Talk:Brighton, Michigan

message: Introductions for cities are supposed to be short and sweet, meaning around 2 paragraphs tops.  Anything additional needs to go in a "Description" section on the page.  So, someone make this change.  An intro should include the main thing the city is known for, economically, what type of city it is (in this case, a commuter community, now), and for a smaller city such as Brighton, what Metropolitan Area its included in. --Criticalthinker 09:52, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brighton Intro 

message: Eh. I was wondering...Should I include the phone numbers and addresses of the schools? It may be a bit disconcerting to some people too have their school's address out there on wiki...although then again it's right there on their site too. Ah, darn it. 216.11.222.21 16:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, Wikipedia is NOT a directory. older ≠ wiser 19:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education 

message: I'm assessing this article as C-class, but I'd put it on the low end of that (I considered marking it start-class); it has quite a way to go to reach B-class. The article is significantly under-cited. Much of the article takes the form of lists which give little to no context. The "Local radio market" -- which is the entirety of the "Media" section -- seems to be mostly (or entirely) Detroit-area radio rather than a true local market. The "Popular culture" section is generally trivial and should probably be removed. (The goal of such a section is not to list every pop culture appearance, only those that aid a reader's understanding of the topic at hand. In this case, I don't think any of the pop culture mentions -- that's really all they are -- really contribute to a better understanding of Brighton, Michigan.) Notably missing from the article is discussion of the local economy (major employers, largest employment sectors, etc.). Thanks, cmadler (talk) 13:24, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Article assessment

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message: Wasn't there a large Boy Scouts of America installation, The Charles Howell Scout Reservation, just outside town? It was quite large, and contained a couple lakes. Does it still exist (if not, what has become of it) and where was it exactly? I think it was one of two Detroit Area Council rural camp grounds; the other, smaller one, near Metamora, Michigan.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.115.238.102 (talk) 03:13, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boy Scouts Campground 

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message: I wanted to add to Popular Culture the fact that Brighton is mentioned by Eminem in his song "Underground" in the album Relapse. Eminem chose the area for Brighton's good medical facilities. A user believes I should get a group consensus on the topic, so I'd like to get a group consensus to add it into the section. Here are some news articles mentioning the fact that Eminem stayed there which I can use as a citation. Included is a New York Times article where he talks about his stint. The second link I'm providing is technically from a blog, which I know is not normally a reliable source. However, it is literally the re-posting of an article from the Detroit Free Press (and is credited to be from the FREEP in the title). The user who didn't allow me to make a change mentions that blogs are not a reliable source but I'm unsure if they opened the link to see that it is literally only just the news story from the FREEP. I am unable to find the article on Freep's website using the Wayback Machine. 
Links: https://www.theeminemblog.com/2005/09/13/road-to-rehab-detroit-free-press-article/
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20fob-q4-t.html
Additionally there was controversy as to me mentioning the fact that Eminem was in Brighton for medical treatment. I am unsure if some are unaware, but Eminem's own wikipedia page talks about his history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem#Health_issues. Therefore, I do not find it controversial to post about it in here. On top of that, Eminem talks about his own history in his music albums. It is public and common knowledge to fans of the rapper.
The line I was going to add was: "The city is mentioned in the song "Underground" by Eminem in the album Relapse. Eminem stayed in Brighton for two weeks in 2005 when he was in rehab from a drug addiction. " I'd be open to reforming it to what the group would think is appropriate. 
I'm relatively inexperienced to Wikipedia, but I hope I formatted this correctly and would like a consensus to add this bit of info under popular culture for Brighton, Michigan. Thank you for your insight.
Beastmode1234 (talk) 00:21, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've now reverted the whole section as being unsourced.  Mentions in song lyrics, being used as a setting in a work of fiction (esp an incidental setting such as a character's home town), are really not informative about the city.  The particular item in question here is the only thing that at least does have some connection to the real city of Brighton, but the fact Eminem was hospitalized there itself is fairly trivial, and the interview in the NYT does not seem to detail much to the fact that being hospitalized is the reason he mentioned Brighton in the song lyric.  If there is something more in depth, that (and that alone...none of the rest appear to have any merit) might be workable.  So if you can find more, ping me. John from Idegon (talk) 00:36, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding to popular culture section 

message: Hey, I was wondering, could I put The Ghost and Molly McGee on here? If you don't know, Molly and her family as well as Scratch and her friends live here. It is referenced many times in this show. The show also includes real city names they have been to, like Ada, Oklahoma and Zumi, New Mexico, so I'm sure the creators are truly referencing this town. Qorymij37 (talk) 19:05, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding to popular culture section