Talk:Westchester County, New York

message: The X-Men live there. It probably seems too trivial a thing to mention, but I bet more people since 1963 would recognize Westchester, NY from that than from anything else.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.227.77.90 (talk) 05:39, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: It Should be Noted

message: Some of the places in the "Cities and Towns" section are villages.  Some are not cities, towns or villages.  Some are even misidentified as such in their Wikipedia pages, which presumably were culled from U.S. Census data.  This map, from Westchester County's official site shows the cities, towns and villages: http://www.westchestergov.com/planning/research/Census2000/MunicipalProfiles/mun.htm.
Correct city, town and village info can be found here: http://www.westchestergov.com/planning/research/DataBookPDF01/Population.pdf.  This shows certain errors, incuding the fact that Mount Kisco is a town/village in its own right, not a village divided between two towns and that Hartsdale is not a village of Greenburgh (it actually would fall unedr the "Greenburgh TOV" designation.)
:The two above, unsiged comments are mine.  I have conformed the cities, town and villages to the referenced PDF file.  I have added hamlet names from http://www.townlink.com/community_web/.  I still need to go through the individual pages, as many hamlets are listed as towns, an error on the part of the the Census bureau or the bot programmer. Brooklyn Nellie (Nricardo) 17:47, Apr 3, 2004 (UTC)
::I believe that I now have correct info. on this page and the individual articles about all towns, villages and CDPs (cities did not appear to have problems). I now feel that this info. is now complete and accurate (but feel free to correct if I am wrong). Nelson Ricardo 16:44, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)
The article text implies that the towns of Harrison, Mt Kisco and Scarsdale have residents in the towns outside of the villages of the same name.  ("With the exception of the towns of Rye and Pelham, all the towns contain area and residents which do not belong to any village.") But elsewhere in the text (and in the list of municipalities), the article states that these three towns are coterminous with their respective villages.  One or the other of these statements must be wrong.--68.199.33.181 18:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Inaccuracies

message: I do believe that the stereotypical image of Westchester must be evaluated here; however, this cannot be done without facts and numbers. This article tells me that the county is demographically and economically diverse. These statements are hollow without statistics, preferably some that compare this diversity to other regions. I'm sure there have been some studies done on this. Of course, if nothing can be found then the section must be dropped, having no certain truth to offer. Omphaloscope » talk 07:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Statistics on diversity

message: Is there a place in this article for something like neighborhoods? For example, Crestwood is a neighborhood of Tuckahoe, but it has its own stop on the Metro-North Harlem Line railroad. Just asking. --Fbv65edel (discuss | contribs) 21:25, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No.  People don't usually refer to neighborhoods of counties.  --Nelson Ricardo 03:19, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Very well. I actually never knew it was a neighborhood until last week; considering its size I had always thought it was a village. Anyway, maybe someday. :-) --Fbv65edel (discuss | contribs) 03:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Neighborhoods?

message: I reverted this article back to before this edit, as it appears to have introduced a large amount of text that was a copyright violation from http://www.westchestergov.com. -- Mwanner | Talk 02:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright violation

message: Shouldn't we at least mention the Westchester County Department of Public Safety in the here? --Rayyung 02:49, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that goes in to too much specifics. If we mention the Department of Public Safety, why shouldn't we mention all of the police agencies? The current summary does mention that there are other county agencies that patrol the area. I feel if people want to learn more about the agencies they should click to the main article. The Westchester County article is already chock full of content. --24fan24 (talk) 03:37, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Law enforcement in Westchester County

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for File:Westchester County Seal.gif

message: This article is about Westchester County, NY, and I'm a little confused about the photograph of Grand Central Terminal in the Transportation Section. Grand Central Terminal does not pertain to Westchester County, and the photo should be deleted and replaced with a photo of arrivals and departures at a train station like White Plains, which is the geographic hub of Westchester County.
Anthony22 (talk) 02:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Question about photo for arrivals and departures at Grand Central Terminal

message: Just a quick note--I updated the page to reflect that Hillary Clinton was now the Secretary of State, not a Senator, and to clarify some relations amongst various people sharing the same last name.  Not sure why this was tagged as vandalism.  Any issues, please discuss here.  Thanks! 66.208.17.254 (talk) 14:56, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't the one who tagged that as vandalism. In general, it's always wise to edit using a logged-in Wikipedia account rather than edit anonymously with just an anonymous IP address. When you're editing information about someone like Hillary Clinton, it's doubly wise to be logged in. Anonymous edits tend to be viewed with suspicion. TimBRoy (talk) 17:43, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Addition of June 3, 2009

message: I'm not sure what this sentence means: "Westchester became the first large scale suburban area in the world to develop." Is there an objective definition of "large scale"? Or indeed "develop"? Think we may need a source from this - again, an objective one as it sounds like the sort of banal, vacuous crap that local authorities publish to encourage investment. Tsuguya (talk) 04:06, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.48.238.18 (talk) 16:35, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Meaning?

