Talk:George, Washington

Untitled

Removed this: ( It is the only city in the United States, named for a President.) Lincoln, Nebraska is a counterexample that pops readily to mind.

Probably someone meant something like "It's the only city that when read with its state's name afterward sounds like the name of a president" but I'm not sure of what value that particular fact might be... -- Someone else 02:15, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I am amazed at the level of random vandalism on this page. For a teeny little agricultural town of 500 people in the middle of the Columbia Basin sagebrush, it sure gets a lot of attention. Hats off to you, Mr. Brown! Nothingofwater (talk) 00:03, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't find it amazing at all. I find it perfectly "normal" (not acceptable, mind you, but normal) that people would choose to vandalize a page for a town with a unique name. -- 70.57.75.185 (talk) 21:37, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Cross-Link with Cristóbal, Colón

Just wondering why user SDY cross-linked this Columbia Gorge city's page with that of another city on the Panama-canal on 7 June. Maybe they are "sister-cities"? Should we make clearer what the connection is? Bookerj (talk) 14:41, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, Cristobal Colon is the spanish name of Christopher Columbus, and Cristobal is also a city in the province of colon. Same pun on another same, basically.87.122.43.36 (talk) 15:58, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on George, Washington. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive http://www.webcitation.org/64vfLAeJ2 to http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt
• Added archive http://www.webcitation.org/6YSasqtfX to http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 13:37, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

The link to the city Web site is wrong. I'm not going to fix it, because I don't edit Wikipedia anymore. SimpsonDG (talk) 14:09, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 5 external links on George, Washington. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20081008092300/http://www.ci.george.wa.us/history.html to http://www.ci.george.wa.us/history.html
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20061127025315/http://www.ci.george.wa.us/ to http://www.ci.george.wa.us/
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20061127025315/http://www.ci.george.wa.us/ to http://www.ci.george.wa.us/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 08:06, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Racial Makeup is Screwy

"The racial makeup of the city was 38.1% White, 1.4% Native American, 59.9% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 75.0% of the population."

75.0% Hispanic or Latino when 38.1% White? Misplaced decimal point?

154.5.158.238 (talk) 04:45, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

The data from the 2010 census on which that statement was based is here. The statement accurately reflects the source data. Race and Hispanic/Latino ethnicity are not the same metric, and one cannot expect to add the percentages of each to arrive at 100%. General Ization ^Talk 05:22, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Neither Hispanic nor Latino are a "race". They are considered an "ethnicity". There are both black and white Latinos, for example, which is why the wording says "Hispanic or Latino of any race". That said, it's a screwy way to say that. A little confusing. I'll try a simple rewrite. 76.178.169.118 (talk) 21:08, 23 March 2023 (UTC)