Talk:Anchorage, Alaska/Archive 1

message: Do we really need these long and boring sections?  Maybe move them to a subpage? The page could be much better if we'd stick to an encyclopedic format.  Anthony DiPierro 22:42, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics and Geography

message: I have protected the page due to a constant revert war. Resolve any differences in the talk page and I'll remove the protection. Dori | Talk 18:55, Mar 20, 2004 (UTC)
When this page gets unprotected, would someone mind changing the link Chinook winds to Chinook wind. DJ Clayworth 17:52, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Ack!  I did this when the page was protected!  My first act as an admin was to edit a protected page!  I feel really awful but I didn't notice it was protected, not used to being able to do this.  I hope everyone sees that I meant no harm.  moink 18:27, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Somebody revert that edit and de-sysop her immediately! (just kidding) Even though technically it was against the guidelines, the change is so unobjectionable that acting on the request promptly may be better than waiting and forgetting about it. --Michael Snow 19:07, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Protected

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message: I know this is a nitpick, but the tone of the following sentence seemed wrong for Wikipedia: "Anchoragites exemplify many of the qualities to be found among Alaskans generally...". It strikes me as too much of a judgement, even if flattering. How about, "Anchoragites exemplify many of the qualities Alaskans often boast...". tgeller 19:15, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Not only is the sentence prejudicial; it's so nebulous as to be meaningless. Kirchherr 19:49, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: "Alaskan Qualities"

message: i've seen on many pages for cities that anchorage is a sister city. last of which is perth australia
:If you see them, feel free to add them. I don't think anyone has looked into Anchorage's sister cities on Wikipedia. — Jéioosh 06:48, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sister city?

message: I just wanted to let everybody know that i got the right answers on the sister city names by looking off the Anchorage Municipality's main web site. There are six sister city names on that web site, if you just look back at it. — User:JeffreyAllen1975 00:36, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sister city - it's the right answer on all six

message: One or two more photos of the Anchorage area could be added to the Anchorage photo line on it's articles. The articles keep getting better each time. I would like to say, keep up the good work because i am a Wikipedla fan on here too. — User:JeffreyAllen1975 01:02, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 
A closer view photo of downtown Anchorage could be added on!


message: Moved to Talk:Anchorage, Alaska/Census debate for reading convenience. — Jéioosh 11:52, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Census information

message: User:JeffreyAllen1975, a.k.a. User:Jeff, you changed the location of Anchorage from N61º13"06,W149º53"57' to N61º11"30 W149º45"43'.  I checked the new coordinates against the National Geodetic Survey Datasheets website, and found that there is no survey point identified as being in Anchorage that is within 2 miles of the new coordinates.  However, 26 of the 38 survey points identified as being in Anchorage are within 2 miles of the old coordinates, the closest one being the TV station KENI mast, just 0.1 miles away at N61º13"06,W149º53"41'.  I understand that you want to make the Wikipedia better, Jeff, and so do I.  I'm guessing you made these changes based on a map, and that they are well-intentioned.  If you feel your source is better than the NGS Datasheets, then please help us out by documenting it, and then we can have a discussion in the Talk pages and achieve consensus before making the change to the Wikipedia proper.  Thanks for helping to make Wikipedai better!--GraemeMcRaetalk 04:45, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Unexplained changes to latitude and longitude

message: Downtown Anchorage does happen to lie on the N61'13"06,W149'53"41' and we get it all right this time around." Thank you for the request " done a good job on that. — User:JeffreyAllen1975</sup> 07:10, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Thank You for telling me because you are right on that one because;

message: A photo of the Balto Statue in downtown Anchorage had been added. — User:JeffreyAllen1975 20:39, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: A portal has been added

message: Anchorage still needs a city Seal and city Flag added. — User:JeffreyAllen1975</sup> 02:42, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, you could steal the small seal logo from . Or you could write the mayor at mayor@ci.anchorage.ak.us. I think a secretary answers that email, but still it'd start the ball rolling. — Jéioosh 05:38, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Well, I tried to upload the image, but I don't know how to work the Upload file, and I know that someone out there knows how to work it.  JeffreyAllen1975 06:00, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I just uploaded an image of the flag, which bears the seal, if that helps.--Lordkinbote 00:10, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 
Anchorage City Seal and City Flag needed


message: I'm not sure King Career Center really belongs under "Colleges and Universities," because it is part of the ASD and provides services only to high school students. Stellertony the Bookcrosser 08:00, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: King Career Center?

