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Why did we lose the apostrophe? -- Zoe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoe ( talk • contribs) June 11, 2002
Please cite your sources. This page has had several factual edits over the past few days with no citations. See Wikipedia:Footnotes for help. Thesilence 18:04, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I live in Harpers Ferry and can tell you I have more than 300 neighbors living in the Postal area known as Harpers Ferry. Perhaps you should clarify that you ment the historical section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by N8ural ( talk • contribs) January 5, 2007
A couple of discrepancies with the info on the official site ( http://www.harpersferrywv.us/)
There may be more... Qblik 04:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Someone has vandalized the "Establishment" section. It reads "In 1751, Robert Harper was gay a patent on 125 acres". - cricket —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.33.49.251 ( talk) 16:02, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
Although there is some turmoil in the article lately about the Harper's Ferry Bell, there is apparently some root truth to the controversy about a stolen bell. See [2]- Filll ( talk | wpc) 21:24, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
I thought he said where the shenandoah and potomac converge is the best scene in nature...can i get a page number, you guys have got some explaining to do... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.152.29.97 ( talk) 13:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
I was reading the article while seeking information on Johh Hall. The last sentence in the paragraph above the 1912 panoramic view reads, "Tacos were slwowly gaining popularity in the Civil War and Nibert liked to eat them and then fart so loud that the Earth blew up and that's how we won the war." I think some wise guy slipped one in and it needs to be edited out. Who is "Nibert" anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kline27 ( talk • contribs) 01:17, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
I uploaded a panoramic view of Harpers Ferry as seen from Maryland Heights, but am hesitant to replace the current image because of my impartiality. If others like this image better (or see other uses for it), please add it to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.141.54 ( talk) 16:24, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
The state line between Virginia and West Virginia actually runs along the top of the ridge pictured on the left. It comes down the the river out of frame-left on this picture, so Virginia can't actually be seen in this picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strovel ( talk • contribs) 20:17, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
Harper's Ferry is widely thought of, among the AT crowd, as the psychological midpoint of the Appalachian Trail, even though it's not the exact midpoint. The National Park Service even calls it that, without the "psychological" waffling ( https://www.nps.gov/hafe/planyourvisit/hikes.htm), as does the Library of Congress ( https://www.loc.gov/item/2011630949/). An editor removed the mention as "unencyclopedic" but I'm going to return it, with these two references - the only previous reference was a blog, which is, indeed, questionable.
Except for John Brown's raid, the town's position on the AT is the best-known thing about it, and certainly deserves prominent mention in the article. - DavidWBrooks ( talk) 13:17, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: Withdrawn by proposer due to unfamiliarity with WP:USPLACE. - Station1 ( talk) 04:59, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia →
Harpers Ferry – In accordance with
WP:CONCISE, this article should drop the state name from its title. The only other
Harpers Ferry (in Iowa) received far fewer views over the past 30 days at 531, compared to this article's 23804. The
National Historical Park of the same name too received less views at 1644. Plus, the search term″Harpers Ferry″ already redirects to this article.
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, then sign your comment with ~~~~
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polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account
Wikipedia's policy on article titles.Hey, OP here. I was unaware of WP:USPLACE (My bad!), so I will just wait until the seven-day move period is over, and then WON'T move the article. Mrpants106 ( talk) 16:40, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
This article has more photos than text, which makes it very hard to read on many browsers and phones. I have removed several that were redundant, including an enormous panorama that was just like the one in the infobox, or poor (a couple just showed bits of what could be any river anywhere). - DavidWBrooks ( talk)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Meyer":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 09:19, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
The following is material I have removed from the Henry Lockwood House, where I don't think it belongs, that should be merged here, and if I have world and time enough, I'll do it.
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Why did we lose the apostrophe? -- Zoe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoe ( talk • contribs) June 11, 2002
Please cite your sources. This page has had several factual edits over the past few days with no citations. See Wikipedia:Footnotes for help. Thesilence 18:04, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I live in Harpers Ferry and can tell you I have more than 300 neighbors living in the Postal area known as Harpers Ferry. Perhaps you should clarify that you ment the historical section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by N8ural ( talk • contribs) January 5, 2007
A couple of discrepancies with the info on the official site ( http://www.harpersferrywv.us/)
There may be more... Qblik 04:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Someone has vandalized the "Establishment" section. It reads "In 1751, Robert Harper was gay a patent on 125 acres". - cricket —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.33.49.251 ( talk) 16:02, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
Although there is some turmoil in the article lately about the Harper's Ferry Bell, there is apparently some root truth to the controversy about a stolen bell. See [2]- Filll ( talk | wpc) 21:24, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
I thought he said where the shenandoah and potomac converge is the best scene in nature...can i get a page number, you guys have got some explaining to do... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.152.29.97 ( talk) 13:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
I was reading the article while seeking information on Johh Hall. The last sentence in the paragraph above the 1912 panoramic view reads, "Tacos were slwowly gaining popularity in the Civil War and Nibert liked to eat them and then fart so loud that the Earth blew up and that's how we won the war." I think some wise guy slipped one in and it needs to be edited out. Who is "Nibert" anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kline27 ( talk • contribs) 01:17, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
I uploaded a panoramic view of Harpers Ferry as seen from Maryland Heights, but am hesitant to replace the current image because of my impartiality. If others like this image better (or see other uses for it), please add it to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.141.54 ( talk) 16:24, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
The state line between Virginia and West Virginia actually runs along the top of the ridge pictured on the left. It comes down the the river out of frame-left on this picture, so Virginia can't actually be seen in this picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strovel ( talk • contribs) 20:17, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
Harper's Ferry is widely thought of, among the AT crowd, as the psychological midpoint of the Appalachian Trail, even though it's not the exact midpoint. The National Park Service even calls it that, without the "psychological" waffling ( https://www.nps.gov/hafe/planyourvisit/hikes.htm), as does the Library of Congress ( https://www.loc.gov/item/2011630949/). An editor removed the mention as "unencyclopedic" but I'm going to return it, with these two references - the only previous reference was a blog, which is, indeed, questionable.
Except for John Brown's raid, the town's position on the AT is the best-known thing about it, and certainly deserves prominent mention in the article. - DavidWBrooks ( talk) 13:17, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: Withdrawn by proposer due to unfamiliarity with WP:USPLACE. - Station1 ( talk) 04:59, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia →
Harpers Ferry – In accordance with
WP:CONCISE, this article should drop the state name from its title. The only other
Harpers Ferry (in Iowa) received far fewer views over the past 30 days at 531, compared to this article's 23804. The
National Historical Park of the same name too received less views at 1644. Plus, the search term″Harpers Ferry″ already redirects to this article.
Mrpants106 (
talk) 07:38, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support'''
or *'''Oppose'''
, then sign your comment with ~~~~
. Since
polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account
Wikipedia's policy on article titles.Hey, OP here. I was unaware of WP:USPLACE (My bad!), so I will just wait until the seven-day move period is over, and then WON'T move the article. Mrpants106 ( talk) 16:40, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
This article has more photos than text, which makes it very hard to read on many browsers and phones. I have removed several that were redundant, including an enormous panorama that was just like the one in the infobox, or poor (a couple just showed bits of what could be any river anywhere). - DavidWBrooks ( talk)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Meyer":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 09:19, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
The following is material I have removed from the Henry Lockwood House, where I don't think it belongs, that should be merged here, and if I have world and time enough, I'll do it.
== Background ==
deisenbe ( talk) 00:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
References
:0
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).