Talk:Danbury, Connecticut

message: I can't say I'm entirely pleased with the Historical population section.  It's long, and it's pretty useless information.  I can't even seem to find the same information on any other city's page.  I've reverted it back to the more appropriate bullet-list version, though (see How to use tables) - Plutor 15:17, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The link for the co-founder of Subway restaurants incorrectly sends the user to information on musician Peter Buck.  The actual co-founder of Subway is Dr. Peter Buck, and information can be found on the Subway website at http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/AboutSubway/history/subwayHistory.aspx
71.252.209.162 03:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed.  -- Plutor 11:36, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inaccurate Link 

message: General Wooster did not die "defending the city of Danbury".  His leadership, in the capacity as Major General of the Connecticut milita, was formed as an armed response to the general invasion of Fairfield County, CT and the advance of the British troops on the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut.  He was mortally wounded in this subsequent engagement to the actual burning of the Danbury stores (the British objective).  After his mortal wounding near Ridgefield, CT, he was brought to the Dibble house in Danbury, CT.  It was here that he died 5 days later and was buried in the local hospital cemetery.  Years later, his body was reinterred in Danbury's Wooster Cemetery where he resides today. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wwporter (talk • contribs) 13:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Wooster's death 

message: The census counts illegal aliens badly, but does count them. The best estimates are from politicians? Jd2718 15:28, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illegal Aliens 

message: There are a few concerns I have over the article and its nomination for Good Article status.
* Although it is not a requirement, the guidelines at WikiProject Cities suggest that only one population figure should be cited in the opening. (Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities#Article structure example for a U.S. City). You have three, plus a two different figures for illegal immigrants. Pick one figure, please. You might want to use the most recent estimate in the lede, and use the 2000 census figure in the demographics section, since all that data is based off of the census.
* There are no references at all in the "History" section. There are a lot of statements there that need some sort of reference.
*The "Large and distinctive companies" section is roughly analogous to "Economy", and should be moved down after "Law and government". Additionally, ATMI does not have an article. Either a stub should be written up for the company, or it should be removed from the list. Having it listed without a wikilink does not imply any form of notability. Again there are no references in this section, only the external link to the ATMI website.
*The "Geography" section needs to be expanded (and possibly referenced). Are there any notable geographic features in the area? Is there weather data on the city itself, or perhaps a neighboring city? It needs something more than a simple set of latitude and longitude measurements.
*The "Historical Population" table needs a little formatting, as it runs into some of the text in the main body of the article. It might be a good idea to prune it back considerably (maybe every 30-50 years until 1970, then every ten years from that point on).
*The "Colleges and Universities" section needs to be expanded, A single sentence is not sufficient. You could change it to "Education" and include data about local public schools, or educational attainment of the population, or anything else that might apply. Make sure to add references as appropriate.
*Prune back the "Sites of Interest". Most of the listed sites have no wikilinks or external references. 
*"Sports" and "Transportation" both need references.
*"Israel Ward Andrew" is a redlink. Consider creating a stub or deleting him from the list.
*Reference #2 is to a blog; try to find a reliable source, or consider removing the link and the information that the link supports.
Horologium t-c 00:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Another thing I just noticed--there are two pictures in the history section that relate to some type of disaster (a flood?) that happened in 1869, yet there is no mention of it in the history. If it's important enough to warrant two pictures, it is important enough to mention in the narrative, one would think. Horologium t-c 20:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

text: (Yes, even more) The lede needs to be reworked a bit, and some of the information should be elsewhere in the article. From the Wikipedia style guidelines for introduction sections: Significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article, although specific facts, such as birthdates, titles, or scientific designations will often appear in the lead only. The same page also recommends a lede of two or three paragaphs for an article of this size (it is currently 25.2kb). The last two paragraphs in the lede are not referenced elsewhere in the article, and the first two could be combined into a single paragraph, since short, disjointed paragraphs are discouraged. The history section also has several one or two sentence paragraphs that should be consolidated or expanded. Horologium t-c 16:52, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A few GA concerns 

message: I am going to go ahead and fail the GA nomination for now. Several of the issues I raised have been corrected, but there are still a number of issues that need to be addressed. Once they are fixed, the article should be renominated. Horologium t-c 16:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA failure 

message: Does anyone own a "bird's eye view" image of Danbury, sort of like a picture of the skyline? Secondly, does anyone own a city seal that is in color and not in black-and-white? Maybe they can be found or asked for on the official city site, those images would really help the article. Thank you, AJSDA115 14:53, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image of Danbury and city seal 

message: I could not find any important evidence that shows a relation between Carole King and Danbury. She was born in NY. NyyDave 15:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Carole King 

message: I have failed this article for much the same reasons as it failed its previous GA nomination; many of the points in that review are still to be addressed. The History section, for instance, still has no references. Worse, there are at least two  tags.
Overall I don't think that the number of references is adequate for an article of thie size, and there are too many lists that ought to be converted to prose. The amount of work still required to get this article up to GA standard is considerable I think, so I decided to fail it rather than put it on hold. Please feel free to renominate it when the necessary work has been done; there is no minimum time between GA reviews.
Good luck with developing the article. --Malleus Fatuarum 22:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA fail 

message: "the British under Major General William Tryon burned and looted the city ... the destruction caused by the Loyalist army troops." British, Loyalists or both? I thought Redcoats and Tories were separate (but allied) forces. Art LaPella (talk) 03:14, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  British or Tories? 

message: I added refs for all schools, but couldn't find one for Anderson Montessori School which was at Tarrywile. Is it still operating? Please, anyone, if you know about it, add the ref to the article. Thanks. SageRad (talk) 10:56, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anderson Montessori School still exist? 

message: I removed these lines from the sports section:
They seemed too promotional to me. Please discuss if you disagree. Thanks. SageRad (talk) 11:10, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed seemingly promotional copy 

message: Please note, i moved the information on former inmates of the prison to the talk page for the prison's article. If anyone wants to go ahead and move that into the prison article itself, please do so. It would be really useful. I just don't have the time or desire to do it. I just didn't want the good knowledge to be lost from the mass deletions that happened yesterday. SageRad (talk) 12:38, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved former inmates to the talk page of the article on the prison itself 

message: Substituted at 12:45, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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Reference named "USCensusEst2016":
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message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Danbury (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 18:32, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move discussion in progress 

message: I am continually removing content from this page related to the recent exchange between John Oliver and Mark Boughton, and would urge others to do the same. This content was based on a short social media exchange that constitutes a negligible and unimportant effect on the history and significance of the city. Longtime residents are aware that such exchanges and publicity stunts are typical of the local government, however the evidence makes it clear that this topic is a drop in the bucket of the city's content and is something that *should not* monopolize as much of the real estate on this page as recent edits have made it to.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8080:1240:1083:704C:3623:7586:FABA (talk) 18:32, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content related to John Oliver 

message: @Magnolia677 believes the charts in the  transportation section should be removed with their reason being “this isn’t a travel guide” However there needs to be a consensus on whether there notable enough. I personally believe they are, it has valuable information for anyone who is learning about airports in our area.  Not to mention the lead of the section alludes to it.  Elvisisalive95 (talk) 18:53, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transportation