Talk:Waycross, Georgia

message: There is a reason Waycross stopped using that slogan almost 20 years ago. If you take the time to check the facts of the 50 states. You will see that of all the states east of the Mississippi river, Michigan is ranked 11th in size with 97,990 square miles, Florida is ranked 22nd in size with 65,795 square miles, and Wisconsin is ranked 23rd with 65,498 square miles, where as Georgia is ranked 24th in size with only 59,411 square miles. Thus making Michigan, NOT Georgia the biggest state east of the Mississipi River with Florida being the second largest, Wisconsin 3rd largest and Georgia 4th largest. So Waycross can only make the claim of being "the largest city, in the largest county in Georgia.Aladdin Zane 16:33, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Who started the slogan?  Why did they start it?  --Mjrmtg 00:24, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Georgia is ranked 1st in total area, not land area. Tbone8425 17:45, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please provide a valid citation, showing how this is possible. Also you just stated it is 1st in total area, and the numbers I used above are for Total area. So you are mistaken. I grew up in Waycross, the slogan used by a local businessman on T-shirts he made in the 1980's was "Waycross, Georgia: The biggest city in the biggest county in the biggest state east of the mississipi" 1st thing: It is the ONLY city in Ware County, the word biggest would be based on the assumption there were more than one. 2nd Georgia is not the biggest state east of the mississippi.Aladdin Zane 17:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Excuse me, I meant "land area" instead of "total area."  Big deal.Tbone8425 18:18, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

text: No need to be excused, accidents happen. Land area only - doesn't count when naming the biggest states because the land under the water doesn't count, Only dry land area does. and the slogan wasn't "waycross, Georgia: the biggest city in the biggest county in the biggest state(land area only) east on the mississippi" or "waycross, georgia: the biggest city in the biggest county in the biggest state(excluding river area, lake area, and pond area) east of the mississippi:Aladdin Zane 18:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Whoever keeps adding that "Waycross is the biggest city in the biggest state" to this article, please stop.  Go to List of U.S. states by area and notice how Florida is bigger then Georgia in total area. --Mjrmtg (talk) 00:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Agreed. In reality, tiny Ahmeek, Michigan (0.1 square miles in area, population 157) is the largest incorporated place, in the largest county (Keweenaw County), in the largest state (Michigan) east of the Mississippi River. No cities exist in Keweenaw County, so no place in the United States can claim to be the "largest city, in the largest county, in the largest state east of the Mississippi River." Phizzy (talk) 20:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Not biggest city, in biggest county, in biggest state east of the Mississippi

message: There is a stub article for Tebeauville, Georgia, which only consists of saying that this was a previous name for Waycross. This can be mentioned in this article, and the Tebeauville, Georgia article should be deleted. Fences and windows (talk) 21:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: There has been a discussion on User:Nyttend's talk page regarding whether Waycross is in Pierce and Ware counties. All of the evidence points to a multi-county split, but there is concern that the current opening is overly accurate, given that the majority of the city is in Ware County. I propose the following change to the opening paragraph (with associated references).
Waycross is a city located along the border between Pierce and Ware counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 15,333 at the 2000 Census. Waycross is the county seat of, and the only incorporated city in, Ware County.. The majority of Waycross, including city administration offices, lies within Ware County, but a small portion (less than 1 square mile) of the city lies across the Satilla River in Pierce County. According the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of this small section was estimated at just 9 people in 2007.
:Sounds good to me, except the (less then 1 square mile) part, just saying "small portion" should be just fine. --Mjrmtg (talk) 02:28, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why do we need to make the intro sentence any different from normal?  It makes it sound as if it's a line, not the shape that it is, and it's altogether different from the way that virtually all multi-county municipalities are described nationwide.  I agree that there's good reason to have something in the intro to note that virtually all the city is in Ware County, but as far as the first sentence, I don't see reason to change anything.  Nyttend (talk) 04:51, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My understanding is that the first sentence is Swampfire's main objection. He/she doesn't want the article to state "Waycross is in Pierce County." I agree with you; there should be no reason why that first sentence cannot remain as is. Waycross is in Pierce County by all the available evidence, so the article must be reflective of that. However, given that an editor has raised objections to that specific wording, I thought I would propose a softer approach that says the same thing in a less overt manner, hoping to avoid constant reverts and a potential edit war. Hopefully, with the broader audience outside of the user talk pages, we can reach some sort of consensus. If the general view is to to leave the first sentence alone, that's fine with me. I just wanted to try this first.Dcmacnut (talk) 13:30, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please supply were you get your nationwide definition of multi-county municipality. Because if that is how you are trying to base your edit. The way I would understand a multicounty municipality Waycross does not fit it. So please provide a link of the definiton. Swampfire (talk) 00:04, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Multicounty = located in more then 1 county. Waycross is in more then 1 county. --Mjrmtg (talk) 01:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not what I said. Multi-county municipality. Because Nyttend said he based the wording on that. I believe in a multi-county municipality both counties would have administrative powers. And both counties citizens as eligible board members. Which is not the case here. Which is my exact point, This reads as if Waycross is operated by both counties. Which it is not. Swampfire (talk) 01:32, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Waycross was incorporated as the county seat of Ware County on March 3, 1874. Piece County does not factor into that, nor can a Pierce County resident serve on Waycross' commision or be Mayor. Only residents living within the city of Waycross, in the county of Ware. With that being said it is not a multicounty municiplaty. Is Waycross a municipality Yes, Is it both counties Yes, It is a multicounty municipality No. That being said. It should not be worded as if both Pierce and Ware share the city.Swampfire (talk) 17:36, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Pierce and Ware counties do not share the city, the city exists in both counties. There is a difference. --Mjrmtg (talk) 17:41, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, particularly since incorporated cities in Georgia are not also separate county subdivisions. This isn't always the case on other states. In North Dakota, cities are also county subdivisions, so a multi-county municipality is also an official sudivision of both counties. Since this isn't the case in Georgia, stating that part of Waycross "exists" within Pierce County does not change governance or imply Pierce jurisdiction over the area or entire city for that matter. Most cities are independent of their counties anyway, other than how tax revenues are redistributed. As a result, I've incorporated the changes above, based on the "Atlanta" option.Dcmacnut (talk) 20:28, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for you help in wording it.Swampfire (talk) 20:35, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Waycross in two counties discussion - proposed rewrite of opening

message: I am under the impression that the Media section should only pertain to "local" media.  This should mean only stations (FM/AM/TV) and newspapers in Waycross/Ware County and it's immediate surrounding counties should be included.
If this is the case, than the majority of the stations listed should be deleted.
--WinchesterLock (talk) 16:33, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you are correct, should only pertain to "local" media. --Mjrmtg (talk) 16:48, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media 

message: Tyler Perry's Madea character was from Louisiana, not Waycross  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.164.136.192 (talk) 19:34, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous people from Waycross 

message: Why are so many people getting rare cancers in this small Georgia town? (answer, pollution, discussion see Hacker News) 86.164.181.214 (talk) 20:49, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cancer story