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I've reverted several recent additions to the city nickname field in the infobox. The field there is for the "official" city nicknames used by travel & tourism offices, not for some of the local colloquialisms that very small, minority segments of the population seem to have adopted at various times. 'RVA' and 'the 804' fall under this category. Please understand the difference between the official "nickname" and a "colloquialism"; we've actually discussed this before if you look in the archives.
'The mond' and 'mecca', I have never even heard of after living in Richmond for 20 years, so IF they are used, the part of the population that uses them must be a very, very small minority, and not even worth mentioning in something like this. Dr. Cash ( talk) 01:39, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
In fact, I have lived here for twenty years too, went to Hampden-Sydney with many other Richmonders and fellow Virginians, and "the Mond" is pretty much the highest used nickname of them all. -- MorrisS ( talk) 16:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
18 years, never heard the Mond ever, or Mecca. RVA and River City are the only that spring to mind for me. 71.63.15.156 ( talk) 21:16, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Frankly, the exclusion of the terms RVA, River City, and the 804 is ridiculous. If the purpose of wikipedia is to inform member of the public as to pertinent information regarding the topic they are interested in, which I am sure that it is, these nick names should not be overlooked. In 18 years of living in Richmond, the term RVA had been used in my presence literally countless times, as has the 804, and to a lesser extent River City. Publications such as RVA magazine, which have a fair level of readership and high production values are living evidence of such terms. I do not claim to be the most informed as to wikipedia guidelines, but the idea that tourism and travel website are the only possible sources for such information not only fails to be informative and comprehensive, but is simply unscholarly. Surely a source that is made public without the intent of gaining profit would be as or more credible. It is also obvious that tourism publications are socio-economically biased to certain population segments and as such will not provide fair information. Certain nicknames will be avoided simply to increase the appeal of a given destination and it is also possible that nicknames may be altered or fabricated to similar effect. Lastly, smaller locations are far less likely to be recognized as having nicknames than larger ones under this system. Given these standards, It would be literally impossible for small towns with little or no tourism to have nicknames. This is simply a minor oversight, it is completely illogical. I understand that some guidelines must be made to maintain the high quality that wikipedia strives for, and that such guideline will not be crossed based on the complaint of one, many, or even all citizens of a given area. However, if the purpose of Wikipedia is to provide accurate information, this is a decidedly unfortunate choice and is limiting the services that the organization can offer in this article. The following is a link to an article on a legitimate tourism website, Richmond.com, that refers to Richmond as RVA. Searching for RVA on the website will provide further evidence of its use. The linked article describes summer events in RVA and the website offers a clear link to plan trips. http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/may/04/rva-events-summer-in-the-rva-city-71158/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.32.180.147 ( talk) 02:52, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Ignoring RVA, River City, and the 804 as nicknames for Richmond is simply absurd - it undermines wikipedia to leave out widely available and sourced knowledge Charlesaf3 ( talk) 06:35, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
32 years old here, born and raised in Richmond, and I have heard 804, RVA, The Mond, Mecca, and Fist City used quite frequently. The fact that YOU haven't heard these terms does not allow you to dismiss them. Now, I do agree that these are not "official" nicknames, but I do think they deserve a spot under a colloquialisms heading or something. ( Acoastal ( talk) 18:29, 7 June 2012 (UTC))
I'm nearly 30 and have lived in Richmond since 1988. I've heard Richmond referred to Fist City since the late 90s. Most anyone involved in the local hardcore and punk scene is familiar with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.84.205.171 ( talk) 01:44, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
Should a section be added? When compared statistically with population differences factored in, Richmond has about as high a murder. rape, theft, and assault rate as the highest rated cities in the US. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.209.233.100 ( talk) 15:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
The crime section is over-extensive, disorganized, self-contradictory, and worst of all, seriously outdated. I included one 2008 reference but someone (me?) will have to reorganize the section at some point. It's seriously misleading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.75.21.49 ( talk) 06:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Considering the Music of Richmond article is barely longer than the section here, and also completely unreferenced, I suggest it make sense to merge it back into the Richmond article for the time being. MLauba ( talk) 11:58, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I believe the article currently has multiple issues that need to be addressed, and as a result, I have delisted the article. There are multiple sections throughout the article lacking citations. Add additional citations from a variety of sources to provide a balanced representation of the information present. Perhaps sources can be pulled from the main articles linked to within the article. Look to books, magazines, newspaper articles, other websites, etc. The fair use rationale for File:Richmondseal.png would benefit with expansion. The citations also need to include more parameters beyond just the url; include the author, date, title, publisher, access date, etc. There are also multiple dabs and dead links that need to be fixed (the Internet Archive can help in fixing the links). Although the article has been delisted, the article can be returned to GA status by addressing the above points and giving the article a good copyedit. Once sources are added and cleanup is done, I recommend renominating the article at WP:GAN. If you disagree with this assessment, a community consensus can be reached at WP:GAR. If you need clarification or assistance with any of these issues, please contact me on my talk page and I'll do my best to help you out. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 21:24, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Proposal: I have been looking around, and in a bit of "Jonesing", I've noticed many big cities using a collage to illustrate their cities (Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Vancouver: the list goes on and on.) I was wondering if people would be up for such a work on the Richmond page? I've made a mock-up with some of the "iconic" landmarks of the city (or at least the ones I have grown up with), using images from the commons, each of which represents the city in a way: the Skyline with the falls of the James, the State Capitol, St. John's Church, the porches of Jackson Ward, Monument Avenue (the Lee Monument), and the clock tower of Main Street Station.(I can post an image of the mock-up later, as it was just done doing manipulations in OpenOffice.org Writer - the final would be done via GIMP). Thoughts? Suggestions? Morgan Riley ( talk) 04:43, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
The Gallery5 stuff seems like rather impassioned prose, and appears to have some NPOV problems. If it doesn't, then perhaps it should be moved to the Gallery5 article entry (which is 1/4 the size of the paragraph here), as much of the content is trivial, IMHO, for a page focused on the entire city. Thoughts? Morgan Riley ( talk) 17:52, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
As Richmond is not a major "sports" city, would it make more sense to move "Parks & Rec" up to be closer to the culture section (immediately prior to "Sports", as indeed the parks and gardens (think Byrd Park, Maymont, James River, Lewis Ginter, etc.), seem more logically related to the arts, architecture and culture than the sports? That and by moving sports down, it would be closer to media, education, etc., to which it seems more related. The WikiProject Cities guildline for US cities says these are perfectly movable as the case dictates. Thoughts? Morgan Riley ( talk) 19:15, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
The recent earthquake's epicenter was actually in Mineral, Virginia and not Richmond. While certainly effects were felt in Richmond, I don't think this classifies as a "major event" on the scale of, say, Hurricane Isabel or Tropical Storm Gaston, so mention of it is rather silly. Please try to resist the temptations of Twitter. WTF? ( talk) 21:31, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
I just implemented a hacker solution to a technical issue with the Template:Infobox settlement. After spending time trying to annotate the File:DistancesToRichmond2.gif, I couldn't figure out how to insert my annotated test picture into the infobox. Right now the infobox will only accept a picture in the "Image_map" field... so basically I used a different field, the text-based "anthem" field. It is a completely hackneyed solution but I can't figure out any other way to get User:MPS/testimageannotation into that box except by doing it as a WP:transclusion into a text field. Can someone help? If worse comes to worst I can always upload a screen capture of the annotated version, but that would defeat the purpose of what I am trying to do with annotation. Peace, MPS ( talk) 05:53, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Morgan Riley just moved info about where richmond is down to the geography section. I disagree.. "Where richmond is" is important to summarize in the lead section. Created geo paragraph. Let's talk about this? MPS ( talk) 20:02, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
I yield the point on the finding of a few examples of other cities that do that, albeit perhaps not as many as proposed here. I do not deny the long historical relationship between these cities, yet would recommend that the articles for Charlottesville and Williamsburg in turn get defined as such in reciprocity and consistency, that is all. [As for the sniper, I think describing it relative to DC was actually more relevant to the story, given it was one originating out of the DC metro. Had it all started in Hanover County, VA (i.e. Ashland), I think they would have mentioned "outside of Richmond" -- either way, an unusual example on all accounts.] Morgan Riley ( talk) 20:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
The artcom reference in this edit is not a reliable source, it is a user-submitted entry. Aside from the playbill, the other "references" are notes, not references (such as "the League of Resident Theatres is the franchise of Equity companies around the nation, sometimes known as the de facto National Theatre"). There was also a <ref> tag without a closing </ref> tag, and given the above, I'm not sure what was supposed to be a reference, and what wasn't. In addition to that, certain part, if not more, appear to be a copyvio taken directly from the playbill reference. Because of these reasons, this needs to be discussed before reinserted into the article. Thank you. - Sudo Ghost 10:24, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Edgar Allen Poe had a presence in richmond. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.172.144.136 ( talk) 16:02, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
A Commons Wikimedian from Hungary recently uploaded an interesting series of photos they took on a month long trip of the USA in 1977. They didn't remember all of the locations; many have since been properly identified. There are two I think show Broad Street in Richmond. Can someone more familiar with Richmond confirm or rule out Richmond as the location? Thanks. -- Infrogmation ( talk) 17:02, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
This entire section was removed as there are ZERO sources in it and information about shopping centers is largely non-notable for a city article. Especially if 90% of said shopping centers aren't even in the city of Richmond itself. A short description of some of the more notable shopping centers actually in the city might be appropriate if added to the Economy section, but as an entire main section, it is wholly inappropriate. If editors wish to keep the information, consider finding reliable sources and adding it to the article about the greater richmond region instead. WTF? ( talk) 16:09, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
The article's lead section ends with:
This is not quite correct in British English. [See note 1]. The following suggestion is an improvement to [my] British ears.
