Talk:Littleton, Colorado

message: Needs a few town photos to upgrade class to B. LanceBarber (talk) 18:45, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvements

message: An anonymous user, or possibly a small group of anonymous users, has repeatedly deleted the paragraph discussing the 1999 Columbine High School massacre that occurred near Littleton from this page's History section. Going by their edit summaries, it appears they feel that referencing the incident somehow promotes it.
I disagree, and I think the paragraph on the shootings should remain. Although the incident technically occurred in neighboring Columbine, Colorado (which has a Littleton ZIP code), it did draw national attention to Littleton and is thus relevant to the Littleton page's History section. To be fair, the paragraph in question has no citation.
I didn't author the reference to the shootings, but I am concerned that allowing its deletion on the grounds that it irritates another editor would set a bad precedent.
So, in the interest of defusing an edit war, I'm requesting comment from the editor community:  should the paragraph referencing the Columbine shootings remain in the Littleton article or not? FUBAR007 (talk) 19:40, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Have to disagree. The school is either in Littleton or not in Littleton, it's not a matter of opinion or a gray area. We have no obligation to go with the RS majority if we know it to be incorrect. Google Maps shows the school one mile west of the Littleton city limit, and that's good enough for me until someone comes up with something more authoritative that contradicts it (no media source is more authoritative than Google Maps for something like this). ―Mandruss ☎ 17:40, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. As an encyclopedia, not a pop-culture rag, WP has a duty to present actual facts, not proven false statements that simply happen to be common misbeliefs. By way of compromise, some mention could be made of the fact that the Columbine shootings have sometimes been associated with Littleton, but actually took place in the nearby Columbine township, and that should be enough.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  07:54, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I concur with your compromise, no more than one sentence, and that doesn't seem inconsistent with 's "a mention should be included". ―Mandruss ☎ 17:08, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: There was some wording in this article at one point to that effect; Columbine isn't even a "township" though, it's truly a "Census designated place" - an unincorporated area (common form of urban sprawl out here in the west.  So, if phrasing is accurate, the concept noted above is on the right track.  Montanabw(talk) 02:02, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for comment:  Historical reference to the 1999 Columbine shootings 

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