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This section begins by discussing the old Union Station, a hub for long-distance passenger rail service, and then switches to a discussion of intracity rail service like lightrail and street cars. Along the way it states that Columbus is the largest city not serviced by rail service after Pheonix got a light rail. This is confusing. Are we saying that Columbus is the largest city not served by long-distance passenger rail or the largest city to not be served by a light rail? Further, we could get into a discussion of what constitutes "largest" as Cincinnati has a larger metro and urban area and also does not have a light rail. Ntyler01mil 11:47, 12, Nov 2009 (UTC)
It appears that a user has replaced the skyline picutres. In the interest of full disclosure it should be noted that one of them was taken by myself. However, these new pictures, while nice, are most certainly copyrighted, as they seem very familiar. With the moderator's blessing, the page should be reverted to the previous state. It's worth noting that it would be nice to have more variety in the pictures as they are all day shots from around the same location. I will take it upon myself to take some more pictures from different perspectives/time of day. Analogue Kid
Please note the updated 2005 US census estimates. The number was obtained by referencing the cited spreadsheet, and adding the populations of the counties that make up the Columbus MSA. The counties included in the MSA are (according to US census, not me): Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway, and Union. Analogue Kid
I am thinking about adding some info about the new development on Broad and High. It includes a large multi screen electronic billboard. The billboard also has multiple video screens, a stock ticker, a news ticker, etc. Additionally, NBC 4 now broadcasts from the location. The studio includes a large window behind the anchor desk where the camera can show downtown Columbus. The program is called NBC 4 On the Square. There is also different residential and retail space at the location. What do you guys think? Wacko Jack O 09:37, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Either way, NBC 4 does broadcast from their. Although, they do not broadcast every show from there, they still broadcast there every day. I would think that both the City Center and the Broad and High development would be notable enough to add to the article. What does anyone else think? Wacko Jack O 14:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Columbus cannot be the fourth most populous capital in the US. If Columbus is the 15th most populous city, thus ranking just below Indianapolis, and Indianapolis is the second most populous capital as stated in that article, then Columbus must be the third most populous capital in the US, not fourth. Indeed, the List of United States cities by population supports this: First state capital listed is Phoenix, at 5th largest; followed by Indianapolis (14) and Columbus (15). The fourth largest capital on this list would be Austin, the 16th largest city in the US. I haven't changed this, as it's possible that Austin is now more populous; however, if true, that means that the other rankings of Columbus may need to be corrected. -- JeffBillman ( talk) 20:04, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I think that these types of claims are bit dubious. For instance, Boston, MA should really be considered the largest state Capital, as it has the largest Urban Area and CSA, and the second largest Metro Area of any state capital. Similarly, Atlanta - the Capital of Georgia - has the second largest Urban Area of any state capital, the second largest CSA, and the largest Metro Area. Also, don't forget about St. Paul Minnesota, which is part of the Minneapolis Metro Area and would place it at third in that regard. And you forgot about Denver, CO, which would place higher than Columbus. As would the Sacramento metro area and urban areas. If we go off of just urban areas, even Providence Rhode Island is bigger than Columbus. Then, we're really talking about Columbus being the 8th or 9th largest State Capital. I begin to question whether this is suitably significant to even mention.
When someone claims that Columbus is the "nth Biggest State Capital," it sounds like they are saying that it is the "nth Biggest City that is a state capital." However, cities don't stop abruptly at municipal boundaries. This is why I feel this claim is dubious. Most people will come away from reading a claim like this and think that Columbus is the "nth Biggest City that is a state capital" when in reality, all you are claiming is that Columbus has the "nth Biggest Population within its boarders of any State Capital." Municipal boundaries are often highly arbitrary and going off of simply the population within them is faulty. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ntyler01mil ( talk • contribs) 20:55, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Has anyone thought about making an opening montage of Columbus like has been done for most major cities on Wikipedia? (For an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_Montage_8.jpg) I'd say Columbus is a major enough city for that, with plenty of good pictures for it. Does anyone mind me seeing what I can come up with? Are there particular guidelines I should know about before giving it a shot? Thanks! Experimental Hobo Infiltration Droid ( talk) 00:14, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Under "Defense", AF and USA units are listed, but not USN or USMC. I would like to add them if no one objects!! 173.88.38.20 ( talk) 01:21, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
User Sparklewand listed "Cowtown" as a nickname for Columbus: Cowtown (used belittling). Living in C-Bus all my life, I've heard it called a cowtown, but there is no definitive reference. In my opinion Columbus does not meet any of the definitions on Cowtown:
Cowtown is generally thought of as a smaller town, another word for a "hicktown". It also sometimes refers to towns that participated in the beef industry in the late 1800s and that had many stockyards, slaughterhouses and related structures, as well as a frequent main destination of major cattle-drives.
The Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English defines a cowtown as "a small, isolated, and rather unsophisticated town".
