Talk:Colorado City, Texas

Gallery

I have created a gallery section where I put one image; many of the other images could probably be placed there. I have also upgraded the importance of the article; a sleepy backwater today, Colorado City played a prominent role in west Texas history. User:Fred Bauder Talk 17:15, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Location of the First Baptist Church in Colorado City TX

Beneath the picture of the First Baptist Church, it is stated that the church is "...adjacent to the First Methodist Church". This is incorrect, not enough to make any difference, but still incorrect. There are two ministerial homes between the two churches, the southern one for the Baptist, the northern one for the Methodist. I just looked at the site under Google Earth. Although I grew up in Colorado City (1922 to 1950), it is possible that the Baptist ministry home is now used for something else. Charlie Porter --a lover of Wikipedia

I took a look on Google Maps and Google Street View, and I'd say the average person would call these churches adjacent. They look adjacent to me. BuckeyeSmithie (talk) 13:52, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

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Tim Boyd

Mayor Boyd's infamous Facebook post and subsequent resignation has been all over the national news. This information has been added to and removed from the wiki article a couple times now. Sounds like we need to discuss it here. I'd argue that something definitely needs to be said about this in the article. One of the reasons listed for the removal of that info was that this is an article about the town, not about a local politician. However, I think a couple sentences are warranted, because 1) Boyd's post is the #1 reason people outside of the region are coming to this page for information, and 2) it probably is the most notable thing to occur in Colorado City on a national level. The discussion should probably be on how much space to give this story. BuckeyeSmithie (talk) 13:46, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

There is the threat of WP:NOTNEWS and WP:RECENTISM. However, if these statements had been made in 1950 and gotten national attention, they probably would be at least a sentence or two on the article page. The answer should be to add a large well sourced history section that is a few paragraphs long then add a sentence or two for the mayor. There should be a sentence or two in regards to how the ice storm and power outages have affected the city as well in addition to the mayor's statements. Harizotoh9 (talk) 20:19, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

This article is about a small city, not about the mayor of that city. Dumb stuff happens all the time, and sometimes it gets reported in the press. That doesn't make it encyclopedic. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:44, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

In Boyd's defense, he actually resigned:

"Resign, everything will be fine."

I paraphrase from a piece about another official who has not resigned. This speaks well for the principled stance of former Mayor Boyd (whose wife was fired as a result of the national attention). It's a small city and his principles speak for it. Since it's a small city they can probably restart their lives without changing their names. --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 23:40, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

There is actually an article where this data could be applied: Kaldor–Hicks efficiency, if the incident were anonymized. Kaldor-Hicks is a version of Pareto efficiency which can be applied to economic behavior, conflict, social organization, and even politics. --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 02:08, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

This is probably the only time the city has or ever reach international news. That at least means it's significant enough to warrant a line or two. Harizotoh9 (talk) 06:12, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

The answer should be to add a large well sourced history section that is a few paragraphs long I agree. I just added some history. -- MelanieN (talk) 17:07, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Mayor resigns

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/17/colorado-city-texas-mayor-tim-boyd-resigns-facebook-post-under-fire/6786899002/