Talk:Texas

Why not add Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

I thought it might be worth mentioning that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is very prevalent in Texas, more so than other states. Texas has some of the best Brazilian jiu jitsu schools in the world, more specifically Austin. ~2025-38875-49 (talk) 21:24, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Do you have sourcing to support that? Nikkimaria (talk) 05:52, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2025

It’s gulf of America now legally so it should be changed instead of Gulf of Mexico to gulf of America Mushysandwich (talk) 03:57, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

That's not what 'legally' means. The common name suffices; you should use the talk page at Gulf of Mexico to gain a consensus. Thanks. Sam Kuru (talk) 04:43, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Breakfast Tacos vs Breakfast Burritos

In the culture section, breakfast burritos are mentioned, but in Texas, breakfast tacos are far more popular. There is a distinction. In simple terms, burritos are larger, and often a burrito is a meal by itself, but tacos are smaller and multiple are eaten for a meal. Breakfast burritos are very uncommon, but breakfast tacos are ubiquitous. ~2025-31611-27 (talk) 03:06, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Only the last sentence of that section is really sourced. I'm in central/south texas and 100% agree, but not sure if that holds for Dallas, Amarillo, etc. I'll try to dig up sources and we can append or update.Sam Kuru (talk) 03:18, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Rio Grande River as International Boundary

I changed the opening summary of the article to include the fact that the natural boundary of the Rio Grande River is the defining boundary between Texas and the four aforementioned states of Mexico. Stevenmitchell (talk) 09:50, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

"Rio Grande River" is redundant. The correct name is "Rio Grande." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande#Names_and_pronunciation MundoMango (talk) 23:21, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 June 2026

Change reference 414 link from http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=86 to https://www.texmed.org/Texas_Medical_Schools_and_Hospitals.aspx AndiKC1 (talk) 19:14, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done I also updated the count to 16, which is what is reflected on that page and based on supplemental web search; e.g. , , which I wouldn't necessarily cite as reliable sources but they do show that this number is the one that is out there. LizardJr8 (talk) 20:32, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

Frequent unidiomatic English

I have corrected three fairly obvious mistakes in lead sentences of key sections. It is quite surprising to see them in such a prominent article.

- "Texas has a low tax" --> Few places have a single tax, hence the expression is always "[Jurisdiction X] has/enjoys low taxes"

- "Texas constantly elects Republicans" --> elections are not held often enough that you can say 'constantly' in encyclopaedic writing. "Consistently" is the correct way to describe the pattern of electing Republican candidates at most/all elections.

- "Texas has a reputation of very harsh criminal punishment for criminal offenses." --> the correct expression is "to have a reputation for" and "criminal punishment for criminal offenses" is a bizarre expression to use: the punishment itself is not criminal.

The article doesn't read particularly well in other parts. The healthcare section talks starts with "notwithstanding access to elite medical centres" but the discussion of those elite medical centres is further below. MiG-25 (talk) 13:28, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

Why are you telling people that it was called Nueva filipinas that don't even sound believable

explain that

~2026-50564-17 (talk) 02:51, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

Because the Philippines belonged to Spain at the time and the territory New Philippines was part of New Spain. The articles explain it. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 02:57, 19 September 2026 (UTC)