Talk:Memphis, Tennessee/Archive 1

message: I removed Isaac Hayes as he was mentioned twice in the same paragraph.
Kenrus
==I deleted "Wiliiam Faulkner wrote most of his literary works in Oxford, Mississippi. Alex Haley, author of Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots was from Henning, Tennessee."  While of interest in other articles, these statements do not pertain to Memphis.--Boodro 13:08, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Arts

message: Why is there nothing mentioned about this massive park and the dont split shelby farms movement. I think we need some sort of statement about that park and/or a whole new article on the park. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Barcode (talk • contribs) .
*I agree, there certainly needs to be something on Wikipedia about Shelby Farms.  Not that I'm an expert on the subject, but I think it must be extremely rare for a large city to have a such a massive greenspace within its borders.  I would be fine with either an article devoted exclusively to Shelby Farms, an explanation of what it is in this article, or both. - Jersyko talk 23:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  the article has been done. however it is the largest urban park. central park in NYC is 843 acres where as Shelby farms is around 4,500 acres. you can find the article at Shelby Farms, in fact on their website it says " At approximately 4500 acres it is five times larger than New York City's famed Central Park". Barcode 15:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Shelby Farms

message: I think we need to reorginize this. Do we want to name each and every individidual neighborhood in this area: example: Victorian village which is debatably midtown/downtown and *The Village, East Memphis which is part of East Memphis.
I think we should stick to massive neighboorhoods that people refer to that part of town as. For example: even though Cordova has Countrywood, Berryhill, and several other subdivisions, many people still refer to it as Cordova. ditto for Whitehaven. same with Downtown memphis, midtown, Orange Mound etc. You can still make an article on the neighboorhoods but i think their should be a heirarchy of the links. We can put East Memphis on the memphis page, and when you get on the East Memphis Article there can be another list of the neighborhood encompassing East Memphis. same can go for Cordova, Germantown and whatever. I think this will clean that section of the Memphis article up a little bitBarcode 15:06, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: At least as of the last time I was in that area (1996) there was quite a dispute on what exactly is the western border of East Memphis which may make listing by subdivision problemic. Germantown though is it's own city and so it's details wouldn't belong in this article. Jon 18:03, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: sections/suburbs

message: Shortly after the Civil War there was a major race riot in Memphis.  I will research it a bit and try to update the article.
There was also a large riot where KKK members marched on MLK's birthday (or assaination?).  Also on a somewhat related note is the mention of Forester (KKK founder) and problems with giving respect to a brilliant Civil War general but who created the fraternity which would turn into one of the largest hate groups in American history.  But I dont know how worthy that is to mention.
*Yeah. The riot you're talking about wasn't really big. Just a few broken store windows, broken up by mounted police downtown. There was a large riot (rightly so, I suppose) when MLK, Jr. was assassinated, and also violence associated with the sanitation strike on behalf of which he came to Memphis to speak.
Talking about the issues with Nathan Bedford Forrest (I assume that's who you're talking about) isn't very objective, is it? I mean, maybe there could be a brief mention that the city has many parks controversially named after Confederate generals, etc., but commenting on whether or not it's appropriate is, IMO, a massive breach of NPOV. Kevinlipe 07:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's called the Lorraine Motel and it's already linked to in the article. -- Otto 20:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memphis Riots not mentioned 

message: What is this about the mayor being the most corrupt in America?  Doesn't sound like a statement rooted in fact, more like an opinion...Should that be taken out? [unknown anom editor]
: Almost certaintely doesn't belong here. Jon 18:05, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corrupt Mayor

message: The nickname section of city infoboxes is usually reserved for the more recognized nicknames of that city, so I removed a handful of the more obscure or less common ones.  Many, many cities are referred to by their residents by the city's first initial or the first part of it's name followed by -town (Take 'nap-town' for Annapolis, MD for an amusing example,) and frequently by their area codes as well.  There's no need to add every single nickname used for a given city - I think two is enough.  New York City only has its primary nick, "The Big Apple" listed, even though it has several others. -- Vary | Talk 23:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicknames, image sizes, and so on.  

