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Too Long?

Im sorry but how can an article be too long? All of the facts are legitimate.Fheo 14:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is a point of reason to the length of an article. WP is an encyclopedia and the coverage of topics should be relatively brief. Entire books have been written about Jamestown. Obviously there is a happy medium between too much and too little. I tend to agree with you that such an important topic should be covered rather thoroughly and have no problem with the length of the article.VirginiaProp 15:09, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This has come up before and with this article. The best way to address is gradually move portions of sections into their own subarticles and condense portion in Main article. We do that a lot with articles about states and cities; look at Richmond, Virginia to get an idea, not a model article, but one which does show what I am trying to explain. This kind of activity is good for the help of some Wikipedians who may not be as research-content generating type folks, but strong on style and format (a super example of collaboration concepts). I would also oppose deleting any content from this article except perhaps by reducing size in that manner. Mark in Historic Triangle 16:57, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about moving the entire section named 'History of the Jamestown Settlement 1607-1699' to the article named Jamestown Settlement Hmains 04:48, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- the problems I have with that are that to the best of my knowledge, no one called it Jamestown Settlement at the time. It was called James Town and Jamestowne in historical accounts 2. In modern times, Jamestown Settlement is the name of one of the two separate attractions near there, but the other one (Historic Jamestowne) is actually on the site on Jamestown Island. I think we should try not to expand any confusion. I think it would be better to sub it as as its own article, perhaps named "History of Jamestown 1607-1699" and speak to it in very abbreviated form only in the main Jamestown article, with the customary template for subs. I am an admin and will do the work of all this, but only if we have a consensus. Feel free to express either support or other thoughts, folks. Mark in Historic Triangle of Virginia 04:59, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This suggestion seems reasonable to me. Hmains 18:07, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think that would be smart - is it worth leaving a short header/paragraph with key point, and just doing an article link? I like using the years, but might we want to move over more than just those years (ie, all of the settlement info?) Eric kennedy (talk) 02:07, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2 Pocahontases

Im confuzzled

in this entry they mention her dying and then they mention another one. Were ther 2 girls named pocahontas or did somebody just mess up their info?

67.168.43.238 (talk) 19:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC) astronut17[reply]

definetley too long

About splitting up the article

I think it would be very useful to split up the article into Jamestown History, Jamestown, Virginia (for present-day information), or something like that. It is a bit overwhelming to find so much information all in one place, especially when you're only interested in the history, or the modern information. 165.98.245.210 (talk) 21:04, 5 May 2008 (UTC)A. Flett, May 5, 2008[reply]

Jamestown-Virginia

Jamestown is a cool place to visit. When I went there there was a lot a Pilgrams. I told one of them that I was studing Jamestown and then she told me her name and she said her name was Malissa. And she told me alot about her life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.46.185 (talk) 03:59, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

when did women get the right to vote? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.250.55 (talk) 15:30, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question prominent mention of less relevant topics of a commercial nature

Jamestown was settled in 1607. Yorktown was the site of the end of the Revolution in 1781. (That's 174 years later.)

The second and third paragraphs are way too chock full of names of at best marginally relevant commercial activities in the geographic area, including: Yorktown Battlefield, Yorktown Victory Center, Colonial National Historic Park, Colonial Williamsburg and its Foundation. Even the Historic Triangle and the Colonial Parkway are not germane to Jamestown as a settlement, but rather are 20th Century artifacts that serve to connect commercial ventures in the area, merely due to their coincidental proximity.

Yes, they're important, but placed so highly in an article on Yorktown, they serve as as an advertisement for local businesses, and seem particuluary crass commercialism in an article about Jamestown.

Let's sum it up this way: No history book I've ever read has listed local tourist sites high up in an explanation of the significance of Jamestown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.111.127.190 (talk) 03:33, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

definately split!!

this article is too long! try doing it with the original Jamestown this article, and the The Legacy of Jamestown for the other time periods. Dcollins52^{Tell me what you think} 20:59, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

who?

who is the author or current editor of the articles?68.221.141.129 (talk) 02:51, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can edit as long as there exist Verifiable sources. Please do not just delete content without discussing first. Shlomke (talk) 02:58, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ECONOMY

I have read all of the Jamestown articles in search of a section bearing this title, but no such section exists. A section on the economy would seem to be fundamental, but I find no such section. Yes, there is a discussion of tobacco, but I find no discussion of the hunt for gold nor of the experiment with a communist economy. Perhaps there should even be a new article on the economy of Jamestown from founding up until it was abandoned for Williamsburg? If an article on the economy of Jamestown is created, then it should be linked to the articles on American economic history.

I thank you all for your work on these fine articles. Sincere regards, Rumjal rumjal 06:54, 3 April 2010 (UTC)