Talk:Toowoomba

message: This article is in a sorry state.  There is a section called "Festivals" that neglects to mention the AGMF? The section on food mentions only one restaurant? It is no wonder that it has received a "C-Class" quality grade. I suggest that the Wellington page be used as a template in an attempt to get this page to the "B-Class" quality. Puff Of Hot Air (talk) 23:35, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  State of Article 

message: Toowoomba and the Darling Downs were once significant in the energy scene - the coal mine at Acland and the GT on the southern side of town.  Perhaps with the Surat Basin Coal Seam Gas / LNG boom, we might see some renewed interest.  Other energy topics could include:
* Toowoomba Electric Light was a forerunner for SEAQ
* Head office of South West Power was Dalby, with a satellite office in Toowoomba
Graham Proud (talk) 13:33, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Energy 

message: I have re-instated Notable People. The wonderful thing about Wikipedia is its democracy and that anyone can contribute. I would like to think that next time my grand-children get asked by their school teacher "Name some famous people who came from Toowoomba?" (or wherever), they will be able to look it up. I see Wikipedia as a living, growing thing and able to have the flexibility that the old concept of a print encyclopedia doesn't have. This means it isn't just a bunch of dry facts. And next time whoever removes something like that I suggest that they  have the politeness to put their proposal up on the discussion page first.
Terry Stacey —Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry Stacey (talk • contribs) 
Terry - agreed. But why not include Frank Forde, a past Prime Minister and Minister for the Army during WWII? He attended the Christian Brothers College in Toowoomba and worked there for some time. It seems unfair that Toowoomba places so much emphasis on sport and ignores the fact that a one-time resident reached the highest office in the nation. He was born in or near Mitchell, but I notice that Rockhampton's page claims him. Surely his education in Toowoomba should be acknowledged. --Twmbaexpat (talk) 14:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable People 

message: I have lived in Toowoomba for a significant part of my life. I have never, not once, heard anybody refer to it as "Woombie", unless they were under 3 years of age or retarded.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.134.111.194 (talk • contribs) 
My sister (who doesn't live in Toowoomba) refers to it as Woombie all the time. Woombie is better than 't-bar'--Porjo (talk) 03:54, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Woombie 

message: Maybe someone could edit in a few sports teams that play out of Toowoomba? I only know of the Toowoomba Clydesdales. Bongomanrae 06:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sports Teams 

message: What is "Channel Ross" I have never heard of it, and I've been living in "Woombie" since 1990 (FWIW Many students call it that). And just because we can pick up channels 7,9,10 from Brisbane doesn't mean it's a relay.
I think "Channel Ross" might be a gag. Web search all lead here or to cut & pastes from here! 
Some guy called Ross or his mate pulling our leg? I'll delete it: it can always be put back if I'm wrong.
WIN News is no longer recorded at all in Toowoomba, Mt Lofty Studios. 125.254.43.2 (talk) 09:44, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  TV Stations 

message: I thought I heard it was an aboriginal word meaning "place of swamp" or something similar.  Can this be verified? If so, is it not worth a mention?--Jeff79 01:31, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The story I heard is that it was an Aboriginal rendering of the English name "The Swamp" coming out as "T'wamp" added with the Aboriginal prefix "bah" which I think means "place" thus "T'wamp bah".  This was then rendered back into English as the assumed Aboriginal name as "Toowoomba".  It sounds fairly convoluted, but not totally without merit.  Needs a reliable source to confirm before it can be included, however. -- Mattinbgn\ talk 22:49, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Not sure how reliable this source is but it sums up the basic argument above. -- Mattinbgn\ talk 22:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

text: A better source, with several derivations discussed can be found here. Mattinbgn\ talk 22:53, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Has this been added to the article? Which section?--Jeff79 (talk) 06:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Name "Toowoomba" 

