List of 500-yard passing games in the NFL

Midnight Coogan

Fair to say "Tex" is a generic term for "cowboy" or "Westerner" in Eastern U.S.? Trekphiler (talk) 07:46, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

uuhhh...I'm a Texan and "Tex", at least the only way I've heard it, is used in a more provocative manner than just a casual name, like "smooth move Slick"..."Nice one Tex". (I know it's not the best examples but that's always the way I've used the word.)Prussian725 (talk) 17:33, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

I won't disagree it's used that way; I do wonder if it's not used more broadly than just Texans, tho (as the film ref indicates...). TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 12:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

It might be.Prussian725 (talk) 20:45, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Citations Needed

Geography

• The upper Texas Panhandle is similar to the Midwestern United States and the South Plains parts of West Texas, is a blend of South and Southwest.
  • Don't know much about TX geographyOldag07 (talk) 15:45, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
    • When you say "don't know much about TX geography" in reference to the section mentioned (which I agree needs citation) what specifically are you referring to...? Your own or the one(s) who added it to the article? Not trying to be flip, but just asking so as to get clarification. Thanks! :-) TexasReb (talk) 14:54, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Texas Almanac divides Texas into four physical geographical regions: Gulf Coastal Plains, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, and The Basin and Range Province.
  • Can not findat all in AlmanacOldag07 (talk) 15:45, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Geology

• This orogenic crest is today buried beneath the Dallas—Waco—Austin—San Antonio trend. During this time E. Texas was a region of high mountains and shallow seas covered W. Texas.[citation needed]
  • Very unfamilar with GeologyOldag07 (talk) 15:45, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

• At the start of its formation, the incipient Gulf of Mexico basin was restricted and seawater often evaporated completely to form thick evaporite deposits of Jurassic age. These salt deposits have buoyantly risen up through the passive margin sediments to form salt dome diapirs, commonly found in East Texas, along the Gulf coast.

• Texas has no volcanoes and few earthquakes, being situated far from an active plate tectonic boundary

Climate

• Climatologists divide Texas into three main zones: the humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa) of the eastern half of Texas, the temperate semi-arid (Koppen BSk) steppe climate of the northwestern part, including the Panhandle, and the subtropical steppe climate (nearly an arid desert climate, Koppen BSh) of the southern parts of West Texas, particularly around El Paso.

• Tornadoes in Texas generally occur between the months of April–July.

• Other devastating Texas hurricanes include the 1915 Galveston Hurricane, Hurricane Audrey in 1957, which killed over 600 people, Hurricane Carla in 1961, Hurricane Beulah in 1967, Hurricane Alicia in 1983, Hurricane Rita in 2005, and Hurricane Ike in 2008.

• A citation for this last can be found at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/Deadliest_Costliest.shtml. Kenfair (talk) 21:27, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

• Put it in. Thanks! Oldag07 (talk) 04:38, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Demographics

• As of 2004, the state has 3.5 million foreign-born residents (15.6 percent of the state population), of which an estimated 1.2 million are illegal aliens. More than one-third of the foreign-born population in Texas and 5.4 percent of the total state population comes from illegal immigration.

Comment: Illegal alien is not accepted by most stylebooks. Use 'unauthorized' or 'undocumented' 'immigrant' or 'resident.' Quill (talk) 13:01, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Racial group and ethnic origins

• Mexican (25.3%)

• Much of the population of east, central, and north Texas have a white Protestant heritage, primarily descended from ancestors from Great Britain and Ireland.

• African Americans, who historically made up one-third of the state population during the 19th century, are concentrated in the parts of East Texas where the cotton plantation culture was most prominent before the American Civil War, as well as in Dallas and Houston.

• After the European revolutions of 1848, German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech and French immigration grew, and continued until World War I.

• German settlements formed in frontier Texas, particularly in Fredericksburg and New Braunfels.

• Immigrants (including illegal aliens)—primarily from far southern Mexico and Central America, contribute heavily to the state's growth.

• The influx of immigration is partially responsible for the state's having a young population compared relative to the rest of the United States.

Politics

Judicial System

• Texas Game Wardens—law enforcement officers employed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department—are given the same level of authority as standard law enforcement officers.

Politics

• After the 1960s, Conservative Democrats in Texas began to endorse Republican presidential candidates.

• Scholars attribute the change to the success of Nixon's Southern Strategy. In 1978, Texas Republicans elected their first post-reconstruction governor and in 2003 they gained control of the state legislature.

• Dallas remains approximately split. In the southwest part of the state, particularly in El Paso, Democrats are strong.

Adminisrative Divisions

• County elections are partisan.

• Municipal elections in Texas are nonpartisan.

Economy

• Texas's growth can be attributed to the availability of jobs, the low cost of housing, the lack of a personal state income tax, high quality of education, low taxation and limited regulation of business, a central geographic location, a limited government, favorable weather, and abundant natural resources.

Statistics and opinion surveys generally rank Texas low on quality of K-12 education. Quill (talk) 12:55, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

• On another note, the economic impact of illegal immigration is significant but difficult to estimate.

Energy

• Since 2002, Texas deregulated its electric service with mixed results.

• In 2006, for the fifth year in a row, Texas led the nation in export revenues. Texas exports for 2006 totaled $150.8 billion, which is $22.1 billion more than 2005 and represents a 17.2 percent increase.

Culture

Arts

• The name Deep Ellum is derived from local people pronouncing "Deep Elm" as "Deep Ellum". Artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, and Bessie Smith played in early Deep Ellum clubs like The Harlem and The Palace.

Sports

• As described the book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, high school football is a major part of Texas culture.

• Municipal elections in Texas are nonpartisan.

• Other popular sports in Texas include golf, fishing, auto racing and lacrosse.

Education

Colleges and Universities

• There are 181 colleges, universities and dozens of other institutions engaged in the research and development of Texas within five different university systems.
  • Very difficult to get an exact numberOldag07 (talk) 15:46, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

I re-worded the El Paso sentence and threw a few election results to back it up; it isn't perfect, but it should work for now. As many areas along the river seem to be more Democratic than El Paso, the 'especially El Paso' part didn't really work. I'm not sure about how to approach the Geology section, as I too know very little about this. I did see some references in Geology of Texas, and I think the Texas Almanac has a section about this, so maybe just cut the section down a bit, re-word and put a few refs in there for now, and that should be good. As to the other unsourced statements, I was thinking that, while important things like illegal immigration should be kept and sourced, many of the above statements, like the one about Municipal elections or the Deep Ellum thing, could probably just be cut. I looked for refs for some of these, and came up empty. It would be OK to have these if they were cited, but they're not, and as such they are holding back any chance of the article's promotion. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 05:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

134%

I don't get it... 69.8% white, 11.6% black, 3.3% Asians, 13% other racial groups, 35.7% hispanic and latino... that makes about 134%, or I am miising some great logical thing here... care to explain? nem13

Hispanic is not considered a race by the census. The other numbers add up to the 98.3% of the population which identified as of one race; people who identified as two or more races comprised the remainder of the sample. You can visit the cite given for more information. Kuru ^talk 13:59, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Lacrosse a leading sport?

Can anyone verify the last sentence under Sports? Perhaps we have a vandal wishful thinker. Quill (talk) 04:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I'd say remove it after a couple of days if someone can't find a source that says the sport has an abnormally high following in the state. It's just a bit too counterintuitive. AlexiusHoratius 05:32, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

GA

I am going for another run at GA status. We will see if it will work.Oldag07 (talk) 07:11, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Link to the old nomination page: Talk:Texas/Archive_5#GA_quickfail Oldag07 (talk) 07:22, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. There is one small issue I found- the reference for the high school pic's caption, near the end of the article in the education section, comes up as a 404 error for me when I try to access it. Could be a bad url, or maybe the article no longer exists. Anyway, should we remove the picture and caption (I don't know that it is critical to have an illustration here), or just shorten the caption by cutting out the largest high school part? ...Or we could fix the reference, but I've searched for a better one and haven't been able to find anything online. AlexiusHoratius 07:30, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll take it off. page is way too big anyways. Oldag07 (talk) 07:52, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Taxes

We are missing a huge area when it comes to state taxes.I shouldn't put this in until after the GA review but it probably would not go too well in an FA review. I found this great source, we just need to convert these main points into prose. Help?

• No state income tax (something already put in)
• Texas' State/Local Tax Burden Among Nation's Lowest
• Texas' 2008 Business Tax Climate Ranks 8th
• Texas Levies Sales Tax above National Median
• Texas Property Taxes: Comparatively High
• Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures: Texas is a Donor State
• However, Texas recently instituted a gross receipts tax called the Texas Margins tax. It went into effect January 1, 2007.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/topic/60.html Oldag07 (talk) 14:51, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Cities section is confusing

What is wrong with these two sentences?

Texas has a total of 25 metropolitan areas, with four having populations over 1 million and two over 5 million. Texas has three cities with populations exceeding 1 million: Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas.

Remember that metropolitan areas are different than cities; the census bureau includes a city along with surrounding suburbs in the metropolitan area. ( In this case, the population within the city limits of Austin has less than one million people, but the Austin Metropolitan Area, including the suburbs, has over one million residents.) That said, it may be worth using some different language in the article, to avoid confusion. AlexiusHoratius 05:39, 13 October 2008 (UTC)