Talk:Cumberland, Maryland

message: To help with the links, I am going to make pages for the area radio stations.  If you would like to help, please PM me on talk page.
Rock on....SVRTVDude 13:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Radio Stations

message: Ok, I think the best way to solve the debate about the lists is to simply expand the sections by adding content.  I have started by adding content about the city's neighborhoods.  I am going to try to do a couple of them a day and then move on to other sections. Everyone is encouraged to expand and edit this content as they see fit.  A couple of things to consider. 
1. I am not sure whether to include the areas of Rolling Mill and Little Egypt in the South End section, or to give them their own section. 
2. I don't know how to cite sources using wiki-code.  The sources I am getting my information from include the City's 2005 Comprehensive Plan, and a survey of Cumberland's neighborhoods I got back in the late 1990s (I think I have a copy at home, I will find it and add the name here soon).  Can anyone teach me how to cite the sources properly?
  
Lasersnake 16:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work! - SVRTVDude (Yell - Toil) 17:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Neighborhood section content

message: find the place in the document where you want to add a reference and insert these special tags:
*first reference to a source:   insert citation test here here
*second reference, same source:  
Example:
Imagine that this wiki paragraph needs a citation to appease the wiki gods.  in order to add a citation to this text of information you need to add the above tags to the end of this wiki paragraph.  John Smith, How to Cite References, Acme Publishers, Copyright 2007, pages 101-102
now suppose later you need to insert the same reference, but don't want to repeat the same long citation again.  in this same you do the following, noting the end '/' character: .
Alleganywiki 10:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to Cite References 

message: I don't think it can be said that the population of the county has stablized in the last 17 years.  The only reason the county population did not drop several thousand people from 1990-2000 was the "in-migration" of state and federal prisoners to NBCI and WMCI.  These folks are counted in the census stats, check the demographic info for Cresaptown for evidence of this. Also, Cumberland has not gained any significant "sprawl" in the last 17 years.  Sure, there are some luxary lots here and there on the mountain tops, but the total amount of them doesn't explain the continuing drop in population. If you have any references to back up your ideas, feel free to repost the data.    Lasersnake 12:45, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population stablization 

message: The nearby cities and towns is excessive in my opinion.  Is there any suggestions on how to pare this down?  Is it really necessary to list all the towns like it does now?  My suggestion is this: leave anything within 10 or 15 miles and then particularly notable cities like Frederick, Hagerstown, Baltimore, etc.  Any thoughts?  Metros 03:20, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that this should be shorter - I'll follow the above recommendation and removed everything over 30 miles.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 08:55, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nearby cities and towns 

message: Am I correct that the "Neighborhoods and surrounding areas" section is all original research?  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 05:30, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't call it original research, no.  It is a detailed discription of neighborhoods in Cumberland. - NeutralHomer T:C 10:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Based on what sources?  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 10:14, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: To be honest, I can't and I looked.  Ask User:Potomacbase, since he added those entries, he could probably tell you where he got it from.  But since you haven't asked him at all on anything, I doubt you will. - NeutralHomer T:C 10:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand your objection. I posted a question asking for sources for this material, and you seem to be saying that I need to post a question asking for sources. I also posted a "sources needed" tag on the material. Aside from firing off a flare gun I don't know what else to do.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 11:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Aha, looking back up the page, to "#Neighborhood section content", apparently at least some of the material was added by "user:Lasersnake. I'm not sure if that's different from user:Potomacbase; they may be the same. Anyway, he says that he got the info from city sources. (He also said he was going to add the refs, but he never did.) Lasersnake's city report may be the same one we got the history material from.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 10:16, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I searched the city website and found the 2004 comprehenisve plan, but couldn't find any desscriptions of neighborhoods. I couldn't find the 1999 Canal Place plan. Until someone figures out the sources for these descriptions they're unsourced. If they remain unsourced the best thing may be to cut them down to just the boundaries.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 23:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Ah, I'd almost given up hope. Sure we can wait a bit. BTW, there are simpler ways of citing references. See Wikipedia:Footnotes.   ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 21:15, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neighborhoods and surrounding areas 

message: I'll post this here, because it's come up repeatedly in articles related to Cumberland. Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from other websites, except in the rare circumstance when the material is released explicitly into the public domain. Copyrighteed material will be deleted.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 04:16, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copying 

message: The fact that, under the Demographics header, 12.3 percent of Cumberland residents are listed as having American ancestry seems strange to me, borderline embarrassing. It's not sourced and so I have to wonder, what does having "American" ancestry mean? I can only assume it is synonymous with "Native American"? But that doesn't seem right to me. So, OK, some people identify themselves as Dutch and some as German, and so on, but what does "American" mean? Can we delete that? It looks pretty foolish. That said, if "American" ancestry is something identified from, say, the U.S. census, then I'll keep quiet and silence my objection. Anyone?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.255.86.220 (talk) 18:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "American" ancestry? 

message: By request of User:John from Idegon, I am requesting comment concerning referencing the webcomic Adventures of Dr. McNinja in the "In Media" section of this article.  In response to original edit reversion from User:John from Idegon, I have added a reference citation to Cumberland Times-News. Additional references can be found on the Adventures of Dr. McNinja Wikipedia page itself. My understanding is that "In Media" is the correct section heading when discussing how a real-world place appears in fiction, although I am open to an alternate section title or reclassification, if a better format is appropriate here. One-Off Contributor (talk) 07:47, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In Media" section 

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message: All of Maryland is south of the Mason-Dixon line as that's the border of MD and PA. I grew up in Cumberland and never heard the city called "Where the South Begins". In fact, most of my family and friends would laugh that description.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.144.160 (talk) 04:07, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
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message: Article claims that the record high is 109, while the weatherbox showing averages and records says it's 105. Weatherbox and article should not contradict each other, it takes away from the encyclopedic tone of the article and makes it look like wishful thinking you'd seen on someone's homemade wiki blog. 72.72.207.70 (talk) 11:01, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
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