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I can't say I'm entirely pleased with the Historical population section. It's long, and it's pretty useless information. I can't even seem to find the same information on any other city's page. I've reverted it back to the more appropriate bullet-list version, though (see How to use tables) - Plutor 15:17, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
If I was less tired, I would probably be adding something to this page. 137.99.184.148 10:49, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
The link for the co-founder of Subway restaurants incorrectly sends the user to information on musician Peter Buck. The actual co-founder of Subway is Dr. Peter Buck, and information can be found on the Subway website at http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/AboutSubway/history/subwayHistory.aspx
71.252.209.162 03:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)M. Winter
General Wooster did not die "defending the city of Danbury". His leadership, in the capacity as Major General of the Connecticut milita, was formed as an armed response to the general invasion of Fairfield County, CT and the advance of the British troops on the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut. He was mortally wounded in this subsequent engagement to the actual burning of the Danbury stores (the British objective). After his mortal wounding near Ridgefield, CT, he was brought to the Dibble house in Danbury, CT. It was here that he died 5 days later and was buried in the local hospital cemetery. Years later, his body was reinterred in Danbury's Wooster Cemetery where he resides today. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wwporter ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC).
When I went to Wooster School, the claim among the student body was always that Wooster, though he had an admirable military career, suffered an embarassing death, (and I quote): "He was riding his horse, and got shot in the ass by his own men." Always wondered whether the specifics were known. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.204.66 ( talk) 15:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
The census counts illegal aliens badly, but does count them. The best estimates are from politicians? Jd2718 15:28, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
There are a few concerns I have over the article and its nomination for Good Article status.
Horologium t- c 00:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I am going to go ahead and fail the GA nomination for now. Several of the issues I raised have been corrected, but there are still a number of issues that need to be addressed. Once they are fixed, the article should be renominated. Horologium t- c 16:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone own a "bird's eye view" image of Danbury, sort of like a picture of the skyline? Secondly, does anyone own a city seal that is in color and not in black-and-white? Maybe they can be found or asked for on the official city site, those images would really help the article. Thank you, AJSDA115 14:53, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
I could not find any important evidence that shows a relation between Carole King and Danbury. She was born in NY. NyyDave 15:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I have failed this article for much the same reasons as it failed its previous GA nomination; many of the points in that review are still to be addressed. The History section, for instance, still has no references. Worse, there are at least two {{fact}} tags.
Overall I don't think that the number of references is adequate for an article of thie size, and there are too many lists that ought to be converted to prose. The amount of work still required to get this article up to GA standard is considerable I think, so I decided to fail it rather than put it on hold. Please feel free to renominate it when the necessary work has been done; there is no minimum time between GA reviews.
Good luck with developing the article. -- Malleus Fatuarum 22:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I think our city should be classed in some other category than, "Low Importance". Low importance! This is a slap to anyone and everyone who lives in this city! Does the fact that I live here mean nothing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.75.149 ( talk) 09:37, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
"the British under Major General William Tryon burned and looted the city ... the destruction caused by the Loyalist army troops." British, Loyalists or both? I thought Redcoats and Tories were separate (but allied) forces. Art LaPella ( talk) 03:14, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Recently, editor ScrapIronIV deleted a huge amount of material from this page. You can see the material deleted here.
I asked them to restore the content. We'll see what happens.
I also opened an incident case at ANI here, to ask for community intervention.
While technically the editor may be correct about most (not all) of the material being unsourced and therefore subject to WP:CHALLENGE in a technical, letter-of-the-law sense, it still feels unfriendly and very poor community practice to delete such huge swaths of material in this way.
Of course, anything could be sourced and added back, but this is still the deletion of a lot of accumulated community knowledge. Some of it may be cruft but really, this is a town's article. It contains townie things.
Sorry for this happening. SageRad ( talk) 19:02, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
To all the other editors who may work on this page:
I added refs for all schools, but couldn't find one for Anderson Montessori School which was at Tarrywile. Is it still operating? Please, anyone, if you know about it, add the ref to the article. Thanks. SageRad ( talk) 10:56, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
I removed these lines from the sports section:
American Top Team has a gym on 13 Barnum Court. American Top Team is an MMA gym.