message: Memphis nickname is not star of the southwest or whatever else is on there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chris2008 (talk • contribs) .
*You're right.  I apologize for reverting your change in its entirety, I will try to pay more attention next time.  However, I have removed some of the nicknames you have added, per the comments in the above section of this talk page. - Jersyko talk 04:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicknames 

message: I would like to add pictures of the hernando desoto bridge and a skyline picute. When you first go to the page it should be a picture of the skyline of memphis, tennessee like every other major city has a picture of there skyline. There shouldn't be a picture of Beale St. when you first go to the page. It should go under Other Points of Interest.
user:chris2008
*While the pictures of the bridge is admittedly nice, it and all other pictures taken from this website are not distributed under a free license.  In fact, the website says "Downloads by others than the media or tour operators, if not permitted in writing by Tennessee Tourism, are illegal."  Tennessee Tourism, despite the deceptive title of the page, is a private company, not a state department of Tennessee.  Thus, use of the pictures, and any others from this website, on Wikipedia is copyright infringement (of course we still have a fair use claim . . . but better not to use that if we can avoid it). I do agree, however, that the Memphis skyline would be a better picture for the infobox, provided that a free license picture can be found. - Jersyko talk 23:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: The photo of St Judes on this page is being claimed fair use. However the justification on the fair use tag being used states that the image is only fair use "in the absence of free images that could serve such a purpose". It should be a relatively easy task for a wikipedian in the Memphis area to go and get a photo of the hospital, meaning that the fair use in this case isn't really justified.  JeremyA 00:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo of St Judes

message: I am thinking of creating an article about Memphis Metropolitan area, similer to Atlanta metropolitan area. this is to remove some clutter on this article. primarily the suburbs, and districts of memphis, which are poorly organized and in some cases just wrong. any thoughts anyone? Barcode 16:16, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Memphis Metro

message: The article looks terrific but omits all facts that would deemed as derogatory toward Memphis.  Such as: Memphis ranks number one in the nation for infant mortality.  Memphis ranks number one in the nation for child pedestrian deaths.  Memphis ranks forth in the nation for high crime, and a few others.  
I'll add this section later this week.  If anyone has WP:OWN sentiments, please speak your mind now.  Any advice on a section title and content would be appreciated.  Thanks. Scribner 19:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps you could use the Detroit, Michigan article as a guide in one respect: there's a subsection titled "Crime."  Perhaps it could be a subsection of a subsection in this article, maybe under "people and culture."  The other information should probably be noted in pre-existing subsections of the "people and culture" section, perhaps under "demographics." · j·e·r·s·y·k·o talk · 19:56, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Problems in Memphis

message: The economy section lists several companies that are based out of or headquartered in Memphis. It could also make mention of Crye-Leike. Crye-Leike is headquartered in Memphis - started/founded in Memphis and in business since 1977. It is now the nations 4th largest firm. Reference - http://www.crye-leike.com/corporate/about.php Angeliquev (talk) 17:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Economy Addition of Crye-Leike

message: I suggest someone who knows how create a link the Stax Museum's Website <www.soulsvilleusa.com> to either the tourism or at least the other points of interest. Stax is a cultural icon and should be noted in an article such as this. thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.157.7 (talk) 21:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Stax Museum Link

message: I have indefinitely semi-protected this talk page to prevent an indefinitely blocked user from continuing to harass others here with multiple IPs solely to promote himself.  This has been going on for nearly two years now.  I would direct new and anonymous users to either my talk page or the requests for protection page to request a change in protection status or request an edit to this page. · jersyko talk 18:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea! I have seen that going on. I don't think that the protection is going to be much of a disturbance as only anonymous or new users are affected. What a pity that some people just don't get it and make it more difficult for the decent majority of editors. Thanks! doxTxob \ talk 18:35, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Semi-protection

message: Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of English Wikipedia articles due to be released on DVD, and available for free download, later this year. The Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team has made an automated selection of articles for Version 0.7. 
Memphis is planned to be one of the articles. Should there be important additions or improvements on anyone's mind or something major needs to be fixed. Now is the time! 
I do not see any problems, really. Well, we should make sure that the infamous official songs of Memphis are not accidentally included in the release.
For more information on the project, visit the WikiProject Tennessee Talkpage. October 20 is the deadline. doxTxob \ talk 21:28, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikipedia on DVD ... incl. Memphis

