Talk:Roanoke, Virginia

Schools
Anonymous contributors keep adding in schools that are not in Roanoke City. I've tried to clean up that section to make it more explicit. –BozoTheScary 15:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Is North Side Christian in Roanoke City? It is on the edge of the map on Google Maps. –BozoTheScary 15:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Stonewall Jackson Middle School was renamed John P. Fiswhick Middle School. The name change has been finalized and changes have been made to the building and the school website. This should be updated. There is no consensus required. This information is fact and this wiki article is no longer correct. https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/roanoke/roanoke-school-board-decides-on-name-change-for-stonewall-jackson-middle https://fishwick.rcps.info/
 * , if you are concerned about it, fix it. ~ GB fan 19:38, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Userbox
I just created a Roanoke user box available for your use shown at right. Patriarca12 21:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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but woudl someone add the exact point that separates nw sw ne se i believe tht the roanoke times alluded to jefferson st being the e-w line but what is the n-s line ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.254.189.92 (talk) 20:03, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Possible source
I've taken the liberty of moving the comment below, made today by a very new editor, so more ppl will see it. I have notified him of my action on his talk page. John from Idegon (talk) 05:02, 7 July 2014 (UTC)


 * This is an excellent historiography which contains much information which might constitute glaring absences:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-1113103-100724/unrestricted/Dotson_Jr_dis.pdf


 * Roanoke was likely incorporated on fraudulent population count that did not match census.
 * Early days as extraordinarily atypical company town with incredibly weak government, lack of infrastructure (hospitals, police, sewers, roads)
 * Industrialization and the resultant marginalization of African-American communities; famous lynching, riot, and government turmoil in 1893
 * Kilgoar (talk) 01:35, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Edit request - 6 December 2014
Per the United States Census 2013 population estimate, could someone update the population table to reflect an estimated population of 98,465 for 2013? Here's the source: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk (Roanoke is rank 298)

Thanks.

Bwryan2006 (talk) 15:42, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 12 January 2016
Roanoke is an independent city in the southern U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 97,032. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia.

Fermat65537 (talk) 14:23, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Removed '(formerly Big Lick)' from the article because it is a source of confusion. The city hasn't been Big Lick since the 19th century(cf. the article itself under the 'Incorporation' header. As a resident of Roanoke, when I travel it is already a large enough source of confusion that people think I am from Roanoke Island- I don't think we need to add an old nickname for the town before it was incorporated as a city to the very first mention of the name of the city itself- it is sufficient to include the name 'Big Lick' under the incorporation header.
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Edit request on 29 April 2017
Please edit the City Seal. The seal has changed. Current seal is on the right: http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/city-seal-is-a-timeless-symbol-of-why-we-exist/article_454bab32-f8a8-5e27-a0db-0abd647d0f2f.html

Please change in government section name of current Mayor. David Bowers is former Mayor. Sherman Lea is current Mayor. http://roanokeva.gov/989/City-Council

Request made by Timothy Martin, Citizen Engagement Officer, City of Roanoke.


 * Both done.Abel (talk) 17:19, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2017
The city seal is incorrect. This is the old seal. Please update this to reflect the correct version. Also, David Bowers is referenced as the current Mayor in the body of text. He is not the current Mayor. Sherman Lea is the current Mayor. 4.79.207.123 (talk) 12:43, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Both already done.Abel (talk) 17:18, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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Multiple Updates
The multiple sections need a major overhaul as they have apparently has not been updated since the Great Recession. E.g.

• Wachovia Bank is now Wells Fargo;

• Norfolk Southern no longer has its marketing operations in Roanoke; • Companies that need mentioning are PowerSchool, GE Digital/Meridium , Anthem BlueCross Blue Shield; Deschutes Brewery deserves a mention and their tap room

• Need mention of Innovation District

• Need mention of RAMP program

• Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine has been open for ten years now (article says it is going to open) and plans significant expansion.

•Taubman Museum of Art has been open for almost 10 years now...probably not considered "new" any more and a paragraph dedicated to the immediate public response to the building or someone's opinion on its architectural appropriateness of it seems irrelevant. Center in the Square has been remodeled and includes a pin ball museum and butterfly habitat, etc.

