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The Dallas Convention & Visitors Center has recently updated their website resulting in two broken links on this page.
Could you please update the following links?
=== Arts === SectionFounded in 1892,Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, also called "The Modern", is Texas's oldest art museum. Fort Worth also has theKimbell Art Museum, theAmon Carter Museum, theNational Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, theWill Rogers Memorial Center, and theBass Performance Hall downtown. TheArts District ofDowntown Dallas has arts venues such as theDallas Museum of Art, theMorton H. Meyerson Symphony Center,the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House,the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, and theNasher Sculpture Center.[1]
Updated link to visitdallas.com website to -http://www.visitdallas.com/things-to-do/arts/index.html
=== Commerce === SectionTexas'saffluence stimulates a strong commercial sector consisting of retail, wholesale, banking and insurance, and construction industries. Examples of Fortune 500 companies not based on Texas traditional industries areAT&T,Kimberly-Clark,Blockbuster,J. C. Penney,Whole Foods Market, andTenet Healthcare.[2]Nationally, the Dallas–Fort Worth area, home to thesecond shopping mall in the United States, has the most shopping malls per capita of any American metropolitan area.[3]
Updated link to visitdallas.com website to -http://www.visitdallas.com/things-to-do/shopping/index.html
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,Bryan Kreitzbryan@bridgepose.com
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References
The history of Texas after about 1950 seems to be a bit of a blurb. I'm pretty sure that Texas has seen more than the death of John F. Kennedy and two floods in Houston, but I don't know where to start. TheWaco siege is probably important, as is the rise of technology companies likeTexas Instruments andDell and the presidencies ofLyndon Baines Johnson and the twoGeorgeBushes, but I don't know where to go from there. If someone with more experience could assist with that, that would be great. --XndrK (talk |contribs)01:28, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
Texas is an awesome state and it is the biggest state and it has a lot of cowboys and it is known for it's rodeos.— Precedingunsigned comment added byCamogirl15 (talk •contribs)13:48, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
That's true. One of the biggest youth programs in Texas if the FFA (Future Farmers of America). I can't tell if they have more farmers or cowboys.MicronesianHelper2016 (talk)20:13, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
Hello! I am a student enrolled in a Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities class at Rice University, and I am currently working on creating a Maternal Health in Texas article. I have noticed that there is no article detailing this topic, although the state of maternal health and maternal deaths in Texas have often been compared to those of a "third world" country. While maternal healthcare in Texas is a topic of much discussion on news and media outlets, there is a collection of unorganized and unfiltered information that would be of better use to the public if presented coherently. This new article “Maternal Health in Texas” would thus provide readers with the data and content that would allow them to understand health care policy and services and potential factors contributing to the excessive number of maternal deaths in the state. I am hoping to place this under the Texas article as the topic is a significant one involving political, social, economic, and health factors in Texas. If you would like to see the article, please feel free to my sandbox: User:SBanda/sandbox. I would appreciate your thoughts on this article being placed under "Texas." Thank you!SBanda (talk)03:00, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
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The Texas history section only goes up to the assassination of JFK, and it omits the period of major economic transformation and growth that the state experienced immediately his death. Also, the history section does not mention theSun Belt, which is an important part of recent Texas history (but history nonetheless). The sections on more recent history look very different thanhere, for the worse. --1990'sguy (talk)15:11, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
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under TEXAS / Climate / 'Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected cities in Texas' Table, in the column of "August(°F)" change the max/min values for 'Brownsville' FROM "94/24" TO "94/76" (It does not average below freezing at Brownsville for August minimum daily temperature, at least not in recorded history) Refer to the cited reference Table for validation.199.158.160.223 (talk)16:45, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
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Please remove
As of 2010 it shares the top of the list of the mostFortune 500 companies with California at 57.[1]
And replace with
As of 2015, it ranks second in the nation for the most Fortune 500 companies, with 54.[2]
To update Fortune 500 ranking with more current statistics.Rpayne210 (talk)20:32, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
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Someone vandalized the page, where anywhere uoi click redirects you to a youtuber by the name of this guy.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_waCFCtUJpkkUxftNCbOBAThe invisible image's URL is "en.wikipedia.org##IMG[src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Empty48x48.png"]"
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None of the links in the article are working; they all point to the same YouTube video.— Precedingunsigned comment added by97.102.10.107 (talk)06:06, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
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Under the sports category, it needs to say that Texas has two WNBA teams. The current version of the article only mentions San Antonio and does not mention the Dallas Wings.Tested1 (talk)00:35, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
How about a writer who speaks English?
