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It's what they call themselves. Thoughts? dm ( talk) 07:24, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Agreed. Should be Springfield Museums. Officially changed the name a while back. Printempokampo ( talk) 04:22, 11 February 2015 (UTC) [1]
Right, it's a local landmark. But this is a global encyclopedia. This is what my Google search points me to: The Quadrangle takes new shape as The Campus District, just east of downtown Cleveland (granted, my IP address prejudices Google's results). I see this, this, this, this, and The Quadrangle (Antarctica) and Quadrangle (geography) before I see any links to Springfield. Really, as wikt:quadrangle attests, it's a generic term which simply means "a courtyard which is quadrangular, or the buildings forming the border of such a courtyard." Springfield Quadrangle comes up on my third page of Google search results: Dr. Seuss museum planned at Springfield Quadrangle to celebrate city native Theodor Geisel: "The Springfield Museums announced that it will create the first museum dedicated to the life and legacy of city native Theodor Seuss Geisel, scheduled to open at the Quadrangle in 2016." Note the lower case "the", and see WP:THE. Really, The Quadrangle should just redirect to Quadrangle. Given Quadrangle (Harvard), Springfield's isn't even the primary topic in Massachusetts. Whether to move this to Springfield Museums is another question, but first I'll start by disambiguating links. – Wbm1058 ( talk) 17:43, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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The CVHM seems to be effectively dissolved or merged into the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History. Can anybody find documentation of this in a WP:RS? Anybody searching Wikipedia for "Connecticut Valley Historical Museum" will arrive here at this article, but the former CVHM section has vanished down the memory hole. We should provide at least a short description of the CVHM, including where it was located, what happened to it, and where its various collections went. For that matter, the former Indian Motorcycle Museum seems to have been acquired by the Wood Museum, and needs to be similarly documented. Perhaps a "History" section needs to be written, describing the origins of The Quadrangle and its evolution over time? Reify-tech ( talk) 18:48, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
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It's what they call themselves. Thoughts? dm ( talk) 07:24, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Agreed. Should be Springfield Museums. Officially changed the name a while back. Printempokampo ( talk) 04:22, 11 February 2015 (UTC) [1]
Right, it's a local landmark. But this is a global encyclopedia. This is what my Google search points me to: The Quadrangle takes new shape as The Campus District, just east of downtown Cleveland (granted, my IP address prejudices Google's results). I see this, this, this, this, and The Quadrangle (Antarctica) and Quadrangle (geography) before I see any links to Springfield. Really, as wikt:quadrangle attests, it's a generic term which simply means "a courtyard which is quadrangular, or the buildings forming the border of such a courtyard." Springfield Quadrangle comes up on my third page of Google search results: Dr. Seuss museum planned at Springfield Quadrangle to celebrate city native Theodor Geisel: "The Springfield Museums announced that it will create the first museum dedicated to the life and legacy of city native Theodor Seuss Geisel, scheduled to open at the Quadrangle in 2016." Note the lower case "the", and see WP:THE. Really, The Quadrangle should just redirect to Quadrangle. Given Quadrangle (Harvard), Springfield's isn't even the primary topic in Massachusetts. Whether to move this to Springfield Museums is another question, but first I'll start by disambiguating links. – Wbm1058 ( talk) 17:43, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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The CVHM seems to be effectively dissolved or merged into the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History. Can anybody find documentation of this in a WP:RS? Anybody searching Wikipedia for "Connecticut Valley Historical Museum" will arrive here at this article, but the former CVHM section has vanished down the memory hole. We should provide at least a short description of the CVHM, including where it was located, what happened to it, and where its various collections went. For that matter, the former Indian Motorcycle Museum seems to have been acquired by the Wood Museum, and needs to be similarly documented. Perhaps a "History" section needs to be written, describing the origins of The Quadrangle and its evolution over time? Reify-tech ( talk) 18:48, 31 March 2015 (UTC)