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I don't agree with using numbers in the Construction paragraph for 88.5 feet. It's taught that you should spell out all numbers below 100 that are non-scientific. See the provided link. First part. [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnMcClane ( talk • contribs) .
I remember as a kid in the late 60's or early 70's, the star would change from white to red to signify a traffic fatality on that day, changing to a patriotic read, white and blue for the bicentennial in 1976. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewisfrancis ( talk • contribs) 16:58, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't have a reliable source for it yet, but the passages in the article referring to the Roanoke Star as being in a red-white-blue configuration are now out of date. I was in Roanoke on Sunday, and the star is now glowing in an all-white configuration. All I have at this point is my own photo of the star from Sunday, which I posted on my site, which is not a reliable source per Wikipedia. That's why I've left the article as-is at this point. If anyone can find a reliable source, then by all means, let's update things. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 04:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
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I have photos that I took at the star on the first night of the all-white configuration, but due to its being the first night back on after an outage and a configuration change, a lot of the sections were out. If I upload the photo, would various individuals be willing to fix the "holes"? I think a photo of the white configuration would be a nice addition to the article, but I don't want to show it with a bunch of sections out. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 18:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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Please note that the coordinates in this article need fixing as: I don't have the proper coords ... that's why I was looking ... but these are clearly wrong. They point to an area in the middle of Roanoke, not even on the mountain. Scott Johnson ( talk) 16:17, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Removed second set of coordinates, and moved remaining coordinates to point to base of structure for the Star. Having two different sets of coordinates in article contributed to the situation described above. BrainMarble ( talk) 20:08, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
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I don't agree with using numbers in the Construction paragraph for 88.5 feet. It's taught that you should spell out all numbers below 100 that are non-scientific. See the provided link. First part. [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnMcClane ( talk • contribs) .
I remember as a kid in the late 60's or early 70's, the star would change from white to red to signify a traffic fatality on that day, changing to a patriotic read, white and blue for the bicentennial in 1976. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewisfrancis ( talk • contribs) 16:58, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't have a reliable source for it yet, but the passages in the article referring to the Roanoke Star as being in a red-white-blue configuration are now out of date. I was in Roanoke on Sunday, and the star is now glowing in an all-white configuration. All I have at this point is my own photo of the star from Sunday, which I posted on my site, which is not a reliable source per Wikipedia. That's why I've left the article as-is at this point. If anyone can find a reliable source, then by all means, let's update things. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 04:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Image:WDBJ7.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot ( talk) 05:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I have photos that I took at the star on the first night of the all-white configuration, but due to its being the first night back on after an outage and a configuration change, a lot of the sections were out. If I upload the photo, would various individuals be willing to fix the "holes"? I think a photo of the white configuration would be a nice addition to the article, but I don't want to show it with a bunch of sections out. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 18:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
{{geodata-check}}
Please note that the coordinates in this article need fixing as: I don't have the proper coords ... that's why I was looking ... but these are clearly wrong. They point to an area in the middle of Roanoke, not even on the mountain. Scott Johnson ( talk) 16:17, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Removed second set of coordinates, and moved remaining coordinates to point to base of structure for the Star. Having two different sets of coordinates in article contributed to the situation described above. BrainMarble ( talk) 20:08, 9 December 2009 (UTC)