Talk:Valencia, Venezuela

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POV[edit]

Exceedingly POV - I heard it was a dump ;-) (trolling, pay no mind) It is very POV though. GRAHAMUK 02:34, 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Spain/Venezuela[edit]

The external link at the bottom takes reader to a Valencia, Spain. I thought this was about Venezuela.

Please, do not dumb stuff indiscriminately![edit]

Somebody just dumped a lot of text about the plaza monumental here that 1) was in Spanish and 2) should have belonged in a special article about that place (feria taurina). That kind of behaviour should be avoided. This is an encyclopedia and it should have the right organization! It might be that the person who added that text is a real fan of bull fighting, but he-she should mind that one cannot put indiscriminately x details about one`s hobby in a page that is actually about a city. If one is going to write an article about any place, one should take the time to structure the information in the proper way.

Know for "International and racial divsersity"??[edit]

The reason I removed this setnence is because I have a reasonable doubt that the claim in question is untrue. I've been to Velencia, I went there in July 2005, and there is no observable evidence that there is any level of diversity there that exceeds that which you would see in any other large city. Almost everyone we came into contact with seemed to be mestizo for the most part, and the only more European-looking people we saw there could be found in the nicer areas, such as a relatively upper class mall we shopped around at, (where you'll pay the equivalent of $70 USD for an Old Navy outfit, and about $500 USD for a PS2, no telling what they must charge for a PS3 there.), and that seems to be the case in most Latin American countries. All in all, a claim such as that is so debatable that only a reliable citation would give it the right to stay in the article.

All I can add at this point is that Valencia is a great city if you can appreciate how nice some of the people there are, avoid the more dangerous places (nearly everywhere), and GET OUT OF THE WAY when you see cars coming up from behind you, and not to mention there's tropical grennery everywhere, not something I am used to, so seeing that was just awesome.EnglishEfternamn ^talk_contribs 21:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1555, eight years before 1567?[edit]

Article says: Valencia was founded by Captain Alonso Díaz Moreno on 25 March 1555 — as the locals are proud of reminding visitors, eight years before Caracas. However, Caracas was founded in 1567, that's not 8 but 12 years after. JRSP 03:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Population[edit]

Anyone else catch the discrepancy in the population? The body of the article says it reached 1.5 million in 2003, and the right menu says the estimated population in 2001 was 2.2 million. Unless there was a mass exodus I don't know about, these numbers are incorrect. Can anyone come up with a source to correct these? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.191.85.179 (talk) 22:07, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Flag and Seal[edit]

One of the first things that the current Mayor of Valencia did after being elected was to change the flag and the seal of the city. Edgardo Parra argued that the former flag and seal, designed under the government of the previous Mayor, Francisco "Paco" Cabrera, were copies of the Spanish flag and seal and did not represent the town. The mayor then opened a contest to determine the subsequent design for the flag and seal of the city. There was a certain level of controversy for the election of the winner, and two flag options were elected, one with the image of a Virgin and the other one with the image of the Tacarigua Venus, an indigenous deity, arguing that citizens can choose their faith and, therefore, their flag should respect that. In this article the flag and seal that is being used for the city are not the current ones. Just take a look at the article in Spanish of Valencia and you will see the current versions. I would change it myself but there is no option to edit that section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.71.53 (talk) 08:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 2 January 2022[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Page moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jerm (talk) 16:14, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Valencia, Carabobo → Valencia, Venezuela – There is ambiguity for the name in the country, Venezuela, and using the country in the title offers a more general and descriptive name. This convention is used in other languages articles, including but not limited to Spanish, French and German. Similar format to Valencia, Ecuador and Valencia, Trinidad and Tobago. --NoonIcarus (talk) 12:24, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support per WP:PLACEDAB. Valencia, Córdoba should also be moved to Valencia, Colombia; country name is sufficient disambiguation. 162 etc. (talk) 16:47, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Rreagan007 (talk) 17:55, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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