Talk:Beaumont, Texas

message: From subsection "Severe weather events": On May 29, 2006,...Numerous homes were flooded, but no major flooding occurred. Well, which is it? --Blainster 08:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a distinction between some flooding and major flooding. -- Cyrius|✎ 00:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 2006 flooding

message: The last sentence sounds way too informal and personal. I'm removing it.--Makiten 23:56, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: :A merge from Joseph Perkins Pulsifer has been proposed.
*Merge. The Beumont article mentions a business partner but not by name. I'm guessing it's Pulsifer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Emana (talk • contribs) 23:03, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge from [[Joseph Perkins Pulsifer]]

message: I made this change but it was removed as vandalism.  I am placing it here for discussion.
The current link to Conn's is to the official site which is nothing but an advertisement.
I propose this 3rd party link which is 10x more informative about the actual company, is very light on advertising, and additionally includes a link to the official web site.
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Conns-Inc-Company-History.html
Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol.67. St. James Press, 2005.
So what does the community think is a better link for Conn's?  The history of the company or it's latest salespage?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.86 (talk) 14:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Point one under "what to link" in the external links guideline, "Articles about any organization, person, web site, or other entity should link to the official site if any."  The Conn's external link is really only on this page because nobody has written an article about the chain yet.  If / when someone does, the link to their home page will go on the Conn's article page and on the Beaumont page only a wikilink will remain. Scott.wheeler 17:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Replying to myself -- that is indeed a very good link, just not the one that belongs there.  If there is a Conn's article at some point that seems to be a good place to cull some of the info from. Scott.wheeler 18:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Conn's Link

message: I created sections for "Economy" and "Culture", and moved existing content into them.  I deleted the "famous people" section, because most of those people are already part of the category "People from Beaumont, Texas".  A link can be found to that category's page in the new Beaumont, Texas, template bar at the bottom of the article (link "Beaumonters"). Deatonjr (talk) 17:27, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Section Edits

message: The fourth paragraph and citation is fairly one-sided and the subject is open for debate. The description may have been close to the situation 20 or even 15 years ago in some areas. However, federal standards has helped lessen pollution, especially ground level ozone. There are many sources including the EPA, the state's Sierra Club chapter and in the media that will substantiate that. Just by personal observation there are many less Ozone Action Days (days in which smog is at unhealthy levels)than from 10 years ago. That isn't to say improvement could not be used.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsmithtex (talk • contribs) 20:19, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Pollution

message: Shouldn't there be a section on Beamont's notable contributions, I nominate:
:Barbara Lynn
:The Big Bopper
:Babe Zaharias port arthur is close enough.--68.35.3.66 (talk) 21:28, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Added the two that actually lived there. Falcon8765 (talk) 22:35, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Beaumont contributed many notable people to the world as well

message: Seeing as it has a recent reliable source, I'd say it merits inclusion. Can I get other editors opinions? It gets removed a lot by IPs. Falcon8765 (talk) 20:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: regarding polution paragraph

message: Recently I restructured the article by moving many of the headings to sub headings. I modeled the style of the article after the Houston article which is the only FA quality article on a City in the State of Texas.
I am attempting to increase the size of this article by removing the many list located in each section and replacing them with free flowing text. Removing the list should also help us obtain a better overall quality with the article. If you would like to help please speak to me on my talk page. ThomasHorn7 (talk) 15:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Push to Increase Size and Quality

message: This is NOT the town where the musical Footloose is based! That's the fictional town of Bomont, TX. This is Beaumont, TX.--The Wing Dude, Musical Extraordinaire (talk) 23:59, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: JSYK

message: Johnny is more known for his "Texas Blues" than rock.  I suggest the change to:
"Blues/Rock Artist"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.162.237.106 (talk) 22:36, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Johnny Winter

message: "The [New York] Times reported that one place eagerly awaiting [the Supreme Court’s ruling on voting rights] was Beaumont, Texas, where the Justice Department has blocked several attempts by a group of white citizens to change voting regulations for the explicit purpose of unseating a black-majority school board."
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2013/07/08/130708crat_atlarge_menand?currentPage=all
Jo3sampl (talk) 00:11, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beaumont mentioned in New Yorker article on Supreme Court voting rights law decision 

message: An editor has removed the names of two notable people from this article with the edit summary "No. That's not how it works. To be considered notable in THIS Wikipedia article they each need their own Wikipedia articles." There has been no previous consensus on this talk page about this, however, a consensus was reached at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline#Notable people suggesting that "additions without their own article should be removed and discussed on the talk page of the city, until a consensus is reached."  The two names added were Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr. and Wilfred Roy Cousins, Jr., both members of the Texas Senate.  It is unfortunate neither of these state senators yet have Wikipedia articles, though both are presumed notable per WP:POLITICIAN.  The input of others would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:03, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: can we work together to include those two senators on Wikipedia? I can take the dad if you wanted the son. Please let me know. Alicb (talk) 13:46, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sounds like a great offer. Real life has been cutting into my Wiki time, so I'm not sure when I will get to Wilfred Roy Cousins, Jr.  Probably within the next week or two.  What is your opinion about these two notables remaining in this article without articles of their own?  Thank you.  Magnolia677 (talk) 19:08, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of two senators from notable people section 

message: The picture :File:CropBEAUMONTps.jpg in the article twice. Once as the lead image and again under Architecture. Wiki name (talk) 00:39, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture duplicated 

message: Is it possible to add a pronunciation key to the top of the page? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 04:45, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation key