Talk:Anchorage, Alaska

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move page. GTBacchus^(talk) 02:31, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

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Anchorage, Alaska → Anchorage — —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathpianist93 (talk • contribs) 04:23, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose as no reason has been given why the naming convention guideline should not be followed. Dpmuk (talk) 10:15, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
• Support:

Clearly the primary topic for that title, and the most important city by this name. --- 华钢琴49 (TALK) 14:14, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

• I have no problem with the move. I'm unaware of any other city using this name, and find no conflicting articles. Either way is fine with me, although we should probably keep "Anchorage, Alaska" as a redirect page. Zaereth (talk) 20:41, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

• well that's what happens when articles are moved. old article title is a re-direct. and also, since this is a major city on the US national scale, we should wait for more discussion. I checked through the archives for a similar move discussion, and there was none. ---华钢琴49 (TALK)

I forgot to give a reason in the template, but I copied my reasoning from an above section. ---华钢琴49 (TALK) 13:30, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose Actually there are 2 smaller places in the USA called Anchorage, see the disambiguation page, although this place is clearly primary. According to Wikipedia naming conventions we should follow the AP Style guideline, which is that even if a place in the USA is the primary meaning it should still take the form "Name, State", except for a list of 31 major cities which does not include Anchorage. I am open to persuasion that we might change this, but this should be discussed at the talk page for the relevant naming convention. PatGallacher (talk) 16:59, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose. Violation of the naming convention as pointed out above and it is not the primary use per Anchorage (disambiguation) since the anchorage for watercraft is the primary use. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:33, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose the primary meaning of anchorage, is where you anchor. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 01:17, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
• Comment Anchorage (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) and Anchorage (disambiguation) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) have twisted intertwined edit histories of merges and splits. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 01:25, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
• Support If the unqualified name redirects here, then the article should be at the simpler name. There is no point in adding an unnecessary dismabiguator when the unqualified name redirects already. --Polaron | Talk 14:46, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Comment it should not redirect here. It should be a dab page. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 23:22, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

• Is there consensus for that? Perhaps a move request for that is in order then? If that goes through, then this request is moot. --Polaron | Talk 14:53, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

• The dab page is set up saying that. American and British cites are not primary uses by default thought at times we sometimes try and make it appear that they are. And yes, I think the dab page should be moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:22, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

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. No further edits should be made to this section.

Population Claim seems incorrect

Re the claim: "the city constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population; only New York has a higher percentage of residents who live in the state's largest city."; seems to be (in a very technical sense) incorrect. Honolulu is legally incorporated as a consolidated city–county with a population (as of the 2000 census) of 876,156 comprising 72% of the state of Hawaii's population (1,211,537 in the 2000 census). 64.81.8.162 (talk) 18:51, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

1975

Oh what a year, i wonder why is isint mentoned in Alaskas Wiki? Oh probably bcause is is the year that marijuana was legal.. oh thats why from 1970 -1980 th largest growth ever in Alaska occured, Because everybody wanted to go thier to get stoned! what do yah no! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.7.249.42 (talk) 21:12, 23 November 2010 (UTC) <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>

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