Glover Teixeira Light Heavyweight fighter for the Ultimate Fighting Championship is the owner & trainer of a kickboxing & MMA fitness gym located at 16 Beaver Brook Road in Danbury Connecticut. Glover Teixeira MMA Training Center
They seemed too promotional to me. Please discuss if you disagree. Thanks. SageRad ( talk) 11:10, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Please note, i moved the information on former inmates of the prison to the talk page for the prison's article. If anyone wants to go ahead and move that into the prison article itself, please do so. It would be really useful. I just don't have the time or desire to do it. I just didn't want the good knowledge to be lost from the mass deletions that happened yesterday. SageRad ( talk) 12:38, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Oh, actually, Jayron32 already did that so we duplicated information. Great minds... anyway. SageRad ( talk) 12:40, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
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article contains nice graphics, many useful wiki links, good resources, spelling, grammar, wikipedia standards, etc. could use some work on updating some key areas, but overall it has a great core to it. -- DMW 22:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC) |
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I am continually removing content from this page related to the recent exchange between John Oliver and Mark Boughton, and would urge others to do the same. This content was based on a short social media exchange that constitutes a negligible and unimportant effect on the history and significance of the city. Longtime residents are aware that such exchanges and publicity stunts are typical of the local government, however the evidence makes it clear that this topic is a drop in the bucket of the city's content and is something that *should not* monopolize as much of the real estate on this page as recent edits have made it to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8080:1240:1083:704C:3623:7586:FABA ( talk) 18:32, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
@ Magnolia677 believes the charts in the transportation section should be removed with their reason being “this isn’t a travel guide” However there needs to be a consensus on whether there notable enough. I personally believe they are, it has valuable information for anyone who is learning about airports in our area. Not to mention the lead of the section alludes to it. Elvisisalive95 ( talk) 18:53, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
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To-do list for Danbury, Connecticut:
Here are some suggestions from Horologium which can help for the Good Article nomination.
|
I can't say I'm entirely pleased with the Historical population section. It's long, and it's pretty useless information. I can't even seem to find the same information on any other city's page. I've reverted it back to the more appropriate bullet-list version, though (see How to use tables) - Plutor 15:17, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
If I was less tired, I would probably be adding something to this page. 137.99.184.148 10:49, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
The link for the co-founder of Subway restaurants incorrectly sends the user to information on musician Peter Buck. The actual co-founder of Subway is Dr. Peter Buck, and information can be found on the Subway website at http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/AboutSubway/history/subwayHistory.aspx
71.252.209.162 03:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)M. Winter
General Wooster did not die "defending the city of Danbury". His leadership, in the capacity as Major General of the Connecticut milita, was formed as an armed response to the general invasion of Fairfield County, CT and the advance of the British troops on the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut. He was mortally wounded in this subsequent engagement to the actual burning of the Danbury stores (the British objective). After his mortal wounding near Ridgefield, CT, he was brought to the Dibble house in Danbury, CT. It was here that he died 5 days later and was buried in the local hospital cemetery. Years later, his body was reinterred in Danbury's Wooster Cemetery where he resides today. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wwporter ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC).
When I went to Wooster School, the claim among the student body was always that Wooster, though he had an admirable military career, suffered an embarassing death, (and I quote): "He was riding his horse, and got shot in the ass by his own men." Always wondered whether the specifics were known. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.204.66 ( talk) 15:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
The census counts illegal aliens badly, but does count them. The best estimates are from politicians? Jd2718 15:28, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
There are a few concerns I have over the article and its nomination for Good Article status.
