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Removing reference[edit]

I am removing this website as a reference (http://bowl.colian.org/chili-bowl/0.html) because it's a copy of wikipedia itself. How do I know? Besides the oddly familiar prose, the page also inexplicably includes my archived talk page! --D. Monack | talk 19:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Racist slant to 1960s section[edit]

The section on the 1960s had a number of sentences which had a racist slant, such as arguing that the area declined when racially restrictive covenants allowed African-American residents in, specifically mentioning African-Americans as the cause of the 1968 riots, and blaming white flight for the area becoming blighted. In fact, it was a largely African-American and prosperous area before the riots, and many of the merchants who moved out were also African-American. I've cleaned this section up somewhat, but it could use further edits, as well as additional sourced information. Dbalpert (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 20:28, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

Is U Street the name of a street? If not, where does the name come from? This should at least be mentioned in the lead or the History section. —Frungi (talk) 03:13, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved to U Street Mike Cline (talk) 19:54, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

U Street Corridor → U Street – I believe "U Street" is the common name for the area, without it being referred to as a "corridor". In addition, U Street neighborhood/historic district consists of a greater area than just the one street corridor. There is also no need for disambiguation as U Street is a redirect. epicAdam^(talk) 22:18, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Isn't that the name of the street? The Street itself extends beyond the "U Street Corridor". With a Metro station, this district, we could probably write an article on the street as well. -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 03:16, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, the neighborhood and historic district are named after the street, much in the same way that the Dupont Circle neighborhood is named after the traffic circle. In that example, the article covers to the neighborhood, historic district, park, and roadway. In addition, the roadway is technically named "U Street NW", which you'd have to include in order to distinguish it from the city's two other "U Streets". In any event, "U Street Corridor" is still not common usage and this article at U Street would be the WP:PRIMARYUSAGE anyway. Best, epicAdam^(talk) 03:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've disambiguated the redirect. If this article is moved, then the former redirect can be renamed to U Street (disambiguation) -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 03:16, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: There shouldn't even be a disambiguation page for just two items. Any problems should be dealt with by hatnotes. I would suggest you undo that change, which contraves our guidelines for disambiguation pages. Skinsmoke (talk) 04:55, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Per arguments stated by epicAdam. Skinsmoke (talk) 05:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. I expected to oppose, but the Dupont Circle example is compelling. --BDD (talk) 19:29, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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