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Crime Free Memphis Round 2

I believe this portion needs to be removed. The citations are either out of date, non-existent, or are unreliable sources compared to updated government data and should not be used as a reference. Further, there is another wiki page devoted to Memphis Crime that is updated. The current section is redundant as well as placed incorrectly considering this is nested under law and government. Creating it as its own section does not seem to alleviate this when you remove the information that is either no longer cited or doesn't add value as a reference. Deleting it doesn't rid the site of the information either but does improve this page. Considering this is outdated, redundant and does not aid the article as a whole I think it needs to be removed and a reference to the page on Memphis crime be added. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Memphis901Trae (talk • contribs) 17:29, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

At the very least, the section heading and {{main}} template should remain to point to the separate article, followed by a summary of the major points of that article. You have not been doing that; you were removing the entire section wholesale, including the template, and were (and still are) dangerously close to a warning for edit warring. Wait until others, particularly @Tornado chaser, have weighed in. General Ization ^Talk 17:47, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing has been done but this article still makes no sense. All of the material on it is outdated. This looks very bad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.169.162 (talk) 17:40, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@General Ization this needs to be fixed. I'm not editing it because you will not approve it but this is a very poor piece to this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.169.162 (talk) 21:14, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Interstate 22

Interstate 22 doesn't even enter Tennessee, why is it listed as one of the interstates in Memphis? Certainly it is part of the Memphis MSA, but it's miles away from the city. Should it really be listed as part of the city's highway system? I understand that it will likely reach the city limits in the future, but it does not at the moment, so shouldn't the article reflect that? Sedriskell (talk) 23:59, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Primary topic

I would actually dispute that the primary topic of Memphis is Memphis, Tennessee. For non-Americans, I don't think this is a well-known city at all. I always knew Memphis exclusively as the ancient capital of Egypt until around the middle of high school which was when I first heard that there was a city in Tennessee by that name. Obviously people's experiences will differ depending on what subjects they're interested in. Someone fascinated by world history would more likely think of Memphis, Egypt while someone fascinated by American music and the politics might hear of Memphis, Tennessee first. I would argue that there is no primary topic for Memphis; I don't think Memphis is that well-known at all outside the United States. Even as a Californian, I almost never hear of this place and more often hear of Memphis, Egypt as one might talk of ancient Rome, Chang'an, or Kyoto. This is not to downplay the significance of Memphis, Tennessee as the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination or its role in the Civil Rights Movement, only that I am skeptical of its global notability. Sol Pacificus (talk) 19:52, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I live in the US and had wondered the same thing. It would be informative I think if someone not in Egypt or the US would give us some G-hit numbers. John from Idegon (talk) 20:14, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I live near Tennessee, but not near Memphis. (Tennessee is a long state.) I'd agree that there probably is no primary topic. The last move discussion on Talk:Memphis (disambiguation) was held over 8 years ago, so it may be time to try again. As an aside, I'd like to see discussions regarding primary topic moves changed so that "no consensus" results in there being no primary topic. The inability to decide if there is a primary topic or not is pretty much proof that there is no primary topic. - BilCat (talk) 20:30, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Now at Talk:Memphis (disambiguation)#Requested move 4 September 2018. Crouch, Swale (talk) 10:02, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Revert

If United Pentecostal Church International name has changed as ip states in this edit summary [1] the main article should be updated to reflect the change. It should not be accomplished by altering the link to the article for a general denomination.Dartslilly (talk) 18:27, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]