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This article is more or less a stub, so there's a lot of development to do here. I've redone the Infobox in the upper right-hand corner, following the same format as many other cities (see Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, and Louisville, Kentucky as examples. One thing that should be added to the Infobox is a picture of the city flag, if someone can find that.
As the two major cities in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, I think Norfolk and Virginia Beach should stand out and have the most information overall. They're almost like the twin cities of Minnesota, although they're not called that. But there is a lot of overlap in infrastructure, culture, climate, etc. So we need to consider carefully the quality of these two cities first, before we get into many of the other cities of Hampton Roads. But ultimately, all cities should overall agree with each other in format, style, and accuracy.
A suggested organization for the major sections of this article might be:
See the Wikipedia:Featured articles of Seattle, Washington and San Jose, California for guidelines. The article on Louisville, Kentucky is also well organized.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Derek.cashman ( talk • contribs) 16:50, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
I see a problem in the section "Demographics" and in the subsection "Religion". The specified source provides different information than the section in the article. The article states, for example, that 28% of the population would be Catholics. The source stated that 10.7% of the population are Catholics. [1] It would be very nice if someone could check. -- Ora Unu ( talk) 18:43, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Move to Virginia Beach. No need for Virginia. 2A02:C7E:3AA0:9200:7171:E9D6:A968:BC39 ( talk) 16:54, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: not moved. Proposed move is clearly in violation of WP:USPLACE. WP:RMCI is very clear that proposals that do not align with guidelines need to be closed as "not moved" regardless of the number of supporters, absent a very good reason to WP:IAR. WP:IAR was invoked here by one supporter, but I do not find the reason provided to be "very good" in this case. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 ( talk) 20:58, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Virginia Beach, Virginia → Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach already redirects to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Per WP:CONCISE. With Virginia being in the city name, this serves the purpose to reduce title redundancy since no other place holds the name. Vataxevader ( talk) 20:00, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
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![]() | On 11 January 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Virginia Beach. The result of the discussion was not moved. |
This article is more or less a stub, so there's a lot of development to do here. I've redone the Infobox in the upper right-hand corner, following the same format as many other cities (see Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, and Louisville, Kentucky as examples. One thing that should be added to the Infobox is a picture of the city flag, if someone can find that.
As the two major cities in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, I think Norfolk and Virginia Beach should stand out and have the most information overall. They're almost like the twin cities of Minnesota, although they're not called that. But there is a lot of overlap in infrastructure, culture, climate, etc. So we need to consider carefully the quality of these two cities first, before we get into many of the other cities of Hampton Roads. But ultimately, all cities should overall agree with each other in format, style, and accuracy.
A suggested organization for the major sections of this article might be:
See the Wikipedia:Featured articles of Seattle, Washington and San Jose, California for guidelines. The article on Louisville, Kentucky is also well organized.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Derek.cashman ( talk • contribs) 16:50, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
I see a problem in the section "Demographics" and in the subsection "Religion". The specified source provides different information than the section in the article. The article states, for example, that 28% of the population would be Catholics. The source stated that 10.7% of the population are Catholics. [1] It would be very nice if someone could check. -- Ora Unu ( talk) 18:43, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Move to Virginia Beach. No need for Virginia. 2A02:C7E:3AA0:9200:7171:E9D6:A968:BC39 ( talk) 16:54, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion:
Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 17:24, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved. Proposed move is clearly in violation of WP:USPLACE. WP:RMCI is very clear that proposals that do not align with guidelines need to be closed as "not moved" regardless of the number of supporters, absent a very good reason to WP:IAR. WP:IAR was invoked here by one supporter, but I do not find the reason provided to be "very good" in this case. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 ( talk) 20:58, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Virginia Beach, Virginia → Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach already redirects to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Per WP:CONCISE. With Virginia being in the city name, this serves the purpose to reduce title redundancy since no other place holds the name. Vataxevader ( talk) 20:00, 11 January 2024 (UTC)