Talk:Calendar Islands

History and Number
From the Casco Bay article, I see:

Obviously there is disagreement about the '365 islands' bit. Seems that reference above backs up the "far less" position. Any evidence to oppose? I suggest the history of Capt John Smith from that article be added to the Calendar Islands article regardless. Also, it should reflect +/- on the '365 islands' assertion... and if no evidence to oppose can be found, we should change it. Discussion? Isoxyl 13:32, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Who are you going to believe? A resident of Maine, or a Conde Nast writer in New York?  No sarcasm--just making a point.  The article you reffered to was not written by a resident of any of the islands, or even Maine.  It was written by a staff writer at Conde Nast Publications, at the 4 Times Square Building in NYC.  Most of the stuff he began with was folk lore, which is mentioned on the Long Island page.  As for the discussion below, merge if you feel its better for the Encyclopedia, with a redirect for CALENDAR ISLANDS.  That's my 7 cents!  Livin&#39; Large 17:48, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Merge
I suggest we do Merge this with Casco Bay, and place a redirect from Calendar Islands to there. There is no unique information here. Isoxyl 17:12, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed.Econrad 17:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree. I think this is worthy of a seperate article.  What is with you people and merging or deleting shit anyway? Almost Famous 17:42, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * One -- no one has merged or deleted anything, as far as I can tell. Just posted a suggestion to do so, to provoke discussion.  Don't take these things as personal attacks.  If the Wikipedia is intended to be a repository for 'truth,' then we have an obligation to attempt to make things as true as possible.  So, if the Calendar Islands are genuinely worthy of an article unto themselves, I invite you to develop this article into something worthy of a separate article.  As far as I can tell, the Calendar Islands are a name for the islands of Casco Bay.  Since the Casco Bay article is not very large and could deal with quite a bit of fleshing-out, and the islands therein are the major component of said article, it seems that the better thing (IMHO) would be to flesh out Casco Bay and not put effort into developing two different but highly related separate articles.  So -- I suggest that you detail reasons why the Bay needs a separate article from the Islands therein, or flesh out one or both articles enough to demonstrate the utility of having two articles. Isoxyl 20:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I have 3 points to add:
 * The former Maine state historian personally debunked the '365 islands' myth.
 * Two users "discussing" this issue are sockpuppets.
 * "Calendar islands" is simply another name for Casco Bay, so I see no reason to have 2 articles about the same thing. Especially, as pointed out above, Casco Bay, Maine has plenty of room for expansion.
 * Econrad 20:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * The Calendar Islands are the group of islands, rocks, and ledges that litterl Casco Bay, they are not one in the same. But as I said before, if it works better as one article, than by all means. Also, I am not impressed by the Maine Historian, there is very little logic, and absolutely no solid proof provided to debunk the 365 "myth."  Livin&#39; Large 18:53, 27 May 2006 (UTC)