Talk:Charlottesville, Virginia

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Press Release?
The UVA stuff reads like a press release. Wikipedia's purpose is to serve as an encyclopedia, not an advertisement. I removed some of the POV language from the description.

Accuracy of Mosby and Lewis Birthplaces
Which pages are correct?
 * The page on Meriwether Lewis claims he was born "in Albemarle County, Virginia (near Charlottesville)", not in Charlottesville.
 * The page on John S. Mosby claims he was born in Powhatan County.

Lewis was born in Albemarle County, near Charlottesville. I rode my school bus everyday past the historical marker of Lewis' birthplace on the way to Meriwether Lewis Elementary School. Its quite close to the small town of Ivy.RebelAt 22:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Any school child in Albemarle knows that both Lewis & Clark were born in Albemarle, Lewis near Ivy (I, too, rode my school bus past the historical marker) and Clark a stone's throw from the modern city borders. It confuses things that Charlottesville was, at the time, only a few square miles, and Albemarle was four times bigger. Charlottesville grew once it was named the county seat (replacing Scottsville), at the time that the overly-large Albemarle was subdivided.

Here's a picture and a map of the location of the historical marker, confirming the location of Lewis' birth. And here's the historical marker for Mosby, showing that he was born in Powhatan, but moved to Charlottesville at the age of 8.

McGuffey
What is meant by this statement:


 * Also, William McGuffey lived in Charlottesville while serving as a professor at the University, but  no one really knows who William McGuffey was .

He is certainly well known enough in Charlottesville to have had a school named after him.

Went in and erased the second part of the above sentence. The article link from his name pretty much explains who exactly was our Mr. McGuffey.RebelAt 22:43, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Rob Garland
A cheesy attempt at marketing by a local photogapher. Don't abuse the good will of Wikipedia. Shame, shame, shame on you.

Failed GA
As of November 19, 2006, I am sorry, but I must fail this article for the following reasons (although failure may not be limited to these reasons):

1. It is well written. In this respect:

(a) it has compelling prose, and is readily comprehensible to non-specialist readers; (b) it follows a logical structure, introducing the topic and then grouping together its coverage of related aspects; where appropriate, it contains a succinct lead section summarising the topic, and the remaining text is organised into a system of hierarchical sections (particularly for longer articles); (c) it follows the Wikipedia Manual of Style including the list guideline; (d) necessary technical terms or jargon are briefly explained in the article itself, or an active link is provided.


 * The history portion of the article contains very little background about Charlottesville itself; most of the information is about people who are claimed to have come from the city.


 * Although the writing is certainly comprehensible, I would not consider it compelling.


 * Manual of Style errors include some of the section headings. Also, there are too many external links.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable. In this respect:

(a) it provides references to any and all sources used for its material; (b) the citation of its sources using an accepted form of inline citation is required (this criterion is disputed by editors on Physics and Mathematics pages who have proposed a subject-specific guideline on citation, as well as some other editors — see talk page); (c) sources should be selected in accordance with the guidelines for reliable sources; (d) it contains no elements of original research.

and "It is home to the Downtown Mall, one of the longest outdoor pedestrian malls in the nation..." Full references are required by Wikipedia.
 * Much material has not been referenced and therefore cannot be verified; for example, "Edgar Allan Poe lived in the city..."

Conclusion: I believe this article can become a Good Article with some work. More background about Charlottesville itself is definitely required, and more statements must be referenced. The only other issue is that the Manual of Style should be reviewed. Still, the article could use some more expansions, as some sections are stubs (Education). With a good bit of work, this article may be renominated. Dhastings 02:45, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Removed
I removed the following:

Charlottesville has become way too pretentious. At one time it was a great hippy, intellectual community, now it is the land of the snobs and errogant. It is divided between the haves and have nots. The City overassessed the property values to bring in a larger tax base and drove the housing costs up. As a result the city is now fully gentrified. This has caused the crime rate to go up 11% in 2006, the housing market to be saturated, the homeless population to increase, traffic to be more than the infrastructure to manage and the wonderful rural landscape to be destroyed by devlopers. True Charlottesvillians are very upset, and fellow Wiki's need to know this. That's the truth.

That is considered vandalism right?