• Roanoke no longer hosts the Commonwealth Games.

• Under "Landmarks and Points of Interest," Virginia's Explore Park is not in the City of Roanoke; there should be some mention of the Grandin Theater, Elmwood Park, Dr. Pepper Park, etc...I am sure there is much more

This is just a start to the to-do list. I'll get started when I have some time, but if anyone else wants to take the wheel, go for it. Treefingers1206 (talk) 17:02, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Music and dance
Doing a drive-by spell-check, I found, and have deleted, a fair amount of promotional wording, peacock phrasing and cut/pasting of copyright content, as well as irrelevant and verbose detail from the sections relating to music and dance. Earwig's copyvio tool doesn't seem to flag up other transgressions, but editors who watch this page might like to take a more detailed look into this, and perhaps add citations to support many of the unreferenced statements to which I have added 'cn' tags. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:34, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2017
I am the webmaster for three of the external links listed on this page. Old Roanoke - A photographic history of Roanoke Virginia, The Lendy's Web Page, and The Kenney's Web Page. All of these links are no longer correct, and I would like to update them. The current URL's are as follows.

Old Roanoke http://oldroanoke.online The Lendy's Web Page http://oldroanoke.online/lendys/ The Kenney's Web Page http://kenneys.oldroanoke.online

Thank You Archer Gravely Twigvette (talk) 01:13, 22 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: I've updated the first one. The other two do not appear to meet the guideline for external links; I have removed those (along with various others). Thanks for your interest in Wikipedia! Rivertorch   FIRE WATER   20:20, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Politics?
What's up with the blank Politics section? It looks really strange and confusing with just the elections box--anyone have even a small paragraph's worth of info that could be added? (I'll try to look into it myself but I'm not sure I'll be able to get around to it anytime soon.) - Liv Handsome (talk) 00:50, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 July 2018
Change the name of Stonewall Jackson Middle School in the Education section to John P. Fishwick Middle School. The school board announced the name change today. http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/School-board-makes-final-decision-to-change-name-of-middle-school-488263161.html?SAJGFD SheltieDad (talk) 16:51, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * You'll need to get a consensus for your change. The source you provided only indicated they have decided to change the name. It will be changed when that decision is implemented. John from Idegon (talk) 17:05, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Sam Sailor 17:10, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 May 2020
Bob Goodlatte has retired from Congress. The new represenative for VA's 6th District is Ben Cline. VP Not Sure (talk) 07:53, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Could not find appropriate reference in relation to including Cline in the article, so elected to only remove the sentence referring to Goodlatte. Jack Frost (talk) 11:26, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Parks and rec
The Parks and Recreation section really needs some work. I was surprised to do a Ctrl+F for 'greenway' and find no hits in this article. As great as I'm sure the Roanoke Valley Chess Club is, it shouldn't be the only item mentioned in the section, and it could stand to have a citation for its claim about being the oldest continuing club in the state. I'll work on it when I can, but any assistance would be appreciated. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 13:12, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Timeline
Hello all. I'm in the process of giving this article a much needed update and some general improvements, with the eventual goal of nominating it for good article status. I'm currently working on the History section, creating a mostly chronological narrative that attempts to provide a better overview than the 'Railroads and coal' section that has been there, which is essentially more of a history of N&W than Roanoke and only contains two citations.

My issue lies with the 'Timeline of Roanoke, Virginia' section that begins 'History'. In its current state it is largely an arbitrary selection of events (the founding of two synagogues are listed, for instance, but no other congregations, and I question the notability of the establishment of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court). By default the timeline is collapsed in desktop mode, but on mobile it defaults to being shown, and takes up an unnecessary amount of real estate on the page.

Considering that I'm turning much of the relevant material from the timeline into prose, I'd like to see the timeline itself either split into its own article and fleshed out there (as is the case on many US city GA articles), or simply removed from the Roanoke article once the History section is more complete. That's a fairly substantial change for the article, however, so I wanted to solicit feedback here and try to find consensus before doing anything too drastic. Thanks in advance. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 16:10, 31 May 2023 (UTC)