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[edit] Spencer Library Special Collections

The gift of William A. Phillips, the founder of Salina. ...
The collecting of rare books and manuscripts at the University of Kansas long precedes ...
RJBurkhart 22:18, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

HUH?!?!?dmattt 15:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Population?

  • I know that the population in Salina does not exceeds 54,000 as it was stated on wikipedia's page of Salina, Kansas. There is no way Salina has boomed 10,000 people in a 7 year span. Salina is growing, but not that fast. 46,000 +/- is more realistic!

So I fixed the first paragraph on Salina, Kansas article page. It no longer says that the population is over 54,000. It is at 46,000 and I have a reference note on there backing the numbers. It is from Salinas official web page. http://www.salina-ks.gov/ dmattt 15:25, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Okay, the city of Salina updated their web site recently, and they estimate that the population is at around 50,000 now.

>dmattt14:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MORE PHOTOS

Somebody needs to post some pictures of Salina that makes it look like a place to come visit. There are alot of beautiful landscapes around town. Posting those pictures of just the grain elevators is just depressing. Show pictures of the Parks, Down town, The River Fest! Which brings my second point... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.174.231.18 (talk • contribs) 14:36, 1 March 2007

[edit] Smokey Hill River Festival

How come nobody has mentioned the Smokey Hill River Festival!?!? The festival is a big attraction in Salina and is highly anticipated every year people near and far! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.174.231.18 (talk • contribs) 14:36, 1 March 2007

[edit] Notable residents

I really wonder about a few of the notables that have been added to the list. In particular:

  • J.D. Rudd: While no doubt known in the Minot, ND, area, I'm not sure that this list should include rookie TV weathermen.
  • Chris Tucker: Actor, but in what?
  • Nathan Tysen: Playwright/musician, but what? Without details on these last two I just don't think they belong on this list yet.

Thoughts? Is our list of notables meant to be inclusive or exclusive?

I find that notable resident sections are targets for practical joke additions, and also seem to be a great place for anon IPs to just add stuff, including their nextdoor neighbor. My suggestion would be that if there isn't a WP article on them, and you can't find them on google, yank them. ----Steve 15:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Who deleted Matt Sutton in the notable people? He has brought so much to the community. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.103.160.228 (talk) 17:50, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 50,000 People, PEOPLE!

the population of Salina does not exceed 50,000. I don't know who keeps putting at 55,000? There is no way that salina is 55,000 people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmattt (talk • contribs) 21:25, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

  • I would try resolving this by looking at the city of salina website: http://ci.salina.ks.us --Ks0stm 16:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I checked the city website and there is nothing about 55000 people, it even says on the front page "Salina is a city...of about 50000 people". --Ks0stm 16:32, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] EXACTLY!!!

Yes, even the city of salinas web page notes that there is around 50,000 people in salina. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmattt (talk • contribs) 18:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)