Talk:Louisville, Kentucky/Archive 13

Listed companies in lede
I like most of the rework done yesterday. It was a nice set of cleanups/reworks, and I applaud them. However, I think that the addition of specific companies to the lede is something we'll regret if they don't remove them. Specifically, I think "the Humana and Kindred health care companies and Yum! Brands, who operate KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell" should be deleted because 1) it's too specific for a lede; 2) even though the companies are listed in good faith corresponding to "Fortune 500 companies", I've found that lists attract inappropriate additions, and the lede is especially a place where we don't want such continual distractions. Stevie is the man! Talk &bull; Work 10:47, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Notable People
I'd like for this article to follow the model of nearby cities Indianapolis and Cincinnati and remove the "Notable People" section and place the List of people from Louisville, Kentucky in the "See also" section. Who belongs in this shortened (yet still long) list is very subjective (beyond a few obvious superstars like Muhammad Ali), and so I think it just invites too much back-and-forth editing. Yeas or nays? Stevie is the man! Talk &bull; Work 11:05, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Moved some content to two sub-articles
For the sake of reducing this article and removing comparatively unimportant (but still notable) information, much of the content I deleted today was moved to Sports in Louisville, Kentucky and List of attractions and events in Louisville, Kentucky. More reduction is necessary, but I figured that what I removed is low-hanging fruit. Stevie is the man! Talk &bull; Work 15:30, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Structure
Hi. I'm going through all the US Cities (as per List of United States cities by population) in an effort to provide some uniformity in structure. Anyone have an issue with me restructuring this article as per WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. I won't be changing any content, merely the order. Occasionally, I will also move a picture just to clean up spacing issues. I've already gone through the top 20 or so on the above list, if you'd like to see how they turned out. Thoughts? Onel5969 (talk) 15:45, 20 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Finished the re-ordering, since there was no response to my earlier post. On the whole, there wasn't a lot of re-ordering to be done, since the article followed the guidelines pretty closely. One issue I encountered was in the History section.  This page had a "Name" section, which included information mostly found in the Lead section in other articles.  Rather than do an edit of the Lead section and incorporate it, I left it as its own subsection under History.  But someone might want to incorporate it into the lead section.  As a result, I also broke up the main history section into three sections. Onel5969 (talk) 14:49, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Figuring out what to do with the Name content fits very well into Step 1 of the process of making this a GA article, as I outline below. By the way, thank you for your work.  Aligning this article's structure with other city articles went a long way toward making it GA.  Stevie is the man!  Talk &bull; Work 13:08, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

What I'm doing to improve this article
As you may have noticed, I've been making many changes to this article. My goal is to ultimately make this a GA article, in two main steps. I've been gradually working on the first step off and on for a while.

Step 1: Reduce the article while fixing various issues (like correcting grammar or updating stats). This includes moving information to subarticles or simply removing fluff content. I have made much progress on this, but I think there's still more that can be cut out. Before I started, this article simply was way too long and difficult to consume because of that length. A main article is supposed to summarize the most notable aspects of a subject, while subarticles should go into more detail.

Step 2: With the newly lean article, add citations for as much of the content as possible. If citations can't be found, then either 1) keep the content if it's reasonable and probably has a source out there somewhere (marked with a request for citation); or 2) rework or delete that content.

At the end of this process, we should have a much improved article about Louisville. If anyone would like to help with these steps, please dig in! Let's make this a lean, mean GA article! Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 12:59, 21 June 2014 (UTC)


 * There's also a potential "Step 3" if the above is completed: Adding any substantive "missing" content as suggested in the to-do's.   Stevie is the man!  Talk &bull; Work 13:02, 21 June 2014 (UTC)


 * It's looking much better. I look at structure, from a city project viewpoint, which this article now fits into.  I also keep an eye on pages I've restructured, to ensure that any additional content is cited, if needed.  I don't go back over the article, which is something User:Stevietheman is doing.  Anything which states a fact or statistic should be cited.  Two other things which every article needs is someone to go over:  a) to ensure that all the images used are either free or have a fair use doctrine cited; and b) ensure that any of the verbiage used meets the WP:PARAPHRASE threshold.  Onel5969 (talk) 14:45, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your thoughts, and you're totally right as far as I'm concerned. Stevie is the man!  Talk &bull; Work 15:31, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Louisville
While working on this article, I've also been in the process of restoring WikiProject Louisville to its former utility and hopefully beyond. I've fully restored its Change patrol function, so all articles and other pages related to the Louisville metro area can be monitored for vandalism or other changes that need further cleanup. I've also scanned the Wikipedia in search of articles that belong in the project and added ones that were missing. Some current issues are that the assessment table is out-of-date (the tool that generates it has been down a lot lately) and some of the interior project pages (departments) need more updates to bring them fully up-to-date.

