Talk:Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Advert (April 22, 2007)
Why is elaborating on this tourist town's tourist shopping, lodging, entertainment, etc... opportunities advertising? I have no interest in a particular business in the area. Rather, I am simply trying to help interested inquirers learn more about this great city. unsigned message by User:Kingkoin
 * Because it is not neutral, impartial information, but boosterism, as your own words ("this great city") prove. -- Orange Mike 18:40, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

What do we need to do with this page? Umtc2011 9:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Re-write it into an article suitable for an encyclopedia rather than a Tourist Guide. Mercilessly trim the boosterism, peacock words, etc., in favor of impartial information about history, business, government, industry, etc., in proper proportion. The present version is blatantly tourism-oriented and not at all impartial. -- Orange Mike 03:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. mitcho/芳貴 19:42, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

References (April 23, 2007)
I suggest we go to heck with Googling "Detroit Lakes, Minnesota". There are mostly tourist-geared sites, which User:Kingkoin undoubtedly used as sources to do nothing but advertise for the city. However, the Becker County Historical Society might help, as will the city of Detroit Lakes webpage, which has good information on government, history, schools, churches, etc. The page is one of the only sites about Detroit Lakes, Minnesota that provides neutral, encyclopedia-worthy information that I have found. Link: www.ci.detroit-lakes.mn.us Hope this helps! Umtc2011 11:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, Umtc2011. In fact, I am concerned Kingkoin may be connected to the King Koin chain of laundromats in the area, including in Detroit Lakes, and possibly having a vested interest in business listings in the article. mitcho/芳貴 19:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

www.ci.detroit-lakes.mn.us is the place to go. The city has an interesting school system that appears to be worthy of mention in the article. user:Kingkoin did put together a decent section about the schools, but peacock words must be trimmed, as you mentioned, User:Orange Mike. Umtc2011 12:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

In my google efforts, I've located the sites which Kingkoin incorrectly cited. I've checked the info and much of the information he/she provided and it is largely correct and accurate, so I've tried to correctly format it but I can't seem to get it to show up properly in the reference section I added at the end. Anyone able to help with this? We still need to neutralize and completely rewrite the business/industry sections that Kingkoin created. I must say, however, that the section on schools, recreation, etc... are fairly well put together and do not need our immediate attention. Our focus must be on the business-related segments of the page for now. Umtc2011 17:31, 25 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed references. mitcho/芳貴 23:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks for correcting my reference issues. Like I stated earlier, I am new to the program. Economic info. can possibly be found using the city's webpage, but nothing elaborate. That's why I used the tourist-geared websites (through Jack Chivers Realty and the chamber of commerce, I believe) to create the economic section. Kingkoin

Removing Advert? (April 25, 2007)
Do we all agree that we can remove the Advert tag from the page, given its current form? I'm up for it. mitcho/芳貴 23:43, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I think it's taking shape; there's alot of work to do, but I believe we have cut out a the bulk of the peacock language and all of the advertising. It's looking better. Umtc2011 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Business/Industry (April 25, 2007)
Any ideas on how to go about building the business/industry section? Is that even what we want to title the entire section, or do we want to stick with "economics," as was previously in place? We literally must build it from scratch, so I'm not sure how to go about doing so. Umtc2011 03:00 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm expanding this section as much as I can, using the small amount of information provided on the city webpage. Is this sufficient? By the way, as stated on my userpage, I was formerly known as Umtc2011, but somehow my password was vandalized, changed, etc... I don't know how this happened, but I can no longer access this account. UMINN44 21:54 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Page Layout/Organization (May 7,2007)
What do you guys think about the sidebar? I know we deleted a previous poorly put together info box, but this one seems to organize everything pretty nicely by getting those random logos together (i.e. city logo, dotted map, etc...). UMINN44

No Sources Tag-Should it be removed Now (May 7, 2007)
What is everyone's feelings regarding the lack of reliable sources tag? I've added sources to most info currently on the page. Should the tag be removed at this point, as most info is now supported by sources? UMINN44 3:18 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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