Talk:Fort Myers, Florida

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[edit] A Small Gift from Wiki Project Miami

Hello, ReignMan here from Wiki project Miami. I'm pleased to give to you a small collection of photos for your article. I was able to snap some pictures of a few Ft. Myers landmarks and even a "skyline" shot, but they are a bit rough. Anyway, this will get you all started in the buisness of multimedia articles. I also added a small amount of clarification on the city info box, and added a description of why Ft. Myers is considered the primary city of the area.

Remember, we on the east coast are your neighbors, and we love to ocasionally get away from it all by coming over there. My parents live in Cape Coral, and I enjoy the ocasional break from the meatgrinder. Say hi to them for me, see "ya'll" at Three Fishermen!

P.S. Has it really been 6 years since the WTC attacks? How time passes! ReignMan 09:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] City Links

  • How come the link to DowntownFortMyers.com is not allowed on Wikipedia? I realize that Wikipedia is not a "linking service", but I do believe the link is still valuable to any visitors, especially since it has more information about Fort Myers than ANY of the other 2 site you have listed. The Citys' website has hardly any information, and any information is does have is sorely out of date. And if its wrong to have DowntownFortMyers.com listed because of the banners (which most link to internal company websites also offering information about all of Southwest Florida), the citys' website takes money for their banners. At the very least, they are more of a income based website that ours. Not to mention the link to the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, that solely relies on members paying a fee to join, AND another to ADVERTISE on their website. If your going to hold standards, please hold them to everyone.
We offer information about the current events going on in Fort Myers, we offer current news, local bands, and a whole section about the history of Downtown Fort Myers. We're not a government site (yet), but I firmly believe we offer more information about Fort Myers than the sites that your linking to. I'll admit, we are promoting Downtown Fort Myers, but we're promoting the lifestlye, and businesses of downtown WHILE offering more information than the 2 websites that you've deemed indispensible.
I do thank you for keeping the Fort Myers section of Wikipedia up to date, that has to be quite a job, and you've done it magnificently. I know it's a thankless job (unless your getting thanked by the city), and I know it's a lot of work, so I do thank you for making this little corner of Southwest Florida a section of Wikipedia.

Raymond Daugherty 16:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Please read the guidelines on external links at Wikipedia:External links. -- Donald Albury 03:59, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

"Wikipedia articles can often be improved by providing links to further research outside Wikipedia which are accurate, on-topic, in context and functional. These links belong in an External links section near the bottom of the article."

    • From the "Links to be Considered" section, #2:

"A web directory category, when deemed appropriate by those contributing to the article, with preference to open directories." The site conforms to all of these requirments, while The Greater Fort Myers Chamber one does not. The Chamber website is notoriusly out-of-date, and it does nothing, but promote businesses. If your not willing to keep DowntownFortMyers.com listed, I think you should remove the Chambers website as well. Raymond Daugherty 18:40, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

    • And under the 'Links to be avoided' section it lists "Links to sites with objectionable amounts of advertising." Sorry, but Wikipedia is not a place to advertise businesses. -- Donald Albury 03:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
    • AND if you look at the Greater Fort Myers Chamber Website, they offer 16 "banner" advertising positions along both sides, and across the bottom. DowntownFortMyers.com has 11, still far short of the 16, if according to your "rules" the chamber website is still justifiable. I am not trying to "advertise" the Downtown site. I believe it is a good resource for information about downtown. Again, your argument is still flawed. You cannot say that I am not allowed, but someone who is far exceeding the limits of your rules is.

[edit] 3rd grade???

The position of third was not "awarded" to her in any way. Please elaborate. ZlatkoT 14:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

you're right. But "getter" doesn't work. How about, " - placed third" Trevormartin227 15:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
or, just "prominent American Idol contestant" Trevormartin227 15:12, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Metro Population

How is it possible for the population of metro Fort Myers to be greater than the population of Lee county?!!

What dates are you comparing? The 2000 census figures are the most accurate, but estimates are released each year. If the articles are using estimates from different years, the number will vary. -- Donald Albury 16:39, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure actually - the article on Fort Myers doesn't indicate which source it uses for the figure. Or am I missing something?
As of today both the population in the Lee County article and the population figure for Metro Fort Myers in this article are given as 544,758 on July 1, 2005. -- Donald Albury 03:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fort Myers Bones

Should there be eventualy a sepatate article for the FM bones? I think so but i want to make it read good. -munkee_madness talk 21:44, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

IMO, there are a lot more questions than answers on the topic. I'd suggest waiting a little to see what transpires. Niteshift36 (talk) 22:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Current news stories will not necessarily be suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. See WP:NOT#NEWS for the policy. -- Donald Albury 22:43, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
At some point, this story might. There is a distinct chance this was the work of a serial killer. At this point though, as I said, more questions than answers. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I suppose a serial killer would meet notability criteria, but I agree that a story like this really needs to be allowed to settle down. I'm all for waiting until a story is clearer. Hell, I don't start articles about living people, and I've only started one article about someone who had been dead less than 15 years. -- Donald Albury 03:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)