Talk:Loudonville, New York

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I am unsure of the inclusion of the following:

Law and government Although Loudonville is officially a hamlet within the Town of Colonie, it is often said that Chris Kuthy needs a better way to spend his free time.

Who is Chris Kuthy and who makes this statement??

Mimistar 23:46, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Out of 800,000 or so people in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA how does can it be claimed that most of the corporate executives, doctors, lawyers, etc live in Loudonville? I guess its possible they meant most of the people who live in Loudonville are "blah blah blah" but MOST of those professions listed are probably spread pretty equitably throughout the region and not concentrated in Loudonville as it is worded. The Loudonville ZIP code does not even have the highest income per capita in the area (according to the Albany Business Review Book of Lists). Alot in this article needs to be fact-checked and cited if true, removed if not.Camelbinky 18:47, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandals using this article for vanity purposes

I have been deleting and tracking this article (Loudonville,New York) for a while now, and have been noticing that vanity entries are being placed under the "famous native" section of the article.

The names of: Brittney Ensign, and Claire Littlefield come to mind as the names (or the friends of) the vandals of the Loudonville page.

I encourage wikipedians to delete vanity entries and report the IP addresses or the usernames of these users to the administration for a possible block from wikipedia, which they deserve.

Thanks

RRM MBA 22:17, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newtonville?

I guess since several of the places in this article that are listed as being in Loudonville are actually in Newtonville we should change the name of the article altogether. Neither Siena College, the school offices, or the town hall are in Loudonville, regardless of what zip code they use for mail delivery. Zip code boundaries dont reflect any real boundaries and Newtonville does have its own zip code in which all those places are in. Newtonville however only does PO Boxes, and therefore Loudonville does the deliver for any place that needs "home" delivery. Generally Burton Ave (a side street off NY route 9 just north of Menand Road) is the southern boundary of Newtonville (northern boundary of Loudonville). Anything north of this is Newtonville until the split off of Old Loudon Road from NY route 9 where Latham begins. Also the Albany International Airport (which also uses a Loudonville ZIP Code), is not in Loudonville, it was built on top of the Shaker community and is still considered to be a part of the historic Shaker area (one would never say that the Heritage Park or Ann Lee's home was in Loudonville). Newtonville does need its own page considering what it has plus the unmentioned Pruyn House museum.Camelbinky 22:17, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and as a sort of "precedent" for NOT using ZIP Codes as deciding where a business or house is in, see the discussion on the Troy, New York page regarding whether or not to put Mapinfo as a Troy business even though it has a Troy ZIP Code but was actually in the town of North Greenbush. (They settled that it was outside the city limits and therefore regardless of ZIP it wasnt a Troy business) Obviously this is different since Troy has actual delineated boundaries and Loudonville and Newtonville must use rough estimates (often based on where DOT decides to put up hamlet signs). Camelbinky 22:21, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I guess since nothing has been done about or even just discussed regarding Loudonville versus Newtonville I will soon just take it upon myself to make a new page for Newtonville and remove from the Loudonville page information that actually pertains to Newtonville. The Pruyn House is always listed as being in Newtonville, there is a church less than a mile from Siena College that uses the Newtonville name, a plaza using the word newton, and the Newtonville Post Office is across the street from the college, it exists as a hamlet and has an identity of its own. Camelbinky (talk) 19:52, 30 December 2007 (UTC)