Talk:Amherst, Massachusetts

message: I deleted the snippet about the Horse Caves being a hideout for Shays' men after their defeat at the hands of the Massachusetts militia, as the full entry on Shays' Rebellion does not mention this and the story told there does not suggest that hiding out in Amherst would have been likely.  Actual cites to independent research would be valuable. Ken K 14:46, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Horse Caves

message: anyone know about the quality of healthcare in amherst for poor people? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.232.156.44 (talk) 21:03, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  healthcare 

message: I just reverted an edit which suggested (among irrelevancies) that James Tate (which link I disambiguated) lives in Leverett, not Amherst. (I think that's what they meant; they misspelled "Leverett".) Anyone know any better? According to Tate's page, he's teaching at UMass, which makes Leverett residency as likely as Amherst. --Pjmorse 13:50, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's funny, 'cause I was just in Rao's for a long time today. Sorry, tangential....well, I don't know for sure, but doing Google searches of James tate amherst, ma and James tate leverett, ma, the former comes up with a phone/address result, whereas the latter does not. My guess, therefore, is that he in fact does live in Amherst, not Leverett. -GlamdringCookies 21:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[James Tate (writer)|James Tate]] 

message: I just reverted an [edit] by Nutmegger removing the category University towns in the United States.  I see no reason for this category to be removed: Amherst is a university (or college, if you prefer) town in the United States, having UMASS, Amherst College, and Hampshire College all within its borders.  Much of the town's economy is driven by these schools and its character is strongly influenced by them.
Obviously, if Nutmegger has a reason for the deletion, I'm more than happy to be undone.
*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 14:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category 

message: Hey all, I am the WikiProject Cities assessor of this article. If you would like commentary, just give me a heads up! --Starstriker7(Say hior see my works) 05:22, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Cities

message: I just removed Uma Thurmon from the "lives here" category. The Uma Thurmon wiki states that she lives in New York, not Amherst. If anyone has any evidence to back her residency up, please do fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.199.119 (talk) 03:30, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Uma Thurmon

message: Any idea why the town's date of incorporation is listed in this article as either 1776 (in the body) or 1775 (in the info box), when the charter of incorporation was granted by the colony's governor in 1759?  The fact that Amherst is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year (also noted in the article) should have made this clear.  Unless there's some compelling reason not to do so, I'm going to change the relevant dates... SGilsdorf (talk) 02:48, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked the article history, and though it was added long long ago, the person who added it was an anon user who didn't make any edits any day but that one.  Please do fix the dates. LWizard @ 04:15, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorporation

message: A climate section would be useful. I don't know how to access the information to add one, though. --N-k (talk) 13:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate? 

message: The article mentions population numbers from "the 2008 US Census," which obviously does not exist. I presume the person who added it meant the 2000 census, but I'm hesitant to make the change without knowing for sure. Le fantome de l'opera (talk) 18:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The census bureau does seem to publish some new data yearly or bi-yearly.  I'd guess it's from that, so recommend against changing willy-nilly. LWizard @ 06:53, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population information 

message: I know Chicago Manual style is to use "Shays's," and I agree with that 99 percent of the time, but in this case it is kind of ridiculous. Pronunciation should be our guide. Nobody says "Shays's."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beatnik Party (talk • contribs) 06:37, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Shays's" Rebellion? Really? 

message: The summation of the total land area and the total water area does not match the total area due to rounding.  It would be nice to clean this up. --Bikestats (talk) 14:07, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Rounding

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