Talk:Wilmington, Massachusetts
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Just decided to start off the discussion in here. Would someone like to rate this page? Zeppelin462 3:55, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Highways through Wilmington, MA
The article mentions state route #3A. This highway does not pass through Wilmington. However, state highway #38 does.
[edit] On improving unencyclopedic material
I just removed this line from the education section:
"There cheerleading program is also the bomb. The Ateam was the first team from wilmington to be back to back national champions. The last year they received second."
Although the intent of the author is commendable, there are several problems with material such as this, and I'll point a few of them out, as an aid to other contributors.
1. There is no indication of which cheerleading program is intended. High School? Junior High? Or perhaps the Abundant Life school that was closest to the statement? Is it connected solely to WHS football, or is it independent of other sports?
2. "Last year" is undefined. Is it 2005, 2006, 2007? Or some other year?
3. What are the national championship events? Where are they held? What are the criteria for judging cheerleading? What made Wilmington best? Would a reference to Wikipedia's Cheerleading article be appropriate?
4. There are several grammatical errors. (One need not worry about grammar, though, as many readers, including myself, are compulsive copyeditors, and will comb every last bug out of the grammar and spelling.)
5. "The bomb" is slang and thus not encyclopedic. (Again, not to worry, because other readers will fix errors such as this.)
Fundamentally, the statement is rather incomplete. It has meaning only to those who already know the details of the cheerleading program.
Wilmington has a good history of school athletics, as can be seen by reading the sports section of any issue of the Wilmington Town Crier. Perhaps it might be wise to make an "Athletic Teams" subsection within "Education" or (even better) to create the missing article for Wilmington High School (Massachusetts). See List of high schools in Massachusetts for examples. Let's see some high-quality additions to Wikipedia about Wilmington and its schools.
