Talk:Neighborhoods in Detroit, Michigan

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[edit] Road names

road names are considered neighborhoods in Detroit. 69.209.167.133 04:51, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Find a verifiable, reliable source for that and I'll agree with you.--Isotope23 talk 12:21, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Just ask around, every body knows neighborhoods in detroit are major street names, not side streets though. 29.239.167.153 04:51, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'll bite. As an example, let's look at Seven Mile. Seven Mile runs pretty much the width of Detroit. Give me the definition of the "Seven Mile neighborhood." What are its boundaries?Andrew Jameson (talk) 16:26, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

A seven mile neighborhood can range anywhere from E. 7 Mile & Van Dyke to 7 Mile & Greenfield, street Intersections are subjected as neighborhoods in detroit like Dexter Blvd. & Davison Ave. 69.208.126.81 (talk) 01:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I might buy that. "Dexter-Davison," for example, defines a particular place rather than a 30-mile long corridor like "7 Mile" does. However, a few things: First of all, your edit eliminated a string of neighborhoods (Sherwood Forest, Springwells, University District, Grandmont, Green Acres, and Mies van der Rohe Residential District, to name a few) that clearly should be there. That's not to say the list doesn't need trimming, but it doesn't need wholesale deletion, I don't think. Second of all, some of the "neighborhoods" you included in their place aren't actually neighborhoods. "Rosa Parks-Boston Blvd," for example, is in the middle of Boston-Edison. Third of all, I'd like to see some reliable sources for the rest of the neighborhoods you included being considered cohesive neighborhoods. Andrew Jameson (talk) 17:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

--Isotope23 14:02, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

  • These still need to be added with verifiable information from reliable sources:
  • Boston-Edison
  • Oakwood Heights
  • North End
  • Riverdale
  • Schoolcraft
  • West Village
  • Hubbard Farms
  • Rivertown
  • Five Points
  • Brush Park

... and several others [[1]



[edit] Revert

This article was such a mess, I've reverted back to User:63.157.66.37's version. I will be going through all the subsequent edits to see if anything can/should be merged, but bear in mind... the only information that should appear here is verifiable info from Reliable Sources... and not a list of roads (which is duplication of information that exists elsewhere).--Isotope23 17:18, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Briggs section was a copyright violation of [2]
  • Rivertown incorportates copyright violation from [[3]]
  • Brush Park copyright violation from [4]
  • Grandmont-Rosedale copyright violation of [5]

Also, if there is already a link to an external article, as in the case of Corktown, it is not necessary to bring the text back here.--Isotope23 17:26, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Pilgrim Village

I've removed the Pilgrim Village section (diff) because it is a direct copyvio from here. I have no objection to it being added back If someone writes an original piece.--Isotope23 11:48, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Foxtown

Someone needs to add a source showing this area is referred to as "Foxtown" and outlining its borders; otherwise this designation is a neologism.--Isotope23 18:21, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

i think the redirect should be removed, coz foxtown could also refer to the outlet chain. -- Boggie 17:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Five Points

While doing cleanup I found the article Five Points, Detroit which was basicly a description of Old Redford. I redirected to this article. --Brad101 23:52, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remove Projects from this article

I think 'Projects' should not be listed in this article. They don't really fall in the same category as neighborhoods. Maybe there could be a seperate list of Detroit projects?

Another note - other city neighborhood pages don't list projects with them - some examples - Neighborhoods of Chicago, Neighborhoods of New York City, List of Neighborhoods in Denver, List of Atlanta neighborhoods, New Orleans neighborhoods

[edit] Bad Link

The U of M brightmoore link is out of date.

"missing page: http://www.umich.edu/~thedp/community/brightmoorinfo.html You have requested a resource that is not available on this web server. It is difficult to guess why this is the case on a server with so many different, unrelated web pages, but the page, image, or resource you requested is not available at this time. " —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.61.190.218 (talk) 20:13, 8 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] I've corrected the racial breakdown (per the 2000 census) for Springwells Village

Looking at the racial breakdown for Springwells Village something seemed funny. (Anyone who has ever been there can tell that there is know way that it's only 12.5% Latino!) Looking over the census data it's turns out I was right. The racial breakdown originally shown: 75.1% White, 12.3% Black, etc. is the racial breakdown for the U.S. as a whole. The new racial breakdown accurately reflects what is shown on the table from the U.S. Census Bureau for the zipcode 48209. I've also changed the racial categories used in the article to comport with those used by the census bureau. On a said note I'm not really sure why there is racial data for Springwells Village, I mean who really cares? Ninoscalia1986 06:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Good catch. Yeah, given the fact that no other neighborhood has census information posted, it seems out of place to call it out just for Springwells. I'm going to remove it for the time being.--Isotope23 12:59, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Downtown

Please, this is not a page to list every major project going on downtown. These are supposed to be short and sweet descriptions of the area. I'm going to pare down the downtown section like it was. --Criticalthinker 23:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cultural Center

The "Cultural Center Historic District" (currently a section title on the main page) is actually quite small: exactly three buildings, as a matter of fact. The "Cultural Center" in common parlance encompasses a larger district, including at least the other museums nearby, probably Wayne State University as well, and, what the heck, probably everyone in the University Cultural Center Association while we're at it. The section should either be trimmed to contain only the three buildings within the historic district, or retitled, with some definition as to what is and is not within the "cultural center." Is there any consensus as to what this might be? My sense is a perimeter that contains the major museums + Wayne State + CCS would be about right, but my opinion is hardly definative. Andrew Jameson (talk) 19:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Separate Articles?

I feel like a lot of these should have seperate, larger articles on here. How many of them do? Like 8? It just seems like a city like Detroit and its various neighborhoods should have a more in-depth source of information rather than a 1 paragraph blurb. Is this even possible? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.138.29 (talk) 00:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

  • On this topic, I have removed a merge tag (proposing to merge the Delray, Detroit article with this one) because it had been on that page and this one since September, 2007 with no discussion. Editors of this page seem to want to have separate articles. If you disagree, please state your reasons here. Bry9000 (talk) 21:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Okay, now editor 69.208.126.81 undid my removal of the merge tag without discussing it here, and without giving reasons. Dear 69.208.126.81: please state your reasons why the merge tag should be here, especially given my reasons above for removing it. It's not reasonable to revert another editor's changes without explaining them. Bry9000 (talk) 21:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] For those Separate Articles...

Seems like it would be nice to al least have the lede of the separate article here on this page so there's some information on these neighborhoods, in context. Any objection/discussion? Andrew Jameson (talk) 17:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Support. That's common practice on WP, and it makes sense here so that readers could get a little bit of info on Indian Village, etc without having to go to the separate page for that neighborhood. Bry9000 (talk) 21:06, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Palmer Park

Why is Palmer Park included here? It's not really a neighborhood, and the brief mention in the Palmer Woods section should be more than sufficient. Andrew Jameson (talk) 00:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)