Talk:Waterbury, Connecticut
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I removed what looked like vanity junk:
- Waterbury is the birthplace of Christine Gaspar
It was added by an anonymous IP, has no article, and Google shows squat.
Added Holy Land information.
Changed Sears to Macys.
I added some info on the college campuses. 24.151.79.108 16:07, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Tommy 21:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Waterbury Family
Does anyone know if there is a connection between the Waterbury family (Who settled in the CT, MA area) and the town of Waterbury? I'm descended from the Waterburys, and I'm doing a report on my ancestors. Thanks. Thhhh (talk) 00:54, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Holy Land
This information was just added: "Unfortunately in recent news, a clean up crew was sent to the once popular area. As they were cleaning, illegal drugs were found at multiple locations, hidden under rocks or tree stumps. The clean up was discontinued."
Can anyone provide a source for this information? --Gerry Ashton 21:37, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
- Until then it's gone per Jimbo. — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 14:40, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:WaterburyCTseal.gif
Resolved. I uploaded a new image sourced from the city's website with a fair use rationale. New image is a higher resolution too. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 05:33, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Image:WaterburyCTseal.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot 04:38, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Town historical sign
Does anyone here know where the town historical sign like the one here for Waterbury is located? Does it still exist? I've looked in the Green and in the vicinity of Library Park (the obvious places) but couldn't find it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks. --Polaron | Talk 19:39, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Polaron, now that you say it I dont think Waterbury has one of those signs. As a life long resident I've probably covered every square mile of this city and never seen one. I'll keep my eyes open, let me know how you make out. Good luck! Mossimo203 20:48, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Nomination
I am nominating this as a Good Article Candidate. I'd like some opinions. It appears to be lengthy covering many landmarks of the town but some references could use some work--Ted-m (talk) 04:53, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] GA Review
The article contains a very detailed account of the historical significance of the city, and appears very well written based on the content that is there. But it is incomplete, as it mostly focuses on the history and historical significance, and not enough on the present and modern day characteristics of the city. There is also a general deficiency in the amount of citations on material in the article, which is also necessary for GA status.
I would recommend looking at the six items listed as criteria for Good Articles. I don't see any major issues with the article with criteria 4 (WP:NPOV), 5 (stability), or 6 (images), but I see several deficiencies with the first three. For example, on criterion 1 (prose), while the writing itself appears very good, there are several manual of style issues; the most obvious of these is the use of several external links within the article text itself. External links should only appear in the section at the end 'external links', and only internal wikilinks should appear in the article text itself. Try also to avoid sections containing bulleted lists of information, favoring actual prose instead. The 'historic happenings' section seems to be the most obvious example here.
As far as criterion 2 (verifiability) is concerned, much of the content is unsourced. I also see at least one 'citation needed' tag, as well as an 'attribution needed' tag, which must be addressed prior to GA status. Reference formatting should also conform to certain standards; for references that are accessible online, you should include more than just the link -- include an author, title, publisher, date of publication, date the URL was retrieved. This is important so that, if the URL ever becomes inaccessible, the citation can be used to track down and verify the source if necessary. See WP:CITE for more information on this.
With criterion 3 (broad in coverage), the article is just not broad. It may be broad in the discussions of the history, as evident by numerous sections that are historical in nature. But the article is called Waterbury, Connecticut, and not History of Waterbury, Connecticut, and should provide more information on other aspects of the city. I think much of the discussion on history could be condensed and paraphrased, and included all within the 'history' section, with a link to a separate 'history of' article. The 'landmarks' section should be included within a section on 'culture', since many of these are actually cultural attractions. But such a section should also have information on the modern day characteristics of the culture as well, such as cultural events, annual fairs, and other things. Try also to avoid including complete excerpts from other sources, like in the 'world war II' section; the section is about 95% excerpt (at least the source was cited) and 5% original text introducing it. The 'geography' section is also an excellent example of the lack of broad coverage -- I think more can be said of the geography than one sentence! What geographical features are nearby? What's the climate like? What kind of neighborhoods are in town?
To give a better idea of everything that should go into an article about a city in the United States, I would recommend taking a look at WP:USCITY, which discusses the major sections and topics that should appear. There's also a wikiproject, WP:CITIES, which might also be helpful.
Hope this helps! Good luck! Dr. Cash (talk) 19:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Stan iris moviep.jpg
Image:Stan iris moviep.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot (talk) 07:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] War with Indians
A change from French and Indian War to King Phillips War was reverted on the grounds that KPW lacked an article. However, Metacom's Rebellion, about a hundred years earlier would have fit the time frame stated in the article, for which the FIW was far too late! King Philip is the usual spelling of the American Indian war leader, and King Philip's War (correctly spelled and punctuated) is the lk that was clearly intended, and in the absence of contrary documentation, clearly the accurate info. I've created another Rdr, but once i can find what the blacklisted lk obstructing my unrelated edit is, i'll bypass the rdr by correcting the spelling.
--Jerzy•t 20:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Blacklist
In an edit at 01:47, 16 March 2008 the site books.lulu.com was blacklisted for spam concerns. I remedied the inability to edit the accompanying article by removing a lk to one of the blacklisted site's pages. The system will prevent any edit that readds the lk, in the absence of measures discussed at the MediaWiki Extension:SpamBlacklist page.
--Jerzy•t 21:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] World War II
Under World War II, someone changed the referenced and quoted section from Ken Burns' documentary The War. These are quoted copyrighted words from the documentary, they cannot be edited and changed to reflect someones personal opinions or preferences. I changed it back to the original.Mossimo203 (talk) 18:38, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
