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Wichita is the largest metro area in Kansas? Absolutley not. Wichita is not even a major city. It's metro population is UNDER 1 million people. In Kansas alone it only has around 600 thousand. Kansas City is a major city and metro area with population exceeding 2 million people. Even the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City, including Johnson County (with 500 thousand), Wyandotte (with 150K), and Leavenworth (50k) are larger than the entire Wichita MSA. I have changed the infobox accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.8.212.191 ( talk) 10:06, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
I made an edit to make it even more specific. This does three things I think: 1) Specifies that it includes more than just Kansas City, Kansas. 2) Doesn't give the impression that KCK is the central city 3) Makes it clear that the metro area straddles the state line. I wish there was a way to also include Wichita, but I couldn't figure out a way. Grey Wanderer ( talk) 20:34, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi @ Sbmeirow: I was wondering why you removed the Kansas City MO-KS urban area from the page. As you can see in these references here [1] [2] It is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas. Kansas City MO-KS is the official MSA name because it is in both states. I also was looking at pages like Florida and New Jersey and as you can see they also have their largest metro areas on their pages. I’m curious as to why it’s hidden away in the tiny info box instead of being in the lead as it is the most important place in Kansas.
The Topography section includes the statements
The study may have been well known and even scientific, but it was not a serious scientific study. The first cited article says of the study:
Sheesh, the Annals of Improbable Research. Should it even be mentioned? Anyhow, I have added a link to the "study" itself on AIR's website, so that anyone bothering to even look at the URL will see that it is indeed "improbable". -- Thnidu ( talk) 03:23, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
I have never never heard people from Kansas referred to as Kansonians. It's usually (or always) Kansans. Can't figure out how to change it myself, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramsesemerson ( talk • contribs) 17:10, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
In the section entitled "Important cities and towns" I have changed the chart from cities with a population of 10,000 (37 cities) to cities with 15,000 (25 cities). I thought the chart with 37 cities took up undue space on the page, and I don't believe the section loses much by eliminating those towns with populations between 10,000 and 14,999. It's a fairly arbitrary cut-off in either case, but one argument for adopting 15,000 as a meaningful number is that this is the population statutorily required to become a "city of the first class" in Kansas. Comments on this change are welcome. - Kgwo1972 ( talk) 21:40, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Please refrain from changing the capital city from Topeka to Google. This is just a publicity stunt by the mayor to get Google to notice the city. Changing the official name of a city--especially one as established as Topeka--takes more than just a simple "proclamation". If you change the name to Google, it WILL be reverted. Bhall87 Four Score and Seven 04:22, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
It is only for one day and EXCLUSIVELY as a April Fool joke.-- IViking ( talk) 16:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Please add the correct reference points on who thought and suggested the Google Kansas Name, It's listed above, it was Ryan Gigous that thought of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.201.162.178 ( talk) 17:06, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
The temperatures should be in Celsius!! 153.1.30.116 ( talk) 21:08, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Temparatures are still in °F almost 10 years later! The reasons why this is wrong are clear and have been stated. No one done the work though? I might come back later to take care of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.145.174.93 ( talk) 14:22, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
Is there a reason that Kansas doesn't have any history for the last 100 years? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.244.56 ( talk) 01:27, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
What is the criteria? I can understand leaving companies like Wal-Mart off however other companies such as National Beef(Smithfield Foods) although it's companies headquarters is in Virginia has at least 5,000 employees in Kansas(most notably their Dodge City and Liberal Plants). Cargil operates an meat processor in Dodge City with 2700+ employees and in Garden City Tyson Foods operates a 3,000+ employee plant. Is the separation based on whether or not they are headquartered in the state? Source Link: [3] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.151.39.31 ( talk) 17:35, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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This section is incomplete. It should discuss the railroads with links to the AT&SF and other relevant articles. 4.249.63.20 ( talk) 12:36, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Why is the geography section before the history section? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Albacore ( talk) 01:50, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
There is a newer license plate design now. Unclemikejb ( talk) 03:16, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Probably better just to link {{ main}} to List of people from Kansas rather than have that very long list of people from Kansas. Same goes for the "Landmarks" section. Major change, thought I should bring it up here first. Albacore ( talk) 22:55, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
The few pictures on this article enforce the stereotype that the Kansas countryside is boring and flat. I request a couple more pictures c: -- Τασουλα (Shalom!) ( talk) 22:54, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
"In 1996, when Kansas Republican Senator Bob Dole failed in his bid to become President on the party's national ticket, the state became the second in the nation (following Minnesota and preceding Arizona by identical twelve-year intervals) to produce two losing major-party presidential candidates, and the first in which the said candidates ran on the GOP ticket (following Alfred Landon's loss to FDR in 1936)."
I'm not sure what this editor is trying to say, but as it appears, it is false. Several states have produced multiple election losers for major parties. I'm going to remove it from the article but keep it on the talk page in case he or she wants to revise it. Gtbob12 ( talk) 18:12, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Just reading through the wiki for my home state and I noticed that there was no mention of the Cimmaron National Grasslands under parks and historic sites. Not much of a park in the traditional sense, but still might deserve a mention. Also no mention of the "Dust Bowl" days of Southwest KS. Lots of interesting history from that area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.103.80.122 ( talk) 23:47, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
http://mgmbill.org/statistics.htm
Kansas 75% circumcision rate (2012) Still Medicaid funded — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.46.105.20 ( talk) 15:54, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
I just created a redirect from Brownbackistan to here. This article should discuss the use of the term in popular culture and how the image of Kansas in popular culture is often compared to an oppressive, third-world religious dictatorship. Viriditas ( talk) 10:34, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
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Information to be added or removed: I propose adding the below text in quotes to the education section of the page:
"Kansas ranked 24th in the nation for educational performance, according to Education Week’s Quality Counts 2018 report. It earned an overall score of 74.6 out of 100 points and a grade of C. By comparison, the nation received a score of 75.2 or a C.
Kansas posted a B-minus in the Chance-for-Success category, ranking 17th on factors that contribute to a person’s success both within and outside the K-12 education system. Kansas received a mark of C and finished 25th for School Finance. It ranked 33rd with a grade of D-plus on the K-12 Achievement Index."
Explanation of issue: I believe this text would enhance the page, adding information on the quality of the state's K-12 education which is not currently available on the page. I'm asking your consideration because I work for Education Week. I apologize if I've misformatted this or left out information you need to make a decision - I'm rather new at this.
References supporting change: this is the source I'd cite: [1] Csmithepe ( talk) 17:55, 11 February 2019 (UTC)Csmithepe
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Regards, Spintendo 21:07, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
"Kansas was first settled by Americans in 1827"--lead, para 2. This might come as a surprise to the Kansa Natives, who were non-nomadic and quite settled by 1827. Sure, we all know what is meant, but an encyclopedia should be held to a higher standard of accuracy. "European Americans", perhaps, although I'm not quite comfortable with that either. And "in" 1827? All in one year! I think the whole sentence needs recasting--what is actualy meant? I don't have a good answer; perhaps a real historian can clarify. -- D Anthony Patriarche ( talk) 18:52, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
A request has been submitted to WikiProject Kansas for a new article to be created on the topic of Housing in Kansas. Please join the discussion or consider contributing to the new article. Best regards, -- M2545 ( talk) 16:43, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
Shouldn't the official name of Kansas be the "State of Kansas"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.197.134.44 ( talk) 18:13, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
There is discrepancy between rank ( as per population ) mention in Lead section & in the Infobox. In Lead it is mentioned as 34th & in Infobox it is 35th. Saankav ( talk) 11:18, 8 May 2022 (UTC)