message: The overall tone of the Wiki entry on Memphis seems to too easily gloss over more troublesome aspects of the city's history, one of which is the devastating yellow fever epidemic of 1878, which was a very important part of the history of Memphis.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.104.221.239 (talk) 17:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: First, I would not consider that "biased". Second, this is supposed to be a general encyclopedia article on Memphis, not a complete authoritative history of Memphis. While the epidemic was a big deal (more than half of Memphis' population at the time left), I'm not sure that it warrants a mention in this particular article. The epidemic is mentioned more over at the other more complete article: History of Memphis, Tennessee. -- Otto 17:16, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  It warrants at least a mention. nut-meg (talk) 07:28, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

text:  I disagree with Otto about the significance of the yellow fever epidemics (there were several in the 1870s).  These were major events in the city and caused it to become less significant nationally than its two sister cities, St. Louis and Atlanta.  Furthermore, since the time that the separate History of Memphis, Tennessee article was created, the history section of the parent article has been reduced beyond what one would expect for a parent article.  More of the major historical events should be included in abbreviated form. --Zeamays (talk) 01:00, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Biased Tone of this Entry / Yellow Fever Epidemic

message: Hi there, this issue is of concern for the Memphis article and the History of Memphis, Tennessee. I have written two articles in which the friendship and business relationship of James Winchester, John Overton (judge) and Andrew Jackson are mentioned (Randolph, Tennessee and John Overton (judge)). In the context, it is nessecary to also mention the foundation of Memphis, because they made some good money when they founded Memphis. The question that arises here is: In which year was Memphis founded? 
The Memphis article (and the History of Memphis, Tennessee, too) indicate the year as 1820. The source used in the article does not confirm that. The two sources below suggest 1819 as the foundation date. 
* History of Memphis Citation: "[Memphis] ... was surveyed and designed in 1819."
* TN Encyclopedia - John Overton Citation: "As a founder of Memphis (1819) on land he owned ..."
The article about James Winchester offers even the date of the foundation as May 22, 1819 that without any inline references, though. So it is unclear if the source (McHenry, Robert. Webster's American Military Biographies, Springfield, Mass.: G & C. Merriam Co., 1978) covers the date, too.
I did a little more searching on the internet and was surprised how little I could find about the topic. Can anyone offer some good and reliable source for the year of the foundation? It would be nice to have the correct year in all of the articles mentioning the foundation, backed by a good source. But I am not sure if "surveyed and designed" or the year in brackets "(1819)" really refers to the year of the foundation.  
Any help is welcome! Thank you. doxTxob \ talk 21:12, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/history/memphis2.htm places it on May 22, 1819 as well. -- Otto 14:34, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great! Does that look good enough to change the year to 1819 in the article? doxTxob \ talk 17:13, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have just changed the information to 1819. doxTxob \ talk 18:54, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Which year was Memphis founded?

message: An editor has repeatedly deleted a straighforward link to the Memphis Riverboats site.  He apparently considered it advertising.
I differ with his interpretation of the Wiki guidelines.  There are many links and references in Wikipedia to commercial entities, and, if not used excessively or ostentatiously, are not considered advertising. See: 
: "This page in a nutshell: Adding external links to an article can be a service to the reader, but they should be kept to a minimum of those that are meritable, accessible and appropriate to the article." - wikipedia Guidelines for External Links  
The link I added complies with each of these.  Perhaps if he disagrees, he will be kind enough to state why in detail.  --Zeamays (talk) 01:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you want to add external links, they go at the bottom of the page under the ==External links== section, not in line with the text.  If you want to add your link there, I have no objection.  //  Chris (complaints)•(contribs) 14:06, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Riverboat Link