message: I added the population history by year under demographics. — User:JeffreyAllen1975 04:12, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: I added the City of Anchorage Population by year

message: User:Stellertony, You removed the list of Notable neighborhood communities on the article. That list of communities are the Anchorage neighborhood communities. I understand that that you want to make the Wikipedia better, and so do I. I'm guessing you made these changes based on a map. If you feel you think that are no neighborhood communities, as a part of Anchorage, then look on Mappoint, because they are on there as a part of the Anchorage Municipality. If you feel your source is better, then please help us out by documenting it, and then we can have a discussion in the Talk pages and achieve consensus before making the change to the Wikipedia proper. Thanks for helping to make Wikipedia better!---JeffreyAllen1975 talk 21:23, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Unexplained removing of the Notable neighborhood communities list?

message: I put the Anchorage Neighborhood Communities on a separate article sheet. Look at the bottom of the Geography section for it.
User:JeffreyAllen1975 21:26, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Put Notable neighborhood communities back on there

message: JeffreyAllen1975: Unless there is some information available about these neighborhoods, how is this list useful to anyone? --McStyles 20:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable communities & neighborhods question.

message: This article needs several more images around Anchorage, like a closer view of downtown Anchorage, the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, and more. It is sad that Anchorage is Alaska's largest city and one of United States major cities and it only has two images on its city article.
JeffreyAllen1975 00:21, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: How's this?--Lordkinbote 00:19, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

text: You've done a good job on that!--JeffreyAllen1975 01:06, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Put on a few new images

message: I moved the History' section to the top before Geography and Climate section.
I looked back at a lot of major U.S. city articles on how they have their  articles and there History section is always at the top  before (just above) their Geography and Climate section. JeffreyAllen1975 03:36, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved History section to the top

message: I found the citys real nickname. Its official nickname is "The City of Lights and Flowers" (Anchorage Community Profile). 
I've read “Air Crossroads of the World” and "The City of Lights and Flowers" out of the 2003 and 2005 official Anchorage Visitors Guide (Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau), but not "The End of the World".  When was this nickname set and by what person or group?---JeffreyAllen1975 04:21, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh, no. Anchorage doesn't have a nickname, it's currently coming up with one. (See here: http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/anchorage/story/7659802p-7571417c.html) It's sort of been swapped around over the years. "City of Lights" is something the city promotes in the winter to get folks to light their houses and yards up, it's not official. I've never heard it as "lights and flowers," and that's one among many names.--Silja 05:11, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Citys Real Nickname?

message: I made-out the article on History of Anchorage, Alaska. JeffreyAllen1975 02:14, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[History of Anchorage, Alaska]]

message: Ignoring the blatant lack of citations in nearly every paragraph, this article is marred by poetic adjectives and biased descriptions which are unencyclopedic and devoid of sources. This is a mere sample of numerous sentences which read like a tourist brochure --
 "baskets of bright gold triploid marigold drenched with trailing sapphire lobelia."
 "The city of Anchorage blooms with vibrant color during the late spring and summer."
 "particularly attractive to nature lovers to say nothing of the attractions available just a short distance outside the city"
 "Anchorageites exemplify many of the qualities [...] found among Alaskans [...]: independence, friendliness, practical-mindedness"
 "gives Anchorage a relatively casual, relaxed atmosphere compared to some other American cities"
 "Anchorage has an abundance of nightlife"
Again, those are just a few examples.
Now, I am not contending that any of this information is untrue; however, the lack of citations and the flowery, laudatory wording needs to be amended.
--Flask 22:26, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: This article reads like a tourist advertisement.

message: If the statue of the dog is mistaken for the dog Balto and is in fact just an anonymous dog, why is the image named "statue_of_balto"? 71.116.241.123 00:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because nobody’s bothered to rename it? — Jéioosh 09:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Balto or no?

message: I re-added the venues section as a sub section for the purpose of a link to the new pages for the Egan Center and the new Dena'ina Center. There has been a bit of a revision war on this page but I would like to point out that these city pages are best suited for the reader who is not familiar with the area. Thousands of these people will visit Anchorage as part of a convention or national meeting and information on these facilites should be provided. A large asset of wikipedia is the ability to link between wiki pages, while some info may be provided on another page, it is not redundant to use a small piece of that page as a link between. I wrote this to valide the venues sub section which someone saw fit to delete without explanation, I hope the reason for this section is clear and that it will not be deleted again. I welcome and encourage additions and improvements.
--McStyles 22:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Re-Added Venues sub Section

message: According to  this article contains copyright infringements. 82.135.91.95 08:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. The majority of this Anchorage article seems to be copyrighted material plagiarized from other websites, such as the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce site? Quite disturbing... The following text is from that website... --Flask 09:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

text: As noted on the to-do list, remediation of plagiarism is a top priority for this article. Please feel free to help! -- Shunpiker 15:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright infringement?

