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Video Poker

There is a paragraph at the end of the economy section that describes the banning of video poker. Is this relevant anymore? It describes a change in the law that is now over eight years past. Jester5x5 (talk) 06:09, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There in a lot of stuff here on miscellaneous laws (for example county-by-county alcohol sales), which really doesn't need to be in an encyclopedia article on the state. Bdentremont (talk) 02:28, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Use of galleries is clearly defined in Wikipedia:IUP#Image_galleries and this article seems to have a massive and inappropriate gallery. It should be moved to Wikimedia commons. --Triwbe (talk) 19:45, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Foot notes needed

There are several sections in this article that need more foot notes. Some sections have only one foot note. Please fix this thanks.

And being as early as it is, I forgot to sign my comment Magnum Serpentine (talk) 12:41, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Earthquakes

Is it really necessary to detail relatively recent minor earthquakes (magnitudes of 3.x)? The 1871 Charleston quake is important. The rest can be noted by simply indicating that minor earthquakes continue to occur yearly.Doug (talk) 22:10, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. There is an article about the 1886 Charleston earthquake and this article should wikilink to that. (Did you mean 1886 and not 1871?) That earthquake add values to the article. Under the policy Wikipedia is not a collection of news reports, there is no reason to discuss a few broken windows. I will take a shot at a re-write. Please check if you would. A better reference is needed besides "(FEMA)" for the number of earthquakes per year. - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 22:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I did mean 1886. The newly written section is much better! Thank-you.  :)Doug (talk) 12:43, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

South Carolina firsts

The "South Carolina firsts" section is decidedly unencyclopedic with out any citation of references. Many entries are ambiguous as to whether they are the first in SC or whether the significance is that SC had the first in the nation or world. Others such as "First Spoleto Festival ..." are just plain silly as the Spoleto festival itself is a unique event and apparently didn't make the cut for inclusion in this article. "First steam locomotive built in the United States to be used for regular railroad service" would be great, but it is the regularly scheduled railroad that was important and South Carolina. The locomotive was built at West Point Foundry in NY! I am going to give this a bit of time for anybody to back up any of these claims with references or raise an objection, and then start removing many of them. Thanks. -- Bdentremont (talk) 02:50, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Governor Stephen Colbert

Vandals! Why is Stephen Colbert listed as the governor of S.C.? Rangermike (talk) 14:59, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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