Talk:Sandy Springs, Georgia/Archives/2015

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Government

Can somebody explain how a private company is runing Sandy Springs' government? Does it have the three (or four) independent branches? How the goverment distribute whealth among less fortunate population sectors? What is done by private companies and what is not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hugozam (talk • contribs) 12:01, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Population

As a native Georgian, I realize there's some competition among Georgia's 2nd- and 3rd-tier cities. Some people wish to inflate the population of their hometown. But where do these figures raising Sandy Springs' population to over 100,000 come from? According to the 2008 population estimates (released just this year), Sandy Springs has 82,674 people and is the 8th-largest city in the state, not the 6th-largest. The US Census estimate (2008 is the last one before the official census of 2010) is the only figure used in encyclopedias, including Wikipedia--no others are considered valid.Mason.Jones (talk) 19:27, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Do you have a source for this "estimate"...which, by the way, is very likely an UNDERestimate?76.17.118.157 (talk) 20:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

There was no underestimate. I believe that the 100,000 figure for Sandy Springs was erroneously taken from preliminary statistical "spreads" that were not populations and that were not final. The final 2008 estimate of 82,674 was just released by the Census Bureau on July 1 of this year. The exact link is: http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2008-04-13.xls Mason.Jones (talk) 00:52, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

The claim that Sandy Springs was the 3rd-largest incorporation in the history of the U.S. completely neglects Santa Clarita, CA. I don't know the population in 1987 when it incorporated, but the 1990 Census had their population at 110,642. If someone could find data on Santa Clarita's population in 1987, we could settle this more definitively. Adamnvillani (talk) 16:14, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

2010 Population

I have confirmed the 2010 census figure for Sandy Springs; this is not an "estimated 2010" figure, as a previous editor had it, but the Census Bureau's official count according to its newly released FactFinder2 chart. Sandy Springs has a 2010 population of 93,853 and is Georgia's sixth-largest city (following Athens).Mason.Jones (talk) 16:28, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested Move

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. Jafeluv (talk) 07:51, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Sandy Springs, Georgia → Sandy Springs – It already redirects here and there doesn't seem to be anything else also called Sandy Springs. Jinkinson (talk) 02:03, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Huh? - Shouldn't it be a dab with Sandy Springs, South Carolina? In ictu oculi (talk) 04:17, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Convert Sandy Springs to a disambiguation page. No rationale has been provided yet for a primary topic between the settlement in Gerogia and the one in South Carolina. Furthermore, the "Sandy Springs, Georgia" title currently complies with the WP:USPLACE guideline, as this format "placename, state" is generally the common naming convention used by most American reliable sources. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:37, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Keep redirect as is. Regardless of the title of the article, this settlement is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for "Sandy Springs". The Georgia community got 5,748 views last month - 5,340 from "Sandy Springs, Georgia" and 408 from "Sandy Springs". Sandy Springs (MARTA station) got 256 views. The South Carolina place got only 141 views. That's a clear primary topic. Dohn joe (talk) 05:37, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
I would disagree that this is the primary topic. --Article editor (talk) 06:08, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Based on what? It's a reasonably well-known suburb of Atlanta, gets a fair amount of monthly traffic, and has 94% of the pageviews for topics named "Sandy Springs". What's non-primarytopic about that? Dohn joe (talk) 15:28, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Maybe around the region it is. But is there non-regional publication that identifies Sandy Springs, Georgia by calling it Sandy Springs without a qualifier? --Article editor (talk) 15:54, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Not sure I understand your concern. The whole premise of WP:USPLACE is that all but a handful of cities always take the qualifier on first use. Does that mean that no non-AP list city can serve as primary topic? Dohn joe (talk) 17:31, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Comment - I've created the DAB page. There is currently 11 "Sandy Spring/s" on it -Rushton2010 (talk) 16:19, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for creating the dab page. I moved it to Sandy Springs (disambiguation), though, as whether "Sandy Springs" should redirect here or there is under discussion. Dohn joe (talk) 17:35, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Oppose - As such, I'd oppose a move, the name is far too ambiguous. People need to stop seeing "primary topic" as a trophy. Regardless of whether it is primary topic or not, it should still have the state listed. Listing the state does't make that place any less important; it just makes it easier for wikipedia's world wide audience to find the correct article and stops ambiguity. --Rushton2010 (talk) 16:21, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Oppose - per all of User:Rushton2010's comments, Agree with User:Rushton2010 and User:Article editor to move Sandy Springs (disambigution) to Sandy Springs (really good piece of work creating that). In ictu oculi (talk) 16:45, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
Again, let me ask: how does it help our readers if 90% of people searching for "Sandy Springs" are looking for this town, but we send them to the dab page instead? Dohn joe (talk) 18:46, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

Well how would someone arrive at the dab if they knew they were looking for Georgia? In ictu oculi (talk) 00:49, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Well, because they type in "Sandy Springs" and hit enter, because they assume that it's the one they're looking for. And 90% of the time, they'd be right. Why shouldn't we send them straight there? Dohn joe (talk) 05:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguate, move Sandy Springs (disambiguation) to Sandy Springs instead; -- 76.65.131.217 (talk) 00:58, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Why? We already have the hatnote at the top of this page. Isn't the Georgia city the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for "Sandy Springs"? Dohn joe (talk) 18:29, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

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