Talk:Kent, Ohio

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Place name
What do people think of the following in Interesting Facts?

...held in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia|Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Wouldn't it be better as Berkeley Springs, West Virginia? Or possibly Berkeley Springs, West Virginia? I looked in the style guide, and didn't see an answer there. But what is above with the pipe in between seems unclear to me. Others have edited this in the past, and I wanted to bring it up before editing again. What do you think? Carlif 01:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Tree City
Is Kent really called the Tree City due to Davey Tree? Or is it because of its longtime recognition under the Tree City USA program? --DangApricot (talk) 13:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Growing up here, as far as I have heard and read, it's due to John Davey as he planted a bunch of trees around town and then, of course, established Kent as the headquarters of his company. The source (which is now a dead link) in this article dates Kent officially being proclaimed the "Tree City of Ohio" by the state legislature back in 1949, so it was likely being referred to as the "Tree City" well before then (Davey Tree was established in 1880). Kent has only been a Tree City USA for 23 years and I'm not sure how old that program is, but from their website it seems about 30 years old.  --JonRidinger (talk) 17:55, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Leno source
Please, folks... some restraint here. If it is true that "[W]ikipedia does not go by the claims of one person of "tape' proof", it is certainly true that Wikipedia does not allow one editor to repeatedly remove a disputed claim because s/he is not satisfied by the source offered. Note your dispute with the claim, and let's move on, please.  Through consensus and reliable sources, we'll work it out. -- JeffBillman (talk) 05:03, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah all we need is a Reliable Source, not links of jay leno and the show, thats just proving the show exist, not that an episode with the claim exist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Methron (talk • contribs) 21 February 2009


 * Look again at the citation. First of all, it's a collection of links that, technically speaking, do not "prove" that the show exists; never mind that the existence of the show is not relevant to this article.  Secondly, the citation is an effort to substantiate the claim made in the article; a claim, frankly, that was already substantiated by another source.  (I.e. that Kent's water received awards.)  If you doubt this claim, the proper thing to do would be to dispute the claim.  The most improper thing to do would be to remove it, and revert others' edits more than thrice, as you did.  You should note that very clearly violates Wikipedia policy. -- JeffBillman (talk) 05:24, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

A Class
With the unfourtunate failure of this article at FAC, I have, per membership of WP:CITIES, pushed this article to A Class as it is clearly an A Class article with all the work done at FAC. Per consensus, I have also pushed the class of the WP:OH template to A Class as well. -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 04:24, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Esplanade mention
I see that the Kent Central Gateway is mentioned in the Infrastructure section, but it seems that the whole esplanade is notable enough to be mentioned somewhere in the article due to the scope, even if it is still under construction. Mapsax (talk) 16:25, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's mostly a matter of just updating the article. When this got FA status, all of that stuff was still in the planning stages.  The Esplanade has existed for several years now and is part of the Portage Hike & Bike Trail (which is mentioned).  What's under construction is the Esplanade Extension, connecting it to downtown Kent. I have been meaning to do an update of the article anyway, but was waiting for everything to be done or close to done rather than constantly updating the article.  --JonRidinger (talk) 18:14, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, it's a bit clearer now. I haven't been sure about the changes, since I've only been back to Kent three times since moving out in '98, the last in May 2010, and am piecing things together from what I read in the Record-Courier. In fact, that's the primary reason why I came to the article in the first place this time, as a WP user, not an editor. That said, since it seems that the complexion of the area from downtown to the university has changed enough that a mention seems appropriate now; it can be altered however much when the project is finished. Mapsax (talk) 04:17, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Kent State Visitors' Center
I'm currently reanimating the broken links on the Kent page. Sadly the Visitors' Center has lost two citations and they're not sitting in the Internet Archive. Is it all right to delete the 2 broken citations and replace with a brand new one? I'd have to reword it slightly as the new citation concentrates more on the 'official' opening on the anniversary. Should I leave the old broken links or delete them to tidy up? Input would be welcome. Thank you, Angela MacLean (talk) 17:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

To JonRidinger, thank you for tidying up my last citation. I'll use your citation style as my future template and I'll stop using my old clunky, simple method. To everyone, I've now finished reanimating the dead links here: those that are left can't be reanimated at Wayback/Internet Archive. Best of luck with finding new (hopefully recent) citations. Angela MacLean (talk) 14:44, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for all the updates! Both dead links to the Kent State Shootings visitors' center are newspaper articles, so I simply removed the URL and "accessdate" parameters. Because they are newspaper sources, that means they are also in print, so even without the web address, they are still valid sources, the same as citing a printed book. Any other dead sources that you can't find an archive of I would just leave there with the appropriate "dead link" tag. The link going bad doesn't invalidate the source, but it does let other editors know they need to be looking for an updated source.


 * Be sure to check out WP:CITET for citation templates and WP:WAYBACK for adding updates from the Internet Archive. Most of what I did was either put some of the references in the appropriate citation template (usually or  ) or add the appropriate parameter for the archive ("archiveurl" and "archivedate"). The "accessdate" parameter on a citation like that you change to the date the archive link was last retrieved. Thanks again! --JonRidinger (talk) 15:45, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the tips & useful links, keep singing : ) Angela MacLean (talk) 23:22, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

TFAR
Today's featured article/requests/Kent, Ohio --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:53, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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