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Wiki Historian N OH ( talk) 00:42, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
There's still an unanswered question about what threshold is required for declaring something a "nickname" in the infobox. It's a very common feature of recent American slang to throw out trendy initialisms for things: A-Rod, K-Fed, C-Bus... I think we need more than just finding some documented usage of it to bother mentioning what could otherwise be just a flash in the pan permutation of that linguistic practice. By contrast, The Discovery City is "official" and longstanding, in that it has been used by the city for decades for PR/tourism promotion. Arch City is also historical, though comparably obscure. I had always heard Cowtown while growing up in Columbus, but even that seems like a rather generic term to disparage a community as backward and provincial (particularly where it's not hard to find literal cows there). So what's the standard here? postdlf ( talk) 15:43, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
The article is 115 kilobytes long. It may be appropriate to split this article into smaller, more specific articles. See Wikipedia:Article size. The three largest sections are Geography, Economy and Culture. I'm suggesting we create articles for them. Discuss! Rwalker ( talk) 14:15, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
The sentence added today "The three airports are unique in that they don't fight and bicker and pillage each other, they work together to make Ohio better for business" is not really appropriate for an encyclopedia. I have already removed this phrasing once and will remove it again. If one wishes to contribute an opinion written like this for public consumption, I recommend a letter to the editor of a major newspaper. Jack B108 ( talk) 17:54, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
It's the county seat only of Franklin County, Ohio, not of Delaware County, Ohio as well. I can see how http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/citiescounty.cfm&countyid=39041 might be confusing on that point, as Columbus is listed as a place in Delaware County that is a county seat, but so is Delaware, Ohio...and Delaware is the county seat of Delaware County. postdlf ( talk) 19:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
This sounds a lot more reasonable to me, as it would be kind of shocking really for Delaware Co. to be seated in C-bus. As for my reverting an edit by 98.235.132.1 that removed interesting material (that C-bus extends into Delaware and Fairfield Cos.), I stand by it. This user was "unregistered" (not "anonymous", as was stated to me), the acct. was brand new, and there was no justification given for this edit. I was completely sure that this municipality extended into Delaware and at least one other county, but I wasn't sure which. The ref added by Unionhawk ( U.S. Census FactFinder) appears to confirm this, assuming the map is accurate. I would like to see the sentence restored to include both county seat and county spillover info, if that is OK with folks. I think it is interesting and shows the unique power of Columbus to take over the world! Or parts of it anyway. Mayor Sensenbrenner, R.I.P. Jack B108 ( talk) 21:52, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
I joined Wikipedia for the purpose of deleting the "French Quarter at the Continent" from the "Columbus Neighborhoods" section of this article. If this article will contain only an a reference and link to a broader article on "Columbus Neighborhoods," this should come off for the following reasons: (1) the actual linked "Columbus Neighborhoods" page contains no reference to this place; and (2) "French Quarter at the Continent" is not a well known represenative neighborhood. The reference section in this article should include German Village, Short North, Clintonville, Italian Village, and probably others.
DCBuck ( talk) 21:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
I am sorry to have to comment here on the changes made to C-bus Cowtown during the last week, but many of them are detrimental. As an example, this particular new paragraph is not good: Columbus is an emerging global city, home to the world's largest private research and development foundation, the Battelle Memorial Institute, CAS, or Chemical Abstracts, the world's largest clearinghouse of chemical data, NetJets, the world's largest private aircraft carrier, The University System of Ohio, the nation's largest, the world's largest cartoon collection, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,[13] and the Buckeye Bullet 2, the world's fastest fuel cell electric vehicle. This paragraph contains vague and untrue statements and must go if this is to remain a quality article. For one, there is no evidence whatsoever that Ohio's U system is "the nation's largest": it's not. And Netjets is not the "world's largest private carrier", it is a fractional ownership company, sort of like a jet rental company, a timeshare jet corporation. UAL of Chicago might be the world's largest private carrier. The Buckeye Bullet? Doesn't belong here, as that is too much information. And Kabul, Afghanistan, is "an emerging global city", too. Is this statement right from the Columbus city council? The statements about CAS & Battelle are actually bona fide, tho. I already removed this paragraph once: how many times is it going to be reinserted, when it contains inaccurate writing? Jack B108 ( talk) 18:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
The world's fastest fuel cell car is not notable, especially built by some of the city's youngest and brightest? Columbus has a lot of world's this, and that. Just because no one buys fuel cell vehicles doesn't mean it's not an emerging technology part of the modern global community. Some sources suggest the average age of the Columbusonian is 32. It is not a wilting global community, it is an emerging global community home to global corporations, a large global population, and some of the world's largest institutions. Ohio is considered the "fuel cell corridor," and this is completely in line with a 5-paragraph introduction. Wikipedia's own List of largest universities by enrollment has the University System of Ohio as the nation's largest. With NetJets, carrier was changed to fleet to address criticisms.
What's wrong with Kabul? Afghanistan is like the 57th state after Israel, Germany, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Japan, and Iraq. Might as well get acquainted. Obama didn't error when he said he's visited 57 states, just as the former President before him didn't error when he said internets. There are more than 1. Even the public knows about http://www1. and http://www2...
How many times is destructive editing going to occur?
Wiki Historian N OH ( talk) 02:25, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
I removed the statement that Columbus is "the largest city in Ohio" from the first line not because it isn't technically true but because it is misleading. It would be fine to note this curiosity lower down in the article somewhere, but in its current prominent placement it is misleading and distracting. Columbus is the third largest metropolitan area - that is what belongs in the first line because that is what matters to everyone but statisticians. -- Hugetim ( talk) 20:53, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
FYI, thanks once again to actions of an IP editor based in Columbus, Ohio (who apparently doesn't like the reference of "Cowtown" being applied), the page has once again been semi-protected until September 7th, 2011 to prevent a re-occurrence of this behavior. If IP editors are wishing to add something constructive to this article in the meantime, please use the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. ArcAngel (talk) ) 23:00, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
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In the section regarding "festivals," the picture caption below the Greek Orthodox Church says their annual festival is called "Greek Fest." This is incorrect. It is- both officially and by most Columbus residents, called "Greek Festival." As of 7/2/2011, this information is available on the home page of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, at www.greekcathedral.com
Also, the photo posted as a picture of the Ohio State University is a picture of the private South Campus gateway shopping district, and doesn't show any University buildings or facilities. This picture should, instead, be of a University landmark. The Oval, perhaps? or the actual Unversity gateway?
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Under the population data at the top of the page the metro population is out of date. It should be 1,836,536 (2010 census) as is listed on Wikipedia's table of metropolitan statistical areas.
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Please remove the line "and not due to a high density rate," from the sentence below. This is factually inaccurate, as the density rate in Columbus (3,556.1/sq mi)is at or above most most cities in the Unitied States.
The population of the city was 787,033 at the 2010 census. [1] Although Columbus is the most populous city in Ohio, this is due to the city's relatively large territory (over 212 square miles (550 km2)), and not due to a high density rate.
Please also remove the sentence below. Comparisons to other major cities are inappropriate in this section, and do not exist on other pages of other cities.
This explains why the Columbus metropolitan area has a relatively small population, and is smaller than both the Cleveland and Cincinnati metro areas.
Freeputz ( talk) 19:03, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
DoneI agree that that information is questionable at best; only with a reliable source saying something nearly identical would it be appropriate to include. Removed.
