Talk:Tri-Cities, Washington

August 2005

I recently wrote up this article from a glorified stub into what it is now. It's generally culled from my experiences living in the Tri-Cities for 17 years, as well some Google searches, quick online research and a class in Washington History from my freshman year of high school. Any additions, fact-checking/correcting, clarification, etc. would be greatly beneficial to this article. Of course, the biggest need is ADDING PICTURES, which is definitely not my specialty. Any takers? --Matt Yeager 07:56, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Kennewick is from 1904 and Richland is from 1910.

Stupid me. Matt Yeager 23:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

About broadcast TV stations

I don't want to sound crude, but it isn't really smart to include a Seattle broadcast station in the Tri-Cities media section. KCTS is a SEATTLE station, not TRI-CITIES! The Tri-Cities only gets KCTS through Charter Cable and not over-the-air.

If you want to list the over-the-air stations, it should be:

• KCWK - 9 - CW Network
• KFFX - 11 - Fox
• KEPR - 19 - CBS
• KNDU - 25 - NBC
• KTNW - 31 - PBS
• KVEW - 42 - ABC

I don't really now what the Spanish and religious stations are. If there's someone who does know, please put it up. Elwin Blaine Coldiron 16:00, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Appeareances in popular culture/books

Did you know that there is a whole series of fantasy books set in the Tri-Cities? It is the "Mercy Thompson series" by Patricia Briggs, published by Ace Books. Until now it is composed of three titles, "Moon Called", "Blood Bound" and "Iron Kissed", and others are planned. "Iron Kissed" is a #1 New York Times bestseller. The main character lives in Finley. I lack the knowledge to add a section in the Tri-cities article, so I add this remark so maybe others can do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.103.117.254 (talk) 14:08, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

About broadcast TV stations

I deleted KCTS off of there. You guys on the east may get it through cable, but its broadcast from the Seattle area. Totally different markets. I didn't add the other channel 9, because its a Walla Walla station. Æric 04 Feb 2007 —Preceding comment was added at 03:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Population

The statement that the Tri-cities would be the second-largest city in WA (were they combined) is not accurate. This is based on comparing the metro population of the three cities (or four, if you want to count West Richland) with the city popluations of Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma. It's not an apples-to-apples comparison.

If you compare Metro Areas to Metro areas, you see that Seattle (3.3M), Tacoma (3.2M) and Spokane (463K) all come before Tri-Cities. In addition, Yakima's Metro population (261K) is also ahead of the Tri-Cities. Now whether you want to argue Seattle and Tacoma is one metro area or two, that decides whether the Tri-Cities is the 4th or 5th largest in the state.

Comparing actual city populations, the 'combined' Tri-Cities would also be firmly in fourth place: Seattle 602K Spokane 463K Tacoma 197K Tri-Cities 164K Yakima 84K

I am undoing the changer and returning the statement to that of fourth-largest. Nothingofwater (talk) 19:09, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Portland is in Wasington State?

"The population of the metropolitan area was 253,540 at the 2010 Census, making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Washington State, after Seattle-Tacoma, Spokane, and Portland metropolitan area.

Yeah, no. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.189.215.43 (talk) 14:14, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Yup. The Washington part of the Portland MSA is third-largest population center in the state. Sounds stupid - but that's the way it goes. Nothingofwater (talk) 16:18, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Infobox image

The image currently being used should be replaced. I have uploaded a possible replacement but it will need to at least be cropped first. – Allen4names (IPv6 contributions) 21:15, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I uploaded a better version. – Allen4names (IPv6 contributions) 23:51, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

{{Map requested from|Washington}}

Resolved

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  Kennewick, Washington
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  Pasco, Washington
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  Richland, Washington
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  This file, used in the artcle, has Benton and Franklin Counties highlighted
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  Tri-Cities, Washington (Benton, Franklin, and Walla Walla Counties with Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland highlighted)
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  Completed Tri-Cities map

Request: I am hoping that a map image can be made made resembling the three above. As it may be desireable to include an outline Burbank in the final map I have added Walla Walla County to the crude map I made. – Allen4names (IPv6 contributions) 05:38, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:  Done - file:Tri-Cities map.svg 25or6to4 (talk) 21:57, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Location in the US: Considering that English is the most used language in the world, and that many users like me, who are not American, will use this article, it would be nice to have a map of the location of this city in the United States. I, and many people, don't know by heart the 51 states of the US and it is difficult for us to realize where this city lays if there is not a more general map. Thank you, --Sorneguer (talk) 11:44, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello.

