Talk:Port Hedland, Western Australia

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[edit] Language

Consirable emphasis on 'the biggest', 'largest' and so on is not what an encyc article is about -unless you put a reference or citation that confirms it! SatuSuro 06:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

reads ok those size statements do need something(stats/cite) to support them. This article has an unsupported population of 14500 yet the LGA article has an ABS supported 13000, I realise that this from 2001, but the LGA should have the larger figure and both should have ABS cites. Gnangarra 07:38, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I removed the largest claim on 3 Nov (-> "a major") but it appears to have been reinserted. Karratha and Port Hedland are about even as far as I'm aware. As for the 14,500 - it's all very confusing! No two sites agree with regards to Port Hedland's population and the split between Port and South. I'd stick with 13,000 and indicate in both Port and South articles that it's a shared figure. Orderinchaos78 (t|c) 12:18, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Harsher editors would not be so polite as the above two editors - someone needs to read the wikipedia policy on mostest and biggest overusage SatuSuro 12:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I have modified the article - also replaced the Aboriginal bit as an incorrect cite off a non-encyc site was used when the town council website was perfectly clear. Definitely more work needed (and transforming the quote into a third party sentence would probably be good too) Orderinchaos78 (t|c) 12:37, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Distance

The article mentions that the town is 1,322km from Perth, however the South Hedland article claims that it is 1,632 km from Perth and 18 km from Port Hedland. I would be more inclined to believe the larger figure. According to http://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/town/statistics.html the distance is 1763km via North West Coastal Highway 1660km via Northern Highway. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.59.142.120 (talk) 08:03, 10 February 2007 (UTC).