Talk:Garden City, New York

message: It might be interesting to note how GC had deed restrictions prohibiting the sale of property to Jews, blacks and other minorities that were in effect through at least the 1950s or 1960s. This policy's legacy is reflected to this day in the village's nearly lily-white population. Has a black family ever lived in Garden City? Servants don't count -- hah!
People might be curious to read about the GC Police Department's history of mistreating blacks who happen to set foot in town (ie: the man falsely held as a "Brinks robber," or my hapless friend Anthony, was was picked up and driven to the Hempsted border while walking home from Lord & Taylor one night by a cop calling him "boy" in a moment right out of 1950s Alabama). It might also be insightful to recount how difficult it was for the Jewish temple on Nassau Blvd. to get permits from the village, while similar Christian sanctuaries were readily approved.
How about a reference to the (uncharged) murder of Ed Fonseca at the hands of GCPD officer John McNulty, who shot an unarmed man, fled the scene and then let Ed bleed out in the back seat of his cruiser during a bizarre 20-minute drive to a hospital 2-3 minutes from the shooting scene? How much was the settlement GC paid Fonseca's family? Never was disclosed, to the best of my knowledge.
On the subject of famous residents: Dave DeBuscherre (spelling? basketball hall of famer, longtime); Joe Namath (football hall of famer, shor-time); Denis Potvin (NHL hall of famer, entire career); Arthur Mercante (Jr. and Sr., famous boxing referees, longtime, Sr. still lives there); Telly Savalas (actor, and his brothers were raised there); Robert Redford (actor, briefly lived there, my mom met him at deBuscherre's house droppong son off from nursery school); Roone Arledge (spelling? 99% sure he was raised there); Bill Moyers (journalist, longtime past resident),
74.8.191.210 22:11, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The term "lily-white" is derogatory and should certinally not be used in a statement which intends to point out Garden City's alleged racism. That is hypocritical and indicates that the author of that statement is biased, and shows that they have absolutely no validity behind their statements. If in fact there is proof of such allegations, by all means include that information with the appropriate sources. Otherwise, please stop vandalizing this page. 
69.122.146.191 06:17, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics 

message: I am a little unsure on what to do with a certain notable person from Garden City. I want to provide a link to Rudy Guiliani, who lived in Garden City and became mayor of New York City. In the group of Notable Residents, I am not sure whether to place his name because he is not a resident anymore.--Screwball23 01:28, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: She is already listed under "Notable residents" Nposs 16:40, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Ralph Waite was nowhere near the founding of the GC Community Church. He was a youth minister for a couple years maybe in the late 50s/early 60s. I was in school with Bruce Waite for a very short time. I think we lived there from 1953-1965. 50.111.76.50 (talk) 14:58, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable People

message: The external links on this article have gotten out of hand. Guidelines on external links can be found at WP:External links. More importantly, "Wikipedia is not a directory of links" WP:NOT. I encourage those people who regularly edit this article to discuss which links should be kept. Unfortunately, the vast majority will have to be removed. Nposs 03:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Since my previous comment, the only action has been the addition of more links. Please read WP:NOT#REPOSITORY and reconsider this action. Nposs 06:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia is also not a directory (which is what this page has become) WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory. Further readdition of inappropriate links without discussion will be viewed as vandalism. You are invited to discuss links here before adding them. Make sure editors reach a consensus before adding any more links. Nposs 13:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: This section is an atrocity. It reads like something the Garden City Tourism Bureau might release:
"It was a flat, barren meadow -- as clean a sheet of paper as any developer could hope for. No hills. No forest to clear or swamps to fill." No fuss, no muss, just set it and forget it!
But if unencyclopædic content just won't do it for you, there's always heavily POV paragraphs to set your mind at ease:
"Although there are a myriad of reasons which make Garden City an ideal place to raise a family, the crown jewel, so to speak, is the nationally renowned public school district."
Now, I can see a local historian put quite a lot of work into this article. However, brevity is the soul of wit! And please, if you're reading this page, read up on Wikipedia's style. Heck, just click the random article button a few times and get a feel for the place. I would hate to delete so much, but unless it's cited and made NPOV, it really oughtn't remain. 
Ipsenaut 02:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Your are in clear violation of several important Wikipedia guidelines. First and foremost - WP:AFG - assume good faith. You do not own this article. Other editors have made good faith efforts to improve it and bring it in line with guidelines concerning "point of view" WP:POV and copyright WP:COPYVIO. Please reconsider your current, disruptive pattern of editing. You clearly care greatly about this article. Why not put your energy into putting the copyrighted material into your own words so that it no longer violates the law? Everyone is welcome to edit Wikipedia, but edit warring, violation of guidelines, and mistreatment of other editors can lead to a permanent block on your ability to edit. Nposs 00:19, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Your insinuation that the above editor should not edit the article because he or she is not from the city is uncivil (WP:CIV). Nposs 00:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