Please check out the project if you're interested, and perhaps even consider becoming a member. Also, if you have any ideas/suggestions or are interested in helping out with what I'm calling a modernization/relaunch of the project, please reply to this project talk post. Thanks for reading! Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 23:35, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Update: The assessment table is now up-to-date. All its figures now reflect the current status of WikiProject Louisville including over 5,000 pages (over 10K if you count talk pages).  Stevie is the man!  Talk • Work 23:17, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Removal of content about the city's class status
The info about the city's class is longstanding content, and the removal appears to be based on WP:IDONTLIKEIT and a demonstrated concern by a user about Louisville in comparison to Lexington. This content actually fits in perfectly into a discussion about the city in relation to the state, and if a user wants to bring up guidelines that suggest otherwise, here is the space to discuss it. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 01:54, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

I have invited to the discussion, as this is the individual insisting on the change. Also,, I think you may be interested. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 02:03, 10 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I am not adverse to removing the information, just have not seen any references which back up that position. Until there are, it should remain.  Onel5969 (talk) 03:30, 10 August 2014 (UTC)


 * It should be noted that this fact is indeed a highly unique fact about Louisville. It is the only city in the world that is a first-class city in the state of Kentucky.  And since the first paragraph in the lead is talking about the city in relation to the state (its size making it the largest), it only stands to reason to say it's also the state's only first-class city. For this reason, and there being no guidelines-based reason (yet expressed) to remove this longstanding statement, it should stay.   Stevie is the man!  Talk • Work 11:21, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree that removing the statement seems undesirable; however, after thinking about it a bit, I think the statement should include some explanation. The meaning of the phrase "first class" is ambiguous. To the uninitiated, saying that Louisville is the state's only first class city might connote that it is a more luxurious or more well-developed or somehow "classier" place than any other city in Kentucky – which might be true (or might not be true), but is not what the term properly means. Certainly the actual meaning is not clear to the average person – even to the average person in Kentucky, much less the average person reading from somewhere else. In this context, "first class" refers to a specific legal classification, established by the Kentucky legislature, that has various implications. This legal classification status is specific to Kentucky, and anyone not familiar with Kentucky law has no proper idea what it means. Unless someone unfamiliar with Kentucky law investigates further, they can only guess what it means, and they would probably guess incorrectly. Having the link to the article that explains it is helpful, but I think it would be desirable to include some explanation here as well. After all, we're not writing the article for people familiar with Kentucky legal details – anyone like that already knows a lot about Louisville. —BarrelProof (talk) 18:01, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I very much respect what you've done, although I need a day to chew on it. I have a sense this needs additional thought and/or tweaking, but I don't want to rush my thoughts into print just yet. Stevie is the man!  Talk • Work 19:31, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, I have two concerns about where this content stands at this point, one guidelines-based and the other in terms of common language. I'll tackle the latter first.  Based on my experience living in Louisville for most of my life (and I can gather verifying links if anyone wants hard evidence), the common vernacular is calling Kentucky cities 1st-class cities, 2nd-class cities,..., 6th-class cities, rather than "Class 1" and so on.  In the Wikipedia, in my experience here, it has been the norm to give higher weight to the use of common vernacular.  If the common vernacular gives someone the wrong impression, then that's why we have links for readers to drill down into what just is a 1st-class city.  This applies to any term with which the reader may be unfamiliar.


 * My second concern relates to WP:LEAD whereby the lead content is supposed to be about summarizing rather than going into explanations of things. I have a sense of over-explanation in the first paragraph, which really should be a pure summary statement.


