Talk:Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

message: Excellent article , one of the best written and referenced I've read on Wikipedia.I especially appreciated the last section on replicas , because ironically it was finding "The Magnolia" on www.searsarchives.com that ultimately led me here.
I would like to add that Sears didn't just sell the the blueprints , but all the basic materials needed to build a house as a package. In the case of "The Magnolia", ( the house modeled on Longfellow's ) Sears sold the house for $5,140 in 1918. Anyone could build one If they happened to be a Doctor , Lawyer or prosperous merchant etc., as the price for this house was several times the average price of a Sears house. According to the Sears Archive , in the 1915-1920 era Sears houses ranged in price from $191 for a bare bones one bedroom without bath , all the way up to the deluxe Magnolia , with most models in the $1000-$3000 range. ````  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonel469 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Calhoun reference does, in fact, have a page number: 245, to be exact. I'm not sure why you can't see it. The source supports only what the preceding sentences say; nothing to do with the Minneapolis house - which remains entirely unsourced and subject to complete removal. --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

text: One other reply for your comment: That last sentence should probably stay vague. Adding one or two examples invites three or four more examples, which in turn inspires people to add examples which aren't entirely relevant... a process known as list cruft. Ultimately, specifically examples aren't more relevant than just noting that some exist. --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:06, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

text: Your comment was very, very long (especially because it only focuses on one or two sentences of text in the article) so I haven't read the whole thing yet. Most of your detailed info on Sears is not particularly relevant here, especially because you do not provide a published source. If you're suggesting the last line ("other houses exist") is weasel-like, I can understand that. If there were, say, three or four, we should probably list them. But that's not the case. From my personal research, I have found over 20 replicas in New England alone. I'm not a reliable source, however, so I can't add that information. Nor would I - how relevant is it to list 20 privately-owned homes that are not, unto themselves, important? A list like that is guilty of cruft. The one that is included is only there because it is notable enough to have its own Wiki article (which is probably the only reason the section was added to begin with). If there was a good, reliable, published source that said "exactly 74 replicas exist" then we can add that. Until someone puts in the work to count definitively how many there are, we'll have to be vague. If you're saying the whole section should be removed (with the exception of info already sourced), I'd support that before adding more examples. If you write more economically, I'd be able to give a better answer. Anyone else can chime in here as well. --Midnightdreary (talk) 15:11, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
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