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Mark Henry

He is actually from Silsbee, Texas. In fact, the Silsbee article mentions him as being a famous native son. I recommend it for deletion from this page, unless it is documented that he "grew up" (or the like) in Beaumont.

LAPD Chief

Where did Chief Parks grow up? does he still have family in Beaumont Texas?

2006 flooding

From subsection "Severe weather events": On May 29, 2006,...Numerous homes were flooded, but no major flooding occurred. Well, which is it? --Blainster 08:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's a distinction between some flooding and major flooding. -- Cyrius|✎ 00:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Melissa Meadows-fiber artist?

Google of

"melissa meadows" fiber

brings up 3 hits: two for this article, and one from the minutes of a Hurst-Euless-Bedford I.S.D. meeting.

Doesn't strike me as that famous.

History

The last sentence sounds way too informal and personal. I'm removing it.--Makiten 23:56, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge from Joseph Perkins Pulsifer

A merge from Joseph Perkins Pulsifer has been proposed.

Merge. The Beumont article mentions a business partner but not by name. I'm guessing it's Pulsifer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Emana (talk • contribs) 23:03, 1 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Merge to Beaumont article. The person is notable in context of the town, so he fits in with the history. YechielMan 03:25, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- If someone ever decides to give this person's biography a real treatment (more than one line or paragraph), the JPP article will need to be reinstated. Thegreatdr (talk) 17:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conn's Link

I made this change but it was removed as vandalism. I am placing it here for discussion.

The current link to Conn's is to the official site which is nothing but an advertisement.

I propose this 3rd party link which is 10x more informative about the actual company, is very light on advertising, and additionally includes a link to the official web site.

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Conns-Inc-Company-History.html Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol.67. St. James Press, 2005.

So what does the community think is a better link for Conn's? The history of the company or it's latest salespage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.86 (talk) 14:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Point one under "what to link" in the external links guideline, "Articles about any organization, person, web site, or other entity should link to the official site if any." The Conn's external link is really only on this page because nobody has written an article about the chain yet. If / when someone does, the link to their home page will go on the Conn's article page and on the Beaumont page only a wikilink will remain. Scott.wheeler 17:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replying to myself -- that is indeed a very good link, just not the one that belongs there. If there is a Conn's article at some point that seems to be a good place to cull some of the info from. Scott.wheeler 18:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Section Edits

I created sections for "Economy" and "Culture", and moved existing content into them. I deleted the "famous people" section, because most of those people are already part of the category "People from Beaumont, Texas". A link can be found to that category's page in the new Beaumont, Texas, template bar at the bottom of the article (link "Beaumonters"). Deatonjr (talk) 17:27, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Government

I seriously doubt Mike Hunt (say it out loud) or William Shatner are actual members of the city council. Someone might want to look into amending this. Jmcstrav

Pollution

The fourth paragraph and citation is fairly one-sided and the subject is open for debate. The description may have been close to the situation 20 or even 15 years ago in some areas. However, federal standards has helped lessen pollution, especially ground level ozone. There are many sources including the EPA, the state's Sierra Club chapter and in the media that will substantiate that. Just by personal observation there are many less Ozone Action Days (days in which smog is at unhealthy levels)than from 10 years ago. That isn't to say improvement could not be used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsmithtex (talk • contribs) 20:19, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Beaumont contributed many notable people to the world as well

Shouldn't there be a section on Beamont's notable contributions, I nominate:

Barbara Lynn

The Big Bopper

Babe Zaharias port arthur is close enough.--68.35.3.66 (talk) 21:28, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Added the two that actually lived there. Falcon8765 (talk) 22:35, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

regarding polution paragraph

Seeing as it has a recent reliable source, I'd say it merits inclusion. Can I get other editors opinions? It gets removed a lot by IPs. Falcon8765 (talk) 20:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that one of the links provided as a reference doesn't even mention Beaumont, it mentions Port Arthur exclusively. I will remove the link and the sentence it supports in a week if no one comments here. ThomasHorn7 (talk) 18:09, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Push to Increase Size and Quality

Recently I restructured the article by moving many of the headings to sub headings. I modeled the style of the article after the Houston article which is the only FA quality article on a City in the State of Texas.

I am attempting to increase the size of this article by removing the many list located in each section and replacing them with free flowing text. Removing the list should also help us obtain a better overall quality with the article. If you would like to help please speak to me on my talk page. ThomasHorn7 (talk) 15:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

JSYK

This is NOT the town where the musical ''Footloose'' is based! That's the fictional town of Bomont, TX. This is Beaumont, TX.--The Wing Dude, Musical Extraordinaire (talk) 23:59, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny Winter

Johnny is more known for his "Texas Blues" than rock. I suggest the change to: "Blues/Rock Artist" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.162.237.106 (talk) 22:36, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Beaumont mentioned in New Yorker article on Supreme Court voting rights law decision

"The [New York] Times reported that one place eagerly awaiting [the Supreme Court’s ruling on voting rights] was Beaumont, Texas, where the Justice Department has blocked several attempts by a group of white citizens to change voting regulations for the explicit purpose of unseating a black-majority school board." http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2013/07/08/130708crat_atlarge_menand?currentPage=all Jo3sampl (talk) 00:11, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of mayors

Removal of two senators from notable people section

An editor has removed the names of two notable people from this article with the edit summary "No. That's not how it works. To be considered notable in THIS Wikipedia article they each need their own Wikipedia articles." There has been no previous consensus on this talk page about this, however, a consensus was reached at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline#Notable people suggesting that "additions without their own article should be removed and discussed on the talk page of the city, until a consensus is reached." The two names added were Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr. and Wilfred Roy Cousins, Jr., both members of the Texas Senate.^[1]^[2] It is unfortunate neither of these state senators yet have Wikipedia articles, though both are presumed notable per WP:POLITICIAN. The input of others would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:03, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "In Memory of Wilfred Roy Cousins". Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, First and Second Called Sessions of the Seventieth Legislature, Volume 4, legislative document, 1987: 310. 1987.
^ "In Memory of W. R. Cousins, Sr" (PDF). Senate Journal: 79. January 13, 1977.

@Magnolia677: can we work together to include those two senators on Wikipedia? I can take the dad if you wanted the son. Please let me know. Alicb (talk) 13:46, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Alicb: Sounds like a great offer. Real life has been cutting into my Wiki time, so I'm not sure when I will get to Wilfred Roy Cousins, Jr. Probably within the next week or two. What is your opinion about these two notables remaining in this article without articles of their own? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:08, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Magnolia677: - I'm neutral on that.I can see why some might not wanting to have to list every state senator, county judge, mayor, etc that the region has ever had in the "Notable people" section, which would be unwieldy and somewhat redundant. One potential compromise might be to create the articles and then add those articles to the category, which is linked to in the first sentence of the "Notable people" section of this article. Alicb (talk) 12:08, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Picture duplicated

The picture File:CropBEAUMONTps.jpg in the article twice. Once as the lead image and again under Architecture. Wiki name (talk) 00:39, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation key

Is it possible to add a pronunciation key to the top of the page? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 04:45, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "In Memory of Wilfred Roy Cousins". Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, First and Second Called Sessions of the Seventieth Legislature, Volume 4, legislative document, 1987: 310. 1987.

[2] "In Memory of W. R. Cousins, Sr" (PDF). Senate Journal: 79. January 13, 1977.

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