 * My thought right now is that perhaps the best approach would be to go back to something close to the simpler statement in the lead (that Louisville is the only 1st-class city in Kentucky -- as it's a lead-y point), then place the newer longer statement somewhere else in the article, and perhaps even expand upon that. If we explain anything in the lead with regards to the class, perhaps keep it very summary, like "It is the state's only designated 1st-class city."  I think the word 'designated' will give the reader the idea that we're not saying Louisville is the classiest city in Kentucky, but that it has a distinctive designation given by the state.  Then, the reader can find out more by drilling down into the List of cities in Kentucky link, or they can see the expanded material somewhere in the article related to this.   Stevie is the man!  Talk • Work 20:16, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Personally, I wouldn't mind if you just proceed to do some editing along those lines. I generally agree with your thoughts about the proper use of the lead (and I don't really know about the common terminology). —BarrelProof (talk) 21:59, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Stevie is the man!  Talk • Work 12:59, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 20:51, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Timeline of Louisville, Kentucky
What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 10:53, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

2014 population figures
I just checked the U.S. Census site, and 2014 numbers haven't been released yet. Also, List of United States cities by population is the generally the lead article that level-sets what numbers we talk about in city articles. Currently, the most recent referenced numbers being used around the Wikipedia are from 2013. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 14:10, 6 July 2014 (UTC)


 * So there is an estimate for 2014. However, the section in which the table is contained explicitly states statistics are, unless otherwise noted, for the entire Louisville/Jefferson County metropolitan area, including other incorporated areas, and then proceeds to cite the 2014 estimate for Louisville/Jefferson County (balance), which does not include the entire metro. Now I am wondering about the other statistics. Nulbyte (talk) 14:12, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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Straw Poll: Rename this article to simply "Louisville"
Without going through any formal process (that can come later if necessary), I would just like to see if there would be any willingness to at least consider renaming this article to just "Louisville". Please !vote with the following: Rename, Undecided-Willing to Consider, or Don't Rename.

Louisville in Kentucky, U.S. is by far the largest Louisville in the world. It is at least 32 times the size of the second largest Louisville, Louisville, Colorado, and 40 times its size if you go by the population of the fully consolidated Louisville Metro. Louisville is known for the University of Louisville (usually called 'Louisville', almost never with 'Kentucky' added), an internationally well known fast food corporation (KFC), one of the most internationally renowned sporting events (Kentucky Derby--which associates the city with the state, but it's mainly the city that gets the attention), the city is the hometown of arguably one of the most famous boxers of all time ("Louisville Lip" Muhammad Ali), there's the Louisville Slugger, and then there's this article from today, which says "Louisville’s tourism agency, which is tasked with marketing the city nationally, is continuing a decade-long effort to distance the city’s national image from Kentucky’s." Also for historians, you can consider the long political and cultural separation between the city and the rest of the state going back at least to the Civil War. There's probably many more aspects I could bring up. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:09, 17 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Rename per my rationale above. Stevie is the man!  Talk • Work 19:09, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Rename on a more pedantic basis. The decision about whether Louisville, Kentucky is the most likely target of a search for Louisville seems to be undisputed, given that Louisville has redirected to this article rather than the disambiguation for the past decade. If a search for Louisville leads to this content, then ", Kentucky" is unnecessary disambiguation, and the redirect should be flipped. This is the case for Atlanta and Atlanta, Georgia, for instance. ~ RobTalk 02:16, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Rename agreement with both rationales listed Felisse (talk) 21:12, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Panorama pic should be removed
It's ugly, messy, and the caption is written in a personal, non-professional encyclopedic format.

Bomb319 (talk) 02:51, 18 May 2016 (UTC)


 * The only panorama I see in the article has no caption and it looks like a perfectly fine wide image of the city. Stevie is the man!  Talk • Work 16:16, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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Jefferson County map and the Urban Services District
Recently a map of Jefferson County was added that presented an unclear and incorrect overview to many readers. The map seemingly makes it appear that Louisville continues to maintain its pre-merger boundaries rather than what it is today, the whole county. The image itself purports to show the balance, yet it doesn't, as the balance is supposed to include all the previously unincorporated areas. Also, there is the consideration of what makes up the "Urban Services District", which is about the same as the original city limits. If we had a correct balance image, it could go into the balance article. Likewise, if we had one for the USD, it could go into Government of Louisville, Kentucky, as its an aspect of Louisville governance. But for this article, it's about Louisville Metro, and that is the entirety of Jefferson County. Am I missing something? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 14:45, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Stevie, and I’ve noticed what you are discussing. On the map they’ve only highlighted the old unincorporated, and not the USD. Thus it would of been logical to highlight both. But then again none of the other incorporated cities such as Shively, St. Matthews, Lyndon, and so on, should be highlighted, because as you know Louisville is not fully consolidated with Jefferson County, especially since there are other incorporated cities in the county. And I must say when the merger took place in 2003, there really wasn’t any big changes. All the merger really did was annex all the unincorporated into the city, but at the same time they changed the name of the old city AKA City of Louisville to the Urban Services District. And what many people don’t know is that you actually still pay taxes as if you are paying the old city or old county. For example if you live in the USD, then you would pay USD taxes, but if you live outside the USD, then you don’t pay them. The USD taxes are basically the taxes for the old city. And the old county government does still exist, albeit for judicial purposes, especially since you still have the County Clerk and County Sheriff, which are thus officials for old county, and not at all for the consolidated government of Louisville and Jefferson County. Any questions or comments hit me up. Heegoop, 16:53, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Untitled
Here area a list of source I found useful while editing the page: www.weather.gov