message: The population of Toowoomba seems to change often and differs between the cited source and the ABS data (by approx 30,000 people). Could we have some agreeement on the current pop of toowoomba--GILDog (talk) 07:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: What fur is it? Thanks for help.--Kürschner  
:?? --Kürschner (talk) 12:55, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: ??? --Kürschner (talk) 12:43, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: ???? --Kürschner (talk) 07:36, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't know - perhaps contact Toowoomba Regional Council @ http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 07:42, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Do yo think they will answer? I think, I will try it, thank you. --Kürschner (talk) 17:20, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mayors_of_Toowoomba_with_fur Mayors of Toowoomba with fur trimmed robes] 

message: Toowoomba is in Aubigny County and not Churchill.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Microchook (talk • contribs) 23:37, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  County 

message: 'The electorate of Groom is noted as being the most conservative electorate in Australia - being the only electorate to vote 'No' to the recognition of Aboriginal Australians as people' - Where is the reference for this factoid?--Quizme 04:36, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that this is pretty questionable. Firstly because it's not clear what "vote" is being referred to. From the "recognition of Aboriginal Australians as people", I presume it is referring to Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals). If so, Division of Groom didn't vote in that referendum since it didn't come into existence until 1984. And in any case, this newspaper article (see end of the article, 2nd column) indicates that all electorates voted YES anyway. Maybe it's a reference to Australian republic referendum, 1999#Preamble question (which mentions Aboriginals and Torres Stait Islanders as our "first people") but that was NO-voted almost nationwide (except ACT) so Groom was not the odd one out. So I will delete the comment, because there's no citation to support it, we don't know what vote it refers to, there's no obvious evidence that Groom has voted differently in anything of this nature (and my Google searches have turned up nothing useful). Kerry (talk) 20:58, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to follow up on this with some facts. I have now obtained the electorate-level voting for Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals) (thanks to a helpful staff member at the Australian Electoral Commission). The Division of Darling Downs which preceded Division of Groom voted 90.94% in favour of the referendum which was actually slightly higher than the national average of 90.77%. It was certainly not the lowest in Queensland (Division of Kennedy was with 76.55% in favour) and nowhere near the lowest nationally (Division of Kalgoorlie with 70.96% in favour).Kerry (talk) 02:23, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Governance 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I think much of this section is valid and should remain, although am willing to concede some further research concerning specific churches would be beneficial.  The conservative and fundamentalist religious demographic of Toowoomba is widely documented.  The activities of some of these churches are certainly notable, however finding sufficient citations is not easy.  This time I have reduced the section to the more general summary statements from the beginning and avoided the attempt at more detailed analysis of two churches in particular.  This summary has clear and credible citations from rigorous published research, as evidence of the claims made regarding Toowoomba's fundamentalist demographic.  The editor that is repeatedly removing the whole section is not working within Wikipedia guidelines - if you disagree with something editorial policy clearly states that you should work to improve it.  Simply removing the whole section is poor editorial practice and by doing so repeatedly you risk your own standing as an editor and risk permanent censure.  The contents of this section have obviously hit a raw nerve (is it too close to home??) and for some reason the editor does not want the more bizarre practices of some groups exposed publicly.   This should be a useful section to have in the article, which others can contribute to in order to produce a more complete summary of religion in the city.  1.128.96.133 (talk) 06:15, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry but I can't see how this fits with in an article about a city, yes we have section about religion but typically written about the demographics and not fundamentalist sense. Logo's may well fit (but you'll need to show relevance to the article) but you'll need more reliable sourced and needs to be written in a non POV was (they content you added had a POV feel to it). Also please do not use blogs or Facebook as a source, it isn't considered reliable and I'd also stay clear of news articles, or at least use them with great care, as they tend to report anything without fact checking just to get hits or to sell papers). Bidgee (talk) 13:13, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion and fundamentalist Christianity in Toowoomba 

message: Winters are pretty dry  דולב חולב (talk) 16:57, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Winters are dry