Talk:Demopolis, Alabama

It is obvious that the person who wrote this article did not bother to dive deeper into the original history of Demopolis, Alabama. The town was originally settled by the French colonist who were searching for a settlement that was further inland for protection from the hurricanes, exploring the river along with food sources, and good soil for growing food, along with timber for building homes, and soil that had a firmer foundation rather than the swampy marches of Florida and what is known as Mobile, AL. The town was originally called The Vine and Olive Company. Later, the name was changed to Demopolis. The Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers meet on the northern edge of the town and known as the Tombigbee Black Warrior waterway. This water highway is a major water highway that empties into the Gulf of Mexico in Mobile, Alabama. The town is also known for 2 of the 13 famous "ghost" of Alabama. The town was always known to be "the Bible Belt"..along with being part of the Black Belt for it's rich soil. The town still basically shuts down on Sundays recognizing The Lord's Day of rest. As for the soil, "you plant it...it will grow" is the town's motto. People are very proud of the town and of the schools. The majority of the people work for one the 2 electric power companies, the paper mill, cement plant, or medical personnel. The rest of the locals farm, raise cattle, Settles Trucking Company, teachers, or local business owners. The town is very centered around religion, education, and sports. The people are friendly and the locals have a saying about their "coffeehouse/tables"...that is "their is always room for one more".

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Merged list into new article
I merged the section "Famous Demopolis people" into an article of its own: List of people from Demopolis, Alabama. This type of list in the article about Demopolis itself can quickly overwhelm the other content and is much easier to maintain as a list article of its own, and helpd the Demopolis article conform to Wikipedia's MOS. Altairisfartalk 20:53, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Expansion of history section
I've done an expansion of the history section, since the initial section I wrote on the colonization efforts by the French expatriates only covered the first decade. It's now up to the 1870's, but I will try to expand further as new reliable sources are found. So far, I've found very little on the period from 1875 through the modern era. Any help appreciated. Altairisfar (talk) 02:26, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

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Editing wars - pettiness
I am a citizen of Demopolis who has been trying to edit and update this article about my hometown that is so outdated it is rediculous. I have been asked by city officials to “clean up the city’s Wikipedia page” but it seems like an overzealous Wikipedia user refused to let me do that. He won’t let me edit and update the page (although I’m using proper citations to support all of my edits) yet he won’t update the page himself either. He seems content to let the city’s page sit with information, some of which is a decade inaccurate. For example, the page lists UWA as the managing partner of the Demopolis Higher Education Center when, in fact, it is Wallace Community College of Selma and has been since 2019. UWA’s partnership with the city ended in 2014 yet he wouldn’t know that because he doesn’t live here. It’s petty and ridiculous this behavior. Tristanmullen1999 (talk) 22:04, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that you are not using "proper citations to support all of my edits". You added an external URL to Laird Cottege and to The West Alabama Watchman; we don't allow external URLs in the body. You added a bunch of content that is unsourced entirely. The only thing you sourced was the US 43 upgrade, but the study that you link to doesn't support the claim that "Preliminary talks have indicated that Alabama state officials support" the plan. You will have more success achieving your goal if you make individual edit requests here on this talk page: list the sentence to be changed, what it should say, and what the source is for the new information. Schazjmd   (talk)  22:50, 26 June 2021 (UTC)