Talk: New Orleans, Louisiana
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It's pretty funny to list all those guys as "inventor of jazz", but it ain't so encylopedic. There's proper info to be given about each of them, Bolden, first jazz star of all time, LaRoxa, leader of ODJB, Jelly Roll Morton, well "embodiment of jazz" might do, but early piano star, composer, etc. Ortolan88
- Sorry, I guess I got carried away by a wave of home-town patriotism. :-) Though seriously, Morton had that claim on his business cards, and Bolden, Lacombe, and LaRocca all have it on their tomb-stones. I could say "Self proclaimed inventor of jazz" for 3 of them, but Bolden's carrer slightly predated the use of the term to refer to music. -- Infrogmation 07:44 Nov 15, 2002
Hm the list of people is getting a bit long, do you think it should be moved to "List of Famous New Orleanians"?
I don't speak French and have never been to New Orleans (Helas!), but isn't Laissez le bon temps roulez quite as common, or maybe even more so, as Laissez le bon temps rouler? Recently changed from the former to the later. Ortolan88
I lack the confidence to edit the page without screwing it up. It might be nice to have the flag on the site. See http://www.ace.unsw.edu.au/PEOPLE/rmjc/fotw/flags/us-la-no.html
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo
I am in the process of creating a page on New Orleans Carnival celebrations, to split off from the Mardi Gras page. My rough draft is currently at User:Infrogmation/New Orleans Mardi Gras. (It currently has way too many photos; I will spin many of them off elsewhere eventually.) I invite other folks knowledgable about the subject to contribute. Time & circumstances permitting, I'd like to have a decent page in the main article space before Mardi Gras Day. You can comment at User talk:Infrogmation/New Orleans Mardi Gras too. Iko Iko, -- Infrogmation 05:13, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- I've done a fair amount of work on it. While more remains to be done, I think its in ok shape for a good start on the subject. I'll be moving it into the article space within 12 hours or so. -- Infrogmation 06:40, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- I just did so: New Orleans Mardi Gras. -- Infrogmation 13:50, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Orleans Parish, Louisiana article
I made Orleans Parish redirect to New Orleans, and I merged some of the article to New Orleans. WhisperToMe 22:45, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Okay. I'd just unredirected Orleans Parish, Louisiana not long ago and returned that to being a seperate article. I'd tend to wish for a seperate article for the Parish for reasons I'll mention, but will go with the consensus if people think that shouldn't be the case. The government and official limits of the Parish and the city of New Orleans are identical. They have not been so for all of their history, however. If we have more on the history of Orleans Parish, it will be seen not to be the same as the history of New Orleans. Algiers, Louisiana, Carrollton, and I think a few other communities now part of New Orleans were seperate towns and cities in the in Orleans in the past. I believe that Orleans Parish originally also included what is now Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, and maybe some other lands. There have been various proposals brought up and currently being discussed, such as the Algiers councilman who wants to restore its status as a seperate city, that would again make them not legally the same. (I am under the impression that there are some other legal differences between the city and the Parish, though I'm not clear on that at present.) -- Infrogmation 04:14, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The ordeal doesn't just apply to New Orleans. Juneau, Alaska, Denver, Colorado, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, California are both a city and a county. The history of the Orleans parish is dealt with in the New Orleans article. WhisperToMe 07:55, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
