Talk:New York Community Bank

message: I am the author of the Atlantic Bank of New York page. I recommend against merging it in because then it will disappear. Someone looking up a reference in a book to Atlantic Bank of New York won't be able to find it as I see no sign that anyone is interested in adding to the New York Community Bank page sections on the history of the banks it acquired. Also, if the page is free-standing, it is easier to make the links to its previous parents, Natinal Bank of Greece and Bank of Athens, obvious. There is no gain to merging the two pages, and a loss of clarity.
Acad Ronin 01:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm... perhaps adding the history of the Atlantic Bank of New York into this page could inspire others to add information about other acquired banks.  :-)  Atlantic Bank of New York could most easily be redirected here, as well.  I was the placer of the , but I don't feel too strongly on the matter... it was either going to be that or  plus , and I figured the defunctness of the bank made  a better long-term choice.  RTucker 01:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Cfsbank.gif

message: I've added a Full Citation Needed tag to the statement that the NYCB is the fourth-largest thrift in the United States. There is a citation for www.snl.com, but the citation lacks detail on how to get to the fact on the web site, and the information appears to be behind a paywall, or at least a free trial wall. Also, NYCB itself claims to be the largest thrift in the US. They are a primary source, so they don't count here, but whatever ranking the bank maintains needs to be better sourced. I hunted around and found rankings of banks but not thrifts.  --Beirne (talk) 01:03, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fourth largest thrift? 

message: The article claims without attribution that the Queens County Savings Bank was the first bank in Queens. It was founded in 1859, but Queens was first settled in 1683. It seems like there would have been a bank sometime in the 176 years, so this fact should have a citation if true. --Beirne (talk) 01:05, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  First bank in Queens?