If that is agreeable to American ears too, then please go ahead and change it.
[See note 3]
If the change is not acceptable in America, then I'll just pick up my notes and leave quietly.
[See note 4]
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talk) 13:51, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Notes
I'm changing to sister cities section to reflect current reality. Can't find any information on Poland etc. Sister Cities International and the City of Richmond website both list the below cities: Richmond upon Thames, England (Europe) Saitama City, Japan (Asia) Windhoek, Namibia (Africa) Zhengzhou, China (Asia) Segou, Republic of Mali (Africa) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rousseaua001 ( talk • contribs) 06:49, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 10:21, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
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I'm wondering, are there any Wikipedia guidelines concerning the pronunciation of place names? The pronunciation currently given is (/ˈrɪtʃmənd/ RICH-mənd) - and while this may be perfectly fine if you go by some kind of US or British dictionary standard, this is not how Richmonders (or other Virginians) pronounce the name. In local pronunciation the final "d" is definitly silent, i.e. it's something like (/ˈrɪtʃmən/ RICH-mən). Shouldn't this be reflected in the article? Albrecht Conz ( talk) 04:04, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
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I've just added a long note to to the talk page of Jackson Ward concerning Richmond's redevelopment since World War II. Frankly, the issues extend to the treatment of the city's history in the previous century. Not having been born in Virginia, I've become aware that racial politics have mattered in Richmond for a very long time, as has a policy of "don't ask/don't tell" about uncomfortable periods, like Massive Resistance in my lifetime (with Congressional Reconstruction of the previous century only now being addressed more dispassionately). This article is pretty cursory in both the Postbellum and 20th century sections. It also doesn't mention the bad 2004 flood; I believe other cities' articles extend to the present day even if this doesn't mention the last several mayors. More than a list of topical histories in the bibliography is needed. Even the linked History of Richmond, Virginia article is almost footnote-less, and too disorganized in some sections to be labeled a PR piece. I'm not familiar with the Sanford/Chamber of Commerce book cited as one of the two general works, but Virginius Dabney's has gaps. He's been dead for more than two decades; his 1971 book was for decades the state history text, but is no longer, in part because of criticism for its Lost Cause viewpoint. Jweaver28 ( talk) 18:07, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
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Anyone want to take a photo of this building which I think is next to 212 East Clay Street? I believe it is still standing and was a home to the long lived Southern Aid insurance company (which seems to be nextdoor now at 212) after John Mitchell Jr.s bank closed. Quite historic. Thanks. FloridaArmy ( talk) 17:39, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
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Can we update the GRTC information under the Transportation section? There is now public transit that goes to Short Pump in the far West End.
Original statement: "The far West End (Innsbrook and Short Pump) and almost all of Chesterfield County have no public transportation despite dense housing, retail, and office development."
Suggested revision: "Much of the West End and almost all of Chesterfield County have no public transportation despite dense housing, retail, and office development." [1] [2] [3]
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Technically the mayor of Richmond VA is a non-partisan position, and mayoral candidates do not run as democrats or republicans. Given that, is it accurate to list the mayors personal affiliation with their party alongside the office? 2600:4040:10BB:5500:15F0:5D94:99A7:5F0A ( talk) 17:34, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
Henry Box Brown was delivered to Philadelphia in 1849. The date clearly appears in his wikipedia article. I note that the whole mention of this case in the present article is out of context. I would assume many slaves escaped from the south to freedom. Yes, Henry's scheme was unique, but what does it have to do with Richmond? In any event, if it is mentioned, the correct year should be given. יעקב ( talk) 22:57, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
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