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Thank you. This article is shaping up pretty well, and we'll be seeking Featured article status soon. With your help, we'll all have something to be proud of! ClairSamoht 01:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
It looks like someone visited the county and then decided to carbon copy a brochure on Wikipedia. Its no big secret that yes indeed settlements in Lancaster or then Chester pre-date the 1710 mark of the venerable Mathias Krieder. Hans and Christian Herr for example were in the area ie the date stone of 1719 on the house does not indicate the time of settlement, only when the house was built. With a land parcel map being dated 1711 in which the land was subdivided and deeded to several first families of Lancaster County including Mylin, Kending, and Groff (Graff) in Martic and Providence Townships.
Family histories have also concluded the arrival of some Swiss German Anabaptists and French Protestants Like Letort, Furie, and John Phillip and John Michael Ranc in the same first half of the 18th century. My suggestion would be to codify the statistical and political data into one solid page just on the county in general and since Lancaster is repleate with historical significance from Hamilton and Stevens to the Paxton boy (Scotch-Irish) militia a seperate page be written on the history of Lancaster and Lancaster County.
Another thing to as far as dialect. When has ever a person from Lancaster County sounded like a philly bowery with a heavy Camden accent? For starters, there is no such animal as the Susquehanna dialect unless your counting native members of the Susquehannocks, second there are varying degrees of the dialect as both spoken in Lebanon, Lancaster and even York with hold over
vernacular not only from the Germanic but also from Quaker, Presbyterian, and Anglican influences as well.
Needs alot of polishing
Many of these historic incidents and dates are worthy of seperate pages in and of themselves, the Christiana Riots, Paxton Boys, Underground Railroad etc. While Lancaster played a significant part in all those, these are characterized by their national significance and are not just exclusive to the hisorty of Lancaster County, Pa. It would be like putting a whole article on Robert Fulton on the Lancaster County page just because he was from Lancaster, instead of havng a seperate article/page on him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.216.166.126 ( talk) 05:50, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm marking this as in need of cleanup due to style changes and additions that make the article tone inappropriate in some cases and make it feel like advertising in others. More care needs to taken with content and form to prevent this. -- Improv 01:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
From the tourism section: "Tourism is a significant industry in Lancaster County, employing 47,000 and producing more economic activity in 2004 than the entire McDonald's chain."
Not only is this an unorthodox yardstick of economic activity, but I doubt it. McDonalds' annual revenue for 2005 was over US$20 billion; Lancaster County tourism seems to have only brought in a little under US$4 billion in 2004. I'm removing the claim. -- Andymussell 21:57, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
The article could use a good round of copy-editing. The flow of the narrative is quite broken up, especially in the History section. I just fixed a sentence that had no verb, but the bigger issues are beyond my current awakeness level. I'd suggest reordering the subsections as 1) Natives, 2) Boundaries, 3) Slavery and the Christiana incident (definitely needs work within it), 4) 19th century statesmen and 5) 2006 Amish School Shooting (which should be killed off in a few months, because while it was tragic I don't see any evidence that it was encyclopedic). I'd move religion out to be a separate section at the same level as History, given the general attention of tourists to the Amish & Mennonites. GRBerry 03:19, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I concur that the section on the Christiana Riot should be fixed. In fact, it should be completely overhauled. The language is loaded, and it does not present the facts of the situation in a clear or academic manner. The riot deserves an article unto itself, honestly. For help in working on it, please use Thomas P. Slaughter's Bloody Dawn —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.91.235.163 ( talk) 01:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
This page is massivly overfootnoted, making it nearly unreadable. JBKramer 13:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
I agree. The effect is almost one of academic parody, and very distracting. -- ScottMainwaring 15:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
I agree, and had given up even trying to read, let alone contribute, to this and the city article. Below is a good example of the level of footnoting gone amok (note the triple footnote): "As of 2000, Lancaster city is more hispanic (30.8% hispanic) than Philadelphia (8.5%) or New York City (27.0%).[67][68][69]." Hillsboro 20:14, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
This page was my first addition to the content of wikipedia. I added one sentence in the introduction, and one paragraph under the "Religious history" section of the article. I added information about the settling of the area by French Huguenots. I added three additional footnotes. The first was a book published in 1917 by the county historical society detailing the evidence of huguenot settlement in 1710 complete with copies of the original deeds. The second was a court decree issued by Queen Anne of England in 1707, and the third was a genealogy book published by the family cemetery. The second citation is the most problematic, as the only information I could go off of was the date the decree was recorded, the name of the court clerk that recorded it. A copy of the decree is found in the genealogy book. If any more knowledgeable source-citers could help me with number two it would be greatly appreciated. Did my addition meet wiki standards? EricLeFevre 20:18, 31 May 2009
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 22:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
The paragraph under "Government" listing the various governmental officials in the County dates at least to pre-Novemver 2007 and needs updating. Matt2h ( talk) 14:23, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
For a time, when the British held Philadelphia, the Capital of the country was in Lancaster County. Not quite sure where that should go in the article- It's as interesting as the fact the only president from Pa lived here - But doesn't need as much space as that fact has been given.
The pre-history section could be beefed-up by someone familiar with the facts. I believe there was settlement in Lancaster County for at least 10,000 years. Nitpyck ( talk) 07:02, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
"I brake for shoofly pie" is NOT...I repeat NOT...the state tourism slogan. It's great stuff, but it's not the slogan.... user:PurpleChez — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.118.65.34 ( talk) 16:51, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
Are all the row officers elected?-- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 02:40, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
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<ref>[http://google.com A search engine]</ref> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.216.166.126 ( talk) 04:21, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
The footnote will link to http://google.com. A superscript number will appear in the text where you put the citation, and A search engine will be the visible link in the footnotes at the end of the article.
