Talk:Nevada

This article has been vandalized again, needs semi-protection

The Friedman quote has been heavily vandalized from the actual text I entered, but I am too busy right now to track down the original version I entered and fix the vandalism. Anyway, I'm flagging it so that one of the admins can deal with it. --Coolcaesar (talk) 20:16, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

86% state owned ? Someone check this please.

For anyone interested in this article, please verify that number, http://www.newsreview.com/reno/content?oid=1397212 has some comments on it. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:10, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

• I fixed the reference to a source for this. If there is an equally reliable source that is more current, then it should be updated. Note that with the land sales by BLM and others, this number should be trending down. But there are other parcels being added so I'm not sure what direction the percentage is heading. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
  • I fixed the "publisher" part of the reference to clarify that this is sourced from the US federal government. The OP's article specifically complains about this. A rather petty complaint if you ask me, but fixed nonetheless. Simishag (talk) 23:33, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation is wrong

The pronunciation is wrong. "Nevada" has the "a" from "father," not "dad."83.5.173.152 (talk) 15:35, 25 May 2010 (UTC) No 70.109.163.193 (talk) 02:38, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

• You are clearly not a local if you're making that (completely incorrect) assertion. PassionOrPain

I lived there for 6 years and its ridiculous when people say nevawda 72.184.127.159 (talk) 22:37, 25 October 2010 (UTC)(talk) 17:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Who decided it should be "dad" and not "father," considering the original Spanish word sounds like "father?" --69.139.96.231 (talk) 23:21, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Nobody can decide how people who live in other areas, states, or countries should pronounce words in their own dialects and languages. In the English dialect of Nevada, it is pronounced nuh-væ-duh, and that is correct for them. In most of the U.S., we pronounce it nuh-vah-duh, and that is correct for us. Different languages pronounce it in different ways, and the correct pronunciation varies for each language, and sometimes within a language. The same goes for dialects of English. —Stephen (talk) 03:20, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Stephen Brown, you are right, correctness is all relative, but I don't know if you are correct in saying most of the US says "Nuh-vawh-duh." You're probably right, but I've never seen a survey or anything confirming that. I know from growing up here that we say "nuh-væ-duh" in Southern California. Person with only an IP address who makes a reference to Spanish, does that mean, when speaking in English, we should pronounce the city of Los Angeles as "Los Awn-hell-ays" instead of "Loss An-jul-iss"? For San Francisco, do you say "Sawn Frawn-sees-co" instead of "San Fræn-sis-co"? - Sdbulldog (talk) 03:59, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

The pronunciation is right. Say Nuh Vah Duh in our state, and in all honesty, you're likely to get yourself shot. IAmTheWalrus89460 (talk) 05:17, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Groom Lake

The part about the military base at Groom Lake is total garbage and needs to be rewritten with proper references Wims (talk) 07:05, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Improvements to get to GA

If someone has the time, it would be nice to fix all of the missing references. If this were done with some additional cleanup this article should be able have a shot at making A or GA status. This link can be used to check the quality of the existing references. Vegaswikian (talk) 07:09, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Gaming vs. Gambling

In November 2010 a change was made to replace "gambling" with "gaming" everywhere (including in making piped links to Gambling). Personally, I see the term gaming as a euphamism driven by industry backers, but recognize my viewpoint is biased and would like some consensus before reverting the changes. I can't find any guidence in wikipedia on the terminology, but feel gambling is better for a few reasons.

1. It's understood throughout the English-speaking world, not just in Nevada and areas with casinos,
2. It's unambiguous: gaming is often used for computer or other games, and most importantly
3. The appropriate wikipedia article is called Gambling; Gaming is largely a dab page.

Any thoughts? Bennetto (talk) 18:13, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

The term "gaming" is not merely a euphemism. It is widely used by government agencies (e.g, Nevada Gaming Control Board) and in news and other contexts. It specifically refers to the industry and not simply the activity of gambling. With that in mind, I don't think a revert is necessary, but I don't see anything wrong with changing some instances of "gaming" to "gambling" where appropriate. The change you referenced looks like a blanket search & replace, which was probably unnecessary. Simishag (talk) 19:07, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

The word 'gaming' did confuse me at first, but I suppose Simishag is right.--124.179.39.110 (talk) 08:52, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I have to say, I had the same impression as Bennetto, that this was a euphemism (for instance, people in support of liberalizing laws about it tend to use "gaming", while opponents use "gambling"), but IMHO "gambling" is generally the commonly used term and carries no negative connotation. With that in mind, I've gone ahead boldly and changed "gaming" to "gambling in the lede, but if you disagree, let me know here. I just feel that gambling is the better term, given that it's more precise. Meelar (talk) 21:49, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

I don't believe!

Nevada is made up of mostly desert and semiarid climate regions, daytime summer temperatures sometimes may rise as high as 125 °F (52 °C) and nighttime winter temperatures may reach as low as −50 °F (−46 °C).

−46 °C is very cold! I think it is mistake. The minimum temperature is when night and winter not less then 0°C/78.42.111.232 (talk) 08:05, 30 August 2011 (UTC)Kirill

Yes, it is quite chilly, but it is documented. There are plenty of references to it. —Stephen (talk) 08:11, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Obviously that's not going to happen in Las Vegas. However, much of northern Nevada is high desert. Temperatures there can fall down to 40 °F (39 °C) even in summer in northern Nevada, with a few certain cold spots even seeing subfreezing temperatures in July. I have personally experienced temperatures as low as -22 °F (-30 °C) in the town of Elko less than two years ago, which wasn't even a record low for the day, let alone month or year. Outlying areas were below -30 °F (-34 °C) that morning. Nevada isn't all like Las Vegas. In fact, most of Nevada is NOTHING like Las Vegas. Famartin (talk) 11:39, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Concur with Famartin. Most of Nevada is more like Tonopah, Beatty, Elko, or all the wide open spaces in between. --Coolcaesar (talk) 21:04, 17 September 2011 (UTC)