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Was The War Between the States the Civil War or the American Civil War?

The Wikipedia article on The War Between the States is titled The American Civil War. That title is appropriate because Wikipedia is an international encyclopedia, and a lot of foreigners are not familiar with that particular conflict, which dates back more than a hundred and fifty years.

Discussion of the Civil War in the Atlanta article is a little different. Atlanta is in the State of Georgia, which is in the United States. It's not necessary to describe that particular civil war as "The American Civil War". As a matter of fact, I've never seen that war described with the word "American" until today.

If editors insist on keeping it "American Civil War," the title of the header in the section "Civil War" should also be changed to "American Civil War." Personally, I think that it's silly to use the designation "American" in the article on Atlanta. Anthony22 (talk) 02:54, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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Interstate 285

There is a requested move discussion taking place at Talk:Interstate 285#Requested move 2 December 2018 that people here may be interested in following. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 07:06, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Reversion

@BilCat: I am wondering how you reconcile your reinsertion of the repeated use of the word Dr. before the name of Martin Luther King Jr. with MOS:DOCTOR. 142.160.89.97 (talk) 20:02, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

It's use is culturally significant as an honorific, as he is almost always referred to as "Dr. King" in the US. This is in the spirit of WP:HONORIFIC, which states, "Where an honorific is so commonly attached to a name that the name is rarely found in English reliable sources without it, it should be included." - BilCat (talk) 20:07, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Does that not only apply when "the name is rarely found in English reliable sources without it"? And does this not contradict the consensus established at the article Martin Luther King Jr.? 142.160.89.97 (talk) 20:11, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Where and when was that consensus established? - BilCat (talk) 20:16, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Both in the course of editing and the multiple times the issue has been discussed on the article's talk page. But that doesn't answer the questions:

Does that not only apply when "the name is rarely found in English reliable sources without it"? And does this not contradict the consensus established at the article Martin Luther King Jr.?

142.160.89.97 (talk) 20:19, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
It is rarely found without it in English reliable sources. Where on the article's talk page was this consensus established? Not that that's relevant here, as usage has established its use on this page. - BilCat (talk) 20:27, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
As you can see by just searching the word Dr. on the page talk page, there were a number such discussions. Why would a consensus not be reached collectively? 142.160.89.97 (talk) 22:30, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

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"Metro" definition in side pane

The Area stat for Metro and the Population state don't agree when you consider the number listed for Metro density. I guess these are different definitions of the Metro area, but without some sort of qualification, they should have different names or something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.96.225.214 (talk) 18:54, 3 June 2019 (UTC)


Lock this article.

This article should be protected and locked to prevent homophobic vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaican barbie (talk • contribs) 06:22, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject

Hey y'all, would anyone be potentially interested in creating and/or joining a WikiProject specifically for Atlanta and the Atlanta metro? - Navarre0107 (talk) 23:11, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Atlanta/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

Result: delisted - Bneu2013 (talk) 04:08, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

The biggest issue is inadequate citations. There are currently 20 "citation needed" tags (full disclosure: I added most of them). Another major issue is outdated information. For example, the sexual orientation/gender identity section cites a 2006 study. Is this the most recent data available for this, and is this data still true? Another example: the transportation section states "In 2015, 15.2 percent of Atlanta households lacked a car, and increased slightly to 16.4 percent in 2016. The national average is 8.7 percent in 2016. Atlanta averaged 1.31 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8." Is this the most recent data for this? There are also a few inconsistencies. For example, the economy section states the city's GDP is $385 billion, which is inconsistent with the $406 billion figure in the lead. That being said, this article was first promoted to GA status more than 13 years ago, and a lot has changed since then. I feel like this current meets the standards of a B-class article, but it shouldn't be much harder to get it back to GA status. Bneu2013 (talk) 02:58, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm going to boldly close this discussion, as no one has shown interest in improving the issues I raised, and none of the major of contributors have made many edits to this page in years. Bneu2013 (talk) 04:08, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Culture Question

”Atlanta is noted for its lack of Southern culture due to a large population of migrants from other parts of the U.S, in addition to many recent immigrants”.<< This statement doesn’t ring true to me living in the metro area, especially when you consider the breadth and width of “Southern Culture” (in any case most of the traditional associations can still be found in Atlanta).

This line accomplishes two things, neither of which were probably intentional: 1. It insinuates that Atlanta is the southern city with the highest share of foreign-born among its fellow major southern cities (it isn’t) -and more importantly- makes it seem as though those born outside of the state or country ( who now call Atlanta home) have an outsized impact, and ‘dilute’ or ‘undercut’ said Southern culture in the city. The associated citations were from the Census Bureau and the Atlanta Journal constitution. Neither conclusively supports (or is evidence of) the assertion that Atlanta is *noted* for its lack of southern culture. In fact, neither directly addressed that at all. The other citation, a travel guide, includes a list of things to do. While it does make mention of an increasing share of people with out of country/state origins, it doesn’t support the original claim. What city is the point of reference? What are the metrics we are using? 2601:C5:8180:8110:0:0:0:AD83 (talk) 18:46, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

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Snowy days in April?

The weatherbox for Atlanta says that Atlanta sees an average of 0.2 snowy days per April. That means 2 years out of 10 get some snow in April, which is not the case. It is incredibly rare, if it ever happened, to get snow in April in Atlanta. Also, the average amount of snow days is somehow larger in April than in March (0.1), which makes this even more illogical.

However, I can't really find a way to edit the weatherbox in the source, only the UV/Daylight weatherbox. How would this be edited? Antarctican2606 (talk) 18:51, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

It's a template, so it has to be edited there. See Template:Atlanta weatherbox. It's probably best to ask on the talk page there first. There are references on the template page, so you can check them directly before making any changes. It's my guess it was probably a typo, but you'll have to check the data to know for sure. BilCat (talk) 19:11, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
This does appear to be incorrect per the NOAA reference on the template page. I have gone ahead and corrected Template:Atlanta weatherbox. Skipple ☎ 19:18, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
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