Talk:San Antonio/Archive 2

• Archive of 2005 & 2006 discussions

Embedded links

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)

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)

City seal missing

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)

Lat/long

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)

Climate table for San Antonio

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)

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)

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)

"San Antone", again

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)

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)

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)

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)

+I lived in San Antonio for about 15 years and heard it referred to as San Antone, River city and the Alamo City

Born in San Antonio, and having lived here for the 52 years of my life, I can honestly say that River City and Alamo City are quite common. It has always been my understanding that native San Antonians dislike, do not use and do not approve of the term 'San Antone'. It does have a slang sound to it.

Joske's image

Any particular reason we're keeping the Joske's postcard image in the Zone/Communities/Districts section? I removed it once, but it's been put back at some point. I just don't see the value added to the article by the image. Its one of two historic type images on the page which makes it even more strange. I can see having it somewhere if we had a section of historic/period photos and information, the SA article really doesn't have that. Besides, is Joske's really that important to the overall history of San Antonio? Sure, everyone knows the Alamo is here, but how many people even remember Joske's? I say we remove the image and use the space for something else, perhaps a sample image from each of the Zone/Communties/Districts. --Brownings 13:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I put that image there some time ago. I think it does well to keep it in this article. The current building at Commerce and Alamo is much different than what is shown in the postcard, adding a historical perspective to the intersection as it was in the early 20th century. Many people remember Joske's (pre 1987). Those that don't get a good impression of the once "biggest store in the biggest state". Clipper471 15:04, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

American Southwest issue

The Random House Unabridged Dictionary and Merriam-Webster define Texas as being geographically placed in the direct south United States; furthermore, the southwest is generally characterized by desert land, low rainfall, a somewhat arid climate, and only moderate vegetation. San Antonio doesn't fit any of these descriptions. There is a large Mexican population, but there is also a significant Puerto Rican, Cubano, Dominican, Venezuelan, el Salvadorian, and even Jamaican population. That's not something you'll find in a southwestern city. Houston also has a large Mexican population, but is farthest from being southwestern. Bottom line it's a Gulf Coastal Plains city. Not a southwestern city. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.201.118.165 (talk) 04:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC).