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:''The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. <span style="color:red">'''Please do not modify it.'''</span> No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, [[Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry/Notes_for_the_accuser|read this]] for detailed instructions.''

MSA_name = Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington |

===[[User:Charlie.somerville]]===

name = Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | map = |

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largest_city = [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] |

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other_cities = &nbsp;- [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]<br/>&nbsp;- [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]] |

rank_us = 4^th |

population = 6,003,967 (2006 est.)<ref>http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/CBSA-est2006-pop-chg.html</ref> |

density_mi2 = 634&nbsp; |

density_km2 = 245&nbsp; |

area_mi2 = 9,249 |

area_km2 = 23,955 |

states = [[Texas]] |

highest_ft = 1,368 <ref>[[Slipdown Mountain]], in western [[Parker County, Texas|Parker County]]. ''Note:'' Some editions of the ''Texas Almanac'' prior to 2000 (the latest being the 1998-1999 edition, ed. Mary G. Ramos) give a maximum elevation of 1,553 feet in Hunt County; this is probably an error. ''Texas Almanac'' data, depending on the edition, are obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Texas Railroad Commission, and the Texas Department of Transportation.</ref>|

highest_m = 417 |

lowest_ft = < 295 <ref>Southeastern [[Ellis County, Texas|Ellis County]], [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=32.32916&lon=-96.38308&s=25&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG along the Trinity river], where Ellis County, [[Navarro County, Texas|Navarro County]] and [[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]] meet. ''Note:'' ''Texas Almanac'' editions after 1998-1999 give a minimum elevation of 300 feet (approximately 90 m) for both Ellis and [[Kaufman County, Texas|Kaufman]] Counties, but these appears to be estimates.</ref>|

lowest_m = < 90

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The '''Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area''', a title designated by the [[U.S. Census]] as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of [[Texas]]. The metropolitan area is further divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas&ndash;Plano&ndash;Irving and&nbsp;Fort&nbsp;Worth&ndash;Arlington. Residents of this region informally refer to it as the '''Dallas/Fort&nbsp;Worth Metroplex''', or simply '''The Metroplex''' (the term was originally invented to refer to Dallas/Fort Worth). '''North Texas''' is also a commonly-used term.

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According to the [[U.S. Census]] [[July 1]], [[2006]] estimates, the metropolitan area has a population of 6 million.<ref>http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/CBSA-EST2006-01.xls</ref> The Dallas&ndash;Fort Worth&ndash;Arlington [[United States metropolitan area|MSA]] is the largest metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-largest in the [[United States of America|United States]].<ref>http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/CBSA-est2006-pop-chg.html</ref> The metroplex also encompasses {{convert|9249|sqmi|sqkm|-2}} of land, making it larger in area than the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. Dallas is also one of 11 U.S. global cities, being ranked a "Gamma World City" by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network.<ref>http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/citylist.html</ref>

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== Metroplex counties ==

'''[[User:AAA!|<span style="color:red">AAA!</span>]]''' <small>([[User talk:AAA!|<span style="color:green">AAAA</span>]])</small> 03:34, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:DFWCounties.gif|thumb|350px|D/FW Counties]]

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=== US Government Designated ===

Bradlow Idiot's {{contribs|Bradlow idiot|contribs}} on my user page ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AAA%21&diff=next&oldid=139874179 diff]) practically match the vandalism [[User:Charlie.somerville|Charlie.somerville]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AAA%21&oldid=137551894 made] on my user page. [[User:58.107.252.48|58.107.252.48]] also [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AAA%21&diff=139877136&oldid=139875559 vandalised] my user page in the same pattern. If they are not sockpuppets, then I suspect them to be [[WP:MEAT|meatpuppets]].

* [[Collin County, Texas|Collin County]]

* [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]]

* [[Delta County, Texas|Delta County]]

* [[Denton County, Texas|Denton County]]

* [[Ellis County, Texas|Ellis County]]

* [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]]

* [[Johnson County, Texas|Johnson County]]

* [[Kaufman County, Texas|Kaufman County]]

* [[Parker County, Texas|Parker County]]

* [[Rockwall County, Texas|Rockwall County]]

* [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant County]]

* [[Wise County, Texas|Wise County]]

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==Metroplex cities, towns, and CDPs==

Looks like a match. Charlie last edited under his own name more than a week ago, and he left an apology note, so blocking his account would be pointless IMO. Bradlow idiot should be indef-blocked as a sock/vandal-only account. The IP has been firmly warned by Fram, and that should be sufficient. [[User:YechielMan|Yechiel]][[User talk:YechielMan|<span style="color:green">Man</span>]] 08:36, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

===Principal cities===

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[[Image:Dallas, Texas Skyline 2005.jpg|thumb|right|260px|[[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] is the 9th largest city in the United States, behind [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]]]

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[[Image:FortWorthTexasSkylineW.jpg|thumb|right|260px|[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] is the 19th largest city in the United States, behind [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]]]]

It isn't me. Must be one of my cronies who were around me while I was vandalising your page.<br>

*[[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]

Go ahead and block [[User:Bradlow idiot|Bradlow idiot]] but don't mark it against my account.

*[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]

[[User:Charlie.somerville|Charlie.somerville]] 03:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

*[[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]]

*[[Plano, Texas|Plano]]

*[[Irving, Texas|Irving]]

*[[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]]

*[[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]]

*[[Denton, Texas|Denton]]

*[[McKinney, Texas|McKinney]]

;Conclusions

===Other DFW Cities over 100,000 population===

I took a closer look, and I believe that Charlie is innocent. A friendly word of advice to Charlie: it's not a good idea to edit other people's userpages without their permission to write dirty jokes. Even though you reverted it without a fuss, you should not have done it in the first place.

*[[Garland, Texas|Garland]]

*[[Grand Prairie, Texas|Grand Prairie]]

*[[Mesquite, Texas|Mesquite]]

I checked Charlie's editing pattern in the contribution log. He tends to make a few edits in a day, then disappear for two or three weeks, then return for a few more edits. His last edit had been on June 12. Then he returns on June 26, makes three ordinary edits as if nothing happened, and comes to defend himself in this case.

===Cities, towns, and CDPs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants===

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*[[Addison, Texas|Addison]]

*[[Allen, Texas|Allen]]

*[[Azle, Texas|Azle]]

*[[Balch Springs, Texas|Balch Springs]]

*[[Bedford, Texas|Bedford]]

*[[Benbrook, Texas|Benbrook]]

*[[Burleson, Texas|Burleson]]

*[[Cedar Hill, Texas|Cedar Hill]]

*[[Cleburne, Texas|Cleburne]]

*[[Colleyville, Texas|Colleyville]]

</td>

<td>

*[[Coppell, Texas|Coppell]]

*[[Corinth, Texas|Corinth]]

*[[DeSoto, Texas|DeSoto]]

*[[Duncanville, Texas|Duncanville]]

*[[Ennis, Texas|Ennis]]

*[[Euless, Texas|Euless]]

*[[Farmers Branch, Texas|Farmers Branch]]

*[[Flower Mound, Texas|Flower Mound]]

*[[Forest Hill, Texas|Forest Hill]]

*[[Frisco, Texas|Frisco]]

*[[Grapevine, Texas|Grapevine]]

*[[Greenville, Texas|Greenville]]

</td>

<td>

*[[Haltom City, Texas|Haltom City]]

*[[Highland Village, Texas|Highland Village]]

*[[Hurst, Texas|Hurst]]

*[[Keller, Texas|Keller]]

*[[Lancaster, Texas|Lancaster]]

*[[Lewisville, Texas|Lewisville]]

*[[Mansfield, Texas|Mansfield]]

*[[Midlothian, Texas|Midlothian]]

*[[North Richland Hills, Texas|North Richland Hills]]

*[[Rockwall, Texas|Rockwall]]

*[[Rowlett, Texas|Rowlett]]

*[[Sachse, Texas|Sachse]]

</td>

<td>

*[[Seagoville, Texas|Seagoville]]

*[[Southlake, Texas|Southlake]]

*[[Terrell, Texas|Terrell]]

*[[The Colony, Texas|The Colony]]

*[[University Park, Texas|University Park]]

*[[Watauga, Texas|Watauga]]

*[[Waxahachie, Texas|Waxahachie]]

*[[Weatherford, Texas|Weatherford]]

*[[White Settlement, Texas|White Settlement]]

*[[Wylie, Texas|Wylie]]

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Bradlow idiot came along on June 22 and made a throwaway edit to revert to the last vandalism version by Charlie. In order to do that, he needed to be a sockpuppet of ''someone'' - newbies don't know how to navigate page history and revert on their first edit - but that doesn't establish ''whom'' he is impersonating. It could be someone else.

