Talk:South Dakota

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License plate and other things?

Consider finding and then putting an image of a license plate in the article. Could be done under state symbols or the text where it says that the number indicates the county. Just a suggestion, not a big point. Chergles (talk) 16:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

There isn't any mention of manufacturing. On the other hand, articles don't say "Rwanda doesn't make cars, boats, or computers". Chergles (talk) 16:26, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

(Sorry for the late reply) On the license plate, although I vaguely remember seeing one on Wikipedia when I first started edited a couple years ago, I can't find it anymore (I checked Commons as well, without luck). If someone is able to find or upload an image, I wouldn't at all be opposed to adding it to the symbols section.

On the missing manufacturing information, I'm somewhat unsure of how to handle it...I can think of a couple somewhat important east river companies like Raven and Daktronics, but even these are a bit limited in economic impact as far as the state's economy on the whole; they could certainly be mentioned on an Economy of South Dakota article, or on articles for the associated cities, but these might be a bit too limited in scope to mention here. General manufacturing statistics could, on the other hand, certainly be added, if someone is able to dig them up. I think you touched on a key point in your Rwanda example - there just has never really been much of a manufacturing sector in the state. AlexiusHoratius 09:20, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Intro

Why no population in the intro? Virtually every area in the country, whether townships or states, has either the 2000 census population or a more recent estimated population in the intro, or both. I would add it, but I'm hesitant to work with a GA-class article that I don't really know. Nyttend (talk) 15:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I added a brief sentence about the 2008 estimate, as it matches the infobox information. I'm actually looking to expand the intro a bit more; given the article's size, I think we could go with four paragraphs instead of the current three. I was thinking of adding a short history-themed paragraph or something like that, along with some other slight additions to things like geography, if anyone wants to help with that. AlexiusHoratius 18:30, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

'Official Language'

...sound be left as 'English (de facto)' since 'common' is NOT a legal way to phrase this.63.118.154.72 (talk) 16:47, 6 May 2010 (UTC)