- factfinder.census.gov

- www.churchilldowns.com

- Louisville.com

- Book: The Encyclopedia of Louisville

- The Courier Journal and news channels like WHAS and WAVE3 Bluesyre28 (talk) 22:17, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Update needed about Louisville police brutality protests and police reform
I added an update tag because there needs to be an update to include content about protests in Louisville about the Shooting of Breonna Taylor by police and reform measures. Sydney Poore/FloNightUser talk:FloNight 01:16, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Suggest expanding on Louisville's centrality to the slave trade in the South
I suggest the Early History section needs to be expanded to more accurately convey Louisville's primacy as a slave trading center to the rest of the South. After the transatlantic slave trade was banned in the U.S. in 1808, Louisville grew as a central source for providing slaves. Louisville became a central slave trading hub for the rest of the South due to its location. Many well-known local place names of course are named after Louisville men who made their wealth from buying, reproducing, and selling enslaved human beings. Slave trading in Louisville's early history is so integral, so foundational, to the growth and prosperity of the city and its slave-owning residents I recommend more space than a single sentence or two be given on Louisville's main Wikipedia page.

Potential sources:

My Life at Oxmoor; life on a farm in Kentucky before the war https://ia800200.us.archive.org/25/items/mylifeatoxmoorli00bull/mylifeatoxmoorli00bull.pdf

The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America The Reckoning is a public radio and podcast series which traces the history and lasting impact of slavery in America by looking at how the institution unfolded in Kentucky. https://reckoningradio.org/podcast/

Patrickometry 02:20, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Higher education
Louisville has universities not listed in this article. Purdue has a campus in New Albany and Kentucky College of Art and Design is in Old Louisville. 74.132.32.179 (talk) 15:16, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

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Requested move 24 January 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jerium (talk) 17:06, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Louisville, Kentucky → Louisville – No other place would be as widely known as "Louisville", than Louisville, Kentucky, hence it fulfills WP:PRIMARYTOPIC&#32;Tbf69 16:30, 24 January 2023 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). Tbf69 16:31, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * WP:SNOW Close I don't see a point of this type of discussion as long as the guideline is in place, --Quiz shows 16:53, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Guidelines are suggestions, not hard rules. It's certainly possible that the community could decide to make some exceptions to this particular guideline, but so far it hasn't. Rreagan007 (talk) 21:51, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, at least not since 2008 when the "AP Stylebook" exception rule for major US cities was passed. Before, all articles had the "Placename, State" convention. Any subsequent discussion has either been rejected outright or ended with no consensus. Zzyzx11 (talk) 07:35, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I understand that, but I don't have a problem with a test case every now and then. Rreagan007 (talk) 02:22, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree Tbf69 17:56, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Oppose per WP:NCPLACE. Dekimasu よ! 17:38, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This falls under the WP:USPLACE guideline, as also explained on Perennial proposals. The main takeaway is basically this: a majority of reliable sources published nationally in the US will usually first refer to this city, like most other US cities, as "Louisville, Kentucky", appending the state as if it was common usage in American English, before later referring to it as "Louisville" like it was some sort of abbreviation. And always appending the state produces a consistent and predictable set of titles (see also WP:TITLECON), because repeated or otherwise ambiguous placenames are very common in the US, and thus most would require disambiguation regardless. The only cities that do not seem to have this peculiar convention seem to be those 28 or so cities (like Los Angeles and Chicago) listed by that AP Stylebook. But take almost all other cities in Kentucky, and nationally published reliable sources would still refer to them as "[X, Kentucky]" regardless of any unnecessary disambiguation here on Wikipedia. Zzyzx11 (talk) 17:41, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:USPLACE. Rreagan007 (talk) 19:16, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Snowclose per USPLACE. It isn't on the list.  O.N.R.  (talk) 20:51, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Speedy snow close should never have been attempted In ictu oculi (talk) 21:04, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * As I have said before while I'm not sure we need to include the state it is common usage.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 22:10, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support in Principle The AP Style Guide is wrong in this case, "Louisville" doesn't need the state after it and is clearly WP:PTOPIC. But the Wikipedia consensus is to blindly follow the external guide, right or wrong. - RevelationDirect (talk) 16:18, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Mention 2023 Louisville shooting
Can the 2023 Louisville shooting be mentioned somewhere on this article? Cwater1 (talk) 21:47, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Pic of the new Colonial Gardens
To have a nice, current image of Colonial Gardens for its article and other appropriate Louisville-related articles would be fantastic. I mean, the place just looks wonderful compared to how it looked before (as shown in its article). Might anyone have a pic of the remodeled main building to upload? If not, I may have to lug my butt over there and take a pic myself. At any rate, remember: the pic has to be your own work, be in the public domain, or have a compatible license for use on Wikipedia. Thanks! Stefen Towers among the rest!  Gab • Gruntwerk 09:37, 30 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and took new pics of the place and uploaded them to Wikimedia Commons and put some of them in the article. Please feel free to upload more from Colonial Gardens present and past if you like. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 04:23, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and took new pics of the place and uploaded them to Wikimedia Commons and put some of them in the article. Please feel free to upload more from Colonial Gardens present and past if you like. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 04:23, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Origin of Louisville being the "Gateway to the South"
The first record of Louisville being referred to as the "Gateway to the South" comes from the Courier Journal editor Henry Watterson in 1895 as he was addressing the GAR encampment (Union Veterans). This can be found in the Introduction of Anne Marshall's dissertation "“A STRANGE CONCLUSION TO A TRIUMPHANT WAR”: MEMORY, IDENTITY AND THE CREATION OF A CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY, 1865- 1925" for a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia. The dissertation eventually went to print as "Creating a Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a Border State. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469609836/creating-a-confederate-kentucky/ Here is the quote from Henry Watterson

