Talk:Whiteville, North Carolina

United States: North Carolina Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	North Carolina portal This article is supported by WikiProject North Carolina (assessed as Low-importance).

I took out the advertisements for local restaurants.04:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I also removed advertisements for local restaurants, and removed the statement, "Some have compared the sprawling city-scape to that of Nashville, Tennessee. For what it lacks in clubs, it makes up with stores. Only not really." I've lived here, although for a short peroid of time, and never heard anyone compare this hamlet to Nashville. None of it belongs in an encyclopedia article.

Wilcox[edit]

Chirs Wilcox went to Whiteville High School. Whiteville High is in a city-based school district. You have to live in the city in order to go there. His article also says that he's from Whiteville and went to Whiteville High. If you want to change it, we're going to need a reliable source that says something different. Just stating that it's so isn't enough. Henrymrx (t·c) 03:12, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to check your sources. His article clearly states that he is from Raleigh, not Whiteville. Also, this map from the neighboring Columbus County Schools clearly shows that the Whiteville Administrative/School district ecompasses much more than the city of Whiteville, including a large area South of Whiteville, as well as most of the US-701 corridor north to the Bladen County line. Many residents of North Whiteville and Western Prong find themselves at Whiteville City schools, while never living in the city. Remember, we are going to need reliable sources. Just stating that it's so isn't enough. I won't remove the line again until I find proof that he lived in Chadbourn, or the West Columbus High district, because you are right, I need proof. But, you need better proof to keep that line in than you have provided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.81.221.42 (talk) 11:03, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have re-checked. Why don't you double-check as well? The Chris Wilcox article says two different things. The text says he was born in Raleigh. The infobox on the right says he was born in Whiteville. I have no idea why. Neither one is sourced. When I lived in Whiteville, I was repeatedly told he was from there. I also remember reading an article in The Diamondback that said he was from Whiteville. I did not know how big the Whiteville City school district was, however. So, he could have lived outside Whiteville and gone there. However, from looking at the map, he could NOT have lived in Chadbourn at the time. He did transfer to a high school in Raleigh his senior year. So, the issue is fairly muddled. We need a reliable source at any rate. An interview, maybe? I'd also like to point out that the Chris Wilcox Basketball Camp [1] is held in Whiteville. That seems to lend credence to Whiteville being his home town. Henrymrx (t·c) 17:24, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Chris Ray Wilcox was born on Sept. 3, 1982, in Raleigh" according to The News Reporter

"Just miles away from his hometown of Chadbourn at the school where he won a state 2-A championship as a junior, one of Columbus County's favorite sons was treated to loads of adoration on "Chris Wilcox Appreciation Day." according to this article from theacc.com

Funny, but everyone says he is from Whiteville... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.81.221.42 (talk) 21:42, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wilcox's personal website, contains the following phrase as part of an announcement for a charity golf tournament: "Chris Wilcox of the NBA Detroit Pistons, who grew up locally in Whiteville and won the NCAA Championship at the University of Maryland..." If Chris claims Whiteville, we'll claim Chris. 65.188.35.58 (talk) 14:17, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If Chris isn't smart enough to know where he is from, Whiteville deserves him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.189.129.241 (talk) 00:10, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This again. Stop removing him. Wilcox played on the Whiteville High School basketball team. He can be listed in the article. This is not the place to quibble over what place he's "from" or not. If this is some kind of local quibble, I could not possibly care less. If you have a reliable source that says that people in Whiteville don't claim him or renounce him or something, we can add a statement to that effect. But he needs to stay in the article. Henrymrx (t·c) 05:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If the 2 articles above aren't enough for someone to believe that he is not from Whiteville, I don't know what is. I quit. If you want to keep posting crap so that the people of Whiteville can feel good, go ahead. I think I'll add him to the Chadbourn article, too, because I have a West Columbus yearbook with his picture in it, proving he lived in Chadbourn, after he moved from Raleigh, before transferring, BUT NOT MOVING, to Whiteville. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.182.106.65 (talk) 12:43, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like we're loosing ourselves in a big semantic argument here. Being born in Raleigh is not the same thing as Raleigh being your hometown. If where you were born determined your hometown, about half of the people who claim Whiteville, but were born in the Wilmington, Loris, or Lumberton hosptials, wouldn't be from Whiteville. Further, the section under question is called "Notable Whitevillians." Whether or not he's from Chadbourn, he 1) claims Whiteville as home, as illustrated by the above quote from his personal website and 2) was quite notable for his play on the WHS basketball team in 1998 and 1999. I'll give you two examples to illustrate my point: Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't from California, wasn't born there, lived the early part of his life in another country--but he's still, nevertheless, a notable Californian. Former Senator John Edwards graduated from NC State before going to law school at UNC, but the fact that he's also a graduate of NCSU doesn't make him any less a notable graduate of Carolina. Whether or not Chris is technically from Whiteville or not, whether he ever had a 28472 zip code or not, he's not less a notable Whitevillian. If you know that he was actually from Chadbourn, there's no reason not to list him there, too--I mean, Thal, Austria lists Schwarzenegger on their page just as prominently as California.

You know, if you have a reliable source that says he's from Chadbourn, feel free to bring it here. It doesn't invalidate the sources we have, but if there's been a public controversy about this, we can make a note of it somewhere. I don't really have a dog in this fight other than sticking to Wikipedia policy. Henrymrx (t·c) 18:48, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whiteville is a city?[edit]

I live in a municipality of more than 100,000 people and it's considered a town. How is Whiteville a city with a little over 5,000 people? Is it a legal designation? Is it part of the name? Just asking. Arcanicus (talk) 19:51, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation Guide[edit]

as an NC native, one of the most notable things about Whiteville is its pronunciation? (I'm no linguist, but it's something approproaching "Waib'l") - probably that should be noted in the header? 2600:1017:A101:3BF1:AF:CEC8:D16D:5B5C (talk) 01:43, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]