"Texas has 254 counties--the most nationwide."
NATIONWIDE?
How about "the most of any state"?
Lord have mercy . . . and you guys have the nerve to pander for MONEY.— Precedingunsigned comment added by2601:581:302:FB9B:B883:2465:177C:BB62 (talk)15:33, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
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make sure that it is clearly STATED (dont mind the pun) that Texas is unanimous the best state.Elijad (talk)04:50, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
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These are suggested changes to the DEMOGRAPHICS section of the TEXAS page.
The first 6 paragraphs in the DEMOGRAPHICS section, before ETHNICITY, makes numerous references to "illegals" and "illegal immigrants." These terms should be changed to "undocumented immigrants" or "immigrants with no legal status." These changes should be made because it is incorrect and the language is confusing and unclear. It is not clear what "illegals" means, does that mean criminal aliens (people who have been deported previously and then returned, which is a crime?). Entering the country without documents is a civil enforcement matter. It would be the same as calling people that are driving without a license or those who have gotten a ticket for going above the speed limit and calling them "illegal drivers." The term is over-broad and unspecific.
Someone may cross the border illegally but that does not make them illegal. Again, the term "undocumented immigrant" or "immigrants without legal status" or "immigrants who crossed the border illegally" provides more clarification and is more factually correct, and less politically-charged, than the term "illegal."
Finally, the fact that this is the first thing that the Demographics section refers to also hints to this writing being biased.Dabudstur (talk)23:32, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Partly done: Changed one instance of "illegals" to "illegal immigrants". – byAdA&D at16:52, 10 January 2018 (UTC)Not done: please establish aconsensus for this alterationbefore using the{{edit semi-protected}} template. The use ofillegalversusundocumented in Wikipedia articles is a long-standing source of debate (see, e.g.,this discussion) and so changing this is outside the scope of individual edit requests. Please open a separate discussion here to that aconsensus among editors can be formed as to the correct usage for this article.Eggishorn(talk)(contrib)17:27, 10 January 2018 (UTC) | Thisedit request toTexas has been answered. Set the|answered= parameter tono to reactivate your request. |
texas is to big famMacktruck2005 (talk)22:17, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
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Please revertthis edit as it added data whose source is GitHub. GitHub is not a reliable source of data for presidential elections.32.218.38.18 (talk)17:50, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
Done The IP editor is correct that this isWP:OR based on the source given for the image.Eggishorn(talk)(contrib)20:05, 27 January 2018 (UTC)Texas was not the only Mexican province to rebel. Yucatan also did and so did Tabasco. Several other battles were fought within Mexico to suppress rebellion against Santa Anna's dictatorship. This should be discussed to get an accurate and more objective view of the causes of the Texas Revolution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n#Republic_of_Yucat%C3%A1n
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Yucat%C3%A1n#Santa_Anna%27s_coup_and_the_Mexican_rapprochement— Precedingunsigned comment added by2610:20:2008:100:0:0:100:4 (talk)13:07, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
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This margin existed untilLaurasia andGondwana [parts of [Pangaea]]collided in theBattlelance279 (talk)06:23, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
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The Education section lists the University of North Texas as a Tier 2 Research University, but it is now a Tier 1 Research University. Please update this listing to reflect UNT's Tier 1 status.129.120.162.80 (talk)14:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
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improve the map110.20.213.249 (talk)12:50, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Not done - whichCopyright-free map do you think should be added? -Arjayay (talk)12:57, 3 April 2018 (UTC) | Thisedit request toTexas has been answered. Set the|answered= parameter tono to reactivate your request. |
The name Tejano is not Spanish and all references that Mexicans or Spaniards use that term is invalid. It's a Caddo (Native American) word. Please remove references that only Spanish speaking use that term. Thank You.108.89.222.57 (talk)01:53, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
{{edit semi-protected|Texas|answered=yes}I have been trying to update the scientific names for lightning whelks (Sinistrofulgur sp.) on Wikipedia, as many articles still refer to them as species ofBusycon. This is no longer accurate according to the World Register of Marine Species. Please changeBusycon perversum pulleyi toSinistrofungur perversum pulleyi.72.44.103.182 (talk)15:30, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
Not done: The requested text was not found in the article. —KuyaBriBriTalk16:59, 1 June 2018 (UTC)Individual is spelled incorrectly in the last paragraph of the intro ("induvidual"). Thanks— Precedingunsigned comment added by82.163.126.99 (talk)14:03, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
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umm, could you check the spelling of Texas.Pandacatpower (talk)15:02, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
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The first paragraph of this article states
'''Texas''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɛ|k|s|ə|s}}, {{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|t|ɛ|k|s|ɪ|z}};<ref>{{Accents of English|551|hide1=y|hide2=y}}</ref> {{langx|es|Texas}} or ''Tejas'' {{IPA|es|ˈtexas|-|ES-pe - Texas.ogg}}) is the second largest [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[United States]] by both [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|area]] and [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|population]], right behind [[Alaska]].This implies that Alaska is the most populous state. I request that this be changed to read