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Under the Museums section, I would like to add In 2009, Parents Magazine named COSI the #1 Science Center for families in the country. (My Source is - http://www.parents.com/fun/vacation/us-destinations/best-science-centers/)
It's a great addition since the zoo also has their ranking. We have a lot of number ones in our great city and they should be part of the article.
Thank you!
Cosiscience ( talk) 14:16, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
The article states the date of the Franklinton annexation as 1837. The very source linked in Google Books (and confirmed with my own copy) states 1870. Other sources states 1871. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmorgan.2005 ( talk • contribs) 01:45, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
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Please REMOVE Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico and Kumasi, Ghana from the Sister Cities listed under International Relations. Please CHANGE Kfar Saba, Israel to Herzliya, Israel under Sister Cities/International Relations. Source: Sister Cities International 2011 Membership Directory Pachamama14 ( talk) 19:28, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
" it was ranked as one of the top 10 best big cities in the country in 2010, according to Relocate America, a real estate research firm" is Relocate America really a reliable source? LibStar ( talk) 00:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
Columbus,_Ohio#Dating_scene this is unencyclopaedic, such rankings are purely based on who votes in a certain magazine. and WP is not a place to list dating scene rankings. strongly suggest it goes. LibStar ( talk) 03:58, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
While Columbus City Schools refers to its non-neighborhood schools as "Alternative Schools", the Wikipedia entry that is closest to CCS's definition and usage is that of "Magnet Schools" instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.85.172 ( talk) 14:18, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Specifically they were initially created as an attempt to avoid court ordered busing for racial segregation, they are entered into by a lottery and typically have a specific academic focus, anything from math and sciences, arts, traditional, foreign language etc.
In most of the rest of the US an alternative school "originated to serve a growing population of students who were not experiencing success in the traditional schools" and "This type of school is not only intended to accommodate students who are considered at risk of failing academically, but also students of all academic levels and abilities who are better served by a non-traditional program. Many programs are specifically intended for students with special educational needs, but others address primarily social problems that affect students, such as teenage parenthood or homelessness. Students are typically referred to as at-risk students, and may have one or more of any several reasons such as challenging behavior, a need for special remedial programs, emotional disabilities, or problems that destabilize the student's personal life, such as homelessness or, in the case of migrant farmworkers, moving very frequently." (taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_school#United_States) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.85.172 ( talk) 14:33, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
I thought the montage could use some updating, so I gathered a few images from Getty Images. Apparently, they're "free" as long as they aren't used for "commercial use." I'm not sure if I went through the proper channels to retrieve the images, or if the licensing is correct. It would be awesome is someone with that knowledge could verify.
-- TheCoolOne99 ( talk) 15:35, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
But you haven't even interpreted that much right. The Getty images are merely "royalty free" (meaning you don't pay more fees for multiple uses), not truly free at all; usage requires payment of a license fee. And even if you had been right about them being only restricted to noncommercial use, you couldn't possibly justify labeling them "public domain" as you did at File:Updated Columbus Ohio montage.jpg. Which tells me that you don't understand any of these concepts. I suggest you not upload any more images you have not created yourself until you have read through our copyright and file usage policies and can demonstrate you get it. postdlf ( talk) 15:56, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
The water project reduced the number of typhoid deaths, not typhus (see the reference given). typhus is carried by lice, typhoid is sanitation-based.14:08, 7 April 2014 (UTC) 173.88.118.138 ( talk)
There's a discussion about moving the Columbus disambiguation that may be of interest to editors of this page. See Talk:Columbus#Requested move 15 March 2015. older ≠ wiser 18:44, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello,
As a relatively new editor, I was surprised to find instant reversion of an edit I made to add an appropriate link to a different WP page, and I'd like to bring this up for discussion. I'm referring to the Geography section, where the original sentence read:
"The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers occurs just north-west of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area..." (emphasis mine)
My edit was simply to add a link to the existing WP page on the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area, as this (I think pretty obviously) enhances the content and convenience of the page for the users. However, the edit was reversed within moments with the comment, "This sentence uses the generic meaning of "metropolitan area", not the MSA (which is discussed at the link you created)."
With respect, I thought reversion was really not appropriate because, as the WP page that was linked to *itself* states in the first sentence:
"The Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area is the metropolitan area centered on the American city of Columbus, Ohio."
I understand that we're potentially splitting hairs here, but that's the rationale that was used to inappropriately revert the edit without discussion.
In short, the edit should be re-instated, the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area page should be fixed to be consistent with the logic that was used to revert the edit, or the sentence that Dwpaul is focusing on should be re-worded to dismiss any ambiguity. I'm not heck-bent on being the one to do the re-wording, by any means, but there's a logical fallacy here that should be resolved.
Let's resolve it. :)
Wizardlander ( talk) 01:59, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
@ Dwpaul:
Regarding the article page part in question, originally "The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers occurs just north-west of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area," you wrote:
"The edit I made was to a sentence which pertained to the headquarters of various companies being located in the "Columbus metropolitan area" (in the sense of "the area", not the MSA)."
I certainly agree with part of that. The edit you made was also to the instant sentence, but the basis of my question revolves around the removal of the link you made, not really the wording change. However, in the context of that *single sentence,* the wording change you made was a good thing and benefited the article.
But my highest concern is the quality and readability of the page itself.
That phrase, "Columbus metropolitan area," (by exact match) is used five times over in the body text (six times including the reference, as you correctly pointed out). I understand that "the area" being discussed on a given page ordinarily needs to refer to itself multiple times. However, I think the quality and readability of the page may very well be served by employing a conscious effort to use alternative terms after the first use of "Columbus metropolitan area," such as "metropolitan region," "metro area," or just "metro." Or, whatever works. (In fact, those specific variations are explicitly enumerated in the first sentence of WP's metropolitan areas page.
Implementing this kind of change would also serve to greatly diminish misunderstandings related to the oft-subtle difference between a government-approved Metropolitan Statistical Area and a metropolitan area that happens to be Columbus, but not the specific Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area, the actual Columbus metropolitan area, the area within Columbus, Ohio's political boundaries only, et al. I suspect such oversights and misreads are far, far easier for readers and newer editors to make than an experienced WP editor who may have grown accustomed to doing a lot of (necessary) undoing, even if technically correct.
