Talk:Louisiana/Archive 2

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Official language
The lead says English was made the "only official language of the state" in 1921, based on this source (page 11). The body says the State Constitution made it the "de jure official language" in 1811, based on this rather dubious source. The problems with the second statement include the source's general reliability (it's apparently an advocacy organization, not a scholarly source) and the fact that it claims some unnamed statute, not the State Constitution, as the legal basis - the Constitution apparently was only adopted in 1812, so it can't have made anything an official language in 1811. This is particularly troubling since our article is formatted to make it appear that the "de jure official language" part is a quote from the State Constitution. According to Wikisource the 1812 constitution said this: "Sect. 15th. All laws that may be passed by the Legislature, and the public records of this State, and the judicial and legislative written proceedings of the same, shall be promulgated, preserved and conducted in the language in which the constitution of the United States is written." I'll rewrite the body of the article to reflect that, but I assume the main difference compared to the lead is the "only English" part, which technically is absent from the 1812 constitution. Huon (talk) 18:52, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

I'd like to point out that Southern American English is not the only dialect of English in Louisiana. There are several, including Cajun English and New Orleans English in addition to Southern English which is pretty restricted to the northern part of the state. As a native of Lafayette, Southern English is very unusual here, and is used almost exclusively by people not native to south Louisiana. As such, why does the English entry under the official language link to Southern American English? I don't feel comfortable switching it to either of the other two major dialects, so I'm just going to link it to American English instead. Hangmanwa7id (talk) 21:00, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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Music
I think a brief description of "The Music of Louisiana" before giving the link to the article would be necessary. Uvinno (talk) 16:15, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

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Update the map of Louisiana, it got flooded!
LOuisiana does have Baton Rouge anymore. Louisiana's Boot got flooded. Now you need to update Map of Louisiana. Edit and update map of LOuisiana.174.44.64.225 (talk) 13:21, 25 August 2016 (UTC) (EDT)

Voodoo
Would it be worth mentioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Voodoo on this page? It is something I associated with the state (albeit as a non-american) and was surprised it wasn't mentioned here. Mell0man80 (talk) 15:36, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

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Slave Revolt of 1811, apparently at least 500 slaves revolted Jan 8, 1811 to become free and establish a territory they could be free. They marched towards New Orleans, shouting Freedom or Death. They intended to free other slaves as they marched about 30 miles. State and Federal forces put down the rebellion on Jan 11, 1811. Many rebellious slaves were beheaded and their heads put on poles to warn other slaves to not rebel, the line of poles bearing heads, stretched for 6 miles.

https://zinnedproject.org/2014/01/louisianas-heroic-1811-slave-revolt/ http://sfbayview.com/2013/07/new-orleans-1811-slave-revolt-tour-raises-funds-to-rebuild-libraries-in-haiti/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.255.12.212 (talk) 15:14, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

pronunciation of name
There is only one correct way to pronounce Louisiana. The French named it after King Louis XIV. Check your gender specifics on your etymology. It should be pronounced Luziana. If it were named after Queen Louisa, it would be Luiziana. Panthor8 (talk) 12:59, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Some proposed changes to education section
Information to be added or removed: I propose adding the below text in quotes to the education section of the page:

"Louisiana ranked 49th in the nation for educational performance, according to Education Week’s Quality Counts 2018 report. It earned an overall score of 67.5 out of 100 points and a grade of D-plus. By comparison, the nation received a score of 75.2 or a C.

Louisiana posted a C-minus in the Chance-for-Success category, ranking 49th on factors that contribute to a person’s success both within and outside the K-12 education system. Louisiana received a mark of C-minus and finished 28th for School Finance. It ranked 51st with a grade of D-minus on the K-12 Achievement Index."

Explanation of issue: I believe this text would enhance the page, adding information on the quality of the state's K-12 education which is not currently available on the page. I'm asking your consideration because I work for Education Week. I apologize if I've misformatted this or left out information you need to make a decision - I'm rather new at this.

References supporting change: this is the source I'd cite: Csmithepe (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2019 (UTC)Csmithepe

Reply 11-FEB-2019
Regards,  Spintendo   21:08, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Please provide a source unconnected to Education Week for this claim.

"Loisiana" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Loisiana. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 22:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Louisiana for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Louisiana is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 13:28, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Separate environmental/coastal section?
Louisiana's coastal erosion is important for understand the state, and in particular the current environmental/natural disaster conditions there. Creating a separate environmental section would allow us to expand on the coastal issues the state faces as well how this relates to natural disasters within the state. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rivere123 (talk • contribs) 19:16, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Geology links

 * Geology
 * Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana, 2008
 * Generalized Geology of Louisiana (text to Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana)
 * Loess Map of Louisiana
 * Other Louisiana Geological Maps
 * Louisiana Geofacts

Government

 * Official State of Louisiana website
 * Louisiana State Guide, from the Library of Congress
 * Louisiana State Databases: Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Louisiana state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
 * Census Statistics on Louisiana

U.S. government

 * Energy Profile for Louisiana
 * USDA Louisiana Statistical Facts
 * USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Louisiana
 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district: Steve Scalise—Website
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district: Cedric Richmond—Website Campaign Website
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district: Charles Boustany—Website
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district: John C. Fleming—Website
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district: Ralph Abraham—Website
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district: Garret Graves—Website

News media

 * The Times-Picayune major Louisiana newspaper
 * WWL-TV Louisiana television station

Ecoregions

 * Ecoregions of Louisiana
 * Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Tourism
--- Otr500 (talk) 09:49, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Official site of Louisiana tourism
 * Official site of the New Orleans Convention & Tourism Bureau
 * Official site of New Orleans Plantation Country tourism

Requested move of La
There is a current move request that may be of interest to watchers of this page. Currently LA redirects to Los Angeles. If the request is approved, LA would be a disambiguation page with the content currently at La. See talk:La --Trovatore (talk) 21:29, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Deep south?
why is Louisana considered Deep south? what is the difference between the deep south and south? can't we just add south and everything will be fine? honestly adding deep to it makes Louisiana sound like it is stuck in the 19th/20th century. --246700Sarhan (talk) 19:30, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Notification: Housing in Louisiana
A request has been submitted to WikiProject Louisiana for a new article to be created on the topic of Housing in Louisiana. Please join the discussion or consider contributing to the new article. Best regards, -- M2545 (talk) 13:44, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

"Arkansas Bay" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Arkansas Bay. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 16 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Hog Farm Talk 06:32, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

จำนวน
ตัวบท วียอนี วัตรปฏิบัติ สมมติฐาน ฐาปนา พ ต มด พบ ฒน์ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.144.71.116 (talk) 02:35, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Persistant uncited number changes, autoconfirmed edit filter requested
Can an admin apply an autoconfirmed edit filter on this page to stop this persistent and ongoing issue from a number of IPs who are probably all one person? It is the same edit over and over, an uncited change to the percentage of French speakers in the state. This has been going on for well over a month now. He  iro  10:33, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Any admin page watchers out there? (and what is probably same user on other IPs) has been making this one unreferenced number change over and over since at the minimum of 21 October, 2023. That's 3 months of every several days someone has to revert. IP, from their last edit summary, is aware they need a reference, but have made no indication they will ever provide one. They've been warned at their talk, numerous requests for a ref have been asked for in edit summaries. Is a semi protect an option?  He  iro  10:48, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I have done so for 3 months. In the future, please direct your request for protection to WP:RFPP for faster response.  -- Jayron 32 13:42, 11 January 2023 (UTC)