Talk:Alaska

Alaska Demographic Map

The Alaska Demographic Map needs to be updated. There are some areas, such as the Yakutat Borough, that should have their color changed. European Americans have overtaken the Native American population there, making up the majority of the population as of the 2010 census. As such, the color of the borough on the demographic map should be changed to a light shade blue. NorfolkIsland123 (talk) 20:18, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

I think the right time to do this will be when the 2020 census data is available, which will probably be next month (maybe, I just heard on the news they've discovered some issues and discrepancies which may delay the final data yet again). And then we'll need to find someone who is willing and able to actually do it. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:43, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Based on the last news item I read about the redistricting board, there's belief that the census report could be released as late as summer 2021. I looked at the map as presented in the article. I believe the issue NorfolkIsland is bringing up concerns the lack of "as of" dating in the caption. Readers will default to believing that what we present here reflects up-to-date information, when Norfolk is implying that it's actually been outdated for well over a decade. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 02:20, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Just looked at the file description, which says it's based on 2016 estimates. Therefore, it's of questionable value to retrogress to the 2010 Census when new census reporting is imminent. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 02:30, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

I guess because of covid, it's going to be late. There were problems everywhere, and some problems specifically with counting remote villages in the middle of a pandemic. Anyway, final numbers are apparently going to the president at the end of April and the deadline for final release to the states is July 31, although it could come before that. Something tells me the administration may have other things on it's mind besides continuing to monkey with the census numbers as the previous administration wanted to do. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Evr 131.106.106.185 (talk) 17:05, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Get the article to A class

How should we improve the article so that its suitable to be rated as an A class article? What problems specifically need to be dealt with? PeterPrettyCool (talk) 22:12, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

You can request a copywriter come through (per Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests) to look at the article before nominating it as a good article. There's also this Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles that lets you know what they will look review when assessing the article. So you should go through that yourself and see what parts need fixing.  oncamera  _{(talk page)} 22:19, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Also see these previous discussions: Talk:Alaska/Archive 7#Good article? and Talk:Alaska/GA1. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:39, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello, as an Alaskan myself, it is safe to say that there is nothing wrong with this article; however, the problem is the admins, they are so self-obsessed with their power - if they had more sense, this would be listed as a Good article by now (which it is, and it meets the requirements). This is a GOOD article with GOOD content, I would just nominate it again until it gets accepted, something will give sooner or later. 2601:5C7:4100:3600:FDEF:DD23:2980:6185 (talk) 15:23, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Pacific Gulf Yupik

Nobody in Alaska has ever used Pacific Gulf Yupik, and is only obscurely used by linguists. It should be replaced with Aluutiq or Sugpiaq or Aluutiq/Sugpiaq. 24.69.133.124 (talk) 07:32, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

I assume we're talking about the links in the infobox and the lead section? I tend to agree since it redirects to Alutiiq language anyway. I went to just go and change it, but it isn't done with regular linking but rather some kind of template coding, so it may take a moment to figure out. My inclination would be to have the template parsing changed so it displays "Alutiiq" with that same coding, but I'm no expert on these things. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:24, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

I had hoped the template included a list or something easy to change, but it does not, so I have no idea how to make this change, or if it is even possible. I have asked at Template talk:Native name for some guidance. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:37, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

 Done, I got some pointers to the appropriate place, and modified the list so that using that code anywhere renders it as "Alutiiq". Beeblebrox (talk) 22:14, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Well, I got reverted for not being compliant with the IANA language-subtag-registry file, whatever that is. Will keep trying. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:51, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Don't ask me to explain the how and why because I don't get it myself, but apparently it could only be done some other way, and has now been done. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:35, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

-Question-

Does anyone know how much of Alaska is in the Arctic Circle?--ImNobodyEpic (talk) 10:01, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 February 2021

Change: "the northwest extremity of the country's West Coast, just across the Bering Strait. A semi-exclave of the U.S., it borders the Canadian province of British Columbia and territory of Yukon to the east and southeast and has a maritime border with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug to the west."

To: "the northwest extremity of the country's West Coast. A semi-exclave of the U.S., it borders the Canadian province of British Columbia and territory of Yukon to the east and southeast and has a maritime border with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug to the west, just across the Bering Strait." Erak81 (talk) 22:52, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

 Done. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 00:39, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Article issues

This is listed as a B-class article. The assessment criteria (#1 ) states: The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. There is at least one "needs additional citations" section tag (January 2020), inline tags, and a lot of unsourced content considered "important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged. Continuing in the current state will result in demotion. -- Otr500 (talk) 04:57, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Industry

What is the main Industry in this Country to Deal? Elham1353 (talk) 18:41, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

As should be immediately evident from the first sentence of this article, Alaska is a state in the United States, not a country or "some other deal." There is an entire article on the Economy of Alaska that should answer your question. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:46, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Alaskan person from Nenana❤️

I’m Alaskan and I am from a little city called Nenana it has 350 people in the town and 750 in the area and at one point in time was the biggest city in Alaska at 5000 people and was part of the Iditarod (It was Where the train stopped) and nobody has heard of it so I want to popularize smaller towns in Alaska 174.26.115.59 (talk) 21:47, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

There's a wikipedia article about Nenana. I believe that the best you could to do popularize smaller towns about it is to develop stubs about it into larger articles given that you have sources about them. 206.213.190.64 (talk) 18:33, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Well, a whole lot more people have heard of Nenana now: [1]. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:27, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Flag?

Why does the flag here only have two stars? 206.213.190.64 (talk) 18:31, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Flag and state symbols

Does there need to be two of the flag and state seal in the infobox? I feel the second is redundant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EmilePersaud 02:15, 20 March 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmilePersaud (talk • contribs)

10.6: Elections

The House seat is now vacant. I don't know if there's an established protocol about how to indicate that, but the section is currently inaccurate. Oooooooseven (talk) 20:25, 29 March 2022 (UTC)