Talk:Bridgeport, Connecticut

Non-Encyclopedic content
This entry is loaded down with unsourced trivia, directory listings, municipal building listings, and other issues pretty much at odds with WP:NOT. There are very little actual sources, and even less meets WP:V. My attempts at adding cleanup templates where needed, and removing the non-encyclopedic content have been reverted for the second time in as many tries to help. This article should be gold-starred as an example of how not to write up Wikipedia entries for cities. ->Btl (talk) 04:21, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * "Mount Trashmore" is actually an important part of the urban development history of the city. While it is currently unsourced, a cursory Google search turns up a lot of sources. I'm not sure deleting it is a good idea. --Polaron | Talk 04:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * 245 Ocean Terrace fire department is not in black rock that in the west end. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.126.132.166 (talk) 04:17, 31 December 2009 (UTC)


 * The "Culture" section needs to be entirely rewritten. The information is not presented in an encyclopedic fashion and much of the information appears to be alarmingly false. The "Movies" section, for example, is drawn from a single source (IMDB) which actually appears to list movies filmed in the Bridgeport area, rather than the city proper.CampTenDMS (talk) 14:44, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Knock yourself out. You should do a comparison and see all the films I removed that aren't on the IMDB list! :-) For what it's worth, all the ones currently on there are credited with Bridgeport. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 14:47, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * According to what source? That's my point--I think the IMDB list is incorrect. Indiana Jones 4, for example, was shot in New Haven, with a scene in Essex . Where and when did it shoot in Bridgeport? I can't find any mention of the movie shooting in the city from any periodicals or official production sites. Perhaps more importantly, listing out the movies in a bulleted fashion, I think, is not aesthetically pleasing, and some of the movies are so random (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds?) that their inclusion is probably unnecessary and takes away from the fact that Bridgeport has attracted major movie productions. CampTenDMS (talk) 15:19, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds was quite a good movie and Joanne Woodward won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance in it. Do we have a policy on wikilinking these in the article by the way? Abby Kelleyite (talk) 16:07, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * As I said, knock yourself out, but verify. However, IMDB is fairly reliable and Bridgeport is cited as a filming location on many other sites such as [|Amazon]. As for bullets, they makes it a LOT easier to read. Consider List_of_television_shows_set_in_Boston. As for "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds?", have you seen the film, or do you just dismiss all non-mainstream movies? Markvs88 (talk) 16:17, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Just an FYI John Mayer didn't grow up in Bridgeport; he grew up in Fairfield. He attended Fairfield High School (now known as Fairfield Warde High School) and worked at a Mobil Station in Fairfield. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.253.5 (talk) 07:50, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Regarding its place in the Tri-state area
If it is in New York's metro area, then how does it have a metro area of its own? --&#91;&#91;User:UnknownFork&#124;&#60;span style&#61;&#34;color:green&#34;&#62;&#39;&#39;&#39;UnknownFork&#39;&#39;&#39;&#60;/span&#62;&#93;&#93; &#91;&#91;User_Talk:UnknownFork&#124;&#60;span style&#61;&#34;color:black&#34;&#62;&#39;&#39;&#39;Talk&#39;&#39;&#39;&#60;/span&#62;&#93;&#93; (talk) 01:30, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Law Enforcement in Bridgeport
I would not consider the judicial marshals as county law enforcement for several reasons: They are not POST certified and their main responsibilities are the courts (not enforcing laws). Thoughts?

Alexbloch (talk) 14:51, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Reference named "2014 Pop Estimate": From Philadelphia:  From Salt Lake City metropolitan area:  

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Sources for future article expansion
This looks like it could provide some more details on the 20th century, which many people reading up on Bridgeport's history are probably interested in: Some of the images may be out of copyright as well. — Llywelyn II   04:46, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed move of Bridgeport City Hall
Bridgeport City Hall currently describes the building now known as McLevy Hall. There is a proposal to rename the article here.  Magic ♪piano 11:43, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Connecticut Hospitals Locations
I need to find Hospital Locations close and around the town of Bridgeport ? 73.139.69.213 (talk) 19:40, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

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Re: several weeks of problematic editing
has been temporarily blocked from editing this article, for persistent disruption, including addition of unsourced and promotional content, poorly formatted images and messing up the infobox. It appears that a lot of their edits going back to early July are constructive, so I don't recommend wholesale reversion, but the article could use more eyes, and hopefully Lima16 will feel free to engage here, rather than edit war.

See for the thread at ANI. This is the conversation there to date, which gives further context:


 * Lima16 (talk · contribs) has commandeered Bridgeport [96] and to a lesser extent, Greater Bridgeport this month, receiving numerous warnings and much advice re: WP:OR, WP:NPOV, WP:UNSOURCED, formatting and addition of images. Initially they appeared willing to engage and accept suggestions, but they're now choosing to plow ahead, as at the infobox at Bridgeport. Imzadi1979 has worked hard on the image front, to little avail [97]; this is what the infobox looks like now: [98]. In short, when a small team of editors needs to ride herd like this over the course of a few weeks, [99]; [100]; [101]; [102]; [103], we have a problem. I haven't included diffs from Bridgeport because there are so many reversions. The page edit history says it all. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:F5BD (talk) 14:36, 24 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Good god, what a mess. I'll wait to see what Lima16 has to say, but everyone here needs to slow down; the history is such a garbled disaster I can't even tell what's what. Use the talkpage, it exists for a reason, and I see it's gone entirely unused on both articles; I'd happily watch over to assist with any discussions. And all this over possibly the least interesting place on earth to fight about, I can vouch for Seth McFarlane (a CT native like myself) summing it up well. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:37, 24 July 2022 (UTC)


 * A disruptive editor who doesn't communicate should probably be blocked temporarily, because it seems that's the only thing that will get their attention. This user apparently isn't aware of talk pages or their function, based on the contribution history. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, and Lima16 certainly isn't collaborating. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:19, 24 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Given that Lima16 has edited since the start of this thread, and it was more of the same, I would agree. I'm pblocking from the two pages at issue here. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:21, 24 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you, The Blade of the Northern Lights. Though I, too, am a longtime CT resident, I have no interest in the articles. Periodically I'd drop by and try to undo some of the damage via targeted surgery, rather than perform a mass reversion, in hopes that Lima would experience a learning curve. Mass reversion is always an option should you decide the overall disruption outweighs the positives. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:F5BD (talk) 22:50, 24 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't want to do a mass revert because the history is so jumbled, and I don't want to break anything in the process (not the most technically minded person, to put it mildly), but I have no objection to anyone who wants to. I'll certainly help out with any talkpage discussions, which I hope are forthcoming, I have no great feelings towards the individual articles. And to the extent there's an issue over images, I'd happily split the baby and just upload a few pictures myself; I'm more familiar with the place than sometimes I wish I was, wouldn't be a big deal to do some guerilla-style photography where needed. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:04, 25 July 2022 (UTC)


 * A quick look at Bridgeport prior to Lima's edits suggests--to me, at least--that much of what they've added is largely constructive (notwithstanding promotional and junk edits I removed a week or so ago). Mass reversion probably isn't a solution. I'll start a thread on the talk page today or tomorrow, with a link to this discussion. The offer to add your own photos is much appreciated; though during much of the year I travel through the city by train, I don't have occasion to stop there. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:F5BD (talk) 14:13, 25 July 2022 (UTC)


 * This is definitely a sort-of WP:THEYCANTHEARYOU situation, so a PBLOCK was 100% the right call. Lima seems to sometimes edit from a desktop/laptop, so hopefully they'll be able to take this time to communicate better and listen to feedback. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 17:11, 25 July 2022 (UTC) 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:F5BD (talk) 19:13, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

As the admin who carried out the administrative actions related to this, I'm happy to help out with any discussion. I don't actually want to block anyone, but I have already and I will as needed. Thank you for starting a thread here, hope other people will comment. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 17:05, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you. As you noted in the rationale for a longer block, Lima16 returned and pretty much picked up where they left off, without acknowledging the ANI report or engaging here or at their user talk page. As before, today's contributions were a mixed bag, but in general, along with the persistently poor formatting of images and infoboxes and other assorted edits requiring cleanup, the intent has always leaned toward the promotional end of the scale. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:F5BD (talk) 17:21, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Let's discuss the infobox stylistic choices
For context : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bridgeport,_Connecticut&diff=prev&oldid=1139672420 User:Magnolia677 claims I am being disruptive with my persistent editing in making the Bridgeport, CT infobox more like New York City and claims we "must come to a consensus to make such a change". I disagree with this as New York City's infobox was changed by User:Xeror (please see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_York_City&oldid=1111507444 | This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Xeror (talk | contribs) at 09:48, 21 September 2022 (Better way to caption photo montage; Keep only shape in maplink for simplicity). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.).

My interactive map was also removed without any good reason. Let's use this talk page to discuss if we want to revert to my edits that appear similar to NYC's infobox captions and interactive map, but I do not agree with User:Magnolia677's over-exertion of his/her power here.

I apologize, it seems there was some slight discussion on the topic for new york city's stylistic choices on their infobox captions :
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:New_York_City/Archive_19#Photo_montage_captions
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cities#Selection_of_a_specific_montage_style

Regardless, I do not agree with the removal of my interactive maps. They did not appear to be disruptive in any way. I'd like to hear everyone's opinion on this though.

Bloodclotboy12 (talk) 20:27, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

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Resources about the 1911 train accident
I found some resources about a 1911 train accident: WhisperToMe (talk) 06:48, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * https://bportlibrary.org/hc/sports/bridgeport-train-wreck-july-11-1911/
 * https://connecticuthistory.org/bridgeports-catastrophic-1911-train-wreck/
 * Final accident report: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/47990

Bridgeport Connecticut Places of Worship
I have moved the following discussion here from my talk page. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:02, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

You wrote in your reversion: "Removed non-notable list of churches; there is nothing at WP:USCITIES that supports the addition. Please discuss before adding back"

I just looked over WP:USCITIES, both visually and in a text editor using a search function for keywords. I see no mention of places of worship at all. Religion is mentioned only as a demographic. ''There is nothing - that I can see - that prohibits the addition and therefore there is nothing that supports the removal. Notability or non-notability with regards to places of worship is not defined anywhere in WP:USCITIES. Furthermore, I would submit that a synagogue and a church sharing the same building - one of the largest places of worship in the city - is'' notable. Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 23:21, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Please take a moment to read WP:VNOT, which seems to cover this. Also, I have found two brief discussions about this: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline/Archive 1 and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline/Archive 4, where the consensus seems to be to add only notable churches, or for large cities, a summary, such as the number of churches and their denomination.  I looked on Google Maps and there are about 20 churches in Bridgeport.  Picking one of them, and then edit warring to keep it in the article, seems WP:UNDUE.  Would you consider reverting your edit until a consensus could be reached?  Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:39, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I will read VNOT later today. Please note that I did not intend to do anything UNDUE, if I wanted a list of houses of worship I would have put up all 20 (PS: hence why I added the 'incomplete list' template). All I was doing was trying to preserve information that had long been in the Fairfield article but no longer belonged there, because this church had relocated into Bridgeport. Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 14:43, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, I think the charge of 'edit warring' is undue. When I reposted the change I did so after searching for and adding a better citation. I was trying to make you happy with an improvement. Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 16:57, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Non-sequitur
The article currently has the following two consecutive sentences:


 * Mayor Ganim has served the city seven terms since first taking office in 1991. After his release from prison in 2015, Ganim announced his mayoral campaign to serve a sixth term in office.

This is of course nonsense. He either announced for an eighth term in 2015 or he only served five terms before prison. Could someone from this Trumpian-like town (and thus knows the facts of the matter) correct the record? Unschool 19:02, 21 January 2024 (UTC)