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May I suggest that instead of fighting over whether major sports teams based in Pinellas County should be listed in the Tampa article, that you move of this stuff to Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and link there from the city articles. -- Dalbury( Talk) 17:32, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Tampa most certaintly is the main city in the Tampa Bay M.S.A. Are u saying that St.petersbrug is a larger or more noticable city than Tampa. If you've noticed, the Tampa Bay area teams stadiums are located in Tampa with the exception of The Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Not to disrespect Clearwater or St.petersburg, but most people would say that Tampa is the main city of the Tampa- St.Petersburg- Clearwater metropoltian area. -VG
Someone decided that the comment reflecting the poor sales of the University Square Mall and its status as a semi "dead" mall was an unsourced opinion? It appears that the same person was offended by the fact that the neighborhood was mentioned as "suitcase city". This is a common name for this section of the city, and a citation can be found somewhere, I'm sure. A user has decided that that part of the article was a mere "opinion", but the user who labelled the University neighborhood did not call it "poor", "trashy" or "ghetto" (all of which are biased, opnionated terms) but merely made reference to the neighborhood's semi-oficial name. I suspect this is the same group of people who refer to International plaza as an "upscale" mall (which it is), and the Westshore Plaza as "a upper-middle class mall", so I am a little confused why said persons would be upset by making mention of the University Mall as being the worst mall in Tampa, and the most likely to go out of business in the near future (which it is). A mall is being planned in Southern Pasco county right now, which will be the death of University mall, as many stories have already made plans to pull out of University and move to the new mall. Will the comment about the mall be acceptable to you then?
In recent years, many stories, including one anchor store (JC Penny's) have pulled out of the mall due to poor sales. Many blame this on the neighborhood the mall is located in; Tampa's "University" neighborhood remains one of the most dangerous parts of the city, and this section is known as "suitcase city" due its large transient population.
I added two radio stations to the list of radio stations in Tampa. They are the ones that say Christian rock on them. I feel that that section NEEDS to grow, as there are way more radio stations in this area than are currently mentioned. Please do not delete them. If you do, I will just put them right back up again. Later!!! -- 64.12.116.135 05:07, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Cities with attractive articles (e.g. Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta) do not have long lists of items, like schools, that take up an enormous amount of space that visitors must scroll through. Isn't there another way of doing this, like have a link to List of Schools or something?
Take a look a Louisville, Kentucky which is considered a Featured article by Wikipedia, as is Marshall, Texas.
Also, unlike other cities, the Tampa article has no notes or reference. It looks like one big commerical advertisement rather than a description of an important and historic city.
Also, what is all that stuff at the bottom about the State of Florida? Does that need to be there? KarenAnn 13:34, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
I think the paragraph at the end of History about Charles Bishop's plane crash should be removed or moved to a "Tampa in the news" section. Newsworthy, but not historic. The [ Billy Ferry firebombing] was more significant.
Why is a list of shopping centers even included? KarenAnn 13:39, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Even though not dealing with the city itself, "Oceans 11" had a scene filmed at Latoms Restaraunt near Ybor City.
I have taken the liberty to remove the sunshine skyway reference in the landmarks section. This has nothing to do with Tampa, this connects St. Petersburg and Bradenton. I guess anything of note in St. Pete is always going to be grouped in with Tampa, like the Devil Rays. Bad example actually, since they aren't of note :) -- Lakerdonald 16:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Should there be any mention of the main Wikipedia servers being here? Just wanted to know.-- Ch ili 14 18:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
I have replaced the skyline photo, the last one was obviously photo-shopped, which I believe should not be used.
-- Adilettante 04:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
I have twice now removed Official Site this web link inserted by User:Stevenc317 immediately after this internal link: International Arts and Film Foundation. As the International Arts and Film Foundation article exists, and has the web link in it, I see no reason to to included it again in the Tampa article. We do not as a rule insert web links immediately after internal links. I do not intend to engage in an edit war with Stevenc317, but I think this does need to be discussed. -- Donald Albury 01:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
There is a survey in progress at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (settlements) to determine if there is consensus on a proposed change to the U.S. city naming conventions to be consistent with other countries, in particular Canada.
Since the discussion page size was over 50 KB long, it was wise to archived previous discussions. Links to previous discussions can be found at the "archive" template on the top section of this page. -- Moreau36 00:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone really call it "T-Town"? Can we have a citation for this? Gamaliel 17:53, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Seconded...no one referrs to it as t-town that I know, nor have I ever heard of it from others.
I have certain impolite nicknames for Orlando that I use among friends, but I wouldn't claim them to be official nicknames for that place.
Anyway, I've lived in Tampa all my life and have never heard "t-town" used before, either. It's now gone from the info box, retained in the main text. Zeng8r 17:07, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I've lived here for 10 years and have never heard "T-Town" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.112.130.5 ( talk) 23:02, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
I have heard Tampa be called T-Town, but it is VERY colloquial and probably doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. Some bonafide nicknames for the city are "Cigar City" and "The Big Guava." Blaze33541 ( talk) 04:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Some radio hosts, particularly on the top-40 Clear Channel affiliate, WFLZ 93.3 FM, will occasionally use "T-Town" on live remotes; the studio jocks rarely, if ever, use it. I have a friend who's a patrol officer in the Tampa Police Department, and he hears it used downtown and in the "Suitcase City" district (roughly from Fletcher Avenue to Sligh north-to-south; roughly from Florida to 22nd Street west-to-east). While I've lived here 35 years, I only heard it used regularly myself from about 1995 to 2002, and mostly at the University of South Florida. I agree that it's definitely a term that is no longer commonly used. Tampa Tribune columnist Steve Otto's "The Big Guava" nickname, and of course, "Cigar City," are far more prevalent. If you say you're from Cigar City, nearly everyone in the U.S. will know where you mean. Frankly, I think "T-Town" was a failed marketing attempt to align Tampa with Orlando (still commonly known as "O-Town," either because of or in spite of the band of the same name. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 19:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
+ Since no source(s) was (were) provided, I went ahead and removed the doubtful duo. Zeng8r ( talk) 17:38, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I just have to ask...why is there a Stealth Bomber in the fly of the Tampa city flag? - Aerobird 22:39, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Because you want to see it there... a better question would be, what exactly is the flag trying to say in the first place? It doesn't even display the official version of the seal--or the version that's on the city vehicles. I'm no vexillologist, but our flag is lousy. It would be terrific if someone with knowledge of the subject could explain its mysterious design. Thehappysmith 12:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
The Seal on the flag is the "official" seal. I put official in quotes because there doesn't seem to be a standard seal, just a set of elements that always appear in slightly different form. The flag seen here has the version of the seal seen on most publications and on the city website, and the version that appears on firefighters badges and the badges of police officers ranked Corporal or higher. The versions that appear on city vehicles and city employee uniforms are simplifications. Occasionally a full-color version of the seal is found that has a slightly different ship and lettering design, but the basic elements are the same. The horribly-ugly flag itself is a mix of the US, Spanish, French, UK, and Italian flags, and the bars supposedly form an H for Hillsborough, an F for Florida, and a T (sideways) for Tampa. It's still better looking than St Pete's or Orlando's flags. Ohm 813 08:06, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
In the Landmarks section, Sulphur Springs Water Tower is referred to as a "highly visible but somewhat mysterious landmark.".
