Talk:Lafayette, Louisiana/Archive 1

New info on Lafayette
I added some new information to the Lafayette article, including a section for media, and a section for points of interest. -Cardozo 15:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Lists and a link farm
This article is becoming too list-oriented and full of external links. See What Wikipedia is not Aaron charles 00:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * "Wikipedia articles are not lists," except when the page starts off "List of..."
 * "Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links"

Beware sources
07-July-2007: In June 2007, there had been 1 source footnote in the article "Lafayette, Louisiana" (and most other Louisiana towns). I have added more than 15 footnotes to each major town, but now the problem has become: new data against old footnotes. When someone changes population numbers, those footnotes should be changed to name a new source. I put a new source for the 2006 metro population of "537,947" by citing the Demographia PDF. For the topic of USA area populations, I noticed the new article (from March 2007): "Louisiana census statistical areas" listing a table of the population counts. Such population articles in Wikipedia have the advantage of stabilizing data format, when population-demographic websites seem to change all the time; however, the formal population websites have the benefit of containing a vast amount of demographic data by household, race, origin, etc. Anyway, having source footnotes is good, but footnotes should be checked to spot out-of-date claims. "Every silver lining has a dark cloud." -Wikid77 03:57, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Lafgovlogo.gif
Image:Lafgovlogo.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 21:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Lafayette and fiber optics
Would anyone like to pull from this and add to the article? The Advocate-Viridis 21:02, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it is relevant and should be added because the city is a notable participant in the municipal broadband debate. 99.175.87.54 (talk) 06:34, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Media
I suggest removing the Lafayette Grapevine item in the Media section. This site appears to produce no original content. If Lafayette Grapevine is worthy of listing on Wikipedia, why not every LiveJournal page or Facebook feed from Lafayette? This section should be for either professional media, or amateur media that has clearly demonstrated its ability to create content and draw an audience. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThePhantomCopyEditor (talk • contribs) 16:17, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Media, lists, Fiber to the Home
I'm working on taking the sections with lists and making them into more of a paragraph form. I also agree that Lafayette Grapevine be removed, for the same reasons you cite. I've also added an article LUSFiber about Lafayett'es FTTH project, and the struggles Lafayette had in getting it started. I'm not great, but if anybody would like to add more info, clean it up better, anything like that I'd really appreciate it. The FTTH project is a big deal, and it's made a buzz across the nation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcarriere (talk • contribs) 23:05, 9 January 2010 (UTC)