I'd like to know what you think, since it'll probably be awhile before I feel I have enough command of WP's accepted style to make a call on that. In short, I believe there's a better way to refer to the area/region the page is talking about without overuse of terms that in the popular mind are very easily confused (or confusable) with similar-but-different terms.
Thanks, - Will
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From this page [2010]: "Unless you are WP editor that (1) has actually lived in Columbus in the last five years and (2) willing to do some time doing research before undoing others` careful edits, please leave the nickname thing here alone, because you are likely to be flat wrong. A recent magazine in Columbus had the very name described as here today as "nonsense", the term "C-bus". ( http://www.columbusunderground.com/c-bus-magazine-is-ceasing-publication). An Ohio clothing manufacturer, as mentioned in the Columbus Dispatch article "T`s with tude" (10.2.2008), sold 5000 shirts with "C-bus" on them; these were even sold at Port Columbus. C-bus is a real nickname of Columbus, Ohio, in current use, by real people. And this article has plenty of refs already, not to mention that it is silly to use a ref to restate common knowledge. Jack B108 (talk) 01:25, 23 March 2010 (UTC)" Jack B108 ( talk) 20:21, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
@ Jack B108: Wow, as a resident of Columbus for over thirty years - I've never once heard someone refer to Columbus, Ohio as "C-Bus." There is actually a (within the last year or two) "CBus" that happens to be a single bus line within the local COTA bus system with that name (I'm not sure if that supports or defends the theory of C-Bus being a city nickname, though). In any case, I don't dispute that you've heard the name and/or used it, but really, I'm surprised. Anyway, perhaps only certain circles, especially ones that live nearby but outside the city itself, use the term? Just speculating to reflect that there's a difference in perception to this assertion that "C-Bus" is somehow in widespread use.
I expect whether you're familiar with 'cbus' depends on how old you are, rather than where you live. For instance, Columbus' #lifeincbus advertising campaign is aimed at millennials. [1] Everyone I know, age 37 and younger, is familiar with the term. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.88.244.61 ( talk) 17:28, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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Can we remove the Cowtown nickname reference? I would argue that it’s not a nickname, but rather a somewhat derogatory term that could be applied to any number of towns or cities across the country. Wikipedia itself defines Cowtown as “1. (slang) A small town, a hick or backwards town.” Or “2. A town or city noted for its link to the cattle industry.” Neither of which is appropriate or factual when referencing Columbus. While I understand that Columbus has been referred to as a cowtown, I don’t think that makes it a nickname. For example, The Intelligent Communities Forum recently named Columbus the most intelligent city America, but that doesn't mean I can cite that article and add “America’s Most Intelligent City” to the nicknames list. I would argue that at best the cowtown reference is vague and inaccurate and at worst is a blatant attempt to attach a backwards stigma to the city. 98.28.1.59 ( talk) 18:30, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
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Wow. What a town. All those superlatives. And all of them unsourced.
Sorry, but this reads like the tourist office promotion pamphlet. Please provide reliable sources for those claims to superlatives especially, or remove them.
On a similar note, there is more advertising going on:
And why do those Forbes ratings etc. have to be in the article twice?
I didn't even go through the whole article. I am sure there is more of that.
Unsourced superlatives are absolutely inacceptable in an encyclopedia. And how is a source supposed to even support the claim of something being "internationally recognized" or "world-renowned"? -- 93.212.236.194 ( talk) 22:39, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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Are there any maps showing Columbus extending into any part of Pickaway County? I've been unable to find any to confirm this. Neither the articles for Pickaway County or the two townships into which you'd think Columbus would have annexed speak to any part of Columbus being in the county. Though, I guess it's possible that annexations have happened post-2010. -- Criticalthinker ( talk) 23:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Moving these citations to the talk page, as they were obstructing the edit screen solely for verification of one name:
"Sources for the nicknames "Cowtown" include:
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Develop further:
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- ɱ (talk) 05:05, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
In addition to the date issue, there are some twin cities that have Columbus named on their wikipedia pages but not Columbus'. One that I know of is Kfar Saba, Israel
FYI, at least for Columbus articles, I've been trying out color-coding maplink maps (to be expanded):
-- ɱ (talk) 22:49, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
The information contained in that section should not be debating Christopher Columbus, or debating whether or not the city should be named after him. It's just not appropriate for a city article.-- Chimino ( talk) 20:49, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
For context to other readers, Your edits:
The city of Columbus is named after Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer erroneously credited with discovering America. Since the late 20th century, historians have criticized Columbus for initiating colonization and for abuse, enslavement, and subjugation of natives. [1] [2] Amid the George Floyd protests in 2020, several petitions pushed for the city to be renamed. [3]
Nicknames for the city have included "the Discovery City", [4] "Arch City", [5] [6] "Indie Art Capital", [7] " Cowtown", "The Biggest Small Town in America", [8] [9] [10] and "Cbus". [11]
My edits:
⚫↩ The city of Columbus is named after Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer often credited with discovering America. Nicknames for the city have included "the Discovery City", [12] "Arch City", [13] [14] "Indie Art Capital", [15] " Cowtown", "The Biggest Small Town in America", [16] [17] [18] and "Cbus". [19]
We'll allow others to weigh in since we can't come to a consensus at this time.-- Chimino ( talk) 03:23, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I totally agree. The piece is being edited to support current war, right or wrong, against C. Columbus:'popularly yet incorrectly', 'erroneously'. All the same to support the argument that city shouldnt deserve the name it has. The same is happening in the C. Columbus page where people are arbitrarily removing sentences like "On his first voyage, he independently discovered the Americas and magnetic declination". This page should be reverted and protected so far that the unrest in US is continuing Edit: sorry, for some reasons i was logged out Anglachel~itwiki ( talk) 13:43, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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Delorean has ties to Columbus:
