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Sbmeirow (talk) 08:21, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Crappy city
Somebody should mention the fact that Stephen Colbert called Canton one of the crappiest cities in the world. This is not vandalism - this is relevant. It should be mentioned in a professional manner, though... 99.239.196.88 (talk) 03:57, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but no, it isn't relevant. It happened 10 minutes ago. If any media pick this up, then it might possibly become relevant. Cmprince (talk) 04:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, it could be put under trivia --68.38.152.165 (talk) 04:08, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

-This is relevant. The town was mentioned on Stephen Colbert's TV show and that deserves an entry "in popular culture" or similar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.3.49.238 (talk) 05:48, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

The fact that events which happened 10 minutes ago are in Wikipedia are what makes it better than traditional encyclopedias. 70.119.94.123 (talk) 05:51, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

- I agree. It should be kept, but redacted in an encyclopedic style. A "popular culture" entry would be fine. Also, "crappy city" and other insultive references should be - if not removed, at least quoted. Logain2006 (talk) 06:56, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Probably a Kansas paper will pick the story up, and when it does, it should be cited. Fishal (talk) 13:42, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * And without any references, it doesn't belong here: and without Kansas information, the Georgia bit is totally irrelevant to the Kansas city. Nyttend (talk) 13:47, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hereis an article on this, and here is another, both from the Kansas-based KWCH. CNN posted a video on this, citing Canton, "Kansas, residents are fuming over Stephen Colbert's comments about their town."  I still don't know that it's relevant, though, but I guess one could see how it develops. --TheFinalFraek (talk) 13:56, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


 * And now that it's cited, the info should stay. Fishal (talk) 00:10, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Real estate agent
The current text reads "Mrs. M.D. Fisher" for the real estate agent's name. Although this is against standard practice (we speak of Bush or President Bush, not Mr. Bush), this I believe to be the right usage: the source is a newspaper from 1963, at which time it would likely be the normal practice to refer to the agent by her husband's initials. Therefore, I don't think we have any way to know (unless another source is provided) for sure that these were her own initials. Nyttend (talk) 00:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * You're almost certainly correct about this but, absent another reliable source, my inclination would be to let this stand as is for the time being. (And piecing even that much of the article together from the newspaper archives was no fun, let me tell you.) - Dravecky (talk) 00:36, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry for being unclear: I was attempting to say that I believe that it should remain this way. Nyttend (talk) 00:38, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

The Origin of Its Name
Does anyone know why this and a number of other American cities got the name Canton? Do these names have anything to do with the Chinese city Guangzhou, whose traditional English name was Canton? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Queen of GEMS (talk • contribs) 10:27, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

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