Is there a reason for the term "mysterious" to be included without explanation? Following the link for the Sulphur Springs Water Tower yields a Wiki page that doesn't really clarify the term "mysterious" either; just curious as to the necessity of the adjective. Thanks! 03:10, 6 January 2007 EflatMinor2007 03:18, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
The tags I put reflect what was suggested by the to-do list to make it a better article like the featured articles so I am reverting it.-- Jorfer 18:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Should there be a religion section? Please vote and discuss.--
Jorfer
14:27, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
A religion section for Tampa is incomplete without mentioning Tampa's non-Christian demographics, including a significant Jewish population. 24.92.193.205 16:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
-- 70.149.107.121 01:26, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Are there any celeberties from Tampa, list some. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.149.107.121 ( talk) 01:01, 11 January 2007 (UTC).
Excuse me, there is no need to resort to baseless insults. Off the top of my head, Hulk Hogan is from here. Blaze33541 06:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
According to the talk page guidelines, there's no place for insults at all, baseless or otherwise. Also, if the original person asking the question had been from Florida, especially Tampa, he or she would likely know what celebrities live here, now, yes? Recommend we stay on topic here. Tampa is a virtual mecca for professional wrestlers, both those who grew up here ( Hulk Hogan) and those who resettle here and nearby ( Chris Jericho, Edge, Christian Cage, and more.
Actress Liz Vassey grew up here; Brittany Snow was born here; erstwhile American Idol pop-star Jessica Sierra also was born here. "Gone With The Wind" supporting actress Butterfly McQueen, however, is arguably the most prominent. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 19:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
ok i tried to put tampas music on there but someone deleted it. so can someone please at least mention it!!! its called Jook Muisc
I see it's back. What the hell does this mean: The genre of music was created in the early 2000s in East Tampa (a predominantly African American community, but the area is commonly referred to as West Tampa). They're distinct neighborhoods on opposite sides of the city. People don't refer to East Tampa as West Tampa. They refer to West Tampa as West Tampa. If I knew anything about hip hop I'd tried to fix it, but this section drags down the quality of the entire article. I'm going to go edit liberally. Thehappysmith 13:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
170.148.92.42 19:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)The article states “though it is sometimes claimed to mean "sticks of fire" in the language of the Calusa”. The Calusa’s were indigenous to the SW FL area, not West Central FL. If Tampa DOES mean “sticks of fire”, I would think it would have been named by the people of the indigenous pre historic tribe, which I believe was the Timucuans. 170.148.92.42 19:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)Dean Hanson
Another question: could this have been the name origin for the former Tampa Bay FireStix National Pro Fastpitch (softball) team? I haven't found anything conclusive, since the team's marketing materials have gotten a bit hard to come by with the team (and apparently the league's) demise. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 19:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Somebody keeps putting in an unsourced mention of "Great Lightning" as the definitive meaning of "Tampa". As the article mentions already, "lighting" is one possible meaning, but the entymology is far too murky to state that one theory is correct. Also, the name clearly predates the Seminoles, contrary to the last edit which attributed the name to that culture.
Zeng8r (
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22:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I changed the old "map of tampa" to the new one because the old one was quite literally not recognizeable as Tampa. Where is downtown? Where is the bay? where is MacDill AFB or the peninsula it is located on? I can't tell where anything is nor do I even recognize the basic shape of the city limits of Tampa. That was not a map of Tampa at all. Maybe its not of Tampa. Maybe it about tampa but not a map. But whatever it is, it is not a map of tampa. WAS 4.250 18:42, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
It just occurred to me that maybe it is color coded using colors I can't tell apart. I am red green color blind. If you are color coding it make sure the colors differ in light-dark scale as well - like dark green rather than light green so I can tell it from white and a purple lighter or darker than red or blue so I can tell them apart. WAS 4.250 18:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
No offense, but they both suck. Morthanley 07:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Check out List of Registered Historic Places in Hillsborough County, Florida. Some of the places are included in the article, some not. Wanted to let folks know, in case there's any that people think should be added. :) -- Ebyabe 20:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
A lot of the recently added images seem unnecessary. For example three Davis Islands photos and a bunch of stadium and dome photos should be in their own respective articles, not in the Tampa article. Morthanley 22:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
The supercaption over the skyline photo says "Tamp" and I can't believe no one has noticed it before now. I'm sure it's not supposed to be missing that last A, right? Citizen P 06:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Of course it's not supposed to say that. Be bold! (I fixed it.) Thehappysmith 11:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
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Since the work (in this case, a logotype) is a single piece that almost certainly is easier to display than to describe, and since it is the work of a municipality, and was not created for profit in the first place, it would seem to stand to reason that display of the logotype for the city for educational and reference purposes could only be fair use. So much for (2).
For (3): It's impossible to use only a piece of the logo. QED.