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In the section about Columbus’ sports, it says that Mapfre stadium is the home of the Columbus crew. It should say that Mapfre stadium is now called Historic Crew Stadium, and that the Columbus Crew now play at Lower.com Field. The image of Mapfre/Historic Crew Stadium should also be changed to an image of Lower.com Field 23.245.220.18 ( talk) 19:53, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
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This section begins by discussing the old Union Station, a hub for long-distance passenger rail service, and then switches to a discussion of intracity rail service like lightrail and street cars. Along the way it states that Columbus is the largest city not serviced by rail service after Pheonix got a light rail. This is confusing. Are we saying that Columbus is the largest city not served by long-distance passenger rail or the largest city to not be served by a light rail? Further, we could get into a discussion of what constitutes "largest" as Cincinnati has a larger metro and urban area and also does not have a light rail. Ntyler01mil 11:47, 12, Nov 2009 (UTC)
It appears that a user has replaced the skyline picutres. In the interest of full disclosure it should be noted that one of them was taken by myself. However, these new pictures, while nice, are most certainly copyrighted, as they seem very familiar. With the moderator's blessing, the page should be reverted to the previous state. It's worth noting that it would be nice to have more variety in the pictures as they are all day shots from around the same location. I will take it upon myself to take some more pictures from different perspectives/time of day. Analogue Kid
Please note the updated 2005 US census estimates. The number was obtained by referencing the cited spreadsheet, and adding the populations of the counties that make up the Columbus MSA. The counties included in the MSA are (according to US census, not me): Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway, and Union. Analogue Kid
I am thinking about adding some info about the new development on Broad and High. It includes a large multi screen electronic billboard. The billboard also has multiple video screens, a stock ticker, a news ticker, etc. Additionally, NBC 4 now broadcasts from the location. The studio includes a large window behind the anchor desk where the camera can show downtown Columbus. The program is called NBC 4 On the Square. There is also different residential and retail space at the location. What do you guys think? Wacko Jack O 09:37, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Either way, NBC 4 does broadcast from their. Although, they do not broadcast every show from there, they still broadcast there every day. I would think that both the City Center and the Broad and High development would be notable enough to add to the article. What does anyone else think? Wacko Jack O 14:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Columbus cannot be the fourth most populous capital in the US. If Columbus is the 15th most populous city, thus ranking just below Indianapolis, and Indianapolis is the second most populous capital as stated in that article, then Columbus must be the third most populous capital in the US, not fourth. Indeed, the List of United States cities by population supports this: First state capital listed is Phoenix, at 5th largest; followed by Indianapolis (14) and Columbus (15). The fourth largest capital on this list would be Austin, the 16th largest city in the US. I haven't changed this, as it's possible that Austin is now more populous; however, if true, that means that the other rankings of Columbus may need to be corrected. -- JeffBillman ( talk) 20:04, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I think that these types of claims are bit dubious. For instance, Boston, MA should really be considered the largest state Capital, as it has the largest Urban Area and CSA, and the second largest Metro Area of any state capital. Similarly, Atlanta - the Capital of Georgia - has the second largest Urban Area of any state capital, the second largest CSA, and the largest Metro Area. Also, don't forget about St. Paul Minnesota, which is part of the Minneapolis Metro Area and would place it at third in that regard. And you forgot about Denver, CO, which would place higher than Columbus. As would the Sacramento metro area and urban areas. If we go off of just urban areas, even Providence Rhode Island is bigger than Columbus. Then, we're really talking about Columbus being the 8th or 9th largest State Capital. I begin to question whether this is suitably significant to even mention.
When someone claims that Columbus is the "nth Biggest State Capital," it sounds like they are saying that it is the "nth Biggest City that is a state capital." However, cities don't stop abruptly at municipal boundaries. This is why I feel this claim is dubious. Most people will come away from reading a claim like this and think that Columbus is the "nth Biggest City that is a state capital" when in reality, all you are claiming is that Columbus has the "nth Biggest Population within its boarders of any State Capital." Municipal boundaries are often highly arbitrary and going off of simply the population within them is faulty. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ntyler01mil ( talk • contribs) 20:55, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Has anyone thought about making an opening montage of Columbus like has been done for most major cities on Wikipedia? (For an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_Montage_8.jpg) I'd say Columbus is a major enough city for that, with plenty of good pictures for it. Does anyone mind me seeing what I can come up with? Are there particular guidelines I should know about before giving it a shot? Thanks! Experimental Hobo Infiltration Droid ( talk) 00:14, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Under "Defense", AF and USA units are listed, but not USN or USMC. I would like to add them if no one objects!! 173.88.38.20 ( talk) 01:21, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
User Sparklewand listed "Cowtown" as a nickname for Columbus: Cowtown (used belittling). Living in C-Bus all my life, I've heard it called a cowtown, but there is no definitive reference. In my opinion Columbus does not meet any of the definitions on Cowtown:
Cowtown is generally thought of as a smaller town, another word for a "hicktown". It also sometimes refers to towns that participated in the beef industry in the late 1800s and that had many stockyards, slaughterhouses and related structures, as well as a frequent main destination of major cattle-drives.
The Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English defines a cowtown as "a small, isolated, and rather unsophisticated town".
