Talk:Mobile, Alabama
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I wonder if the jubilee explanation is needed on this page. There is already a separate jubilee page which is linked to Mobile Bay. Because they tend to happen on the eastern shore and south of the city limits (e.g. Belle Fountaine), it seems a little out of place in an article about the city.
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[edit] Notable List getting long
Maybe its time to cull the 'Notable Mobilians' list. While many are quite notable, some are strictly of local interest. Donovan Ravenhull 22:03, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, it is rather long; it should just list the names of those known nationally, such as Alexis Herman. Lesanichelle 22:02, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
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- I agree. Baseball players, for example. Mobile certainly has a strong baseball history, but let's stick with our rather large list of Hall of Fame players. By mentioning ALL of them, we lose sight of the fact that the city has produced more players in baseball's Hall of Fame than any city but a couple very large cities. I love 3 Doors Down, but if they're from Mississippi, why list them here? There are more we could list, like Kyra Phillips of CNN (Davidson High School), but I'm hesitant to add even more names at this point, even if deserving. Let's cull. Any other suggestions? 02:24, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
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- I saw that Birmingham had a specific page for them all. So, I took the liberty of creating one for Mobile. AlaGuy 23:09, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Ok, but where is it? Goeverywhere 00:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Toyota Plant?
"Large commercial ventures are in the works for the metropolitan area as the northern suburb of Creola, Alabama is the expected site of a new $2.5 Billion Toyota auto manufacturing plant." That is certainly news to most Mobilians. This should be removed as it isn't true. Rlm0710 20:12, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sports
This section seems to be a bit long/overly detailed. In addition, it seems to have some borderline POV issues. It would be good if an experienced Wikipedian got in and maybe gave it a touchup. Donovan Ravenhull 20:24, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Map
This map is an inaccurate depiction of Mobile's city limits and should be revised. I would personally like to see a map of Mobile and Baldwin Counties with city limits noted and Mobile hilighted in red. Tfelts 04/28/06 1502 CDT
[edit] songs mentioning Mobile
We're also mentioned in that great jazz standard "Blues in the Night." "From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe/ Wherever the four winds blow..."
[edit] Lede
04-October-2006: The lede (or "lead") section could have a few important sentences added, since the myriad details of the standard population areas have been moved into "Demographics" to clear space for general overview sentences in the lede. The most significant aspects to the outside world should be summarized in the lede. -Wikid77 08:27, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Population
Since when has Mobile had a population of 203,000?! I don't recall seeing that number on the sensus bureau's page during the year they used the 2004 estimation. AlaGuy 04:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Mobile, Alabama's 2003 population from the U.S. Census Bureau actually shows it at a current standpoint of 193,464. In 2000 Mobile, Alabama was at 198,915(-2.9%). Mobile Alabama's 2000 Metro Census also shows it at a standpoint of 540,248 not 401,427! (www.demographia.com) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by B170AD43 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Suburbs Section
I removed the section called "West End, a growing midtown neighborhood" because this is an area of Mobile, and not a suburb.
[edit] History Section is too long
Someone should consider moving the history section to 'History of Mobile, Alabama' and summerising the current section to 2 paragraphs. Rimmeraj 02:04, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
