Talk:Barranquilla/Archives

carnaval
who claims that the so called "carnaval de Barranquilla" is just second to Rio? There are thousands of carnival festivities in the world. I dont know a ranking containing all of them. Where are the sources of this? They dont mention anything about the increasing poverty levels (70% of the population) and that the "golden gate" of Colombia is just a name because the main colombian harbor is in Buenaventura and the second one in Cartagena de Indias. They dont mention anything about the real documentated history of the city and how after being a model during the 1950´s became slowly in a just a big city without any organization.
 * Please sign your comments, otherwise discussion doesn't work very well. No doubt the remarks you note were inserted by a local resident - it is common for locality pages to attract a bit of boosterism of this sort.  If you think they are inflated (I don't know enough about Colombia to say, myself), I suggest that you edit the page to say something like "Local residents believe that the carnaval de Barrnquilla is second only to that in Rio, but the evidence for this is unclear".  And similarly for the other points you make - i.e. don't obliterate the previous editor's view, but put in something to balance it. seglea 4 July 2005 17:25 (UTC)

are you sure there is a 70% poverty rate? Im not so sure about that, What is your source? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.89.119.203 (talk) 20:56, 22 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Barranquilla has more than the sixty percent of the inmigrant of Colombia, specially from USA, Canada, Europe, Philines and the rest of the countries of Latinamerica —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.122.182.99 (talk) 00:26, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Barranquilla's carnival is second to the brazilian carnival by determination of the UNESCO. It was declared: masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity. It's also considered part of Colombia's National Heritage.

UNESCO LINK Don Quijote&#39;s Sancho

I am sad to hear about the decline of Barranquilla, the poverty rate is much more than I imagined. I still hear it is a beautiful city. My great grandfather was Karl C. Parrish and from what I know of him, he loved that city. I don't know much about my family's history there, though I plan on visiting soon. Thanks for the good information. If by chance you know any information about the state of Barranquilla or the Parrish family, I would love to know- I am just now trying to do some research. Thanks! emilyguerrera@comcast.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.199.240.96 (talk) 01:51, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Barranquilla article in general
The article lacks a proper intro and sounds more of a POV of barranquilla refering to the city. It has two intros, which I don't see necessary! and has more information that the rest of the article. It's very disorganized and doesn't have any sources.-- Don Quijote&#39;s Sancho 15:01, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

"Barranquilla's peaceful territory is an isle amid Colombia's political problems" WOW! the pearl of POV's! --Don Quijote&#39;s Sancho 15:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC) It's true that the article needs some rephrasing. However, Barranquilla is not directly dealing with the most mediatised political problems in Colombia. ---moyogo 22:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

If you know some spanish, please feel free to visit local news #1 or local news #2. In case you don't understand spanish, the images will speak for themselves. --Don Quijote&#39;s Sancho 18:25, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * There's crime and violent accidents in every city. What we need is some kind of statistics from a credible source. If we can cite such a source instead of just conveying a general impression, the article will be much more credible itself. ---moyogo 06:23, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

in the schools thers the international berckley school is a bilingual school

Barranquilla is called the "golden gate" because acording to the article it was the first in having many thnigs that other cities didn't have.although Barranquilla's harbor is not NOW the biggest but, it was the biggest one in his time, and was the first one in Colombia. And about the bad news about Barranquilla every cities eventhough being the most importants in the world have many problems about security. is that clear Mogoyo?

please everybody don't look for bad things about other cities look for the good in yours, or is that yours doesn't have any possitive to say about? The COLEGIO AMERICANO DE BARRANQUILLA is one of the best school in Barranquilla and one of the oldest ones, i think the oldest one (117 years old) important people grauated from it, the examples are Estercita Forero, Ernesto Cortizos, Romelio Martinez amoung others that have been important personalities for the Barranquilla's community.

El Colegio Aleman es la escuela mas grande & famosa en Barranquilla! boobylicious86 the population numbers are wrong! according to www.dane.gov.co (colombian estadistics department) the city population is: 1.148.506 and the metro: 1.762.143

The Diverse Peoples of Barranquilla
I can't imagine an entry discussing the multicultralism and the people of Barranquilla without any mention of the strong historic and contemporary imprint of enslaved Africans and their descendants throughout the region. There is nothing wrong with discussing Asian, European and other immigrants in the 20th century, but this entry fails to include the pivitol contributions of Africans to the culture and people of the region.


 * feel free to add that info for us... with proper links plz.. -- I am greener than you! (Lima - Charlie - Over) 04:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Multiculturalism
That section is a vulgar plagiarism from the Universidad del Norte web site. That's why I deleted it. And there is more... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.1.149.83 (talk) 01:50, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

About The Article

 * Many sections in this article seem to be based mostly on opinion. The article needs concise, documented information.
 * Pictures are outdated, and some of them are irrelevant. The article needs up to date, high quality pictures.
 * The article doesn't mention Transmetro.

I'll be working on this article. It contains too much irrelevant information (locals, please abstain from editing to add irrelevant information). Finally, this article needs a global perspective (instead of the local perspective it has).

--Zxcv1234asdf (talk) 22:27, 8 September 2010 (UTC)