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[edit] Removed
The following sentence about the Nashville Basin: Its people are traditionally Scotch-Irish and still adhere to very traditional ways of life, thus giving this region a distinct "Old World" or pre-Civil War feel.
We're talking about the area around Nashville here...not some giant Amish community.
[edit] It is not me.
- I, Bookofsecrets, for the record, have not edited this article in two days. I only want to make sure that I'm not being wrongly accused for actions that are not my own. I'm not saying anyone has accused me today, but I'm merely letting other editors know that I'm not going to change this again. --Bookofsecrets 14:29, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
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- See the archive for the Southeastern vs. Southern debate, please. I added an archive because the talkpage was taking to long to add comments too. Unfortunately I only have a dial-up internet connection. --Bookofsecrets 14:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- Be glad y'all aren't trying to figure out the truly difficult question of whether Missouri is a Southern or a Midwestern state! Regional terms are never neutral and always arbitrarily defined. "Southeast" sounds funny to me. The South is the southeast. It's a big area though, with much variation. If a smaller regional term is wanted, I'd call Tennessee part of the "Upper South". Anyway, funny argument. There's no correct answer, and no answer that won't make some people unhappy. Be thankful it isn't Missouri's region being debated, or whether Santa Barbara is in southern California. Pfly 05:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- Thank God for small miracles. P.H. - Kyoukan, UASC 20:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
- I think we can safely assume that Tennessee is Southern. Teke 01:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
- Southern is more accuracute than Southeast for the state as a whole. I can see perhaps East Tennessee prefering Southeast; but West & Middle Tennessee would definately prefer Southern. Jon 18:56, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Have you interviewed the entire population of Middle and West TN? I'm from Middle TN and prefer SE.Squiggyfm 18:58, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Further Reading
Is it necessary to have all these titles in Further Reading? Seems a bit long to me; surely all these were not used as reference or notes for the article, and no one is going to read all of these. Maybe make it a separate article? It seems to just make the Tennessee article longer for no apparent reason...Civil Engineer III 13:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- Feel free to chop it down some if it seems too long. Kaldari 18:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History
A lot of history information has recently been added. That's great, but wouldn't it be better to make that a separate article (History of Tennessee) and summarize here? The history section now commands 2/3 of the article.Civil Engineer III 19:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Politics section snipped; too many factual errors
Quoting "Tennessee politics, like that of most U.S. States, revolves around the Democratic and Republican Parties. Democrats are very strong in metropolitan Memphis, Nashville, and Chattanooga. The Democratic Party is also relatively strong in most of Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee north of Memphis.
The Republicans have the most strength in East Tennessee, one of the few areas of the South with a Republican voting history that predates the 1960s. Much of this region has not elected a Democrat to Congress since the Civil War. In contrast, the Democrats dominated politics in the rest of the state until the 1960s. The Republicans also have much strength in Memphis and Nashville's suburbs.
During the 2000 Presidential Election, Tennesse failed to vote for one of its own, former Tennesse Senator Al Gore, and instead voted for George W. Bush.
Federally, Tennessee sends nine members to the House of Representatives. Currently, the delegation consists of five Democrats and four Republicans.
See also: List of Tennessee Governors, U.S. Congressional Delegations from Tennessee"
Issues list:
- Most other states don't have a politics section in them.
- "Very" is unencyopedic; and to the extent its there actually hurts accuracy.
- The Memphis Metro area is by new means unified; it's one of the most polizaried metros in the nation. Between Memphis City (Democrat) and the rest of the Metro area (Republican); with the most recent annexed areas tending to side with the county along with large potions of "East Memphis" in voting Republican.
- Nashville: Major exception to Democratic strength in that metro: Williamson county. But also in the last couple of decades the surburbs have been trending Republican. (Nashville consolidated with Davidson County a few decades ago and so what are inner suburbs in many other parts of the US is part of the central city there.)
- I think that author meant "Northwest TN" instead of "West Tennessee north of Memphis"; the Northern suburbs of Memphis are just as Republican as its Eastern suburbs. In addition, Jackson, TN in the central portion of West Tennesee is itself significantly Republican.
- Chatt: Chatt's metro area is divided right along the lines that most metros in the US are.
- Knoxville: What's not listed is that the city of Knoxville itself is much more Republican than most US cities are.
- On "Al Gore", many Tenneseeans don't consider him to be "one of their own". Al Gore was born in DC, attended an Ivy League School and worse yet, voting record in the US Senate post 1986 when he first tried to run for President was in line with Northern Democrats, not Southern ones.
Jon 18:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Error in the Tennessee template box
The standard templated "Tennessee" box has an error in the spelling of Claiborne County. It is spelled correctly on List of counties in Tennessee. I can't figure out where to go to get it fixed. --orlady 23:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Aha! I found it at Template:Tennessee and I fixed it! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Orlady (talk • contribs) 04:23, 4 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] New Sports section added to updated Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. states format
The Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. states format has been updated to include a new Sports section, that covers collegiate sports, amateur sports, and non-team sports (such as hunting and fishing). Please feel free to add this new heading, and supply information about sports in Tennessee. Please see South_carolina#Sports_in_South_Carolina as an example. NorCalHistory 13:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tennessee flag
Is it my imagination, or is it upside-down in the image displayed on this page? --orlady 20:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- Its you. Two stars on top. Squiggyfm 05:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Religion
Currently, the religion percentages don't add up. I wonder if this is due to leaving out the "refused" survey category? Btyner 22:54, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Memphis Music
It would be useful to have a section describing Memphis Music. {{Yellowdogrecords 12:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)}}
- That would be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis%2C_Tennessee#The_Arts (not in the statewide article). --orlady 14:13, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- You may also want to see Music_of_Tennessee#Memphis. It does seem strange that there is no section on Tennessee culture in this article, however. Kaldari 15:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] TWRA
What's this about Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency being a dedicated law enforcement agency? I thought they were into managing fish and game. Their mission statement [1] says "The mission of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is to preserve, conserve, protect, and enhance the fish and wildlife of the state and their habitats for the use, benefit, and enjoyment of the citizens of Tennessee and its visitors. The Agency will foster the safe use of the state's waters through a program of law enforcement, education, and access." That doesn't sound like "dedicated law enforcement" to me. --orlady 04:43, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] TENNESSEE, THE VOLUNTEER STATE
>>I suggest you study your Tennessee history a bit more carefully. Governor Isham G. Harris, positively, did nickname Tennessee the Volunteer State. That came a long time after the War of 1812.
"[State Historian Robert H.] White has shown, Tennessee was referred to in the press on the eve of the Mexican War as the 'Volunteer State.' When that war began and 2,800 Tennessee soldiers were requested by the national government, 30,000 volunteered, thus proving the appropriateness of the nickname.' (TENNESSEE: A Short History. Folmshee, Corlew, Mitchell (1972), p. 476)." Tennessee had earned it's nickname long before Isham G. Harris had ever come along. For the record, Aaron V. Brown (D) was Governor of Tennessee at the onset of the Mexican War in 1846. Drsowell 21:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