message: Examining the IP's making these changes, I find the following:
 - Connects back to a networktel.net static IP address, which is in Memphis. Senderbase tells me that mail.investectn.com is on the same IP block, at *.18. investectn.com is a commercial real estate firm in Memphis. David Saks is a realtor in Memphis, and he's big on self-promotion as well. Coincidence?
 &   Both ADSL connections on bellsouth.net, both trace to somewhere in Germantown. No way to be specific here, although with the times of the edits, a BellSouth abuse rep could look at the logs and trace the specific person.
 TMobile hotspot - basically untraceable. 
 AT&T - Ditto, could be any AT&T based device from anywhere.
Might be worth sending some emails to abuse@ or postmaster@ some of these places, since he's spamming Wikipedia. -- Otto 16:41, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure how much luck we'd have with abuse emails to Bellsouth, but it certainly couldn't hurt.  In the meantime, I've issued some short blocks on several of these accounts, and I intend to temporarily block any IP account that makes this exact same edit (based on WP:EDITWAR#Enforcement, WP:SOCK#Blocking, and WP:EVADE).  While not an ideal solution, it keeps the article from being permanently semi-protected. — Satori Son 17:23, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks a lot for blocking the IPs. doxTxob \ talk 19:30, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

text: I am glad that you post the IPs here and that you are able to identify where they are from. Very good work! Let's see how this continues for another week or so. This list of IPs can be perfectly used to argue in favour of the protection and not so much to continue blocking these IPs. As I see it, if all the IPs get blocked, we may disconnect parts of the UofM from Wikipedia as well as who knows how many McDonalds Wifi hotspots or what not. That cannot be what anyone could want. Wow, this IP blocking is far more disruptive than an indefinite protection would be. I really have problems to comprehend why it is so difficult to get the semi-protection in this case from some admin. That would be easy and smooth. If he's going to a different McDonalds every day, the IP blocking does not make sense, the unwanted information would still have to be removed manually every time. But what can we do ...?! doxTxob \ talk 21:55, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yeah, I basically agree with you. I don't think semi-protection is too much to ask for a non-controversial article, as the article is still editable to anybody with a user account. But if we have to show the level of vandalism going on here first, then so be it. -- Otto 18:46, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

text: Wow, eventually your efforts of tracking down all the IPs paid off. Great work! Thank you! doxTxob \ talk 22:16, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yeah, and he's ticked off at me too. LOL. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Otto42&diff=267384056&oldid=267240550 -- Otto 16:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: My goodness, that is pretty lame for a grown person ... Well, that shows once more that he does not get the point, even after almost two years. The story was discussed endlessly in the past and is shortly mentioned in Wikipedia's lamest edit wars, even stating his name. That is some questionable honor for him there. Strange, you would think that a real estate agent has some reputation to lose, I mean that stuff pops up at google if you do a search on his name. I am glad it is over for hopefully a long time. doxTxob \ talk 18:02, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: lol, it'll actually be three years next week.  Apparently at one point he was trying to use his additions on Wikipedia to convince the Memphis city council that 'One Last Bridge' was the official song of Memphis.   Strange dude.  In the past we've had months of quiet between the spurts of edit warring and name-calling: I hate to see this article semi'd long-term because of one guy who can't accept reality, but he just doesn't seem to be losing interest this time, does he? -- Vary  Talk 18:26, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

text: More userpage vandalism from  (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:DoxTxob&diff=prev&oldid=269073187) doxTxob \ talk 05:23, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Abuse - IP info

message: I am not sure, maybe I have missed something here. The last time I checked it, settlement articles are supposed to be named according to the "City, State" convention and not "City, State abbreviation". They change a lot of stuff here on Wikipedia, unfortunately, which keeps battallions of editors busy. But this is new to me. If there is a reason for the move due to naming conventions that might have changed, I apologize here right away. If not, I would prefer the page moved back to "Memphis, Tennessee". 
I will also notify the editor who initiated the change. doxTxob \ talk 21:46, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded.  There's been no naming convention change that I'm aware of.  The relevant section, for the record. -- Vary  Talk 02:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have moved the page back. doxTxob \ talk 18:24, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Page move from Memphis, Tennessee to Memphis, TN

