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New Amsterdam

The article for New Amsterdam says the city used to be called Altena, but this article doesn't mention it. What should it be? --Awiseman 14:12, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me but what is the deal with having so much "New Netherland" info at the bottom left? Shouldn't we erase that, it has nothing to do with Wilmington, DE and appears to be there by mistake? (Jschreib 02:46, 21 April 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Image

Not trying to be mean, but currently this has one of the worst city photos I've ever seen on Wikipedia. Requesting a Wilmington local go downtown and snap at least an in-focus shot that's not taken from behind a utility pole. --Oakshade 23:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not a local, but I added a couple of pictures from a recent visit. I replaced the blurry one that was at the top of the page. It's on the commons if needed. Malepheasant 04:40, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Much improved! Thanks! --Oakshade 00:15, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Persons

Hasn't this gotten out of hand?! Shouldn't the requirements be either born in the city, or lived in the city for more than 15 years. Being born in Talleyville or Brandywine Hundred shouldn't be included, and neither should living here for a year. Thoughts?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mglan1980 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 11 February 2007

In general agreement, except that born in the city includes most people who were raised in the suburbs, especially until the more recent development of the Christiana Hospital in Newark.—Preceding unsigned comment added by HokieRNB (talk • contribs) 15:22, 12 February 2007

Neighborhood Links

I removed the link for Christina Landing from the Southbridge neighborhood. All other neighborhood links lead to the actual neighborhood or neighborhood association, while Christina Landing is a portion of the Southbridge neighborhood.--Littledrummrboy 15:13, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suburban neighborhoods tend to be defined by a developer's construction project while city neighborhoods tend to have a more complex history. There are exceptions on both sides of course, Riverside and Wawaset Park are developments while Stanton and Bellefonte both have histories as towns.

Christina Landing is indeed a development adjacent to the existing neighborhood of Southbridge and Justison Landing is adjacent to Browntown. But neither was built where housing had existed prior and I'm not sure the residents of those developments considder themselves part of those older neighborhoods. Due to the size of these developments, I'm inclined to add them as neighborhoods.

Any thoughts?RevelationDirect (talk) 10:57, 27 September 2008 (UTC) RevelationDirect[reply]

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Thomas Willington

This town was 1738 named Willington, after Thomas Willington. But he was born 1731. Is that right? User:muellermuh|muellermuh (german user) 9 January 2008

It's a different Thomas Willing. Probably needs his own Wikipedia article, or else it needs to be delinked. --TrustTruth (talk) 22:34, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is a 1742 DEED on Ancestry.com for Richard Smith. It states that the Borough of Wilmington was formerly know as Willing Town. Thomas Willing is mentioned in that Deed. 2601:145:C200:8240:DC73:7DF1:9C:7482 (talk) 13:36, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

City Geobox in Upper Right

Under alternative names it lists Fort Christina (a specific location within the city) and New Sweden (an area that included much more than Wilmington.) Neither of these are alternate names so I think they should be removed. And for category, it doesn't list a category but a list of Delaware cities. I'd like to switch that to the Wilmington, DE Cat. Any objections? RevelationDirect (talk) 12:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Schools

Remmoved references to all schools not located in the city of Wilmington, including Delaware Military Academy, Conrad School of Sciences, and the Vocational Hgigh Schools (except Howard VoTech).Wkharrisjr (talk) 20:40, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wilmington City

Although many area residents consider themselves to live in Wilmington, they do live either in New Castle County, or in the surrounding area. Just because the Zip code lists Wilmington doesn't mean they are in the city of Wilmington.

Wilmington is the city surrounded by the city limits, and that's all. If somebody wants to start a page on the Wilmington-Newark CSA, go right ahead, but posting crime rates on "Wilmington," and then noting the rates are for New Castle County, De, Cecil County, MD, and Salem Co, NJ. is incorrect, however good the intention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe84323 (talk • contribs) 03:09, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I could not find any citation for the city of Wilmington crime rates as originally listed in the article; the closest the FBI had were crime rates for the Wilmington census area (which includes NCC, Cecil COunty =, MD, and Salem County, NJ. If someone can find crime rates for the city of Wilmington only, please resurrect this section.Wkharrisjr (talk) 12:03, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, if only it were that simple. Some people in Wilmington live in incorporated Wilmington and some live in unincorporated Wilmington and most are fine not making much of a distinction. The article should do a better job of distinguishing that there is a city government named "Wilmington" and a broader area around it coincidentally called "Wilmington" as well as a still broader CSA that expands into other municipalities and states. That's not a clean distinction but it's the reality on the ground.RevelationDirect (talk) 02:02, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

