * I know articles crossing state boundaries can be confusing, but Gold Coast/Tweed Heads's scope should be expanded and include all of the surrounding suburbs on the NSW side of the border such as Tweed Heads West and Tweed Heads South and not just Tweed Heads–Coolangatta
 * Districts can be found on c:Data:Gold Coast districts.map. -- SHB2000  (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta) 05:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)