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Is Sooke considered a part of Greater Victoria? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.66.66.110 (talk) 06:24, 3 August 2005 (UTC) (I couldn't find a definition for Greater Victoria. Does it exist legally or is it simply a markting slogan?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.108.72.192 (talk) 14:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sooke is not considered to be part of Greater Victoria - is a seperate town unto itself - it is considered part of the Capital Regional District(CRD) thus some services are administered is Sooke are administered by the same bodies as Victoria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.81.139.159 (talk) 06:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sooke is 25 kilometers from Victoria, a 45 minute drive on Sooke road, which also passes thru Colwood and Langford, BC. 24.68.69.28 (talk) 02:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Link to 642Blog.ca[edit]

Hi all,

I was told to post here about re-instating a deleted link to my blog, 642Blog.ca. It's been linked in the external links for months, but today somebody informed me that I have a conflict of interest and deleted it. The blog is a community and real estate blog, but I do not use it for advertising - it is strictly informational and would be of value for those seeking information on Sooke and about what is going on currently in town. I urge you to take a look, and allow me to add it back in.

Many thanks. Tim.

TDot1980 (talk) 06:29, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I had a look at that blog, and that is exactly what it is. Sources are suposed to be from reliable, third part publications. While the info on your blog might be 100% accurate, it is still just a blog. Masterhatch (talk) 18:14, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved. EdJohnston (talk) 05:15, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sooke, British Columbia → Sooke – Canadian disambiguation practices call for unique town names to be without disambiguation; Sooke already redirects here. A hatnote for Sooke (disambiguation) will address the old name of the T'sou-ke Nation/T'souke people who now style themselves that way (to distinguish from the town name, which is only an adaptation and not their pronunciation),formerly the Sooke First Nation or Sooke Indian Band. Skookum1 (talk) 07:00, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Light Oppose A brief search shows lots of locations that apply to Sooke. It likely should have a dab. page. I suspect the town is the most prominent and am inclined to leave the redicret pointing towards the current location. but I note the following as there being geographical locations that share the name and could cause ambiguity:
- Sooke Flowline
- East Sooke, British Columbia
- Sooke Basin
- Sooke Potholes
- Sooke Potholes Regional Park
- Sooke Mountain Provincial Park
- T'sou-ke Nation--Labattblueboy (talk) 04:28, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - The last name causes no confusion at all, which is one reason the Sooke Indian Band adopted its "new" name; as for the others the suggestion that any of them are more of a primarytopic, or even a significant secondary topic, is nonsense as is your claim of "could cause ambiguity". When someone says "I'm going to Sooke" there's no ambiguity whatsoever. I note seav's comment below re your other similar objections elsewhere, and what Born2Cycle has to say about it too.
Support as I see the municipality being the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for the title "Sooke". None of the other topics have the precise name "Sooke". See Pearl Harbor and Attack on Pearl Harbor for a relevant example. —seav (talk) 17:54, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, since Sooke already redirects here, per WP:UNDAB. --B2C 07:27, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.