Talk:Northport, New York

message: Slight consensus is to convert citation styles from Footnote3 to Inline.  To save space I've removed the lengthy chat but it's here if you still want to see it.  Fife Club 17:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation Style

message: I've semi-protected the article until 30 November 2007, because Russellmba appeared to be using several IP addresses in a disruptive manner. Addhoc 18:09, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article semi protection

message: I think it's time to start folding this miscellaneous information elsewhere into the article, per Wikipedia:Trivia sections. I'll start doing it now, but some of it may require significant reorganization, so it will probably be more of a long term goal. Mycroft7 22:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Interesting Facts" section 

message: This website lists villageofnorthport.com as the official village website, but Northport government does not have any official website.  villageofnorthport.com is a real estate website and therefore considered spam by Wikipedia and prohibited.  Site is registered and hosted by internetconceptsunlimited.com but on behalf of client which is distinctivepropertiesofnorthport.com.  This fact is well hidden (most likely deliberately) but evident in the legal fine print when you click on the prominently displayed Real Estate link.  This site contains no governement information such as elected officials, their "History & Facts" section just links to this Wikipedia article, and no official website would ever send 100% of real estate business to one agent without at least disclosing that they are not affiliated with that business (the Village of Northport isn't in the real estate business, yet this site will accept your personal info to sell you a house).  I am removing villageofnorthport.com from the article, and if nobody objects, replacing it with the more official Chamber of Commerce website.  --Fife Club (talk) 22:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yea I agree, the official Chamber of Commerce website is the most official website for the town since there is no website for the town government. I also added another link to the Times of Northport to get up to date news. I would also add a link to the The Observer but that newspaper doesn't seem to have a website. -Noneforall (talk) 01:45, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: No Official Website

message: Fife Club, with the summary "(removing promotional and out of place (non-historic) statements. Keeping historic building "facts" but noting that it has no source citation.)"  you deleted some of the content that I had added:
♦ Citation(s) needed. Four have been added.
:The post office link doesn't work.  Otherwise, good.  I'll convert them to citations templates soon.  --Fife Club (talk) 00:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no question in my mind that the removed snippets are non-historic, out of place, and against wikipeida policy, and therefore need to be removed (again).
#By definition, history happened in the past.  It is completely out of place to mention current or future events in a history section.  The section you added these facts to are specifically about the time period from 1776 to 1800, so anything happening in the 21st century is clearly out of place.
#Besides the argument above, a 7-Eleven being built doesn't even come close to being significant to the history of Northport.  Even if you moved this information to a different section it would be wrong because it's just not notable.  Under WP:What Wikipedia is not you'll find the rule "future events should only be included if the event is notable".
#I understand why an argument can be made for identifying a historic location by referencing modern landmarks, but mentioning specific restaurants becomes promotional.  In general it would be more acceptable to use an address or intersection 
--Fife Club (talk) 00:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I understand your point about Cow Harbor Day but Cow Harbor Day is a well known annual event that celebrates the history of Northport.  It's a clearly notable event as is the race (although half those unnecessary details can be trimmed out if you ask me).  The Farmer's Market is not notable - What town doesn't have a farmers market? The Farmer's Market is also not historic - it doesn't tie in to Northport's history nor have a long history of it's own (started 2007).  And the Farmer's Market is clearly advertising for a sale which is strictly forbidden in Wikipedia - You even included days and times. --Fife Club (talk) 00:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: History, Growth, Change, and Shipbuilding

message: The village of Northport is a very small part of the town of Northport, yet a casual reader will assume that the village of Northport is all of Northport, NY.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.3.38 (talk) 05:05, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The hatnote you added is completely inappropriate and to the best of my knowledge, unprecedented. The best advice I have is, SOFIXIT. John from Idegon (talk) 05:16, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Village vs Town