'''Texas''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɛ|k|s|ə|s}}, {{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|t|ɛ|k|s|ɪ|z}};<ref>{{Accents of English|551|hide1=y|hide2=y}}</ref> {{langx|es|Texas}} or ''Tejas'' {{IPA|es|ˈtexas|-|ES-pe - Texas.ogg}}) is the second largest [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[United States]] by both [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|area]] and [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|population]], right behind [[Alaska]] and [[California]] respectively.I am planning on working on adding a "Health" section to this article. The current "Healthcare" section covers topics that do not actually concern healthcare, including Maternal Mortality and Obesity. These two topics, amongst others, belong in a separate health section. In addition to these topics, I want to research and cover tobacco use, alcohol use, and infant health. There are a variety of health topics that can be added to this, but I think this is a good place to start. I would appreciate any and all feedback.Aminawilliams (talk)00:05, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
For more information on the changes I plan to make and the sources I plan to use, please check out my sandbox.Aminawilliams (talk)16:27, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
I've began making revisions in the Health section. I added a subsection about alcohol use and included information on recent legislation as well. If you are interested in seeing more of my planned contributions for this article, please look at my sandbox.Aminawilliams (talk)03:05, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for tackling various aspects of healthcare in Texas! What I enjoyed most about your contribution is that you didn't just highlight health problems in Texas, but also discussed potential ways of addressing those health issues. I feel like that's effective as you can present a full picture of what the issue is and what people are mobilizing to do to change it. Your sources for this piece are all fairly strong and bring a robust picture of Health in Texas through statistics and data. I identified a few areas that you could possibly address to improve this contribution: article structure, content, and links. For structure, I think it would be great to look at the headers you use, all of your ones on Obesity use the same size header and could be resized to make most sense in the context of the article. Also concerning structure, you have many sections for Obesity and not many for Alcohol Use, potentially consider adding more sections. For content, I wish you would add a lead to your discussion of health issues in Texas because I think you jump write into health issues without prefacing. It seems like a strange way to start off the Healthcare in Texas section to only discuss problems. Finally with links, I think it would be good to link more wiki pages in your contribution. Overall, great work!Wickersong (talk)01:20, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Healthcare in Texas has its host of issues and I think you do a great job of addressing them with refined sources. I was particularly impressed with all of the data you gleaned from various sources to highlight the issues in Texas. Like Wickersong, I also thought it could be appropriate to put all of the obesity-related discussions into one section so there is not an overemphasis on obesity. I think your section could benefit from more images, perhaps graphs of various mortalities. I also believe an introduction to your discussion on healthcare in Texas could prime the reader for what is to come.Sgorantla (talk)03:50, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
The caption says the photo shows "the six nations" that have ruled over Texas ... but in the photo, there are two Texas state flags and no Confederate flag. Should the caption reflect this? As written, it is inaccurate.— Precedingunsigned comment added byJodicompton (talk •contribs)18:18, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
This flag is in the picture ~~mitch~ (talk)18:42, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
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Says ~60 species of mammals, is much higher than that. Would propose changing to "141 species of native terrestrial mammals, a number exceeded in the United States only by California and New Mexico. In addition to the native species that occur in the area naturally, there are also 12 exotics or nonnative species that have been introduced accidentally (house mouse, roof rat, Norway rat) or intentionally (nutria, red fox, feral pig, axis deer, fallow deer, sika deer, nilgai, barbary sheep, and blackbuck) by man and have become established as a part of the freeliving fauna." But page is semi-protected.http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/txmammal.htm— Precedingunsigned comment added byHollasboy (talk •contribs)16:03, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
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I copied the healthcare section to theHealthcare in Texas page. For a page that is supposed to be an overview of the whole state of Texas, the current healthcare section seems excessively long. Obesity treatment is pretty much the same in Texas as it is in Florida. Are there any suggestions on what I should cut, or should I leave everything here.Oldag07 (talk)17:01, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
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In the section on greenhouse gases, in eeh first sentence, I would remove the phrase ", the second most polluting state" because CO2 is not a polutant. It is a natural part of the atmosphere emitted by every living organism on earth, and if it were absent from the atmosphere all life would cease. The deleted phrase does not detract from the essential meaning of the sentence, and adds nothing to it if left in place. The reason for the addition of the phrase is a political one, not a scientific or factual one.Billonesty (talk)16:31, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
Not done. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos)16:51, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Would adding
The matter of Texas self-perception/self-importance is not something to question, it's just a matter of how and where to present. Not for the lead/lede? Why not, after all this is the state that was a country! All it lacks is a "George Washington slept here" house, and with the fact that buildings have been moved before, even this minor lack can be remedied.
