Talk:Merrimack, New Hampshire

message: The "Unoffical Online Fourm" was removed with no explination so I put it back. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.199.155.40 (talk • contribs) .
Once again the forum was removed.  Unless whomever is removing it wants to comment WHY it shouldn't be listed, I will continue to put it back. (This comment added by M@ · Demi T/C 05:25, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: External links aren't just "anything that might be relevant"--Wikipedia is not a repository of links. They should be specifically relevant to the subject (like the official town website) or good enough to be considered a reputable publication. In which case it would be better to use it as a reference for material incorporated in the article rather than just linking it anyway. Forums, blogs, and non-notable websites in general should not be used. Demi T/C 05:25, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the forum is relevant, not "might be relevant."  The primary focus of the forum is to discuss merrimack issues.  It is the most dynamic resource on the internet about the article's topic.  This forum has a history as well, it used to be on the towns offical website and after direct intervention from the Selectmen was removed.  I consider it a potential different "point of view" on topics in the main article as well.  I haven't added it back, I just look to you (Demi) for response on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by M@ (talk • contribs) 22:14, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Forum

message: "East Merrimack" only exists for Census purposes.  I grew up in Merrimack and have never heard of such a place.  I also corrected the list of villages to match my experience.  Ubermonkey 20:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's probably a WP:NOR vio, but it's what i've seen and heard as a 24 year resident. Hopefully we can build upon it since it'd probably be considered fact by most residents, but I'd understand if it were removed since WP:V will be hard to enact with them. Karmafist 01:13, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Areas of Merrimack

message: Could whoever wrote the following please explain what they are trying to say?
"Reed's Ferry Elementary School on Lyons Road, which like Thornton's Ferry School, has become a sub-cultural emulsifier of the area."
Then again I went to Mastricola Elementary so maybe I just don't understand... Kurtosis 23:45, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just stumbled across that ridiculous phrase - I've removed it and a similar over-wrought attempt to say "communities gather around schools". - DavidWBrooks 12:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Huh?

message: I made some changes to the "Politics and Governance" section today.
*Removed the table of election results from 2004.
*Removed the wikibook link to the presumably dead wikibook, Politics of Merrimack.
I just want to clarify my reasons to do so, first of all these two portions of the page were managed by the now in-active and banned contributor/user karmafist. The table first of all was a bit unclear, and it had an extra unused column on the right. If anyone wishes to restore this and fix it, organize it, or make more sense of it, please do so. At its current state and with no future outlook on updating or cleaning this table up, I thought it would be best to remove it from the article, at least for the time being. I do not however see this type of table on the Manchester article, but it does exist on the Nashua article (which I expect was something that Karmafist added). The table did not fit well into the layout or overall flow of information nor did it bear much relevance, and if nobody is around to fix the table who is to say there is someone to update it for the next election?
I also removed the wikibook link as there has not been any major additions to the book in over 6 months. If it becomes active again and has substantial information then by all means let us add it again. Lastly, I dewikified the "Local" subtitle of the section. When Merrimack grows large enough to have such an entire significant article devoted to the politics of Merrimack, then we can change this as well.
If you have any ideas or different opinions let us discuss them here. Thanks. Sudachi 03:56, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, Sudachi - good work!  Thanks for cleaning things up! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 07:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Politics 

message: The section on areas of town needs cleanup for two reasons - weasel words and refs.  Currently a lot of the sections say things like "could possibly be considered", which is a bit unencyclopedic.  And if someone could find a description of the sections of town (a recent history of the area, perhaps?) that would go a long way toward helping with the weasel words *and* would provide something referenced.  Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 15:22, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Areas, villages, etc. 

message: "East Merrimack, New Hampshire" only exists because the U.S. Census Bureau created it.  (It's just the eastern side of the entire town.)  The demographic details which the Census Bureau collects can be added to this article as a section.  Please see the WikiProject New Hampshire talk page for more background.--Ken Gallager (talk) 13:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion for East Merrimack 

message: Why have attempts to add a notable Merrimack resident, one Brian Pirri, been repeatedly removed?  I was a former Merrimack resident (1979-2000) and can say with the utmost certainty that Brian Pirri is in fact a very notable resident.  The very wealth creation methods he developed are in wide use today and generating millions of dollars in income.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Linuxos77 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why?

message: I feel like having a picture of the insides Merrimack Premium outlets would be like having a picture of the food court at the Phesant lane mall be at the top of the Nashua page. Does anyone have a better picture?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dosman (talk • contribs) 15:17, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you that it would be better to have the infobox picture show something of more of a public landmark character. It's on my own list of places needing photos, but I'm pretty slow about working through that list, so I've put a "reqphoto" tag at the top of this page. --Ken Gallager (talk) 20:07, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

text: Thanks, that is an improvement. I see I haven't been focusing on adding photos in the southern part of the state. A photo of a public building would also work - library, town hall, that sort of thing. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:17, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can we find a new picture for the info box 

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