Talk:Guam

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For future reference the Project:CIA World Factbook 2002 import can be found at Talk:Guam/CIA World Factbook 2002 import. -- (WT-en) Huttite 21:42, 17 Jun 2005 (EDT)

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I've noticed a number of incorrect facts in the article. For example, Guam is not a country but part of the U.S. I can tell that the article was written and is being monitored by someone or some people who do not live on Guam. —The preceding comment was added by (WT-en) 121.55.249.62 (talk • contribs)

Project:Plunge forward. -- (WT-en) Ryan • (talk) • 11:03, 27 July 2010 (EDT)

Holy smokes, let's not have WT look exactly like Wikipedia! I'll do some plunging forward...(WT-en) Zepppep 12:11, 10 September 2010 (EDT)

Hi

Corrected a bunch of errors about the military (not only one base). Added a section on shopping. Changed "Respect" to "Culture."

Respect is one of our template headings. -- (WT-en) Huttite 21:40, 1 Jan 2006 (EST)

I feel the quote "Using the 50,000 rule" is something very weird and unecessary for this article. I've never ever heard about such a rule that a town would become a city when it surpasses 50,000 in population?

--- Response by Kokobird --- The 50k rule is in reference to federal designations. Anything less than 50k is considered by the feds to be rural, thus qualifying it for specific types of grants. Over 50k means city, and a whole set of different grants. I'll try to dig some info up on this and maybe add a statement next to Dededo showing that it's a city.

• Also, this is my first time ever contributing to a wiki, so apologies in advance if I'm not exactly following proper discussion format. Still learning. :-)

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Municipalities are normally incorporated as "city", "town", "municipal township" or "incorporated village" by territorial (or other provincial-level) governments. Not all jurisdictions impose a minimum population to be a "city" or a maximum to be a "town".

I'm also a bit unsure of the wording of "westernmost territory" as technically this looks to be in the east (ie: on the other side of the 180⁰ line). That makes for some awkward scheduling for network programming on the telly. K7L (talk) 02:59, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Requests for Info

I'm planning on visiting Guam in several months, and I'm wondering if anyone who's visited (or lives on Guam!) can help with a couple of things.

1) What do dive costs run for, say, 2 or 3 tank dives, with transit, etc. through a reputable shop? (I'll probably be bringing my own gear.)

2) Are there any budget-minded accomodations (e.g., hostels, homestays) available? I'd particularly fancy a homestay to see a bit of a family's life, etc.

Warning?

According to several news stories I have seen, North Korea has threatened to nuke Guam if the US attacks them. One story claims Trump has suggested the threat will be good for tourism.

Is this worth mentioning here? Pashley (talk) 22:15, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Who knows? Do we have warnings in the South Korea and Japan articles? I'd say yes to putting warnings on all of those. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:48, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure...North Korea has been making these kinds of threats for years and years. Are they really something a traveller should take into account? Have any governments issued travel warnings on the basis of North Korea's nuclear threats? —Granger (talk · contribs) 11:43, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

At Wikitravel's pub, there's a discussion about adding a warning to their Guam article: http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Travellers'_pub#Warning_or_No_Warning_for_Guam

Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 13:48, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

I agree with Granger. There's no reason to think, and plenty of reason not to think, that this isn't just more of the same empty bluster we've been seeing for years from North Korea. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 13:59, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

It is rather pointless to place a warning for low probability events such as this. You may as well put a warning in bright lights on the top of the New York article since that is also a potential target.

As repeatedly stated, we should only warn of real and present dangers, not theoretical ones. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 21:38, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Redlinks

Do we really need all those redlinks? Hobbitschuster (talk) 23:31, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

I removed them. Hobbitschuster (talk) 12:36, 15 August 2017 (UTC)