Talk:Spokane County, Washington

message: I have just boldly removed the "timeline" section in the Library section. It was very over-detailed, listing hire and fire dates for individual library employees, and was generally unencyclopedic in my view. Moreover it overbalanced the rest of the article, contrary to the WP:UNDUE guideline. DES (talk) 23:26, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Library timeline removed 

message: File:Spokane County Plat Map (May 1893).jpg
Not sure how useful it might be, but my attention was drawn to some older images of maps/plats of Spokane County. I've uploaded one such image here. It is in the public domain given its age. An excerpted portion was used in the history section of Saltese Flats (formerly Saltese Lake). As a point in time reference it is interesting, but would need some support in article text to avoid simply being decorative. If I upload more in the future I'll add them here for interested editors as a reference. —Locke Cole • t • c 20:51, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Older maps/images 

message: Since the page has been protected given the edit war, let's reset on this and do a straw poll to see where people stand. Obviously anyone is welcome to !vote here, but unless additional sources are found I don't see that further discussion is going to accomplish much. From my reading of the sources available, it appears the flag was part of a contest sponsored by the State Centennial Committee (see the Tri-City Herald, circa June 5 and 13, 1988). The flag was produced and used for a gala event marking the centennial (apparently many counties prior to this didn't have flags), and other than Avista apparently flying it, the flag was largely ignored after that before being rediscovered and "decommissioned" by the county some time before 2002 (this is the most recent source discussing the flag, and given that it was decommissioned, makes sense that it's the last source we can find discussing it). A contest to design a new flag was apparently being planned, but never came to fruition. Prior to the centennial flag design Spokane County did not have a flag, so the commissioners decommissioning the flag returns us to a flag-less state as existed prior to 1988-1989. 
; Should the centennial flag be included in the infobox atop the article?
With all the above discussion and this recap in mind, please !vote "include" or "exclude" to include or exclude the flag from the infobox. 
Exclusion from the infobox does not preclude having it in the article body (as it currently is) to discuss it as part of the history of Spokane County. —Locke Cole • t • c 17:10, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Exclude, the origin is even murky, nothing legal found to document it was an official action, other than it was part of the centennial celebration planning. Being a Spokane history enthusiast for many years, I've never known the flag existed, nor have I ever met anyone that knew it existed. I'm very ok, with the it being relegated to being an historical oddity. Leif One (talk) 19:49, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Exclude 147.222.97.15 (talk) 21:19, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Exclude, published newspaper sources in Spokane, and throughout the state, clearly declare that the 39 county flags were citizen-designed and chosen by selection in a contest held within each county in 1988 to be displayed during various events held during the state's centennial year, 1989. The flags were designed to commemorate the centennial celebration and were retired to the capital rotunda in Olympia after the celebration where they remain today in honor of the occasion. The April 8, 2002 Spokesman-Review stated in an article about the flag "Appalled by its appearance and apprehensive that it may now offend Native Americans, commissioners have decided to decommission this version" (in favor of holding a contest for a new design to be flown from the WWP Co/Avista Post Street Electric Substation). No such contest appears to have commenced. StarlingVulgaris (talk) 21:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Exclude, per the information provided above. I have searched for additional information regarding the flag, however currently I haven't really found anything else to contribute to the discussion unfortunately. Considering the flag was decommissioned and that the county itself says they only use the logo that is currently in place, I see no solid reason to keep it in the infobox. 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox  19:58, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Straw poll

message: :Extended commentary should be made here.
*I'm open to considering more/different sources, but after extensive research and consulting with some local historians it appears nothing has really occurred since the 2002 "decommissioned" article from The Spokesman-Review. I've also ping'd the original uploader as they were never ping'd in the earlier discussion above. —Locke Cole • t • c 17:10, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Poll discussion