Talk:Piedmont, California

message: "In particular, cost-benefit analyses will reveal that, for many households, Piedmont schools make more economic sense than private schooling."  This sounds like it was written by a creative Piedmont real estate agent.  Bias?  Citation?  The whole paragraph is very un-encyclopedic.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.218.216 (talk) 07:19, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Education

message: Edit war over: It is an extremely liberal city known for its disapproval of conservatism. A liberal majority runs the city proudly and partisanly, receiving much criticism from residents. As noted with similar edits on Talk:Piedmont High School (California) this controversial statement needs verification from reliable sources as to the elements:
#"extremely liberal...known for disapproval"
#"liberal majority ... proudly and partisanly"
#"much criticism from residents"
Noted sample google news archive edits at the Piedmont High talk page. Zedla (talk) 20:55, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The edit war is over for a second time, for the reasons above. Saying that it doesn't need a source because it becomes fact when one person says it is not good enough, because it breaks both citation and notability policies. Please discontinue adding this information. WHSL (Talk) 10:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  edit war over liberal/disapproval/criticism 

message: What was noted in the article was: 
"Author Jack London lived in Piedmont, and Kennedy's Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara grew up in Piedmont, where his family lived on Ranleigh Way."
After checking the 1930 census and various Alameda County voter registrations through 1940, the McNamara's lived on Annerley Road, not on Ranleigh.   
Highlandclan (talk) 05:11, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Past Notable Residents 

message: Your most recent edit to the page went something like this:
It is an extremely liberal city known for its disapproval of conservatism. A liberal majority runs the city proudly and partisanly, receiving much criticism from residents.
I, as the reader, have no idea whether this is a true statement. So, I want to check it. OH NOES! There is no citation or reference. What you need is to reference the relevant political parties in the city and their majorities for the first statement. That will not be too hard: it is a fact, and usually voting in Liberals implies a dislike of Conservatives. Alternatively just run an online questionairre (a little bit dubious). For the second statement, if you are adamant it should go in get an impartial friend to go out and questionairre people on the street: there is no other fair way of doing it. It is inconvenient, but nothing else can be done. I realise my answer doesn't help much, but it is the most factual way of going about this. Elemesh (talk) 10:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly. One must source information on Wikipedia, especially if it may be controversial. However, the questionairre is a very questionable source... (by the way, I made the quoted text italics so the whole excerpt can be seen). WHSL (Talk) 10:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I saw the edits, and I'm not going to remove them for now, even though I am obviously displeased they were made. Your disregard for sourcing is unbelievable. And no, there's no reason to protect this article, and there's no way to make that edit irreversible. That is not what this wiki is about. I will eventually remove the statement if no citation continues to be provided. Of course, if one is provided, I will not remove the statement. Newspapers are fine. I would also like you to stop making unhelpful remarks on my page. WHSL (Talk) 11:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

text: My argument isn't against the statement's inclusion. It is the inability to provide a source for it, and the IP's previous refusal to acknowledge the reasoning behind sourcing, that really annoys me. Of course, if a source is provided, then I have no reason to remove encyclopedic content. WHSL (Talk) 11:44, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

text: This whole argument around justifying the use of the term "liberal" confuses me.  The ENTIRE Bay Area is extremely liberal.  If you're going by one newspaper article (which is unavailable online, but I understand still a valid reference) and an election results PDF (which agrees that the ENTIRE BAY AREA is extremely liberal), it just seems like a moot point.  By the logic given, shouldn't the opening sentence for all cities in the SF Bay Area contain something about being "extremely liberal"?  What makes Piedmont unique in this respect?  Even the article for Berkeley doesn't mention the word "liberal" until the second paragraph.  So perhaps it is the conspicuousness/prominence of it that is causing the problem. 99.39.0.1 (talk) 17:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Liberal City? 

message: i added names from the Category for people from piedmont. some of the following names already in the article have no references here or in their articles that say they are from piedmont: al davis, tre cool, billie joe armstrong, peter docter, country joe, dean butler austin tichenor f wayne valley james gamble. also, some other names not in the category are also not refd. i left the info standing wihtout refs, as my purpose was to remove the inappropriate link to the category. all unrefed names should be refd or removed.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:17, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Dipper &Mabel Pines.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.101.152.13 (talk) 02:33, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable residents 

message: Aside from the last episode where the bus pull up to the sign, is there any other earlier episodes of Gravity Falls which specifies this as their home? 184.145.18.50 (talk) 19:50, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Dipper's bag said Piedmont in the opening theme ever since the very first episode.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.101.152.13 (talk) 01:01, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Pines twins

message: This article lacks a climate section, which any good city article will have. Minimum and maximum temperatures, average rainfall and snowfall, records, that sort of thing. I am not qualified to add it myself, but if anyone is, please do so. Thanks! 1980fast (talk) 21:59, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate section needed 

message: The main pic on this page is Henry J. Kaiser Elementary School and Highlands Country Club in Oakland, several miles from Piedmont 135.180.194.138 (talk) 20:30, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cover pic