Talk:Seattle

Semi-protected edit request on 25 November 2024

Could someone remove "very large city" in the first sentence because the population is only 797,000. San Francisco (788,478) switched places with Seattle.. Also, Seattle is the 54th most populous city in North America, not 58th according to List of North American cities by population which is in the infobox. 2603:8080:D03:89D4:76E7:6E76:D599:24BE (talk) 02:49, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done Raladic (talk) 02:55, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Elevation

There are many claims as to Seattle's elevation. Can we agree on a source to use here? FatalistEuronet (talk) 21:16, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 January 2025

Winner64926492 (talk) 15:08, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

add the space needle in Seattle monuments

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. (3OpenEyes' communication receptacle) | (PS: Have a good day) (acer was here) 15:26, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Schwa in respelling

I can see there's a back-and-forth (which I have gotten involved with) about whether the respelling of Seattle in the lead should be see-AT-əl or see-AT-uhl. Does the general reader know how to pronounce ə? Sarsenet (talk) 06:27, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

I meant to make a post about this a few days ago when I noticed, as I could tell it might keep going. @Güiseppi669 appears to be justifying changes according to Help:Pronunciation respelling key, which is not policy but consensus. Personally, am not a fan of having schwa be in that key, as it defeats the purpose of having a respelling key, as probably the average reader would have no idea what schwa is. Sure, many do, but that's what the IPA template is for, of course.

Frankly, I think it should just be see-ATL (and the IPA be changed, respectively, to /siˈætl̩/) or see-A-tl if we're counting it as three syllables. I don't really hear the schwa when I say it in any instance, since the /l/ is syllabic. It's part of the same syllable as the /t/. I'm not a Seattlite but from the Puget Sound area and my speech is fairly typical for the region, I am not sure if actual Seattlites pronounce it with the schwa.

If we are to include the schwa, though, I think it should probably follow the pronunciation guide, even if I disagree with it. PersusjCP (talk) 06:54, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2025

Change city-wide population to 797,700 based on 2024 estimate from SPD; see 2024 population estimate when you hover your cursor over the 2024 crime rate on the graph.

Salmonhalibutbeaver (talk) 17:22, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Those crime rates seem to be based on the population figure for Seattle reported in ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/dataresearch/pop/april1/ofm_april1_population_final.pdf. Since the Office of Financial Management (OFM) document has the figure easier to find, I will use that to update the article. Peaceray (talk) 18:07, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

I reverted the change, as it is generally preferred to use the Census Bureau's annual estimates to remain consistent with other states. The OFM uses a different methodology, so it doesn't always line up. SounderBruce 18:45, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

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