The Rhode Island car comment comes from a somewhat not too tall politician speaking in the Northeast when running against others who were not as height challenged. It cam in the middle of some give-and-take when people were trying to do accents - I can't say it was a Texas Twang, but some type of accent imitation it was. All of this was reported. The Economist has the advantage of not being a Northeast, Southwest, of even North American periodical.Pi314m (talk)22:40, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Administrator notePi314m, you are not to add the Texas self-importance bit until you are able to secureconsensus for it. Furtheredit warring on your part to reinsert it will be met by sanctions.El_C23:23, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
I accept that it's up to someone else, if they choose, to add this material toTexas.
Please note: the Palm Beach Post article is from 1983; The Economist citation is 1994. As for the entire matter of Texas and self-importance,
here's a small possible lead:https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/19/us/transcript-of-the-keynote-address-by-ann-richards-the-texas-treasurer.html mentions "where I grew up there wasn't much tolerance for self-importance — people who put on airs ... a little community (SIC) just outside Waco" and compares this to another candidate with "a more remarkable sense of what is really important."
Is any of this important to Wikipedia? The "Texas self-perception" subtitle already has a place (underCulture).
If someone sees theAlaskaepisode as having importance, then it will be added. Per above, I accept.Pi314m (talk)21:58, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
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The sentence that starts "After the Civil War and the restoration of its representation in the federal government," Is unclear and not specific enough. I suggest "After the American Civil War and the restoration of its representation in the U.S. federal government,"This makes it more clear to the reader.Barry1800 (talk)15:10, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
Not done. It's clear in context; if it even needs to be said, it's in the previous sentence already. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos)16:13, 12 April 2020 (UTC) | Thisedit request toTexas has been answered. Set the|answered= parameter tono to reactivate your request. |
The infobox square kilometer conversions of the square miles is incorrect. It should be the following:
Done — Tartan357 (Talk)03:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC) | Thisedit request toTexas has been answered. Set the|answered= parameter tono to reactivate your request. |
TYPO"Texas politics today""Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio consistently lean Democratic"
Change Democratic to Democrat107.77.213.126 (talk)02:11, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Not done: Nah, I don't think it's a typo and I don't think changing it would be a meaningful improvement; using the noun form ("Democrat") seems bad anyway since it is after all the "Democratic party"; same way you don't say that some place leans "Republic" but rather "Republican" (which is really an adjective)...RandomCanadian (talk /contribs)02:16, 9 June 2020 (UTC) | Thisedit request toTexas has been answered. Set the|answered= parameter tono to reactivate your request. |
Texas isn't an economy. Please change
If Texas were a sovereign state, it would be the 10th largest economy in the world.
to
If Texas were a sovereign state, it would have the 10th largest economy in the world.
or
If Texas were a sovereign state, its economy would be the world's 10th largest.64.203.187.97 (talk)17:41, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
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Change "Mormon" to "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints"141.158.221.164 (talk)17:05, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you toUser:TheLionHasSeen for your large-scale restructuring of the article. I'm concerned that a lot of demographic information has been added using sources other than the US census. The image sizes, which are typically 220px, have also been altered. Thank you.Magnolia677 (talk)10:38, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
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58.145.189.243 (talk)11:29, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio consistently lean Democratic (typo. should be Democrat)
Emerging Research University is a "Texas thing". Confusing is that the eligibility to theNational Research University Fund is conditioned by theEmerging Research University status.
