Talk:Orlando, Florida

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Why is the climate chart in Celsius?

Why is the chart for Orlando's climate showing Celsius? Also, why are the rain total showing mm? Most of the other climate charts for cities in the U.S. show Fahrenheit and Inches and then convert them but Orlando's chart shows the opposite. 2601:5C4:4300:4A00:E86E:7233:C9D1:DFC6 (talk) 19:55, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Looks like someone has since fixed this. Walkersam (talk) 23:56, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Primary topic of "Orlando"?

If the city article can't be renamed to just "Orlando" per 2019 RM discussion, then why did the consensus opposed renaming the dabpage to "Orlando" a few years prior? Furthermore, there's also Orlando (given name). George Ho (talk) 02:36, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

I've thought about that before. In the 2016 RM I see nothing of substance that could persuade me that the city is the primary topic. It does seem like editors from the US see the case for a primary topic as so patently obvious that it doesn't need arguing, whilst editors from outside the country, who likely have not heard of this city but may know of some of the other topics with the name, most likely see the status quo as baffling. Personally, I don't think there's a primary topic with respect to long-term significance, but usage has been difficult to interpret because the data is obscured by the very large number of incoming links via the redirect Orlando. – Uanfala (talk) 17:00, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 9 April 2024

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: not moved. WP:SNOW closing a bit early, as there is no chance of development of a consensus in favor of the proposed move. BD2412 T 15:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC) BD2412 T 15:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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Orlando, Florida → Orlando – This is far and away the most popular, well known, populous city with this name. It is one of the biggest tourist spots on the planet. When people say they're going to Disney World, they say it's in Orlando (even though, technically, it's in Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake). I move that this article is moved, and the ", Florida" is dropped from the article title, in the same spirit that Los Angeles, New Orleans, Atlanta, New York City, Boston, Chicago, et al all don't list their state as well in their title. TrueCRaysball | ^#RaysUp 16:56, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose as per WP:USPLACE. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:02, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Just read that guideline (not policy, so it can be ignored), and I have to say I disagree we tie way we name US City articles to a guide from AP. No other country, as far as I am aware, has this. What should matter is WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, as it is with everything else. Orlando, Florida is far and away the primary. Also "if it ain't broke" in most cases is, just in my opinion, a lazy cop out to not improve something. TrueCRaysball | ^#RaysUp 17:09, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

  WP:USPLACE has been debated ad nauseam, and if you're interested in changing it, this RM is not the place. See WT:Naming conventions (geographic names). 162 etc. (talk) 18:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• No, I wasn’t setting out to challenge that here. Just thought this was a common sense move. Was completely unaware this guideline existed in this fashion. It’s crazy to me this was ever agreed upon. But believe me, I will be challenging it now in a proper forum. TrueCRaysball | ^#RaysUp 20:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

  @TrueCRaysball Before you go on, I kindly ask you to look at the previous move nom above. If you looked at it, you will certainly notice that lots and lots of people have been referring to WP:USPLACE. Especially Zzyzx11, who explained that Orlando doesn't follow the AP Stylebook exception like Cincinnati does. Additionally, there needs to be a proper authoritative source in order to show that Orlando is famous enough to be determined without the state name.

  If you would like to look at other pages for guidance, go view my nomination to move Tampa, Florida to Tampa here to see why it failed and what comments people had to say. I would also suggest withdrawing this ASAP. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 20:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Weak oppose even though the city is currently primary it might be better to move the DAB to the base name which would make this moot though there was a failed RM in 2016 to put the DAB at the base name. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:58, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:USPLACE. 162 etc. (talk) 18:19, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose and snow close per WP:USPLACE. glman (talk) 18:40, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose. I now question whether the Florida city should now even be the primary redirect of "Orlando" due to the popularity of actor Orlando Bloom.[1] And in regards to the WP:USPLACE guideline, it is also explained on Wikipedia:Perennial proposals#Remove state from US placenames. The main takeaway is basically this: a majority of reliable sources published nationally in the US would append the state as if it was common usage in American English. And always appending the state produces a consistent and predictable set of titles (see also WP:TITLECON), because repeated or otherwise ambiguous placenames are very common in the US, and thus most would require disambiguation regardless. The only cities that do not seem to have this peculiar convention seem to be those 28 or so cities (like Miami) listed by that AP Stylebook But take almost all other cities and communities in Florida and nationally published reliable sources would still refer to them as "[X, Florida]" regardless of any unnecessary disambiguation here on Wikipedia. That said, I'll refer back to my first comment about actor Orlando Bloom, and given his current filmography and awards and nominations, he has been building his own long-term significance as well, and that it may be time to instead consider a discussion similar to Talk:Charlotte#Requested move 6 December 2023 and Talk:Austin#Requested move 14 December 2023 about removing the primary topic/redirect status. Zzyzx11 (talk) 20:21, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Support: I personally liked your explanation. Orlando is one of the most recognizable cities in the globe (especially within the United States). Per a report by World Atlas in 2022, Orlando was the third-most visited city in the United States, after New York City and Miami. Those specific Wikipedia articles are titled "New York City" and "Miami", not "New York City, New York" nor "Miami, Florida". Even cities such as Houston and Dallas are titled merely as such, and they obviously rank lower in the sheer numbers of annual tourists that visit those cities. Not to mention the lower notoriety of these cities to the foreign world, compared to Orlando.

Per your comment responding to another user, WP:USPLACE is merely just a guideline, not a policy.WP:PRIMARYTOPIC is a threshold that should hold more weight in making a decision. It's quite clear that the city known for housing Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Florida, and Orlando International Airport (not to mention other attractions) certainly fits that bill. Freeholdman12 (talk) 00:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

That may be true. Houston and Dallas might have less tourists; however, you can't just take tourism itself into account. The reason Houston and Dallas are much more famous compared to Orlando is because they're home to numerous major companies, specifically Fortune 500 and Frito-Lay. Orlando does not have these. Houston especially is home to the Johnson Space Center and has a growing international community. Also, there are more universities and colleges in both of these cities compared to Orlando. Dallas' airport is also much, much more important compared to Orlando's in terms of passenger traffic. As you mentioned, while New York City and Miami both don't have their state names in the article, that's because they're listed on the AP Stylebook exceptions, meaning that they are famous enough or have numerous disambiguations that confuse people with other pages. Orlando isn't on the AP Stylebook exceptions compared to these.

While you did make quite some good claims here, the opposes are continuously piling up, which means that this proposal will eventually fail. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 00:38, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Good points. I just don't know if I agree with the notion that Houston and Dallas are more notable than Orlando. I think those cities are at best equally as notable as Orlando, especially with domestic Americans. However, for international travelers, I'd wager that Orlando is much more notable, especially in regards to its most famous attraction Walt Disney World.

With all due respect, I genuinely do not think that many foreigners would even know about the Johnson Space Center or where Frito Lays headquarters is located. I can easily imagine that even many Americans, besides Texans, would be aware of these facts. Whereas, everybody from New York to Seattle knows that Orlando is home to "The happiest place on Earth." I referenced the tourism numbers, because (at least to me) that's probably the most reliable metric we could go by. An argument on a city's importance, per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, should be quantified by the notoriety of said topic. You did bring up a good point about those cities having more universities and more diverse cultural attractions, but I do think that is emblematic of those cities being more established. We tend to forget that Orlando is still a relatively new city in the grand scheme of things. There is still a lot of opportunity for growth there (especially in comparison to New York City or Miami). To me, with Orlando not being referenced in the AP Stylebook, I just don't know how much that really matters in regards to the notoriety the city has, independent of these facts you presented, on its own two feet.

"It ain't over till the fat lady sings", so I guess we'll have to wait and see what the final tally adds up to. But regardless of the result, having an open dialogue like this is still very important, so I am glad the OP opened this up for discussion. Freeholdman12 (talk) 01:09, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose A slightly confused situation, since it is the primary topic. If its position as primary topic of "Orlando" was secure then we should move it, but I don't think it is. It may be the best known US location of this name, but it's US-centric to treat this as decisive, see WP:BIAS. Just looking at the disambiguation page I can see a whole pile of other meanings. I might think of it as an alternative name for the hero Roland. PatGallacher (talk) 00:53, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

• Really don’t think this is a true accusation that the thinking is US-centric. Orlando is routinely on lists of US Cities most visited by international travelers. TrueCRaysball | ^#RaysUp 14:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Per the AP Stylebook convention. But I also want to point out that it feels somewhat deranged to suggest that Orlando Bloom be the primary redirect of "Orlando". He's not Cher. - Hard thoughtful work (talk) 01:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

  Agree with this. I don't think I've ever seen Bloom referred to as solely "Orlando". glman (talk) 12:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

  It's funny. Because for people my age (late 20s/early 30s) he's often mistakenly confused with Orlando Brown, the child-actor from That's So Raven, who's been on a downward spiral since. If you ask somebody on the street who's between the age of 25-32 "What's your opinion on the actor Orlando?", I'd imagine that you might get the response "The dude from That's So Raven? Yeah, he's fallen off the deep end." And I'm sure a mistake would even occur if you were to ask "What is your opinion of Orlando Bloom?", with a possibly similar response. Freeholdman12 (talk) 14:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

  I am in the same age range. I think if you asked someone that on the street, they'd say "Orlando who?". But of course, that's why WP:COMMONNAME exists and RS are needed. glman (talk) 14:31, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose and suggest snow close per WP:USPLACE, and per the reasons set out at WP:PERENNIAL, and per the comments above. ╠╣uw [talk] 14:49, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose per arguments, and the redirect is enough.

DS537(WIR) 15:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose. Shouldn't even be a primary redirect. There are many notable people in Orlando (given name) and Orlando (surname), including an extremely notable Italian prime minister, as well as a very notable Shakespearean character, an almost as notable fictional cat, a highly notable novel and the film based on it. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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