Talk:Fayetteville, Arkansas

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[edit] Clintons

Bill & Hillary Clinton certainly aren't current residents. They apparently were residents primarily for the two years between his gubernatorial terms. Do they really belong on the list?

I do know Bill taught at the University of Arkansas (located in Fayetteville, AR) for awhile, so I would consider them notable past residents of the city. (also, please sign your comments with 4 ~ symbols in the future, so it looks like mine at the end after this comment) Cardsplayer4life 18:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
The house they got married in is on California street, and they lived in it for a while, so I'd say that they belong on the list. Also, they frequently have come back to town (I can think of multiple instances in the past 5 years), which means that it is still an important place to them. Hillary also talks about it being important in her Autobiography (I haven't read his). Jon 06:53, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

There is a sign as you enter Fayetteville that reads, "First home of Bill and Hillary Clinton." It was the first home they lived in married. Hillary also practiced law in Fayetteville. Chris 03:11, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Is that sign still there? I seem to remember them removing it. At least, I haven't noticed it in going to Fayetteville anymore. --SeizureDog 08:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
As of 18:31, 1 March 2008 (UTC) the sign is still there. BillyClubThorton (talk) 18:31, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I added info on Fayetteville's 2006 special census. ~aerotive

Could you provide a reference please? (Cardsplayer4life 17:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC))


This is the closest I could find to a citation for the updated population count provided by aerotive: http://www.nwarktimes.com/nwat/News/41735/

It's from the local Fayetteville paper. Someone else will need to decide if it's citation worthy and if they think it is to actually do the citation as I don't know how.

Looks good, I added it in. Thanks (Cardsplayer4life 10:01, 6 July 2006 (UTC))

[edit] two censuses in intro?

Since we have the new June 2006 census data, is there any reason we need to keep the 2000 data in the intro? It's mentioned in the Demographics section. askewchan 18:06, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] bully reference

Recent developments as shown here [1] seem to indicate the the reports of bully behavior are not accurate and that the reported victim has, himself, a history of being a bully. For that reason I edited the sentence in the article.--Phyllis1753 (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Its not a far stretch to see the victim turning into a bully as a result of such treatment. Regardless, I wasn't entirely comfortable with the information posted in the article, much less in the lead.~ (The Rebel At) ~ 23:43, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree with you about the issue being in the lead paragraph or, even, as part of the article. --Phyllis1753 (talk) 00:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)