Rwalker ( talk) 17:09, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Wiki Historian N OH ( talk) 00:42, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
There's still an unanswered question about what threshold is required for declaring something a "nickname" in the infobox. It's a very common feature of recent American slang to throw out trendy initialisms for things: A-Rod, K-Fed, C-Bus... I think we need more than just finding some documented usage of it to bother mentioning what could otherwise be just a flash in the pan permutation of that linguistic practice. By contrast, The Discovery City is "official" and longstanding, in that it has been used by the city for decades for PR/tourism promotion. Arch City is also historical, though comparably obscure. I had always heard Cowtown while growing up in Columbus, but even that seems like a rather generic term to disparage a community as backward and provincial (particularly where it's not hard to find literal cows there). So what's the standard here? postdlf ( talk) 15:43, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
The article is 115 kilobytes long. It may be appropriate to split this article into smaller, more specific articles. See Wikipedia:Article size. The three largest sections are Geography, Economy and Culture. I'm suggesting we create articles for them. Discuss! Rwalker ( talk) 14:15, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
The sentence added today "The three airports are unique in that they don't fight and bicker and pillage each other, they work together to make Ohio better for business" is not really appropriate for an encyclopedia. I have already removed this phrasing once and will remove it again. If one wishes to contribute an opinion written like this for public consumption, I recommend a letter to the editor of a major newspaper. Jack B108 ( talk) 17:54, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
It's the county seat only of Franklin County, Ohio, not of Delaware County, Ohio as well. I can see how http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/citiescounty.cfm&countyid=39041 might be confusing on that point, as Columbus is listed as a place in Delaware County that is a county seat, but so is Delaware, Ohio...and Delaware is the county seat of Delaware County. postdlf ( talk) 19:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
This sounds a lot more reasonable to me, as it would be kind of shocking really for Delaware Co. to be seated in C-bus. As for my reverting an edit by 98.235.132.1 that removed interesting material (that C-bus extends into Delaware and Fairfield Cos.), I stand by it. This user was "unregistered" (not "anonymous", as was stated to me), the acct. was brand new, and there was no justification given for this edit. I was completely sure that this municipality extended into Delaware and at least one other county, but I wasn't sure which. The ref added by Unionhawk ( U.S. Census FactFinder) appears to confirm this, assuming the map is accurate. I would like to see the sentence restored to include both county seat and county spillover info, if that is OK with folks. I think it is interesting and shows the unique power of Columbus to take over the world! Or parts of it anyway. Mayor Sensenbrenner, R.I.P. Jack B108 ( talk) 21:52, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
I joined Wikipedia for the purpose of deleting the "French Quarter at the Continent" from the "Columbus Neighborhoods" section of this article. If this article will contain only an a reference and link to a broader article on "Columbus Neighborhoods," this should come off for the following reasons: (1) the actual linked "Columbus Neighborhoods" page contains no reference to this place; and (2) "French Quarter at the Continent" is not a well known represenative neighborhood. The reference section in this article should include German Village, Short North, Clintonville, Italian Village, and probably others.
DCBuck ( talk) 21:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
I am sorry to have to comment here on the changes made to C-bus Cowtown during the last week, but many of them are detrimental. As an example, this particular new paragraph is not good: Columbus is an emerging global city, home to the world's largest private research and development foundation, the Battelle Memorial Institute, CAS, or Chemical Abstracts, the world's largest clearinghouse of chemical data, NetJets, the world's largest private aircraft carrier, The University System of Ohio, the nation's largest, the world's largest cartoon collection, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,[13] and the Buckeye Bullet 2, the world's fastest fuel cell electric vehicle. This paragraph contains vague and untrue statements and must go if this is to remain a quality article. For one, there is no evidence whatsoever that Ohio's U system is "the nation's largest": it's not. And Netjets is not the "world's largest private carrier", it is a fractional ownership company, sort of like a jet rental company, a timeshare jet corporation. UAL of Chicago might be the world's largest private carrier. The Buckeye Bullet? Doesn't belong here, as that is too much information. And Kabul, Afghanistan, is "an emerging global city", too. Is this statement right from the Columbus city council? The statements about CAS & Battelle are actually bona fide, tho. I already removed this paragraph once: how many times is it going to be reinserted, when it contains inaccurate writing? Jack B108 ( talk) 18:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
The world's fastest fuel cell car is not notable, especially built by some of the city's youngest and brightest? Columbus has a lot of world's this, and that. Just because no one buys fuel cell vehicles doesn't mean it's not an emerging technology part of the modern global community. Some sources suggest the average age of the Columbusonian is 32. It is not a wilting global community, it is an emerging global community home to global corporations, a large global population, and some of the world's largest institutions. Ohio is considered the "fuel cell corridor," and this is completely in line with a 5-paragraph introduction. Wikipedia's own List of largest universities by enrollment has the University System of Ohio as the nation's largest. With NetJets, carrier was changed to fleet to address criticisms.
What's wrong with Kabul? Afghanistan is like the 57th state after Israel, Germany, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Japan, and Iraq. Might as well get acquainted. Obama didn't error when he said he's visited 57 states, just as the former President before him didn't error when he said internets. There are more than 1. Even the public knows about http://www1. and http://www2...
How many times is destructive editing going to occur?
Wiki Historian N OH ( talk) 02:25, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
I removed the statement that Columbus is "the largest city in Ohio" from the first line not because it isn't technically true but because it is misleading. It would be fine to note this curiosity lower down in the article somewhere, but in its current prominent placement it is misleading and distracting. Columbus is the third largest metropolitan area - that is what belongs in the first line because that is what matters to everyone but statisticians. -- Hugetim ( talk) 20:53, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
FYI, thanks once again to actions of an IP editor based in Columbus, Ohio (who apparently doesn't like the reference of "Cowtown" being applied), the page has once again been semi-protected until September 7th, 2011 to prevent a re-occurrence of this behavior. If IP editors are wishing to add something constructive to this article in the meantime, please use the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. ArcAngel (talk) ) 23:00, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
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In the section regarding "festivals," the picture caption below the Greek Orthodox Church says their annual festival is called "Greek Fest." This is incorrect. It is- both officially and by most Columbus residents, called "Greek Festival." As of 7/2/2011, this information is available on the home page of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, at www.greekcathedral.com
Also, the photo posted as a picture of the Ohio State University is a picture of the private South Campus gateway shopping district, and doesn't show any University buildings or facilities. This picture should, instead, be of a University landmark. The Oval, perhaps? or the actual Unversity gateway?
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Under the population data at the top of the page the metro population is out of date. It should be 1,836,536 (2010 census) as is listed on Wikipedia's table of metropolitan statistical areas.
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Please remove the line "and not due to a high density rate," from the sentence below. This is factually inaccurate, as the density rate in Columbus (3,556.1/sq mi)is at or above most most cities in the Unitied States.
The population of the city was 787,033 at the 2010 census. [1] Although Columbus is the most populous city in Ohio, this is due to the city's relatively large territory (over 212 square miles (550 km2)), and not due to a high density rate.
Please also remove the sentence below. Comparisons to other major cities are inappropriate in this section, and do not exist on other pages of other cities.
This explains why the Columbus metropolitan area has a relatively small population, and is smaller than both the Cleveland and Cincinnati metro areas.
Freeputz ( talk) 19:03, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
DoneI agree that that information is questionable at best; only with a reliable source saying something nearly identical would it be appropriate to include. Removed.