message: Here is a source about it
Callahan, Tom. "On Prison's Little Acre, Time Is Well Spent." The New York Times. July 11, 1993
WhisperToMe (talk) 17:10, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Westchester County Correctional Facility

message: Does anyone know when the name Westchester first appeared in writing in reference to the areas now known as the Bronx and Westchester?  What did the Dutch call the area, especially north of Bronck's farm? DCDuring (talk) 14:30, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  First use of the name? 

message: Do things like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" count as popular culture? If so, Sleepy Hollow is in Westchester and should be mentioned. (2 Jan 2014)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.95.185.193 (talk) 18:44, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, it does count. It's mentioned on the articles for Sleepy Hollow, and a bit more thoroughly on the article for Tarrytown, but could be placed on this article as well. Feel free to.--ɱ (talk) 21:18, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular Culture 

message: This section needs quite a bit of work.  It really doesn't meet most of the standards as set forth in MOS:BEGIN in MOS:LEAD.  I've copy-edited what is there, but it still needs act as a stand-alone summary of the subsequent article.Onel5969 (talk) 13:57, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section 

message: Do you prefer the infobox like this or like this? I support the second one, which is the standard for most counties across the U.S. and looks sleeker, and has a map at the top instead of a big gray bar. The edit to that was reverted on the grounds of needing consensus, so please discuss the change below. Rcsprinter123   (rap) @ 22:14, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I much prefer the first one, using , as  uses too big of a font size and is too spacious. In addition, some content was removed on the second version, some of which is likely not supported using that template (). In addition, the second version has a map of NY's location in the US, which takes up plenty of space and isn't very relevant in the county article, and thus shouldn't be in the infobox regardless of the template used. Other information only present in the first version is much more relevant.--ɱ (talk · vbm) 22:42, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:   makes some very valid points.  At first glance I prefer the second, but that US map really throws me.  The other problem I have with the second infobox is the lack of the chief executive of the entity.  That said, I think there's quite a bit of information in the first which I think shouldn't be in the infobox (lowest point, zip codes, area codes, FIPS, GNIS, Commons link).  If we could get rid of the US map and add the county exec I think I like the look of the second more. Onel5969 (talk) 01:18, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Except that's where FIPS and GNIS belong; nowhere else in the article. So given that this is a location with FIPS and GNIS codes and information, it should be linked and in the proper place. As for lowest point, that's a geographical item that is commonly in location infoboxes and is of interest to many, along with highest point (which I should also list). Zip and area codes relate to the county specifically, and people commonly search for this information, and thus they should have Wikipedia as a good encyclopedic source to back that up. In short, the second infobox looks like it belongs at the Simple English Wikipedia, while the first infobox has a detailed and technical overview of certain county aspects, worthy of the high standard that Wikipedia is trying to achieve.--ɱ (talk · vbm) 01:28, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

text: As for the Commons link, as a photographer I believe images have as much usefulness in portraying a location as text, if not more. So it's not right to only have a link at the very bottom of the page, even after the references, essentially in a place that few if any readers will scroll to. Let's keep a link in the infobox. They placed that parameter there for a reason.--ɱ (talk · vbm) 01:31, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Why not edit the infobox template to include parameters for the things you'd like included: commons link, chief exec etc. Getting consensus there for those changes would prove that your viewpoint is the way to go in the article. Rcsprinter123   (spiel) @ 15:02, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consensus required regarding infobox 

message: The following material was deleted on 1 July 2018 by Ɱ:
 Westchester County ranks #8 among the top 10 counties with the wealthiest people in the United States.
The ostensible reason for the arbitrary deletion of material of excellent provenance (CNBC) was:  "Income ranking already listed. Keep it to the US Census, update as needed, provide dates," as if there were space constraints or as if different ways of looking at data were not useful. XavierItzm (talk) 20:00, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:RS]] deleted on 1 July 2018 

message: Recently, a new section called Health was created. Currently, the only thing in it is a paragraph about the COVID-19 pandemic. As it stands, it is unreferenced. I think we should develop some consensus on how to treat COVID-19 in this article. I don't think it deserves its own section, since this is an overview article of the county, and that strikes me as recentism. Do others have thoughts on what should and should not be included? Ergo Sum  00:36, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  COVID-19 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion 

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Westchester Borough, New York. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 September 27#Westchester Borough, New York until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Epicgenius (talk) 23:28, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Westchester Borough, New York" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: Are you sure Westchester County has mostly a humid subtropical climate? 
because white plains seems to have a humid continental climate for example.  דולב חולב (talk) 13:08, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It's only humid subtropical if the -3C threshold for C/D is used. Uness232 (talk) 04:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: So…. Maybe we should update it in the article.  דולב חולב (talk) 04:32, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I did. the article now says "borderline Cfa/Dfa". Uness232 (talk) 18:59, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Great :) דולב חולב (talk) 19:47, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate classification