Talk:Spokane Valley, Washington

message: New Wikipedian here, proud resident of Spokane Valley... can anyone suggest what might be worthwhile to add to this article?
--Davidf1966 15:33, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm new 

message: This article doesn't even begin to meet encyclopedic standards.  It needs citations for its information (there is only ONE in the entire article), most of the history in the article is redundant with that of the city of Spokane (come on, people, this city is less than a decade old), and opinions need to be left out, such as your "interesting fact" or your unsubstantiated comparison to Sandy Springs.  There is a lot of cleaning up to be done here. DuckFerret  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.103.131.9 (talk) 19:58, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  LOTS of work needed 

message: What do you call someone from the city of Spokane Valley? --165.236.228.81 18:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: What do you call them?

message: I removed this: "(with its somewhat awkward naming convention)"  It is named according to state law in Washington.  All cities are named "City of (named)."  What's odd is that the state department of transportation put "Entering City of Spokane Valley" at the borders rather than "Entering Spokane Valley" which is what they normally do, and more appropriate.  Nevertheless, the naming convention is not unusual.  Brian Sayrs 21:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awkward Naming Convention? 

message: I added a reference for the 2010 population total and put area data that I found from the 2010 Census gazetteer files in the infobox, if that's okay with everyone. I noticed most city articles have geography and demographics sections with standardized info from the 2000 Census, but obviously not Spokane Valley because it didn't exist until 2003. I'm thinking that as the 2010 Census data comes out, there will be an organized effort to replace old data in all U.S. city articles, and hopefully we can get some information for Spokane Valley in the process.
In the meantime, feel free to add/change whatever you want, and please do try to find references for the long history section. 71.113.35.235 (talk) 08:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geographic, demographic, and other data 

message: Really? Says that the early residents had lived in the valley for "thousands of years," and then proceeds to talk about first contact with fur traders less than 250 years ago. "Thousands" is plural, suggesting that these tribes lived in the area since or before the time of Christ. I'm skeptical. Does anybody have a reference to corroborate this? (Also, the article lacks references, generally.) Hexedar (talk) 21:26, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thousands of years? 

message: The only Indian Rebellion of 1857 is the one that happened in the Indian SubContinent. There was a war called the Coeur d’Alene War which happened in 1858 in which the Spokane people fought in. LegioV (talk) 01:24, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indian Rebellion of 1857? 

message: and anyone interested:
While collecting refs and verifying info, I came across pertinent photos which I added. I also found more info on community activities (events, arts, etc.) which I tentatively added. I added the art council. Haven't added anything else, but there appears to be community theaters (which are c19 closed at the moment), farmers market, etc.  Should we/Can we add more of this stuff?  Other city articles include them, and they would be more informative about the current City than all that history stuff. Just trying to make the article better.  Please comment.--Katrazyna (talk) 02:05, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, looking good so far! SounderBruce also seems to have shortened some needlessly detailed paragraphs, and your new additions are definitely well done . I feel while the extended history (which now is located at the page about the valley) will still need some cleanup, this page here about the city is in quite good shape now; and thus I believe the "multiple issues" warning about neutrality and references can be removed. --LordPeterII (talk) 20:34, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos and Additions 

message: File:City of Spokane Valley (city hall, 2022-07-21).jpg
File:Spokane Valley Fire Department (Engine 1 Fire Station, 2022-07-21).jpg
I've uploaded a new city hall photo, as well as a photo of the fire station nearby (I also found the SVFD logo as a vector and uploaded that). Currently not adding the Engine 1 fire station image, but was thinking an article for SVFD might make sense at some point, and that image may assist with fleshing that out. Ideas, comments, criticisms welcome! —Locke Cole • t • c 01:37, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Updated city hall photo