Talk:Newton, Massachusetts

message: To me, at least, this quote raises questions:
"It is known for its exceptional public schools and other public services."
# The use of exceptional, to describe anything, other than when used in a quotation, seems very out of place in an Encyclopedia
# "...known for..." Known for?  By whom?  I'm not disputing this, but I believe more than that is needed.
I'll be editing that bit.  If anyone would like to elaborate and/or prove that POV, I think it'd be a good idea if they posted their reasoning here. Picaroon9288 23:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As a newton resident, with family members who are teachers, over the years I have heard anecdotes to the effect that Newton has long been known for its excellent public schools; will try to look into the 24.60.137.141 00:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Newton's recent $160 mil. investment in education via the new Newton North High School, plus both (Newton North and Newton South High Schools), particularly Newton South High School, have outstanding college matriculation. I cannot post the matriculation here due to privacy concerns (they include names) and the fact that the list is not digitized, but I can assure you that "exceptional" is a fair epithet for Newton's public schools. 12.189.152.42 (talk) 22:38, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of exceptional 

message: Newton is an example of a phenomenon that has occured in many areas of the US since the 90s: rapidly rising housing prices have had very profound effects on the community. For instance, the price of housing in Newton now is such that school teachers, police and fire officers, etc, can no longer live in the town, and that "well paid" proffessionals have what is, in efffect, a greatly reduced standard of living. Perhpas this is a harbrigner of a change in what is consdiered standard in American middle class housing, as we move to standards more typicall of , say, Japan.24.60.137.141 00:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is this here?  This isn't a forum for your political opinions.  This for discussion of the encyclopedia entry.  And there are still plenty of working class people living in Newton.  I am one of them.  We don't all live in those mansions on Comm Ave....Newtonville, Nonantum, and West Newton are hardly "rich." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.127.37 (talk) 20:59, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Can a mod please delete this blatant POV. First of all, a city does not need middle class to have a high standard of living. Second, as stated above, Newton has plenty of working-class residents, just drive through Nonantum or Newtonville. No, we're not poor, but we're working class, hardly the "'well paid' professionals" you spoke of, and, you know what, we have a pretty damn high standard of living. 12.189.152.42 (talk) 22:44, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor Quality of life due to High Housing Costs

message: We need a map! I changed the "picture request" tag to a "map request".
Yuletide 19:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map of Newton 

message: Myrtle Baptist Church should be added to the list of churches.  it is the one congregation with a substantial black population, many of whom can trace their ancestry to some of Newton's earliest residents.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.223.243.6 (talk) 18:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Church of Historical Importance 

message: events - the halloween painting contests for kids is done with greasepaint on store windows; i don't know about the canvas thing
trivia - many years ago, there was a large commercial baker in Cambridge MA that had a series of products named for MA cities - I think there was a "braintree biscuit" a "fig newton' etc; I think the fig newton is the only one that survives. the building is now condos or apts, near the MIT science park; there are terra cotta plaques on the outside representative of the various products.
this school is now moved or closed; the address is a private residence
Clearway School 61 Chestnut Street. Clearway is a small, private school specializing in educating gifted children suffering from learning disabilities — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.180.163.125 (talk) 16:22, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: misc

message: A manual for the use of the General Court By Massachusetts. 1900
p.138 MIDDLESEX COUNTY
NEWTON
Date of Establishment Dec. 15, 1691
From what Established or Incorporated, Change of Boundary...
The town of Cambridge Village, sometimes called Little Cambridge.
June 21, 1803 an island in Charles River annexed. April 23, 1838
part annexed to Roxbury. April 16, 1849 part annexed to Waltham.
June 2, 1873 Newton incorporated as a city. Oct. 13, 1873 act of
incorporation accepted by the town. May 29, 1874 bounds between
Newton and Boston established. May 5, 1875 part of Boston annexed.
June 23, 1875 the act accepted by Newton. July 1, 1875 the act took
effect. Mar. 29, 1898 bounds between Newton and Boston established.
May 13, 1898 bounds between Newton and Boston established.
-96.237.8.174 (talk) 18:47, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boundary history details 

message: Will the person who keeps reverting me read WP:LEAD for what a lead should do and how long it should be? A lead should not be 2 sentences, and leave out mention about 95% of the article. It's supposed to summarize the entire article. Compare the size of the lead I wrote with the lead in the featured articles Boston, Chetwynd, British Columbia, Hillsboro, Oregon, Peterborough, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Waterfall Gully, South Australia. These articles show you what a lead should look like in articles about cities. Three short paragraphs is not "too much detail". According to WP:LEAD, an article of this length (more than 30,000 characters) should have 3 to 4 paragraphs. FurrySings (talk) 19:32, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It is usual to wait for a response here before proceeding, per WP:BRD—especially after more than one revert. As indicated previously, my main concern was not with length as such. Per WP:LEAD, "The lead should... define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points".  What led me to revert was that you appeared to be repeating sections of text from below, rather than summarizing their contents. Some rephrasing (or further rephrasing) would be beneficial. Hertz1888 (talk) 20:06, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead 

message: I suggest that it should be added to the list of points of interest.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.137.78 (talk) 13:57, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cabot Woods 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Congregation Shaarei Teffila is also listed without the word Congregtion.  You should remove the second reference  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.187.62.227 (talk) 18:13, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newton MA list of religious institutions--error 

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message: This seems like something that does not belong in the opening section of this article. What's the process for removing? Cliff bar (talk) 04:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patriots Day movie reference 

message: That the Web can answer almost any question seems to be everyone's experience.  That the Web consistently fails to answer mine is mine.  Yesterday I stopped to admire the kiosk in front of your Newton Lower Falls post office, painted with a handsome historical scene of the area and showing the city seal.
I never knew the Newton seal features the name "Nonantum."  Of course it makes one wonder why one of Newton's many individual villages would be singled out for being named on the seal.  Mighty interesting.  So naturally I came here to find out why.  And true to my experience, a text search yields only 2 mentions of "Nonantum," neither of which mentions the seal.  I'm getting worried that I'm a jinx.  The fact was probably there a moment ago and disappeared when my browser landed here.
Jimlue (talk) 13:29, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: City seal not explained

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message: What is a "siu-face"?  This article and the one on the seven hills of Rome which contains the same quotation seem to be the only places on the internet this term is found. Koro Neil (talk) 01:50, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like an OCR error for "surface". AJD (talk) 03:47, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "siu-face" 

message: I've removed a section concerning a ban on gun shops, since it doesn't appear to have received significant non-local coverage, and appears to be a move into WP:NOTNEWS territory. Acroterion (talk) 01:46, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gun shop ban 

message: Inserted visual, but could not place it properly into Geography,  placed at center currently, but better be aligned to left, if do so, then it shift to not proper location  EgorovaSvetlana (talk) 16:36, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geological history of nowdays Newton location 

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