Talk:Northampton, Massachusetts

Citation actually not really needed

I really don't think you need to put a "citation needed" in front of the statement "As of 2007, Mary Clare Higgins is the Mayor", I mean that's rather self evident and isn't exactly what one might call "dubious" or "controversial." (71.192.34.220 02:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC))

Western Massachusetts vs. western Massachusetts

Note: Locals of Northampton (myself included) always capitalize "western" when used with Massachusetts. This is because the western part of the state is considered a region and regions are always capitalized. --Jayzel 14:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Antipsychiatry community?

Can anyone substantiate this claim? I've never heard it before. My little needle 20:06, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Bike path changes

First, when linking to a city or town, use the full name (ie, Florence, Massachusetts instead of Florence (click on the latter link to see why). Of course, use a bar so it looks like this: Florence. Second, I doubt if there will ever be an article on individual rail trails, especially one that's just a half mile long. Third, I deleted the "Northampton will..." part because Wikipedia is not a crystal ball (<editorial> and knowing Hamp politics, I wouldn't be suprised if half of it won't happen </editorial>). Stev0 16:03, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Gay vs. Lesbian?

The article describes Smith as being the home of the lesbian community, and Hampshire as home to the gay community. When it says 'gay' does it mean homosexual in general, or homosexual males specifically? While I've heard the Smith thing before, I've never heard of Hampshire having a disproportionate amount of gays - any info to back this up?

Corrected bordering towns under Geography

Previous info stated a border with Holyoke, MA (there is none), incorrect location of Easthampton, and no reference to Westhampton. All fixed!

Jonathan Edwards

Is it accurate to call Jonathan Edwards a Puritan?

History

The articles Westhampton, Massachusetts, Easthampton, Massachusetts, Southampton, Massachusetts should be updated to explain why these towns were split off (I assume they all were; some of their articles explicity mention that), whether that all happened at the same time, and what the historical names were. Did "Northampton" always have that name, and if so, what was it north of? Springfield? -- Beland 03:42, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

A Residents

Lloyd Cole moved to Easthampton 2 years ago...

Oldest US newspaper

The list at http://www.allesopeenrij.nl/lijsten/cultuur/oude_kranten.html states that the Northampton Daily Hampshire Gazette is the oldest, still-existing, newspaper in the United States. Is this note-worthy and true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwaptiva (talk • contribs) 07:53, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

It looks like that information was taken from this site: http://www.wan-press.org/article2823.html?var_recherche=oldest And that the Hartford Courant (1764) would be the oldest with the Gazette (1786) being the second oldest. Dragon Directories 20:56, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

External links in body of article

Wikipedia:External_links#Important_points_to_remember
There are external links in the body of this article that should be moved to the External Links section. These should probably be turned into internal links. Any objections? Dragon Directories 15:51, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

And while we're at it we should take a look at the list of external links and determine if they actually add anything to the content of the article. For instance, I don't think http://tomdevine.net/ is necessary. Dragon Directories 16:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)