Horologium t- c 00:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I am going to go ahead and fail the GA nomination for now. Several of the issues I raised have been corrected, but there are still a number of issues that need to be addressed. Once they are fixed, the article should be renominated. Horologium t- c 16:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone own a "bird's eye view" image of Danbury, sort of like a picture of the skyline? Secondly, does anyone own a city seal that is in color and not in black-and-white? Maybe they can be found or asked for on the official city site, those images would really help the article. Thank you, AJSDA115 14:53, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
I could not find any important evidence that shows a relation between Carole King and Danbury. She was born in NY. NyyDave 15:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I have failed this article for much the same reasons as it failed its previous GA nomination; many of the points in that review are still to be addressed. The History section, for instance, still has no references. Worse, there are at least two {{fact}} tags.
Overall I don't think that the number of references is adequate for an article of thie size, and there are too many lists that ought to be converted to prose. The amount of work still required to get this article up to GA standard is considerable I think, so I decided to fail it rather than put it on hold. Please feel free to renominate it when the necessary work has been done; there is no minimum time between GA reviews.
Good luck with developing the article. -- Malleus Fatuarum 22:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I think our city should be classed in some other category than, "Low Importance". Low importance! This is a slap to anyone and everyone who lives in this city! Does the fact that I live here mean nothing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.75.149 ( talk) 09:37, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
"the British under Major General William Tryon burned and looted the city ... the destruction caused by the Loyalist army troops." British, Loyalists or both? I thought Redcoats and Tories were separate (but allied) forces. Art LaPella ( talk) 03:14, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Recently, editor ScrapIronIV deleted a huge amount of material from this page. You can see the material deleted here.
I asked them to restore the content. We'll see what happens.
I also opened an incident case at ANI here, to ask for community intervention.
While technically the editor may be correct about most (not all) of the material being unsourced and therefore subject to WP:CHALLENGE in a technical, letter-of-the-law sense, it still feels unfriendly and very poor community practice to delete such huge swaths of material in this way.
Of course, anything could be sourced and added back, but this is still the deletion of a lot of accumulated community knowledge. Some of it may be cruft but really, this is a town's article. It contains townie things.
Sorry for this happening. SageRad ( talk) 19:02, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
To all the other editors who may work on this page:
I added refs for all schools, but couldn't find one for Anderson Montessori School which was at Tarrywile. Is it still operating? Please, anyone, if you know about it, add the ref to the article. Thanks. SageRad ( talk) 10:56, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
I removed these lines from the sports section:
American Top Team has a gym on 13 Barnum Court. American Top Team is an MMA gym.
Glover Teixeira Light Heavyweight fighter for the Ultimate Fighting Championship is the owner & trainer of a kickboxing & MMA fitness gym located at 16 Beaver Brook Road in Danbury Connecticut. Glover Teixeira MMA Training Center
They seemed too promotional to me. Please discuss if you disagree. Thanks. SageRad ( talk) 11:10, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Please note, i moved the information on former inmates of the prison to the talk page for the prison's article. If anyone wants to go ahead and move that into the prison article itself, please do so. It would be really useful. I just don't have the time or desire to do it. I just didn't want the good knowledge to be lost from the mass deletions that happened yesterday. SageRad ( talk) 12:38, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Oh, actually, Jayron32 already did that so we duplicated information. Great minds... anyway. SageRad ( talk) 12:40, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
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article contains nice graphics, many useful wiki links, good resources, spelling, grammar, wikipedia standards, etc. could use some work on updating some key areas, but overall it has a great core to it. -- DMW 22:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC) |
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I am continually removing content from this page related to the recent exchange between John Oliver and Mark Boughton, and would urge others to do the same. This content was based on a short social media exchange that constitutes a negligible and unimportant effect on the history and significance of the city. Longtime residents are aware that such exchanges and publicity stunts are typical of the local government, however the evidence makes it clear that this topic is a drop in the bucket of the city's content and is something that *should not* monopolize as much of the real estate on this page as recent edits have made it to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8080:1240:1083:704C:3623:7586:FABA ( talk) 18:32, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
@ Magnolia677 believes the charts in the transportation section should be removed with their reason being “this isn’t a travel guide” However there needs to be a consensus on whether there notable enough. I personally believe they are, it has valuable information for anyone who is learning about airports in our area. Not to mention the lead of the section alludes to it. Elvisisalive95 ( talk) 18:53, 20 January 2024 (UTC)