Talk:Texas

The Houston area is now fifth largest, not sixth

The Houston area is now the fifth largest metro area in the USA. This article still says sixth, but the Houston metro area passed the Philadelphia metro area last year.

So that is an error that needs to be fixed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.201.115.220 (talk) 23:07, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Dhenee (talk)"A popular food item, the breakfast burrito, draws from all three, having a soft flour tortilla wrapped around bacon and scrambled eggs or other hot, cooked fillings" It seems to me that this sentence has no place in this article at all, much less in under the pitifully small Culture section. --Dhenee (talk) 22:12, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Religion section

"Dallas-Fort Worth is home to three major evangelical seminaries and a host of monasteries." Shouldn't this be cited? How many monasteries are there in a host? This entire blurb about DFW being the "buckle in the Bible Belt" reads like a visitor's pamphlet. How many monasteries are there in DFW? How many are Catholic? Orthodox? Episcopalian? Bullschuck (talk) 19:39, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

new section

1. In the Airports section:

Southwest Airlines, also headquartered in Dallas, has its operations currently at Dallas Love Field.[236]

"also" should be removed from the sentence because there is not another airline that is also headquartered in Dallas; Southwest is the only such airline.

2. :Texas's second-largest air facility is Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) with. It serves as Houston based Continental Airlines's largest hub.

There is a stray "with" in the above. ["(IAH) with."]

3. Also, Continental Airlines no longer exists as an independent entity. That sentence should probably be changed to:

"It serves as the largest hub for United Airlines. United became the world's largest airline when it merged with Houston-based Continental Airlines."

4. In the Sports section:

The Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex is one of only thirteen American metropolitan areas that hosts sports teams from all the "Big Four" professional leagues.

The actual text that should be linked is the phrase 'American metropolitan areas that hosts sports teams from all the "Big Four" professional leagues.' because that more accurately reflects the content of the linked article. So that means the wikitext should be:

The Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex is one of only thirteen American metropolitan areas that hosts sports teams from all the "Big Four" professional leagues.

5. Four of the state's universities, the Baylor Bears, Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M Aggies, and Texas Tech Red Raiders, compete in the major athletics conference in the area, the Big 12 Conference. The TCU Horned Frogs will join the Big 12 in the summer of 2011, while Texas A&M Aggies depart for the Southeastern Conference. The Houston Cougars and the SMU Mustangs will join the Big East Conference in 2013.

This portion is outdated due to conference membership changes. I suggest this replacement text:

The Big 12 Conference, an Automatic Qualifying conference in the Bowl Championship Series, is based in Irving and has four members within the state: Baylor Bears, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, and most recently the TCU Horned Frogs, which joined the conference in 2012. The Texas A&M Aggies (as of 2012) are a member of the Southeastern Conference, the conference which has won the most BCS championships. The Houston Cougars and the SMU Mustangs will join the Big East Conference in 2013.

--108.81.25.227 (talk) 23:41, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

 Partly done: I've numbered the changes to keep track of them. I've done changes 1, 2 and 4 but reliable sources are needed for the others. Andie ▶(Candy)◀ 09:59, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to restore the edit request because items 3 and 5 above deal with updating previous conditions to their current state, and thus it is relatively important that they be changed. If it is necessary for me to find supporting references to certain claims then I can do so but I would like to know which specific claims you believe need specific citations. --108.81.25.227 (talk) 18:03, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Here are some citations, let me know if anything else is needed

Reference for merged United & Continental being the world's largest airline: [1]

Reference for Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) being United's largest hub, and for Houston being the HQ of Continental: [2]

Reference for the Big 12 being an AQ conference in the BCS: [3]

Reference for the Big 12 being headquartered in Irving: [4]

Reference for TCU joining the Big 12, and the other schools already being members: [5]

Reference for Texas A&M joining the SEC: [6]

Reference for the SEC having the most BCS championships: Check back later

Reference for Houston and SMU joining the Big East: [7]

So #3 above should be: "It serves as the largest hub for United Airlines.[8] United became the world's largest airline[9] when it merged with Houston-based[10] Continental Airlines."

and #5 above should be: The Big 12 Conference, an Automatic Qualifying conference in the Bowl Championship Series,[11] is based in Irving[12] and has four members within the state: Baylor Bears, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders,[13] and most recently the TCU Horned Frogs, which joined the conference in 2012.[14] The Texas A&M Aggies (as of 2012) are a member of the Southeastern Conference,[15] the conference which has won the most BCS championships. The Houston Cougars and the SMU Mustangs will join the Big East Conference in 2013.[16] --108.81.25.227 (talk) 18:42, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Is there a reason you can't create an account and do the edits yourself? I closed the request again to clear the backlog.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:22, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes there is, I have retired from attempting to maintain user accounts on WP after too many violations of WP:AGF against me. Specifically, my two main user accounts are perma-blocked because some suspect sockpuppetry without any real evidence (all they had was a common article [i.e. ONE article] that we both contributed to). Therefore to me it is not worth the hassle, especially since I will never qualify to be an admin, bureaucrat, or arbitrator (I do not edit frequently enough) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.25.227 (talk) 03:15, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps unprotecting articles would be a better option — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.25.227 (talk) 03:17, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