===Cities, towns, and CDPs with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants===

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*[[Aledo, Texas|Aledo]]

*[[Alma, Texas|Alma]]

*[[Alvarado, Texas|Alvarado]]

*[[Anna, Texas|Anna]]

*[[Annetta, Texas|Annetta]]

*[[Annetta North, Texas|Annetta North]]

*[[Annetta South, Texas|Annetta South]]

*[[Argyle, Texas|Argyle]]

*[[Aubrey, Texas|Aubrey]]

*[[Bardwell, Texas|Bardwell]]

*[[Bartonville, Texas|Bartonville]]

*[[Blue Mound, Texas|Blue Mound]]

*[[Blue Ridge, Texas|Blue Ridge]]

*[[Briar, Texas|Briar]]

*[[Briaroaks, Texas|Briaroaks]]

*[[Caddo Mills, Texas|Caddo Mills]]

*[[Campbell, Texas|Campbell]]

*[[Celeste, Texas|Celeste]]

*[[Celina, Texas|Celina]]

*[[Cockrell Hill, Texas|Cockrell Hill]]

*[[Combine, Texas|Combine]]

*[[Commerce, Texas|Commerce]]

*[[Cool, Texas|Cool]]

*[[Copper Canyon, Texas|Copper Canyon]]

It just doesn't make sense to me that Charlie would vandalize as a joke, ''revert his own vandalism'', apologize to [[User:AAA!]] on his talk page, and come back ten days later to revert to the vandalism version. It's totally irrational on many levels.

*[[Corral City, Texas|Corral City]]

*[[Cottonwood, Kaufman County, Texas|Cottonwood]]

*[[Crandall, Texas|Crandall]]

*[[Cross Timber, Texas|Cross Timber]]

*[[Crowley, Texas|Crowley]]

*[[Dalworthington Gardens, Texas|Dalworthington Gardens]]

*[[Decatur, Texas|Decatur]]

*[[Double Oak, Texas|Double Oak]]

*[[Eagle Mountain, Texas|Eagle Mountain]]

*[[Edgecliff Village, Texas|Edgecliff Village]]

*[[Enchanted Oaks, Texas|Enchanted Oaks]]

</td>

<td>

*[[Everman, Texas|Everman]]

*[[Fairview, Texas|Fairview]]

*[[Farmersville, Texas|Farmersville]]

*[[Fate, Texas|Fate]]

*[[Ferris, Texas|Ferris]]

*[[Forney, Texas|Forney]]

*[[Garrett, Texas|Garrett]]

*[[Glenn Heights, Texas|Glenn Heights]]

*[[Godley, Texas|Godley]]

*[[Granbury, Texas|Granbury]]

*[[Grandview, Texas|Grandview]]

*[[Grays Prairie, Texas|Grays Prairie]]

*[[Hackberry, Texas|Hackberry]]

*[[Haslet, Texas|Haslet]]

*[[Hawk Cove, Texas|Hawk Cove]]

*[[Heath, Texas|Heath]]

*[[Hebron, Texas|Hebron]]

*[[Hickory Creek, Texas|Hickory Creek]]

*[[Highland Park, Texas|Highland Park]]

*[[Hudson Oaks, Texas|Hudson Oaks]]

*[[Hillsboro, Texas|Hillsboro]]

*[[Hutchins, Texas|Hutchins]]

*[[Italy, Texas|Italy]]

*[[Josephine, Texas|Josephine]]

*[[Joshua, Texas|Joshua]]

*[[Justin, Texas|Justin]]

*[[Kaufman, Texas|Kaufman]]

*[[Keene, Texas|Keene]]

*[[Kemp, Texas|Kemp]]

*[[Kennedale, Texas|Kennedale]]

*[[Krugerville, Texas|Krugerville]]

*[[Krum, Texas|Krum]]

*[[Lake Dallas, Texas|Lake Dallas]]

*[[Lakeside, Tarrant County, Texas|Lakeside]]

*[[Lakewood Village, Texas|Lakewood Village]]

*[[Lake Worth, Texas|Lake Worth]]

*[[Lavon, Texas|Lavon]]

*[[Lincoln Park, Texas|Lincoln Park]]

*[[Lipan, Texas|Lipan]]

*[[Little Elm, Texas|Little Elm]]

</td>

<td>

*[[Lone Oak, Texas|Lone Oak]]

*[[Lowry Crossing, Texas|Lowry Crossing]]

*[[Lucas, Texas|Lucas]]

*[[Mabank, Texas|Mabank]]

*[[Marshall Creek, Texas|Marshall Creek]]

*[[Maypearl, Texas|Maypearl]]

*[[McLendon-Chisholm, Texas|McLendon-Chisholm]]

*[[Melissa, Texas|Melissa]]

*[[Midlothian, Texas|Midlothian]]

*[[Milford, Texas|Milford]]

*[[Millsap, Texas|Millsap]]

*[[Mobile City, Texas|Mobile City]]

*[[Murphy, Texas|Murphy]]

*[[Nevada, Texas|Nevada]]

*[[Newark, Texas|Newark]]

*[[New Hope, Texas|New Hope]]

*[[Neylandville, Texas|Neylandville]]

*[[Northlake, Texas|Northlake]]

*[[Oak Grove, Texas|Oak Grove]]

*[[Oak Leaf, Texas|Oak Leaf]]

*[[Oak Ridge, Kaufman County, Texas|Oak Ridge]]

*[[Oak Point, Texas|Oak Point]]

*[[Oak Trail Shores, Texas|Oak Trail Shores]]

*[[Ovilla, Texas|Ovilla]]

*[[Palmer, Texas|Palmer]]

*[[Pantego, Texas|Pantego]]

*[[Parker, Texas|Parker]]

*[[Pecan Acres, Texas|Pecan Acres]]

*[[Pecan Hill, Texas|Pecan Hill]]

*[[Pecan Plantation, Texas|Pecan Plantation]]

*[[Pelican Bay, Texas|Pelican Bay]]

*[[Pilot Point, Texas|Pilot Point]]

*[[Ponder, Texas|Ponder]]

*[[Princeton, Texas|Princeton]]

*[[Prosper, Texas|Prosper]]

*[[Post Oak Bend City, Texas|Post Oak Bend City]]

</td>

<td>

*[[Quinlan, Texas|Quinlan]]

*[[Red Oak, Texas|Red Oak]]

*[[Rendon, Texas|Rendon]]

*[[Reno, Parker County, Texas|Reno]]

*[[Richland Hills, Texas|Richland Hills]]

*[[Rio Vista, Texas|Rio Vista]]

*[[River Oaks, Texas|River Oaks]]

*[[Roanoke, Texas|Roanoke]]

*[[Rosser, Texas|Rosser]]

*[[Royse City, Texas|Royse City]]

*[[Saginaw, Texas|Saginaw]]

*[[Saint Paul, Collin County, Texas|Saint Paul]]

*[[Sanctuary, Texas|Sanctuary]]

*[[Sanger, Texas|Sanger]]

*[[Sansom Park, Texas|Sansom Park]]

*[[Shady Shores, Texas|Shady Shores]]

*[[Springtown, Texas|Springtown]]

*[[Sunnyvale, Texas|Sunnyvale]]

*[[Talty, Texas|Talty]]

*[[Telico, Texas|Telico]]

*[[Tolar, Texas|Tolar]]

*[[Trophy Club, Texas|Trophy Club]]

*[[Van Alstyne, Texas|Van Alstyne]]

*[[Venus, Texas|Venus]]

*[[West Tawakoni, Texas|West Tawakoni]]

*[[Westlake, Texas|Westlake]]

*[[Westminster, Texas|Westminster]]

*[[Weston, Texas|Weston]]

*[[Westover Hills, Texas|Westover Hills]]

*[[Westworth Village, Texas|Westworth Village]]

*[[Wilmer, Texas|Wilmer]]

*[[Willow Park, Texas|Willow Park]]

*[[Wolfe City, Texas|Wolfe City]]

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Charlie, I'm willing to give you a free pass on this as long as you behave yourself and avoid vandalizing pages, even if it's just a joke (unless you wish to fool around in the [[WP:SANDBOX]]. I suppose we could do a checkuser, but I don't think it's necessary.