message: Anybody want to work on a Media section, listing tv/radio/paper outlets in Memphis?
Found these already lying around to get started with: Template:Memphis TV Template:Memphis Radio
More to work with: Memphis is the #48 market in the country for television, according to the Nielsen DMA's. 
-- Otto (talk) 19:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Media section

message: Talk:Memphis (disambiguation)#Requested move should have been announced here, since the proposal is to move the disambiguation page to Memphis. Currently, Memphis → Memphis, Tennessee. -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:25, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move request affecting one of the redirects to here

message: Hi! I am proposing a Memphis Metropolitan Area WikiProject. Would anyone be interested in starting one?
Normally I would propose a task force, but the project concerns a multi-state metro area, so it wouldn't work as a task force.
WhisperToMe (talk) 01:36, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Memphis WikiProject

message: 3rd largest in the southeastern US is found in the Census data, which shows Memphis behind Jacksonville and Charlotte.Emjaymem (talk) 04:26, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  3rd largest claim  

message: Sometimes I really hate this site. I love that we can make changes and correct things if they are wrong, but often you get stupid people changing values with not thought at all. All the area values given are the same in the stats box as the are in the geography section, but they just don't ass up. 313.8 sq mi (city) - 302.3 sq mi (land) does not equal 15.4 sq mi (water). I don't know which value is incorrect, so I can't change this. Also the metric equivalents for both city and land do not match their imperial values. 
This is the area in which Wikipedia is let down. Statistics. VanillaBear23 (talk) 13:06, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Area

message: Here we go again.
 University of Memphis. -- Otto (talk) 21:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That one is also at the University of Memphis. -- Otto (talk) 19:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

text: That one is a BellSouth DSL line. Could be anywhere in Memphis, but probably around the Germantown area. -- Otto (talk) 17:23, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Ongoing log of David Saks related vandalism

message: 901Life.com is a social network for residents of Shelby County in the 901 area code.  Some weeks ago I posted links to the site in the external links section of pages for various neighborhoods in the 901 area code.  I was asked to suggest the link on the talk page to make sure the site is referencing these areas [Memphis, TN - Cordova - Germantown etc] before reinserting it. The assumption was made that I posted a link to the site to alter search engine rankings but as I know wikipedia uses nofollow tags that is not the case.  If someone can agree that the site is in fact referring to Memphis & other Shelby County communities I would greatly appreciate them adding the link or stating that they have no objections with it being added.
*901Life.com - Social Network
any help offered would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance. Chi soul
--Chi soul (talk) 20:05, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Generally, Wikipedia articles should not link to social networking sites.  See #10 on WP:ELNO.  I don't see your site as something useful to add to the article, sorry.  Ravensfire (talk) 20:37, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to agree with Ravensfire.  Since Wikipedia is not a link repository, it has very specific guidelines as to which websites should be linked to.  901Life.com does not meet those standards, as Ravensfire has explained. You should consider listing it at dmoz.org, which is a specifically a link repository. — Satori Son 20:55, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  901Life.com Link 

message: The Skyline picture of Memphis as seen from the Tom Lee park that we first see when reaching this page is silly to have there. Instead, the skyline picture as seen from the Hernando de Soto bridge (located further down on the page) should replace the existing one we are greeted with because it is a better representation of the Memphis skyline.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:0:B100:CB:118E:8B7F:AD92:B8B1 (talk) 12:42, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skyline Picture of Memphis 

message: http://memphiswrestlinghistory.com/sc_wicks.html  It is certain that this was the largest rivalry in Memphis for many years, and to not include Billy Wicks, while promoting Monroe is a failed attempt at being a real encyclopedia!  You are actually following a very racial line of reasoning which is common amongst a lot of Liberals.  96.19.159.196 (talk) 05:18, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, but what is your point here?  Are you talking about a specific section of the article or what?  And is there a reason why, considering this is Wikipedia, the encyclopedia anyone can edit, you are casting blame for whatever you think the problem is, rather than just correcting it? Gtwfan52 (talk) 06:01, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  If you include Sputnik Monroe, then why do you disregard Billy Wicks? 