What accounts? If this is true, it's worth looking at. Otherwise, this page has an insane history with vandalism and edit warring. Creating an account isn't difficult. tedder (talk) 04:14, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Latish redone was my user account and someone accused me of maintaining account User:Rhinoselated as a sockpuppet but the latter account is not me. But whatever. --108.81.25.227 (talk) 21:07, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Updating the population of the most populous cities in Texas

The recent 2011 census estimates for cities has been released making the current number outdated now here's the source for the population of cities http://www.census.gov/popest/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danny20111993 (talk • contribs) 02:38, 19 July 2012 (UTC) Untrue information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.202.40.41 (talk) 22:18, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Texas Tier One Universities

The article has an error, it claims that the University of Houston is one of three Texas colleges with Tier One status, and that is false. It is in contention for Tier One status but has not reached it yet. The three Tier One universities are the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, and Rice University. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.162.118.80 (talk) 17:13, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

A claim like that requires a reliable source. Buffs (talk) 01:18, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

...and we already have one. It's been fixed for you. Excellent catch. Buffs (talk) 01:26, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Both users above should have read the paragraph thoroughly in its entirety, and should have taken the time to verify citations included in the sentence. See my comments and explanation below. –RJN (talk) 03:40, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Carnegie Foundation's Research Classification

The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Houston as a Tier One research university.[17][18][19][20] This is the highest classification of research universities. The designation makes UH one of only three Tier One state research universities in Texas.

The text in the article asserts that "The Carnegie Foundation classifies three of Texas's [public] universities as Tier One research institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, and the University of Houston." This statement is correct as the Carnegie Foundation classifies these three institutions in its highest category of research universities. UH has been classified in the highest research category ("Tier One") since January 2011.

The Carnegie Foundation's Tier One research classification is not the same thing as the "Tier 1" National University Rankings in U.S. News & World Report, or "flagship" status in the State of Texas. The proceeding sentence clarifies that "The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University are flagship universities of the state of Texas." The paragraph goes on to say "The state has been putting effort to expand the number of flagship universities by elevating some of its seven institutions designated as 'emerging research universities.'"

–RJN (talk) 03:23, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

October 2012

Please change the link from [[AT&T]] to [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]] for simplifying disambiguation, per Talk:AT&T#Incoming links to AT&T. 12.153.112.21 (talk) 02:48, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Uh...why? It links already to the appropriate page. Please garner consensus before attempting to "correct" thousands of articles in this manner (see the aforementioned talk page). Buffs (talk) 18:29, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

 Not done:. AT&T Inc redirects to AT&T and the talk section you point to does not have consensus that the link should be AT&T Inc. RudolfRed (talk) 17:26, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

The last comment at Talk:AT&T links two other comments from people who understand disambiguation and the reason for the redirect and who support it. Probably half the 2000 articles are flat wrong (they point to AT&T instead of AT&T Corp) and it's very probable these incorrect links will continue to be created. To be able to find the wrong links timely as they are created, it is appropriately WP:BOLD to create WP:NOTBROKEN redirects from the other AT&T pointers to AT&T Inc instead, even though the article itself is the same. (Often Inc is also demanded in the text due to context.) This is the first of 7-8 such edit requests to be declined; the rest were accepted. This edit request should be renewed after more of the links are corrected and sustained, in part via any additional discussion. Please continue any discussion at AT&T talk. 12.153.112.21 (talk) 14:37, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Russian-speaking Texans

The State of Texas has an estimated 300 thousand Russian-speaking Americans, mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Bloc. Included in this population are Russians, Russian Jews, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Moldavians, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and others. The Russian-speaking population of Texas has continued to grow in the sector of “American husbands-Russian wives”. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.6.18.32 (talk) 20:14, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect County

In section 7.2 Cities and Towns, Corpus Christi is incorrectly listed as being in "Nuences" county. It should be (and is correctly linked to) "Nueces" county. --76.187.192.173 (talk) 14:36, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Fixed now. Thanks for catching that. AlexiusHoratius 14:56, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Best wishes

for future independence! All the best and freedom for Texas people.Boris Godunov (talk) 17:57, 12 December 2012 (UTC)