Talk:Bozeman, Montana
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It might not be a bad idea to point out that Bozeman is the location of Montana State University. And citing Bozeman's connection to Bob Pirsig (who taught at MSU) and his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance might not be bad either.
- Added the MSU reference but I don't have any idea who Bob Pirsig is. Why don't you add him and a description about his accomplishments under the notables section. Revmachine21 14:26, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Mess!
The opening paragraph was crowded and disorganized -- as is the rest of the article from what I'm seeing. I'd like to point out some of the problems I'm seeing here.
It is not appropriate to cite web sources for every single fact on the page - only the ones that are not readily verifiable should be. Census data and geographic information are easy to verify. More subjective claims such as being the "fastest-growing city in the state" should have a source (in verfying that claim, I discovered that it was Gallatin County that was the fastest-growing, and corrected the error.
It's generally frowned upon to take extensive excerpts from any source, regardless of their nature. The Lewis and Clark journals are in the public domain, but their usefulness here is unclear - one can more easily be informed of the various rivers and mountain passes with a direct approach.
The entire history lacks focus, simply one trivial anecdote to the next -- as if lifted from a travel guide (and that doesn't seem to be far from the truth, with the profuse links to web sources). An oddball court case in the early 1900s is all that happened in Bozeman in the 20th century? Something clearly needs to be done to widen the perspective here.
And finally, though external links are far too common throughout the article, the final list at the end is also too extensive. Many, such as the one for the ski resort, border on linkspam. External links should be confined to major civic organizations like city offices, schools, and newspapers -- and even then, only the ones that do not have Wikipedia articles of their own.
I will attempt to improve the article as much as I can, but it is important that all of us work together to create the best piece possible. -Alexwcovington (talk) 12:20, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Ski area link comment
Per the "link spam" comment:
I think it might be interesting to note that the Bridger Bowl ski area is a not-for-profit operation that is owned and run by the community. If it is ever sold, the proceeds will go to Montana State University.
The picture showing the location of Bozeman is incorrect. The red dot is not even in Montana.
I originally added the item about Bridger Bowl. Bridger is the more convenient ski hill to Bozeman. If that turned into a link.... I wasn't paying attention. Perhaps someone from Big Sky made the edit. I'm just a skier. In any event, Big Sky is not only comparably not convenient (twice the distance of Bridger), but the only road to Big Sky is one of, if not the, most dangerous roads with the highest number of fatalities each year (single lane each direction, high speed, twisty canyon, bad conditions, all of the trucks going btwn Bozeman and Yellowstone and Idaho.) Locals ski Bridger and are able to get a few runs in without missing too much of a day's work.
[edit] Sarah Vowell
Her name is in red, as though there isn't a wiki on her. There darn well better be, and there is. [1] As well, there is indeed a link to the The Incredibles wiki, which is here. [2] I know she isn't a native daughter, nor a current resident, but she did spend her formative years here. --Coryma 03:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bozeman Area Photo's
I am working on a site that contains many photos of the Bozeman area. Such as campus, highlight area, bridgers, etc. I was wondering if this would be something of interest here? Please let me know. The site is here: [3] Mjwest10 05:15, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bozeman Transportation
I added a section describing the transportation system in Bozeman. If anyone has any suggestions to it I'm just learning so feel free to give me advice. Thanks. Mjwest10 (talk) 02:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] What are the policies on what is considered link spam?
I attempted to add a link to a local news site, New West Bozeman, which was removed. There are other news sources listed in the links at the end of the article, and we are a legitimate news source. Is there a way to get our link added to the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.45.5.139 (talk) 17:16, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
- As the person who removed your link, I should probably reply. In general, it's Wikipedia's policy to substantially limit the number of external links in any given article; otherwise, articles on popular subjects (such as Bozeman) would soon be overrun with literally hundreds of links, many placed there only for advertising purposes ... and that's simply not the purpose of an encyclopedia.
- I removed your specific link because the site in question contains a substantial amount of advertising, and because most of the news articles it aggregated were only indirectly related to Bozeman. For more information on general Wikipedia policies related to links see Wikipedia:External_links. Pitamakan 17:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, I appreciate your reply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.45.5.139 (talk) 17:45, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