According to the sameTHECB classifications, in TexasResearch Universities are onlyTexas A&M University and its Agencies andThe University of Texas at Austin.
Please seeDraft:Texas Research Initiatives (and maybe you can improve it), as well as theTHECB reports linked below[1],[2].
References
The history section is inobjective contains a lot of false/racist terminology, e.g. giving the population number only of white people as if the native ones weren't people, calling the Hispanic settlers natives etc. It requires reedition.— Precedingunsigned comment added by82.160.77.35 (talk)11:08, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
There is undue weight on COVID-19 and the governors response. COVID should have a relatively brief mention in the history section, not a long paragraph with trivial information. The history section is for the uppermost information, like independence. I believe it should be shortened to about 2 sentences, and the governor response shouldn't be mentioned.Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk)05:15, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
The long paragraph about the power outage is giving undue weight to the subject. It probably needs to be removed entirely since it has little to do with broad Texas history, you don't see us discussing every hurricane in the history section. At the very least everything after 2nd sentence should be removed. Saying 3 million lost power is just trivial not important. Ted Cruz fleeing to Cancun, AOC raising some money, and Beto making some phone calls couldn't be less relevant to broad Texas history. Firstly, that's allWP:RECENTISM, should barely even have mention on their own Wikipedia pages much less Texas history. Right now the sentence talking about them is giving their actions equal weight to the Battle of the Alamo which also only has one sentence in the history section. Another thing is that sentence violatesWP:NPOV since it only serves to make Cruz look bad and AOC and Beto look good.Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk)02:07, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
I also removed the Dallas shooting since it also isWP:RECENTISM and is not relevant to broad Texas history.Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk)02:09, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
"Senator Ted Cruz came under scrutiny when it was released that his family traveled to Mexico during Winter Storm Uri.[149][150] Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Beto O'Rourke began efforts to raise money and goods for Texans in the storm.[151]" should not be included in the history section. This is so minor relative to Texas' history, and even a little politically biased. These two sentences are not needed and should be removed.NorfolkIsland123 (talk)16:33, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
I am not a white supremacist and I am disgusted by the fact that you have called me a white supremacist. Like all people with a brain of their own, I do have biases. I try to negate these biases, but sometimes they may be seen through my editing. I'll give you that I am slightly biased to the right, but that is no justification for you to call me a white supremacist. I strongly denounce the sickening idea of white supremacy, or any other sick type of racial, ethnic, religious, etc. supremacy. Please apologize and we can leave this behind us. Thank you.NorfolkIsland123 (talk)22:07, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
The modern-day state of Texas is derived entirely from theCentralist Republic of Mexico; specifically from parts ofCoahuila y Tejas,Tamaulipas,Chihuahua, andSanta Fe de Nuevo México. The history being such, it seems the Spanish pronunciation (Spanish:Texas orTejas,pronounced[ˈtexas]ⓘ) should be relevant, just as it is in the case ofNew Mexico andFlorida.DiverDave (talk)03:16, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
The opener says that Texas has the 2nd mostFortune 500 companies; however I believe as of 2021 Texas is tied with California. Wouldn't that be pertinent information?— Precedingunsigned comment added byViktory02 (talk •contribs)15:15, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
The first sentence of the second paragraph is:"When Europeans arrived in the Texas region, there were several races of Native peoples divided into many smaller tribes. They were Caddoan, Atakapan, Athabaskan, Coahuiltecan, and Uto-Aztecan."
This is factually incorrect, the individual tribes of indigenous peoples in Texas are of a singular race with multiple cultures. The standard race would be native Americans or indigenous people of the Americas.
I would suggest a change to:"When Europeans arrived in the Texas region, there were several Native cultures divided into many smaller tribes. They were Caddoan, Atakapan, Athabaskan, Coahuiltecan, and Uto-Aztecan."
or simply:"When Europeans arrived in the Texas region, there were Native peoples divided into many smaller tribes. They were Caddoan, Atakapan, Athabaskan, Coahuiltecan, and Uto-Aztecan."Thanks in advance.2600:1700:1111:5940:4977:EF9C:688E:517E (talk)07:46, 5 July 2021 (UTC) Done You are right. I've changed the text to "When Europeans arrived in the Texas region, several different cultures of Native peoples, divided into many smaller tribes, were living there."
