Talk:Green Bay (Lake Michigan)

message: This is called a back-formation. They always sound this silly for a generation or two... Wetman 21:28, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I was very skeptical that this was the "correct" name, but it's actually referred to in the article on the city. Check this Google search" . Despite that, I think that article on the bay itself could just live at Green Bay. A good example is that of Dukes County, Massachusetts. The official name is County of Dukes County because of a mistake in the 1692 document establishing it, That's what appears on official documents, etc., but almost no one knows that, and it can be mentioned in the article, as opposed to the name, -- BCorr ¤ Брайен  22:03, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that "Bay of Green Bay" is a now a standard colloquialism, and probably the one people use locally to distinguish it from the city. But "Green Bay" is how it appears on all the maps I can find. This is very analogous to the "Island of Rhode Island". In this case, the island cannot live at Rhode Island because this is the article for the state. Fortunately it has an alterate name, Aquidneck Island, allowing for unamabiguous reference. Nevertheless, it was the state that was named for the island, and not vice versa. -- Decumanus 22:10, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: With TOttenville8's news of Green Bay being a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, Green Bay should probably be made into a disambig page, with Green Bay, Wisconsin, Bay of Green Bay, and "a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand" all mentioned.  And FYI Decumanus, you're partially right.  Locally, "Green Bay" always refers to the city, while the bay is usually just referred to as "the bay". --Fo0bar 08:44, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Since nobody complained, I changed Green Bay to a disambig page mentioning what I said I would above. --Fo0bar 07:16, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Per the preceding discussion, input has been requested on the move requests page, that this article be moved to Green Bay (Lake Michigan).  Please discuss the move here.  Tomertalk 08:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move request discussion (2006) 

message: Add "* Support" or "* Oppose" followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
*Support (Obviously) per my above statements.  Tomertalk 08:10, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Other than brief statements (i.e., one to three sentences) regarding why you support or oppose this move, please add any additional comments here:
*I don't like "Lake Michigan" as a disambiguator. The city is on the lake, as well. The point of the disambiguator here is to distinguish it from the city. I would prefer Green Bay (body of water), Green Bay (bay), and even Bay of Green Bay in that order over the proposed term. (You could say that it's growing on me.) It's not enough for the distinguishing term to be accurate, it should help the reader decide which article they want to look at. No vote yet. --Dhartung | Talk 10:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Contemplating my most recent statements, I'm adding this section to this discussion in case anyone has serious proposals for other names for the article.  If anyone has other proposals, please make them here in this section so that they're clearly visible as such, and not swallowed up in the melée of the commentary on the specific renaming proposal I've made.  Tomertalk 09:55, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Other proposed names

message: Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Lakes#Green_Bay_statistics_on_area_are_wrong. Seems to have been fixed in the meantime. -- 签名 sig at  18:26, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Area 

message: We appear to be dancing around about the location in the UP. I read a map to see it's in the south central, nothing to do with the west or southwest side of the state. Please explain your position. Royalbroil 00:54, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Semantics. I can live with simply "south". It is in the south west part of the UP in that when you are in Menominee or near by and go further west you are no longer in Michigan or further south you are in water. older ≠ wiser 00:59, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I had changed it to simply "south" in August and you undid to "south west". I agree to your compromise. I love Menominee and I added some of the pictures used in that article! Royalbroil 01:56, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Location within the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

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message: There is only minimal discussion of the geology.  Things to answer in that section would include how the bay was created. Will (Talk - contribs) 04:57, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add a geology section