Talk:Polk County, Florida

Unbalanced-

Far too much is given to crimes. A quick glance at historical records, make black on white crime and white on white crime, far higher, yet you have section after section of white on black crime.

White the statements are true, it presents a distorted picture of the county. If you want to include these, fine, but also balance it with equal or more crime examples that are abundantly available.

This is clealy an adjenda here with a one sided view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:C9B0:9010:2855:7D6A:1F0F:FEBA (talk) 06:14, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

I'm sorry did you write "black on white crime"? AP style guide dictates you must write "Black on white crime". You must capitalize "Black" because Black is a culture, and "white" is lowercase because white is racist garbage. This is official policy. Please obey, and thank you for your attention. 103.110.146.163 (talk) 06:58, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Please note that the AP style guide does not govern Wikipedia. Guidance on capitalization of terms for groups of people is given at MOS:PEOPLANG, but such guidance favors consistency in a given context, rather than prefering either capitaliaztion or no capitalization. And please do not claim that something is "policy" without refering to the Wikipedia policy that supports your claim. - Donald Albury 15:00, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

"and "white" is lowercase because white is racist garbage."--How Progressive! 97.78.132.34 (talk) 18:34, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Untitled

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The WikiProject U.S. Counties standards might help.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rambot (talk • contribs) 22:24, 26 July 2003 (UTC)

History

The entry under "History" makes no sense. One sentence states that Polk County was named in honor of President James K. Polk. The very next sentence contradicts this by stating, "Though not necessarily the reason for Polk County's name, Polk was sworn in as president on the day after Florida's statehood."

This is a complete contradiction. Either Polk County is named after James Polk or it's not. Can someone determine the correct bit of history here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.73.75.198 (talk) 18:10, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

no, actually thats not a contradiction at all. I took it to mean that the county was not named after polk Because of the date of Polk's inauguratio, though it was named after Polk. Michael1115 (talk) 22:05, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's exactly what I meant, though I see that wording has been altered. It's just an interesting bit of trivia, really, but one that has a place there. Simple_butpowerful 20:59, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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Close to B-Class

This article is in much better condition than most of the Florida county articles, and if referenced, would qualify as a B. Horologium t-c 20:59, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Housing

Surely this statement is out of date: "The housing market remains strong in Polk County, just as it does around the country." Anyone have updated information on this? - Nhprman 22:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

List of notable residents from Polk County

The list has descriptions of people, such as baseball MVPs, but doesn't include their names. Perhaps someone can add names. Jnmwiki (talk) 15:50, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Page under construction...

I'm going to be doing some reconstruction on this page over the next few days to (hopefully) bring it near GA status. The guide I am going to be using is Warren County, Indiana a featured article. If anyone has any concerns or questions, feel free to leave me a message. Thanks. VictorianMutant^(Talk) 12:55, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Requested edit

In the Demographics area you wrote "The racial makeup of the county was 79.58% White, 13.54% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.82% from other races, and 1.71% from two or more races. 9.49% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. In 2000 only 37% of county residents lived in incorporated metropolitan areas"

I asked that you remove the word "Black" and only have 'African American' because it's the same race. I notice that no other race has two description, other than the African American. Examples "White or European", "Indian or Native American".

Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.73.1.193 (talk • contribs) 14:20, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Many people insist that "black" is the appropriate term in that context. Many others insist that it's "African American". This is an ongoing battle that may never be resolved. My guess is that someone put both terms there as an attempted compromise. No matter what you do, you will never please everyone, there will always be someone who comes along and finds fault with the existing language. I think it's fine the way it is. ―Mandruss ☎ 14:39, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

I believe the term was added about a decade ago when data from the 2000 census was added to US articles about towns/counties/states. The terms correlate to the terms used on the census. Two other groups were described with two terms: "American Indian and Alaska Native" and "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander". Since the terms are used on most Wikipedia articles, I don't see any reason for changing the wording. I'm white, but don't see any issue with using the term "black". There are some, mainly recent immigrants, who don't consider themselves "African American", which is why the two terms are probably used. AHeneen (talk) 20:45, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Personally I think African American is more proper and encyclopedic, because it refers to one's ethnicity, as oppose to their skin color. However, I agree that it's not something you'll ever have clear consensus for one way or another. CorporateM (Talk) 19:46, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Polk as part of the TBA

I understand the rationale in wanting to group Polk into the TBA. It has a closer association with Tampa than with Orlando. But it is still a unique metropolitan area which serves, and is served by, both Tampa and Orlando. Most importantly, the residents of Polk County do not identify with the TBA, nor do the residents of the TBA claim Polk county.

So if the residents don't make the association, and the government doesn't, then I think it's safe to discuss it as a distinct area. --Diewelt (talk) 22:57, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Does this have any relation to the current text of the article, which only mentions the Tampa Bay area in noting that Polk County is part of the Tampa Bay media market? You claim that "the residents of Polk County do not identify with the TBA, nor do the residents of the TBA claim Polk county," but I think the answer depends on what part of the county you are in. I think most people in Lakeland would consider the city part of the Tampa Bay area, while people in Davenport, Four Corners, or Poinciana would consider their towns part of the Orlando metro area. The remainder of the county isn't really part of either metro area. Of course, the content of the article must be referenced to reliable sources, so stating that the county is part of the TB media market is about the only reliable fact to be said about this topic unless some reliable sources could be found supporting the entire county's inclusion in either metro area. AHeneen (talk) 00:52, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

It most certainly is a distinct area, but also frequently identifies as part of the Tampa Bay Area. User:Diewelt's claim that the residents of Polk County do not identify with the TBA is easily disproven, here's one: [1] where the President of Polk State (in Winter Haven, closer geographically to Orlando than Tampa) starts a program (for Polk) identified with the name Tampa Bay. There are thousands of other such references, so the connection is real, whether User:Diewelt approves or not. Jacona (talk) 01:43, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

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• Polk County Library Co Op Video.webm

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Orphaned references in Polk County, Florida

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Polk County, Florida's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Census":

• From Orange County, Florida: "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
• From Miami-Dade County, Florida: "Census of Agriculture - State and County Profiles - Florida". 2017 Census Publications. United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA NASS). 2017. cp12086. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
• From Manatee County, Florida: "Preference for Racial or Ethnic Terminology". Infoplease. Retrieved February 8, 2006.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 07:49, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Photo for the History Center/Genealogical Library

I've uploaded a photo I took of the Polk County History Center to the "Polk County Historical and Genealogical Library" section. Eaddair (talk) 15:43, 4 November 2023 (UTC)