Talk:Yarmouth, Maine

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History section

The writing style of much of the text is a bit odd... somewhat colloquial, quaint, and definitely from the pre-political-correctness era. Was it "lifted" from some dusty old book on the history of Yarmouth? If so, it should probably be cited... and probably rephrased further to make it more modern and encyclopedic sounding. I've tried to do a little of that.... JamesofMaine 21:26, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is just a product of someone from Maine writing it. I am actually from Yarmouth and this is exactly how the long-time locals recall history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.97.230.243 (talk) 18:30, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Unclear or missing history of hamlet/town, county, province/district names and dates

Missing many evolving town, county, and province/district names and dates. Those are needed for genealogy files and reports. 2602:304:CDA6:51B0:975:2A63:C45E:D06A (talk) 00:38, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Trim/cull

My reason for including lifespans of individuals is because there are a multitude of people with the same names related to Yarmouth's history (see here and here), and it has been confusing to read about the events without these distinctions, given that sons were often named for their father. Also, these lifespans quickly illustrate what period of the town's history is being discussed.

I've cross-referenced people and events from several sources, a lot of which disagree with each other, so I've had to dig further. To not have these references might lead to the information (which is only referenced in rate 18th- and 19th century books) being deleted by somebody else, which would put us back to square one.

I'd like to put the article forwards as a good article nomination after I've completed adding information from my remaining source, but only after a final revision and, yes, a cull. - NewTestLeper79 talk 12:04, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On the specific content of my edit and your objections: first off, we should use the narrative to illustrate what period of history is being discussed, not the lifespans of the people involved. Second, most of the people involved are not significant and really don't need to be mentioned at all. Third, citing a gravestone proves only that a gravestone with that name and those dates exists - it doesn't prove either that those dates are the actual lifespan nor that the person represented by that gravestone is the same one being discussed in the narrative. Fourth, some of those source links are entirely user-generated content. The latter two would be significant problems for a GA nom given WP:PSTS and WP:RSP/WP:SPS, and the former two present problems with WP:SS and general style. I strongly disagree with your revert on these grounds.

On the general matter of the article's size: it needs a much more significant cull than my edit. A building-by-building accounting of the town is way out of scope. It's unfortunately well off from GA-ready. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:00, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Rowe source

It would be helpful to have page numbers added to the multiple citations from the book by W.H. Rowe. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 21:04, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]