Talk:List of people from Seattle, Washington

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[edit] Fictional Seattleites

This section doesn't list fictional Seattleites it just shows various movies and programs that take place in Seattle. Someone please change the list or think of a better title. --AirLiner 22:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alphabetizing

It would be easier to find someone if the lists were alphabetized. If someone's up to it... --Acid Ammo 19:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Who's the guy in REM? Mike Mills? I think he co-owns the Crocodile. heidimo 04:32, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)

It's Peter Buck. Does he actually live in town? Add him if he does. -- Scarequotes 21:01, Mar 6, 2004 (UTC)

Bill Gates is not a Seattleite. He's on the eastside. heidimo 02:17, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

According to his Wikipedia entry, he was born in Seattle, so he should count. Perhaps we should separate the page further into people born in Seattle vs. people who moved there? Or is that too complicated? -- Scarequotes 19:38, Mar 13, 2004 (UTC)
Not sure. Tom Robbins lives in LaConner--was he from Seattle? I guess it's a list of famous people who were born in Seattle, or lived there at some time? Then I guess we should add Courtney Love. heidimo 23:47, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

___ Included in 'moved to Seattle' Dead is Betty MacDonald author of the very funny book and huge bestseller "The egg and I" which told of her life on a chicken ranch in the late 1920'. She became hugely famous from this book which introduced the characters 'Ma and Pa Kettle'. She lived in Seattle on and off for many years before moving to Vashon island in the Puget sound. Betty was a very funny author and wrote two more autobiographical books and several children's books before dying in Seattle in 1958. She is greatly missed.

Just added Theodore Roethke. What about Richard Hugo? Did he ever live in Seattle itself? He taught at the UW, worked at Boeing, and was born in White Center... -- Scarequotes 20:32, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Seattleite vs. Seattlite

So far as I can tell from m-w.com, Google, and a couple of other dictionaries, Seattleite (with an e) is the correct and more common spelling. But if there's an argument to be made for using Seattlite (that is, no e), I'd like to hear it. -- Scarequotes 06:21, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Comment

A page similar to this one. List of people from San Francisco, is currently under review as an article for deletion, for reasons which would apply to this article as well. I am conducting an RfC on the talk page of the above-mentioned list to determine whether the concensus agrees on keeping such lists or not. Any and all comments are more than welcome. Badbilltucker 16:25, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

A more appropriate name for this list would be "People associated with Seattle". Many of these people live in the suburbs and have never lived in Seattle itself. Is this acceptable? NRS11 01:09, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "From Seattle"

I just pruned the "born in Seattle" section and edited the intro to clarify that this list is intended to include only people from within Seattle city limits. If we want a list of people from the metro area, we should either start a new list or rename this one. Thoughts? (I could also see ditching this list and using categories, frankly, so if someone wants to do that I'd probably be on board as well.) -- Scarequotes 16:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

"Born in Seattle" pruned again, and some non-notables deleted. CAVincent 14:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History of the word vs. List

I came here looking for the history of the word "Seattleite", but I got a short definition and a list of names. However...I couldn't find any articles on the word through a search (excepting urbandictionary.com), so I'm throwing this out there. One thing urban dictionary brought up was the stereotype of a seattleite (rain, coffee, "hippness"), which may be interesting. - malisa (talk) 01:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)