Talk:Randolph, New Hampshire

zip code

I notice that a number of online search engines fail to recognize the Randolph zip code, 03593. Granted this zip code is only a few years old, but it seems to me that it should be known by now. How do such things get fixed? Or is it better to be unfindable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.204.107 (talk) 23:59, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Please note that the coordinates in this article need fixing as:

This does not appear to be in Randolph, at least on Google Maps

What do you know, you're right. The coordinates in the infobox are correct, but someone later added the Mapit template with incorrect values. I've remove the Mapit entry and left the infobox coordinates.--Ken Gallager (talk) 10:39, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Bed & Breakfast

I'm pretty sure I saw a 2nd bed & breakfast last summer on Durand Road. Was I hallucinating? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Town of Randolph from Dome Rock.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 12:22, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Image of Town of Randolph was deleted

Please express your opinion as to whether the image Town of Randolph from Dome Rock.jpg should be reinstated in this Randolph, New Hampshire article. It was recently removed by User:Magnolia677 with reason "low-quality image", reinstated by me arguing that though low-resolution it still conveys the situation of Randolph in the forest between hills/mountains (with the original poster agreeing), and removed again by Magnolia677, who then proposed deleting the image from Wikipedia entirely and then proposed deleting it from Commons once it was moved there. The result of the Commons discussion was Keep. Regardless of this, the question is whether we want to put the image back in the Randolph, New Hampshire article. Thank you, Ebony Jackson (talk) 22:23, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

I have included a copy of the image Ebony Jackson wishes to reinsert, which I removed it per MOS:IMAGEQUALITY. Let's try to set the bar a bit higher. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:52, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

I have added a higher-quality image to the article. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:17, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

That is great, that you were able to find a higher-quality image of the view from Dome Rock. The angle no longer shows the summit of Mt. Crescent, but from what I understood of the discussion, maybe the tree growth makes the original view impossible, and it is best to show the view that actually exists currently. So thank you for this!

On the other hand, you had already removed the image that this one was to replace, and now you have also silently removed a second, entirely different image, the view from Mt. Crescent about which you earlier claimed "none of this is located in Randolph" (but it is). So I will reinstate that one. If you still think that it does not show Randolph, then let us discuss that. If you are unhappy with the image quality, it would be best to do what you did with the Dome Rock view, replace it once a better image is available.

Since the removal of the second image was contested, please do not remove it again until a consensus is reached. Thank you, Ebony Jackson (talk) 16:01, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

To facilitate discussion, I'm adding here the second image ("The northern peaks...") as it currently appears in the article. Ebony Jackson (talk) 16:22, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

The northern peaks of the Presidential Range as seen looking south from Mt. Crescent. Route 2 runs through the valley at the foot of Mounts Madison and Adams. Howker Ridge is to the far left.

@Ebony Jackson: Neither Mt. Adams nor Mt. Madison are located within Randolph's municipal boundaries, so any pictures of places not located in Randolph are decorative. Therefore, you must be adding this blurry, low-quality image to so show readers that Randoph is somewhere at the foot of those mountains. This is not necessary because there is already a better quality image in the article showing the same thing (ie. Randolph at the bottom of a valley). There is no need for two images--in this very short article--which basically show the same thing. Magnolia677 (talk) 20:13, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

@Magnolia677: Randolph contains large parts of the northern slopes of Mt. Adams and Mt. Madison, extending up to 2500 ft. above than the valley floor, including part of Howker Ridge, and these areas inside the southern side of Randolph are what are shown in image of the view from Mt. Crescent, whereas the image you added (view from Dome Rock) shows the hills on the northern side of Randolph - not the same thing! No one is claiming that the summits of Mt. Adams and Mt. Madison are in Randolph, and that is not relevant, anyway - it has never been the standard that 100% of an image must be in Randolph for the image to be included in an article on Randolph!

Finally, I was not the one who added the image of the view from Mt. Crescent; it has been in the article for 14 years, apparently added by @Aebarschall:. I only reinstated it when you recently deleted it. Ebony Jackson (talk) 21:59, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

I agree with Ebony Jackson on this one. Remember that New England town and township boundaries leave no spaces in between, so Jackson is correct about Randolph extending halfway (in mileage) up Adams and Madison. Also, the first image, from Dome Rock, shows only the Randolph Hill portion of town. The picture facing southwards shows the valley part of the town, which is a distinct settled area. Ken Gallager (talk) 13:55, 24 October 2022 (UTC)