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Union Printers' Home (Colorado-Springs)

To whom it may concern: One of the iconic Colorado Springs' landmarks is the Union Printers Home. I am very surprised that no one has taken a photograph of this beautiful place and uploaded it here, in this article. I would highly recommend that if there be any Wikipedians out there, in Colorado Springs, and if they've got a digital camera, that they'd do us this one big favor by uploading an image of this eloquent place on our encyclopedia. All the best!Davidbena (talk) 19:38, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 pop

2014 est. 2020 census results have yet to be released. Kar54 (talk) 18:47, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The official census isn't the only source of the U.S. Census Bureau's population estimates: "These population numbers do not come from the 2020 Census but are the results of Demographic Analysis (DA)." Source: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/12/census-bureau-provides-population-estimates-for-independent-evaluation-of-upcoming-census-results.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clepsydrae (talk • contribs) 17:51, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tourism section changes

I suggest a change to the following: The Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy is scheduled to reopen in 2021.

The Cadet Chapel renovation is delayed, pushing back the 2023 completion date.^[1]

References

^ https://gazette.com/premium/air-force-academy-cadet-chapel-renovation-hits-a-delay/article_ca9709e4-53aa-11ec-8d8d-5be844976248.html

Alexea Veneracion at Colorado Springs CVB (talk) 22:54, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this should be in the article. It is a projection into the future. It does not add anything encyclopedic to the article. See WP:CRYSTALBALL. It belongs on the website for the Air Force Academy, or Cadet Chapel, or the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce's private website. See WP:CRYSTALBALL Netherzone (talk) 23:28, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add notable accolade for 2021

I suggest a change to the tourism section to add that Colorado Springs was ranked #7 top emerging destinations in the world by TripAdvisor in 2021. ^[1] Alexea Veneracion at Colorado Springs CVB (talk) 20:54, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/lealane/2021/01/27/best-of-the-best-tripadvisors-popular-trending-and-emerging-destinations-for-2021/?sh=c841f606ee00

@Alexea Veneracion at Colorado Springs CVB: These types of rankings are avoided, per Talk:Chanhassen, Minnesota#Request for Comment - Should the 'Best Place to Live in the U.S.' rankings be included? Magnolia677 (talk) 21:20, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Years-old uncited content

There has been a lot of uncited content in the article, with {{citation needed}} tags going back to 2013.

I cleaned out the uncited content - and the tags - with this edit. In my opinion, uncited content is often WP:OR and without citations is not verifiable.

If someone would like to work on this, that would be wonderful! I may come back in a bit to pick away at it.–CaroleHenson (talk) 18:49, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Military information - in progress–CaroleHenson (talk) 17:19, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Title Change

I suggest we change the name of the article from 'Colorado Springs, Colorado' to simply 'Colorado Springs'. I feel this simple change would remove more unnecessary clutter from the article, that really isn't much needed. For one, Colorado Springs already contains the name of the state it is in within its municipal name, so most people would understand at a glance already what state it is in, and if they don't, it is already mentioned in the first sentence of the article. On top of that, Colorado Springs is already a large city that has enough name recognition to not really need that added state at the end. I don't exactly know how Wikipedia determines this kind of thing, but I suggest this change is made.— Preceding unsigned comment added by SnoopySnoo (talk • contribs)

I disagree. Maybe it is redundant for Colorado or U.S. readers, however we are a global, international encyclopedia and not all readers may know what is obvious to those of us in the U.S. Netherzone (talk) 03:27, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tourism section - updated numbers

Under the tourism section, I recommend an update to the tourism numbers from 2018. We now have the most recent data from 2021.

In 2018, 23 million day and overnight visitors came to the area, contributing $2.4 billion in revenue.

I recommend changing to read "In 2021, according to an annual visitor study by Longwoods International, the Pikes Peak Region welcomed 23.7 million visitors that spent a total of $2.6 billion."

The data is referenced here > https://www.visitcos.com/about-us/tourism-promotion-funding/tourism-pays/ Alexea Veneracion at Colorado Springs CVB (talk) 15:48, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexea Veneracion at Colorado Springs CVB: Why would we add data for the "Pikes Peak Region" to Colorado Springs? Pikes Peak isn't even located in Colorado Springs. I oppose adding inaccurate data. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:28, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I concur with Magnolia677, Pike's Peak is over 30 miles away and over an hours drive. This article's focus is the city. With all due respect, promoting tourism on the encyclopedia is NOT it's purpose. Please share the information on social media or the Chamber of Commerce website. Netherzone (talk) 03:24, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Higher education

I'm trying to clean up the higher education section of this article by removing several institutions that seem to no longer exist (at least in Colorado Springs) and to rewrite in paragraph style. Since someone reverted my changes as 'vandalism', I'm opening up this talk section for discussion about what can be done to improve the section. Erp (talk) 14:15, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake, it looks like UCCS and Colorado College were removed, but I see now that it remained in a pared-down section. Sorry for the confusion.–CaroleHenson (talk) 23:13, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No trouble. Erp (talk) 02:09, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shooting

OS there any need to add the Colorado Springs nightclub shooting in this article. Even add it in the history of Colorado Springs or timeline? Just wondering.Cwater1 (talk) 01:52, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Family death wiped under the rug.a couple years back my cousin nick legas was found in the canel dead no water in lungs the man was afraid of water do to a past family mmber he watch drown he just wouldnt have been in the place he was found no way no how after a few weeks ther hSnt been nothing mentioned on tv ir the paper on any further investigaton.its like if your from north platte they dont care but if your from some place else they dont stop unti the issue is sold.id like to see joe or some body who is able to solve this come figure this death iut. 192.77.189.54 (talk) 04:13, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"city" and "county seat" redundancy?

Is it legally possible in Colorado for the county seat to be a city or town that isn't within the county borders? RYAN N SPANIER (talk) 20:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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