Aidepikiwym 19:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No, its not vandalism, per se. Its non sourced POV, which makes its removal a proper action. ~ (The Rebel At) ~  22:16, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of City Seal
Anyone know why this was deleted? Fair use doctrine is pretty wide across all of Wikipedia for such usage and virtually every town, city, county, and state, articles make exactly the same uses. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 22:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC) ___________________________________________________________________________

Changed 'King George III of England'. England and Scotland became one country in 1707 (by mutual consent) so King George III was King of the United Kingdom. Just as Elizabeth II is not 'Queen of England' as some people are so fond of saying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.44.1 (talk) 13:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Re-ordered the sections.
The order of the sections was:
 * Geography and history
 * Attractions & culture
 * Notable people of Charlottesville
 * Sports
 * Media
 * Transportation
 * Rail transportation
 * Demographics
 * Education
 * Sister cities
 * References
 * External links

I changed it to:
 * Geography and history
 * Attractions & culture
 * Sports
 * Transportation
 * Rail transportation
 * Media
 * Education
 * Demographics
 * Notable people of Charlottesville
 * Sister cities
 * References
 * External links

In my previous edit, I made a new Transportation section by expanding the transportation info that was in the Intro. Also I made the long Rail section a subsection of Transportation.

I re-ordered the sections to de-emphasize the "Notable people" section. See the "Failed GA" critique above: "most of the information is about people who are claimed to have come from the city."

I grouped Media with Education. The order is still sort of random, but less random than before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colfer2 (talk • contribs) 05:40, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Notable Blogs
The blogs listed under Media are: "cvillenews.com by Waldo Jaquith, theHook.net by the Hook weekly and cVillain.com by the community members." I undid this addition: ", a media property of local boutique investment bank, DeParis Redinger LLC(link), with content created solely by the community."

A user commented about my undo on my User Talk page. The comment said:
 * The last line of the local media blogs states each blog/url with the content owner: readthehook-hook, cvillenews-waldo, how is cVillain-DeParis Redinger any different?

WaldoJ responded:
 * Better not to credit me at all, IMHO, than go down the road of crediting each owner of each named blog. Honestly, I'm not sure that any of us ought to be listed at all. I can't see why any of these three blogs should be listed in an entry about something as broad as the entire city.--WaldoJ 18:43, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Any other opinions? The addition did not seem notable to me. I visited the linked Deparis website http://www.depred.com and Googled also to an article about its acquisition of the cVillain blog: http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064420311&ShowArticle_ID=11432910074040841 as well as a press release. Still didn't seem notable to me, more promotional. "Waldo Charlottesville" has a lot deeper Google results.

And are these really the top 3 blogs? I won't comment on quality, just notability. Waldo, don't you know a site that ranks them?

Opinions? For now, I will add CvilleBlogs.com, it lists all 3 in question + many more. - Colfer2 19:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * There really is no fair, objective ranking. For instance, while my site comes out on top in a PageRank comparison, one really can't measure the impact of a site locally using PageRank. My site likewise comes out on top with regard to incoming links but, again, that isn't a fair metric given the paucity of strictly local websites inclined to link to other strictly local websites. How long a site has existed likewise favors my site but also isn't a reasonable metric. (C-Ville Weekly has existed far longer than The Hook, but I can't see that one has a greater impact than the other.)