message: 36 Crazyfists is listed under "Notable Residents" as Alaska's only signed musical act.  What about Jewel?  I would change it but I wanted verification that Jewel is in fact another signed musical act hailing from Alaska. Maybe it could be changed to Anchorage's only signed musical act.--Caline 00:09, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 36 Crazyfists not the only signed musical act.

message: Can someone please correct the geography section to make it consistent with general geography sections on city pages?  This one doesn't even list the physical size of the city.  Please, let's keep all of this consistent with other city pages. --Criticalthinker (talk) 07:36, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Geography Section Consistency

message: I do not understand this sentence: "Anchorage sends 12 representatives to the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives and 4 senators to the 20-member senate, making up nearly half of both houses."  It seems like this suggests that, in fact, Anchorage has significantly less than half of the House of Representatives, and 1/5th of the Senate, not "nearly one half" in both houses.  Maybe I'm misunderstanding this sentence?69.94.192.147 (talk) 04:08, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: State house representation

message: The "Nightlife" section appears to be focused too much on highlighting the attributes of certain bars. ("Great service", "big screen TV", etc). Do we really need to list the individual clubs? If we do can we find a way to be more NPOV about it? -Will Beback 20:18, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nightlife 

message: All I have to say is that this article looked MUCH better and cleaner 3 months ago, when I don't know what happened. Do we really need the list of neighborhoods in Anchorage in the main article? Nicholas.tan 16:25, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What Happened? 

message: i live in anchorage and in the summer BeckBoy Ak 03:57, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right.  The range given for highs in the summer is 55 to 80, a range so large that it is meaningless (as an aside, the highs in Houston in December are usually between 22 and 85; for St. Louis in December highs are usually between -5 and 76).  I meant to do a partial rewrite of it yesterday but got distracted 3 times!  Thanks for reminding us (me).  I'll get to it soon. Ufwuct 06:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  climate number wrong 

message: That's what the intro says, but the info box puts Anchorage's area at around 1961 sq. mi. while Delaware alone is over 2400 sq. mi. Can someone justify the bigger than both claim before I remove it? - Jeff Worthington 20:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks suspect to me, too. -- Shunpiker 18:32, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anchorage bigger in area than Rhode Island and Delaware combined? 

message: Revising another user's uncivil comment: Remember that "continental US" includes Alaska but "contiguous US" does not. Calliopejen1 03:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contiguous v. continental 

message: None or almost none of the listed notable residents currently reside in Anchorage.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.63.25.48 (talk) 21:51, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable former residents? 

message: I removed this ":Category:Independent cities in the United States", because, according to the Alaska article, a city-borough is legally a borough, which would mean,that it is the opposite of an independent city, thanks Iamanadam (talk) 15:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The City of Anchorage was created around 1920. The Greater Anchorage Area Borough encompassed a much larger area and enveloped the City when it came into existence in the early 1960s. The voters of each elected to "unify" them around 1970. I worked for the City in the late 60's, for the GAAB in 1971. Need to research the dates. Unification created a new entity with a municipal charter; it's name was "Anchorage" and, for some reason, the government is called "The Municipality of Anchorage." I served on its commissions focused on land use. //Don K. (talk) 08:19, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not an independent city 

message: The history section states that the latest volcanic ash fall in Anc. was in '85.  I was born in '86 and I definitely remember an ash fall, maybe '90, give or take a year.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.163.40.213 (talk) 07:58, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Volcanic ash date incorrect 

message: It seems to me that all the photos I ever see of Anchorage are taken from the water. It might be nice to have a different view. The following photo was taken a few days ago during a spell of extreme cold, which helped produce this rather beautiful shot, taken from the mountains. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anchorage_Alaska_and_Sleeping_Lady.JPG Zaereth (talk) 23:43, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos are a bit one sided 

