Talk:Zihuatanejo

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Image:Zibay.jpg needs source and copyright info or it will be deleted in 7 days. Agnte 11:26, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What does "old-world Mexican fishing village" actually mean? While it's true that Zihuatanejo still feels somewhat like a fishing village, I believe it lacks an old world feel. In fact, I think the phrase seems too folksie. Therefore, I was thinking of removing the "old world" part, but I wanted to see if there were any objections first.Not home 02:09, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me. "Old world" seems to suggest European, and there is certainly nothing European about Zihuatanejo. In fact, it isn't even considered a colonial town, such as Petatlán and La Unión are. Pezazul 02:15, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Why are there THREE iamges of Ixtapa??? It's is the neighboring community. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecarguy (talk • contribs) 02:27, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Shawshank Redemption reference

I've just removed an inappropriate reference to The Shawshank Redemption that was tacked on to the end of the lead section. Please bear in mind that this article is about the actual city Zihuatanejo in Mexico and all content on this page should be limited to information about the city itself - not any mentions made to the city in American (or other) films. As I put in the summary of my text removal: Would we make a point to list every single movie reference made to NYC in the wiki article for New York City? Nope.) I have put a hidden comment at the beginning of the article text to hopefully dissuade the next Shawshank fan from adding this bit of non-notable trivia in the future. That comment will direct people HERE:

Yes, the city of Zihuatanejo is the location Andy Dufresne talks about - and eventually moves to - in the film, The Shawshank Redemption. For additional information on this movie or this trivia within it, please visit the film's article. Please do NOT add a film reference to this article concerning the city of Zihuatanejo.

Thank you so much. ocrasaroon|^{blah blah blah} 05:53, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am a little puzzled by this logic. New York City is an internationally known tourist destination with many historical, cultural, architectural, and entertainment attractions. Each movie mentioning or set in New York impacts its tourism to a negligible degree. On the other hand, the film "The Shawshank Redemption" is the only reference I've ever heard of to the town of Zihuatanejo, and I imagine most Americans - and other non-Mexicans - have about the same experience with the town. I suspect most of the foreign tourism is attracted to the town by the movie. And, while New York's article may not list the movies that feature it, the article of my home town, Big Spring, Texas, does mention that it was featured in "Midnight Cowboy". Applejuicefool (talk) 22:40, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd have to agree with Applejuicefool. Many place articles have a reference to "X in Popular Culture" for exactly this reason. In fact, the article for Fort Hancock, Texas has just such a section pointing back to the movie. I fail to see what the problem is, and suggest this section article be so updated. Mikeymo1741 (talk) 21:11, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It's not that such articles should not contain such references; it depends on things like how central to the plot it is, whether it influenced the public's perception of the article subject; etc. If it's just a throway mention, however, then it should not be included. Nightscream (talk) 21:51, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

i wonder how many people come to this page everyday looking to find out more about zihuatanejo and shawshank and leave confused and disappointed? Not including it is bonkers.

Barra de Potosi

Re: Zihuatanejo#The municipality. Barra de Potosi is in the municipality of Petatlan, as is Los Achotes on Mexico 200. Peter Horn User talk 16:17, 22 December 2014 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 02:27, 6 January 2015 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 01:40, 9 January 2015 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 23:49, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]