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As a manner of speaking, articles are used when describing or referring to the Silicon Valley. Its always been "The Silicon Valley", not just Silicon Valley. "Capital of Silicon Valley" isn't accurate. Its "Capital of the Silicon Valley", or "The Capital of Silicon Valley". The article is there, and I know wiki gives deference to the localized manner of speaking (colour v. color, etc). I'll leave it as is for now, but if you can cite sources that say articles aren't necessary when referring to the Silicon Valley, that'd be greatly appreciated. 67.137.68.210 (talk) 09:53, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Until you edited the page, I'd never seen this particular name take an article. On the other hand, I have a book here by David A. Kaplan, The Silicon Boys and their Valley of Dreams (1999), over 300 pages, which mentions Silicon Valley repeatedly and consistently omits the article. What are your sources, if I may ask? —Stepheng3 (talk) 16:29, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, after visiting the official webpage of the City of San Jose, i concede permanently. Right there in the subheader "Capital of Silicon Valley". Ugh. I went to the wiki page for "San Fernando Valley" and they have articles there. THIS IS WHY I CANT HAVE NICE THINGS.

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Hi. Ah, I thought about it, whether I was shortened or not and then forgot. This time unfortunately it turned out: copy/paste/forget, instead as usual: copy/paste/shorten :-) It can happen, I thought a lot of other things. Bye --Vhorvat (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. Thanks for the reply. Cheers, —Stepheng3 (talk) 20:10, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]