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Roger Purcell controversy
I could have sworn that I commented previously. Nonetheless, that whole entry is ill-formatted, poorly written enough to be somewhat confusing and contradictory, and comes far short of the necessary sourcing for something which undoubtedly falls within BLP. That could possibly explain why people keep trying to delete it from the article. I would go so far as to call the episode a pimple on the ass inasfar as Houston's history is concerned. Certainly the Miller's Reach fire, which in comparison is given very short shrift in the article, was of far, far greater significance. RadioKAOS –  Talk to me, Billy  08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * KAOS...I took it out. It had been there since 2010 and it undoubtedly was a BLP vio.  The only reference was to a political Wiki.  What baffles me is how it has stayed so long. Gtwfan52 (talk) 08:29, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It was well-reported, BTW. I doubt that any media outlets aside from newspapers would still have the story on their website, however.  The dash cam video was even a YouTube sensation du jour.  From what little attention I've paid to this, I gather that someone is determined to keep it in the article.  Whether to defame Purcell, or because the existence of the Ballotpedia article is good enough evidence of notability in their eyes, is unclear.  Really, Houston is like any other small town that only has a police department because it has a highway running through it, travelled mostly by non-residents. RadioKAOS  –  Talk to me, Billy  09:34, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

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Mistaken flag link
Is there a way to remove the link to Flag of Houston in the infobox, since it links to the flag of Houston, Texas? It appears to be part of the infobox template. Raymond1922 (talk) 02:03, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi guys is this husten high school alaska 72.35.125.87 (talk) 01:40, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

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Need an article on Palmer High School Chris 23:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Opinion
Put "perfect place to have a picnic." in parentheses because it is not fact an simply is opinion. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.223.169.153 (talk) 11:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

Ugly coffee? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.207.244.4 (talk) 18:44, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

George Palmer
Article links to the wrong George Palmer, I'm pretty sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.170.149 (talk) 02:28, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

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Given that the person the town is named after arrived after the Purchase of Alaska, why should the russian transliteration of the town name be present?Naraht (talk) 17:16, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Good question. I have no good argument to offer for keeping it. Schazjmd   (talk)  17:47, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

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Mia Rose
Apparently Mia Rose (pornographic actress and avid WOW player) was born here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.246.137.161 (talk) 04:00, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Unlikely. The only hospital in Mat-Su is Mat-Su Regional Medical Center near the Glenn-Parks interchange (in the Gateway CDP), and before that opened, Valley Hospital within Palmer city limits.  There have been all sorts of claims of people being born in other places in Mat-Su besides those hospitals which have since been exposed as bogus (with little or no regard for whether WP:BLP was adhered to when making those claims in the first place).  Regardless, there's since been a concerted effort to scrub biographical details from porn actress biographies.  You can't say those articles are intended for a general audience when they give all the weight to awards that 95+ percent of the general public have never heard of and couldn't care less about. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  07:35, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

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Notable residents
It is unlikely any of the "Notable residents" would pass muster with Wikipedia policies. I will not remove them because of the likely firestorm that would result and because it might appear a personal bias since I live in Talkeetna and know all of those people. But none of the people listed are notable outside the local community and a great many more people are notable by the same criteria within the community. In addition, the list invites vandalism as evidenced at least once in the page history. Jimkloss (talk) 17:11, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree with this dude, with perhaps the exception of Cartwright. Talkeetnans are pretty full of themselves, no offense. 216.67.49.12 (talk) 01:55, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Request for admin help
I am not a Wikipedia policy expert. I would like someone who is to consider deleting the Notable residents portion of this page. Reasons to delete include:
 * It is attracting juvenile vandalism and I believe will continue to do so.
 * It is heavily based in POV.
 * I live in Talkeetna, know most of the people listed, and don't believe any of them are notable in terms of how Wikipedia defines notability (little or no 3rd source verification).
 * It does not provide any useful encyclopedic content about the town of Talkeetna itself.
 * Other articles about similar towns/cities (Hope,_Alaska) do not contain a Notable Residents section.

If no admin responds and/or there is no discussion/concurrence on this page, I will remove the section myself but I'd prefer discussion before I take that step. Thanks. Jimkloss (talk) 18:56, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I am going to remove the Notable Residents section per Notability_(people) Jimkloss (talk) 05:05, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Co-ordinates
Daft question but does the article need the location co-ordinates mentioned four times! MilborneOne (talk) 09:34, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably not but it looks like they are templates that may be categorized and since I'm no "small towns" layout editor, I'm leaving them alone. Thanks for removing the external RSS link I put in and any other cleanup to meet standards.  I'm not sure when to cite with a ref, when to link to an external site in the text and when to put a link in "External links" but my general goal is to cut down on the promotional stuff and create more encyclopedic links/references.  jimkloss (talk) 17:56, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, normally if you use an external site as a reference it doesnt need repeating in the external links section. Just have to keep an eye on external links that they add value to the article and not used as a webdirectory (or promotion/advertising). You really need to add a reference for facts, information and opinions so other editors can see it. If they dont have a reference they could be challenged and removed in the future. But dont really worry about it, somebody wil always come along to sort it out in time! MilborneOne (talk) 18:07, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

In Film
Snow Dogs was based in one, "Tolketna, AK" which is nearly identical to Talkeetna, AK. The only differences present could be for comedic effect. I'm not posting this on the main page due to my lack of sources. If anyone cares to find any, feel free to post something about it.

