Talk:Whidbey Island

message: The article lists Whidby and Whibey as alternate spellings. I believe this may be an error. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
The South Whidbey Record, a newspaper has used both spellings (Whidby and Whidbey). Also, the Whidby Masonic Lodge still uses the former spelling. TEG 02:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Whidby as variant spelling according to USGS GNIS: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=135:3:1634201133828127963::NO::P3_FID:1509451 Pfly 19:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Alternate Spellings?

message: Gray whales migrate between Whidbey and Camano Islands during March and April of each year and can be seen from the shore and from watching boats. --this seems unlikely to me.. my understanding is that gray whales rarely enter Puget Sound at all, let alone Saratoga Passage. Can we get a reference? Pfly 06:05, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Gray whales sometimes wander up into the northern fresh-water tributaries that flow down into Puget Sound, so they obviously get there via the northern Puget Sound waters. Thanks for adding your input here, "JC". Lhb1239 (talk) 02:50, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: A lot of the sections had extra spaces (like t his) for some reason. I went through and removed a bunch, you might spot some more. Bigmak 14:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I started to clean up things like extra spaces, grammar, tone, etc. The page begins well but seems to degenerate about halfway down, which is about where I ran out of energy to copyedit. Also, there is a "trivia" section, which on wikipedia seems to usually indicate an article dumping ground for random factoid lists. They'd be better included in the article's main text, or in a "See also" section, or just removed if truly trivial. Pfly 08:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Extra spaces???

message: After looking through some of the incorporation dates for towns in Washington listed at :Category:Towns in Washington (state), I remove the claim: "Historic Coupeville is the third oldest incorporated town in Washington State." According to the Coupeville page, it was incorporated in 1910, which seems to be younger than most of the towns of Washington. For example, Steilacoom (1854), Waterville (1890), Farmington (1888), Ruston (1906), Index (1907), and so on. Pfly 05:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Coupeville trivia

message: Article: "It is ranked as the fifth longest and fifth largest island in the contiguous United States, behind Padre Island, Texas (the world's longest barrier island); Long Island; and Isle Royale, Michigan."
But I only count 3 there. If Padre Island is #1, Long Island is #2, and Isle Royale is #3, then why isn't Whidbey #4? I'm missing something... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.71.174.167 (talk) 05:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Can I not count?

message: Should this article contain a history section? --Legis (talk - contribs) 11:06, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: History section?

message: Just a note that someone ought to add information about the 2013 landslide. Here's my reference: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-major-slide-hits-whidbey-island-in-washington-endangering-33-houses-20130327,0,6591070.story. I'm sure more would be better... I found this article to be lacking. —  X  S  G  16:14, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: March 2013 Landslide

message: I noticed there was no mention of Double Bluff (a park on the sound end of Whidbey Island) under the parks section, Living here for 16 years, I've always seen it as one of the more popular places on the south end of the Island. Any chance I could put something up about it? 
Isaystuff (talk) 03:42, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Be WP:BOLD and add something at Whidbey Island#Parks and reserve areas. —DIY Editor (talk) 09:29, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Double Bluff

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message: It would be nice if someone could add some information about the name of the island and its etymology. Is the name "Whidby" related to the Salish name mentioned in the article? Might also be worth mentioning how it's pronounced in English, since many non-locals don't know.. It's like "WOULD-BE": /'wʊdbi/ 97.113.35.180 (talk) 20:33, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: I’ve posted many many times with his twitter account and the real estate  listing from when he sold his estate as citations/proof of him living there. He live in Clinton from 86-96. The fact that there is a POS nazi and a flat earth er listed as ‘notable people’ I can only make one assumption about why he keeps getting removed from the notable people list. Can someone please help make this stay on the notable people section? 104.156.106.34 (talk) 03:45, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Without a reliable source, an entry is subject to removal. Plain and simple. SounderBruce 06:34, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

text: I removed it once, because it was sourced to Twitter, which is not a reliable source, especially for establishing notability. I see a more recent entry links to a Wikipedia article, which is usually enough to establish notability. You say you at one point provided documentation of him owning property there, which could be worth something. Maybe you could seal the deal by leaving out language like "piece of shit" in the edit summaries, and not assuming some nefarious intent in your fellow editors (which is most certainly not there). It puts people off and makes them less inclined to listen to what you're saying. If you declare that you've assumed something sinister in my revert, which I know isn't true, how should I estimate the odds that there's anything of substance in the rest of what you have to say? My advice would be: try again.   signed, Willondon (talk)  13:05, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the advice. I’ll find the home listing and/county website showing he was a home owner. And some other articles I know of. Sorry about the foul language, it just pains me to think that a neo nazi person and flat rather can be mentioned but not him. On the island, it’s common knowledge he raised cattle here. Ej110478 (talk) 18:26, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does Carl Weathers keep getting erased as a notable person??