Talk:Camden, New Jersey

message: I think boxing champion hall of famer dwight qawi (born dwight braxton)grew up in camden - altough born in baltimore -  should be included in the famous persons' list. 
His monicker was 'the camden buzzsaw' and fought against george foreman, matthew saad muhammad and evander holyfield among others.
:I agree, Dwight Qawi should be included.  Also, the great American haiku poet Nick Virgilio should be mentioned - reference http://www.nickvirgiliohaikuassociation.org/
::What about Bruce Gorden president of NAACP graduated from Camden High 1964.
:::You should add Crystal Waters, singer to the list. She grew up in North Camden and attended Morgan Village Middle School.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sallymarcal (talk • contribs) 19:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Camden famous persons' list incomplete 

message: The overall tone of the article seems rather negative which would violate WP:NPOV. FunkyChicken! 05:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I live in Haddonfield, and trust me, the tone seems negative because that is the overall tone of the city's current state.  To ignore that would be falsly presenting the city. Aufs klo 22:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dead on! Jersey John (talk) 09:54, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, there is a lot to be negative about. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:16, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Camden used to be a great thriving city and in due time it will return to its status as one of the greatest cities in New Jersey. R.KennedyCFD
I heard that the Camden governmental structure was taken over by the Feds, due to rampant corruption. Is this true?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.23.105.146 (talk) 08:52, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone seems negative 

message: It looks like a very accurate and neutral article to me... I cannot see anything that says otherwise.
66.50.230.85 21:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This looks accurate 

message: Is there a significant number of fictional characters from Camden?  The only one that I am aware of is Dawnn Lewis' character Jaleesa Vinson from the TV series A Different World.
14:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fictional characters 

message: Camden is over 15% water, not all of which is the Delaware, the Cooper River is also a significant (moreso in terms of recreation) river which runs through Camden.  All along it's banks (and thorugh camden as well) there are parks, and the river is very popular for rowing and crew teams (the Camden County Boathouse is located in Camden along the Cooper).  Perhaps it could be put into the georgaphy section, or maybe a small section could be added about the river in Camden? Aufs klo 22:22, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Cooper River 

message: Is it relevant to devote so much space to a sordid news item in a city article? Maybe it would sound better to put it in a different article (if any) (such as "Camden Tragedy of July 2005") and, perhaps, if needed, refer to it in the main Camden article. I'd suggest dropping this "tragedy" from this text. --Camcom 14:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it should be a separate article if it is retained. In its current state, however, I wouldn't feel comfortable creating an article myself since there are no sources cited. I would rather see it developed with sources first to demonstrate notability. Accurizer 17:45, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tragedy in Camden 

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message: See Talk:Cooper University Hospital for information about persistent vandalism on another Camden-related article, presumably by the same person or persons who keep vandalizing Camden, New Jersey.  It appears to be an ongoing campaign by members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Typical tactics involve inserting false allegations of gang violence in Camden or swapping existing photos for the same image of earthquake ruins, often with misleading edit summaries. Still more information is here and here. —Whoville (talk) 00:47, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've semi-protected this page for 3 months, per your request on WP:AN. Please let me know if the problems persist. -- The Anome (talk) 00:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ongoing vandalism by fraternity members

message: The 22:10, 3 November 2008 Darkpharmer version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia.--Wing (talk) 16:48, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation into Chinese Wikipedia 

message: This subsection under the section heading "Crime" needs updating.
In 2009, the State of NJ announced its decision to close the prison due to lowered inmate population statewide and at the Riverfront State Prison and because of the widely-held belief that such a valuable piece of property would provide greater value to the community if redeveloped.
Here is a link to one article on the subject:   —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davetskinner (talk • contribs) 17:09, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Riverfront State Prison 

message: The Demographics section says this city is 50% non hispanic black and then says it is 42.82% Puerto Rican. This needs to be fixed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.146.74.177 (talk) 18:36, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradicting line 

message: To Whom It May Concern;
I enjoyed the Camden N.J. article/info page quite a bit. However, I would like to see some basic information on the Municipal budget rather than snippets and small pieces. Annual budget figures, total municipal government employment, average municipal pay rates, etc., could help readers make some reasonable comparisons with other cities in the country.
Thanks a bunch.
50.46.214.129 (talk) 21:48, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Municipal Budget and Finance Info Needed 

message: In the section 4.1 "Government" # "Local government", it says "Vie President"; does this mean "Vice President"?--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 06:27, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake; Vie 

message: Quote from beginning of article: 
Although once a thriving center for manufacturing and industry, Camden is perhaps best known for its struggles with urban decay and political corruption.
Three Camden mayors have been jailed for corruption, the most recent being Milton Milan in 2000.[24] From 2005 to 2012, the school system and police department were operated by the state of New Jersey.
Camden public schools spent $23,770 per student ($19,118 on a budgetary per-pupil basis) in the 2009–10 school year[25] In 2012, the city's graduation rate fell to 49%, well below the state average of 86%.[26] and the national average of 93%.[27] In 2012, 3 out of 882 SAT test-takers were scored "college-ready", defined as a combined score of 1550 or higher on the three sections of the test, a standard met by 43% of students taking the exam nationwide.[28] Among residents, 40% are below the national poverty line.[29]
Camden had the highest crime rate in the United States in 2012, with 2,566 violent crimes for every 100,000 people,[30] which is 560% higher than the national average of 387 violent crimes per 100K citizens.[31]
Then going further down & reading about corruption, crime... What a sad article! 
Welch eine Schande! 
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/camilo-jose-vergara-tracking-time-in-braunschweig-fotostrecke-120145-9.html
--90.2.119.16 (talk) 07:27, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Camden, USA 

message: 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 :Camden, New Jersey'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 "Committee":
From Mendham Township, New Jersey: Mendham Township Committee, Mendham Township. Accessed January 20, 2015.
From Waterford Township, New Jersey: Committee Members, Waterford Township. Accessed March 11, 2015.
From Pennsauken Township, New Jersey: Township Committee, Pennsauken Township. Accessed July 8, 2014.
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⚡ 06:45, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Camden, New Jersey]] 

message: It appears that the crime rate box in the main "Crime" section is showing volume, not rate.  The listed source is Table 8 of the FBI CIUS,https://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_08_nj.html but this table shows "offenses known to law enforcement" - aka total number of offenses.
To convert to crime rate, each of these volumes would need to be divided by 0.78980 (listed population of Camden / 100,00).  So for instance, the murder rate would be 34÷0.7898 = 43.05 murders per 100,000 residents.
 199.193.145.98 (talk) 01:51, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Crime Statistics

message: This New York Times article might be useful as a reference: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/02/nyregion/camden-nj-police-shootings.html Eastmain (talk • contribs)  03:05, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  New York Times on Camden policing 

message: The top of the article clearly tries to cvorrelate the abolition of police with the decrease of crime, but fails to include that they still have police. The state and neighboring districts had to import their own to police the city after the abolition of policing.Wordbearer88 (talk) 03:45, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Misleading on Crime

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