As a former resident, I remember hearing that there was a crew scouting the area during the making of Snow Dogs, well before anyone knew what it was about. This could have just been small-town rumors, but I bet there is truth in it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.193.57.225 (talk) 22:30, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

I've confirmed, in Snow Dogs the town is fictional, its relation to Tolkeetna is either comedic, coincidental or unintentional. I have removed the affiliation. Source: imdb.com, Director's Journal: Snow Dogs, Directors Commentary: Snow Dogs

Email Discussion
I am posting this in case a future problem arises with someone editing this page to promote a commercial entity. I think it helps set a pace and helps informs other editors for this page who may not be aware of general Wikipedia policies. jimkloss (talk) 07:04, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

From: Johnrmoses To: Jimkloss Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: Talkeetna Page - Wiki
 * Original Message

Sorry if I added too much detail about the Pioneer Press. Someone substantially changed my briefer listing to eliminate my distribution area info at about the same time the Talkeetna Good Times listing exploded in length. Didn't mean to cause any trouble...

John Moses Alaska Pioneer Press

From: "Jim Kloss" To: "Johnrmoses" Subject: Re: Talkeetna Page - Wiki Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:57:14 -0800
 * Reply

Hi John, Thanks for writing and clarifying and for expressing your concern. I will respectfully continue to help fashion the Talkeetna page to meet Wikipedia standards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_company and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV). I will also request outside editorial assistance if an "edit war" ensues because one or more commercial entities is not happy with the article. Wikipedia is not a promotional tool. I'm fairly certain that even without my help, promotional language of any kind will eventually be removed by other editors. Thanks again for your concern and not wanting to "...cause any trouble...". I assume good faith on your part (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith) and am happy to know you also want the page to reflect fairly and equally on all the media resources available in the Talkeetna area. Jim Kloss Whole Wheat Radio - wholewheatradio.org

Bluegrass Festival
is this notable enough to merit inclusion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.31.253.151 (talk) 16:45, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Snoo
pic of cat please! page is incomplete! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.201.132 (talk) 17:37, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

"Mayor Title"
NPR California reported today that the "write in" aspect of the cat becoming mayor is actually false, as there are no elected officials for the town. Can I get some clarification please, as this article lists that the "write in" classification as to how the cat was elected honorary mayor is true. ___ According to the article:"Government • Mayor	Stubbs (1997 - present)"There is no local government in Talkeetna. The cat isn't a real mayor; it's an honorary mayor. Talkeetna doesn't have a mayor or a city council.

Note on Stubbs' injury date--Metro Canada (online) indicates that Stubbs was injured on Saturday, Aug. 31, and not Wednesday, Sept 4.--David Westling — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.131.59.140 (talk) 20:52, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

"Mayor Title and Dog Attack, Other Edits"
I don't think this dog attack is necessarily relevant, and the original language was hacked up pretty bad with recent edits. I'd suggest a revert. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.120.124.50 (talk) 05:47, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Susitna Dam
The Susitna Dam project is worth its own page, but I'm not sure that the section, as written, is relevant to this page. Thoughts? Name Omitted (talk) 15:54, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

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Government
As Vern Halter's term of office ended in 2015 I've replaced "which is represented by Assembly Member Vern Halter, who succeeded borough mayor Larry DeVilbiss" with "which is represented by an elected member in the Borough Assembly". Maybe a list similar to "The following individuals have represented Talkeetna in the Alaska Legislature since statehood" should be added for Matanuska Susitna Borough Assembly. Mcljlm (talk) 06:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Moose Dropping Festival Sources
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22. "Talkeetna Base of Denali National Park". Karen's Talkeetna Tour Blog. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-25.

23. "PETA Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival Misconception". Talkeetna Locals. Retrieved 2013-06-25. 104.152.242.236 (talk) 21:54, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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State capital
I seem to remember hearing once that there were plans to make Willow the state capital. Obviously that never happened, but maybe someone who knows could write a section about it, explaining what the plans originally were and when and why and by whom they were scrapped. --Angr/undefined 20:07, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

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I thought the U.S. Census Bureau didn't allow for placenames with less than one letter. That's supposedly "why" Y, Arizona (named for a fork in the road) became Why, Arizona.

 * Place names with 'less' than one letter? That would save on signposts, at any rate :) Anyway, this place Y doesn't seem to appear on any of those map links...

 * I couldnt find this on a paper map by DeLorme. I guess it isnt a town though, its just a grouping of some towns.  There is a "Y Lake" about 100 miles to the east, but that's not close enough for it to conceivably be related.  —  Soap  —  02:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

 * I lived in Talkeetna for seven years, and the Mat-Su valley for 21 years. We always refer to the place where the Talkeetna Spur road starts as "The 'Y'," but the actual name of the area is "Sunshine." Since it lies between Trapper Creek, Talkeetna, and Willow, this is where the high school (grades 7-12) is located.  All three towns share one school.  As far as I know, this entire area is Sunshine, and only the area around where the road forms a literal "Y" is called, "The 'Y'," and only informally.  See this map: http://g.co/maps/t7egw Rannmann (talk) 02:28, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Coordinate error?
I noticed that the coordinates on top of the page are different from the coordinates in the "Location and climate" section. Which ones are right? --Smeira 20:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

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Holton first extracted infected lung material in 1951. This material did not prove viable, though. He returned decades later after reading about a researcher working on the DNA of the flu. This is reported in an extensive CDC article: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/reconstruction-1918-virus.html Kdammers (talk) 06:09, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

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Incorporated?
Is Diomede, AK an incorporated municipality? 98.221.133.96 (talk) 09:24, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Requesting photos
Would be nice to have more photos from this ultimate last frontier island! Anybody having pictures from this island, please consider sharing some of them thru the Wikipedia. Mainly requesting highly informative pictures such those from the nature, buildings, geology, transportation, etc. Thank you in advance! Baldwin040 (talk) 03:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
was move to Little Diomede. - Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 19:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

This page was originally a few lines of information about the City of Diomede in Little Diomede island, Alaska. Now when new content has been added it covers the entire island and not just the city. The new page of Little Diomede would include information from both the city and the island overall like it already does.

There will be more information about the geology and characteristics which applies on both the city and the island. I don't think there would be enough information yet to have separate pages for both. Also the new content does not all apply to the Big Diomede, Russia either or is unverified and/or unreferenced.

I tried to move the page already, but because the destination page was already edited more than once, the automatic moving process was rejected. After the move I'll make sure all the links are pointing to correct pages and re-edit the first few lines according the new topic.

Baldwin040 (talk) 00:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 00:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Cleaning Up
This reads like a non-native English speaker wrote it. Could someone clean it up? There are just so many numerous mistakes in grammar it's actually difficult to know what's being said. --Abdul Muhib (talk) 16:53, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

2A02:8388:8500:E200:1864:5328:C4F6:EB2A (talk) 13:39, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * 11 years later, it's still a huge mess and clearly needs someone to work on the article who is both a native English speaker, and knows more about the island than I do (I know what's in this article ;) ). Some of the text you can only guess at the intended meaning. I've given it a once over to make it less appalling, but it's a long way from being of an acceptable standard. I've added some comments in places where the original text was so obscure as to be meaningless in case I got the wrong end of the stick. The article could also do with some radical shortening, as there is an awful lot of content that is irrelevant. I removed some of the most obvious cases (like "the number of students at the school is sometimes more and sometimes less than 40"); there is a great potential for some serious pruning and reducing the article to the relevant information. A lot of it reads like someone's private musings, rather than an encyclopaedia entry.

Taxes and walrus ivory
The claim is cute, but the citation is weak. Where is the legal document that validates the claim that a) taxes can be paid with walrus ivory and b) they are the only exception to the IRS rule? I would expect a reference from site:irs.gov or similar. The citation is very weak. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.73 (talk) 17:29, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: Taxes and walrus ivory
I've heard too that they paid taxes on walrus ivory. I just don't know any references. However, it's not nice to erase someone's work unless you can prove otherwise. Citation that the taxes were NOT paid with walrus ivory was very weak, sorry!

So close to Russia...
Sarah Palin needs to move here!! 207.210.134.83 (talk) 22:10, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

A picture
I see you have a picture from the Bering Straight School District webcams. Well, I have an image from one of these cameras that I think would supplement this article somewhat: http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=diomedeseksmikosna0.jpg

First of all, I need to know if you guys think it'll contribute anything. Second, I'll need advice on how to acquire permission etc... any help appreciated.Eik Corell (talk) 00:13, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: A picture
Eric, I think your picture would be perfect to the Transportation section, since it shows the main transportation channel to and from the island. I like the weather condition on it too...

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Village or City?
Among the other issues already tagged with this article, it alternates between calling Diomede a village and a city. Presumably it can't both and is more likely a village based on its low population, but as the criteria for "city" varies widely by jurisdiction I don't know enough about Diomede or Alaska's politics to be bold and change all the references to village. 70.73.90.119 (talk) 01:46, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * List of cities in Alaska describes the criteria; Diomede is a second-class city. No reason it can't be both a village (in common parlance) and a city (in legal parlance). --jpgordon𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 15:10, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

1950s
The 1950's section reads strangely, and it's a bit difficult for me to understand it. Somebody that knows more about it should clean it up. Microwavedfork (talk) 22:52, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Article issues

 * This is listed as a B-class article supported by 3 projects ( notified ). The criteria (#1) states: The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. It has "citation needed" tags dated June 2015 (several), March 2008, and June 2018. A "clarification needed" tag is dated February 2019. These are issues consistent with "not" satisfying the criteria for the class and if not resolved a class review needs to be performed.
 * I removed content from the "1880s–1920s" subsection: ..., with "whalebone posts set up and framed at the top to lay their canoes beyond the dogs that would otherwise eat them.". that I could not find supported by the source. --  Otr500 (talk) 12:10, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , I wasn't sure if you had this page on your watchlist. I have addressed nearly all, with exception of one, of the "citation needed" tags and the one "clarification needed" tag. I'll continue looking for a source for the one tag left. -- A Rose Wolf  19:43, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. I ping is still nice. I will defer to you the end result as I am sure it will be what is needed.  --  Otr500 (talk) 01:55, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

City???
83 people is a city??? 122.104.176.109 (talk) 21:55, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Apparently according to Alaska law, it is. According to common sense, perhaps not. Lighthumormonger (talk) 06:06, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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Gold on the beaches of Nome
Is there really gold on the beaches of Nome? --Tbbooher 02:44, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, there was gold on the beaches of Nome. See:

Volume 2 / Number 1 / Spring 1987 SOLD OUT Clark C. Spence, "The Ernst-Alaska Dredging Company: Small Dredge Technology on the Nome Beaches, 1910-1920" in the Alaska Historical Society's Alaska History magazine.

Michael Garrett Blakeslee mgblakes@comcast.net

Does the Iditarod in fact commemorate the serum run?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iditarod_%28race%29#Criticism_from_animal_rights_groups says "Animal protection activists say that the Iditarod is not a commemoration of the 1925 serum delivery. The race was originally called the Iditarod Trail Seppala Memorial Race in honor of Leonhard Seppala. According to statements made by Iditarod co-founder Dorothy Page, the media perpetuated the false notion that the race was established to honor the drivers and dogs who carried the serum."

It seems to me that some clarification is needed, in both articles, about whether or not the Iditarod really does commemorate the serum run.

Nat 23:19, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

It does not - it just follows the historic iditarod historic trail. The serum run started from Nenana, not Anchorage / Willow. 146.63.71.44 (talk) 21:38, 15 September 2016 (UTC)Nomeite

Statue[s?] of Balto
Contradiction:

Para. 2 says "A statue of Balto by F.G. Roth stands near the zoo in Central Park, New York City, as does one in downtown Anchorage, Alaska".

The caption of the sled-dog photo in the History section says "Statue in downtown Anchorage of an anonymous sled dog, often mistaken as Balto, the lead sled dog during the last part of the Iditarod serum run."

Which is it?

While we are here, the wording of the Para 2 quote is unclear: it can be read a saying that both statues are by F.G. Roth. Are they?

Nat 23:27, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Nome serum race
Why no mention of the Race against Death? Tom e rtalk 11:02, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

The Fourth Kind
this is all MY OWN OPINION i have a feelin that this will get tampered with due to the new Milla Jovovich movie the fourth kind, which pretends to be 'based on true events' revolving around alien abductions from Nome, throwing out facts like "More people disappear from Nome every year than any other city" and other such nonsense. The whole thing is structured w/ a 'blair witch effect', even with Jovovich introducing the trailer by saying "I'm portraying a real person, yadda yadda". Kind of ridiculous, especially since there is apparently no mention anywhere on the internet of anything alien related to Nome, Alaska. Altough there is a much higher rate of disaperances in Nome than anywhere else in the world; and in several cases the last places the people were seen has a high amount of radiation.Then again I have no proof that the movie's "real footage" is fake.

Just something to look out for.

If anyone lands here looking for info about Nome and Aliens: the movie is complete fiction and the 'real footage' they show in the trailer is also complete fiction. --Brad R. (talk) 15:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

∴ Wa lk er aj  —Preceding undated comment added 02:42, 19 August 2009 (UTC).
 * It's probably also worth noting that the overhead shot they show of "Nome" shows a town in a hilly, wooded valley, which is about as far from Nome as you can get. I guess the notion of aliens in Norton Sound wasn't scary enough ;)

 * Here's an article on the movie which seems to show it as bunk http://community.adn.com/adn/node/143292 --65.46.49.110 (talk) 17:07, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

My Opinion Actually based on MY opinion their have been some missing people in Alaska like Paranormal Activity explain why you wouldn't want to use a witch (Weegee) board. My opinions are that when a witch board has a symbolic sign of the stars,that at 11:34 or 3:15 things would react. Since 11:34 is normally spelled "Hell" backwards which indicates the gates of hell to appear and at 3:15 the gate opens and allows spirits to arrive. BUT ITS JUST FACTS OF MY OWN OPINION —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.112.227 (talk) 17:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC) all the footege in the movie is completely true, i was in nome during the production in 2009.Why else would the FBI be there so much if there wasn't any thing the goverment would'nt care. they would not have shown up theres if there wasnothing wrong, obviuusly the goverment has alo to do and that does't include any FAKE --- This is from my opinion that i know that aliens are not real at all there isnt any proof but i know something,someone ,some creature what is doing that now we all know that nome is based on a true story even i think its real its not like any scary movie that i have seen before,some people think its a joke a fake but how do you know?? What im saying is that that lady in the video who said that her child Ashley was taken away by something & that something is not an alien its a clearly explanation. Listen, i dont know what religion to whom ever is reading this but if youy look just look in the muslim story of what happened between god & one of his angels there was an angel called "Iblis". And this is true whats happening to Nome is also happening to the bermuna triangle some people say that in the bermuna triangle is a cursed place & it is true because it is the throne of "Iblis" thats why including Nome. So,"Iblis" always wanted to be you know so i think he took that lady's daughter & he always hated humans, always. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.59.241.247 (talk) 17:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry but it's NOT real. The actress in the "real footage" scenes is Charlotte Milchard. She's been in two other movies. Anyway just check out The Fourth Kind Wikipedia article. 22:24, 25 March 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.86.236.18 (talk)

The Fourth Kind movie is a bunch of CROCK, I was born and raised in Nome, nothing in that movie is true.12.117.201.46 (talk) 22:56, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Dogs
Considering the introduction part of a Wikipedia page about a town makes clear indications to the names of two dogs which once lived there, the town must really have nothing of interest to give to the world. Or so it seems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.206.50.247 (talk) 14:51, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Bogosity check
"The federal judge for the area ruled the original claims valid, but some of the claim jumpers agreed to share their invalid claims with influential Washington politicians. Alexander McKenzie, a Republican party higher-up from North Dakota, took an interest in the gold rush and secured the appointment of Arthur Noyes as the federal district judge for the Nome region for the purpose of taking control of gold placer mines in Nome."

Ambiguous to the point of being meaningless. Originally, "the federal judge for the area" was the one judge assigned to the entire District of Alaska, until Congress passed new civil legislation for Alaska in 1900. The Second Division court created by this legislation, which covered northwestern Alaska, was originally based in St. Michael before it was quickly moved to Nome during the height of the Gold Rush. Noyes was the first person appointed to this judgeship. Some more background could be useful here, especially since the article on McKenzie doesn't address the matter in sufficient enough detail, either. There is the suggestion that Noyes, who was a candidate for a judgeship in Minneapolis prior to getting this judicial appointment, and McKenzie combined forces for the express purpose of accomplishing this, but once again, that could be made clearer.