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Hm. Looks like I've got some formalizing of the fair use rationale to do. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 06:50, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
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Zeng8r (
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23:21, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
I removed three red-linked items from the 'Attractions' section for the following reasons:
Very few restaurants should be listed as an attraction. The Columbia definitely is one of them due to its long and important history. (Speaking of La Columbia, it DESPERATELY needs an article, imo.) The only way a chain resturant should be listed as an attraction is if it's the original location or if something notable happened there, and even then it'd be a case-by-case decision. Just my 2 cents...
Zeng8r (
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00:22, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
citing the coordinates is helpful, but it would also be helpful to add some info on location relative to other well known cities in florida, and/or perhaps how far down the peninsula it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.214.27 ( talk) 16:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 21:07, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
This section seems too small. Is that airplane crash the only event in tampa since 2000? Would not the superbowl, stanley cups, elections controversies in city council, actions notable figures, election&re-election of Pam Ioria, the hub of activity around MacDill since 9/11 and the names listed on the memorial at Joe Chillura courthouse should also be included? Bayspatriot ( talk) 17:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
A quick Google search reveals that Tampa Tony enjoys some notability, along with the phenomenon of Jook music (or Jook). However, I'm not sure where to begin on that, being a total noob to the genre. Any takers? -- JeffBillman ( talk) 03:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I dunno - I'm a native and listen to hip-hop but I've never heard of this guy. Also, I couldn't find any music reviews mentioning "Tampa Tony" in the Trib, Times, or Creative Loafing. Not notable for a separate article, imo, and the mention in this entry should probably be deleted as spam.
Zeng8r (
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15:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I've also seen references to jook music based in Santa Monica, California. There's nothing verifiable that I've seen that specifies the origin of jook in Tampa. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 07:09, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
This article has been chopped up pretty good since the last time I looked it over, including the disappearance and/or replacement of many photos and all of the history section after 1856(!).
Is there a grand scheme in the works here or what??? Zeng8r ( talk) 03:32, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Since there is now a List of tallest buildings in Tampa, shouldn't the list of the 15 tallest high-rises in the city be removed from the cityscape section? A link to the new article would suffice. Cheers, Rai• me 23:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
It seems there were copyright issues with some of the current-day images recently added to the Tampa article. Tampa wikipedians - start your cameras!!! Zeng8r ( talk) 23:44, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Big Show is known to live here.-- 75.65.177.96 ( talk) 00:01, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
There are several professional wrestlers here:
1. Dave Batista
2. Kelly Kelly
3. Christian (Cage)
4. Gail Kim
To name a few —Preceding
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06:54, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
They may have been there for a while, but I just noticed the profusion of "citation needed" markers all over the history section of this article. A few are valid, but most are ridiculous:
USF was established in 1956 citation needed
...c'mon now, that's just silly. And there were several places with a citation at the end of a paragraph or a section that clearly refers to that whole section, yet citation needed are everywhere in the text.
So in a little while, I'm going to put in a couple of referrences and throw out a bunch of unnecessary citation needed markers. I didn't notice any inaccurate info, so any remaining unsourced info could be cited if needed... Zeng8r ( talk) 14:32, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
So it'd be ok to go to the Atlantic Ocean article and do add this: "The Atlantic Ocean is a body of water
citation needed..."? Or the Ben Franklin article and do this: "Ben Franklin was a statesman
citation needed, inventor
citation needed, printer
citation needed, and author
citation needed..."? There's no need to include a source for common knowledge.
And as I said, there is a citation somewhere for pretty much every fact in the history section, just not at the end of every single sentence or paragraph. Putting them in wherever there's a citation needed currently would make the text both difficult to read and to edit, what with reference tags all over the place. Balance in all things... Zeng8r ( talk) 17:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I think one or more citations per paragraph are appropriate for a quality of article of more than minimum length. I intend to discuss each of the paragraphs for which I just restores the templates, but I have to go off-line for a few hours. I'll post more later. -- Donald Albury 19:01, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Several of those places
[1] where you restored a
citation needed tag
[2] have citations
[3] only a sentence or two
[4] away
[5] that provide the source
[6] for the relevant info
[7]. Is this
[8] what every wikipedia
[9] article
[10] should look like?
[11]?
Zeng8r (
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20:35, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Acually, I'm making a point by exaggeration, not straw-manning it up. Not much of an exaggeration, though, as you seem to have gone through the entire article and placed a citation needed tag at the end of every paragraph where there is not a citation at that exact position. As I've already pointed out, however, a good number of these locations have a citation nearby that clearly is meant to include the info you tagged.
I have neither the time nor the patience to worry about this right now. But somebody should take care of it, as these unnecessary tags gives readers the impression that much of the article is incorrect, or has at least been factualy challenged. That's not the case; all of the tagged info I've glanced over is accurate. Zeng8r ( talk) 01:12, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Seems to me that most of the major articles have IPA Pronunciation help on their names. Though not necessary, I think it immediately grabs attention as a high quality article. Polis4rule ( talk) 02:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
I looked at the Ann Arbor and Seattle articles, and not only is this one longer, but this one is also a lot more detailed. So the question is, is this article ready for Feature status, or does it need more work? Polis4rule ( talk) 02:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
I have recently moved to Town & Country, which is NW of Tampa and has a Tampa zip code. It could be mentioned in this section. Banosd ( talk) 07:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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I changed the climate fact for Tampa, such I did for over 100 other cities to a much better, easier and cleaner fact. -- Mattiss44 ( talk) 15:21, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
This is located in the city of Tampa? It connects 2 completely different cities. The photo collage is invalid and needs to be changed. This article is on the city of Tampa, not Hillsborough County or the Tampa Bay area. - Marc Averette ( talk) 04:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
There are way too many pictures on this page, so I have started cleaning them up. Mainly getting rid of the ones that arent about Tampa, but just things that happen to be in Tampa. For example, we dont need multiple pictures of the same thing (like the convention center and skyline) nor do we need a picture for every section. Most of these pictures would be more appropriate in their subjects' respective articles. Also there is too much extra information that does not have to do with the city itself. This is especially true in the sports section which has too much team-specific information which belongs in that team's article, not an article about the city. Morthanley ( talk) 03:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
If you run a google search on IMAX theaters in Florida, you will find there are at least 7, including 2 or 3 in Orlando —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.230.86.19 ( talk) 23:38, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Is NOT in the Southeast so why is it listed as one of the four largest cities in the Southeast? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.119.249 ( talk) 01:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
I am currently reviewing this article. Because I am currently busy, I will have to suspend my review for five to six months. Us441 ( talk) 22:24, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
This article should summarize the information about how Tampa was assessed as the worst U.S. city for rampant prostitution as well as syphilis infections among airmen stationed at MacDill during WWII. If none of this information is the article, in can hardly be complete. A phrase came into use at MacDill that went "one a day in Tampa Bay" which referred to an alarming rate of aircraft accidents during training and operations. This phrase should be briefly explained. Some of the info can be found at St. Clair Streett#Tampa, and this report details how the trouble in Tampa led the state of Florida to pass laws for the first time against prostitution as well as against unmarried persons participating in "licentious sexual intercourse without hire." Binksternet ( talk) 23:36, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I'm not saying not to put it in. I'm not saying it's not notable. I'm just hoping it doesn't become the centerpiece of the entire article. That's all I'm saying. Boomshadow talk contribs 01:12, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
There are fair amounts of content about sports teams, colleges, etc. in Pinellas County on this page. Us441 ( talk) 18:08, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Several years ago, Stetson opened the Tampa Law Center near downtown as a satellite location: [2] Zeng8r ( talk) 00:19, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
D'oh, thanks for finally fixing this. I'd forgotten all about it... Zeng8r ( talk) 20:03, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
WP:LEAD says the lead should be no longer than four paragraphs, but the lead is five paragraphs. Us441 ( talk) 15:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
TampaAGS, that's some great work you did in the "religion" section. However, this article is already very lengthy. Since there's a lot of history in your addition, do you think it'd be better to condense the info here and move the expanded version over to History of Tampa, Florida? Just an idea... Zeng8r ( talk) 17:18, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida.the populition was 333,040 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.21.201.11 ( talk) 01:37, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
I've been working on Sports in the Tampa Bay Area and noticed that much of it was copy & pasted from the sports section of the main Tampa article. This article is too long anyway, so I trimmed and compacted the sports section here quite a bit. Unfortunately, I accidentally clicked the "minor edit" checkbox when saving, but it was NOT a minor edit. Zeng8r ( talk) 22:19, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I don't know much about the editing process here, but I was wondering if Big Cat Rescue could be mentioned? It's fairly significant in Tampa. 96.254.15.157 ( talk) 02:42, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
-"Events" are what led the Seminole tribe into Florida? -I checked source source #21. It says nothing of Bayshore/Hyde Parl, and is of questionable origin. What happened to using academic sources? -Each topic in this subsection is covered by two sentences. It either needs to be expanded upon, or eliminated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.168.132.70 ( talk) 23:05, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Just how far out will this section reach? I can see listing adjoining communities, but including places in other counties seems to be pushing it. -- Donald Albury 10:21, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
The sentence in the fifth paragraph that says “Tampa is ranked as a ‘high sufficiency’ world city by Loughborough University and is one category away from becoming a Gamma world city” should be updated. Apparently, Loughborough University has recently come out with a new updated list of global cities, and this new list now has Tampa ranked as a Gamma world city. See this and this. Willminator ( talk) 15:59, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
An anonymous user and a new user (who might quite possibly be the same person) recently added lots of info to the weather/climate section. At first glance, most of it looks like good stuff, perhaps needing some trimming, wikifying, and more references. However, most of the additions are relatively minor details that do not belong in the main Tampa article, which was already quite long and overstuffed, and should be moved over to the Climate of the Tampa Bay area article instead.
I mentioned this on the talk page of the user in question, but I received no reply as s/he kept adding more text to this article. Anybody want to take on the task of cleaning things up? I would, but I'm quite busy in real life right now and, besides, I'm semi-retired around here. Zeng8r ( talk) 01:42, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
I lived in Tampa for 30 years and never once heard anyone refer to him or herself or anyone else as a "Tampanian." Could we get a citation for that, or else remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.248.33.186 ( talk) 18:12, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I notice that someone has changed the official name from "City of Tampa" to merely "Tampa, Florida." Our flag and all official literature from City Hall (actually New City Hall, but that's a long story) have "City of Tampa." Is there a citation? Boomshadow talk contribs 22:40, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I'm going through all the US Cities (as per List of United States cities by population) in an effort to provide some uniformity in structure. Anyone have an issue with me restructuring this article as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. I won't be changing any content, merely the order. Occasionally, I will also move a picture just to clean up spacing issues. I've already gone through the top 20 or so on the above list, if you'd like to see how they turned out. Thoughts? Onel5969 ( talk) 19:41, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
I am trying to set up a account in East Stroudsburg, Pa My summer home. I am in Florida now my winter home. even though I created this account on Craiglist Stroudsburg pa it picked up Tampa how can this be done thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.170.244.85 ( talk) 22:29, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
Full disclosure I am new to this, that being said I am not new to Tampa and have a wealth of knowledge about this city (That I can cite) that is not covered within this Wiki page. Recently I made an addition/ slight change to the area covering the cities demonym. I moved the term "Tampanian" to be first and the term "Tampan" to be second as Tampanian is now more accepted and the term Tampan has fallen out of favor, I also added the demonym "Tampeño".
Quickly, which I'm sure is the policy of older editors, the new change was removed. while no reasoning was given for the change of the order a rather hastily excuse was given for the removal of the demonym "Tampeño" that excusse being that it is a Spanish word, I argue that the language of the word does not matter if the origin of the word is from Tampa, which it is and was noted in my citation. If the argument that a word has to be English were applied across the board we could not use names like Florida, San Francisco, Texas ect.
The Idea of wiki is to bestow as much useful information as we can so long as that information is correct and cited. ( CubanBread ( talk) 21:57, 15 July 2014 (UTC))
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 14:57, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
Should the sections of Transportation and Infrastructure be merged together? According to the WikiProject_Cities/US_Guideline it has the Transportation under the Infrastructure section with the Utilities and Healthcare. Just curious if anyone wanted to either merge it if that's correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adog104 ( talk • contribs) 16:49, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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May I suggest that instead of fighting over whether major sports teams based in Pinellas County should be listed in the Tampa article, that you move of this stuff to Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and link there from the city articles. -- Dalbury( Talk) 17:32, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Tampa most certaintly is the main city in the Tampa Bay M.S.A. Are u saying that St.petersbrug is a larger or more noticable city than Tampa. If you've noticed, the Tampa Bay area teams stadiums are located in Tampa with the exception of The Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Not to disrespect Clearwater or St.petersburg, but most people would say that Tampa is the main city of the Tampa- St.Petersburg- Clearwater metropoltian area. -VG
Someone decided that the comment reflecting the poor sales of the University Square Mall and its status as a semi "dead" mall was an unsourced opinion? It appears that the same person was offended by the fact that the neighborhood was mentioned as "suitcase city". This is a common name for this section of the city, and a citation can be found somewhere, I'm sure. A user has decided that that part of the article was a mere "opinion", but the user who labelled the University neighborhood did not call it "poor", "trashy" or "ghetto" (all of which are biased, opnionated terms) but merely made reference to the neighborhood's semi-oficial name. I suspect this is the same group of people who refer to International plaza as an "upscale" mall (which it is), and the Westshore Plaza as "a upper-middle class mall", so I am a little confused why said persons would be upset by making mention of the University Mall as being the worst mall in Tampa, and the most likely to go out of business in the near future (which it is). A mall is being planned in Southern Pasco county right now, which will be the death of University mall, as many stories have already made plans to pull out of University and move to the new mall. Will the comment about the mall be acceptable to you then?
In recent years, many stories, including one anchor store (JC Penny's) have pulled out of the mall due to poor sales. Many blame this on the neighborhood the mall is located in; Tampa's "University" neighborhood remains one of the most dangerous parts of the city, and this section is known as "suitcase city" due its large transient population.
I added two radio stations to the list of radio stations in Tampa. They are the ones that say Christian rock on them. I feel that that section NEEDS to grow, as there are way more radio stations in this area than are currently mentioned. Please do not delete them. If you do, I will just put them right back up again. Later!!! -- 64.12.116.135 05:07, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Cities with attractive articles (e.g. Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta) do not have long lists of items, like schools, that take up an enormous amount of space that visitors must scroll through. Isn't there another way of doing this, like have a link to List of Schools or something?
Take a look a Louisville, Kentucky which is considered a Featured article by Wikipedia, as is Marshall, Texas.
Also, unlike other cities, the Tampa article has no notes or reference. It looks like one big commerical advertisement rather than a description of an important and historic city.
Also, what is all that stuff at the bottom about the State of Florida? Does that need to be there? KarenAnn 13:34, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
I think the paragraph at the end of History about Charles Bishop's plane crash should be removed or moved to a "Tampa in the news" section. Newsworthy, but not historic. The [ Billy Ferry firebombing] was more significant.
Why is a list of shopping centers even included? KarenAnn 13:39, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Even though not dealing with the city itself, "Oceans 11" had a scene filmed at Latoms Restaraunt near Ybor City.
I have taken the liberty to remove the sunshine skyway reference in the landmarks section. This has nothing to do with Tampa, this connects St. Petersburg and Bradenton. I guess anything of note in St. Pete is always going to be grouped in with Tampa, like the Devil Rays. Bad example actually, since they aren't of note :) -- Lakerdonald 16:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Should there be any mention of the main Wikipedia servers being here? Just wanted to know.-- Ch ili 14 18:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
I have replaced the skyline photo, the last one was obviously photo-shopped, which I believe should not be used.
-- Adilettante 04:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
I have twice now removed Official Site this web link inserted by User:Stevenc317 immediately after this internal link: International Arts and Film Foundation. As the International Arts and Film Foundation article exists, and has the web link in it, I see no reason to to included it again in the Tampa article. We do not as a rule insert web links immediately after internal links. I do not intend to engage in an edit war with Stevenc317, but I think this does need to be discussed. -- Donald Albury 01:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
There is a survey in progress at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (settlements) to determine if there is consensus on a proposed change to the U.S. city naming conventions to be consistent with other countries, in particular Canada.
Since the discussion page size was over 50 KB long, it was wise to archived previous discussions. Links to previous discussions can be found at the "archive" template on the top section of this page. -- Moreau36 00:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone really call it "T-Town"? Can we have a citation for this? Gamaliel 17:53, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Seconded...no one referrs to it as t-town that I know, nor have I ever heard of it from others.
I have certain impolite nicknames for Orlando that I use among friends, but I wouldn't claim them to be official nicknames for that place.
Anyway, I've lived in Tampa all my life and have never heard "t-town" used before, either. It's now gone from the info box, retained in the main text. Zeng8r 17:07, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I've lived here for 10 years and have never heard "T-Town" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.112.130.5 ( talk) 23:02, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
I have heard Tampa be called T-Town, but it is VERY colloquial and probably doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. Some bonafide nicknames for the city are "Cigar City" and "The Big Guava." Blaze33541 ( talk) 04:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Some radio hosts, particularly on the top-40 Clear Channel affiliate, WFLZ 93.3 FM, will occasionally use "T-Town" on live remotes; the studio jocks rarely, if ever, use it. I have a friend who's a patrol officer in the Tampa Police Department, and he hears it used downtown and in the "Suitcase City" district (roughly from Fletcher Avenue to Sligh north-to-south; roughly from Florida to 22nd Street west-to-east). While I've lived here 35 years, I only heard it used regularly myself from about 1995 to 2002, and mostly at the University of South Florida. I agree that it's definitely a term that is no longer commonly used. Tampa Tribune columnist Steve Otto's "The Big Guava" nickname, and of course, "Cigar City," are far more prevalent. If you say you're from Cigar City, nearly everyone in the U.S. will know where you mean. Frankly, I think "T-Town" was a failed marketing attempt to align Tampa with Orlando (still commonly known as "O-Town," either because of or in spite of the band of the same name. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 19:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
+ Since no source(s) was (were) provided, I went ahead and removed the doubtful duo. Zeng8r ( talk) 17:38, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I just have to ask...why is there a Stealth Bomber in the fly of the Tampa city flag? - Aerobird 22:39, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Because you want to see it there... a better question would be, what exactly is the flag trying to say in the first place? It doesn't even display the official version of the seal--or the version that's on the city vehicles. I'm no vexillologist, but our flag is lousy. It would be terrific if someone with knowledge of the subject could explain its mysterious design. Thehappysmith 12:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
The Seal on the flag is the "official" seal. I put official in quotes because there doesn't seem to be a standard seal, just a set of elements that always appear in slightly different form. The flag seen here has the version of the seal seen on most publications and on the city website, and the version that appears on firefighters badges and the badges of police officers ranked Corporal or higher. The versions that appear on city vehicles and city employee uniforms are simplifications. Occasionally a full-color version of the seal is found that has a slightly different ship and lettering design, but the basic elements are the same. The horribly-ugly flag itself is a mix of the US, Spanish, French, UK, and Italian flags, and the bars supposedly form an H for Hillsborough, an F for Florida, and a T (sideways) for Tampa. It's still better looking than St Pete's or Orlando's flags. Ohm 813 08:06, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
In the Landmarks section, Sulphur Springs Water Tower is referred to as a "highly visible but somewhat mysterious landmark.".
Is there a reason for the term "mysterious" to be included without explanation? Following the link for the Sulphur Springs Water Tower yields a Wiki page that doesn't really clarify the term "mysterious" either; just curious as to the necessity of the adjective. Thanks! 03:10, 6 January 2007 EflatMinor2007 03:18, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
The tags I put reflect what was suggested by the to-do list to make it a better article like the featured articles so I am reverting it.-- Jorfer 18:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Should there be a religion section? Please vote and discuss.--
Jorfer
14:27, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
A religion section for Tampa is incomplete without mentioning Tampa's non-Christian demographics, including a significant Jewish population. 24.92.193.205 16:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
-- 70.149.107.121 01:26, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Are there any celeberties from Tampa, list some. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.149.107.121 ( talk) 01:01, 11 January 2007 (UTC).
Excuse me, there is no need to resort to baseless insults. Off the top of my head, Hulk Hogan is from here. Blaze33541 06:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
According to the talk page guidelines, there's no place for insults at all, baseless or otherwise. Also, if the original person asking the question had been from Florida, especially Tampa, he or she would likely know what celebrities live here, now, yes? Recommend we stay on topic here. Tampa is a virtual mecca for professional wrestlers, both those who grew up here ( Hulk Hogan) and those who resettle here and nearby ( Chris Jericho, Edge, Christian Cage, and more.
Actress Liz Vassey grew up here; Brittany Snow was born here; erstwhile American Idol pop-star Jessica Sierra also was born here. "Gone With The Wind" supporting actress Butterfly McQueen, however, is arguably the most prominent. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 19:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
ok i tried to put tampas music on there but someone deleted it. so can someone please at least mention it!!! its called Jook Muisc
I see it's back. What the hell does this mean: The genre of music was created in the early 2000s in East Tampa (a predominantly African American community, but the area is commonly referred to as West Tampa). They're distinct neighborhoods on opposite sides of the city. People don't refer to East Tampa as West Tampa. They refer to West Tampa as West Tampa. If I knew anything about hip hop I'd tried to fix it, but this section drags down the quality of the entire article. I'm going to go edit liberally. Thehappysmith 13:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
170.148.92.42 19:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)The article states “though it is sometimes claimed to mean "sticks of fire" in the language of the Calusa”. The Calusa’s were indigenous to the SW FL area, not West Central FL. If Tampa DOES mean “sticks of fire”, I would think it would have been named by the people of the indigenous pre historic tribe, which I believe was the Timucuans. 170.148.92.42 19:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)Dean Hanson
Another question: could this have been the name origin for the former Tampa Bay FireStix National Pro Fastpitch (softball) team? I haven't found anything conclusive, since the team's marketing materials have gotten a bit hard to come by with the team (and apparently the league's) demise. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 19:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Somebody keeps putting in an unsourced mention of "Great Lightning" as the definitive meaning of "Tampa". As the article mentions already, "lighting" is one possible meaning, but the entymology is far too murky to state that one theory is correct. Also, the name clearly predates the Seminoles, contrary to the last edit which attributed the name to that culture.
Zeng8r (
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22:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I changed the old "map of tampa" to the new one because the old one was quite literally not recognizeable as Tampa. Where is downtown? Where is the bay? where is MacDill AFB or the peninsula it is located on? I can't tell where anything is nor do I even recognize the basic shape of the city limits of Tampa. That was not a map of Tampa at all. Maybe its not of Tampa. Maybe it about tampa but not a map. But whatever it is, it is not a map of tampa. WAS 4.250 18:42, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
It just occurred to me that maybe it is color coded using colors I can't tell apart. I am red green color blind. If you are color coding it make sure the colors differ in light-dark scale as well - like dark green rather than light green so I can tell it from white and a purple lighter or darker than red or blue so I can tell them apart. WAS 4.250 18:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
No offense, but they both suck. Morthanley 07:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Check out List of Registered Historic Places in Hillsborough County, Florida. Some of the places are included in the article, some not. Wanted to let folks know, in case there's any that people think should be added. :) -- Ebyabe 20:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
A lot of the recently added images seem unnecessary. For example three Davis Islands photos and a bunch of stadium and dome photos should be in their own respective articles, not in the Tampa article. Morthanley 22:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
The supercaption over the skyline photo says "Tamp" and I can't believe no one has noticed it before now. I'm sure it's not supposed to be missing that last A, right? Citizen P 06:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Of course it's not supposed to say that. Be bold! (I fixed it.) Thehappysmith 11:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
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I removed three red-linked items from the 'Attractions' section for the following reasons:
Very few restaurants should be listed as an attraction. The Columbia definitely is one of them due to its long and important history. (Speaking of La Columbia, it DESPERATELY needs an article, imo.) The only way a chain resturant should be listed as an attraction is if it's the original location or if something notable happened there, and even then it'd be a case-by-case decision. Just my 2 cents...
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citing the coordinates is helpful, but it would also be helpful to add some info on location relative to other well known cities in florida, and/or perhaps how far down the peninsula it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.214.27 ( talk) 16:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
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This section seems too small. Is that airplane crash the only event in tampa since 2000? Would not the superbowl, stanley cups, elections controversies in city council, actions notable figures, election&re-election of Pam Ioria, the hub of activity around MacDill since 9/11 and the names listed on the memorial at Joe Chillura courthouse should also be included? Bayspatriot ( talk) 17:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
A quick Google search reveals that Tampa Tony enjoys some notability, along with the phenomenon of Jook music (or Jook). However, I'm not sure where to begin on that, being a total noob to the genre. Any takers? -- JeffBillman ( talk) 03:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I dunno - I'm a native and listen to hip-hop but I've never heard of this guy. Also, I couldn't find any music reviews mentioning "Tampa Tony" in the Trib, Times, or Creative Loafing. Not notable for a separate article, imo, and the mention in this entry should probably be deleted as spam.
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I've also seen references to jook music based in Santa Monica, California. There's nothing verifiable that I've seen that specifies the origin of jook in Tampa. P.F. Bruns ( talk) 07:09, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
This article has been chopped up pretty good since the last time I looked it over, including the disappearance and/or replacement of many photos and all of the history section after 1856(!).
Is there a grand scheme in the works here or what??? Zeng8r ( talk) 03:32, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Since there is now a List of tallest buildings in Tampa, shouldn't the list of the 15 tallest high-rises in the city be removed from the cityscape section? A link to the new article would suffice. Cheers, Rai• me 23:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
It seems there were copyright issues with some of the current-day images recently added to the Tampa article. Tampa wikipedians - start your cameras!!! Zeng8r ( talk) 23:44, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Big Show is known to live here.-- 75.65.177.96 ( talk) 00:01, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
There are several professional wrestlers here:
1. Dave Batista
2. Kelly Kelly
3. Christian (Cage)
4. Gail Kim
To name a few —Preceding
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They may have been there for a while, but I just noticed the profusion of "citation needed" markers all over the history section of this article. A few are valid, but most are ridiculous:
USF was established in 1956 citation needed
...c'mon now, that's just silly. And there were several places with a citation at the end of a paragraph or a section that clearly refers to that whole section, yet citation needed are everywhere in the text.
So in a little while, I'm going to put in a couple of referrences and throw out a bunch of unnecessary citation needed markers. I didn't notice any inaccurate info, so any remaining unsourced info could be cited if needed... Zeng8r ( talk) 14:32, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
So it'd be ok to go to the Atlantic Ocean article and do add this: "The Atlantic Ocean is a body of water
citation needed..."? Or the Ben Franklin article and do this: "Ben Franklin was a statesman
citation needed, inventor
citation needed, printer
citation needed, and author
citation needed..."? There's no need to include a source for common knowledge.
And as I said, there is a citation somewhere for pretty much every fact in the history section, just not at the end of every single sentence or paragraph. Putting them in wherever there's a citation needed currently would make the text both difficult to read and to edit, what with reference tags all over the place. Balance in all things... Zeng8r ( talk) 17:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I think one or more citations per paragraph are appropriate for a quality of article of more than minimum length. I intend to discuss each of the paragraphs for which I just restores the templates, but I have to go off-line for a few hours. I'll post more later. -- Donald Albury 19:01, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Several of those places
[1] where you restored a
citation needed tag
[2] have citations
[3] only a sentence or two
[4] away
[5] that provide the source
[6] for the relevant info
[7]. Is this
[8] what every wikipedia
[9] article
[10] should look like?
[11]?
Zeng8r (
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20:35, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Acually, I'm making a point by exaggeration, not straw-manning it up. Not much of an exaggeration, though, as you seem to have gone through the entire article and placed a citation needed tag at the end of every paragraph where there is not a citation at that exact position. As I've already pointed out, however, a good number of these locations have a citation nearby that clearly is meant to include the info you tagged.
I have neither the time nor the patience to worry about this right now. But somebody should take care of it, as these unnecessary tags gives readers the impression that much of the article is incorrect, or has at least been factualy challenged. That's not the case; all of the tagged info I've glanced over is accurate. Zeng8r ( talk) 01:12, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Seems to me that most of the major articles have IPA Pronunciation help on their names. Though not necessary, I think it immediately grabs attention as a high quality article. Polis4rule ( talk) 02:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
I looked at the Ann Arbor and Seattle articles, and not only is this one longer, but this one is also a lot more detailed. So the question is, is this article ready for Feature status, or does it need more work? Polis4rule ( talk) 02:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
I have recently moved to Town & Country, which is NW of Tampa and has a Tampa zip code. It could be mentioned in this section. Banosd ( talk) 07:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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I changed the climate fact for Tampa, such I did for over 100 other cities to a much better, easier and cleaner fact. -- Mattiss44 ( talk) 15:21, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
This is located in the city of Tampa? It connects 2 completely different cities. The photo collage is invalid and needs to be changed. This article is on the city of Tampa, not Hillsborough County or the Tampa Bay area. - Marc Averette ( talk) 04:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
There are way too many pictures on this page, so I have started cleaning them up. Mainly getting rid of the ones that arent about Tampa, but just things that happen to be in Tampa. For example, we dont need multiple pictures of the same thing (like the convention center and skyline) nor do we need a picture for every section. Most of these pictures would be more appropriate in their subjects' respective articles. Also there is too much extra information that does not have to do with the city itself. This is especially true in the sports section which has too much team-specific information which belongs in that team's article, not an article about the city. Morthanley ( talk) 03:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
If you run a google search on IMAX theaters in Florida, you will find there are at least 7, including 2 or 3 in Orlando —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.230.86.19 ( talk) 23:38, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Is NOT in the Southeast so why is it listed as one of the four largest cities in the Southeast? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.119.249 ( talk) 01:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