message: The history section doesn't seem to go back very far.  Is there a Paleolithic Neolithic history to the region of Anchorage?  Is there any truth to the rumor that Anchorage was first mapped by Captain James Cook?  If so, what were the circumstances?
I'll be working to find sources for answers to the above questions and adding them into the article. —  X  S  G  14:58, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm, these are good questions. I've never heard of fossiles being found in this area, but not sure why. Perhaps the sandy, gravel filled ground in this earthquake prone area doesn't preserve fossiles well. As for the Cook story, Captain Cook mapped the shoreline of the area, but not the townsite itself. The story goes that he entered Turnagain Arm, (back then it was deep enough to sail down), looking for a passage through. Frustrated when he found it was a dead end and had to turn around again, he named the arm "Turnagain", but felt that area would be the perfect site for a town, and so called it "Portage". A town never really developed at Portage, however, but rather, a town developed at a site near the mouth of the arm, at Ship Creek, where Cook had dropped anchor. Therefore, this town was called "Anchorage". I hope that helps. Zaereth (talk) 17:43, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Oh, by the way, I don't think there were any native inhabitants that ever lived in the Ship Creek area, but lived, (and still live), in nearby villages such as Eklutna. These natives are called the Chugach Indians. I hope that helps with your search. Zaereth (talk) 00:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Natives occupied the "Anchorage" area for a long time before Europeans came on the scene in the 18th century. When I served as the Tribal Administrator of the Native Village of Eklutna, I learned there had been eight villages in the area that became the Municipality of Anchorage. No Russian, English or other explorers did more than visit briefly until the construction of the Alaska Railroad around 1914 created a transportation corridor near the coastline of Cook Inlet. Ship Creek provided the most suitable place for ships to offload construction men and materiel. Anchorage was a construction camp, a tent town, that became a community in the most logical place between the ends of the Alaska Railroad -- Seward and Fairbanks. My mother was born in Anchorage in 1918; I served as a member of its Planning & Zoning Commission in the '70s, then the '90s. I was a real estate analyst and advisor before I retired. When time permits, I'll do my best to improve this article. //Don K. (talk) 08:35, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Discovery" 

message: Considering 25% of Americans can't locate Alaska on a map - this map shows Alaska attached to Mexico and as I wish that was the case, not geographically accurate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.165.141.254 (talk) 02:23, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: My kids are the 4th generation of their family to live in Anchorage. In elementary school, they were confused that it took five  hours to fly to Hawaii when the map shows we're a small state located next to their large islands. Furthermore, the kids can't understand why it's so warm in Hawaii and so cold in Alaska when most maps show both states are below and to the left of Southern California. As a result, this whole "global warming" issue is very confusing to the children of Alaska. Proper maps are not as common as we wish. //Don K. (talk) 08:43, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better map? 

message: The geographical coordinates for this city is missing. How do we get the information back on the page. I see the info in the editing section, but it doesn't show up on the page, as it does in the Fairbanks article, for example. It was there in the past.Larry G (talk) 18:26, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I believe I fixed it. I re-added the information. - Larry G (talk) 18:52, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geographic Coordinates is Missing 

message: For the last sentence in the geography section I can not find a reference. The source I provided says they both died before the water covered their heads, but no confirmation as to why. I think it's a good bet that temperature is the cause, but if anyone can provide a source it'd be helpful. (I was witness to the tragic 1988 death, and I believe this information is very essential to newcomers and tourists.) Zaereth (talk) 22:49, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: My experience as a commercial fisherman in Cook Inlet leads me to believe the probable cause of death was hypothermia, though it may only have caused unconsciousness before drowning occurred. The glacial river water is very cold and dominates upper Cook Inlet. I doubt water temperatures ever rise ten degrees (F) above freezing. If you're in the water, it's an emergency and death is imminent. //Don K. (talk) 08:48, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the information. I'm a third generation Anchorage resident myself. I've been in that water, and you lose all muscle coordination in seconds, so I have no doubt that the statement is true. If you can come up with an actual source to verify this and the other information you've provided, I think it would be a great improvement for the article. (The info on the native villages seems particularly interesting to me, since the only ones I can think of nearby are Eklutna and Tyonek.) Zaereth (talk) 00:31, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mudflat deaths 

message: Re the claim: "the city constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population; only New York has a higher percentage of residents who live in the state's largest city.";
seems to be (in a very technical sense) incorrect. Honolulu is legally incorporated as a consolidated city–county with a population (as of the 2000 census) of 876,156 comprising 72% of the state of Hawaii's population (1,211,537 in the 2000 census). 64.81.8.162 (talk) 18:51, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population Claim seems incorrect 

message: Oh what a year, i wonder why is isint mentoned in Alaskas Wiki? Oh probably bcause is is the year that marijuana was legal.. oh thats why from 1970 -1980 th largest growth ever in Alaska occured, Because everybody wanted to go thier to get stoned! what do yah no!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.7.249.42 (talk) 21:12, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  1975 

