Talk:Williamsburg, Virginia

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Contents 1 References 2 Lowest temperature 3 G7 summit 4 Lost city 5 Voting by W&M students 6 rawdod link 7 Tampering

[edit] References

A lot of the referenced are left out or missing. Where are the references on the section for the 19th century? I need those! --NeedHELP4aREPORT 16:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lowest temperature

Is it really 52? Is that a typo? That seems too warm for a low temperature. Joe 17:23, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Hmm, not sure where those numbers came from. Got the correct numbers from weather.yahoo.com. Dr. Cash 02:32, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Wow thats low joe :)BIPPY3

[edit] G7 summit

I want to include a blurb about the 9th g7 summit, which was held in W-burg. Shoud I make a new category? What should it be called?

• That section would be best covered in the history section. Obviously, when we think of history & Williamsburg, we think 17th century. However, Williamsburg has quite a bit of 20th century history as well. Dr. Cash 04:30, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lost city

Derek.cashman removed the city from the Category:Lost cities and towns. Yet, the picture on the page was certainly "lost" as was 90% of Colonial Williamsburg. In fact, the city had declined so much after the Civil War that this is what saved enough of the city for Rockefeller to restore. I certainly understand the debate, but I believe the Colonial portion constitutes a lost city. --Noitall 00:26, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

I kinda agrees the Williamsburg wasn't "lost" although almost forgotten would surely fit. Thank goodness for the foresight of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and especially the Reverend Doctor W.A.R. Goodwin. In any even, Middle Plantation qualifies as one of the Lost counties, cities and towns of Virginia, and I added the cat lost cities and towns there.

Mark in the Historic Triangle of Virginia. Vaoverland 01:38, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Voting by W&M students

I have revised this section after confering with an official of the Virginia State Board of Elections. I realize that many W&M students are very upset, and may ultimately suceed in accomplishing cganges, but our article in WP needs to stay accurate and present a balanced POV on this tough subject. Vaoverland 20:55, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

This information that has been added has no source, so is unverified. Something such as this definitely should have a source added, or be removed from the article as jibberish. Although I think with appropriate sources cited, its probably noteworthy, but I don't think it belongs exactly where it is. I wouldn't include it as a major section in the article; it should be added to the history section. Dr. Cash 01:45, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I moved the 'interaction with college students' section and condensed it into a single paragraph under the 'government' subsection. While the interactions between the city council and the college students are still quite important, I don't think it's big enough to warrant an entire major section in the article. Wikipedia, after all, is not anyone's personal soapbox. Dr. Cash 20:02, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] rawdod link

rawdod is a local online community. 90% of members are local to williamsburg. It was established in January 2004. There is about 250 members, 60 or so active content contributors, and about a thousand unique hits to the site per day. I think a link to it is appropriate here, however there maybe a better describtion for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.230.208.113 (talk)

Please review WP:NOT. Wikipedia is not the place for promoting your own websites. Non-notable online communities are not relevant to the article, either. Dr. Cash 02:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tampering

Someone has tampered with the Williamsburg page, changing the "county" label and a few words in the article to vulgar and profanity. 72.192.199.45 02:11, 26 May 2007 (UTC)