Talk:Boston/Archive 6

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Page Creation Demographics of Boston
There should be an extra page created explaining in further detail the demographics of Boston, same way theres pages like "Demographics of Philly", "... of NYC", "...of Chicago", of LA Houston DC etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.90.247.210 (talk) 14:54, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Molasses flood of 1919
Should we add a section to the article about the molasses flood of 1919? I am asking this because it was a major moment in the city's history. Mrmeme05 (talk) 12:53, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It is mentioned on History of Boston; there isn't enough room in this article for a lot of historical details. -- Beland (talk) 22:50, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 August 2021
Change Boston population to 675,647 in 2020 according to the 2020 census 108.51.181.54 (talk) 04:32, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. –– 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲  talk  05:47, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

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"Bonton Soup" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Pronunciation
@Wolfdog, here's my thoughts on the pronunciation. Yes, obviously Boston has the cot-caught merger. But that means that the way people from the Boston area (such as myself) pronounce Boston can give us no information on whether the word contains /ɒ/ or /ɔ/, since we pronounce /ɒ/ and /ɔ/ the same. To find out whether the US pronunciation of Boston contains /ɒ/ or /ɔ/, you have to depend on the pronunciation of Americans who distinguish the two phonemes, and they say it with /ɔ/. (Whereas British people who distinguish the two phonemes say Boston with /ɒ/.) The US pronunciation should be given primary position since it's a US city; it's not inaccurate to say that Bostonians say Boston with /ɔ/, seeing as how we say Boston with the same vowel we use in law and thought and so on. AJD (talk) 00:03, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I see your point. I myself (an American) in fact say Boston with [ɔ] or [ɔə], so that representation appeals to me personally (which in no way matters of course). It just seems a bit weird to definitively label another perfectly American option, [ɒ], as "UK". It seems that this just comes down to a matter of transcriptional preference. Again, though, I see your point and won't continue to revert. Thanks for discussing. Wolfdog (talk) 12:52, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you as well! AJD (talk) 18:59, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It seems that this just comes down to a matter of transcriptional preference. It comes down to how Help:IPA/English works. The vs.  difference is the difference between the presence vs. the absence of the lot-cloth split, and we never transcribe the cot-caught merger (which renders the lot/cloth distinction meaningless) using the IPAc-en template. Sol505000 (talk) 20:04, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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Section 'Government and politics' incompetent
By way of describing Boston's government, it begins with a sentence naming a hyperlink apparently supposed to stand in for that purpose, and moves on. What does Boston's government comprise? Unbelievably, you never say. We don't want to interrupt our reading and go to a generic article about a "strong mayor–council" government. This is the Wikipedia article on Boston, Massachusetts, one of the world's most famous cities. We want a description of Boston's government. For that matter, what does strong mean in Boston's context? I see no explanation.

The meltdown continues. The next sentence changes the subject to secondary&mdash;nay, tertiary&mdash;topics, the present mayor's personal background; the length of a predecessor's term; etc. Those facts are fine, but get them out of there, to a place downstream in the article where, after describing Boston's government, you may then talk about the persons in it. Then, however, you do return to the government narrative, which is fine.

But then you change the topic again and mention a school committee. This, without having introduced the topic of "committees" to begin with. Are you still talking about the components of city government? Does it therefore comprise a mayor, city council, and school committee? Is Boston's government tricameral&mdash;executive, legislative, and educational? And because you failed to state how many committees there are, does Boston have only the one mentioned? Again, how many bodies does Boston's government have, and what are their names and purpose?

The second paragraph, which is about as far as I got, goes on to talk about other agencies of government. That looks fine to me.

Jimlue (talk) 07:49, 29 March 2023 (UTC)