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ASARCO smelter at Ruston and its legacy of pollution

Why is this prominent part of Tacoma's history and ongoing troubles not mentioned at all? Just because the little enclave in Tacoma where the smelter sat was separately incorporated? Dicklyon (talk) 05:07, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll collect some web-accessible sources here, and maybe I'll write something up, or someone might help.

There are plenty more. Dicklyon (talk) 04:12, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

More information needed

See the Tacoma riot of 1885. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C0:7C80:8401:3891:B6A6:C553:4AE3 (talk) 16:34, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I stupidly over-looked the fact that the riot is actually in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C0:7C80:8401:3891:B6A6:C553:4AE3 (talk) 16:38, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 25 September 2019

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. WP:SNOW closure, as with any proposed move that goes against WP:USPLACE. (closed by non-admin page mover) feminist (talk) 16:29, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tacoma, Washington → Tacoma – The page Tacoma already redirects here, so the present title seems like unnecessary disambiguation. The city seems a likely primary topic based on both long-term significance and usage in published sources: according to William Bright, the name comes from a Native American word for Mount Rainier, of which the city in Washington is the namesake; other U.S. places derive their name from this original usage. The first few pages of GBooks search results for "Tacoma" are predominantly about the city. Similar titles in Wikipedia include Baltimore, Dallas, Denver, etc. Sangdeboeuf (talk) 05:02, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose per WP:USPLACE, a longstanding guideline based on consensus from years of these kinds of discussions. As Tacoma is not listed in the AP Stylebook's list of cities, it still requires the state qualifier. Tacoma is also not a major city at the national level and is almost never referred to without the state. Sounder Bruce 05:42, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
As noted here and in similar discussions while I agree this is unnessesarry disambiguation and falls foul of WP:CONCISE, WP:USPLACE specifies that its common usage in the United States and should remain. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:07, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:USPLACE and above. This is its common usage (it's rarely seen without the state name). Paintspot Infez (talk) 00:03, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, WP:USPLACE. Tacoma does not fall under the AP Stylebook exception like Baltimore, Dallas, and Denver do. Please see Wikipedia:Perennial proposals#Remove state from US placenames for the rationale of WP:USPLACE. The consensus in the numerous archived discussions regarding WP:USPLACE (listed near the top of WT:NCGN) is that a consistent convention, commonly-used by most reliable American sources, overrides conciseness on these article names. Zzyzx11 (talk) 07:04, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

2019 United States Census Bureau American Community Survey estimates

The ACP is a reliable source so why is it being removed? It is currently more accurate than the 2010 census numbers.Patapsco913 (talk) 22:18, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Racial Makeup of Tacoma (2019)^[1]

White alone (63.71%)

Black alone (11.51%)

Native American alone (1.82%)

Asian alone (6.19%)

Pacific Islander alone (1.03%)

Some other race alone (5.31%)

Two or more races (10.43%)

Racial/Ethnic Makeup of Tacoma excluding Hispanics from Racial Categories (2019)^[1]
NH=Non-Hispanic

White NH (58.05%)

Black NH (11.20%)

Native American NH (1.01%)

Asian NH (6.13%)

Pacific Islander NH (0.99%)

Other race NH (0.48%)

Two or more races NH (9.38%)

Hispanic Any Race (12.75%)

Racial Makeup of Hispanics in Tacoma (2019)^[1]

White alone (44.37%)

Black alone (2.43%)

Native American alone (6.36%)

Asian alone (0.47%)

Pacific Islander alone (0.31%)

Other race alone (37.84%)

Two or more races (8.21%)

I think that they are perfectly OK to use until the census results are announced. At that point, they would need an update. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 19:37, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The captions need to specify that these are ACS estimates, separate from the decennial census, and should be prose-only to match the rest of the section. Sounder Bruce 19:15, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "B03002 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE - Tacoma, Washington - 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

The pie graphs on the main page are different than the ones shown here. And they don’t correspond to the percentages listed. I’m surprised no one caught this yet. Please correct the errors. Thanks

Mid-sized urban port city

User:KidAd reverted an edit which read:

"A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound..."

to read:

"A mid-sized urban port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound..."

If it's a city, it's probably urban. Also, how big is "mid-sized"? Kind of unencyclopedic..."mid-sized". The input of others would be appreciated. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:10, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

mid-sized urban port city has been the language on the page since as early as April 2006. The change, with the edit summary size is subjective, and all cities are urban, was clearly made in error. Size, of course, is not objective. 15 feet is 15 feet. One block is one block. A city with 200,000 residents is not a city of 1,000,000 residents. KidAd • SPEAK 23:32, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Disambiguation of Tacoma Redirect

Hello everybody, I am requesting that Tacoma should not redirect to this city, but to Toyota Tacoma. See here the page view stats in the past 30 days: the city received 36,610 views, while the car received 50,352 views! Additionally, I would like to prove my point with a search browser. If you may, please search up “Tacoma” and see if you get results about the car or the city; it is clear that Tacoma has gained more attention than the city. Now this isn’t a move to change Toyota Tacoma into Tacoma, this is just a friendly redirect change. Thanks for your attention, and have a great rest of your day. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 15:51, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

H.C. Weaver Productions

Hello, I am new to editing Wikipedia articles and have been tasked with editing a Wikipedia article for a college assignment. I am interested in Tacoma's cinematic history, and specifically the H.C. Weaver Production Company, which was located at present day Titlow Beach. I would like to add several other facts about the Weaver Studios that I obtained reading a non-fiction book about the history of Tacoma, Hidden Histories of Tacoma: Little-Known Tales from the City of Destiny. First, I would like to add that the H.C. Weaver Production company was the first film-production studio in the Pacific Northwest. Second, I would like to add that the first film produced in Tacoma was Hearts and Fists, which starred John Bowers. I also want to add that this film's premiere was in Tacoma, at the Rialto Theatre, which still stands today. I also plan to add the fact that the studios were burned to the ground in 1932 and were not rebuilt. Several films were lost in the fire as old nitrate-based negatives failed to survive. Willemquigley (talk) 20:23, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Willemquigley: I suggest that you create a draft article about Weaver Productions instead of adding that information here. The Tacoma article is meant to be a summary/overview of the city as a whole, and undue weight towards a comparatively minor company would not be in the best interest of readers here. Sounder Bruce 00:07, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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[Tacoma-B03002-2019-1] "B03002 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE - Tacoma, Washington - 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

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