Talk:Acton, Massachusetts

message: That a person simply grew up in a town irrelevant to an encyclopedia article about that town; it is relevant instead to the article about that person. If the person had some effect on the town as it is, then that effect ought to be mentioned in itself, not indirectly implied in a list of former residents.
Robert Creeley, for example, apparently has an award in his name given by the town library, which may be appropriate to mention in the article about the town, though properly this ultimately might should be integrated into the article, rather than as a list at the end. If, as the article says, Caroll Spinney simply grew up in the town, it is not relevant to mention that in the article about the town. David Wolff, also, might should be removed, but at least his current residence here could possibly indicate that some business of the Esperanto League is conducted in the town, etc. - Centrx 20:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not particularly opposed to removing these names from the list of notable residents but I would like to understand how these decisions get made.  Many towns have lists of residents - some of which seem pretty obscure.  Look at Worcester, MA for example. Is this a question that we should bring to the WikiProject Massachusetts so that we all can agree on a consistent set of guidelines for who is 'notable' ?? --LWV Roadrunner 22:06, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, in order to agree on what is right for these articles, to spread good ideas and ensure by examination that they are good ideas, this should be brought up on the relevant Project pages and styleguides. I have brought up something similar on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities, but really at all levels where a policy is agreed it needs to be discussed and changed because they are all ultimately autonomous. At the lowest level here, also, Wikipedia:Be bold. - Centrx 19:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  The article for Steve Carell says he was born in Concord.  Source?
Why are there so many citation needed notes? If the person in question has a Wikipedia article, any citation problems should be addressed in the linked article. In my (ever-humble) opinion, this article should not have the citations to demonstrate either notability or the link to the town. Rks13 (talk) 01:19, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: "Notable" persons

message: I have re-organized teh sections to correspond to the organization used in the Boston article.  I am still filling stuff in so it looks a little sketchy right now.  Bear with me... --LWV Roadrunner 04:19, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes in progress

message: Youremyjuliet had a question about the date of the W. Acton fire.
There were quite a number of fires in Acton during the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries.  According to 'A Brief History of Acton', one occurred just after the installation of the town wells.  That is the one that is referenced in the article.  I got the date from the 'Brief History' book. --LWV Roadrunner 20:08, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Question about date of W. Acton fire

message: "In the 1950s, ... In 1978, ... In 1983, ..." seems choppy to me.  
I tweaked it but I have second thoughts because the omission of what happened next is so glaring that choppy prose doesn't matter.  Was the Superfund project completed?  When and roughly how? 64.48.73.24 00:34, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  W.R. Grace Superfund site 

message: For zip codes it only lists 01720, shouldn't it also list 01718 as that is the zip code for the Village of Nagog Woods, which is in Acton. I didn't want to edit it as I assumed there was some reason for it not to include 01718, I was just curious why it was left out. --JetPack 16:19, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Zip Codes

message: I have redirected "Village of Nagag Woods, Massachusetts" and various variations to this article.  It should be explained here, and any other villages in Acton should also be listed. -- Beland 01:59, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nagog Woods 

message: I'm pretty sure that's a picture of Boxborough Town Hall, NOT Acton Town Hall. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.119.68.88 (talk) 02:01, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos 

message: Town owned conservation areas was located under Geography.  After some consideration, I moved this since it really not a geographical description of the properties.  They are described here as recreation locations.  I created a recreation heading- under government (which may not be the ideal location) - and added playing fields and playgrounds.
--TkerTimeSeeker 21:01, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conservation Areas 

message: I deleted an entry about the origin of the name of the town. I don't know if there is any definite knowledge about where the name came from. The entry said that Acton near London is the origin.  At the time the town was founded, that Acton was just a few houses. I would think that the better option would be Acton, Suffolk outside of Sudbury. It is much older and was bigger in the early 1700's. pheon (talk) 22:32, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of name 

message: There should be  sister cities section Guidanroumdji, Niger is a sister city of acton http://bokai.org/sister-cities/#:~:text=In%20February%20of%202009%2C%20the,communities%20(see%20document%20below). 2601:18F:47E:A0E0:BCA1:341F:1ABA:95FE (talk) 02:22, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sister cities