Talk:Tampa Bay

What is this supposed to be about?
Is this about the body of water or the region? On what authority are seven counties included in "Tampa Bay"? There's a lot of debate as to whether Polk and Sarasota Counties can/should be considered part of the Tampa Bay Area, not least in the counties themselves; this needs citation. And the BoSox are included in the section about sports teams because they do Spring training down in Ft Myers? Who wrote this, the Chamber of Commerce? Brooksville is the "southern belle" of Hernando County? Give me a break. The Tampa Bay area has the most consecutive days of sunshine... right, the sun managed to shine somewhere in a region the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined for 768 days. That's tourist-brochure trash and totally unverified. And saying Clearwater is on the shores of Tampa Bay, though technically correct, is extremely misleading. The entire article should be torn up and replaced with an article about the body of water itself, which is what I came here looking for in the first place. Lord knows there's plenty of information. Do we already have an article about the "Tampa Bay Area," and if not, do we actually need one? Not that I would consider porting this article into the new space. Before I "edit boldly," maybe we should have some actual discussion about this.Thehappysmith 15:38, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You need to base it on reliable sources. The US government defines the Metro area. Anyway, we do have a policy against peacock language: Peacock WhisperToMe (talk) 09:10, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Merge candidate
This article offers little of substance that is not in the (better-written, more comprehensive) Tampa Bay Area article. I am going to clear out a lot of the cruft (the Communities section reads like it is straight out of a brochure from a travel agency), since nothing here is referenced. Cleaning out the dross will make it easier to see if there is anything left worth salvaging. Horologium t-c 18:23, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Information about the ports (e.g. the Port of Tampa) should be in this article, along with historical info such as the DeSoto expedition. Demographical info should not be in this article, however, as I'm guessing that very few residents of the Tampa Bay Area actually live in Tampa Bay. ;-)  In short, let Tampa Bay Area be about the land region, and Tampa Bay be about the waters. -- JeffBillman (talk) 22:56, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

What is it?
Does anyone know what kind of estuary Tampa Bay is? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.21.186.87 (talk) 17:45, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Its geomorphology is that of a drowned river valley. I added this info to the article.TampAGS (talk) 02:03, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Bay of Espiritu Santo
The 1769 map shown above refers to the bay as "Bay of Espiritu Santo", and one of the smaller bays as "Tampa Bay". Can someone explain this in the article, please? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:40, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks like Old Tampa Bay is what's being referred to as "Tampa Bay" here, with Tampa Bay proper being "Bay of Espiritu Santo". - The Bushranger One ping only 18:03, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Merge McKay Bay?

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I just noticed that there's a separate article about McKay Bay, the smallest arm of Tampa Bay. It's not notable enough to warrant its own entry, imo, and since it's only two paragraphs long, any helpful additional info could easily be merged into this article. Thoughts, anyone? --Zeng8r (talk) 10:47, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Don't merge - the article can stand on its own as it passes WP:GEOLAND - GNIS – The Grid  ( talk )  00:31, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Support This article is very short, and I think it would fit nicely in the Tampa Bay article. Even though It technically is supported by WP:GEOLAND, it is not very useful and therefore should be merged.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghinga7 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose merge; recommend going with WP:GEOLAND; the articles are clearly linked, and so readers won't be missing out on material by having pages separate. Klbrain (talk) 15:53, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Yes, very short article, part of the whole Tampa Bay system, should be merged. If article eventually gets too large, it can be split out at that time.  Why make reader chase links?  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 18:28, 2 May 2020 (UTC)


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