==Description of economic activity==

The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth are the anchor cities of the Metroplex. Dallas and its suburbs have one of the highest concentrations of corporate headquarters in the United States. As such, one of the largest industries in the Metroplex is conducting business. The Metroplex also contains the largest [[Information Technology]] industry base in the state (often referred to as [[Silicon Prairie]]), owing to the large number of corporate IT projects and the presence of numerous electronics, computing and telecom firms such as [[Texas Instruments]], [[Electronic Data Systems]], [[Perot Systems]], [[i2 Technologies|i2]], [[AT&T]], and [[Verizon]] in and around Dallas. On the other end of the business spectrum, and on the other side of the Metroplex, the Texas [[farming]] and [[ranching]] industry is based in Fort Worth. According to the Dallas Business Journal's 2006 Book of Lists, [[American Airlines]] is the largest employer in the Metroplex. Several major defense manufacturers, including [[Lockheed Martin]], [[Bell Helicopter Textron]], and [[Raytheon]], maintain significant operations in the Metroplex. [[ExxonMobil]], the #1 corporation on the [[Fortune 500]] listings, is headquartered in [[Irving|Irving, Texas]].

{Disclosure: I am YechielMan above. I changed my usernaeme.) [[User:Shalom|Shalom]] ^{[[User talk:Shalom|Hello]]} 03:36, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

The [[Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport]] ([[IATA airport code]]: '''DFW''') is the largest airport in the state of Texas. The airport is located between Dallas and Fort Worth. [[American Airlines]], based in Fort Worth, has its headquarters next to DFW Airport. American is the largest airline in the world in terms of passengers transported and fleet size. It is also a predominate leader in domestic routes and operations.

:The friend explanation actually makes sense here, so I'll give the benefit of the doubt this time around, given that Charlie.somerville has been editing constructively. Charlie, if you just want a page to screw around with, you can create a subpage in your userspace (such as [[User:Charlie.somerville/sandbox]]) and do whatever test edits you like to it. [[User:Seraphimblade|Seraphimblade]] <small>^{[[User talk:Seraphimblade|Talk to me]]}</small> 00:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[[Love Field]] Airport (IATA Airport Code: '''DAL''') is located in Dallas. [[Southwest Airlines]], based in Dallas, has its headquarters next to Love Field. The airline is considered as a predominate U.S. [[Low-cost carrier|low-cost]] airline for domestic routes.

This can make sense actually. You might not know, but me and Charlie know each other in person, and we also go to the same school. I saw Charlie on Wikipedia, and he had the vandalised diff on a separate notepad document (this was before he apologized to me, by the way). It is possible that he may have given that to his friends, and they created accounts, edited the page, and replaced it with the vandalised edit that was on the doc. So it's possible that they could be [[WP:MEAT|meatpuppets]] or even just [[Wikipedia:Single-purpose account|single-purpose accounts]]. Hope that shined some light on that.

'''Related topics'''

*[[List of major companies in Dallas/Ft.Worth]]

And Charlie, I'd like to let you know that I'm not doing this for revenge; I'm doing it because you broke some of Wikipedia's rules, such as [[WP:VAND|this]], [[WP:NPA|this]], and possibly [[WP:SOCK|this]]; and it alerted my suspicions since those edits on my page were practically the same ones you made. Heck, if it was someone in Canada who did the exact same thing on my user page, I'd still have taken the same measures that I took against you. If I wanted revenge, I would've talked to you in person or something similar, and not get Wikipedia involved (because there's no point to do it on Wikipedia when we can simply do it in person). Hope there are no hard feelings between us. --'''[[User:AAA!|<span style="color:red">AAA!</span>]]''' <small>([[User talk:AAA!|<span style="color:green">AAAA</span>]])</small> 00:37, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

==Largest area private-sector employers==

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{| class="wikitable"

|+ Source: Dallas Business Journal Book of Lists 2006 <!-- Source: Dallas Business Journal Book of Lists 2006 -->

! {{scaps|company}}

! {{scaps|# of employees locally}}

! {{scaps|type of business}}

|-

| [[American Airlines]]

| 22,077

| Commercial airline

|-

| [[Wal-Mart]] Stores, Inc.

