Talk:Ponce, Puerto Rico

List of notable ponceños
I think the list should be eliminated. It is bound to turn endless and is completely subjective to what one thinks is "notable". A category for "Ponceños" could serve the same purpose. I think the same applies to similar lists in all municipalities articles. I also think the anthem doesn't belong here, just like there's not a single article I could find on any city, town, or country that includes or even mentions the anthem, other than in the infobox. Thief12 (talk) 14:45, 24 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree with your rationale about becoming endless, but disagree that the list should be eliminated altogether. I have reintroduced a new list, but listing only those individuals that filled this strict criteria (which I think is a fair compromise):
 * (1) Must have been born in Ponce - i.e., just raised in the city, or lived most of his/her life in the city, or current-resident-but-not-born-there, etc., don't qualify as Ponceños,
 * (2) Must have either national (e.g., USA-level) or international recognition/stature/impact - i.e., personalities with mostly local (Island-wide or City-wide) recognition don't qualify as notable,
 * (3) There must already be an existing Wikipedia article on the person, and
 * (4) There must already be another, separate, Wikipedia article on the subject matter (e.g., Miss Universe, Medal of Freedom, National Baseball Hall of Fame, etc) that makes the person notable.
 * If you have a better idea, let me know preferably at my talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rob99324 (talk • contribs) 05:23, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Reference cleanup
I have removed a disturbing number of commercial and other non-notable external links clearly not meeting WP:RS as references, and I'm sure there are plenty more in this and other related articles that won't withstand scrutiny. Flowanda | Talk 05:51, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Comment by User talk:76.228.44.108
"A country is a geographical region considered to be the physical territory of a sovereign state, or of a smaller, or former, political division within a geographical region. Usually, but not always, a country coincides with a sovereign territory and is associated with a state, nation or government. Puerto Rico is a country. Puerto Rico has its own olympic team, culture and national identity."

Added to new section by QuAz  GaA  23:11, 8 August 2010 (UTC).

No weather station?
Ponce doesn't have a climate box, so I assume no weather reporting station. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.162.42.75 (talk) 00:53, 17 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi there. I was able to find a weather reporting station for Ponce. It is located at Ponce 4 E, which has records extending back to 1898. I have added the climate data for that station. Ssbbplayer (talk) 16:42, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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Coat of arms/Shield edit reverted
I have left User:Viiticus a message on his/her talk page to discuss, on this page, the change s/he made to the Ponce coat of arms in this edit of 21:00, 4 May 2023. I reverted the edit s/he made until s/he can gain WP:CONSENSUS that his/her replacement COA it is more beneficial to the article than the one that had been there for over 15 years. Regards, Mercy11 (talk) 23:28, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't like either of them. The original one is 6790 lines long, far longer than necessary; and may be a machine-conversion from a bitmap file, with concerns about copyright. The proposed replacement is one line long, an absurdly long line, making it difficult for anyone to work with. Maproom (talk) 07:43, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * 3805 lines long, the newly created COA for Ponce reflects a design that has been seen for many years to represent the Ponce COA, but pasant per description. --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 03:25, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * This version of the Ponce lion COA has been on the Ponce article since November 21 2004 with this change:
 * In my revert edit summary I wrote "replaced with version that's been on the article" because the image of the Ponce lion COA has been consistent since 2004. My "poor quality svg" was based on the image that had been on the article since 2004. I recently created a higher quality svg and made it passant. Please keep in mind that the Ponce COA lion has never been a "heraldic lion" with claws and tongue sticking out, etc.  Thank you. --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 16:32, 18 August 2023 (UTC)