Talk:Springfield, Massachusetts

message: The length of time between settlement and incorporation is highly unusual. Was the date actually 1652? 2602:304:CDA6:51B0:A0EA:9FB5:D8B5:C42D (talk) 22:39, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously late to the party, but "incorporation" in New England almost invariably means when a town legally becomes a city.  Towns are "founded."  Cities are "incorporated."   Ravenswing   14:32, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Well there's a difference between town and city. Springfield was a town before then, just a big town.  B-Movie Fan (talk) 20:49, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Really not incorporated until 1852? 

message: Many years ago I was informed, by editors and administrators alike, that the consensus on the use on flags in infoboxes was that "settlements" are not an exception, and, after a random glance at towns of all sizes across the world, it appears most editors are compliant. However, their removal to this article has been reverted by  with the following edit summary: "(reversed change; MOS:INFOBOXFLAG does allow use of flags in cities and other populated places; do agree however showing flags of previous countries does detract from subject)", and although MOS:INFOBOXFLAG does say , there appears to have been no debate on this or consensus reached.
My Favourite Account  😊 16:27, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: , Respectfully I think you are misinterpreting that clause. It doesn't apply here as it calls for Where one article covers both human and physical geographic subjects or where the status of the territory is subject to a political dispute; in this case that might apply if the Connecticut River Valley were in dispute but Springfield is not Manhattan, it has no corresponding geographic unit which is coterminous with its boundaries. Nor does it have any ongoing political dispute related to its city status. Would you be able to point to an intersection between Springfield the human geographic subject and a related physical geographic boundary?--Simtropolitan (talk) 16:40, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You have me, "I am unable to point to an intersection between Springfield the human geographic subject and a related physical geographic boundary", and despite their use is limited to a very select number of articles, you are right, my mistake. , I apologise and humbly submit we change all the others.
My Favourite Account  😊 17:32, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It's quite alright, thank you very much for at least trying to create consistency. I wouldn't be opposed to having a discussion about whether or not this should be the case in the MOS talk page, as I do find it spammish when things like the "New England flag" appear in geo infoboxes (though cultural, it has never held an official place in any gov or organization). Regards --Simtropolitan (talk) 17:38, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you aware of how few articles have the flags in the Country, State and County fields of their infoboxes? Might I suggest you do a random selection of town and cities throughout the world to find out.
My Favourite Account  😊 17:55, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reversion of the removal of country and state flags from the infobox 

message: The Notable people list is very long. Does anyone have any thoughts on if the list was made into a separate page? Kaltenmeyer (talk) 03:31, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people