Talk:Mount Airy, Philadelphia

message: i lived in mt airy for 18 years and never noticed the sedgwick theater.  this is possibly because it's been out of commission since before i lived there.  the mention makes it seem like this is a really important feature of mt airy (and that business is still conducted there), and to my knowledge, it really only serves the function of linking to the theater entry.  who else wants to delete it?  
also, need to put sections in this entry.
Clown 21:20, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Both of these issues have subsequently been addressed. Article has headings (which I edited more tonight), and the Sedgwick Theater mention is now under "Notable institutions" (no longer singled out as "one of the most interesting things along the Avenue" or whatever hyperbolic thing it was before). — Lumbercutter 03:19, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sedgwick Theater hyperbole toned down; headings & organization continue to improve

message: Having removed a substantial and fairly random list of links to various entities within the neighborhood, several were returned with the explanation: "surely some of these links have a place, either mentioned in the article or provide further background info..."
The links in question are two civic associations, two religious organizations, a CDC and a business association.
All of these fail Links normally to be avoided:
*#13 "Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject: ... a website on a specific subject should usually not be linked from an article about a general subject". The neighborhood is the general subject, entities within the neighborhood are much more specific.
*#19 "Links to websites of organizations mentioned in an article". - SummerPhD (talk) 03:47, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link farm 

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thread_title:  External links modified (February 2018) 

message: JesseRafe, you just reverted my revision to the Notable Residents section which added 2 notable musicians living in Mount Airy: Kurt Vile and Strand of Oaks (Timothy Showalter). Your basis for doing so was "Not attested on their Wikipedia pages, need to be cited there or here, otherwise it's OR." 
By that standard, a majority of Mount Airy's "Notable residents" entries must be removed from the Mount Airy article because their Wikipedia pages do not specifically mention the Mount Airy neighborhood, nor are citations provided there or here. In other words, you are enforcing a standard inconsistently. I have little doubt that with a little Googling that all, or nearly all, existing Notable Residents entries are readily verifiable from reliable sources as past or current Mount Airy residents. However, if you're a stickler for citations (and it's entirely reasonable if you are) then editing those entries with the [needs citation] tag would be a far more courteous first good step for you to take if you have a verifiability concern, rather than immediately purging good-faith entries, especially from known long-time editors of the Mount Airy wiki. Either way, at least be consistent about it. Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mtairyresident (talk • contribs) 22:58, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Residents, verifiability