Talk:Ballard, Seattle, Washington

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I notice that when I do a search for "ballard" I get the No page with this exact title exists; trying to find similar titles. No article title matches error, despite the existence of this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard%2C_Seattle%2C_Washington

I can only get there if I do a search for "ballard, seattle, washington"

Is that how the search engine is supposed to work? Seems limiting....

--c3k 15:44, Mar 7, 2004 (UTC)

You are probably clicking the Go button, which is supposed to take you to the article with the exact title as the string that is entered. The internal Wikipedia search is currently offline because it slows down the server too much, but there are two search forms for google and yahoo if you click the search button. hth, Dori | Talk 17:08, Mar 7, 2004 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Sustainable Ballard

Is there really a need to have this in the external links, given that it is already in the notes? - Jmabel | Talk 20:33, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The annexation of Ballard by Seattle/Free Ballard

Shouldn't there be some discussion about how ballard was annexed into seattle and the "free ballard" movement (Koogunmo 10:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC))

Here's a citable source on annexation: http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=983. But as far as I can tell, there really is no "Free Ballard" movement, just bumper stickers and patches made be Archie McPhee's, and a few people making jokes. You should definitely try to see if you can find anthing substantive before you get this into an encyclopedia article, or, alternatively, make it clear that it is basically a joke. - Jmabel | Talk 21:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boiled cod and komle in Ballard?

Partly asking this re article content on the Scandinavian community here, and also out of curiosity as I'd eaten there once; there used to be a "greasy spoon" type cafe somewhere in Ballard, though it wasn't greasy at all, where you could get Norwegian home-cookin', i.e. cod and komle with melted butter, the Vestkyst staple. I don't remember there being much else on the menu, in fact....place was as bland as the cod, arboroite and off-white walls, almost no decorations. Is it still there? Are there other cuisine/shopping manifestations of Scandinavian-ness left in Ballard's retail life....speaking of which is the Nordic Museum mentioned here?Skookum1 20:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Objectivity

Is someone selling tour tickets or something?

"Ballard emerged as one of the most interesting neighborhoods in Seattle"

"...restaurant, boutique, and cafe scene exploded"

"...catalyzed the gentrification of the downtown district"

"...the flagship institution of the community..."

"...with little strong leadership from local politicians"

Not very objective, and arguable at best. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.160.97.186 (talk) 22:30, 2 May 2007 (UTC).


It seems that the entire "A neighborhood in transition" section should be removed. There's far too much "fluff" and subjective material and not enough actual information to keep this section. Objections? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.86.89 (talk) 22:14, 13 September 2007 (UTC)