Talk:Blacksburg, Virginia

message: Why does
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksburg,_Virginia ≠ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksburg%2C_Virginia ?
Can someone link these pages?
Eag (talk) 23:38, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: page link

message: The first paragraph of the current section does not make sense geographically. Pearisburg is west of Blacksburg, and while explorers could have come from Pearisburg to Blacksburg, it is not clear which ridge they would have come over to reach Stroubles Creek.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:5C0:C280:E3B0:583B:6C5A:C2E:1F78 (talk) 15:38, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  European colonization, founding (1671–1771)

message: Of all history to be named of blacksburg, why is the massacre all that's notable, or notable at all?
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>> When I checked on May 30, 2012, the virginia tech shooting wasn't mentioned on the Blacksburg page at all, as if the most notable event in the history of the town never happened. I understand that many people wish it never happened, but Wikipedia is not a place to sweep unwelcome historical facts under the carpet.
is Lee hall really tallest in Blacksburg? i thought it is Slusher Tower; which has 12-floor
Isn't there some hill that's even higher? Can't think of the name of it at the moment. --Aciel 18:35, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: massacre

message: I think the sentence that reads: "On April 16, 2007 an unidentified person opened fire on the campus killing 32 and wounding 20 before commiting suicide. [1]."  In the first paragraph ought to be removed. It doesnt belong in the first paragraph. Though it was a significent event, this is an awkward place for it. The section in the middle of the article is sufficient.
I will delete it. If someone feels strongly against this, go ahead and put it back. W/e. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bobbyschultz (talk • contribs) 03:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove VT massacre sentence from first paragraph 

message: After doing some minor research and examining the Blacksburg Electronic Village article (which is currently a stub,) I suggest that the BEV article should just be made an extra part of the History section.  It is a significant part of the town's history. It has been noted as one of the most important assets that Blacksburg has besides Virginia Tech itself and was what most people considered the town to be famous for in its pre-4/16 days (Blacksburg Electronic Village: About Us.)  I also want to mention that in 1998, Blacksburg, Virginia was chosen by Guinness World Records as the "Most Wired Community" (Clinton and Pammy's Net connection.)  Of course, if it were not for the BEV, it would be doubtful that the town could have achieved such a record.
--Patrick (talk) 19:19, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging BEV article with town article

message: One obstacle that I think is keeping this article from having A-class is the gap of time in the History.  Right now I have been able to add a detailed history up to the town's founding in 1798.  There is nothing else until the 1970s, over 170 years of Blacksburg's history missing from the second most reliable source listed as a result on Google.  Basically, if anyone out there wants there to be some place on the World Wide Web where we can look at a comprehensive and thorough history of Blacksburg, please do what you can to fill the time gap.  Pmcginty (talk) 02:51, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Guess what?  It appears that I took care of it single-handed!  HOORAY FOR ME! Pmcginty (talk) 01:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Filling the time gap in the History section

message: Someone please put some contemporary units for the temperature. Who understands Fahrenheit these days?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.11.6.140 (talk) 16:37, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units 

message: In § European discovery, founding (1671–1771), ¶ 3 is
:By the 1740s, the Wood's River Land Company, represented by Col. James Patton, gained a large tract of land within present-day southwest Virginia. Part of the tract became Montgomery County and Pulaski County and was sold to Virginian, Anglo-Irish, Scots-Irish, and English settlers as a reward for their services during the Spanish-Indian Wars and other wars. The Draper and Ingles families were among those who built their homes between present location of the campus and the subdivision of Hethwood. This came to become known as Draper's Meadow by 1748.
What are the "Spanish-Indian Wars"? The mention was added at 
 by an IP editor who has contributed nothing else.
There is no such page on WP and almost no occurrence of that phrase, and very little of the kind to be found in a Google search. The timeline implied by the paragraph could fit with King George's War (1744–1748) or the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748) (see French and Indian Wars), but the former did not involve Spain, and the latter was conducted almost entirely in the Caribbean and on the coasts of present-day Panama and Colombia. The closest thing I can find to Spanish and Indian involvement is the Invasion of Georgia (1742) from the Spanish colony of Florida, in which the defending British land forces consisted of "900 Soldiers, militia & Indians" (quoting the infobox).
I've posted a mention and link to this comment on the WikiProject Virginia talk page, requesting that discussion be put here.
To discuss this, please  me. --Thnidu (talk) 03:58, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Spanish-Indian Wars" 

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message: New editor here so apologies if this is not consistent with the talk page norms.
The number of days below 0 is currently listed as an average of nine per year. In fact, in Blacksburg’s entire period of record from 1951, they’ve exceeded nine days per year only once with 10 days in 1962-1963. The long-term average, as well as the 1981-2010 average, is approximately two days per year.
I believe the climate low temperature should be revised to an average of two days per year below 0, or, what I believe was the original intent of that statement, was nine days per year below 10 degrees F.
Both of these figures can be confirmed with the ACIS NOAA data tool. https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org
Alstarck (talk) 19:36, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate - Low Temperatures