"Wyatt Earp, of Tombstone, Arizona fame, stayed in Nome for a short period, but little is known of his activities there."

Hmmm. As I enter "wyatt earp" one letter at a time into Google, "wyatt earp in alaska" ranks pretty high on the list of suggestions. I dunno whether or not that's due to the host computer recognizing that I'm in Alaska. Any number of sources mention that Earp lived in Nome (mostly during the summer) from 1897 to 1901, and that he and Charles E. Hoxie owned and operated the Dexter Saloon. There are other sources out there which go into greater detail.

Also, no mention that Tex Rickard lived in Nome during the same time period. Rickard came to Alaska to visit Juneau ca. 1894, soon afterward abandoning his life in Texas to become a gold rush traveler. He served on Nome's first city council, but left Alaska not long after that.

"A 500-mile (800 km) road project (Manley Hot Springs–Nome) is being discussed in Alaska."

"Is being discussed" is ambiguous and misleading. Entering "road to nome" into Google and writing statements on numerous Wikipedia articles based solely upon the contents of the first result returned doesn't do the issue justice. I entered "road to nome" into a newspaper search engine hosted by the Alaska State Library and it returns stories going as far back as 1957. I mention this because the companion statement on Alaska Route 2 is worded, using the same selective source, to give the impression that the idea of a road to Nome is recent or brand new, and that Sarah Palin and Sean Parnell are somehow responsible for the idea. Obviously, if the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner was writing a story about it in the summer of 1957, years before either Palin or Parnell were born, it's bullshit. Writing untrue or misleading statements based upon a lack of willingness WRT discernment of multiple available sources is also bullshit.RadioKAOS (talk) 18:09, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Dirtville
Apparently according to the miner's camp (where they tent up) is called "Dirtville", on the outskirts of Nome. -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 00:22, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

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I stepped in here when I saw another WP:LAME candidate brewing. As a result, left a note on my talk page in response to my reversion, invoking WP:V. I had already pointed out in my edit summary that the entire section is unreferenced. JustBerry didn't exactly score any points by continuing to dwell on the lack of references to only one small part of it. I'd much rather disregard the WP:V argument and discuss the section as a whole. (There's the other can of worms: given how WP:V is often applied, is a "common reader" defined as someone who is incapable of using a specialized search engine or going to the library and picking up a book? That definition would actually apply to a lot of active Wikipedians, if you think about it.)

There are a number of editors out there with an obvious deep interest in how the gold rush era has been portrayed in popular culture. Unfortunately, much of the editing activity in that vein has resulted in imbalanced articles reflecting undue weight, this article being one such example. It's not just this section, either. Look at the history section, too. There are tons of sources out there concerning the real-life events surrounding Alexander McKenzie and Arthur Noyes. Instead of acknowledging any of that, we basically turn the paragraph discussing these events into a WP:COATRACK for Rex Beach and The Spoilers.

The so-called "Media" section, which is really an "In popular culture" section (popular culture sections are typically abhorred by certain editors, but it's really easy to slip one in by calling it something else, which shows how much attention people are really paying around here), is wholly unreferenced and continues to push the article down the path I describe in the previous paragraph. I wouldn't mind one bit if WP:TNT was used here. See North Pole, Alaska for an example of how rethinking an article works for the betterment of the encyclopedia. In its early years, the article was written as little more than a coatrack article for Santa Claus (I am not making this up, go look for yourself), and as a result attracted a lot of ridiculous editing activity. I rewrote the article so that it actually provided some information about the community. Lo and behold, it's been mostly stable ever since. The same can be achieved here. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 04:48, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Citation for third paragraph of introduction
The story behind the delivery of the serum sounds fascinating. Can we get a source for this story? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Secretkeeper12 (talk • contribs) 14:37, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Suggestions for Education Section
I think it would be helpful to add to the "Education" section, under "Public Schools" that there is a Head Start school program currently in Nome, Alaska. The Kawerak Head Start program is designed to prepare younger children for school at a younger age than Kindergarten. Hltozier (talk) 06:55, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

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It says one theory of the name is that Jafet Lindeberg would have named it after a valley in Norway.

In the book Klondike, The Chicago Record's Book For Gold Seekers, printed in 1897, on pages 28-29, is a map over Alaska. There Cape Nome is clearly named. https://archive.org/stream/klondikechicagor00chic#page/28/mode/2up This book was printed one year before Jafet Lindeberg came to USA. So clearly he can not be the originator of the name.

So why is it even listed as a theory? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.10.167.204 (talk) 17:31, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * What's the point of saying there are 2000 males for every 100 females, if there's only 21 people in all? Why not just tell the truth--there is one woman, 20 men? Doovinator 06:46, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

César Cascabel

 * I don't know what to do with the 'citation needed' about César Cascabel. The citation is for me the novel itself, and the novel is available to any reader through our very own wikisource... Hektor (talk) 21:11, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Merging
Why don't we merge LORAN-C transmitter Port Clarence into this one? They're both stubs. Yopienso (talk) 23:08, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Dubious
The statistics are dubious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:AC50:24C0:A592:A57B:D9A:69FC (talk) 06:30, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Zero statistics?
The demographics section is ridiculous. Should the lines like the one that says 'There were 4 households out of which none had children under the age of 18 living with them, none were married couples living together, and 0.0% were non-families. No households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 0.00 and the average family size was 0.00.' be condensed a bit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anticontradictor (talk • contribs) 08:58, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

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Are Siberian Yupiq Native Americans?
I find this slightly confusing:

Under Demographics it says:

The racial makeup of the city was 95.33% Native American, 4.35% White, 0.16% Asian, and 0.16% from two or more races.

... whereas the "history" section says:

''Between 1878 and 1880 a famine decimated the island's population. Many who did not starve left. The remaining population of St. Lawrence Island was nearly all Siberian Yupik. ''

So they are certainly indigenous but not exactly indigenous Americans. --Johannes Rohr (talk) 13:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

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Fixed ref. It was inserted by WhisperToMe. Cheers.SWP13 (talk) 18:39, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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"Eskimos"
I notice the word "Eskimos" in the article. Isn't that term generally considered an insulting slur? - Jmabel | Talk 03:38, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Several days, no reply; since I don't know what specific tribe/nation I will substitute "Alaska Natives". - Jmabel | Talk 07:15, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * At least you're not employing the awkward contextual hole known as "Inuit". In Alaska, "Inuit" typically refers to Canadian indigenous people.  So I thank you for that. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  23:02, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Article name

 * There is some confusion concerning the article title. St. Michael is used in the lead and the "Geography" section. In the "Demographics" section "Saint Michael first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Inuit villages of "Saint Michael and Tachik".", and "It returned in 1890 as Saint Michael. After this St. Michael is used.
 * I will add "Saint Michael" as an alternate spelling but there needs to be some tie-in as to why it is referred to as the shortened "St. Michael" in the title. Otr500 (talk) 01:47, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

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Flying Wild Alaska
I suspect this city is going to be getting unexpected attention as result of to tonight's AWESOME debut of Flying Wild Alaska (1/14/11).

A better wikipedian than me probably needs to clean it up, but I hope I did a decent job of updating the basics -- Era now being the parent company of Hageland and me deferring on whether Era is based in Unalakleet as stated on the show or, as I suspect, actually being based in Anchorage.

Here's the wikipedia article on what it appears should now be titled "Era Alaska": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_Aviation

And here's Era's "about us": http://www.flyera.com/about

For anyone interested in the this subject, I strongly recommend you get all possible ducks in a row. Discovery's Deadliest Catch exploded people's interest in the Bering Sea, The History Channel's Ice Road Truckers exploded interest in the Dalton Road, and I suspect that Discovery's response to History with an aviation approach will do the same to the roadless interior. IvyGold (talk) 04:17, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh and here's Dicsovery's description of Era: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/flying-wild-alaska/about-show.html

Note this:"'Era Alaska was founded in the small city of Unalakleet with just one small plane and a service area of a few hundred miles. Today, the company has nearly 75 planes and destinations throughout the large state. Valued at millions, the airline handles everything from large, cross state commuter flights to tiny off-airport 'bush' flights. Despite his company's achievements, Jim refuses to relax for even an instant, because he knows that his community's well-being depends on him.'"Dramatic license or what? Amirite? IvyGold (talk) 04:35, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Uh yeah, you could say that. Anyway, Era (actually ERA) was founded by Carl Franklin Brady (1919–2005) as a helicopter company in the late 1940s and was sold about two decades later to a Texas-based firm doing work in Alaska during the Prudhoe Bay discovery.  I don't remember the specifics following that, but the name somehow endured as a brand, or was resurrected for an air taxi of some sorts.  It definitely was strictly or primarily a helicopter company when I was growing up.  Recently, the Era name prevailed out of an extensive series of mergers of small carriers and air taxis, mostly serving the northern and western flanks of Alaska.  You can figure why not, as Era's a pretty solid brand in Alaska.  Frontier Flying had that same cachet, but was more a Fairbanks thing and not necessarily as well-known statewide.  It's likely fact that a small air carrier was founded in Unalakleet with one plane, that Jim Tweto was associated with, which became a component of the current entity known as Ravn Alaska.  However, that's different than the way Discovery is portraying it in the quote you provided.  Our coverage of the whole lineage of that company is so screwed up to boot.
 * Here's what I want to know. I have a book source somewhere which mentions the Ryan family and their airline.  I take it from reading this source that Ferno Tweto is a Ryan?  If so, I can very well imagine why so little has been said about that.  This is tough flying country, but the uninitiated will pay little heed to that and only dwell on the fact that the Ryans are known for a succession of accidents during the 1980s and a subsequent name change for their company.  Curiously, that was the same charge leveled at Era when it became Ravn. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  00:09, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

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city
It surely has too few inhabitants to be a city. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.140.57.113 (talk) 15:10, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * In Alaska, a city is a type of incorporated municipality. Nothing more, nothing, less, which is why it may be confusing to outsiders used to a city perhaps being something else.  In the latter territorial and early statehood eras, there were incorporated cities which were basically neighborhoods with as little as five or ten people.  Alaska's local government structure underwent a substantial overhaul in 1972.  Even so, I believe the prevailing standard since then is that communities with at least 25 people can incorporate.  Some have fallen below that mark, but the minimum population only applies to incorporating, not to remaining incorporated. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  20:50, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

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How do you get there?
Could someone comment on whether there are roads there? Skysong263 (talk) 23:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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Surely a source can be found tying White Mountain to "North to Alaska", considering that it's prominently mentioned in the song's lyrics. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 01:34, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

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There is no Alpine, Alaska
Somebody is having a joke at wikipedia's expense. I spent 12+ years living in the North Slope Borough, and nobody ever mentioned a location named 'Alpine'. The Lat/Lon take you to the village of Nuiqsut, which is indeed a real place. "Alpine's" zero population is thus a tipoff to the bogosity of this entry.

File this one in fictional towns like Cicely, Alaska. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.96.33 (talk • contribs) 09:26, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Alpine is in fact a real community per the State of Alaska. It is however considered unpopulated/seasonal-use. See —akghetto talk 00:27, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Alpine is an actual oil production facility located about 8 miles from the village of Nuiqsut, The population at any given time at Alpine is probably grater than the population of the nearby village. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.74.79 (talk • contribs) 28 July 2007 (UTC)

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Copy/paste removed
Below is the content that I removed from the article because it was copy/pasted from here. I'm putting it here so someone with time can rewrite it and put it back in the article. -- Mufka (user) (talk) (contribs) 15:56, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I rewrote the article, though some of the Geography stuff I had to leave as is, as I don't know enough about it, I didn't want to mess with the sentences and mess the information up. Otherwise, the sections have been rewritten.  Take Care.... NeutralHomer  T:C 16:26, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Subzero temperature
The article states "Anaktuvuk Pass is also the only place in the US to record a subzero June temperature" - Fahrenheit, I presume? We should say so. D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  15:16, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

That's an understatement ... it was in fact -11 on June 28, narrowly missing occurring in July. But I doubt it's the ONLY place to record such so I removed that. Lollipop (talk) 23:11, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

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taken from the Western Region Climate Center, of wrcc.dri.edu, supplier of much of our other climate data. DRI.edu has no ads on its site and is liable for the quality of its data in a way that commercial websites are not. given the wide gap between the two data sources i suspect dri.edu is the right one. please let me know if you have any questions.— Soap — 18:05, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

the old src says its data is " collected between 1982 and 2012." but the wx station in Anaktuvuk Pass was closed in 1972. i suspect the old src pulled data from a nearby station, and is thus inaccurate. but no further clarification is given on their site. — Soap — 18:07, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

I just found and removed *another* climate data box which I somehow missed all this time, from Anaktuvuk Pass. I apologize I dont have time to look deeper right now, as I only get online with a full size PC a few hours per week. But the data I removed was described as just "NOAA" and not tied to any user-retrievable data. I doubt that they could both be correct. I will look more into this when I can. — Soap — 21:03, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

name
currently says Anaktuvuk Pass was named after the Anaktuvik River. Anaktuvuk is the English way of spelling annaqtugvik place of caribou droppings in Inupiaq, the language of the Inupiat.[9]

So is it annaqtugvik  or Anaqtuuvak? Both cant be right. — Soap — 18:14, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

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New photo of the whalebone arch
I recently had a chance to get up to Utqiagvik with a good camera and got a picture of the whalebone arch which I thought may be useful as one of the pictures on this article. I don't fully know the history of the discussions around this and don't exactly want to slap my own photo in a prominent place without outside input, but figured this may be a bit different than some of what was already here, particularly considering it's prominence in most media around Utqiagvik and the lack of any photo here.

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 * I don't see why not, the article does talk quite a bit about whaling in the area.  Hut 8.5  11:27, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * It took a while, but I added it. Recon  rabbit  13:28, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Pronunciation inconsistent with source
The pronunciation given by the page contains no 'g' sound: /ˌʊtkiˈɑːvɪk/ UUT-kee-AH-vik. But the pronunciation given by the source does contain a 'g' sound: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2016/10/29/barrows-new-name-is-its-old-one-utqiagvik-local-inupiaq-leaders-hope-its-use-heals-as-it-teaches/

I'm not sure how to correct the pronunciation. In the meantime, should it be removed so that it doesn't mislead readers? 2603:7080:A507:A8E1:CCE3:3CE2:60FD:2784 (talk) 14:38, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * There is possibility that the name "Kaktovik" has something to do with Vikings from Newfoundland. Old sagas confirm that Vikings did sail through Hudson Bay and travelled to Lake Nipigon in 14th century[citation needed]. It is possible that some of these Vikings sailed to Kaktovik and encountered native eskimos and commerced with them. Word "kakto" has no equivalent term in Old Norse or Icelandic. Vik for its part-spelled Vík-means fjord in Old Norse. There are dozens of similar places such as: Reykjavík, Narvik, Upernavik, Makkovik.

There's zero "confirmation" of such in the Sagas, only comments that might be suggestions that have no concrete evidence to support them. Obviously, if this changes, it can be restored. Also, a one syllable cognate--probably a false cognate--does not equate to language exchange. The paragraph is highly speculative and completely unsourced at best.Mzmadmike (talk) 15:12, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Percentages
Someone should change the percentages of population, etc. in the article to eliminate digits to the right of the decimal point. If there are less than 300 people in the village, expressing population percentages to four decimal places is meaningless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.182.112.44 (talk) 00:16, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

official website
the website is for an unrelated (to the island) company — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.169.168.220 (talk) 18:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

error in Iñupiaq name
As a friend pointed out, Qaagtuviġmiut is unlikely to be correct as -miut is a suffix that means "the people [who live at X]". We're asking around among our Iñupiaq friends. Followup: The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation site confirms that it's simly Qaaktuġvik. http://www.asrc.com/Communities/Pages/Kaktovik.aspx Editing it. Chriswaigl (talk) 15:05, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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Village or city?
This settlement is neither populous nor does it cover a significantly large area. Editors keep referring to it as a "city", but it is much closer to a "village", as news stories usually refer to it, and as it has a population of less than 300. Would there be objection to changing the text to read "village" instead of "city"? --Bejnar (talk) 17:09, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