message: An editor has taken objection to the picture of a fedex plane flying who knows where.  We all know FedEx is the largest employer in Memphis, and an image in the economy section is very appropriate.  Could someone provide a Fed-Ex image that is actually in Memphis? Jacona (talk) 22:19, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I did in fact look on Commons for a pic at Memphis International Airport, but didn't find one immediately. I have now added one that I hope is suitable. - BilCat (talk) 22:56, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You added a random photo of a FedEx gas tank in some random field in Memphis.  Just because FedEx is a large employer in Memphis doesn't mean we should add low-quality photos to this great article.  Request a photo from other editors, or drive to Memphis and take a picture. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:03, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You wanted a local pic. So anyway, I did find one of aircraft at MEM. It wasn't in the category for MEM on Commons, but a little extra searching found one. It's a ground pic, and only shows aircraft, not a facility, so you'll probably remove that one too. Sigh. - BilCat (talk) 23:11, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

text: Interestingly, the previous photo of the FedEx aircraft had been in "this great article" since at least January 2009! I honestly don't see why it had to be removed today after having been in the article so long. - BilCat (talk) 23:27, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I deleted the picture of the FedEx planes at the Memphis airport.  It was a picture of FedEx planes only, and showed nothing of the Memphis airport, or of Memphis, which is, after all, the topic of this article.  If you cannot find any photos of FedEx which enhance the reader's understanding of Memphis, then just leave it empty.  Please also note the following, which comes from the Wikipedia essay WP:IMAGE RELEVANCE: "images must be relevant to the article that they appear in and be significantly and directly related to the article's topic".  Please also note the following, which comes from Wikipedia:Image use policy: "images are included in articles to increase the reader's understanding of the subject".  Also, "images on Wikipedia should be used in an encyclopedic manner. They should be relevant and increase readers' understanding of the subject matter. In general, images should depict the concepts described in the text of the article".  Pictures of airplanes in the sky, airplanes at an unrecognizable airport, or FedEx fuel trucks in a random field, are not relevant to this article. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:35, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure the airport photos are recognizable to any one who's been there. The only photo in the article I recognize is the one with the Pyramid, because I've actually seen it from the freeway. Should I remove the rest of the photos because I don't recognize them? Enjoy your block for edit warring - I know I will. - BilCat (talk) 23:52, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The subject is Memphis.  The section is Economy. The picture is of a Fedex plane. FedEx is by far the largest employer in Memphis.  FedEx planes have shaped the economy of the city like no other entity in the last 40 years. Seems incredibly appropriate to have an image of a FedEx plane in this article, this section.  Calling it "random" doesn't seem right. Jacona (talk) 23:47, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: While I agree with you on the relevance of this photo, being belligerent toward another editor is a terrible idea.  While we may not always agree, if you take any time to look at contributions you will find that Magnolia has been a prolific editor, and his edits are in good faith.  Jacona (talk) 00:11, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The picture has been in the article for over SIX years, and it just now needed to be removed? Per BRD, they should have come to the talk page after the first revert, and then waited until we reached a consensus regarding the next step. Continuing to edit war even after I attempted to meet their requirements isn't right. If they keep it up they risk being blocked. - BilCat (talk) 00:45, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you on the picture and the approach to resolving the disagreement, but we all need to assume good faith and maintain civility even on those occasions we think another editor is incorrect and unreasonable.  Don't make an enemy if you can avoid it, you may need that very editor as a friend someday. Jacona (talk) 01:05, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I was/am being civil. You should see what I wrote but didn't save! - BilCat (talk) 01:38, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  FedEx picture 

message: What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 11:07, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Memphis, Tennessee]] 

