Talk:Braintree, Massachusetts

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Hello, Someone else. Thanks for doing this stub on Braintree, Massachusetts. You know, I could have sworn there was such a place, but I searched the Wikipedia database when I started the Braintree disambiguation page, and couldn't find it, so I thought I must have just imagined hearing about it! Unfortunately, I'm a little confused by the stub... What do you mean by towns and/or cities being "split off" from it? Do you mean that it was divided up and parts of it were renamed? Is the main part of it still called "Braintree, Massachusetts", and if so, how did the Rambot manage to miss it...? (Okay, that last question isn't really aimed at you...) -- Oliver P. 20:08 Mar 24, 2003 (UTC)

In colonial times the town of Braintree consisted of the area occupied by present-day Braintree, Weymouth, Holbrook, Randolph, and Quincy. Quincy was I believe the part of Braintree owned by The Adams family (of John Adams and John Quincy Adams fame), and was made it's own town by the Adams', I think. I'm not sure why Weymouth and the others split off, but this type of thing isn't entirely uncommon in the older states.

Why was Gerard Coletta removed from the list of Notable Residents? As far as I know, Mark Wahlberg was neither born in Braintree nor lives there now. Several of those mentioned were born in Braintree, but are not current residents. Gerard is certainly one of the more famous current residents.

Because there's no Wikipedia article on him. I find that whether someone's notable enough to be the subject of a Wikipedia article is often a good guideline to whether they're notable enough to be listed under "Notable Residents" of a town. AJD 19:56, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

That is an absolutely unfair criterion. Gerard Coletta is quite notable in the art community, which is not well-represented on Wikipedia. The sociology of Wikipedia promotes representations of certain communities over others. Therefore inclusion in Wikipedia is not a good metric by which to judge the notability of a given Braintree citizen. Leave it. Or thus begins the Lion War.

Why not create a Wikipedia article on Gerard Coletta, and let the community decide whether he's notable enough for inclusion? AJD 18:20, 17 June 2007 (UTC)