Talk:Lafayette, Louisiana
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> could you give me more information.
More information about...what? AHands 00:57, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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[edit] Lafayette Life
Although the population is listed as 110,000, I think there are twice that many people actually in Lafayette during a typical day. All the small towns around here (Maurice, Abbeville, St. Martinville, Broussard, Youngsville, New Iberia, Meaux, Duson, Carencro, etc.) all send their citzens to Lafayette to work, to shop, and to play. Unfortunately, the roads in Lafayette were not designed to handle 250,000, so our auto traffic is heavy and slow. Doesn't bother me, because I just go with the flow. We have too many accidents from careless people in a hurry, so slow down; we'll all get there. Lafayette has nice people also, great Cajun food, and many activities. Go see the sights, such as St. John's Cathedral and the 500-year-old oak tree, the Acadiana Mall, Acadian Village - an authentic reproduction of colonial times living.
AND ESPICIALLY THE CAJUN FOOD
[edit] Lafayette and fiber optics
Would anyone like to pull from this and add to the article? The Advocate-Viridis 21:02, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New info on Lafayette
I added some new information to the Lafayette article, including a section for media, and a section for points of interest. -Cardozo 15:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Places of Interest
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[edit] Lists and a link farm
This article is becoming too list-oriented and full of external links.
- "Wikipedia articles are not lists," except when the page starts off "List of..."
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See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
Aaron charles 00:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Beware sources
07-July-2007: In June 2007, there had been 1 source footnote in the article "Lafayette, Louisiana" (and most other Louisiana towns). I have added more than 15 footnotes to each major town, but now the problem has become: new data against old footnotes. When someone changes population numbers, those footnotes should be changed to name a new source. I put a new source for the 2006 metro population of "537,947" by citing the Demographia PDF. For the topic of USA area populations, I noticed the new article (from March 2007): "Louisiana census statistical areas" listing a table of the population counts. Such population articles in Wikipedia have the advantage of stabilizing data format, when population-demographic websites seem to change all the time; however, the formal population websites have the benefit of containing a vast amount of demographic data by household, race, origin, etc. Anyway, having source footnotes is good, but footnotes should be checked to spot out-of-date claims. "Every silver lining has a dark cloud." -Wikid77 03:57, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Lafgovlogo.gif
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