Talk:Sarasota, Florida

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Sarasota Orchestra

To whoever keeps adding promo language about it on here, the orchestra is in the process of leaving downtown Sarasota to unincorporated Sarasota County. https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/03/25/sarasota-orchestra-moving-fruitville-road-location/ – The Grid (talk) 02:04, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

I didn't add any "promo language." I only described what the Sarasota Orchestra does.

Right now, this is all the information offered on the page: Sarasota is the home of the Sarasota Orchestra, which was founded by Ruth Cotton Butler in 1949 and known for years as the Florida West Coast Symphony. It holds a three-week Sarasota Music Festival that is recognized internationally and boasts it attracts renowned teachers and the finest students of chamber music.

Why is it more important and relevant to know that it was founded by Butler in 1949 and under a different name, but not to mention in just a couple sentences what the orchestra actually does in the community?

The arts section of this page is outdated, anemic and often poorly written. I don't know why some people are watching it like a hawk and not letting anyone else contribute. FloridaRob71 (talk) 17:56, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

One guideline on what to put into an article about a city is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. Many of us, however, are wary of trivia in articles that seems to be more about promoting something in the city rather than informing the reader about the city. It is an editorial decision, ultimately subject to a consensus of the participating editors, as to what has sufficient import to the city to be included in the article, and how much detail should be included. If an organization, event, or place in the city is notable in itself, then it can have its own article, and be linked from the city's article. Donald Albury 18:30, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Sure. Be wary. But reach out and ask why someone is adding information to an anemic Wikipedia page instead of just reversing the work done.

And I'm still not seeing how basic information about what the orchestra actually does is more "trivia" than letting readers know that Ruth Cotton Butler founded it under a different name that hasn't been used in decades.

For now, I'll concentrate my effort on smaller pages, but whatever group it is that has decided to sit on this page and not allow updates is doing a disservice. Someone even decided that a city full of galleries and working painters and sculptors should not have a "Fine Arts" subsection under the Visual Arts section. Why not? What's the reasoning there? FloridaRob71 (talk) 18:45, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

There is also a lot missing from the Film section and the Architecture section.

If the editors guarding this page can bring themselves to let someone update them, it would be beneficial. FloridaRob71 (talk) 18:41, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Climate data does not match the sources

I’ve put a citation needed on the claim that Sarasota has a tropical climate because that assertion, as well as the data on the article, does not match the data from the sources. Cretaceousa (talk) 16:44, 29 September 2023 (UTC)