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"Often called 'Maine's Prettiest Village'" --by whom? Sounds pov-ish, and it, and a few other things, need sources (a common problem with Maine town articles). On the whole, though, it's a very good Maine town article. JamesofMaine 21:14, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who calls it that? Why, Wiscasset itself does. When entering the town (from Rt.1) you can't miss the sign proclaiming Wiscasset the "Prettiest Village in Maine". Been there as long as I can recall (30+ years)...although I do recall some pranksters 'whiting out' the R one year (making it Pettiest Village in Maine) ;-) Greg

http://wiscassetnewspaper.maine.com/2001-07-19/prettiest_village.html

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is there really a need for the "(town)"? can't this be moved to Wiscasset, Maine where most things point to, anyway?

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Residents / Birthplace?

Juliana Hatfield was born in Wiscasset, but all references seem to reveal that she has nothing to do with the place besides being born there. That said, is it appropriate to list her under "Residents"? Obviously it seems to be wrong, but I don't know if it's Wikipedia practice to include those who were born in a place under Residents. Thank You --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 15:14, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed move

In the absence of any other place called Wiscasset, Maine, I propose that this page be moved to Wiscasset, Maine per WP:Naming conventions. — Lincolnite (talk) 22:36, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Note that the densely populated town center is listed as a census-designated place (see Wiscasset (CDP), Maine). But I agree with you that the town should take precedence over the CDP and is the primary meaning of "Wiscasset, Maine". --Polaron | Talk 22:48, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Polaron. --Serge (talk) 03:58, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. Seems quite uncontroversial—to the point that I think this probably could have been listed at the uncontroversial moves section at WP:RM.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Undue detail?

The books by Van Reid may be notable in themselves, but the amount of detail about them here seems disproportionate. In fact, it makes me wonder (without a basis in hard fact) if it's self-promotion. Dgndenver (talk) 18:33, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]