Talk:Philadelphia Main Line

message: Swarthmore College is not on the Main Line -- look at a map.  Izzycat 03:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought about this, but about half of the campus is on the Lower Merion side of City Avenue, and the other half is in Overbrook (which by some standards is arguably Main Line, even though this point is far from settled)-- and with the sale of Episcopal Academy's campus, the center of gravity of St. Joe's will probably move even more into the Main Line.Spikebrennan
The University defines itself as being part of Philadelphia not the Suburbs.
St. Joseph's address and zip code define it as being philadelphia, pa. not a suburb. It is located on city line ave and the beginning of philadelphia. Regardless of township banter, their address is philadelphia, pa...not overbrook or lower merion. The township lines show for themselves that St. Josephs is infact off of the main line.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.81.143.12 (talk) 21:55, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Colleges and Universities

message: I just deleted Bam Margera as a resident. Per this article , he is a resident of Pocopson Township, which is nowhere near the Main Line. If he currently lives in a Main Line community, please provide a reference and return him to the list. Thanks.
I deleted the list.  It tended to accumulate cruft, and took up too much room.  Additionally, the list included some dead people like Walter Annenberg-- if that's the standard, then one could go back hundreds of years and put hundreds of people on the list (which would take up far more room in the article than the value of the list would justify). Spikebrennan 03:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous Main Line residents 

message: The beginning of the article says it was named after the Pennsy tracks, later on, it says it was named after a water line.  I know it's the Pennsy, I think we all do, but I wanted to put the contradict tag up to give the it a chance to self-resolve before I cut anything.  Any comments?
KristoferM 19:21, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: (Source and) cut it! 68.39.174.238 14:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See section below about article and area names. No, it isn't the Pennsy to start with. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:14, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin of Name

message: I'm sorry to say that this article seems to be in horrible shape and is in need of a major overhaul.  Before making drastic changes, however, I would like to open up a general discussion of the direction that the improvements should go.
The first general subject that needs improvement is an improvement of the description of what geographic areas are included in the Main Line.  I recognize that there is no generally accepted definition of what is in the Main Line (the "Removal of Towns" discussion above demonstrates this).  However, I think that with some research, we can come up with a number of sources so as to appropriately present some of the generally accepted concepts, as well as some of the principal areas of contention.  For example, I guess that everyone would agree that Merion-Narberth-Wynnewood-Ardmore-Haverford-Bryn Mawr are all on the Main Line.  Are R5 communities west of Bryn Mawr included?  Some say yes, some say no, and the article can present sources in support of both views.  If the Main Line extends past Bryn Mawr, how far?  The article can present sources in support of various western limits such as Villanova, Strafford, Devon, Malvern, or whatever.  Are Philadelphia neighborhoods such as Overbrook included?  Some say yes, some say no.  How far north and south does the Main Line extend: north to US-202 and south to West Chester Pike?  Or is the band narrower?  Is Bala Cynwyd in?  Is Gladwyne in?  My point is that rather than endless edit wars about including or excluding particular communities, I believe that the article should explain that there is a core area and that beyond that, the definition is subject to vigorous debate.  A map would help immensely.
The "famous residents" section is, in my mind, kind of unencyclopedic and useless.  There are probably hundreds of notable present and past Main Line residents.  I would suggest cutting it entirely.  I'm not sure how helpful the "Colleges and Universities" section is either-- what purpose does such a list serve?  There is already a helpful infobox of colleges and universities in Pennsylvania.
The links section is full of commercial spam.
We also need pictures.  Some (far too few) of the individual township/town/community/college articles have photographs, but more should be found.  The Main Line is a beautiful, photogenic area and this article doesn't do a good job of representing this.
Finally, while I acknowledge that the Main Line is in some sense synonymous with upper-class, old-money American aristocracy, the article should also point out how the Main Line has always included significant working-class communities and African American communities in areas such as downtown Ardmore and the rowhouse neighborhoods of Haverford and Bryn Mawr.  Spikebrennan 14:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I say this article awhile ago but never got to it. I have removed a bunch of unsourced extraneous material. There is alot more to go. I would suggest that if folks want to add material going forward that it is properly sourced and relevant. There are still entire sections that read like original research and have questionable sourcing. Thanks in advance!--Tom 14:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is in bad shape 

message: I just found out today that between the Main Line and US 30 there's a smaller abandoned track parallel to the line until it crosses over the line at Whitford Station. What is that? ----DanTD (talk) 17:36, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parallel tracks in Exton, Whitford, etc.,  

message: Absolutely no one calls this area Pennsylvania Main Line, and no one would think to look for it under that title.  I see every reason to rename this article "Main Line (Pennsylvania)" with or without the.  Any comments? 74.72.44.149 (talk) 17:33, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Pennsylvania Main Line is not a good article name, but unfortunately the Main Line link goes to a disambiguation page, where this name is under Geography well down on the page. It was my understanding that the name of places along US 30 originated with the Main Line of Public Works, and only later the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but I would need some research to back that up. In any case, the present article is not very good. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:30, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename as "Main Line (Pennsylvania)"

message: The Higher Education section needs help with the layout. The various educational institutions should be in one list, with the thumbnail image on the right. There should certainly be a better selection of college or university images than the one there now.  The present layout looks bad. Maybe the remedy is to remove the column template. This needs help.  --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:21, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Higher Education section 

message: One of the captions reads: SEPTA and Amtrak share the four track "Main Line" railroad grade between Philadelphia and Thorndale. While it used to be four-track, portions now are two-track, e.g. around Paoli and Dalesford. The third and fourth tracks were removed a number of years ago. Siberian Husky (talk) 02:52, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Four-track versus two-track

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message: Anonymous user 38.122.15.62 has twice tried to add the community of Newtown Square to this article. The Main Line is generally understood to include communities along the actual Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which also roughly parallels US 30. Newtown Square is well south of this area. If it was to be included, we would have to add other communities along PA-3.
Pfdemp (talk) 21:10, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newtown Square as part of Main Line