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message: "Average daytime summer temperatures range from approximately 55 to 78 °F (13 to 26 °C); average daytime winter temperatures are about 5 to 30 °F (−15 to −1.1 °C)."
I don't know quite what to make of this. The average LOW for January is only 11, so what does it mean to say the average daytime temperature is from "5 to 30"? How was this "average" calculated? Are these actually just usual temperatures, rather than "averages"? (An average seems to imply a mathematical formula for calculating, but these seem to be just someone's impression of the usual temperature range.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeneCallahan (talk • contribs) 21:51, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That is strange indeed. There seems to be some confusion about what "average" means, because an average cannot, by nature, have a range. According to the source cited, averging the years between 1981 and 2010, the average low for January is 11 degree F, and the average high is 22. The overall average (including highs and lows) is 16.6 F. That the numbers do not come close to matching the source is a clear indicator that something is wrong, but, to top it off, there is no variable in the source for daytime/nighttime averages. This should be corrected to match the source, but I can't get to it right now. I'll try when I get back, unless someone else wants to. Zaereth (talk) 00:58, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Strange "averages"

message: Hi.  I'm going through all the US Cities (as per List of United States cities by population) in an effort to provide some uniformity in structure.  Anyone have an issue with me restructuring this article as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline.  I won't be changing any content, merely the order.  Occasionally, I will also move a picture just to clean up spacing issues.  I've already gone through the top 20 or so on the above list, if you'd like to see how they turned out.  Thoughts?  Onel5969 (talk) 19:49, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, you never know on WP what some people might be upset by, but I certainly don't see any reason to object to that. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:30, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Structure

message: I was in Anchorage last week for almost 4 days.  In between falling and badly bruising my ankle before I left, and pouring down rain the last couple of days before I came back, I managed to get around to quite a few places and take photos.  The major stumbling block now is having the time to sort through the camera, cleaning up anything which may require cleaning up, and uploading them.  As is the case with a lot of Alaska, the photos currently on Commons are far too weighted towards tourist photos, which don't show a whole lot of town.RadioKAOS (talk) 02:50, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: 2014 update: My various woes which have led to my lacking the free time necessary to take on even more tasks have been chronicled elsewhere.  Let's just say that when I do get around to it, there's gonna be a lot of photos to tackle, but it should be pretty rewarding in the end. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  00:14, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: I just tried my luck and searched if there is a "Alaska City", but got (Redirected from Alaska City, Alaska). I wonder why is that, since there is no mention about that in the article. Quite strange. 82.141.126.28 (talk) 16:26, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've re-targeted  that redirect  to a more helpful location. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:49, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked and noticed that the redir was created by .  That user also created a redir for the Juneau article which was also called into question.  In that case, there was a faint reference to back up the notion that "Fliptown" may have been considered an early name for Juneau.  I stand by my opinion that it could be taken as a derogatory reference to Juneau's long-standing Filipino community.  Anyway, in this case, I would tend to believe that Merovingian may have come across a reference to the name, but only created the redir without taking the additional time to explain it in the body of the article (or even in the more appropriate history article).  Like Juneau, Anchorage had a variety of preliminary names before settling on its permanent name.  I've never come across "Alaska City", however;  mostly what I've seen are variations involving "Anchorage", "Knik" and "Ship Creek". RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  00:14, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Alaska City?

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 08:24, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Anchorage, Alaska]] 

message: The government of the city is, as far as I can tell, a strong-mayor setup rather than council-manager. However I won't change this if somebody can prove otherwise. 216.137.192.89 (talk) 15:57, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the mayor is the chief executive of the municipality.  There is also a manager, which is the equivalent of what the Fairbanks and Kenai Peninsula boroughs call a "chief of staff" (both of those boroughs are also administered by the mayor).  I've been consulting the Alaska Municipal Officials Directory lately as there's a current effort to get List of cities in Alaska to FL status.  All it says is that Anchorage does not have a manager form of government, even though it lists an official with the title of "Municipal Manager". RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  19:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Form of government

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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I have just modified  on Anchorage, Alaska. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/quakes/Alaska_1964_earthquake.html
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1964_03_28.php
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://alaska.org/driving/turnagain-arm-drive.htm
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=planning.anchorage5
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20121019191704/http://climate.umn.edu:80/cawap/mpr/jargon.htm to http://climate.umn.edu/cawap/mpr/jargon.htm
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.avo.alaska.edu/archives/spurreos/spurreos.php
*Added archive http://www.webcitation.org/6YSasqtfX?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2Fprod%2Fwww%2Fdecennial.html to http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140305164937/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table to http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130815140430/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results to http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.adn.com/
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.alaskastar.com/
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.anchoragepress.com/
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.thenorthernlight.org/
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Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 14:44, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified