Talk:Yuma County, Arizona

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From October to July

This line doesn't make sense: "From October to July of 2005"

Someone should probably clarify, but I'm too stoned to do it. October 2004, maybe?

--67.180.166.40 (talk) 07:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Roadway Additions

As I have been going through most of the counties in California and adding to the Major Highway category, now I am going through to each county that has a boundary with California (in Arizona and Nevada) and updating these as well. Granted, someone with Google Earth could easily look these up and drive them virtually, however they are very useful info here as well, and I'm more than happy to do these, as I am well-travelled in this area, and know the roadways intimately!Edit Centric 17:33, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Adjacent Counties

I must question whether Yuma County still borders on San Bernardino County, California, as well as whether the county borders on eight neighboring counties. Since the establishment of La Paz County in 1983, the borders on San Bernardino (as well as Riverside, California) have become extinct.

Fritz Keppler, Arlington VA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.154.237.4 (talk) 12:10, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Dates

Hello @Magnolia677: I see you are removing things again. Myotus's position was that the problem is lack of explanation of economic relevance, and yet here you are again removing information which has context. Are you removing this because I added it? Invasive Spices (talk) 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@Magnolia677: in this case I do see relevancy to what Invasive Spices added. The Economy section is nicely developed so adding the information on Dates and its pests is not going too specific too early and the economy of Yuma County is agricultural. Adding both the crops and pests seem well within the scope of both the article and section. Myotus (talk) 13:57, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@Invasive Spices: BTW Be careful of accusing or assigning motive. Try to assume good faith. It is a policy of Wikipedia WP:AGF. Not always easy to follow. I too have violated the policy on several occations. However, it is a good policy to try to strive to achieve. Myotus (talk) 14:05, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

It's just a question. Meanwhile the other user has already demonstrated an AGF problem by following here and, as you yourself have noted, by chronic incivility. I then tried to be conciliatory anyway here which was obviously a mistake. Invasive Spices (talk) 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Date trees were planted here 10 years ago, so a reader would naturally wonder how widespread date trees are in Yuma County. Do readers really need to know what moths and mites eat this tree? Does the obscure source cited specifically say this is a problem in Yuma County? Invasive Spices, I know this is your area of expertise, but adding this out-of-scope information to unrelated articles is not an improvement. Magnolia677 (talk) 14:10, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Do readers really need to know what moths and mites eat this tree? Yes, due to their Economy impact. obscure source Is a Springer book ever an obscure source? And is that ever a reason to remove anything anyway? Does the obscure source cited specifically say this is a problem in Yuma County? It does. You would know that if you used the source I provided. That is the point of providing sources. When this conversation is done I will add the pages: 122 (for planting and for CM) and 350 (for planting and for BGM). Those are the only 2 occurrences of "Yuma" so I didn't think it was necessary. Does the obscure source cited specifically say this is a problem in Yuma County? Same answer. Invasive Spices (talk) 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@Magnolia677:Again, try be helpful and work to improve, not simply delete edits with new material that is not perfect, (AKA: Wikipedia's Editing Policy).

From this source: "Date production in Yuma County is a nearly 35-million-dollar industry, yielding about 10 million pounds of the fruit per year." - Date production in Yuma County is not trivial.

As far as your argument that the source is obscure, the article was published reputable peer reviewed journal, "Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection" by a very reputable publisher of peer reviewed journals Springer.

@Invasive Spices: in order to utilize your skills and strengths (they are very welcome here!) you sometimes may need to strive to go out of your area of expertise. In order to add that information AND make it more helpful, it is useful to add the context to it (such as the statement above on date production in Yuma County is a 35-million-dollar industry ...and moths and mites are a threat to that.) Myotus (talk) 20:30, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

I have added your KAWC along with data and rankings from the most recent census. I hope that will settle whether we should care about dates and bugs and diseases, which I will add back in soon if there are no objections. Invasive Spices (talk) 16 September 2022 (UTC)