User talk:Mikemiller10
In your editing of the "History" section on the Gulfport page, you have chosen to use the term "dockside casinos", but that term no longer applies to Casinos on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In September 2005, after hurricane Katrina, Mississippi passed legislation that allows onshore gambling along Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Both the Island View Casino in Gulfport, and the Grand Casino in Biloxi offer onshore gambling. I have again edited that section.
As another suggestion, it is good that you added a History Section for the Gulfport page, but Wikipedia does not permit editors to "copy and paste" material from other websites. The website you used is posted here: http://www.gulfport-ms.gov/history.shtml
For that reason, I edited your History section in an attempt to rationalize its use in Wikipedia. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 20:26, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
I am afraid I have to respectfully disagree with your assumption that the term "Dockside Casinos" does not apply. I would agree that the casinos on the coast are not necessarily over water anymore but those exceptions to the rule that are on land are still required to be within and control 750 feet of contiguous land to the water, hence "dockside". Also, these casinos are still empowered by and regulated under all the laws that govern the other dockside casinos along the MS River and on the Coast and as such should be held separate from the other land-based casinos that are tribally owned. Perhaps the term "Waterfront Casinos" is more accurate, but if you where to Google "dockside gambling" or "dockside casino" you would find that it is an industry term for the many casinos that several states allow to operate, just not on their soil. MS has a few exceptions to that rule but I do not feel that strips the casinos of their identity.
Perhaps a note in the history that recognizes that some casinos came on-shore following Katrina would clear up any confusion.
On the other thing, I asked Bill, the webmaster of the Gulfport site if I could use his text as a jumping off point: he said it was cool.
Cheers Mikemiller10 (talk) 22:09, 13 April 2011 (UTC)