Talk:Schenectady, New York/Archives/2012

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The first two paragraphs of "History" seem to contradict each other and to gloss over some kind of (pseudo-?) controversy about whether Schenectady was settled by Indians before European settlement. This should be revised to state the grounds of disagreement, if there is a credible disagreement. (If the disagreement is not credible, the authority of the generally accepted understanding should be brought out clearly.)

Revert war on trivia

I'm just watching the volley of reverts on the various trivia being removed and then returned almost wholesale. I honestly don't care a whole lot -- but would like to pop-up for the Vonnegut stuff. That's a fairly significant cultural reference. If the other stuff is being yanked because it violates some policy or convention about avoiding trite pop-culture indexes at the end of every nearly article, I'd like to suggest the Vonnegut bit stay.

But I imagine other peeps have a battle to go through. Wikipedia might be useful, but it sure as 'ell ain't efficient. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.107.196.195 (talk) 18:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I got rid of a bunch of that because it seemed like every single mention of Schenectady was being documented even if it was just mentioned in passing. If I removed something that was more than that, putting it back is certainly fine. I kept a few things I was unsure about. Nick Garvey (talk) 13:33, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Well done! These sections really get out of control in a hurry. We need to bear in mind that we are writing an encyclopedia. --Mwanner | Talk 13:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

regular broadcasts on Thursday, Thursday and Friday afternoons.

Can someone clairfiy? Rich Farmbrough 12:07, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Zip Code?

Isn't the zip code of Schenectady 12345? --163.41.248.2 20:45, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

So it is! [1]. Cool. —Ben FrantzDale 22:16, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

12345 is the zip code of the General Electric main plant in Sch'dy - and that's all. The rest of Sch'dy is various other zip codes starting with 123xx. —Wknight94 (talk) 00:39, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Maybe 12345 still shouldn't redirect here? Sure, it's a cool zip code and all. Muad (talk) 00:29, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

No the zipcode is 12309

Sources: I've lived there before

alot of zip codes: 12308, 12307, 12306, etc, etc —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.125.116.146 (talk) 20:30, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Spam?

is that section labeled spam really even necessary? it is completely pointless. -137.49.238.52 06:14, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

that was me. -Ally525 06:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it really adds much to the article, seeing as it is contested ahpook 15:28, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Article needs infobox

This article needs an infobox and a map like uh yesterday. -- drumguy8800 C T 22:38, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation?

Is it pronounced "ske-nach-tay-dee"? IPA doesn't mean much to me unfortunately. 89.213.13.177 21:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Me neither. It's pronounced skuh-NECK-tuh-dee ---- by me anyway. Your "ske" is probably more accurate but it's not how it comes out when I say it. —Wknight94 (talk) 22:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

why is there there the pronounciation of the city's name in tuscarora? the tuscarora are from north carolina and did not live in the schenectady area or even new york. they became a part of the iroqouis after white people came to the schenectady area, the name schenectady if from iroqouis language but probably mohawk dialect since they were the tribe that lived in the area. Camelbinky (talk) 21:23, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

The tuscarora had a history of invading this area, to help the indians (native americans) fight off the french. They were actually forced to do it but i'll try to be hiv positive instead of hiv negative.

WGY-AM

WGY have moved their offices to the Clear Channel offices on Troy-Schenectady Road in Lathem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.200.157.177 (talk) 16:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Assessment

I just downgraded this article to C-Class. It needs many more references to deserve a B-Class rating. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 06:23, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Trivia - WRGB

The call letters for television station WRGB are NOT derived from the RGB of Red/Green/Blue and are unrelated to the fact that station WRGB broadcast the first color television broadcast. Someone simply made this up. The call letters WRGB are derived from the initials of Dr. W(alter) RG Baker, a former Vice-President of General Electric. Dr. Baker was a pioneer in the development of radio and television broadcasting. I've lived in Schenectady all of my 66 years and have known this since I was a youngster. See http://www.ggninfo.com/call.htmUpperbenson (talk) 20:30, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

It appears that there is disagreement on this. According to http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/mar/16/0316_larry/, The very 1st words spoken on WGY were as follows: "It was Hager (who is living in Florida, contentedly retired) who stepped up to the microphone that evening of Feb. 20, 1922, precisely at 7:47, on the fourth floor of Building 36 and said: “This is Station WGY — W, the first letter in wireless; G, the first letter of General Electric; and Y, the last letter in Schenectady.” This was the opening of WGY’s first broadcast." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.237.190.221 (talk) 04:19, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Upperbenson sees no basis for a disagreement. Upperbenson does not dispute the derivation of RADIO station WGY's call letters. Indeed, his remark refers ONLY to the derivation of TELEVISION station WRGB's call letters. He cites as follows:

http://wapedia.mobi/en/WRGB#1.
http://www.nysbroadcasters.org/history/hall-of-fame/2005-inductees/walter-ranson-gail-baker/

and probably the most conclusive... "A history of the station from the station itself"

http://www.cbs6albany.com/sections/wrgb/history/

Upperbenson (talk) 11:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)