| 21,133

| Retail

|-

| Texas Health Resources

| 16,289

| Health care

|-

| [[Lockheed Martin]] Aeronautics Company

| 15,900

| Military aircraft design and production

|-

| Baylor Health Care System

| 15,200

| Health care

|-

| Citigroup

| 15,000

| Financial Services

|-

| [[AT&T]], Inc.

| 13,729

| Data, voice, networking and internet services

|-

| [[Verizon]] Communications

| 12,500

| Telecommunications

|-

| [[Texas Instruments]]

| 10,600

| Semiconductor manufacturing

|-

| [[Albertsons]]

| 10,100

| Retail grocery

|-

| Brinker International

| 10,000

| Restaurants

|-

| HCA Healthcare

| 9,896

| Health care

|-

| [[JPMorgan]] Chase

| 8,800

| Financial services

|-

| [[J.C. Penney]] Company, Inc.

| 7,900

| Retail

|-

| [[Kroger|Kroger Food Stores]]

| 7,600

| Retail grocery

|-

| Target Corp.

| 7,554

| Retail

|-

| EDS

| 7,300

| Information technology services

|-

| [[Bank of America]]

| 7,000

| Financial services

|-

| Tom Thumb Food and Pharmacy

| 6,314

| Retail grocery

|-

| [[Southwest Airlines]]

| 5,543

| Commercial airline

|-

| [[Bell Helicopter]] Textron

| 5,301

| Aircraft manufacturing

|-

| [[Minyard Food Stores]], Inc.

| 5,091

| Retail grocery

|-

| [[Blockbuster (movie rental store)|Blockbuster]], Inc.

| 4,500

| Retail video and games

|-

| [[General Motors]]

| 4,030

| Automotive manufacturer

|-

| [[RadioShack]] Corp.

| 3,896

| Electronics retailer

|-

| [[Sprint Nextel|Sprint]]

| 3,500

| Communications products

|}

==Media==

The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth have their own newspapers, ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' and the [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram|Fort Worth ''Star-Telegram'']], respectively. Historically, the two papers were restricted in readership to their own counties; Tarrant County households would never read the ''Morning News'' and vice versa. As the two cities' suburbs have grown together in recent years, it is now common to find locations where both of the newspapers are sold. This pattern has been repeated in other print media, radio, and television, but since the 1970s all of the television stations and most of the FM radio stations have chosen to transmit from [[Cedar Hill, Texas|Cedar Hill]] so as to serve the entire market, and are programmed likewise. A recent phenomenon seen most clearly in the DFW market has been the rise of "[[FCC docket 80-90|80-90]] move-ins", whereby stations have been moved from distant markets, in some cases as far away as Oklahoma, and relicensed to anonymous small towns in the Metroplex to serve as additional DFW stations. According to [http://www.100000watts.com/ 100000watts.com], the market has 38 [[AM band|AM]] stations, 58 [[FM band|FM]] stations (many of them [[List of broadcast station classes|class C]]s), and 18 full-power television stations.

See Also:

*[[:Category:Radio stations in Dallas-Fort Worth]]

*[[:Category:Television stations in Dallas-Fort Worth]]

==See also==

* [[Census-designated place]]

* [[United States metropolitan area]]

* [[Geology of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex]]

* [[San Diego-Tijuana Metropolitan Area]]

==Notes==

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==External links==

===Official sites===

*[http://www.ntc-dfw.org/ North Texas Commission]

*[http://www.dfwairport.com/ DFW International Airport]

*[http://www.gdc.org/ Greater Dallas Chamber]

*[http://www.dallasfortworthtravel.com/ Visit Dallas Fort Worth]

===Additional information===

*[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] - major Fort Worth newspaper

*[[Dallas Morning News]] - major Dallas newspaper

*[http://www.metroplexdaily.com/ Metroplex Daily]

*TourTexas.com: [http://www.tourtexas.com/dfw/ DFW travel and entertainment information guide]

===Transportation in Dallas===

*[http://www.dart.org/ DART - Municipal Bus and Rail Service]

*[http://www.dallasyellowcab.com/ Dallas Yellow cab Taxi service]

*[http://www.dfwtransit.com/ Dallas Limousine and Car Service]

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