806 West Street on National Register of Historic Places?

I like to take photos of NRHPs. While walking along West Street I saw this striking building at 806 and took the photo. Only then did I notice the NRHP plaque near the door. Nevertheless I can't find any record of this as being on the NRHP.. Can anybody identify this building and why it has the plaque? Google Streetview. Smallbones (talk) 01:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I thought it was the Delaware blind center but that's at the other end of the block. County property records indicate it was built in 1899 and the past owners don't jump out at me. It doesn't look like it would be an easy building to move and the city typically sends relocated buildings to Willingtown Square. If it is a legitimate plaque, it was either a site recently added to the registry that does not appear on their website yet (a frustrating issue for me) or a deleted site. Or the sign is invalid. I reposted your question Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places#Mystery Plaque in Wilmington, Delaware to rule out new/delisted sites. Thanks again for all your great pix, BTW. I just used one in the new Delaware Children's Theatre article.RevelationDirect (talk) 11:22, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Per the conversation on the NRHP talk page, it's the northernmost house in the Quaker Hill National Register district. I'm pretty familiar with Wilmington buildings but, when it comes to the actual NRHP listings, that group is pretty hard core but in a good way.RevelationDirect (talk) 01:18, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Crime section?

The crime section seems horribly inaccurate. Surveillance cameras covering all of Wilmington? I've never heard about that, and couldn't find any articles on Google agreeing with the assertions made. 128.237.242.131 (talk) 02:12, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also curious as to why there's no mention of the Hale shooting. It was pretty infamous when William Brown got the city sued for wrongful death. This is noteworthy to anyone researching Wilmington. It seems the city has a history of civil rights violations.71.196.246.113 (talk) 19:53, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Spikes in article viewing

Looking at the article traffic statistics:

10 April 2011: ~5x normal viewing, trailing off over 11 April; last 10 April version.

--User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 17:45, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I-495 ?

I have an issue with this:

"Interstate 95, which splits Wilmington roughly into eastern and western halves, provides access to major markets in the Northeast and nationwide, as does Interstate 495 just east of the city, and I-295 south of the city, crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey."

495 is a bypass route that goes around Wilmington starting a few miles south of the city and rejoins right before the Pennsylvania border. It's not possible to access it directly from the city and there is no access from 95 south - you have to go WAY out of your way to get to 495 from Wilmington, and it doesn't really go anywhere that you can't get to faster with local roads or via 95. I think the intent was to point out that 495 runs east of the city, but it most certainly does NOT "provide access to major markets" from Wilmington as the current wording indicates. Maybe I'm just being picky, but I can't see an argument for the way it's worded now being anything but inaccurate. Ahp378 (talk) 15:28, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Timothy Stidham (Swedish:Timen Lulofsson Stiddem)

Timen Lulofsson Stiddem doesn't even sound remotely Swedish, or Danish, or any European language. Are you sure this information has been passed down accurately to the decendants, if they are the source of the information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.166.131.205 (talk) 17:32, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think of the two sources for this paragraph? GoingBatty (talk) 03:36, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Cities Assessment

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Neighborhood Name Change: The Flats vs Woodlawn

So the Wikipedia article has the neighborhood listed as Woodlawn, but news articles (for example the source I cited adding information) list the neighborhood as being named The Flats (after the name of apartment buildings in Europe) and only having been developed by the Woodlawn Co, now the Woodlawn Trustees. Bing Maps show the neighborhood as The Flats, and for some reason no matter which way I turn and zoom in/out Google doesn't show any neighborhood name on the maps unless you actually search for The Flats at which point the neighborhood outline appears. I say all this to back up my final piece of evidence, the official neighborhood map on the City of Wilmington website (http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/docs/88/WilmingtonNeighborhoods.pdf) lists the neighborhood as Flats. Hence, I am changing the name on the neighborhoods section and adding Justison Landing which the city map also lists as a recognized neighborhood. I will double check for any others on the map that are not listed. Superman7515 (talk) 20:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Proposal - Greenband, Delaware

I propose that Greenband, Delaware be merged into Wilmington, Delaware. There is no substantive widespread coverage of "Greenband" (which is actually Greenbank, but there is no widespread coverage there either) and WP:NPLACE states that in order for larger neighborhoods to be kept in standalone articles, they must have "widespread verifiable use". As the article states this is a neighborhood in Wilmington, it should be merged and the author and interested parties should be able to continue the work within the scope of the Wilmington, Delaware article. Superman7515 (talk) 22:09, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Greenbank (now moved to the correct title) is an unincorporated community, which is notable enough for its own article. In addition, Greenbank is outside the city limits of Wilmington, making this a poor redirect target. Dough 48 72 00:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw - The original article claimed it was in the city of Wilmington, which would fail WP:PLACE. Superman7515 (talk) 00:42, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline

What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 14:17, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics

How come the numbers for the 2017 est are different up at the top of the page and in the Demographics section LegioV (talk) 21:50, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]