Talk:Pahrump, Nevada

Opening comment

Moved from article:
(Note: The history was written by a former resident of Pahrump, and is a short synopsis of the history of Pahrump as remembered and told to the individual. As a result, there are going to be some historical inconsistencies, but most of it should be about right. There are a couple of books written about Pahrump, including "A History of Pahrump, Nevada" ISBN 1-878138-51-0, among others, which should be consulted for a more formal study of the region.)

Art Bell

This is Art Bell's hometown. He the founder of the Coast To Coast AM radio show, is now a weekend host, mainly on Saturday and Sunday. Martial Law 22:06, 22 March 2006 (UTC) :)

Michael Jackson

Although the Wall Street Journal did report that Michael Jackson was living in Pahrump I have never seen any verification by other media outlets, and others have looked over the years. Apparently he looked at property in Pahrump but never bought anything. Here is an article from the las vegas sun https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/23/pahrump-pop-kings-refuge/ that refutes the WSJ story. --Mikevegas40 (talk) 14:42, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Melvin Dummar

While Michael Jackson almost certainly never lived in Pahrump, the late Melvin Dummar lived in Pahrump for a while and died in Pahrump. Melvin Dummar claimed that he saved Howard Hughes' life and a will later surfaced naming Dummar the biggest beneficiary of Hughes' estate. I am going to add him to the notable residents section. --Mikevegas40 (talk) 14:42, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

POV Spin

"In November 2006, the town council made it illegal for a flag other than that of the United States to be flown without the U.S.' alongside. The law is unconstitutional, but has yet to be challenged. It was passed alongside other measures to deny undocumented immigrants their constitutional rights [4]."

This is obviously POV, I dont know enough about the issue to do the correction myself. user:Pzg Ratzinger [08:42, 18 November 2006]

There was way too much in the article about this flag law, so I removed most of it, including the above. Wasted Time R 13:39, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

That'll teach those pesky aliens. --Bobak 18:17, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Flag law

I think the text of the legislation is concise enough and should be reinserted. Also, since this is a very notable part of the city, it should have its own section. CoolGuy 05:16, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

"Discovered by Settlers"

Just want to note another POV issue: "Originally inhabited by the Shoshone, it was discovered and slowly inhabited by American settlers in the late 19th century." How can something inhabited by Shoshones be discovered by American settlers? EoRaptor013 2008-05-16, 14:10 GMT-5

...the American settlers discovered it for themselves. There's no real implication that it was somehow undiscovered my mankind entirely before the American settlers came. That's like if I said, "I discovered this great restaurant on the other side of town." It's not like nobody else knew the restaurant existed. I'm not somehow offensively forcing my viewpoint on others that I'm the first person to know the restaurant exists. Come on now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.96.102.16 (talk) 23:27, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Flag law deux

The reference does not seem to indicate the point trying to be made; seems to be definite POV as well as factually dubious. Nwebster84 (talk) 18:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Unincorporated?

The lead paragraph describes Pahrump as a "census-designated place," which I take to mean unincorporated. (The Nye County article says that there are no incorporated cities in the county, where Pahrump is.) Yet the place has a "town council" with the power to pass ordinances, implying that it is in fact incorporated. Do "unincorporated" places in Nevada nonetheless have some degree of local government below the county level? 64.85.240.2 (talk) 21:33, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

It's called the Town Board, and in NV, a town can exist without being incorporated, while a city has to be incorporated and meet certain criteria to become incorporated. The "articles" passed byy the Town Board go to the Nye County Code, which has a special chapter that's strictly for the Township of Pahrump. Also, the members of the Town Board get $0 to serve, yet must still run a township-wide election at their own cost, as the political parties in Pahrump do nothing for nobody. Sierraoffline444 (talk) 00:04, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Two ways a town gets incorporated in Nevada is by a citizens' referendum or via the General Assembly in Carson City. Currently, when I moved out of Pahrump due to corrupt politics and economic decline, the General Assembly is considering to incorporating Pahrump. The citizenry, in this case, have NO say, under the Nevada Constitution. In the case of the morons who live in Pahrump, it'll be a great thing to incorporate them and make these assholes share in the same taxes the rest of us Nevadans have to pay! Apple8800 (talk) 11:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Please don't express your grief for the town in a discussion thread. The IP had a question, that's all. It's a borderline WP:CIVIL violation and for an IP, rather WP:BITEy. Please consider holding your opinion about the community itself out of the discussion. Believe me, as much as I hate my town, I'd love to vent about it, but I don't and I don't want to, because I'm here to improve an encyclopedia, not complain.Mitch32^{(Erie Railroad Information Hog)} 16:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Game

In the “in popular culture” section, should it be added there is a game on Roblox partly set in Pahrump? On Sat Jul 8 2023 it has 974 people currently playing it and 71.7 million people have played it ever. I’m not sure if this is big enough to put there. I’m not the editing type of Wikipedia person. Thebuggygamer (talk) 03:50, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Gee, I’ve not seen the subject of a online game platform be notable, but since you noted the numbers, plus since “as of August 2020, Roblox had over 164 million monthly active users including more than half of all American children under 16”, why not? Of course, since there are about 5,000 games, one hurtle is: has this game received media coverage? Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 04:11, 9 July 2023 (UTC)