 * Linking to Charlottesville Blogs seems like a reasonable solution, although even that's not fair of me to say, since I run that site, too. I wish I could provide some feedback other than what's not fair, but that's all I've got. :)--WaldoJ 23:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I reverted the addition a blog called outskirts.com because it did not have much activity on it and Googling showed not much popularity. Not notable. Colfer2 (talk) 23:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Musicians
What is a good new band policy? Once this section was totally out of hand with unknown bands mixed with well known bands in no particular order. So we alphabetized it and removed any musicians without their own Wikipedia pages. Simple enough criteria. What now? Sons of Bill is pretty notable, they've been reviewed a lot, etc., but have no Wikipedia page yet. I deleted the addition of their link on Charlottesville, Virginia with this comment: "Removed new musician without a wikipedia page. Make a new wikipage, if it does not get deleted after a week, link to it here. Otherwise it gets totally out of hand. Or argue it in discussion." Will that work? Wait to see if obscure band's new page gets deleted??????? Colfer2 (talk) 05:58, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Somebody from a musictoday.com IP (24.75.69.134) added Don Barnes of 38 Special. Any support for that? -Colfer2 (talk) 15:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I've never heard of either the guy or the band, FWIW. I see that the band was big when I was a wee lad, though, so that may be why.--WaldoJ (talk) 20:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Break Out Notable People?
Perhaps it's time to establish a separate entry for notable people from C'ville? (To pick a city at random, List of people from Seattle, Washington performs the same function for Seattle.) There really have been a substantial number of notables from here over the centuries, and the list is getting a bit unwieldy. Any support/objections?--WaldoJ (talk) 21:11, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Support... ;)  Queerbubbles  |  Leave me Some Love  21:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * At its present size, I definitely support. Create a small paragraph highlighting perhaps three or four of the really famous folks, like Jefferson for example, and just paste the link to the new article above it. ~ (The Rebel At) ~  22:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Funny thing. This page already exists, it's just that nobody (apparently) knows about it. Since the matter was settled before I ever brought it up, I'll add the appropriate category tag to all of the pages listed directly on the Charlottesville entry, remove all of the names from this entry, and then add a link to the category.--WaldoJ (talk) 02:01, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Way to do some legwork there, babe. Wooty on not making a redundant page.  :)   Queerbubbles  |  Leave me Some Love  11:05, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm actually mixed. Since its really a category page, versus an article page, there's a limit on what information is available.  One cannot differentiate by profession or why these individuals are notable without following up on the individual's personal page.  The category serves the purpose on the most basic and barest level.  I think an actual article would be an improvement. ~ (The Rebel At) ~  12:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Since my interest was simply in getting all of that stuff off the article page, all I can offer is a hearty handshake and a clap on the back. :) But I do agree that the category page does have the shortcomings that you describe. --WaldoJ (talk) 12:58, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, categories aren't really used in place of content in Wikipedia, so the removal of text may have been a bit hasty, but then again WP:BOLD, so I'm glad you took action on that preening list of names. As for categories, usually there is a sub-article, summarized in the main article, apart from any categories.  "People from Charlottesville" would not be a sub-article, but, say "Charlottesville musicians", or "Charlottesville bigwigs we like to name drop on" would be. The best way is the integrate the names into the article in real sentences and paragraphs, rather than a list.  You mentioned Seattle, and that's what Seattle looks like, with a sub-article too, Arts in Seattle.  Also, mention of "Wikipedia" itself (now in the "See also") is to be avoided, as I understand it. -Colfer2 (talk) 15:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * D'oh. Well, thank god for WP:BOLD. :) I've just retitled that "See also" link, but it's just goofy. The fact that I can't think of good text (or find decent examples) tells me that I might be doing something I shouldn't be.--WaldoJ (talk) 16:56, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it looks just fine... but then again, people dont normally ask me. So, yeah.  :P   Queerbubbles  |  Leave me Some Love  17:15, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Until someone wants to write all those name-y people into a narrative paragraph, I think the article is fine like it is. We have an interesting music scene, from UVa & Tuesday Evening to endless student glee clubs to CHS's award-winning bands to various takes on hillbilly (serious & less so), rock, r&b, music resource center, hiphop, jazz, brazilian, etc. I'm feeling too lazy to write it up now. :) With refs! -Colfer2 (talk) 17:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think its really required (short of making a perfect article) to put all the names into a long narrative paragraph, at least not initially. Like one of my good faith promises (that seem to die to a busy schedule), I'll certainly try to create an article (as well a blurb on the main page) sometime in the next two weeks or so unless someone beats me to it. ~ (The Rebel At) ~  12:54, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I went back, copied the list from the main page and dropped it into its own article as a list, here. I also added a small paragraph under demographics with the above link.  Please feel free to edit the paragraph, I don't feel its as good as it could be.  The list, though, at least sorts names by type of importance and allows for blurbs on who the folks are if their names do not make such as readily apparent. ~ (The Rebel At) ~  14:31, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Nicknames
As someone who grew up in Charlottesville, I'm familiar with "C'ville" and "Hoo-ville (more a sports nickname)," but I'm completely unfamiliar with the nickname "The Hook." I'm aware of the free newszine, The Hook, and their website states that the city earned it due to the propensity of UVa students getting C's on their report cards. A google search only reveals the assertion connected to the newszine The Hook (referencing why it chose that name). Can anyone shed any light on this nickname? I simply find it odd that I could spend the first 18 years of my life, plus yearly visits home to the folks, without ever hearing of it. Is there some sort of UVa institutional traditional nickname? ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 19:37, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It was more common in the 1950s I think and has a dual meaning, the second being people who move to Cville and get stuck. These days it's probably said about as often as "Frisco" is for San Fran, that is, not much. -Colfer2 (talk) 19:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * i thought the supposed nickname of the city being the hook was just made-up and ad-spam by the makers of the newspaper the hook since i'd never heard of the city having that name. Cramyourspam (talk) 19:36, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * note the unsourced nickname 'The Hook' reappears on the info box. it was sourced --but to a now missing article.  the article was in the news-magazine 'The Hook' --the publication 'The Hook' claiming that the city is called 'The Hook' still seems self-promotional and as far as i know, no one other than the staff of 'The Hook' say charlottesville is known as 'The Hook.'  maybe they'd just ~like~ it to be nicknamed 'The Hook.'  anyone got a source other than 'The Hook'? Cramyourspam (talk) 15:05, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Remove schools in albemarle?
With all the recent edits to the education section, I am ashamed to admit I did not previously notice that many of the schools listed are in Albemarle County. They should be (re)moved from this page, and unless I hear any objections, I think I may do that. B.S. Lawrence (talk) 15:30, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Done, but would really appreciate someone double-checking this. Not sure the close ones are correct boundary-wise. B.S. Lawrence (talk) 15:09, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Anon. editor just placed (and incorrectly formatted) Tandem Friends here -- I think that's in the county where I had placed it before; therefore I removed it. If this was an attempt to correct per my request above, can you also remove from the county page? (We can help format if you have problems with that). B.S. Lawrence (talk) 17:09, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * with so much concern about removing county schools from the city article (the state of virginia does often separate city from county government), maybe the bit about monticello should be deleted too? i'm pretty sure it is in the county. Cramyourspam (talk) 19:37, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Inclined to agree. -- B.S. Lawrence (talk) 15:09, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
 * or maybe under schools, add a 'schools in surrounding albemarle county' and put those deleted schools back in. if the logic of 'it is in the county not the city, so delete it' is followed fully, then the presidents need to leave the list of notable residents --since i'm pretty sure they were in the county.  maybe asterisks to denote county-dwellers.  there's no stopping the popular opinion that thomas jefferson is 'from charlottesville,' even though to be strict he's a county guy.  i'm turning toward inclusion of county material, with some sort of low-priority notation about county. i'm sure charlottesville would hate to lose its distinction as 'home' of those presidents.  not like they're going to haul down the presidential portrait sculptures from their CITY hall.Cramyourspam (talk) 14:58, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I can't see that it makes any sense for the Charlottesville page to be maintaining a list of Albemarle schools. (There should be one canonical listing on Wikipedia.) I think it's perfectly sensible, though, to link to the listing of schools on the entry for Albemarle.--WaldoJ (talk) 02:52, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 16 July 2012 - adding links to unlinked content
I'd like to have added some links to the various organizations listed on the page. For example:

