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Stavros S. Anthony has a Wikipedia page and i'm requesting a link

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government_type = Council–Manager

leader_title                    = Mayor
leader_name                     = Carolyn Goodman (I)
leader_title1                   = Mayor Pro Tem
leader_name1                    = Stavros S. Anthony (R)^[1]
leader_title2                   = City Council

leader_name2 =

Members

Brian Knudsen (D)
Victoria Seaman (R)
Olivia Diaz (D)
Stavros S. Anthony (R)
Cedric Crear (D)
Michele Fiore (R)

leader_title3                   = City Manager
leader_name3                    = Jorge Cervantes

References

^ "Stavros Anthony named Las Vegas mayor pro tem". 8 July 2020.

Semi-protected edit request on 11 October 2024

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Could someone change 25th most populous city to 24th to match with List of United States cities with population article 2603:8080:D03:89D4:340F:F850:71E5:C9C2 (talk) 22:55, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:39, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It’s the List of United States cities by population article 2603:8080:D03:89D4:E16F:6B38:6B10:E77 (talk) 23:00, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 January 2025

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This article says that Vegas is the 25th most populous city. However, List of United States cities by population says 24th. Could someone please change 25th to 24th in the first paragraph and the infobox? 2603:8080:D03:89D4:E86B:CDD8:C877:330D (talk) 00:47, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done – Anne drew (talk · contribs) 01:16, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 June 2025

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The sports section of Las Vegas needs to be amended to add its involvement with boxing, as it is dubbed the fight capital of the world. See the page "Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area" for an example and citation. 2601:98D:C480:160:A2CF:F366:9C1C:340 (talk) 03:48, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

it should be changed to "The Las Vegas metropolitan area has been the site of many prominent combat sports events, such as boxing and MMA, with Las Vegas being considered by many as the "fight capital of the world." 2601:98D:C480:160:A2CF:F366:9C1C:340 (talk) 03:50, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Day Creature (talk) 18:12, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the infobox

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Update the City Manager to Mike Janssen per [1]. Update Council Member 5 to Shondra Summers-Armstrong per [2]. 50.78.178.33 (talk) 07:50, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Completed this request and the one below. cyberdog958^Talk 01:36, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request to add Shondra Summers-Armstrong on slot 5 in the Infobox

Hello Las Vegas I would like to ask request to add Shondra Summers-Armstrong on slot 5 in the Infobox, Cedric Crear is curently on slot 5, Cedric Crear is not on the council any more and Shondra Summers-Armstrong is his successor. I have the coding on here to make the request easy on the editor who accepts the request thank you. :)

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2603:8001:2C3F:749A:989D:5491:EB41:88D2 (talk) 08:14, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Stavros Anthony named Las Vegas mayor pro tem". 8 July 2020.

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