Talk:Roanoke Star

message: I don't agree with using numbers in the Construction paragraph for 88.5 feet. It's taught that you should spell out all numbers below 100 that are non-scientific. See the provided link. First part.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnMcClane (talk • contribs) .
:Actually, according to Wikipedia's own Manual of Style, on the dates and numbers page, it states:
:Numbers may be written as words or numerals, although note that many users prefer that numbers less than ten be spelt out. It is considered awkward for a numeral to be the first word of a sentence: either recast the sentence or spell the number out. A consistent approach is required within each article.
:So by Wikipedia's own stylistic rules, everything seems to be just copasetic in using a numeral there.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I remember as a kid in the late 60's or early 70's, the star would change from white to red to signify a traffic fatality on that day, changing to a patriotic read, white and blue for the bicentennial in 1976.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewisfrancis (talk • contribs) 16:58, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Color change for traffic fatalities 

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:WDBJ7.png

message: I have photos that I took at the star on the first night of the all-white configuration, but due to its being the first night back on after an outage and a configuration change, a lot of the sections were out.  If I upload the photo, would various individuals be willing to fix the "holes"?  I think a photo of the white configuration would be a nice addition to the article, but I don't want to show it with a bunch of sections out.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star in white 

message: Please note that the coordinates in this article need fixing as:
I don't have the proper coords ... that's why I was looking ... but these are clearly wrong.  They point to an area in the middle of Roanoke, not even on the mountain.  Scott Johnson (talk) 16:17, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked the coordinates, and they do indeed point to the star's location.  I will say this, though - aerial views don't show the star very well, since the star is relatively flat, and thus does not look like much when viewed from straight above.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure how you checked them, but click the coordinates in the infobox, then under "Global Systems" click the Google Maps "Map" link.  You will be shown a point in the middle of town, with Kirk Av. to the north, Church Av. to the south, Jefferson Street to the east and 1st street to the west.  That is not the location of the star, flat or otherwise. :) Note: I fixed the attributions of this entry and my last.  I'd forgotten to log in.Scott Johnson (talk) 16:17, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked the coordinates again, and adjusted them a little.  Look better now?  SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:23, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinates