Talk:San Antonio/Archive 2

message: I'm being to become concerned with the number of external links that are embedded in the article. They have no value except to advertise the business websites, such as PF Changs, etc. Any thoughts? Clipper471 02:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article does have way too many of them.  I'm not a fan of External links inside the text in the first place, but this is just going overboard.  The only thing that should be inside the text is references, which are listed at the bottom of the page.  I'd say we start cleaning them up, section by section.  --Brownings 03:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Embedded links 

message: What happened to the city seal?  Looks like the image was deleted off of Wiki for some reason.  Anyone have access to another copy or a cached one from Wiki?  --Brownings 11:46, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  City seal missing 

message: Howdy !! I am looking at longitudes and latitudes of cities and big cities of USA lists a small number of cities - some have their stats with very very exact longitude and latitude whereas others have briefer longitude and latitude - just nit-picking, really but this city is one of the very very exact ones, I think. It is not great from the point of view of wikipedia consistency but it is great from the point of view of some aims, I reckon!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.112.31.198 (talk • contribs).
:I'm almost sure one of our aviation buffs entered it - the coordinates are dead center of the San Antonio International Airport. :) Kuru talk 00:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lat/long 

message: I decided to create a climate table, or weatherbox, for San Antonio. This is because it seemed a bit odd that out of the 5 largest cities in Texas, it was the only one without a climate table in its article. Especially strange, when it's the third largest metro area in the state! Hopefully, what I did was acceptable and any members here may feel free to make changes or add thoughts. NorthernFire 03:15, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice work Northern.  I think the weatherbox looks great.  Definitely a fantastic addition to the weather & climate section, and a keeper for sure! --Brownings 03:48, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work.  I would say that if there is eventually a daughter article for Climate or Geography that the full table could be placed in that article and a condensed version could remain here.  It looks fine for now and is informative.  Thanks.  Ufwuct 04:08, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate table for San Antonio 

message: This subject was touched on here. Being from Texas I can attest to the fact that Texans refer to San Antonio as "San Antone" as a term of endearment. From the former discussion a consensus was made that people from San Antonio and other Texans use the term (although there are some who don't agree). I suggest it be added to "Nicknames." I have never heard of "Alamo City" or "River City" before Wikipedia. --ProdigySportsman 20:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. I've lived in Houston before moving to San Antonio in 1983. While in Houston, I know I've heard of references there to "San Antone". I do not believe, however, it is a nickname. I've never heard of a San Antonian refer to it as such. (I do, however, remember one interesting conversation where an SA resident thought referring it as San Antone was disrespectful.) Further, living in San Antonio since 1983, I've heard and seen numerous references to San Antonio as the River City and the Alamo City. Clipper471 00:44, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've heard both Alamo City & River City.  Alamo City I heard before moving here.  I wasn't until I got here that I heard River City, which newscasts such as WOAI seem to love to use River City for some reason.  I think "San Antone" should be just considered slang, kind of like when you hear many of the radio stations in promos and commercials refer to the city as SA Town (pronounced like Say Town).  --Brownings 00:59, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

text: A review of Los Angeles, California and San Francisco, California shows that neither "L.A." or "San Fran" are included as nicknames. Clipper471 13:28, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

text: This is NEVER heard in the city? You have got to be kidding. I heard it all the time in High School and still hear it to this day.  22:09, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "San Antone", again 

message: BQZip01,
Do you think it would be better to have this image instead of the current one for the STMC? It has the advantage that it is 4000 pixles wide, so it would look better in scrolling format. But then, we can put "1500px" inside the tag, like they did over here (to reduce the Hong Kong pic's width from 3495 to 2500px), so the image wont appear too high (or tall) in the article, like it currently does.--Zereshk 19:31, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ABSOLUTELY!!! Fabulous find! — BQZip01 — talk 04:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Added it. Very nice find!!! — BQZip01 — talk 04:38, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scrolling image 

message: I added a To-Do list with several tasks I thought the article needs. Feel free to discuss, or even add any tasks. --I Are Scientists 02:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  To-Do list 

message: The reference to Camp Stanley links to a description of Camp Stanley, South Korea, not the one in San Antonio.70.251.194.91 01:23, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks - changed it to a redlink to an empty article for now. Kuru talk 01:55, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction - Camp Stanley 

message: One is inclined to think the Spurs deserve a mention in the lead by virtue of what they have accomplished in recent seasons -- as such I have included one line mentioning the Spurs. I also think that this article uses too much bolding, which contravenes Wikipedia's manual of style guidelines I believe. Manderiko 20:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spurs 

message: The article is a bit on the large size.  I see at least one section that could easily be split out to it's own article, reducing a good chunk of the article size.  Namely the culture section.  This section could be easily move wholesale to a new article to cut down on size here.  The Neighborhoods section is another good candidate for break-out, IMHO.  So I am declaring my intention to break-out at least these two sections within the next couple of days, baring any major objections.  The point of this post is to give a chance for anyone objecting before I dive into this. - TexasAndroid 13:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Two days, no comments, let alone objections.  I'm moving forward with splitting out the culture and possibly the Neighborhood sections into separate articles. - TexasAndroid 17:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Basic break-out is done.  The main article is still ~44K, a little large, but much better than the ~70K it was at before the split.  I'm thinking about what else could be split out, but nothing else is quite as obvious. Oh well, no rush. - TexasAndroid 18:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Yes, the article is still large and has imformation that could be split out.  Good work!  Longhornsguy07 20:26, 11 June 2007
Sweep baby! Sweep!--Zereshk 05:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propose split/break-out 

message: Isn't it surprising that San Antonio is only rated High Importance in Wikiproject Texas? Seeing as it is the 7th most populous city in the US (3rd most in Texas)and a big center of Texas history it should be Top importance. Under the criteria for Top importance in Wikiproject Texas is: Cities over 100,000 and major metropolitan areas. San Antonio definitely meets that criteria. I would have changed it immediately but I wanted an opinion first, although seeing as how cities like Abilene and Carrollton are Top Importance it would be stupid not to make it Top. Dabomb87 00:47, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your comments.  Nothing more to add, really. - TexasAndroid 15:00, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I changed it. Dabomb87 23:12, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree with the change.  Thanks for looking into this.  --Brownings 01:08, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem. I like to see a certain amount of consistency. Dabomb87 19:14, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importance Upgrade? 

message: The date for the Feb. all-time high is wrong -- it should be 1996, not 1986.  But when editing the page all I
see is  for the table.  How does one access the table to edit it?  I couldn't find anything in the Wiki help that discussed this.  129.162.1.31 23:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I made the changes.  Actually finding those Wikipedia infoboxes is a total pain the butt.  I've got the syntax written down somewhere, but never seem to be home when I actually need the information.  As a work around, just Google whatever infobox you're looking for, and it's usually the first or second link.  In the case of this box, I just Googled "San Antonio weatherbox wikipedia" and it took me right to it.  Cheers, and thanks for dropping by to contribute.  --Brownings 00:56, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How does one edit the weather/climate table? 

message: Alamo City is not the only or even the most common nickname for San Antonio. Let's reflect that. :) Ran into the same problem on the Houston page, although there they were nice enough to include the alternative nicknames in the Culture Section. Archived Discussion (here) has a few natives taking exception to the usage of "San Antone" within the city, but regardless of local usage (& I have heard it called San Antone in San Antone), it's a nickname used elsewhere. 
Google currently gives
:c.183,000 for "river city" "san antonio" -wiki
:c.151,000 for "san antone" -wiki
:c.99,400 for "alamo city" "san antonio" -wiki
:c.67,200 for "san antone" texas -wiki
:c.63,000 for "san anto" "san antonio" -wiki
:c.34,400 for "san antone" "san antonio" -wiki
:c.15,400 for "military city" "san antonio" -wiki
:c.14,300 for "mission city" "san antonio" -wiki
:c.12,200 for "SA town" "san antonio" -wiki
The minor ones, it's ok to list lower, but the info box really should at least have the nicknames more common than the given one or some notice that it's only the official nickname from the town's tourism board. -LlywelynII (talk) 07:20, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicknames 

message: I think that in order to successfully change the Education list into prose as suggested, what might be more effective is to have it reflect the ordering of the New York City page, where an Education section lists an overview of the big schools and accomplishments, but it links to Main article: Education in New York City. On that page, all of the schools are broken out in detail. However, it also references the List of colleges and universities in New York City for those people that want to view it in list form. This is relevant for the San Antonio page because of the number of schools listed that have their own Wikipedia pages, and those connections should not be lost. Kat Malone (talk) 16:13, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added the Split Section tag to hopefully prompt some discussion around the above. Kat Malone (talk) 14:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education Revamp 

message: (** NOTE: There are sometimes fictitious references to a saint by the name of Valero; however, in the history of mankind, there was never any saint by the name of Valero. Further, the official archives document the 13 June 1691 naming of the place as San Antonio. )
I removed this following text from the "History" section because it seemed like vandalism, generally based on the wording and style, and also because the word "Valero" is only mentioned in this article one other time, and not about a saint. If this information is actually correct, reword it and put it back in the article. Jon Alten (talk) 05:06, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed text 

message: I'm new at this and hesitate to remove someone else's writing, so I'm asking for comments before taking action here. The Transportation section includes a section on biking which seems not to fit under that heading, since it mostly refers to biking for sport rather than for transportation. Also, it makes opinion-based statements with no sourcing (like the comment that says that SA is not as bicycle friendly as some coastal cities); I don't disagree with the opinions but I didn't think this the appropriate place to state them. I may pull the paragraph and put it here so that someone else can put it where they think it belongs.BLT (talk) 03:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It sounds like a rouge edit that someone made at some point.  I agree that it shouldn't be in the Transportation section.  There are many cities in the US where biking to work is common, but SA isn't one of them.  --Brownings (talk) 03:10, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes - well, my husband bikes to work, but that's neither here nor there. :) I've pulled the paragraph, and will dump it here, with minor corrections, so that someone can put it back in a place where it fits better. Some parts of it could stay in the transportation section, like the parts about the bike lanes, but it's all so mixed in with opinion right now that I'm not going to do it at this moment. -BLT (talk) 03:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk about biking in Transportation section 

message: The best part of San Antonio is the river walk.  It would be nice to get more views, such as people eating on the river, night pictures with lighting, etc. etc.Rlbarton (talk) 20:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a whole gallery of them already over at San Antonio River Walk.  IMHO they much rather belong over there than in the main SA article.  The Riverwalk is just one part of SA, and I don't think it works to have it have more pictures than the other parts of the city. - TexasAndroid (talk) 21:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The best part isnt the river walk. It's the things involved with the culture of the city. The riverwalk is on this list but there are others such as the missions, the basilica and cathedral, the malls, parks, and other family orientated things.   Mc134 (talk) 00:26, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  More pictures of the river walk 

message: I question the first sentence under the Downtown heading: "Because of its status as a historic urban center, the architecture and layout of San Antonio are more traditionally urban than other cities in Texas, such as Dallas and Austin, which have developed in the last half century."
What is "traditionally urban"? That seems vague, as does the reference to downtown S.A. as a historic urban center. Does this refer to a listing in the national historic register? If so, Austin has three historic districts and a number of historic buildings. However, if that's what the reference means, it has cause and effect mixed up. Also, while there has been a lot of development in downtown Austin in the last half century, the layout hasn't changed since 1839. I won't speak for Dallas, since I haven't lived there. Unless someone has a clarification, I will just strike the entire sentence. Tfb787 (talk) 06:06, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure what it's talking about.  What the heck is "traditionally urban" anyway?  I live in downtown SA, so from what I've experienced "traditionally urban" would mean fewer people, less services, and a shortage of retail.  --Brownings (talk) 10:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Downtown Description 

message: Does anybodoy know why there is a photo of the Bisons' field in the sports section?  I have a few photos of Wolff Stadium and I'd be happy to contribute one to take the place of Dunn Tire Park.  Unless there's a good reason for it to be displayed there? Ensign beedrill (talk) 20:40, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My guess, cut&paste error by the sports editor who added the teams template this morning.  I've informed him of the error, and of this conversation. - TexasAndroid (talk) 20:51, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

text: As for Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, even if the SA article does not need them, a photo or two on the stadium's article would be great. - TexasAndroid (talk) 20:53, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a bad idea.  I'll see about that. Ensign beedrill (talk) 02:45, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

text: My fault - yes, this is a cut & past error (I added the template).  Please accept my deepest apologies and feel free to add a ballpark picture. Tom Danson (talk) 21:09, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buffalo Bisons? 

message: How many times do the Spurs need to be mentioned in this article?  It just seems a little more than necessary.  Any other comments on this?Atlantabravz (talk) 14:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: To me, living here in San Antonio, i feel like this is the smallest large city. we dont have subways, monorails, skybrigdes, etc but the spurs are what get us on the map.    Mc134 (talk) 00:28, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  San Antonio Spurs 

message: There is currently a proposal on the table to amend the Wikipedia naming conventions for US cities to follow the AP Stylebook's suggested names. This would effectively move a number of US city articles currently on the list, so San Antonio, Texas would be moved to San Antonio. To comment on this discussion, please go here. --Serge (talk) 17:43, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: I would like to form a San Antonio taskforce covering Greater San Antonio. WhisperToMe (talk) 09:02, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  San Antonio taskforce 

message: Though this article has some good citations it is lacking severely in some areas. Should it really have a B rating at this point?
--Mcorazao (talk) 22:16, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Observation: Rating 

message: Folks,
I took the liberty of creating History of San Antonio, linking the History section of this one to that article, and shortening the History section here. IMHO the History section here was getting too long.
Please feel free to change anything I have done as you see fit.
--Mcorazao (talk) 20:27, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: Making changes that include specific phenomenon like the Mexodus should be made within a category within the contents section.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvaio2003 (talk • contribs) 04:58, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you please be more specific on why you have removed the section instead of moving it "within a category withing the contents section"?  It's not very clear what you're suggesting. Kuru (talk) 11:28, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes to the contents section 

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message: This section could be expanded to link it to the extraordinary volcanic eruptions on the Canary Island of Lanzarote in 1730-1736, (they added 30% to the size of the island!). An edit could also be made to the Lanzarote page, which says nothing about San Antonio. Plenty of information on this at http://cida-sa.org/index.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.193.120 (talk) 22:18, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canary Islanders who arrived in 1731 

message: The San Antonio River is not mentioned in that section. --Jerome Potts (talk) 20:07, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That is odd; will rewrite this weekend unless someone beats me to it. Nice catch. Kuru (talk) 00:53, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography 

message: This article describes nothing about San Antonio politics and how the people of the area tend to lean -i.e. conservative or liberal?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.45.75.11 (talk) 03:51, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Politics 

message: There are none, several possibilities are listed as supposed quotes eg., Chamber of Commerce but there is nothing inline. I'm not from the area nor have visited so I don't know where proper information can be found. Rjhawkin (talk) 01:46, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  General overview section of main article needs to have references added.  

message: I removed the following assertion because it doesn't appear to be correct:
::", however with the heat index June often feels hotter than the July and August"
The average temperature in June is lower than in July or August. Plus, the average dew point in June is equal to the August average dew point and less than the average July dew point. Therefore, the average heat index is June is lower. If something else was meant by "often", that should be noted, and not weasel-worded in there.
Ufwuct (talk) 18:01, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Dubious - that June usually has higher heat index than July or August

message: User Dicklyon deleted names of several mayors from the Timeline of San Antonio (here and here), claiming they lack historical signficance. I disagree; mayors are part of San Antonio's history. What do others think? Do mayors belong in the timeline of San Antonio history or not? -- M2545 (talk) 07:11, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's a great idea to include mayors that are known for something other than being mayor San Antonio.  But if the only reason they're in the list is because they were mayor, it's hard to see why anyone could consider a random subset of them to be signficant events in a timeline; they will still be in the list of mayors for people who care about the complete chronology.  Dicklyon (talk) 03:12, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are mayors relevant to San Antonio history? 

message: The University of the Incarnate Word has Division I college football, and although they did not start out as Division I, it might also be worth noting that they were the first university football team in San Antonio -before UTSA. (UIW 2009; UTSA 2011)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.54.197.61 (talk) 18:39, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  NCAA Division I Football 

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 13:52, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of San Antonio]] 

message: The map on this website only shows San Antonio in Bexar County.  But the city supposedly extends into Medina and Comal Counties as well.  I have not been able to find a map that explicitly shows the city boundaries extending into those counties.  Can someone provide a link for such a map?Inkan1969 (talk) 15:58, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The San Antonio website has a map of annexations.  The map confirms that SA now extends into Medina County, but no part of SA extends into Comal County yet.  So I'm changing the website.Inkan1969 (talk) 18:27, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The incursion is shown on that PDF map, just not very well since it's tiny. Use the actual GIS tool at the San Antonio site, or the one at the Comal County site here (turn on the "cities" layer).  There's a very small parcel that is a part of the Alamo Cement quarry tract; clearly noted as in Comal County (near Garden Ridge).  As I remarked, this is "pedantically" accurate - both incursions are tiny in the grand scheme of things.  I seem to recall being on your side of this (I thought SA was limited to Bexar) until someone pointed it out to me years ago. Kuru (talk) 00:07, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the tip, Kuru.  I never would've found that small incursion on the San Antonio website maps.Inkan1969 (talk) 21:13, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither would I; had to have my nose rubbed in it. :) Kuru (talk) 01:28, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Map of San Antonio

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on San Antonio. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20111106072534/http://www.census.gov:80/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2008-01.csv to http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2008-01.csv
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20130309153607/http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07-51tbl1.pdf to http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07-51tbl1.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20080515131306/http://www.mysanantonio.com:80/sports/football/nfl/cowboys/stories/MYSA040106.1C.FBNcowboys.alamodome.7ea018dc.html to http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/nfl/cowboys/stories/MYSA040106.1C.FBNcowboys.alamodome.7ea018dc.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20100715134542/http://www.mysanantonio.com:80/sports/football/nfl/stories/MYSA050506.3D.FBNcowboys.jones.c71335d.html to http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/nfl/stories/MYSA050506.3D.FBNcowboys.jones.c71335d.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20080515130618/http://www.mysanantonio.com:80/news/crime/stories/MYSA031107.01A.Fireresponsetimes.370d0e6.html to http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/crime/stories/MYSA031107.01A.Fireresponsetimes.370d0e6.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20110904002737/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us:80/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff4.htm to http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff4.htm
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20150203091009/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/san-antonio-10410-perrin-beitel-rd-san-antonio-tx-1435860 to http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/san-antonio-10410-perrin-beitel-rd-san-antonio-tx-1435860
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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The impression I have of San Antonio is the following...while it's geographically located in the American South and arguably in Central Texas, culturally it's American Southwestern and South Texan. This is based on previous comments from people from the area. If you look at the history of the city, it has a very strong Spanish and Mexican influence, unlike many other cities of the American South and it did not really have the legacy of slavery. There is still a substantial Latino population in the area, which has been the case throughout the city's history. These facts would make the city more southwestern and South Texan and less "southern" or and "Central Texan" in nature. Thoughts? G. Capo (talk) 00:38, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm from El Paso, which is definitely Southwestern, and my mom is from near San Antonio, and when we visited there my impression was always that it was a very different place from the Southwest, in terms of climate, accent, and culture.  You're right in that they're both part of the nation "El Norte" (see map); San Antonio's Bexar County is right on the border of "Greater Appalachia" though.  So it's quite a mix.  Dicklyon (talk) 02:00, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

text: For what it's worth, I live in San Antonio, have visited many places in the American South, and would basically agree with this assessment (that San Antonio is a closer cultural fit to the American Southwest, than it is to the American South). Jericevans (talk) 15:45, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: For sure.  But it's closer to places in "Greater Appalachia", like Austin and Dallas, than it is to El Paso, don't you think?  That is, we should be looking in terms of the 11 American "Nations", rather than the more traditional subdivisions, to understand it better. Dicklyon (talk) 06:24, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have access to that book, but if the quotes featured here are accurate (and in context), then I would say El Norte is much closer than Greater Appalachia. El Norte: The oldest of the Euro-American nations, El Norte dates back to the late sixteenth century, when the Spanish empire founded Monterrey, Saltillo, and other outposts in what are now the Mexican-American borderlands. Greater Appalachia: Founded in the early eighteenth century by wave upon wave of rough, bellicose settlers from the war-ravaged borderlands of northern Ireland, northern England, and the Scottish lowlands, Appalachia has been lampooned by writers and screenwriters as the home of rednecks, hillbillies, crackers, and white trash. Jericevans (talk) 16:44, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The book is great.  Those descriptions don't give a clear idea of the cultural elements that those nations bring to central Texas.  Notice that people like Davy Crocket  and other heros of the Alamo were from Tennessee and thereabouts.  Definite hillbilly (greater Appalachia) types.  Big influence in San Antonio, where they ultimately betrayed the Hispanics who were their allies in the revolution of independence from Mexico.  Dicklyon (talk) 01:26, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

text: SA is in Central Texas.  Granted, it is on the edge of the central and southern regions. Culturally closer to south, it is, however, geographically in central Texas.  GenQuest "Talk to Me" 01:14, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Culturally closer to South?  I don't think so.  Closer to central and west Texas.  But it's all mixed in there, including some Midlands/German mixins around New Braunfels.  Even the map in the South Texas article shows Bexar county as mixed. Dicklyon (talk) 01:30, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

text: Certainly not Midwest!  The book I recommended with the map link above is a great source; we could use it or others, but let's don't make stuff up.  Dicklyon (talk) 03:50, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Please read the existing discussion. While I agree with you that I don't feel that it belongs in the American Midwest, there are scholars who do. The majority of the references cited in the other discussion put all of Texas, with the exception of the small area around and including El Paso, in the American South. There are lots of social and economic regions why most scholars put it in the Southern region, as well as some geographical ones. Personally I think there's an argument to be made for verbiage close to that I just reverted in the article, something along the lines, "While a majority of scholars [insert several examples] categorize most of Texas, including SA, in the American South, many agree [insert examples] that there is a flavor (or taste, air, whatever) of the American Southwest to the city. From a regional standpoint, it is usually defined as part of the American South". Or something like that - just wrote it off the cuff, but hopefully you get my drift. Onel5969 TT me 11:53, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  San Antonio...part of the American South or the American Southwest? Central Texan or South Texan? 

message: In the history section it says Juan Leal Goraz Jr claimed 100,000 sq miles (153,766) acres. Unless there is something I don't understand, 100,000 is something like 64 million acres. John Bennett  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CD7F:26E0:59A7:3E4F:F908:B83B (talk) 00:19, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: The beginning of the article cites a source stating that San Antonio and New Orleans are the only American cities to of celebrated 300 year anniversaries. However several cities including Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, St. Augustine, and others were also settled, founded, or incorporated over 300 years ago. Maybe this should be removed by r cleaned up to be more clear?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100E:B036:5AA2:F813:AB6E:65CA:E88A (talk) 23:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I mean, San Juan, Puerto Rico is almost 400 and fits the bill. I think he's trying to say only two were 300 exactly in 2018, but I'm not sure that's really notable for the lead, and the source doesn't make the explicit claim.  can you clarify what you're trying to say there? Kuru (talk) 00:25, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

text: Bare with me. Still new to Wikipedia’s system of things. I think it’s a fair fact that should be included in not only San Antonio’s page but other pages like New Orleans and cities with a high amount of years of being around. This makes me wonder if a page exists with a list of oldest cities in North America or Worldwide. My intent of it being placed in the introduction is more of a historic numeric fact about the city before the reader dwells further into the history of the city. As far as why the 300 year fact should be included is that it ties in with the oldest city municipality sentence. It flows together and concludes the paragraph with something of relevance as to a milestone in the city’s history. I think this fact needs to be added to the New Orleans page as well. Both cities collaborated with each other via some events recognizing that both cities achieved 300 years in 2018.(Bypassers (talk) 05:06, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  First paragraph/Introduction 

message: The many unique and historic neighborhoods in San Antonio should have a place on Wikipedia San Antonio. Some neighborhoods such as King William or Oakland Estates would be an example. I would be happy to add research and contributions to this effort if there is interest among others. Ross78240 (talk) 11:37, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: There's already an existing section, and detailed article at Neighborhoods and districts of San Antonio. Feel free to add to that. Kuru (talk) 11:49, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  I would like to discuss neighborhoods and subdivisions in San Antonio 

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