Talk:Brownsville, Texas

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[edit] Vandalism

This page has been extensively vandalized. e.g. "The median income for a household in the city was $900, and the median income for a family was $1000. Males had a median income of $5.00 versus $100,000,000 for females."

but I don't know the correct figures to fix it. 71.249.228.149 01:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

"a beautiful downtown,"

Is that POV? --WikiFan04 14:22, 19 Mar 2005 (CST) 66.68.212.149 02:18, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

It would have to be, or a lie. --201.128.160.172 03:13, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Those Interesting Facts are actually pretty uninteresting.

66.68.212.149 02:18, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Beautiful downtown? That's funny. haha

Actually, to many people our downtown is beautiful (yes, I know, shocking). Consider that our downtown experience is far different from many northern American downtown experiences. Ours features lots of historical buildings whereas others feature, well, just brick-and-mortar store chains. --Mcamargo 22:14, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Beautiful Downtown? Apparrantly they havent been after dark when all the prostitutes come out. -Ariel. April 8, 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.151.173.141 (talk) 16:58, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

  • Removed extensive section about conduct of city elections. There is no indication that this procedure is unique to Brownsville and therefore notable or encyclopedic.
  • Removed Pre-Brownsville/Brownsville History subcategories.
  • Removed lots of useless city government information and rearranged the rest.
  • Removed the the dental hygene "college" and the "college" of cosmetology from under the Universities and Colleges heading.
  • Moved famous people to trivia and dropped Shelbie Bruce, who has been in two episodes of TV, did one bit part voiceover, and has appeared in one recent film.
  • The usual grammar, redundancy, POV, and similar issues.

Holford 10:57, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I removed Our Lady of Sorrows School from the list of private schools. Our Lady of Sorrows is located in McAllen NOT Brownsville. --69.151.173.141 (talk) 17:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)Ariel

[edit] Language proficiency in Brownsville

I have noticed that editors to the Brownsville article have occasionally noted the fact that Brownsville residents speak predominently Spanish. I know the census gathers data on what language is used at home does anyone know where these figures are listed, if they are so that a number acan be applied and not just a statement that is not a NPOV? user:Jaedza

[edit] Nacho Libre

I've noticed that lots of people have been replacing names with "Nacho Libre." I really don't think that someone by the name of "Nacho Libre" served as the mayor, or the city's commisioner. It's just kind of sad to see people stoop that low, really, especially since their IP addresses are tracked.--Mcamargo 15:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fort Brown/Fort Texas

Note: Fort Brown was originally named Fort Texas, but was renamed after the siege. The history section should reflect this. I plan on updating the history section soon so it is a paragraph style and not bullets. 25or6to4 09:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


We did have a mayor nicknamed "Nacho". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.206.76.72 (talk) 05:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rio Grande Rapid Transit

The Rio Grande Rapid Transit section has been fact flagged. If proper citations are not added within 7 days, it will be removed and kept off until proper cites are included. 25or6to4 (talk) 00:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Demographics

84% white 91% hispanic latino? am i missing something here. Explanation: You are confused between race and ethnicity. There are only three basic races in the world which consists of Anglo, African, and Mongoloid. Ethnicities are subgroups of each race. It is possible to categorize oneself as of African or Anglo origin, but also Hispanic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.69.71 (talk) 04:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)