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I was browsing through some of these and came across Ned Touchstone. Nothing in his bio page indicates he ever actually lived in Tyler which would exclude him from the title "Tylerite". I'm wondering why he is listed here.
Alshain01 ( talk) 14:04, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't you think the tempature charts for the average tyler weather should be primaraly in Farenhight? the town is in america, and we use farenhiegt in america, right? Binglebongle2000 ( talk) 16:25, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you think we should put a mention to that reality TV show about the supermodel who went to work at one of the Tyler news shows? Binglebongle2000 00:01, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Someone ought to upgrade the transportation section; perhaps including a link to Loop 49. I will when I get the time. Dirtydan667 19:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Done. I also added information about the other major roadways in the city. Apophos 17:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
Perfect...much better than anything I could have come up with. Dirtydan667 15:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I'm being obsessive, but I think the current events template tag at the top of Economy is innappropriate.......anyone agree/disagree? Buddpaul 20:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
That is correct, I tagged it while the USW strike was going on and it was a hot topic across the country. Its pretty much over now, except that the plant is still slated to close, but this is no longer a national news item. Alshain01 04:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I removed some text (provided below) regarding a winery in operation near Tyler because it seemed like an advertisement and it was in the manufacturing portion of the economy section. It is possibly notable in that it is one of the few places near (within?) Tyler where alcohol may be purchased for off-site consumption (?), but mentioning that tidbit warrants mentioning the inability, in general, to purchase alcohol for off-site consumption within Tyler. I'd say that it belongs in the new (and largely incomplete and so-far hardly encyclopedic) Recreation/Tourism section, at the very minimum. If no one wants to work it back into the article somehow (or if no one responds within a few weeks or so), I'll put something together. I'd like some consensus as to whether the winery deserves mentioning; for instance, to those who have been: is it something that deserves mentioning in an encyclopedia? Dirtydan667 09:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
* Kiepersol Estates Winery operates 10 miles south of town in Bullard, TX which is in Smith County. They have a winery store in town, although no beer, wine, or liquor is sold throughout the county, Kiepersol can legally sell its alcoholic wine because 2/3 or more of the grapes are produced in Texas and in Smith County.
I think that there shoukd AT LEAST be an acknowledgement to the Rose Festival, held annually in Tyler. With a new "Rose Queen" crowned each year, I think we should also have a list of the Queens. As the Rose Festival has a museum, parade, and major event which draws many Tyler residents to it. This is a MAJOR event in Tyler, and the queens have all kinds of "royalty" if someone else dosn't get started on this soon, I will. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.71.177.102 ( talk) 16:03, 12 February 2007 (UTC).
A VERY SMALL mention, and might I add, most Tyler citizens go to the parade adn everything else. I had much work and research on that! PLease AT LEast let me try to keep it up. I will do even more and even better, I promise. Binglebongle2000 04:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
A list of rose queens definatly can be called encyclopedic! I can see it now, an elementary age kid from Tyler who wants to do a report on a rose queen so she naturally looks it up on Wikipedia. But then she is very dissapointed when there is no list of rose queens, and she is forced to go to another website, or even worse- change her topic. Binglebongle knows what shes talking about.
If you even LOOKED at the article that you deleted! If you had any comprehension, there wasn't a LIST of queens. It was used as an example for themes! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!! Binglebongle2000 00:18, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok, Mr. Tecnical. ( I don't care if I spelled that wrong). Do YOU know any TYLER CITIZENS? DO You know what they do on a summer afternoon? They go to the ROSE FESTIVAL! And, also, I am very well aware of the fact that that outside of Tyler this isn't very well known. SO THIS ISN'T VERY DIFFUCULT:
1) wikipedia is an online ENCYCLOPEDIA
2)People use ENCYCLOPEDIAS (there's that word again) to LEARN things about whatever they look up.
3) People don't want to waste their time reading ENCYCLOPEDIA articles that just say everthing they ALREADY KNOW
Does it make sense yet? Ok. On another note, going with your thinking, the city of Tyler isn't very well known. So, (again using your logic) why don't we just delete the whole article about Tyler. HONESTLY! Binglebongle2000 14:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Got you there, didn't I? I'm putting it back up so deal with it! 76.25.27.32 23:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Nevermind I apologize. The article was poorly written and I will not put it back up.
