Talk:Sioux Falls, South Dakota/Archive 1

Well It's Supposed To Be There
live in Sioux Falls and see downtown every day. Have you never been past downtown or seen it from that angle?

--Talyubittu 06:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I have tried to edit a section that shows the DMA or market area population of Sioux Falls. I think that it is important to have it in is article. Go to www.freedemographics.com and sign up for a free account. Look at the DMA for Sioux Falls-Sioux City. There are over a million people in the market and Sioux Falls is the center piece. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajmeyer522 (talk • contribs) 03:59, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

That's a big image
And I'm not sure that it does a good job of describing anything in Sioux Falls. It's cool looking, the way they made the photo, but I just drove past that place 10 minutes ago and it doesn't look anything like that... David Bergan 02:44, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

demographics revision
Unless I for some reason see any objections, I will likely take out the last paragraph in the demographics section, because none of the statements have anything to do with demographics. The Michelangelo thing is redundant, and the Money-Ryder bits should go under history. User:AlexiusHoratius 01:00 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Other revision suggestions
I was thinking about combining the 'major companies' and 'shopping' sections into an 'economy' section, as is done in most other articles about cities.

Also, many statements here sound as though they come from a Chamber of Commerce publication, such as the one about SF being "a healthy and vibrant community" or "Sioux Falls is the shopping destination of the central plains". I am unsure what the "central plains" even means, and residents of Chicago, Kansas City, or the Twin Cities would likely disagree with that statement. AlexiusHoratius 20:15, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I would like to insert a link to Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (the EROS Center), but I cannot see where it would fit within the structure of this article. It is "government," but Sioux Falls has no section for government. (It's akso a major element of the local economy (600 employees), but it does not fit in "Major companies" because it is not a company.) --orlady 19:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism Today
This article really got hit hard today... Spiesr 17:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Can someone add a picture with a little more lighting? It makes the city look dirty and gloomy.

I really didn't like the following sentence, "but extends somewhat into Lincoln County." It's alright if you want to leave it that way though. I thought it would be better to say, "and extends into Lincoln county." What do others think?

Geography edits

 * I've moved the geo. section ahead of economy, as it seems to be done this way with most other U.S. cities.
 * Added climate section and graph (forgot to include an edit summary)
 * Took out most of the list of "suburbs". This list was rather bulky and I'm not sure that some of the towns included (Valley Springs etc.) are large or close enough to SF to properly be called suburbs. Perhaps a new (small) suburb section in the future...AlexiusHoratius 05:11, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Added sourced metro section, lest I anger any Sioux Falls exurbanites. AlexiusHoratius 02:24, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Redid parks section. The old one was only about falls park and it was a bit ad-sounding. I also moved one of the falls pics to the additional photo section. It was causing a massive white gap between the climate paragraph and temp table. I feel a bit bad about moving someone else's photo, but I think two photos of the falls are enough for the general article. AlexiusHoratius 03:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

History of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
I've created a main article for the History of Sioux Falls, South Dakota by initially moving the history section from here and adding section headings. The original section here is too wordy for a basic description, too focused on the 19th century, weak on the 20th, and seemingly taken word for word from the siouxfalls.org website. I'll probably cut down some of the 19th century stuff in the sioux falls article, and try to add to the 20th a bit.AlexiusHoratius 00:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

OK- I've cut down the original history section a bit (see above), and added a paragraph on Citibank, economic diversification, etc, etc. Also, I moved the 'Money magazine' thing to the history section from economy. (It has been 15 years, after all) AlexiusHoratius 09:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

politics
I added a politics section as many other cities have one, and I think that it is somewhat important when describing a city. However, I was only able to get raw election data by county, and not for the city. (I specified area in the paragraph, but the article is about the city...I don't know...) But I don't think I was off-base in describing the city as GOP-leaning, though. SF is not exactly a bastion of leftist politics. AlexiusHoratius 09:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

economy
I replaced the old economy section and added an employer table - much of the old section was just a list of chain stores. The new one could still be improved, though. AlexiusHoratius 00:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

falls park city photo
the curent shot does not do this fine city justice at all infact it makes it look gehto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SiouxFalls54.jpg - for refrence 1ajs


 * So take a better one - A rather more difficult task than one may think if one considers that the "skyline" is about ten stories high. AlexiusHoratius 17:04, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Nickname/Mott
"Gateway to the Plains" sounds more like a nickname than a motto. 68.40.65.164 23:12, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Team Logos
As fair use images, these logos, as they are likely under copyright, are probably ok for the articles about the teams, but putting them here may be pushing it a bit. I can't recall a single example of logos of sports teams showing up on other city articles. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 13:32, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Sfspitfire.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:SiouxFallsCanaries.JPG
Image:SiouxFallsCanaries.JPG 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 lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 05:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

New Infobox Picture
I've replaced the old infobox picture, as it did look a bit grim, with a new one looking down Phillips Ave. in downtown. I've found that a really good overhead shot of the skyline is basically impossible without a helicopter. From the ground, every decent shot of downtown had powerlines or billboards or trees in front of it; I think the buildings are simply too low and spread out to get a decent skyline picture. So, I've decided to go with more of an 'up-close' shot, like the one that is used in the featured article for Grand Forks. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 21:28, 22 June 2008 (UTC)