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Under the Museums section, I would like to add In 2009, Parents Magazine named COSI the #1 Science Center for families in the country. (My Source is - http://www.parents.com/fun/vacation/us-destinations/best-science-centers/)
It's a great addition since the zoo also has their ranking. We have a lot of number ones in our great city and they should be part of the article.
Thank you!
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The article states the date of the Franklinton annexation as 1837. The very source linked in Google Books (and confirmed with my own copy) states 1870. Other sources states 1871. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmorgan.2005 ( talk • contribs) 01:45, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
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Please REMOVE Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico and Kumasi, Ghana from the Sister Cities listed under International Relations. Please CHANGE Kfar Saba, Israel to Herzliya, Israel under Sister Cities/International Relations. Source: Sister Cities International 2011 Membership Directory Pachamama14 ( talk) 19:28, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
" it was ranked as one of the top 10 best big cities in the country in 2010, according to Relocate America, a real estate research firm" is Relocate America really a reliable source? LibStar ( talk) 00:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
Columbus,_Ohio#Dating_scene this is unencyclopaedic, such rankings are purely based on who votes in a certain magazine. and WP is not a place to list dating scene rankings. strongly suggest it goes. LibStar ( talk) 03:58, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
While Columbus City Schools refers to its non-neighborhood schools as "Alternative Schools", the Wikipedia entry that is closest to CCS's definition and usage is that of "Magnet Schools" instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.85.172 ( talk) 14:18, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Specifically they were initially created as an attempt to avoid court ordered busing for racial segregation, they are entered into by a lottery and typically have a specific academic focus, anything from math and sciences, arts, traditional, foreign language etc.
In most of the rest of the US an alternative school "originated to serve a growing population of students who were not experiencing success in the traditional schools" and "This type of school is not only intended to accommodate students who are considered at risk of failing academically, but also students of all academic levels and abilities who are better served by a non-traditional program. Many programs are specifically intended for students with special educational needs, but others address primarily social problems that affect students, such as teenage parenthood or homelessness. Students are typically referred to as at-risk students, and may have one or more of any several reasons such as challenging behavior, a need for special remedial programs, emotional disabilities, or problems that destabilize the student's personal life, such as homelessness or, in the case of migrant farmworkers, moving very frequently." (taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_school#United_States) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.85.172 ( talk) 14:33, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
I thought the montage could use some updating, so I gathered a few images from Getty Images. Apparently, they're "free" as long as they aren't used for "commercial use." I'm not sure if I went through the proper channels to retrieve the images, or if the licensing is correct. It would be awesome is someone with that knowledge could verify.
-- TheCoolOne99 ( talk) 15:35, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
But you haven't even interpreted that much right. The Getty images are merely "royalty free" (meaning you don't pay more fees for multiple uses), not truly free at all; usage requires payment of a license fee. And even if you had been right about them being only restricted to noncommercial use, you couldn't possibly justify labeling them "public domain" as you did at File:Updated Columbus Ohio montage.jpg. Which tells me that you don't understand any of these concepts. I suggest you not upload any more images you have not created yourself until you have read through our copyright and file usage policies and can demonstrate you get it. postdlf ( talk) 15:56, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
The water project reduced the number of typhoid deaths, not typhus (see the reference given). typhus is carried by lice, typhoid is sanitation-based.14:08, 7 April 2014 (UTC) 173.88.118.138 ( talk)
There's a discussion about moving the Columbus disambiguation that may be of interest to editors of this page. See Talk:Columbus#Requested move 15 March 2015. older ≠ wiser 18:44, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello,
As a relatively new editor, I was surprised to find instant reversion of an edit I made to add an appropriate link to a different WP page, and I'd like to bring this up for discussion. I'm referring to the Geography section, where the original sentence read:
"The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers occurs just north-west of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area..." (emphasis mine)
My edit was simply to add a link to the existing WP page on the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area, as this (I think pretty obviously) enhances the content and convenience of the page for the users. However, the edit was reversed within moments with the comment, "This sentence uses the generic meaning of "metropolitan area", not the MSA (which is discussed at the link you created)."
With respect, I thought reversion was really not appropriate because, as the WP page that was linked to *itself* states in the first sentence:
"The Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area is the metropolitan area centered on the American city of Columbus, Ohio."
I understand that we're potentially splitting hairs here, but that's the rationale that was used to inappropriately revert the edit without discussion.
In short, the edit should be re-instated, the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area page should be fixed to be consistent with the logic that was used to revert the edit, or the sentence that Dwpaul is focusing on should be re-worded to dismiss any ambiguity. I'm not heck-bent on being the one to do the re-wording, by any means, but there's a logical fallacy here that should be resolved.
Let's resolve it. :)
Wizardlander ( talk) 01:59, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
@ Dwpaul:
Regarding the article page part in question, originally "The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers occurs just north-west of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area," you wrote:
"The edit I made was to a sentence which pertained to the headquarters of various companies being located in the "Columbus metropolitan area" (in the sense of "the area", not the MSA)."
I certainly agree with part of that. The edit you made was also to the instant sentence, but the basis of my question revolves around the removal of the link you made, not really the wording change. However, in the context of that *single sentence,* the wording change you made was a good thing and benefited the article.
But my highest concern is the quality and readability of the page itself.
That phrase, "Columbus metropolitan area," (by exact match) is used five times over in the body text (six times including the reference, as you correctly pointed out). I understand that "the area" being discussed on a given page ordinarily needs to refer to itself multiple times. However, I think the quality and readability of the page may very well be served by employing a conscious effort to use alternative terms after the first use of "Columbus metropolitan area," such as "metropolitan region," "metro area," or just "metro." Or, whatever works. (In fact, those specific variations are explicitly enumerated in the first sentence of WP's metropolitan areas page.
Implementing this kind of change would also serve to greatly diminish misunderstandings related to the oft-subtle difference between a government-approved Metropolitan Statistical Area and a metropolitan area that happens to be Columbus, but not the specific Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area, the actual Columbus metropolitan area, the area within Columbus, Ohio's political boundaries only, et al. I suspect such oversights and misreads are far, far easier for readers and newer editors to make than an experienced WP editor who may have grown accustomed to doing a lot of (necessary) undoing, even if technically correct.
