Talk:Austin, Minnesota

message: I have two concerns about this article. 
First, why aren't the listings of storms and floods under the Geography/Climate section posted in a table? It looks somewhat tacky to have a bunch of two or three line paragraphs. 
Second, what the heck is the criterion for being a "notable" person? I'm an intelligent and informed individual that has lived in Austin for roughly 25 years; however, if you remove the people with Hormel in their names, I only recognize about a third of those listed! I don't want this to become a political discussion, but why is Poppe listed? If just being elected renders you noteworthy, then why is she the only politician in the list? Has she done something that's not on her page?
--Daniel J. Forman (talk) 02:22, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Notable does not equal famous or important to the community.  It means notable to the world.  The simplest definition of all, although not 100% accurate is: They need to have a Wikipedia article on them and something tying them to the community.  Pretty much, a person has to pass the standard for a biographical article in Wikipedia to be on a notable persons list.  They don't actually have to have one, but there has to be enough reliable source references to create one. Gtwfan52 (talk) 03:18, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Btw Daniel---talk page convention is to post the newest entry at the bottom of the page.  And you are welcome to write up something on the floods.  If you want help, feel free to leave me a note on my talk page. Gtwfan52 (talk) 03:20, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography/Notables 

message: I have refactored the list of churches. All of these churches are considered to be non-notable, and, after a short test debate on Articles for deletion/New Life Vineyard Christian Fellowship, it was decided to merge all those articles with this page. --Gareth Hughes 13:17, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Churches 

message: For those who plan on editing and expanding this article, please follow the Template for a U.S. City. Thanks!--Daveswagon 09:54, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: I think Austin Uncut should not be linked to from the Austin, Minnesota page.  See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided which specifically points out
Besides that I think there is some material on that site that is not the type of information wikipedia is intended for and could be considered offensive.
Plus it is full of bigots and hate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.202.12.169 (talk) 03:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Austin, Minnesota

message: Is there a reason that author Tim O'Brien was removed from the famous residents?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by MartyChang (talk • contribs) 14:49, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Tim O'Brien

message: Earlier today, a person added a non winning Miss America contestant to the notable people section without reference.  I reverted it as unreferenced and non notable.  He replaced it with a reference to a book listing participants in the Miss America contest and left a note on his talk page.  I reverted it again and left him another note explaining both WP:NLIST and WP:BRD.  He again replaced it without explanation. I cannot revert it again without violating WP:3RR.  Awaiting discussion. Gtwfan52 (talk) 04:58, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
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message: I have merged in content from Riverside Arena per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Riverside Arena.
* The initial proposer of a merge suggested merging into the section "Parks and recreation". As that section is about open spaces, and there is a another facility already included in the preceding section "Sports" I have merged it into a subsection there. I have also moved the existing sports facility into its own subsection.
* Apart from the infobox, I have moved the entire content from the original article. At the AfD I proposed curtailing some of the detail about refurbishments but no-one (including the closer) commented on that.
* I have done some minor copy editing, predominantly necessitated by the articles being combined.
Dorsetonian (talk) 17:29, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Dorsetonian.Agree positioning under the Sports section makes more sense. Nice merge! I think you're right about including too much detail so have trimmed. Rupples (talk) 19:15, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @ - thank you! And IMO the text which is now there following your change is more balanced - both in terms of its factual content, and in its relation to the remainder of the section. Dorsetonian (talk) 08:55, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[Riverside Arena]]