If you use the "Show preview" button to check your edits, it's faster and doesn't permanently tie up database storage like the "Save page" button does - but be sure to "Save page" when you get things the way you want them! Be bold!
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Thank you. This article is shaping up pretty well, and we'll be seeking Featured article status soon. With your help, we'll all have something to be proud of! ClairSamoht 01:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
It looks like someone visited the county and then decided to carbon copy a brochure on Wikipedia. Its no big secret that yes indeed settlements in Lancaster or then Chester pre-date the 1710 mark of the venerable Mathias Krieder. Hans and Christian Herr for example were in the area ie the date stone of 1719 on the house does not indicate the time of settlement, only when the house was built. With a land parcel map being dated 1711 in which the land was subdivided and deeded to several first families of Lancaster County including Mylin, Kending, and Groff (Graff) in Martic and Providence Townships.
Family histories have also concluded the arrival of some Swiss German Anabaptists and French Protestants Like Letort, Furie, and John Phillip and John Michael Ranc in the same first half of the 18th century. My suggestion would be to codify the statistical and political data into one solid page just on the county in general and since Lancaster is repleate with historical significance from Hamilton and Stevens to the Paxton boy (Scotch-Irish) militia a seperate page be written on the history of Lancaster and Lancaster County.
Another thing to as far as dialect. When has ever a person from Lancaster County sounded like a philly bowery with a heavy Camden accent? For starters, there is no such animal as the Susquehanna dialect unless your counting native members of the Susquehannocks, second there are varying degrees of the dialect as both spoken in Lebanon, Lancaster and even York with hold over
vernacular not only from the Germanic but also from Quaker, Presbyterian, and Anglican influences as well.
Needs alot of polishing
Many of these historic incidents and dates are worthy of seperate pages in and of themselves, the Christiana Riots, Paxton Boys, Underground Railroad etc. While Lancaster played a significant part in all those, these are characterized by their national significance and are not just exclusive to the hisorty of Lancaster County, Pa. It would be like putting a whole article on Robert Fulton on the Lancaster County page just because he was from Lancaster, instead of havng a seperate article/page on him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.216.166.126 ( talk) 05:50, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm marking this as in need of cleanup due to style changes and additions that make the article tone inappropriate in some cases and make it feel like advertising in others. More care needs to taken with content and form to prevent this. -- Improv 01:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
From the tourism section: "Tourism is a significant industry in Lancaster County, employing 47,000 and producing more economic activity in 2004 than the entire McDonald's chain."
Not only is this an unorthodox yardstick of economic activity, but I doubt it. McDonalds' annual revenue for 2005 was over US$20 billion; Lancaster County tourism seems to have only brought in a little under US$4 billion in 2004. I'm removing the claim. -- Andymussell 21:57, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
The article could use a good round of copy-editing. The flow of the narrative is quite broken up, especially in the History section. I just fixed a sentence that had no verb, but the bigger issues are beyond my current awakeness level. I'd suggest reordering the subsections as 1) Natives, 2) Boundaries, 3) Slavery and the Christiana incident (definitely needs work within it), 4) 19th century statesmen and 5) 2006 Amish School Shooting (which should be killed off in a few months, because while it was tragic I don't see any evidence that it was encyclopedic). I'd move religion out to be a separate section at the same level as History, given the general attention of tourists to the Amish & Mennonites. GRBerry 03:19, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I concur that the section on the Christiana Riot should be fixed. In fact, it should be completely overhauled. The language is loaded, and it does not present the facts of the situation in a clear or academic manner. The riot deserves an article unto itself, honestly. For help in working on it, please use Thomas P. Slaughter's Bloody Dawn —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.91.235.163 ( talk) 01:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
This page is massivly overfootnoted, making it nearly unreadable. JBKramer 13:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
I agree. The effect is almost one of academic parody, and very distracting. -- ScottMainwaring 15:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
I agree, and had given up even trying to read, let alone contribute, to this and the city article. Below is a good example of the level of footnoting gone amok (note the triple footnote): "As of 2000, Lancaster city is more hispanic (30.8% hispanic) than Philadelphia (8.5%) or New York City (27.0%).[67][68][69]." Hillsboro 20:14, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
This page was my first addition to the content of wikipedia. I added one sentence in the introduction, and one paragraph under the "Religious history" section of the article. I added information about the settling of the area by French Huguenots. I added three additional footnotes. The first was a book published in 1917 by the county historical society detailing the evidence of huguenot settlement in 1710 complete with copies of the original deeds. The second was a court decree issued by Queen Anne of England in 1707, and the third was a genealogy book published by the family cemetery. The second citation is the most problematic, as the only information I could go off of was the date the decree was recorded, the name of the court clerk that recorded it. A copy of the decree is found in the genealogy book. If any more knowledgeable source-citers could help me with number two it would be greatly appreciated. Did my addition meet wiki standards? EricLeFevre 20:18, 31 May 2009
File:LancasterCountyHeart.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 ensure 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) 22:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
The paragraph under "Government" listing the various governmental officials in the County dates at least to pre-Novemver 2007 and needs updating. Matt2h ( talk) 14:23, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
For a time, when the British held Philadelphia, the Capital of the country was in Lancaster County. Not quite sure where that should go in the article- It's as interesting as the fact the only president from Pa lived here - But doesn't need as much space as that fact has been given.
The pre-history section could be beefed-up by someone familiar with the facts. I believe there was settlement in Lancaster County for at least 10,000 years. Nitpyck ( talk) 07:02, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
"I brake for shoofly pie" is NOT...I repeat NOT...the state tourism slogan. It's great stuff, but it's not the slogan.... user:PurpleChez — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.118.65.34 ( talk) 16:51, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
Are all the row officers elected?-- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 02:40, 10 June 2019 (UTC)