"Standing before an immense crowd at the opening of the 1895 Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) encampment in Louisville, Kentucky, Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson delivered words of welcome, proclaiming, “It is . . . with a kind of exultation that I fling open the gateway to the South!”

According to Marshall Henry Watterson was speaking from a southern city's point of view.

"Many in attendance noted the irony of an ex Confederate soldier and eminent New South spokesman offering his greetings to Union veterans. What many listeners may not have noticed, however, was the manner in which Watterson cast Kentucky’s wartime position, even as he extended his wishes for sectional reconciliation. “You came, and we resisted you,” he said of Kentucky’s wartime response to men in blue, “you come and we greet you; for times change and men change with them. You will find here no sign of the battle; not a reminiscence of its passion. Grimvisaged war has smoothed his wrinkled front . . ..” Funmountainlion (talk) 17:09, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

She points out the irony of Louisville's support of the Union during the war. She continues

"Along with many of his fellow white Kentuckians, Watterson seemed to overlook the fact that his home city stood with the Union during the Civil War, and had served as a major supply center for the Union Army. Furthermore, Union veterans would have only had to wander a few blocks to the intersection of Louisville’s Third and Shipp Streets to see an unmistakable “reminiscence of passion,” a towering Confederate monument erected just a few months earlier."

Marshall's sourcing came from the Filson Historical Society

"Henry Watterson, “Address of Welcome to be delivered to the Grand Army of the Republic on Behalf of the City of Louisville,” Henry Watterson Papers, Speech Collection, Filson Club Historical Society, Louisville, Ky." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funmountainlion (talk • contribs) 17:15, 11 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Interesting information. Since article talk pages are about article development, are you requesting this be covered in an article? If so, perhaps it fits into History of Louisville, Kentucky. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 18:03, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It probably does fit into history of Louiville. As far as article development, the following needs to he revised
 * "20th and 21st centuries[edit]
 * The moniker "Gateway to the South" comes from the large number of African Americans that moved to Louisville during the period of the Great Migration in the beginning of the 20th century."
 * Maybe the moniker was used during that time but that is not where it originated from and needs to be revised.
 * It is correctly mentioned in "Louisville, Kentucky in the American Civil War" Louisville, Kentucky in the American Civil War under the Post War period. This has been a question discussed in Louisville for years and its origin has now been unearthed and documented. Funmountainlion (talk) 23:49, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The Source "Destguides" revised their article concerning the moniker due to its complexities of meanings throughout the 20th Century. Revision made to article. 2603:8001:6E00:2AC2:B07E:9853:17A8:41B2 (talk) 23:31, 28 January 2024 (UTC)