I'd like to know what you think, since it'll probably be awhile before I feel I have enough command of WP's accepted style to make a call on that. In short, I believe there's a better way to refer to the area/region the page is talking about without overuse of terms that in the popular mind are very easily confused (or confusable) with similar-but-different terms.
Thanks, - Will
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From this page [2010]: "Unless you are WP editor that (1) has actually lived in Columbus in the last five years and (2) willing to do some time doing research before undoing others` careful edits, please leave the nickname thing here alone, because you are likely to be flat wrong. A recent magazine in Columbus had the very name described as here today as "nonsense", the term "C-bus". ( http://www.columbusunderground.com/c-bus-magazine-is-ceasing-publication). An Ohio clothing manufacturer, as mentioned in the Columbus Dispatch article "T`s with tude" (10.2.2008), sold 5000 shirts with "C-bus" on them; these were even sold at Port Columbus. C-bus is a real nickname of Columbus, Ohio, in current use, by real people. And this article has plenty of refs already, not to mention that it is silly to use a ref to restate common knowledge. Jack B108 (talk) 01:25, 23 March 2010 (UTC)" Jack B108 ( talk) 20:21, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
@ Jack B108: Wow, as a resident of Columbus for over thirty years - I've never once heard someone refer to Columbus, Ohio as "C-Bus." There is actually a (within the last year or two) "CBus" that happens to be a single bus line within the local COTA bus system with that name (I'm not sure if that supports or defends the theory of C-Bus being a city nickname, though). In any case, I don't dispute that you've heard the name and/or used it, but really, I'm surprised. Anyway, perhaps only certain circles, especially ones that live nearby but outside the city itself, use the term? Just speculating to reflect that there's a difference in perception to this assertion that "C-Bus" is somehow in widespread use.
I expect whether you're familiar with 'cbus' depends on how old you are, rather than where you live. For instance, Columbus' #lifeincbus advertising campaign is aimed at millennials. [1] Everyone I know, age 37 and younger, is familiar with the term. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.88.244.61 ( talk) 17:28, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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Can we remove the Cowtown nickname reference? I would argue that it’s not a nickname, but rather a somewhat derogatory term that could be applied to any number of towns or cities across the country. Wikipedia itself defines Cowtown as “1. (slang) A small town, a hick or backwards town.” Or “2. A town or city noted for its link to the cattle industry.” Neither of which is appropriate or factual when referencing Columbus. While I understand that Columbus has been referred to as a cowtown, I don’t think that makes it a nickname. For example, The Intelligent Communities Forum recently named Columbus the most intelligent city America, but that doesn't mean I can cite that article and add “America’s Most Intelligent City” to the nicknames list. I would argue that at best the cowtown reference is vague and inaccurate and at worst is a blatant attempt to attach a backwards stigma to the city. 98.28.1.59 ( talk) 18:30, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
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Wow. What a town. All those superlatives. And all of them unsourced.
Sorry, but this reads like the tourist office promotion pamphlet. Please provide reliable sources for those claims to superlatives especially, or remove them.
On a similar note, there is more advertising going on:
And why do those Forbes ratings etc. have to be in the article twice?
I didn't even go through the whole article. I am sure there is more of that.
Unsourced superlatives are absolutely inacceptable in an encyclopedia. And how is a source supposed to even support the claim of something being "internationally recognized" or "world-renowned"? -- 93.212.236.194 ( talk) 22:39, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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Are there any maps showing Columbus extending into any part of Pickaway County? I've been unable to find any to confirm this. Neither the articles for Pickaway County or the two townships into which you'd think Columbus would have annexed speak to any part of Columbus being in the county. Though, I guess it's possible that annexations have happened post-2010. -- Criticalthinker ( talk) 23:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Moving these citations to the talk page, as they were obstructing the edit screen solely for verification of one name:
"Sources for the nicknames "Cowtown" include:
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In addition to the date issue, there are some twin cities that have Columbus named on their wikipedia pages but not Columbus'. One that I know of is Kfar Saba, Israel
FYI, at least for Columbus articles, I've been trying out color-coding maplink maps (to be expanded):
-- ɱ (talk) 22:49, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
The information contained in that section should not be debating Christopher Columbus, or debating whether or not the city should be named after him. It's just not appropriate for a city article.-- Chimino ( talk) 20:49, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
For context to other readers, Your edits:
The city of Columbus is named after Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer erroneously credited with discovering America. Since the late 20th century, historians have criticized Columbus for initiating colonization and for abuse, enslavement, and subjugation of natives. [1] [2] Amid the George Floyd protests in 2020, several petitions pushed for the city to be renamed. [3]
Nicknames for the city have included "the Discovery City", [4] "Arch City", [5] [6] "Indie Art Capital", [7] " Cowtown", "The Biggest Small Town in America", [8] [9] [10] and "Cbus". [11]
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⚫↩ The city of Columbus is named after Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer often credited with discovering America. Nicknames for the city have included "the Discovery City", [12] "Arch City", [13] [14] "Indie Art Capital", [15] " Cowtown", "The Biggest Small Town in America", [16] [17] [18] and "Cbus". [19]
We'll allow others to weigh in since we can't come to a consensus at this time.-- Chimino ( talk) 03:23, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I totally agree. The piece is being edited to support current war, right or wrong, against C. Columbus:'popularly yet incorrectly', 'erroneously'. All the same to support the argument that city shouldnt deserve the name it has. The same is happening in the C. Columbus page where people are arbitrarily removing sentences like "On his first voyage, he independently discovered the Americas and magnetic declination". This page should be reverted and protected so far that the unrest in US is continuing Edit: sorry, for some reasons i was logged out Anglachel~itwiki ( talk) 13:43, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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Delorean has ties to Columbus:
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In the section about Columbus’ sports, it says that Mapfre stadium is the home of the Columbus crew. It should say that Mapfre stadium is now called Historic Crew Stadium, and that the Columbus Crew now play at Lower.com Field. The image of Mapfre/Historic Crew Stadium should also be changed to an image of Lower.com Field 23.245.220.18 ( talk) 19:53, 19 April 2023 (UTC)