Talk:List of people from Ridgefield, Connecticut

message: Looks like I've stumbled upon another wikipedia skirmish. As a disinterested observer, here's my two cents:
* First, Fitzgerald and O'Connor are clearly notable. 
* Second, it's not clear that their (reportedly) erroneous attribution is notable enough for inclusion in an encyclopedia, or so notable as to deserve a subsection. Yes, I can see that various sources have made a technical mistake but it doesn't strike me as esp noteworthy, sorry, IMO. 
* Third, the revelation of this mistake seems to be, or to border on, a finding of original research. E.g., the footnote refers to "searches through Ridgefield and Redding records." WP:NOR? With this section, the editor(s) seem to want to settle -- based on strict legal demarcation -- what may be really a contested matter. After all, people often lay claim of belonging to a place in a more casual way -- e.g., people say "I'm from Boston" when they are really from a suburb. Or a city realtor claims that a property belongs to a fancier neighborhood (and thereby might eventually expand that neighborhood's scope). Therefore, the Fitzgerald's and O'Connor's (and biographers etc) claims to have lived in Ridgefield do have authentic, discursive validity, despite the insistence here that technically they did not live in town. An encyclopedia need not negate such a claim. There seems to be a research claim here without balanced credence to what people mean when they say they live somewhere.
* Fourth, I looked at other articles in the category "Lists of people by U.S. cities" -- none have this kind of section. These articles are lists. Surely, (claimed) misattributions happen in other cities too? I don't think the list format needs to be disrupted for this information.
* Fifth. Manning may have lived in Ridgefield, albeit fictitiously. He does not belong in this section.
* Sixth. Rather than vote for deletion, let me suggest a compromise based on the foregoing reasoning. Granted, this may not be exactly what either side has insisted on. But why not just go ahead and list O'Connor and Fitzgerald (under authors) and concisely state (with footnotes) in a balanced way their relation to the town, e.g. "Robert Fitzgerald, the {author/translator}, called Ridgefield home, though legally their property is located in neighboring Redding." "Flannery O'Connor, the author, lived at Robert Fitzgerald's house and called Ridgefield home etc...." Alternatively, just list them and footnote the disputed attribution.      Thanks for reading this. HG | Talk 06:02, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed compromise on "NOT here" section

message: Both key parties to the dispute, (Noroton and 69.118.129.76) are willing to live with removing the section and listing Fitzgerald and O'Conner, even though may not be their ideal. While I'm not certain, it doesn't look like they're too far apart on specific language. Maybe 69.118.129.76 can go ahead and remove the section, while Noroton can go ahead and add the list entry sentences for Robert Fitzgerald and O'Conner (along lines discussed above). You can put your draft sentences here, if you think they'll still be controversial, or in the article, if just for usual wp revising. Does that sound fair to both sides? HG | Talk 15:36, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made the changes. Noroton 01:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good. You deserve kudos for all these Connecticut lists... Take care. HG | Talk 02:09, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compromise language (cont.) 

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