Talk:Saltville, Virginia

message: My I remind everyone that we do not delete, edit or otherwise mess with, other editors comments on talk pages - except under extreme and carefully circumscribed conditions.  Doing so to remove an honestly expressed opinion about the content of the article (as it was here) is never OK.  The (few) situations where this is appropriate are outlined in Wikipedia:TALK#Editing_comments.  When you do feel that it's necessary to remove something from a talk page, you are required to leave a note here in place of the stuff you removed, carefully explaining why you removed it.  Simply deleting someone else's remarks without explaining why is very, very bad indeed. SteveBaker (talk) 20:06, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The edit you're referring to is a year old, and was by an editor who hasn't otherwise edited this article or its talk page.  I doubt they will see this message.  --Amble (talk) 21:33, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of other editors comments on this talk page. 

message: I've looked at a few sources. As far as I can see the reliable sources say that the expedition probably destroyed a village that was somewhere in the vicinity of Saltwell. The cliam that it was exactly on the site of Saltwell seems to come from Jim Glanville, a retired chemistry professor who has turned to local history. His paper was published in "Historical Society of Western Virginia Journal". As far as I can tell this a journal of amateur local historians, not a peer reviewed scholarly journal. Here is Glanville's article . The article includes mock-ups of plaques he envisages putting up at the supposed sites of various events, including the "First Battle of Saltville" at the site of the school. No evidence whatever is provided that the school is known to be the site of any battle. I'm guessing this is a local campaign supported by amateur historians who have convinced themselves they have identified the exact sites of these events, but as far as I can see there is continuing uncertainty among specialists about the actual location of events. Paul B (talk) 19:43, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, if there are no reliable sources (like peer-reviewed journals) then anything that's controversial enough to demand a source should simply be removed.  The discussion at WP:FRINGE suggested that this is a "fringe" matter and should be treated as such.  I'm not entirely convinced that it is that - but even if it is, we don't put fringe opinions into articles that are not directly about that subject.  Since this article is about a town - not about the specific question we're debating here - then our guidelines are clear, we simply shouldn't mention the fringe theory in this article.  If there were an article called First Battle of Saltville or something, then you could argue that this is a "notable" fringe theory and treat Glanville's theories accordingly in that article.  But here, in this article, that would be a complete "no-no".  It's just like we have an article "Flat Earth" but don't mention the flat earth theory in the "Earth" article because it's not mainstream.  SteveBaker (talk) 15:19, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The "battle" is the destruction of the village (presumably there was also a "second" battle of Saltville, but I've no idea what that was). Clearly this event took place, the question is where. As for the claim about the identity of a local native tribe, which Rockhead56 also complained of, it seemsd to be uncertain, but not greatly disputed. However, Rockhead56 does not seem to want to engage in discussion about the dispute here. Paul B (talk) 16:31, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

text: Ah the "Second Battle" would be Battle of Saltville I (presumably to be renamed Battle of Saltville II). Paul B (talk) 16:41, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Spanish stuff

message: The Olin chemical company was this towns primary employer for decades yet is not mentioned in this article.  Also, Saltville (because of pollution from the plant) was one of the first "Super Fund" sites in the U.S. Also not mentioned. These are important parts of the town's history and should be included.  2601:140:8302:1380:4CA6:586F:7169:9BA4 (talk) 16:10, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Zachary - you are more than welcome to add that information to the article.--Mojo Hand (talk) 16:38, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Olin chemical company not mentioned 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified  on Saltville, Virginia. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov to http://factfinder2.census.gov
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060527013313/http://mywebpages.comcast.net:80/5thuscc/AJC11011999.htm to http://mywebpages.comcast.net/5thuscc/AJC11011999.htm
*Added  tag to http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/xp-15892
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 10:43, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified