Talk:Schenectady, New York

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The first two paragraphs of "History" seem to contradict each other and to gloss over some kind of (pseudo-?) controversy about whether Schenectady was settled by Indians before European settlement. This should be revised to state the grounds of disagreement, if there is a credible disagreement. (If the disagreement is not credible, the authority of the generally accepted understanding should be brought out clearly.)

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[edit] Revert war on trivia

I'm just watching the volley of reverts on the various trivia being removed and then returned almost wholesale. I honestly don't care a whole lot -- but would like to pop-up for the Vonnegut stuff. That's a fairly significant cultural reference. If the other stuff is being yanked because it violates some policy or convention about avoiding trite pop-culture indexes at the end of every nearly article, I'd like to suggest the Vonnegut bit stay.

But I imagine other peeps have a battle to go through. Wikipedia might be useful, but it sure as 'ell ain't efficient. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.107.196.195 (talk) 18:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I got rid of a bunch of that because it seemed like every single mention of Schenectady was being documented even if it was just mentioned in passing. If I removed something that was more than that, putting it back is certainly fine. I kept a few things I was unsure about. Nick Garvey (talk) 13:33, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Well done! These sections really get out of control in a hurry. We need to bear in mind that we are writing an encyclopedia. --Mwanner | Talk 13:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] regular broadcasts on Thursday, Thursday and Friday afternoons.

Can someone clairfiy? Rich Farmbrough 12:07, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zip Code?

Isn't the zip code of Schenectady 12345? --163.41.248.2 20:45, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

So it is! [1]. Cool. —Ben FrantzDale 22:16, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
12345 is the zip code of the General Electric main plant in Sch'dy - and that's all. The rest of Sch'dy is various other zip codes starting with 123xx. —Wknight94 (talk) 00:39, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spam?

is that section labeled spam really even necessary? it is completely pointless. -137.49.238.52 06:14, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

that was me. -Ally525 06:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't think it really adds much to the article, seeing as it is contested ahpook 15:28, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article needs infobox

This article needs an infobox and a map like uh yesterday. -- drumguy8800 C T 22:38, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation?

Is it pronounced "ske-nach-tay-dee"? IPA doesn't mean much to me unfortunately. 89.213.13.177 21:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Me neither. It's pronounced skuh-NECK-tuh-dee ---- by me anyway. Your "ske" is probably more accurate but it's not how it comes out when I say it. —Wknight94 (talk) 22:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How many?

On February 8, 1690, the Schenectady massacre, led by France and its Indian allies, resulted in the death of all but 60 of Schenectady's inhabitants.

How many is that? 2? 20,000? Can this be updated to be more specific? 12.147.193.6 18:25, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Could this be a factual error? My great-grandfather wrote in the 1920's that there were about 60 killed. Several of my ancestors were among those. [2] GeoFan49 23:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


in the schenectady massacre 62 people died. NOT "all but 60". 148.78.243.25 14:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WGY-AM

WGY have moved their offices to the Clear Channel offices on Troy-Schenectady Road in Lathem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.200.157.177 (talk) 16:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)