Talk:Uxbridge, Massachusetts

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The history section has been revised with material provided by the Town's Historian.

The section on history contains two instances of the weasel-words "may have been". It also uses the vague term "of color". The information on the ethnic makeup is interesting, but if it can't be supported with hard evidence, that does not justify weasel-words and other shaky support. It should be revised.

Revised? That's why you just deleted it all? The basis for this claim is conversation I have had with UHS' oldest faculty and staff. As far as I know there is no empirical evidence either confirming or denying this, hence my use of the words 'may have been'. I believe this is adequate and in keeping with many of the other Wiki pages.

Have you any evidence to disprove my claim? If so, you might post it as an addendum to my post, which is the polite way of generating debate on this topic.

Please don't just throw away my work. Thanks.

- Scott. (scott289@gmail.com)

I think the editors of wikipedia had a real problem with everything in the hitory section down to Geography since March. I personally enjoyed what you wrote Scott, but I have tried to rewrite it along the lines of what they have requested, 'wikify' the links to other wikipedia items, and add references. But that is as much as I can do. I still can't get the distintion of references and footnotes. But I think it is an interesting read for kids doing homework research and an accurate look at local history. I have asked Senator Moore to see if he can locate anyone interested in finalizing it. ksherin@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ksherin (talk • contribs) 15:36, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Please be careful with original research, which is not permitted by Wikipedia standards. The above statements imply that you have used OR. Wikipedia (or any encyclopedia) does not exist as a place to publish original research; you must use verifible published sources. This can present a problem with local history articles. Acroterion _(talk) 02:44, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] latest edits

Work done - started to standardize the formatting, put most of the references in to display on notes section; removed unnecessary links (only one link for a word is necessary - not every time it appears in the text), some spelling and grammar changes; re-phrases some sentences in first part and broke up into clearer paragraphs. added "citation needed" in early parts where it appeared that a quote was inserted into text or statement was unsupported.

There is more to do, but only so much time in any one day. I will continue tomorrow. Please add comments if you think of any improvements. Regards Stellar 12:49, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Scanning the article, I saw the need for copy editing, and jumped in, without realizing that someone was already working here--one can only imagine how annoying that must have seemed. I will check in later. Keep up the good work. JNW 02:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Both of your edits are welcome. Speaking as a non-editor, you have added greatly to what was begun. Given historic nature of this town, a decent write-up is a valuable contribution. ksherin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.235.197.186 (talk) 01:29, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Footnote 17

I have supplied an updated URL for your footnote 17: http://www.kouroo.info/kouroo/places/towns/SmithfieldRI.pdf 72.195.134.21 (talk) 20:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC) Austin Meredith, kouroo@brown.edu