Talk:Las Vegas

Stavros S. Anthony has a Wikipedia page and i'm requesting a link

government_type = Council–Manager

leader_title                    = Mayor
leader_name                     = Carolyn Goodman (I)
leader_title1                   = Mayor Pro Tem
leader_name1                    = Stavros S. Anthony (R)
leader_title2                   = City Council

leader_name2 =

Members

• Brian Knudsen (D)
• Victoria Seaman (R)
• Olivia Diaz (D)
• Stavros S. Anthony (R)
• Cedric Crear (D)
• Michele Fiore (R)

leader_title3                   = City Manager
leader_name3                    = Jorge Cervantes

References

Lead image

I still strongly feel that the lead image of an article titled 'Las Vegas' just doesn't make sense not featuring the strip. Furthermore, the character of the city is such that it's highly associated with night-life. Thus the lead image being a night-time picture makes complete sense. There has been considerable controversy about this in the edit history so I started this discussion.

Please go ahead and discuss. Becausewhynothuh? (talk) 17:06, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

I disagree with your change. Las Vegas is more than the strip, which is technically adjacent to the city proper. It would be silly not to have the strip in the infobox, so I have no problem with the photo being one of the others, but I (again) think having an overview of the city is superior. The current image also has the added advantage of highlighting it's geographical location near desert and mountains. Cerebral726 (talk) 17:11, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

My apologies for the revert, as I thought you hadn't started a discussion (didn't get a notification)

Here's the issues with the current lead image:

1. Downtown Las Vegas is a very unremarkable section of the city. Las Vegas' fame is entirely through it's reputation as Sin City which arises from its many casinos etc located primarily in the strip

2. The picture in the lead is very, very low quality. Check out the aspect ratio. It's a poor image which doesn't deserve lead image status in an article as important as Las Vegas.

3. A caption which mentions the surrounding areas entirely omits any advantages the previous image had over it.

4. Las Vegas and not having a night life photo as lead image would be like Major League Baseball on a planet where america doesn't exist. The whole point of Sin City is the night life and vice that takes place. So featuring a random low quality afternoon pic is almost a bit of an insult, no? Becausewhynothuh? (talk) 17:17, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

While it would be nice if the image was higher quality, I can't support having the lead image of a city be not technically of the city. The aspects you are talking about are represented in the infobox, and I think that is adequate. AS an aside, even if I had not yet started discussing with you (in the rapid time frame you reverted), you would have not been in the right to re-revert, as has been explained to you. Cerebral726 (talk) 17:24, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Here's the thing tho. Las Vegas is literally an aberration. It's the only city which is most well known for a part of the city that's outside the city limits. Hence, this is very obviously a massive exception which you need to consider whilst talking about what you can support. Even the Hollywood sign is inside Los Angeles city limits, showing just how much of an exception Las Vegas is as a place. Therefore, it makes sense for the lead image to be a good skyline picture at night time of Las Vegas featuring the strip.

If you still cannot bring yourself to agree, how about we solicit someone else's opinion so as to further workshop this? Becausewhynothuh? (talk) 17:33, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

any replies? Becausewhynothuh? (talk) 06:02, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Just remember the strip isn't in Las Vegas, it's not part of it despite common presumption. It's in Paradise and Winchester in Clark County, not in the city of Las Vegas. And there's a reason it's specifically not in Las Vegas. Canterbury Tail talk 17:33, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes, true, but the whole point of Las Vegas' Strip being in the lead image would be that it's by far the most recognizable and remarkable aspect of the city, whilst not being inside the city limits.

I know it feels a little problematic as we're stuck between a rock and a hard place : either to feature the rather unremarkable 'downtown' Las Vegas or show the entire las vegas area whilst also prominent featuring the Strip. That's why I chose that one picture because it's from such a POV that it also features the surrounding areas of Las Vegas proper as well as the Strip Becausewhynothuh? (talk) 17:36, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

The lead image should be of the city itself. While the strip is a large part in the reputation of the city, (which is why it's even in the infobox in the first place) it's location outside of the city limits doesn't make it very relevant to Las Vegas itself. The current image is perfectly fine as the infobox lead and shouldn't be changed. —JJB^ers 16:44, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Las Vegas is indeed more than the strip; it's the city I have done the most research on but never been to. However, I do think that the strip is a HUGE part of Vegas. I would prefer that the image used at the top better capture both Downtown Vegas and the Strip, preferably at sunset so that the lights of the casinos can be paralleled with the downtown. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 04:18, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 September 2023

Most of Las Vegas’ newest immigrants came from Mexico, the Philippines, El Salvador, China, and Cuba in the years between 1999-2000. Add this information to the demographics section.

Source: https://cdclv.unlv.edu/healthnv/immigration.html 89.26.247.77 (talk) 04:57, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: This proposed edit is about only a single year of immigration and the section discusses demographics in terms of decades. So this would appear to be WP:UNDUE for the section. Pinchme123 (talk) 02:50, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 September 2023 (2)

In the year 2005, The five largest groups in the foreign-born Latino population in Las Vegas Valley were from Mexico, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guatemala. Add this information to the demographics section.

Source: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/Las%20Vegas%20Eng.pdf 89.26.247.77 (talk) 05:18, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: This proposed edit is about only a single year of immigration and the section discusses demographics in terms of decades. As with the request above, this would appear to be WP:UNDUE for the section. Pinchme123 (talk) 02:52, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2023

Add reported ancestries to demographics section

https://data.census.gov/table?t=Ancestry&g=160XX00US3240000&tid=ACSDT5Y2021.B04004 103.164.138.55 (talk) 00:31, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Pinchme123 (talk) 02:52, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2023 (2)

Britannica states Mormons first settled in the city in the mid-19th century and has been populated predominantly by people of European (white) ancestry. Britannica states there is a sizable Jewish minority in Las Vegas. Britannica also states that several hundred Chinese immigrants were drawn to the Las Vegas region in the mid-19th century. Britannica also states Basque sheepherders came to the area. Add this information to the demographics section.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/place/Las-Vegas-Nevada/Climate#ref258369 103.164.138.55 (talk) 00:37, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

 Not done; please provide a second reliable source for cross-referencing. Britannica requires some additional considerations per WP:RSP. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 04:16, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 January 2024

With over 2.9 million visitors as of 2019, Las Vegas is the sixth-most visited city in the U.S., after New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Orlando, and San Francisco.[8] The famed Las Vegas Strip is not located in Las Vegas, Nevada, rather Clark County and the unincorporated town of Paradise, Nevada. Clark County and Las Vegas receive an average of 38 million visitors per year. Numa6370 (talk) 16:21, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. RudolfRed (talk) 16:59, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 February 2024

Add ancestries to demographics section

https://data.census.gov/table?q=Las%20Vegas&t=Ancestry 185.170.104.53 (talk) 17:05, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 18:31, 24 February 2024 (UTC)