Talk:Key Biscayne

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This article is almost entirely erroneous. I've tried editing it so that it is accurate, however those edits have apparently been redacted. I grew up on Key Biscayne so I know from first hand information

Key Biscayne and Miami Beach are two separate entities. Key Biscayne is an island several miles south of Miami Beach. Miami Beach is indeed on a peninusula connected to the Florida mainland. Miami Beach is also connected to the mainland via several bridges and causeways, none of which is the Rickenbacker Causeway. The city of Miami Beach is not in Key Biscayne, the only municipality in Key Biscayne is the Village of Key Biscayne. Key Biscayne is not a barrier island, it was formed by mangroves growing attop limestone ridges over thousands of years. Biscayne Bay National Park is primarily a marine reserve some 12 miles south west of Key Biscayne. The only parks on Key Biscayne are Crandon Park, managed by Miami-Dade county and Bill Baggs Cape Florida Park, run by the State of Florida.

Key Biscayne and it's neighbor, Virginia Key, are the most northern of the Florida Keys, an archipelago of dozens of islands whose southern-most island is Key West. The only bridge to Key Biscayne is the Rickenbacker Causeway, named for the famous World War One flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker. Key Biscayne was also the Florida home of former president Richard Nixon during his stay in office. Key Biscayne also hosts an international tennis center, home to the NASDAQ Tennis Tournament and a golf course, along with many amenities for water sports and fishing.

Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.19.134.3 (talk • contribs).

GA Passed
Per the criteria spelled out in WP:WIAGA, I have reviewed and am promoting this article to Good Article status. Congrats on a well-written and well referenced article. Perhaps a nomination for Featured status is in order as well. Good luck and happy editing! --Jayron32| talk | contribs 07:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Proposed split
I'm proposing that the material covering the island of Key Biscayne outside of the municipality be moved to an article to be called Key Biscayne (island). After all, the municipality of Key Biscayne covers only about 1/3 of the island. I think it is confusing to mingle the information the way it is now. --  Donald Albury ( Talk )  16:26, 20 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Has anyone followed up on this, or did it fail? A similar article to look at would be the city of Key West, Florida & the island of Key West.  They don't have separate articles and they are different, as the city limits extend beyond the island onto adjacent islands.  This is an opposite example, since the city is smaller than the island.  In this case I think it's logical to have an article on the island and have the city as part of that article.  Or, is it Wik policy to have a separate article on all cities/towns/villages?   -   Marc Averette 14:32, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * As an afterthought... the island of Key Largo has separate articles from the towns of Tavernier, Florida, Key Largo, Florida and North Key Largo, Florida. Maybe they should be merged as well?  There could be redirects for the towns to go to the main Key Largo island article.   -    Marc Averette 14:36, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I think it is a good idea to merge the articles suggested. The only problem with merging these is Key Biscayne is at Good Article status, but since Key Biscayne encompasses the town, we should merge this with the island but do so carefully as to not jeapordize its GA status.--Jorfer 17:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and merged the village into the island article for the above reason.--Jorfer 15:08, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Split again
I have split the village back off the island article due to the fact that this article is already long and unweildy without the addition of the municipality. Just because the municipality exists entirely within the island is no reason to relegate it to a subsection status - all other independent municipalities are granted their own independent article. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 16:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * As the editor who last year split this article about the island off from the article about the village, I support this move. The island of Key Biscayne is divided into three more-or-less equal sized parts, and I think it is appropriate to have separate articles for those three parts, i.e., Crandon Park, Village of Key Biscayne, and Bill Baggs Cape Florida park. This article is the appropriate place for information about the island in general, including its history before the Village and parks were created in the second half of the last century. -- Donald Albury 23:42, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Is the "n" silent? My GPS seems to think so, but this random internet site pronounces the N. http://www.pronouncehow.com/english/key-biscayne_pronunciation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.99.167.178 (talk) 03:54, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Notable residents
This would be better if it had a Notable residents section. Like the good article Coral Springs, Florida --2604:2000:E020:9500:13C:B448:63DE:59A4 (talk) 22:26, 6 May 2018 (UTC)


 * A notable resident section seems unnecessary. Also, the section on the Coral Springs article is largely unsourced. Wow (talk) 00:54, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

GA concerns
After skimming through the article, I am concerned that it does not meet the good article criteria anymore. Some of my concerns are listed below:
 * There are numerous uncited statements.
 * The history of the island stops at 1966
 * It relies primarily on Blank 1996 as a source. Are there other sources available?

Is anyone interested in fixing up this article? Z1720 (talk) 20:25, 26 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I wrote most of the article 18 years ago (and almost 80% of it still has my name on it), but I was not involved in taking it to GA. I have too many other things on my plate to feel much about this right now, but maybe I'll look at it later. Donald Albury 00:52, 27 June 2024 (UTC)