I am currently reviewing this article. Because I am currently busy, I will have to suspend my review for five to six months. Us441 ( talk) 22:24, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
This article should summarize the information about how Tampa was assessed as the worst U.S. city for rampant prostitution as well as syphilis infections among airmen stationed at MacDill during WWII. If none of this information is the article, in can hardly be complete. A phrase came into use at MacDill that went "one a day in Tampa Bay" which referred to an alarming rate of aircraft accidents during training and operations. This phrase should be briefly explained. Some of the info can be found at St. Clair Streett#Tampa, and this report details how the trouble in Tampa led the state of Florida to pass laws for the first time against prostitution as well as against unmarried persons participating in "licentious sexual intercourse without hire." Binksternet ( talk) 23:36, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I'm not saying not to put it in. I'm not saying it's not notable. I'm just hoping it doesn't become the centerpiece of the entire article. That's all I'm saying. Boomshadow talk contribs 01:12, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
There are fair amounts of content about sports teams, colleges, etc. in Pinellas County on this page. Us441 ( talk) 18:08, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Several years ago, Stetson opened the Tampa Law Center near downtown as a satellite location: [2] Zeng8r ( talk) 00:19, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
D'oh, thanks for finally fixing this. I'd forgotten all about it... Zeng8r ( talk) 20:03, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
WP:LEAD says the lead should be no longer than four paragraphs, but the lead is five paragraphs. Us441 ( talk) 15:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
TampaAGS, that's some great work you did in the "religion" section. However, this article is already very lengthy. Since there's a lot of history in your addition, do you think it'd be better to condense the info here and move the expanded version over to History of Tampa, Florida? Just an idea... Zeng8r ( talk) 17:18, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida.the populition was 333,040 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.21.201.11 ( talk) 01:37, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
I've been working on Sports in the Tampa Bay Area and noticed that much of it was copy & pasted from the sports section of the main Tampa article. This article is too long anyway, so I trimmed and compacted the sports section here quite a bit. Unfortunately, I accidentally clicked the "minor edit" checkbox when saving, but it was NOT a minor edit. Zeng8r ( talk) 22:19, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I don't know much about the editing process here, but I was wondering if Big Cat Rescue could be mentioned? It's fairly significant in Tampa. 96.254.15.157 ( talk) 02:42, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
-"Events" are what led the Seminole tribe into Florida? -I checked source source #21. It says nothing of Bayshore/Hyde Parl, and is of questionable origin. What happened to using academic sources? -Each topic in this subsection is covered by two sentences. It either needs to be expanded upon, or eliminated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.168.132.70 ( talk) 23:05, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Just how far out will this section reach? I can see listing adjoining communities, but including places in other counties seems to be pushing it. -- Donald Albury 10:21, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
The sentence in the fifth paragraph that says “Tampa is ranked as a ‘high sufficiency’ world city by Loughborough University and is one category away from becoming a Gamma world city” should be updated. Apparently, Loughborough University has recently come out with a new updated list of global cities, and this new list now has Tampa ranked as a Gamma world city. See this and this. Willminator ( talk) 15:59, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
An anonymous user and a new user (who might quite possibly be the same person) recently added lots of info to the weather/climate section. At first glance, most of it looks like good stuff, perhaps needing some trimming, wikifying, and more references. However, most of the additions are relatively minor details that do not belong in the main Tampa article, which was already quite long and overstuffed, and should be moved over to the Climate of the Tampa Bay area article instead.
I mentioned this on the talk page of the user in question, but I received no reply as s/he kept adding more text to this article. Anybody want to take on the task of cleaning things up? I would, but I'm quite busy in real life right now and, besides, I'm semi-retired around here. Zeng8r ( talk) 01:42, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
I lived in Tampa for 30 years and never once heard anyone refer to him or herself or anyone else as a "Tampanian." Could we get a citation for that, or else remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.248.33.186 ( talk) 18:12, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I notice that someone has changed the official name from "City of Tampa" to merely "Tampa, Florida." Our flag and all official literature from City Hall (actually New City Hall, but that's a long story) have "City of Tampa." Is there a citation? Boomshadow talk contribs 22:40, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I'm going through all the US Cities (as per List of United States cities by population) in an effort to provide some uniformity in structure. Anyone have an issue with me restructuring this article as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. I won't be changing any content, merely the order. Occasionally, I will also move a picture just to clean up spacing issues. I've already gone through the top 20 or so on the above list, if you'd like to see how they turned out. Thoughts? Onel5969 ( talk) 19:41, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
I am trying to set up a account in East Stroudsburg, Pa My summer home. I am in Florida now my winter home. even though I created this account on Craiglist Stroudsburg pa it picked up Tampa how can this be done thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.170.244.85 ( talk) 22:29, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
Full disclosure I am new to this, that being said I am not new to Tampa and have a wealth of knowledge about this city (That I can cite) that is not covered within this Wiki page. Recently I made an addition/ slight change to the area covering the cities demonym. I moved the term "Tampanian" to be first and the term "Tampan" to be second as Tampanian is now more accepted and the term Tampan has fallen out of favor, I also added the demonym "Tampeño".
Quickly, which I'm sure is the policy of older editors, the new change was removed. while no reasoning was given for the change of the order a rather hastily excuse was given for the removal of the demonym "Tampeño" that excusse being that it is a Spanish word, I argue that the language of the word does not matter if the origin of the word is from Tampa, which it is and was noted in my citation. If the argument that a word has to be English were applied across the board we could not use names like Florida, San Francisco, Texas ect.
The Idea of wiki is to bestow as much useful information as we can so long as that information is correct and cited. ( CubanBread ( talk) 21:57, 15 July 2014 (UTC))
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 14:57, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
Should the sections of Transportation and Infrastructure be merged together? According to the WikiProject_Cities/US_Guideline it has the Transportation under the Infrastructure section with the Utilities and Healthcare. Just curious if anyone wanted to either merge it if that's correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adog104 ( talk • contribs) 16:49, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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