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message: This page should be moved to Memphis, with Memphis, Tennessee becoming the redirect. The reason is because there is currently no Memphis page, it's just a redirect, and it would make more sense to switch the pages. Don't really wanna explain further, but you guys should get it. 173.68.25.111 (talk) 19:38, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page switch 

message: Memphisdan put in an edit that claimed drainage of Gayoso Bayou in the 20th Century was responsible for eradication of yellow fever.  I have done extensive research on this and found it was rather the George E. Waring, Jr.-designed separated sewer system (which kept Gayoso Bayou constantly flowing, rather than being drained.  The Bayou still exists, but flows underground.).  The sewer system was constructed about 1880, before the charter was restored, and the economy of this system, which was state-of-the-art at the time, allowed the financially-strapped city to build it.  I posted this information in the Waring article with citations from several books for these facts (Google books access to 19th Century engineering journals was invaluable).  The info in the Waring article is linked in the History of Memphis, Tennessee article.  Maybe I should place more of this information in the latter?  --Zeamays (talk) 07:20, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
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message: I believe this portion needs to be removed. The citations are either out of date, non-existent, or are unreliable sources compared to updated government data and should not be used as a reference. Further, there is another wiki page devoted to Memphis Crime that is updated. The current section is redundant as well as placed incorrectly considering this is nested under law and government. Creating it as its own section does not seem to alleviate this when you remove the information that is either no longer cited or doesn't add value as a reference. Deleting it doesn't rid the site of the information either but does improve this page. Considering this is outdated, redundant and does not aid the article as a whole I think it needs to be removed and a reference to the page on Memphis crime be added. Thoughts?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Memphis901Trae (talk • contribs) 17:29, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: At the very least, the section heading and  template should remain to point to the separate article, followed by a summary of the major points of that article.  You have not been doing that; you were removing the entire section wholesale, including the template, and were (and still are) dangerously close to a warning for edit warring.  Wait until others, particularly , have weighed in. General Ization Talk   17:47, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

text: Nothing has been done but this article still makes no sense. All of the material on it is outdated. This looks very bad.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.169.162 (talk) 17:40, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
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message: Interstate 22 doesn't even enter Tennessee, why is it listed as one of the interstates in Memphis?  Certainly it is part of the Memphis MSA, but it's miles away from the city.  Should it really be listed as part of the city's highway system? I understand that it will likely reach the city limits in the future, but it does not at the moment, so shouldn't the article reflect that? Sedriskell (talk) 23:59, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
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message: If United Pentecostal Church International name has changed as ip states in this edit summary  the main article should be updated to reflect the change. It should not be accomplished by altering the link to the article for a general denomination.Dartslilly (talk) 18:27, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
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message: Can someone please update the October record high temperature please. Thanks! On October 3, 2019, Memphis reached a high temperature of 98°F. Flying Pig 1115 (talk) 02:12, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography 

message: I would actually dispute that the primary topic of Memphis is Memphis, Tennessee. For non-Americans, I don't think this is a well-known city at all. I always knew Memphis exclusively as the ancient capital of Egypt until around the middle of high school which was when I first heard that there was a city in Tennessee by that name. Obviously people's experiences will differ depending on what subjects they're interested in. Someone fascinated by world history would more likely think of Memphis, Egypt while someone fascinated by American music and the politics might hear of Memphis, Tennessee first. I would argue that there is no primary topic for Memphis; I don't think Memphis is that well-known at all outside the United States. Even as a Californian, I almost never hear of this place and more often hear of Memphis, Egypt as one might talk of ancient Rome, Chang'an, or Kyoto. This is not to downplay the significance of Memphis, Tennessee as the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination or its role in the Civil Rights Movement, only that I am skeptical of its global notability. Sol Pacificus (talk) 19:52, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I live in the US and had wondered the same thing. It would be informative I think if someone not in Egypt or the US would give us some G-hit numbers. John from Idegon (talk) 20:14, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I live near Tennessee, but not near Memphis. (Tennessee is a long state.) I'd agree that there probably is no primary topic. The last move discussion on Talk:Memphis (disambiguation) was held over 8 years ago, so it may be time to try again. As an aside, I'd like to see discussions regarding primary topic moves changed so that "no consensus" results in there being no primary topic. The inability to decide if there is a primary topic or not is pretty much proof that there is no primary topic. - BilCat (talk) 20:30, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Now at Talk:Memphis (disambiguation)#Requested move 4 September 2018. Crouch, Swale (talk)  10:02, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: There is now a new RM at Talk:Memphis, Egypt#Requested move 12 October 2020 proposing to make the Egyptian city primary. Crouch, Swale (talk)  10:57, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Primary topic