Talk:Fort Collins, Colorado
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Blatant Opinions as Fact
I came in to dispute the phrase "the city has a thriving local music circuit" (define "thriving" . . . ) but soon realized that the whole article is littered with these obvious editorial opinions stated as fact, especially Education and Economy (regarding local businesses). I took out some ridiculous statements like "Excellence in the classroom trickles further down into the elementary schools." Added some citation needed type stuff here and there, but probably didn't use the right template. Please correct as necessary. K Revival (talk) 16:38, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Old Town
How about a picture of Old Town?
More additions to article needed
I lived in Fort Collins for over 12 years. It is a beautiful place! More information should be included in the article, such as: items on its beautiful park system (City Park, especially); famous people who live or once lived there; recreational opportunities; and events and celebrations. I have great memories of the city!
Tattva: Well, beer is covered now, the only topic on which I consider myself competent.
Northern Colorado Sucks blog
I think this blog is not a good addition to the external links subheading:
NorthernColoradoSucks: A frequently updated blog about northern Colorado
But, it was returned after I removed it. The person who re-added it did so without any comment. What do you folks think?
In the absence of any discussion, I'll remove it again and seek out an admin to keep it out if it's added again. Enkrates 07:17, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Disambiguation
RMHS (which redirects here) is also a common abbreviation for Richard Montgomery High School in Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia, does this call for a disambiguation page? I don't know what the rules are regarding those. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.32.116.227 (talk) 01:57, 19 December 2006 (UTC).
Disambiguated. 69.138.188.233 23:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Voting/Government
So, anyone want to take on adding voting demographic and local government structure information? The county page doesn't have much info in this regard either. Thanks! --NightMonkey 22:56, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
External Links
I'm a little concerned about the large number of external links in this article. WP:EL generally frowns on them, but I'm not sure if there is a better way to handle things like Transfort and the links to newspapers. Anyone have a recommendation? --02:34, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
"The Choice City"
Interesting nickname. The obvious questions: where does it come from, and what does it signify? Λυδαcιτγ 04:47, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Political Demographics
What are the political demographics of the town? I have heard it is more centrest (although center left over all) than Boulder. Is that true?
24.8.106.182 (talk) 06:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
From living in both I'd say FC is certainly more center than Boulder; though I can't quantify this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.132.98.55 (talk) 02:41, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
Pre GA Review
Ft. Collins article can be an excellant candidate for a GA status. FC has historic heritage and makes for excellant reading. The following are suggestion for improvements:
- Photo of Old Town
- Photo of University
- Few other strategic photos,
aerial view of city4/10/08 Fix historic archive link/reference2/20/08Create an article for Fort Collins Museum4/10/08- Subsection or paragraph on all local museums, historic societies
- Improve subsection on railroad transportaton: historic and current, traffic impacts,
local transportation - Subsection or paragraph on aviation and airport: historic and current
- Make subsection of the paragraph on local/annual community events, ie ,Beer Festival, any parades
- Resolve any "red" links
- Resolve "Choice City"
- Add info on city parks
- Section on "Futher reading" or bibliography under Refs
- All extra photos taken and uploaded can go into wiki-commons
After some of these items are addressed, a formal GA/peer review can be submitted to WP:COLO.
- Respectfully submitted. LanceBarber (talk) 07:17, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
School Rankings
Links to some statistics ranking schools in Fort Collins (especially high schools) would be nice Raucanum (talk) 05:13, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Avoiding School Bias
I believe that the Fort Collins page is not an appropriate page to be comparing the different high schools or to be listing prominent graduates. Edits that claim "FCHS is the most prestigious" is both non-objective and off-topic. Comments about a particular high school would better be made on the school's wikipedia entry. Pearmaster (talk) 23:24, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- You were right to revert that. It isn't really a question of content for the talk page, however; it's just vandalism. Someone who thinks it's clever naming his friends. Repeatedly for the last several months. If you see it, just revert it, warn the editor of you feel like it, and if they keep it up after warnings, report them to WP:AIV. I've blocked this latest IP for a month for repeating this same edit over and over. --barneca (talk) 00:03, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Trivia/Pop Culture References
Fort Collins was the sight of a fabricated "Pube Fair" in the popular TV Series, South Park —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.255.93.201 (talk) 00:54, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Balloon "Incident"
Wow. A balloon that flew around Fort Collins for two hours. This story does not belong in the "Fort Collins" entry. There are 120,000 people in Fort Collins. That's 120,000 life stories. The city was founded in 1864. I know that the news media cares more about the balloon than the town, but I don't think we should give them equal air time on this site. I'm also confused why the authors of that section gave it it's own second-level heading, on par with 'History', 'Economy' and 'Education'. Wouldn't it be within 'History', assuming it had any historical significance for Fort Collins?--Drknkn (talk) 09:16, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Ironically, the city's sports team is largely unknown nationally, yet the balloon story has been followed by news media around the world (Canada, Russia, Australia, United Kingdom, etc. all broadcasted the hoax/saga as it unfolded). One afternoon's story about a child abducted by a balloon UFO has raised the city to full international notoriety. I believe that completely justifies its inclusion here, even if the town's founding fathers find it rather unseemly.
Remember too that few people had ever heard of Roswell, New Mexico, until their silly UFO-shaped weather balloon incident created a lasting place for them in Wikipedia. 174.21.13.141 (talk) 09:36, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
- I live in Fort Collins and I don't know about the sports team, either. I do know about the HP research facilities and the 20,000-man university here -- among other things. The fact you would even bring up the sports team (along with the balloon) shows you don't know anything about the town. I don't care about notoriety, either. What matters is that residents here do things that affect people's lives across the world, whether you know it or not, and flying balloons isn't one of them. I resent the fact that this incident is in the article, and that people who live in other states are forcing this content into this entry.--Drknkn (talk) 09:43, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
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