Talk:Billings, Montana

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Billings, Montana is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination failed. For older candidates, please check the archive.

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[edit] older comments

The "future" section is very brief and outdated. It should either be removed or completely rewritten with new information. Lannocc1 20:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Discussion

the statement "In the 1970s, Billings suffered a short decline in population due to the oil crisis." is very wrong. This was one of the strongest periods of growth in Billings and it was because of the oil crisis.

Something is very wrong in the discussion of the population of Billings. I believe the population is just over 100,000, but this article proposes a preposterous figure of more than 500,000.

[edit] Cobb Field Renovation

Should we mention that Cobb Field will be torn down and replaced with a new ballpark after the 2007 season?--Rubiksphere 22:42, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

(comment) Hello, Where did it state that Billings had a population of more than 500,000??? I didn't see that anywhere in the article or the discussion. Also Cobb Field is already demolished and is being replaced by Dehler Park. Wolfdog (talk) 03:51, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Billings city logo.gif

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[edit] If you want to be featured...

It seems this article has been nominated and rejected by a wide margin for FA status. Twice. If the editors of this article would like to see FA status, I recommend:

  • Including sources
  • Removing the redlinks
  • Copy editing
  • Remove that lauding "future" section from history

And most importantly: Get GA status before attempting an FA nomination. --Loodog 01:36, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Billings Bighorns.gif

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[edit] clima section - table

I just added metric data to the climatic table of this article. I'm, however, not very good at editing wikitables. Could someone please look over it so it'll look better? --Maxl (talk) 18:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)