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Resource regarding Royal Dutch Shell and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service
A Tiny Alaska Village Stares Down Big Oil; Far-flung Point Hope puts Shell's plans for Arctic drilling on ice from September 22, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT BusinessWeek (pages 38, 39, & 40) by Katarzyna Klimasinska. The bottom line: Shell, which spent nearly $4 billion for rights to drill in Arctic waters, has been stymied by villagers suing to stop the oil giant. 97.87.29.188 (talk) 22:26, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

 * Maybe a wikipedia article, such as Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation?  99.119.128.87 (talk) 23:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * What is the case name for this one? 99.190.87.183 (talk) 05:58, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

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''Arctic Village Is Torn by Plan for Oil Drilling ... The residents of Point Hope, Alaska, have long fought outside forces trying to change the nature of the town; now the fighting is from within. October 26, 2011 by William Yardley and Erik Olsen 97.87.29.188 (talk) 22:51, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
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Talk:Point Lay, Alaska

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Oil in Prudhoe Bay
What conditions lead to the formation of so much oil in an area this far north? Was this area previously south and drifted north over 10's of thousands of years? Or was the climate so much warmer this area supported lush plant growth at some point in time?
 * All of the above, to some extent. The source rocks are of three ages - Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.  Although this part of Alaska was not particularly far south at those times, the climate was indeed significantly more uniform and warmer worldwide then (65 to 250 million years ago). Dinosaur fossils and trackways exist in the Cretaceous of the North Slope. --Geologyguy 16:40, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Revealing demographics?
So now I know that the one family living in the area are between 25 and 44 have three children, whose parents include a white person and a Alaska native. I wouldn't be pleased to see this if I were them. -- hello, i'm a member  |  talk to me!  18:40, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * And I know their family income. -- hello, i'm a member  |  talk to me!  18:41, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That's exactly what I was thinking. From the perspective of someone from the UK, to see these kind of statistics being published about a single family seems utterly ridiculous. It falls short of telling you whether it's a white husband and a Native American wife or vice-versa, but still...--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 22:54, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I cut most of it out; doesn't really add to the article either. Ab e g92 contribs 18:08, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

So where's the Bay?
It might be better to show a photo or a map of the bay, instead of just a submarine on water. That photo could have been made anywhere.--dunnhaupt (talk) 14:20, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Demographics
Are the "several thousand transient workers" included in the 2010 population (2,174)? The wording is ambiguous. And if these are not included, what caused the massive population boom between the 2000 (one famlily of 5 people) to 2174 in 2010? Iapetus (talk) 16:20, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Climate data
I restored the original   climate   data box  from  2016 because it is linked to a verifiable reliable source, and the one we had replaced it with was not. The myforecast.co site simply guesses its data based on nearby towns, and has a spotty coverage area, such that even a town that has a weather station can be missed. In some climates this is fine ....   but  in cold, sparsely settled, mountainous areas, this can produce  wildly inaccurate data. I reverted to the original source, the Desert Research Institute, which operates  the Western Regional Climate Center. Also I touched up the data, because  either it has changed in the five year period, or the original author didn't pull all of the data from that source ....  the   original table was incomplete anyway, as it lacked the record lows. — Soap — 23:35, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

News
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A planned new arctic fiber internet project to be connected to Prudhoe Bay

https://www.arctictoday.com/a-new-arctic-fiber-projects-aims-to-link-asia-and-europe-via-the-northwest-passage/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.82.176 (talk) 00:36, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

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If the majority of the residents rely on subsistence hunting, why is the average household income so high? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
 * Probably because Arctic Slope Regional Corporation tends to issue rather generous dividends. Plus, unlike most Native corporations, they enroll newly-born descendants as shareholders.  Oh yeah, and Inupiat also tend to have large families.  Despite all that, subsistence is important.  Sam Taalak, who was mayor of both Barrow and Nuiqsut, testified in 1982 on proposed oil development in NPR–A.  The gist of what he said is that if hunting and fishing habitat was sacrificed and not preserved, the only alternative the people living there would have is to go to the store and buy a chicken for $25.  Oh yeah, there's also the aspect of them living in a far corner of the earth where consumer goods are exorbitantly expensive in many cases, as I hope I just made clear. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  21:03, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

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We also have a school.

Original research?
As I'm reading it, the article reflects an editor's apparent belief that the name Deering came from a ship, but I see no RSes anywhere which may confirm that. However, there are numerous contemporary mid-20th century sources which indicate that the community was long known as Fairhaven (for the surrounding mining and recording district), which is completely unmentioned (not at all surprising). RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 06:50, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development says the following on their website:"The village was established in 1901 as a supply station for Interior gold mining near the historic Malemiut Eskimo village of 'Inmachukmiut.' The name Deering was probably taken from the 90-ton schooner 'Abbey Deering,' which was in nearby waters around 1900. The city was incorporated in 1970."This could be taken as reliably sourced information, but it it still sounds to me like guesswork more than anything else. It's probably where that editor obtained their information from, too. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  07:40, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Uh, never mind. From working on a number of these articles, I figured out that someone copied and pasted material from the state's community database profile to fill up content in a lot of the articles. I never did see any discussion on whether this is in compliance with copyright or not, so I may be opening up a whole new can of worms by bringing THAT up. As for the other point I made, I came across reports of the Alaska Engineering Commission published in 1915 which refer to Deering existing as a community then and so named. I still contend that back then, it was mainly a port for the Fairhaven district. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 02:03, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The village was founded by Johann Paul Richard Escholt (called Richard), born in Germany 1870. He married Maggie Kusugnalook Riley from Little Diomede Island 1903 on the Shooner Deering. This might be the reason for the village name. JanX (talk) 20:00, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

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