Under "recreation" then 6.7 "Professional Sports", the link for the Toyota Center where the Tri-City Americans play takes us to the arena by the same name in Houston. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.145.153.222 (talk) 04:16, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Directory

The following discussion is closed and will soon be archived.

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I considered adding a "Not Directory" cleanup hatnote to this article. But, as drive-by tagging of that type kind of bugs me, I will add this Talk Page note instead. In short, big chunks of this article need review relative to the WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:USEPROSE guidelines. For example, the "Misc" sub-section of the "Industry" section (apart from being entirely uncited) reads like a bullet pointed "list of random businesses in the area with no clear inclusion criteria". The "list of all libraries" is also counter to WP:NOTDIRECTORY guidelines. The bulleted "list of events and inline links to event websites" is also problematic. Ideally someone with more familiarity with the subject would have a look at these. Before an editor with less familiarity (like me) engages in a less sympathetic cull of all this uncited promo. Guliolopez (talk) 19:58, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Bump/Media. I know I said that I wouldn't add a "not directory" tag, and have since done so, but the Media section is of particular concern relative to the WP:NOTDIRECTORY guidelines (in that it largely represents a "tuning guide" for TV and radio stations, and hence is problematic under WP:NOTTVGUIDE and WP:NOTRADIOGUIDE). And also problematic under WP:LISTCRITERIA (in that it is entirely unclear what criteria are used for inclusion). Given that the section was tagged for cleanup (in May 2008) and that tag was removed without that cleanup having occurred (in Jan 2018), I have no intention of leaving this tag in place for a decade. Or even a month. If nobody else has any thoughts, within the coming few days I will attempt to convert the section to a prose summary of the main players. Probably by ratings or market share. With reference to any available external sources. Similar to what we see in the equivalent section for DC, and elsewhere. And drop the current "tuning guide for every possible station". Which is entirely unreadable and entirely untenable as it stands. 19:03, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Resolved In the month or so since opening the above thread (and given that a decade or so has passed since the section was first tagged for attention), I have replaced the uncited and WP:INDISCRIMINATE "list of every free-sheet in the area" and WP:NOTRADIOGUIDE "tuning guide for every station within 100 miles" content. In short, for the print media, I have reduced the list down to the two newspapers that the city authorities seem to consider worthy of notices/etc (and the one business paper that seems might even remotely meet WP:NNEWSPAPER). For radio, I've reduced the seemingly indiscriminate list of 40 stations down to the 10 with highest verifiable market share. And, for TV, replaced the tuning-guide style list to something that better fits WP:USEPROSE guidelines. Closing thread. Guliolopez (talk) 23:40, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Deleted Culture Section

The Culture section was so bad that I just deleted it. Not only was it some of the worst writing I've read in decades, it wasn't even about culture. It was more of a ham fisted summary of what the local hipsters wish the economy was. The economy is not the culture. And if I might get personal for a moment, the person that wrote that section should feel bad about themselves. That's how bad it was. Read Elements of Style by Strunk and White immediately and don't edit another Wikipedia page until you do. Shame on you, sir. Shame on you.

We get it, you dont like the writing. And yes, the section should be revised. But the commentary above is really unnecessary. Please refrain from making personal attacks in your edits or edit summaries. Thanks! Nothingofwater (talk) 18:54, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Yup, the deletion was spot on. Attitude, not so much. Oh, and we have our own MOS, which is mostly based on the AP stylebook. John from Idegon (talk) 19:03, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Guilty as charged. Taylor Swift's last two albums have been really disappointing and I'm just not handling it well. I have no objections if someone deletes this section from the talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.90.65.238 (talk) 17:18, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

John Wheeler as a "Notable Person"?

Yes, Wheeler lived there for some of the Manhattan Project, but I don't think that qualifies for this section, does it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rob Cranfill (talk • contribs) 01:21, 10 October 2021 (UTC)