Talk:Plymouth, Massachusetts

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was move to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Joelito (talk) 22:31, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Plymouth (town), Massachusetts → Plymouth, Massachusetts – All Massachusetts town article names are of the form "TownName, StateName", even if a CDP exists with the same name. Cf. Scituate, Massachusetts, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Barre, Massachusetts, Hudson, Massachusetts, et cetera. AJD 01:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

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• Support. AJD 01:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
• Support, and move all similar town articles in New England to the undabbed names too. Kirjtc2 02:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
• Support per nom.--Húsönd 03:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Support -- name is an artifact of a disambiguation made without regard to whether one might be the primary topic. older ≠ wiser 14:56, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Support -- even if disambiguation is needed, towns/cities are the most important places in Massachusetts. --Polaron | Talk 01:07, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Policing of the town

Primary responsibility of patrolling the town is done by the local municipal police department, not by MSP who has primary and shared jurisdiction of Rt 3.71.124.243.213 17:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Cape Cod?

There is currently a discussion ongoing about Plymouth and its Geography as it relates to Cape Cod.Leftshore 14:09, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Poor Introduction

The intro paragraph does a poor job recognizing PLymouth's immesnse historical significance to the United States. It should at least mention the Pilgrims, the establishment of America's first permanent English settlement, and the First Thanksgiving. Raime 11:12, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

True. I've added something. AJD 15:18, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Reasons for this article to be upgraded to B-Class (from Start-class)

This article has had a lot of work done recently, and I feel it meets criteria for a B-Class article. I have therefore upgraded it, as WikiProject Massachusetts currently does not have a system of assessment requesting that I could find. The reasons it meets B-Class criteria are as follows:

• Good Structure - Sentences flow well, grammar is correct, but some work is still required
• Adequate References - This still needs some work, and more references are needed, but the article still meets B-Class criteria for reference amounts.
• Good Length - Article has good amount of subheadings, major subheadings are treated fairly equally (i.e. transportation, education, points of interest, geography, demographics) Still, some sections (i.e. Healthcare) are too short. Article has two infoboxes.
• Importance in History - Article has a lengthy and informative history section which corresponds to its importance as one of the first European settlements in the United States
• Good Images - Images in Article are do not require Fair Use Rationale, are used in context, and add to the article. However, more images would be useful.
• Has a NPOV
• Overall a Relatively Comprehensive Article - Article still needs work, but is definitely above a Start-Class Status.

Compare Plymouth's article to Munich air disaster, which is currently featured as an example of a B-Class article on the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment page. Plymouth's article is of similar length, has more images, has more references, has more external links, and has more headings and sub-headings. By comparing Plymouth to a well-established B-Class article, I believe it is clear that Plymouth is worthy of B-Class status. Raime 07:29, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Geography

Should there be a more complete listing of the villages or sections of Plymouth, as opposed to the current listing of "Plymouth's larger localities"? See the article on Taunton as an example. While the status of this main article is being considered, I won't change this section unless it's OK. Ed 01:30, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Seems like a great idea to me. I say go right ahead. With this new section, maybe we can get rid of the sentence For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Plymouth, please see the articles on North Plymouth, Plymouth (CDP), and White Island Shores, which always seemed out of place in the introduction. Raime 02:29, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Done. I orientated the list starting at Plymouth Center and roughly spiraled north, west and the huge chunk south, using how what was then New England Telephone (now Verizon) separated the town into the separate Plymouth (prior to 1973, only 746 and 747) and Manomet (then, only 224) exchanges, before the two exchanges were consolidated. How does it look? Ed 12:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm... It is extremely long. I think maybe it warrants the creation of a separate section Neighborhoods in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as in Boston (with a link from the top of the Geography Section). Of course, then we'd have to write articles for most of the districts.

Anyway, it is a good addition to have, but its extreme length makes it look sort out of place. Stll, great job. In this case, I think transferring the list to a new page would be the best bet. Raime 12:49, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps if I have the list read horizontally rather than vertically it would appear shorter. It might be a slight problem with the sub-sections that were made in the vertical list, but it should shorten the project in order to avoid creating links upon links in wikipedia. Ed 14:48, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, links upon links would not be necessary. Only major neighborhoods require links, and we can add short pieces of info to the ones that do have their own articles. Even if the list reads horizontally, it is still far too much information to include on this page, and I really think creating a new page would be good. Beisdes, this many items really should be in list-form, as horizontal form could get confusing. Major, "historic" disctricts can still be listed on the Plymouth page (as in Taunton), but I think that to list the entire list (which should be listed somewhere), a new page is necessary. Raime 20:13, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and created the new article, adding a See Also link at the top of the Geography section. Raime 06:39, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Notable Residents

Tbe caption accompanying Dick Gregory's photo states that he has been a resident of Plymouth since 2005. That is not true. He has been a resident since the early 1970's, though I don't recall the exact year. I went to what was then Plymouth-Carver High School with his daughter Michelle, who graduated a year after I did, she in 1977, I in 1976. Perhaps the Old Colony Memorial newspaper has that information in its archives. Ed 02:55, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

I took the information from Dick Gregory's wikipedia article, but is appears it is slighly misleading, as it states "as of 2005". I just assumed that that meant he had lived there since 2005. Apparently, its just bad wording, and I assumed incorrectly. I went ahead and changed the caption, but a reference would be great. Maybe new information should be placed on Dick Gregory's article as well. Raime 05:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

GA

I recently reviewed this article and found it more than worth of GA status. I found the article to be informative, well organized and to put it bluntly good. I must agree with the review of the previous editor who promoted the article to B-class and I hope that all of the editors who have been putting in work on this article continue to do so. Good work everyone. Timhud 23:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

• Some further recommendations:
  • Only full dates or dates with a day and a month should be linked. The same applies to dates in the footnotes.
  • Read Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Dashes regarding dash usage.
  • IMDb is an unreliable source as anyone can edit it.
  • Imperial measurements should be accompanied by the metric equivalent in brackets, and vice versa. Epbr123 16:35, 14 August 2007 (UTC)