Talk:Mountain Brook, Alabama

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[edit] City/suburb

Since when is Mountain Brook not a suburb of Birmingham? Someone edited the reference and changed it to say a "city in jefferson county". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.220.228.3 (talk • contribs) 06:02, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Mountain Brook has never been a suburb of Birmingham to my knowledge. It has been a fully operating and governing city since its incorporation in 1942. - auburnpilot talk 06:05, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Mountain Brook was founded as, and remains, a suburb of Birmingham. It's local government has no bearing on that definition. (From Barron's Dictionary of Real Estate Terms: "A town or unincorporated developed area in close proximity to a city. Suburbs, largely residential, are often dependent on the city for employment and support services; generally characterized by low-density development relative to the city." --Dystopos 14:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Well that doesn't in anyway define Mountain Brook, which was not founded as a suburb, and is neither a town or unincoroporated developed area. The City of Mountain Brook defines itself as such, and it's article should as well. - auburnpilot talk 15:53, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

It's a suburb.

  • And it was founded as a suburb. The terms "city" and "suburb" are NOT exclusive. --Dystopos 21:21, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree. Nobody in Mt. Brook or Bham would deny that the City of MB is truly a suburb. AKA "the Tiny Kingdom".

[edit] Photo

Unrelated, would a photo of Mountain Brook Village give a better idea of the landscape? Official publications, such as the city's website also use the old mill as an iconic image. Moioci 04:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I concede the point of suburb/city, and agree the article needs a new image. That just happened to be one of only three images of the villages that I have. The second is of the clock tower, (Image:CrestlineClockTowerMtnBrook.jpg) and the third I haven't uploaded. It's not even worth the time. Dystopos provides great images of the Bham area and may be able to help out here. - - auburnpilot talk 20:16, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, new picture please. --Smithw14 (talk) 00:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Pick one from here and I'll relicense it without the "non-commercial" requirement. --Dystopos (talk) 04:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I found one that was already CC-BY 2.0. I think it's a great one, too. Hope you like. --Dystopos (talk) 22:19, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Much better. Thanks for finding and uploading it, Dystopos. - auburnpilot talk 00:17, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nickname

I'm not sure of Wikipedia's precedent on this matter, but giving a derisory nickname pride of place in the infobox doesn't strike me as encyclopedic, even if its use is common enough to appear in print. --Dystopos (talk) 18:05, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

If you feel it would be better included elsewhere, feel free to move it into the body of the text. The name is quite common, and certainly merits inclusion at some point. - auburnpilot talk 18:18, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
I gave it a try. --Dystopos (talk) 01:39, 30 May 2008 (UTC)