What is the precedent for this section? Is it something that must be included for FA status? Has something similar been justifiably added to the articles of other cities? It seems a bit out of place and like an ad for the companies or a new resident's guide. I'll give it some time and hope a discussion takes place. Dirtydan667 16:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Don't you think that we should put something in about the history of Tyler? Tell me what you think. Binglebongle2000 04:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Finnaly, we agree on something. Binglebongle2000 01:22, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I think adding something about how the city was named would be good. Was it named after John Tyler, one of our nation's presidents? I am pretty sure it is, but i would like some feedback before I put that up.
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Tyler is clearly a booming city and that should be added to the history section. In the next 50 years it will be one of the largest cities in the United States. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colorclown26 ( talk • contribs) 17:07, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
I completly agree. have you seen the housing market there? It's amazing how well it's doing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.49.63 ( talk) 20:31, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
You know I tried pretty hard to make this page nice. All you people did was delete all my hard work and in its place add worthless, unencyclopedic work like popular murders in the area and a show that ran for about 2 weeks on TV as if it is more encyclopedic. So it really lets me know where your priorities are when things like CULTURE, alternative sports, local foods, traditions, history, southern influence, and even our unique accent are deleted over this pessimistic banter. It basically seems like if you are not in "the wiki club" you don't put things up, not what the content actually is. I even tried to take parts of things that were similar from other wiki entries to "stay within format" and make use of internal links but hours of my work were deleted in trade for things that were only intended to hurt my town. Which seemed but vendictive and intentional. The only thing they kept of my work was the climate chart, which I have no doubt will soon be deleted. When did things like a listing of rose queens, high school football teams, mureder of an insane person, a wotrhless TV show or sister cities to cities that have no real conection to Tyler, and even on wiki make no mention of Tyler on their entries, become more important or encyclopedic than what things are like here from an objective perspective? This must be why, when I got excited about wiki and what I could do for my hometown, many of my freinds said not to waste my time. They mentioned all that the administrators allow on this site is mostly useless, uninteresting facts and even if you make links to things like PUBLIC MUSEUMS under chapters titled recreation and tourism they will take it down saying it is an advertisement. This site has the potiential to be great but it seems like a popularity contest under the ruse it only works off of fact prevents passionate interested people from working on it. If murders and flops TV shows are all this town has to offer, why look it up at all? Ryan Peveto ( talk) 03:47, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
I jazzed up the media section. I added back coverage areas (because people kept putting them there anyway). Alshain01 ( talk) 15:30, 27 April 2008 (UTC) this is not close to texas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.76.50 ( talk) 03:41, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
Never done this before so Bear with me.
The article mentions a king of Tyler under numerous headings.
Fun, but I don't think he gives every inhabitant $750,000 each quarter etc.
/M —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.103.17.18 ( talk) 16:22, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Re: this section: "Tyler is a city for retirees. A GreatPlacesToRetire.com[4] survey of retirement cities lists Tyler as one of America's top retirement cities.[5]" I noticed that both of the links here are greatplacetoretire.com, and it's mentioned predominantly in the article - and that seems terribly spamy to me, in that the cited source has a sales motive to have itself linked this way. Since there aren't other resources cited for Tyler being a major retirement center (though, knowing the area pretty well I'd not be surprised that it was) I'm deleting the sentence for now.
I'm also very new to actual edits in here (have only ever anonymously added the odd comma or fixed spelling) - so I wanted to note my deletion of the sentence and get any feedback on what I should have done differently, if anyone has anything to add! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BatsSullivan ( talk • contribs) 03:43, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
I have removed several items from this list, leaving only events of a historical nature. I was unable to find very many 'notable events' sections for other articles about cities, most 'Notable events' sections I found were for stadiums/arenas. I am not sure if a 'Notable events' section is entirely appropriate anyway...if the event is notable, it seems to me that it would belong (written up in paragraph form) in a "History of" section. Shearonink ( talk) 15:21, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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I was browsing through some of these and came across Ned Touchstone. Nothing in his bio page indicates he ever actually lived in Tyler which would exclude him from the title "Tylerite". I'm wondering why he is listed here.
Alshain01 ( talk) 14:04, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't you think the tempature charts for the average tyler weather should be primaraly in Farenhight? the town is in america, and we use farenhiegt in america, right? Binglebongle2000 ( talk) 16:25, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you think we should put a mention to that reality TV show about the supermodel who went to work at one of the Tyler news shows? Binglebongle2000 00:01, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Someone ought to upgrade the transportation section; perhaps including a link to Loop 49. I will when I get the time. Dirtydan667 19:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Done. I also added information about the other major roadways in the city. Apophos 17:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
Perfect...much better than anything I could have come up with. Dirtydan667 15:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I'm being obsessive, but I think the current events template tag at the top of Economy is innappropriate.......anyone agree/disagree? Buddpaul 20:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
That is correct, I tagged it while the USW strike was going on and it was a hot topic across the country. Its pretty much over now, except that the plant is still slated to close, but this is no longer a national news item. Alshain01 04:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I removed some text (provided below) regarding a winery in operation near Tyler because it seemed like an advertisement and it was in the manufacturing portion of the economy section. It is possibly notable in that it is one of the few places near (within?) Tyler where alcohol may be purchased for off-site consumption (?), but mentioning that tidbit warrants mentioning the inability, in general, to purchase alcohol for off-site consumption within Tyler. I'd say that it belongs in the new (and largely incomplete and so-far hardly encyclopedic) Recreation/Tourism section, at the very minimum. If no one wants to work it back into the article somehow (or if no one responds within a few weeks or so), I'll put something together. I'd like some consensus as to whether the winery deserves mentioning; for instance, to those who have been: is it something that deserves mentioning in an encyclopedia? Dirtydan667 09:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
* Kiepersol Estates Winery operates 10 miles south of town in Bullard, TX which is in Smith County. They have a winery store in town, although no beer, wine, or liquor is sold throughout the county, Kiepersol can legally sell its alcoholic wine because 2/3 or more of the grapes are produced in Texas and in Smith County.
I think that there shoukd AT LEAST be an acknowledgement to the Rose Festival, held annually in Tyler. With a new "Rose Queen" crowned each year, I think we should also have a list of the Queens. As the Rose Festival has a museum, parade, and major event which draws many Tyler residents to it. This is a MAJOR event in Tyler, and the queens have all kinds of "royalty" if someone else dosn't get started on this soon, I will. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.71.177.102 ( talk) 16:03, 12 February 2007 (UTC).
A VERY SMALL mention, and might I add, most Tyler citizens go to the parade adn everything else. I had much work and research on that! PLease AT LEast let me try to keep it up. I will do even more and even better, I promise. Binglebongle2000 04:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
A list of rose queens definatly can be called encyclopedic! I can see it now, an elementary age kid from Tyler who wants to do a report on a rose queen so she naturally looks it up on Wikipedia. But then she is very dissapointed when there is no list of rose queens, and she is forced to go to another website, or even worse- change her topic. Binglebongle knows what shes talking about.
If you even LOOKED at the article that you deleted! If you had any comprehension, there wasn't a LIST of queens. It was used as an example for themes! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!! Binglebongle2000 00:18, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok, Mr. Tecnical. ( I don't care if I spelled that wrong). Do YOU know any TYLER CITIZENS? DO You know what they do on a summer afternoon? They go to the ROSE FESTIVAL! And, also, I am very well aware of the fact that that outside of Tyler this isn't very well known. SO THIS ISN'T VERY DIFFUCULT:
1) wikipedia is an online ENCYCLOPEDIA
2)People use ENCYCLOPEDIAS (there's that word again) to LEARN things about whatever they look up.
3) People don't want to waste their time reading ENCYCLOPEDIA articles that just say everthing they ALREADY KNOW
Does it make sense yet? Ok. On another note, going with your thinking, the city of Tyler isn't very well known. So, (again using your logic) why don't we just delete the whole article about Tyler. HONESTLY! Binglebongle2000 14:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Got you there, didn't I? I'm putting it back up so deal with it! 76.25.27.32 23:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Nevermind I apologize. The article was poorly written and I will not put it back up.
What is the precedent for this section? Is it something that must be included for FA status? Has something similar been justifiably added to the articles of other cities? It seems a bit out of place and like an ad for the companies or a new resident's guide. I'll give it some time and hope a discussion takes place. Dirtydan667 16:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Don't you think that we should put something in about the history of Tyler? Tell me what you think. Binglebongle2000 04:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Finnaly, we agree on something. Binglebongle2000 01:22, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I think adding something about how the city was named would be good. Was it named after John Tyler, one of our nation's presidents? I am pretty sure it is, but i would like some feedback before I put that up.
76.25.49.63
16:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Tyler is clearly a booming city and that should be added to the history section. In the next 50 years it will be one of the largest cities in the United States. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colorclown26 ( talk • contribs) 17:07, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
I completly agree. have you seen the housing market there? It's amazing how well it's doing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.49.63 ( talk) 20:31, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
You know I tried pretty hard to make this page nice. All you people did was delete all my hard work and in its place add worthless, unencyclopedic work like popular murders in the area and a show that ran for about 2 weeks on TV as if it is more encyclopedic. So it really lets me know where your priorities are when things like CULTURE, alternative sports, local foods, traditions, history, southern influence, and even our unique accent are deleted over this pessimistic banter. It basically seems like if you are not in "the wiki club" you don't put things up, not what the content actually is. I even tried to take parts of things that were similar from other wiki entries to "stay within format" and make use of internal links but hours of my work were deleted in trade for things that were only intended to hurt my town. Which seemed but vendictive and intentional. The only thing they kept of my work was the climate chart, which I have no doubt will soon be deleted. When did things like a listing of rose queens, high school football teams, mureder of an insane person, a wotrhless TV show or sister cities to cities that have no real conection to Tyler, and even on wiki make no mention of Tyler on their entries, become more important or encyclopedic than what things are like here from an objective perspective? This must be why, when I got excited about wiki and what I could do for my hometown, many of my freinds said not to waste my time. They mentioned all that the administrators allow on this site is mostly useless, uninteresting facts and even if you make links to things like PUBLIC MUSEUMS under chapters titled recreation and tourism they will take it down saying it is an advertisement. This site has the potiential to be great but it seems like a popularity contest under the ruse it only works off of fact prevents passionate interested people from working on it. If murders and flops TV shows are all this town has to offer, why look it up at all? Ryan Peveto ( talk) 03:47, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
I jazzed up the media section. I added back coverage areas (because people kept putting them there anyway). Alshain01 ( talk) 15:30, 27 April 2008 (UTC) this is not close to texas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.76.50 ( talk) 03:41, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
Never done this before so Bear with me.
The article mentions a king of Tyler under numerous headings.
Fun, but I don't think he gives every inhabitant $750,000 each quarter etc.
/M —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.103.17.18 ( talk) 16:22, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Re: this section: "Tyler is a city for retirees. A GreatPlacesToRetire.com[4] survey of retirement cities lists Tyler as one of America's top retirement cities.[5]" I noticed that both of the links here are greatplacetoretire.com, and it's mentioned predominantly in the article - and that seems terribly spamy to me, in that the cited source has a sales motive to have itself linked this way. Since there aren't other resources cited for Tyler being a major retirement center (though, knowing the area pretty well I'd not be surprised that it was) I'm deleting the sentence for now.
I'm also very new to actual edits in here (have only ever anonymously added the odd comma or fixed spelling) - so I wanted to note my deletion of the sentence and get any feedback on what I should have done differently, if anyone has anything to add! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BatsSullivan ( talk • contribs) 03:43, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
I have removed several items from this list, leaving only events of a historical nature. I was unable to find very many 'notable events' sections for other articles about cities, most 'Notable events' sections I found were for stadiums/arenas. I am not sure if a 'Notable events' section is entirely appropriate anyway...if the event is notable, it seems to me that it would belong (written up in paragraph form) in a "History of" section. Shearonink ( talk) 15:21, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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Tyler has a rich history of segregation in education which has been thoroughly researched by The Tyler Loop. If anyone has the time and desire, I suggest adding this information to this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marycneal ( talk • contribs) 16:16, 20 May 2018 (UTC)