text: I took pains to limit my contribution to cleaning up matters of NPOV or other unencyclopædic content. If you care to cite any factual changes in which I erred, please do so. In any case, I apologize if I seem to have wronged you or your hometown. However, I believe you would be wise to avoid articles you know have emotional ties to you. I appreciate your knowledge on Garden City, but if you cannot put this knowledge in NPOV form, nor allow others to do so for you, you won't add anything to this page nor enjoy Wikipedia much at all. Ipsenaut 05:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History and Description trainwreck

message: I have removed – again – text that was lifted from this page.  It is not to be replaced.  See WP:COPY if I'm not being clear enough.
I've also replaced the  tag.  Statements like "Although there are a myriad of reasons which make Garden City an ideal place to raise a family, the crown jewel, so to speak, is the nationally renowned public school district." are nowhere near neutral and have to be made encyclopedic.  Until someone rewrites those paragraphs, the tag is appropriate. ... discospinster talk 20:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. I have done my best to revert all the POV text. Right now, the most outstanding problem is probably the first sentence of the article's History section. I believe it could be restructured  further, with the post-WWII information integrated into the broader "History" section. I removed a lot of the external links mentioned above, as well as the links to 'historical photographs'. I would not want to host images only to have them linked by wikipedia. One, if it had merit, but four from one site is unreasonable. If there are any further reversions to the POV incarnation of this article, an admin can easily protect the page and ban the IP of the resident armchair historian. Ipsenaut 02:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright and NPOV 

message: Is there a reason this article doesn't feature a map showing where Garden City is?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.0.37.194 (talk) 15:28, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It does now. What I'd like to know is why there's a duplicate of :Image:Pineapple.jpg that's obstructing the infobox as you scroll down, and why there doesn't seem to be any reasonable way to get rid of it. ----DanTD (talk) 10:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  map? 

message: What's up with the pineapple? I'm pretty sure they don't grow on Long Island... LordAmeth (talk) 09:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pineapple? 

message: why is this mentioned? seems strange to put this in an introduction to a town. this should be written maybe in a religion sub section. Victoria, Texas is also mostly protestant and catholic, but they do not mention that in the introduction. in fact, there are alot of american towns throughout the southwest usa are protestant and catholic. would seem more appropriate to put that a town is christian if it is unusual for the area to be christian, for example if a town in israel was mostly christian. it was also quite strange for it to be introduced as a "white town". this is particularly frightening. although it may be a blessing, and serve as a warning sign to those who arent white or christian to enter the town boundaries.
                                                        By:Crystal Waters  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.60.108 (talk) 17:57, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  mostly catholic and protestant 

message: Both in this article, and in the Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station) article, the former Village "Garden City Estates" was mentioned, and here's some photographic evidence of the community's existence. What I can't find is evidence of the community's acquisition by the rest of Garden City in 1915, though. I wish I knew where I could find that. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  14:54, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Garden City Estates 

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