I reverted an edit byUser:Alza08 regarding the relative difficulty of voting in Texas. This editor has added rankings of the "easiest" and "hardest" states to vote in many US state articles, sourced bythis article.
With language like "hardest state for citizens to vote in", for states likeKentucky, and "easiest state for citizens to vote in", at states likeMaine, some readers may interpret this as a "better" or "worse" ranking. (atIowa, the ranking was added to a section about "civil rights")
Why is this ranking important to Wikipedia's readers?This study shows there is little correlation between states with easier voting laws, and measures of electoral integrity. So how will Wikipedia's readers benefit from knowing how easy it is to vote in a state, when there is little benefit to easier voting? It would be like adding a chart to every US state showing which states have the "easiest" and "hardest" gun laws, without explaining there is little correlation between gun laws and quality of life.
Biden and the Democrats are pursuing easier voting laws, but only because it leads to more votes for Democrats. Should Wikipedia support this with an otherwise meaningless ranking on every state article?
The input of others would be appreciated.Magnolia677 (talk)12:19, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
Articlehttps://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/elj.2020.0666 ok how can i helpQuiet2 (talk)07:32, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
The first line of the third paragraph of the Taxation section reads:"Texas is a "tax donor state"; in 2005, for every dollar Texans paid to the federal government in federal income taxes, the state got back about $0.94 in benefits." This line is both perplexing and its citation does not provide this information. Reference 261 redirects to a page which links to many posts but contains no information on the page itself. I propose this line should be removed if another reference cannot be found and–if another reference is found–the sentence should be clarified.— Precedingunsigned comment added byVenusasaguy (talk •contribs)14:44, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
There is no information on the "Demographics" section about Texas poverty rate, household or per capita income, age, or marital status. Most other state pages have this information alongside data on race and ethnicity— Precedingunsigned comment added byAbdulrahimb (talk •contribs)03:14, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Needs the following capitalization errors fixed by someone with access. All the same word, almost as if someone was following the AP's racist guidelines instead of wikipedia's, and it's especially egregious because of how inconsistent it is:
1) Mid-20th to early 21st century - last sentence"Texas has the largestBlack and African American population with over 3.9 million.[125]"
2) Race and Ethnicity - last sentence
"At the 2020 census, the racial and ethnic composition of the state was 42.5% white (39.7% non-Hispanic white), 11.8%Black or African American, 5.4% Asian, 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 13.6% some other race, 17.6% two or more races, and 39.3% Hispanic and Latino American of any race."
'Black' in the "Black or African American" should not be capitalized unless you're going to link it - in which case capitalize white as well.
3) Religion - 2nd paragraph
"Hispanic or Latino American-dominated Protestant churches and historicallyBlack or African American Protestantism grew to a collective 13% of the Protestant population."
4) Politics - 2nd to last paragraph
"The state's changing demographics may result in a change in its overall political alignment, as a majority population ofBlack and Hispanic/Latino voters support the Democratic Party"— Precedingunsigned comment added byCapitalizationMan (talk •contribs)19:35, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
As the Spanish name (and a note regarding its two orthographic variants) has been re-added in the first sentence of the intro paragraph, I suggest to add the IPA pronunciation of the Spanish name along with an audio file of a Spanish speaker pronouncing it, just like theSpanish Wikipedia has it. I cannot add the IPA template nor the audio because the article is semi-protected.181.64.13.125 (talk)23:06, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Texas slogan is not The Friendly State, it is The Lone Star State. It's actually on the license plate. Wouldn't hate it if someone updated...👍✌️😃50.209.105.17 (talk)22:09, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
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i want to edit cuz im a geoolgist and i know abt the world2600:1700:1C11:C0:1577:B5B7:74E4:9A92 (talk)03:04, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
Not done: requests for decreases to the page protection level should be directed to the protecting admin or toWikipedia:Requests for page protection if the protecting admin is not active or has declined the request. -FlightTime(open channel)03:08, 10 September 2022 (UTC)According to U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics make up more than white in Texas, Hispanic Texans made up 40.2% of the state’s population in 2021 while non-Hispanic white Texans made up 39.4%, Texas is a state where hispanics are the largest group with California and New Mexico.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/15/texas-demographics-census-2021/#:~:text=Hispanic%20Texans%20are%20estimated%20to,from%20the%20U.S.%20Census%20Bureau.NancyArevaloss (talk)00:44, 30 September 2022 (UTC)