Talk:Buford, Wyoming

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For sale

The town is for sale according to http://www.wyolifestyle.com/blog/?p=327 (and the official Buford website) but I can't figure out how to edit the wiki page to cite references properly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.125.224.250 (talk) 21:58, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I also tried to update this, and was partially successful, but failed to make a good hyperlink in the reference. (anonymous user)

Update needed...

Now just three weeks ago I went up to Wyoming again, as I usually do for Spring Break. This article says Buford has a population of 1. But last I was up there the sign said 2. If someone could recheck that and see if the sign is correct that would be great. R66-Y (talk) 02:35, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Its one person according to CNN http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/12/23/dnt.wyoming.town.of.one.kusa?hpt=C2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.71.234.138 (talk) 05:45, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Info missing..... Just wonder how big is the town? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guapajane (talk • contribs) 23:01, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unusual Article?

Highest elevation AND one person.

Lunakeet —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lunakeet (talk • contribs) 14:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"This own ain't big enough for both of us." is what I reckon the Don said.:> 83.254.151.33 (talk) 21:08, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fort Sanders

Fort Sanders (Wyoming) was constructed just south of modern Laramie ([1]) - not on or near the townsite of Buford. I realize there may be some confusion - Fort Sanders was originally named Fort Buford after the same John Buford the town of Buford is named for. I removed the reference to Fort Sanders and added a {{fact}} tag for the rest of the paragraph. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 03:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name change

This town is definitely not called "PhinDeli" -- even according to the references in the article, the town was renamed to "PhinDeli Town Buford" (not just "PhinDeli"). I've moved the article accordingly.

Also, User:Woods80513 has a point here. In all the government records (type site:gov "PhinDeli" in Google), the name of the town remains Buford. Since I'm not American, I do not know what's the procedure for changing the name of an unincorporated community. According to this news report:

On Tuesday, he and former town owner Don Sammons unveiled the newly dubbed “PhinDeli Town Buford,” though Nguyen assured his neighbors that their postal addresses still will bear the town’s original name.

It appears to me that "PhinDeli Town" is just a branding nickname or a tagline, while the official name of the city remains Buford. I might be wrong, though. utcursch | talk 17:53, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

County of Albany records (site:albany.wy.us phindeli) now refer to this town as "Buford Phindeli Town". I'll wait for someone more knowledgeable to comment before a page move. utcursch | talk 17:28, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Woods80513 has a point, but was mistaken in his claim that the USPS and county registrar are the official deciders in a town name. It's more complicated than that, depending on if the city has a charter (which this as an unincorporated city would not), state law, policy of the United States Board on Geographic Names, etc. Regardless the United States Postal Service would have a powerful influence, but not the final say in the matter. For example, I doubt the USPS uses the full, official title City and County of San Francisco. The USPS would be almost like Google Maps. If it appears in Google Maps, everybody may start using a name, but it is not legally binding. Dave (talk) 03:34, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 19 April 2020

The request to rename this article to Buford, Wyoming has been carried out.

If the page title has consensus, be sure to close this discussion using {{subst:RM top|'''page moved'''.}} and {{subst:RM bottom}} and remove the {{Requested move/dated|…}} tag, or replace it with the {{subst:Requested move/end|…}} tag.

PhinDeli Town Buford, Wyoming → Buford, Wyoming – WP:COMMONNAME is "Buford". "PhinDeli Town Buford" was a name declared by the local store from 2012 to 2017, and is no longer a substantial name, if it ever was. "Buford" seems pretty uncontoversial at this point, but out of an abundance of caution, doing a move discussion anyway because it was already moved twice in 2013 and 2014 without discussion. Closeapple (talk) 20:58, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Largely Support I thank you for the caution, @Closeapple:. The owners responsible for the name change in the first place have now abandoned it for nearly 3 years, however, not to mention most locals would prefer the name Buford in the same way that Chicagoians may prefer "Sears tower" to "Willis tower", so your change is beyond reasonable, maybe it's a must. Personally, I would take the name change because it's so much easier to remember. Perhaps we could make the current name a redirect to the original "Buford", and put it down in "History". Sincerely, User:Zanygenius^chat For info on 1 Jul 20 move, see this. 22:02, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]