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Some Trivia that would need sourcing prior to adding to the article is that welcome signs used to say, "Welcome to the three states of Tennessee", before this practice was abolished by one of the former governors in a unify the state campaign. Jon 18:30, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
The Tennessean of that era to validate this. If you feel ambitious, you can start in the Tennessean archives for February, 1971, and I guess that you'd find it. Rlquall 14:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I saw recent edits on whether Sequatchie County was in east or middle Tennessee, "legally". Poking around I found a map in the Tennessee Blue Book showing the divisions by county and citing Tennessee Code--and that sure enough Sequatchie is middle. Since the Blue Book is online as a bunch of PDFs it is hard to link directly to the map, but: Tennessee Blue Book 2009-2010 main page, Section VI - Tennessee, Origin of County Names, page 539 (the last page of the PDF), shows and lists the divisions by county, citing the relevant legal code. I briefly thought about using this to fix some of the things on Wikipedia that don't match this division, but it's too much work for me right now, so I am just posting here. One of the main problems I see is that the maps used to show the divisions, colored red by county, don't match the map in the Blue Book--Sequatchie County being the obvious example (maybe the only difference? I didn't check closely). So really, not only should a number of pages be edited on the topic, but the maps changed. The existing references about the divisions leave a bit to be desired. Perhaps referencing this blue book page would help, even though the map is annoying hidden at the last page of a PDF. Anyway, it's all a bit daunting to me--my list of things to do is already too long! Pfly ( talk) 09:03, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved per nomination (by Kaldari). Orlady ( talk) 20:01, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Grand Divisions →
Grand Divisions of Tennessee — I am starting this move discussion after discovering that "Tennessee" was removed from the title on the grounds that it's not necessary for disambiguation with other Wikipedia articles. I believe it needs to be restored because it is needed for context as part of the actual common name of these divisions. The term is almost never used without a modifier, such as "Tennessee's Grand Divisions," "the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee," or (only in-state) "the state's three Grand Divisions"; for an example, see
this simple map. Also, it is relevant to possible disambiguation needs, as there are numerous other contexts in which the term "Grand Divisions" (sometimes as a proper noun and sometimes as a generic noun) is used. Some examples of other uses of "grand divisions":
zoology,
military,
railroads,
a funeral procession,
groups of people in South Asia,
religious teachings from India --
Orlady (
talk) 01:49, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
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Some Trivia that would need sourcing prior to adding to the article is that welcome signs used to say, "Welcome to the three states of Tennessee", before this practice was abolished by one of the former governors in a unify the state campaign. Jon 18:30, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
The Tennessean of that era to validate this. If you feel ambitious, you can start in the Tennessean archives for February, 1971, and I guess that you'd find it. Rlquall 14:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I saw recent edits on whether Sequatchie County was in east or middle Tennessee, "legally". Poking around I found a map in the Tennessee Blue Book showing the divisions by county and citing Tennessee Code--and that sure enough Sequatchie is middle. Since the Blue Book is online as a bunch of PDFs it is hard to link directly to the map, but: Tennessee Blue Book 2009-2010 main page, Section VI - Tennessee, Origin of County Names, page 539 (the last page of the PDF), shows and lists the divisions by county, citing the relevant legal code. I briefly thought about using this to fix some of the things on Wikipedia that don't match this division, but it's too much work for me right now, so I am just posting here. One of the main problems I see is that the maps used to show the divisions, colored red by county, don't match the map in the Blue Book--Sequatchie County being the obvious example (maybe the only difference? I didn't check closely). So really, not only should a number of pages be edited on the topic, but the maps changed. The existing references about the divisions leave a bit to be desired. Perhaps referencing this blue book page would help, even though the map is annoying hidden at the last page of a PDF. Anyway, it's all a bit daunting to me--my list of things to do is already too long! Pfly ( talk) 09:03, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved per nomination (by Kaldari). Orlady ( talk) 20:01, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Grand Divisions →
Grand Divisions of Tennessee — I am starting this move discussion after discovering that "Tennessee" was removed from the title on the grounds that it's not necessary for disambiguation with other Wikipedia articles. I believe it needs to be restored because it is needed for context as part of the actual common name of these divisions. The term is almost never used without a modifier, such as "Tennessee's Grand Divisions," "the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee," or (only in-state) "the state's three Grand Divisions"; for an example, see
this simple map. Also, it is relevant to possible disambiguation needs, as there are numerous other contexts in which the term "Grand Divisions" (sometimes as a proper noun and sometimes as a generic noun) is used. Some examples of other uses of "grand divisions":
zoology,
military,
railroads,
a funeral procession,
groups of people in South Asia,
religious teachings from India --
Orlady (
talk) 01:49, 8 January 2011 (UTC)