Talk:Houston

Archives
Untitled Archive 1 Archive 2 Archive 3 Archive 4 Archive 5 Archive 6 Archive 7 Archive 8 Archive 9 Archive 10

Temperature??

Why the hell is a branch of the Hong Kong government considered a source of temperatures in Houston? S51438 (talk) 03:56, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

What the hell does it matter? It's a reference. Postoak (talk) 07:39, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

A better question is, how and why does the Hong Kong government monitor Houston's weather? I've also noticed that the record high and record low temperatures keep getting removed. Do these "official" Hong Kong numbers not agree with them? We just set a record yesterday and I can't even put it in the chart? Something is screwed up with the Climate section of the article. S51438 (talk) 18:59, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Why don't we restore to the original weather box that included the high and low records? I didn't even realize that they were missing until now. Postoak (talk) 20:35, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Off topic but...can somebody please upload some better pictures of..well everything, it makes the city look really small and dull, when i/we know its not — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.5.105.136 (talk) 09:58, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Why Hobby for climate averages?

Intercontinental is the official station for Houston. [1][2] and has been for decades [3].

Also, why are we sourcing a frozen-in-time pdf? The latest official data appears here: [4] including the record highs on June 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6: [5]

Barring a natural disaster, they update records daily. They claim they update only monthly, but obviously they update more often (see above).

And no need to cite a Hong Kong source!

Anyone have a reason why I shouldn't revert this back to the IAH climate data, which the official site? Ufwuct (talk) 14:10, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

The weather chart was replaced and updated with these references a while back, not sure which editor updated it. I don't see any issue with a Hong Kong source as long as a reference is provided. It appears to be reputable. I see no reason why you can't restore back to the original reference. Postoak (talk) 20:33, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Conversely, I don't see why, given two equally reputable sources, that one would choose the source farthest from the area in question. If there is a reliable local source, it is at least equal, if not greatly preferable to, an international source, as this pertains to a locality.204.65.34.246 (talk) 21:42, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

New images

I think that the new montage and images provided by Hequals2henry look great. They certainly are an improvement over the old, tired images that have been there for almost 5 years. The montage is excellent. I support that we keep them on the page. Thanks, Postoak (talk)

Please also note that the new images have proper licensing and copyright statements. Thanks, Postoak (talk) 06:24, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Postoak. Yes I completely agree with him. What makes it okay that similar cities such as Dallas or even lesser significant ones such as Charlotte get better pages? Why doesn't Houston deserve a great page? Has the boss of the Houston page seen pages of other similar cities? After you have seen those pages, How do you feel about the Houston page? This page does not do justice to Houston. I thought Wikipedia is suppose to be unbiased. Nothing that characterizes Houston is being shown. The Galleria is barely being mentioned. The Houston cityscape image shows about 7 buildings out of the 50 or 60 that we have. The image for the Houston Ship Channel looks like there's a dirty layer of pollution above the city. Many attractions have no images, only words. The Texas Medical Center, a place that attracts global attention, only gets one thumbnail image like everything else. How unjustified is that. My edition simply gives Houston so much more justice. (Hequals2henry (talk) 06:48, 26 December 2011 (UTC))

Negotiation

Whoever has a desire to completely change the Houston page back to its old state, that means having the old montage, the old layouts, the small TMC picture, one single Hermann Park picture to represent the whole "Tourism and recreation" section, one cityscape picture that shows 8 buildings, must understand that there is a thing called "Negotiation"; there is a thing called compromise. Simply destroying someone else's effort to improve the Houston page just because you have the power to do so is rude. Believe or not, there are people out there who wishes to see their city being fairly represented. Houston deserves better than having 6 pictures on its page. Thank you very much. (Hequals2henry (talk) 05:19, 31 December 2011 (UTC))

File:METRO Light Rail3.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion

An image used in this article, File:METRO Light Rail3.jpg, has been nominated for speedy deletion for the following reason: All Wikipedia files with unknown copyright status What should I do? Don't panic; you should have time to contest the deletion (although please review deletion guidelines before doing so). The best way to contest this form of deletion is by posting on the image talk page. If the image is non-free then you may need to provide a fair use rationale If the image isn't freely licensed and there is no fair use rationale, then it cannot be uploaded or used. If the image has already been deleted you may want to try Deletion Review This notification is provided by a Bot --CommonsNotificationBot (talk) 11:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Population

I have REPEATEDLY corrected the FACTS of Houston's population and where we rank nationally as far as size goes. Some bozo continues to change it back. Let the facts be stated with multiple sources to back it up....

Houston is the FIFTH (5th) largest metro area in the country. It is NOT sixth. There have been multiple stories published about this including one in the Houston Business Journal. Even on the Philadelphia page, it mentions that Philadelphia is 6th. Please see the sources below and CHANGE IT BACK. Leave the damn thing alone! Here are some FACTS:

Fastest growing in the United States and #9 in the WORLD: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2012/01/houston-ranks-as-north-americas.html

Houston is 5th largest metro: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2011/08/houston-moves-up-in-largest-population.html

Houston fastest growing: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/houston-named-fastest-growing-city-in-us-heres-the-top-25/17646 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.50.95.151 (talk) 23:10, 23 January 2012 (UTC)