Talk:Houston

It would be great to get the Houston article back to at least GA status. Postoak (talk)

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Change Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States to Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas in the Southern United States. Just remove the and 2603:8080:D03:89D4:76E7:6E76:D599:24BE (talk) 23:11, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: The "and" is there deliberately to indicate that Houston is BOTH the most populous city in Texas, AND the most populous city in the Southern United States. Removing it would change the sentence to merely provide the information that Texas is in the Southern United States which, while true, isn't really relevant to Houston per se. PianoDan (talk) 18:49, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

I actually meant to remove the in to make it like "Houston is the most populous city in Texas and Southern United States". Sorry about the confusion 2603:8080:D03:89D4:D920:87FA:7437:B2D0 (talk) 22:04, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Ah. That I can get behind. PianoDan (talk) 18:22, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Where would be an appropriate place to list Houston's Indigenous Atakapa name, Šakotayišol Nunuš “Bear Creek Town”? https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2024/11/19/506207/houstons-indigenous-name-nov-19-2024/ FISHERCAT5751 (talk) 14:08, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

NoobThreePointOh, thank you for your input on this edit. According to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names), names used by a group of people who previously inhabited a geographical area are typically included in the lead section of the article.

The name Šakotayišol Nunuš is well-documented as the Atakapa name for the area now known as Houston, as highlighted in the NPR article I referenced.

I’d appreciate your thoughts on this interpretation of the guidelines. FISHERCAT5751 (talk) 15:22, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

The redirect Houston, Texa has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 17 § Houston, Texa until a consensus is reached. Squawk7700 (talk) 09:11, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

one of the leading photographs on this page labelled "Johnson Space Center" is actually a photo of spaceflight artifacts at the adjacent and independent non-profit museum Space Center Houston. It might be more appropriate to use a photo of the federal facility sign of NASA Parkway such as this one: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/card6_jsc2_0.jpg Spaceguy87 (talk) 21:09, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello everyone. I'm new to Wikipedia and excited to start contributing. I'm interested in topics related to the United States and technology. I would appreciate any advice for beginners. Thanks! 21:12, 9 March 2026 (UTC)~~ Carlos .R. Diego (talk) 21:12, 9 March 2026 (UTC)