Talk:Norman, Oklahoma

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[edit] notable residents

Who removed names from this section? --Jabogan 23:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Removed? No names have been removed in over a month, but a few have been added. Who specifically were you expecting? -- nae'blis (talk) 00:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Does Toby Keith live in Norman? He went to school in Moore, OK, so unless he lives in Norman now, I don't think he should be listed here.Fustigate314159 20:35, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Toby Keith does live in Norman (techinically), on the far east rural side (around Lake Thunderbird). The reference to Toby is quite relevant.--Hypergeometric2F1(a,b,c,x) 02:56, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
No "technically". SW corner of E Franklin Rd and 36 Ave NE. Ward 6. Definitely a Norman resident, though not a native. --plaws 18:04, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I have not researched what makes a good "Notable Residents" section, tho' I probably should. I think that the standards should be 1) that we only include people that have their own Wikipedia entries and 2) that we write a short description of the person in the list, i.e. "OU football player, 1961-1964" or the like.

Also, should it be Norman natives (i.e. James Garner) or current residents (i.e. Nadia Comaneci) or both? --plaws (talk) 21:34, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I would say both. -kotra (talk) 05:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Should Ed Harris be listed? (see his Wikipedia entry for the Norman connection).BenA (talk) 16:11, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Probably. Thanks for adding him. -kotra (talk) 05:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Probably not. Are we seriously going to list every person with an iota of fame that ever lived in Norman for however brief a time? --plaws (talk) 15:19, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
This is a common debate, and is unlikely to be resolved here. However, other college towns like Eugene, Oregon and Ithaca, New York also include those who only attended a local college in their lists of notable residents. So, in the interest of consistency if nothing else, I think living somewhere for more than a couple months qualifies you as a resident for the purposes of Wikipedia. So I'd keep Ed Harris. On the whole, not a big deal either way though. -kotra (talk) 20:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dean Blevins

Somebody needs to get on the ball and write an article about him. He's certainly notable enough for one and I'm surprised there isn't already one for him. I may do a stub for him later, but lately I haven't had the energy for much wiki. -- Qaddosh|talk|contribs 17:52, 2 May 2008 (UTC)