Talk:Estes Park, Colorado

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Why does this have to be suffixed with the State in the title? Insofar as I am aware, there are no other Estes Parks in the world, so is such designation necessary? It is especially unhelpful when trying to link via "Go". If there are more than one of a place, if there is an obviously well known one it can take the title and others can have a place designation (such as Paris and Paris, Texas) and if there is no consensus a disambiguation page would solve this. Dainamo 18:50, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Well, I can't answer as to why it has to be referenced that way, but I can tell you why it is referenced that way. This, along with many other US geographic articles, was created by Ram-Man and his bot Rambot from public-domain geographical data, and that is how the city is referenced there. Since that is the de facto standard now, we should either stick to it or completely ditch it; making individual exceptions is probably even more confusing and unhelpful than things are now. Merenta 19:00, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Added photo of sign

While on vacation in Colorado, I took this [1] picture of the Estes Park "sign" found on US-36 [2]. I took the liberty of adding it to the article. If anyone feels that it does not belong here, feel free to revert. OneofThem 18:59, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Much tragedy has occurred as a result of this sign, and I would ask that it's imaged be removed. This sign is located on a very steep and curvy portion of Colorado State Highway 36. According to an article published in the Estes Park Times, since the erection of the sign in 2001 nearly 200 accidents and 36 fatalities have occurred as a result of traffic accidents in it's immediate vicinity. The view from the location of the sign is beautiful, and naturally many people stop to observe it. Unfortunately, this view becomes available very suddenly as you approach Estes Park from the east, and to take advantage of it one must slam on their brakes and swerve quickly to the right as they are traveling at about 50 MPH down hill. You can very easily imagine what happens next. -- OlJanx 07:19, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Since this sign is not on "Colorado State Highway 36", and there is no "Estes Park Times", I suspect that this story is unverifiable. Feel free to add verifyable sources if you wish, but Wikipedia doesn't shy away from things that are associated with tragedies, and I hope we don't start now. Merenta 17:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)