Talk:Sulphur, Louisiana

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"Arlon" in Belgium twin city?[edit]

I am wondering if people from Sulphur even had or have calls or mails or whatever with people from Arlon Belgium? Can anyone tells me how Arlon got twin'd with Sulphur US? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.180.50.200 (talk) 19:37, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

women in sulphur's history[edit]

Can anyone share information on women from the past to the present who have made important contributions to sulphur?Rochelle.darby (talk) 21:57, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

So why isn't it spelled Sulfur ? Eregli bob (talk) 03:43, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At the time that the mine and the town were established, there was no international agreement about a standardized spelling of the word. Although the spelling "sulfur" was conventional in the US, the British spelling "sulphur" may have been more familiar to Dr. Frasch, who was born in Germany and lived there until the age of 16. The background of the two spellings is explained in some detail in the "Spelling and nomenclature" section of the Wikipedia article on the element. In short, the spelling of the word was not firmly standardized in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and many company names and place names used the spelling "Sulphur". In 1990 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) agreed on the spelling "sulfur" for the chemical element, and the Nomenclature Committee of the British Royal Society of Chemistry did the same in 1992. For this reason, references to the element and mineral in this article use the standardized modern spelling, while the original spelling in the names of the mining company and the town has of course been kept. Piperh (talk) 09:22, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notable people section[edit]

I removed Rich Ellender, Howie Smith and Chris Hill from this section because they do not have their own Wikipedia articles which is required to establish notability, per Wikipedia guidelines. I listed the information I removed in the event another editor creates Wikipedia articles for them. "Rich Ellender is a professional football player. He spent one season with the Houston Oilers, which drafted him in the ninth round of the 1979 NFL Draft" "Howie Simon, a Hollywood publicist, was raised in Sulphur. He represents many stars of daytime TV, especially from Days of Our Lives, and has worked with Grammy-winning singer Gloria Gaynor, Chad Michael Murray, Chris Tucker, Tommy Davidson, Susan Ward, and Nadia Bjorlin."Thanks!--Fraulein451 (talk) 01:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC) "Chris Hill, a native of Sulphur, was the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Javelin Champion while attending University of Georgia. He was the 2009 USA Track and Field Javelin Champion. He holds the 6th best throw by an American in history. "[reply]

Article expansion[edit]

I am working on expanding this article, and actually following the Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline for expansion and improvements. IF there is contested material, for valid reasons, such as not relevant or not according to Wikipedia:policies and guidelines, or even possibly degrading, then reverting is an understood aspect of Wikipedia. However, any editor or "protector of inferior articles" can spend a few minutes on the talk page before quickly reverting referenced content. Otr500 (talk) 20:07, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Actual trivia[edit]

According to the page analysis this article 1st edition was in 2002, showing 235 edits, 135 editors, and a "Start-class" rating. It is not ready for upgrading yet so I have been making improvements. I have no problems with article protectors, as I have seen too many articles actually degraded by edits, but it is extremely difficult to downgrade a start-class and facts are facts especially when referenced. It is not only restrictive to an article to make snap-judgement reversions based on some personal opinion, it is a detriment to Wikipedia as one reason why editors stop "editing". As articles expand a "need" to discuss and possibly restrict "trivia" becomes a necessity but not at start-class, or even c-class. Otr500 (talk) 20:27, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]