In the Media section: Blue ridge outdoors: http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/ Charlottesville Family Living: http://www.charlottesvillefamily.com/ Albemarle Magazine: http://www.albemarlemagazine.com/

If I were able to edit it, I would likely add more. Perhaps later.

Thanks!

Sswanson (talk) 02:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: per WP:ELNO #13, "Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject" should be avoided. Also, according to WP:ELPOINTS #2, external links should generally not be added to the body of an article. Thanks for asking, though! David  1217  What I've done 04:31, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Transportation - Bicycle routes
Under the heading transportation, I believe the Charlottesville Wikipedia article ought to mention U.S. Bicycle Route 76 (AKA TransAmerica Bike Route), which passes through the city of Charlottesville and Albemarle County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bicycle_Route_76).

In addition, Charlottesville was rated a "Silver" Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=635&recordid=1864&returnURL=%2FIndex.aspx This significant because it is only of only 39 communities nationwide and 2 in the state that are rated Silver. http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/communities/pdfs/bfc_master_list_spring2012.pdf


 * If you can find a reliable source about that info, feel free to add it! David  1217  What I've done 22:57, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Revised 2000 Census Figures
Changed the 2000 population from 45,049 (the original 2000 Census figure) to 40,099, the revised Census figure. The City challenged the original figure as too high due to overcounting students and won the challenge. The revised figure makes significantly more sense with the others in terms of the development trend in the city.

Source: http://esb.ccs.k12.va.us/attachments/8084bc46-fc25-4373-a243-e9ab0e58d22e.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.4.188.49 (talk) 01:17, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Notable People
I modified the entry for Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche to reflect that he and his family are no longer living in the area. I cannot find a reference, however, to the fact that they ever lived in Charlottesville proper. I believe that to be the case but I know Serenity Ridge is in Nelson County (Shipman) and not Charlottesville. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boscodegama (talk • contribs) 19:55, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

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Racist Lies?
I noticed a posting on May 28th 2017 was removed and the removal comment was "racist lies". While the addition could have been worded better, it absolutely provided citations from both the FBI and investigative articles from the NYT backing up the statement. Just because those truthful and validated citations may offend does not mean they aren't accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.207.141.47 (talk) 21:02, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

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Terrorist attack
I think the 2017 Charlottesville attack should be listed on here somewhere. – Nixinova ⟨T|C⟩ 08:06, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Hatnote update
Right now, Charlottesville is extremely notable for the protests. It is appropriate to link to the hatnote, as this article is near the top of many search results for "Charlottesville". Anyone not sure they reached the correct city will find the link helpful. –Zfish118⋉talk 22:19, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Incorrect Number of injured in Charlottesville terrorist attack
The number of injured, cited as 19, is incorrect. That figure, though often cited, only included people taken to UVA hospital. 11 other people were taken to Martha Jefferson hospital for injuries related to the car attack.

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2018 current city council
Just noticed this hasn't been updated yet. Pegazzani (talk) 13:34, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 January 2018
the modern history part is full of unconfirmed allegations and politically charged language. left wing extremists are rewriting history in their image, facts and evidence are ignored. wikipedia degenerates into nothing but propaganda this way.

they are constantly removing this version to establish their own narrative:

Modern history
In August 2017, the city was the site of the "Unite the Right rally", organized by far right groups to protest against the removal of the Robert Edward Lee Sculpture in Lee Park. After the rally, a white nationalist collided with a road block consisting of stopped cars and armed protesters, allegedly resulting in the death of one protester and injuring 19 others. 2003:6:53D3:1D95:7595:444E:A59B:4E9D (talk) 02:51, 27 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Your entire passage is propagandist, serving a point of view that's well outside the mainstream. El_C 03:03, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:. Wikipedia deals in fact, not fantasy. Rivertorch FIREWATER  19:46, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Unite the Right Rally
The rally certainly was a newsworthy event, and deserves mention in this article. However, as written the article gives undue weight to this event just because it happened recently. The rally was not 5 times more important than, e.g., the 1958 closure of public schools, yet it is given 5 times the space and prominence. The rally already has its own very detailed Wikipedia entry. A very brief summary--of similar length to the mention of the 1958 events--should be included in the subsection titled "Notable Religious and Racial Events." That summary should link to the main article about the rally. The rest of the material about the rally should be deleted: it's already well-covered in its own article, and it distorts the History section of the Charlottesville article.Apruzan (talk) 19:11, 25 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hear, hear! deisenbe (talk) 19:59, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree that this is a major example of recentism. Go ahead and remove the material you feel is inappropriate. Natureium (talk) 14:17, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you both. Someone else had already edited the verbiage and removed one or two of the photos; all I did was remove the heading that made it a separate subsection; it is more appropriate as a part of the preceding subsection.Apruzan (talk) 21:02, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Government
Seeing that Charlottesville is an independent city, it would be great if someone could offer an explanation, specific to Charlotteville, how certain government functions, normally attributed to the county level, are handled. For example, courts, district attorney, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.189.21.155 (talk) 13:25, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

"Justice Park" listed at Redirects for discussion
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