Talk:Lawton, Oklahoma

General Lawton
Information about General Lawton is already contained under Geography. Should it be reverted from the introductory section? Tex 23:48, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. My bad.  I didn't notice it there, but it makes sense.  Rklawton 01:37, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Candice Earley
This actress has recently been added to Famous People from Lawton. But the article on her does not indicate her connection with Lawton. It says she was born at Ft. Hood, so I can well believe that she may have lived at Ft. Sill at some point. Would someone please edit the article on her to show the Lawton connection? Did she go to Lawton High? Or what? Tex 16:13, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

"Notable" People
This list of notable people from Lawton is longer than it probably should be. I'm not sure if non-notable college football players and music producers should qualify. There are a few red links too, and most of the entries are unsourced. Any objections to cleaning up this list a little... or a lot? Weathermandan 22:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Notable People from Lawton
I was born and raised in Lawton, graduating LHS in 1968. I totally agree that the list of "notable" people from Lawton is too large. I have never heard of any of these people. I wouldn't consider an athlete famous unless the person won an Olympic Medal, the Heisman Trophy, or was inducted in the Hall of Fame. None of the music producers can fall in the "notable" category. Please clean up the list.

BTW, I went to school with Candice Earley (Candy).

Mike Nishimuta 23:05, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Split History
I really like the info the History section provides but I think it might deserve its own article a la History of Oklahoma City and History of Tulsa. The reason being is that the Geography Section needs to be expanded with some climate data and with the history that long the article will too much. Crimsonedge34 (talk) 00:28, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

I agree, here's the note about history sections on city articles, found underGuidelines for Wikipedia articles on cities:

Note: History sections can easily become very long with more detail than appropriate for a general overview. While there is no strict rule on how long a section may be, as a general rule of thumb, more than 10 paragraphs or the use of subsection headings might indicate that it should be accompanied by a History of _ main article (using the main template). Only describe the minimum of what is required to understand where the community has come from and let the History of _ article give the details.

Second-level headings are to be avoided since they tend to encourage excessive detail and length and can disrupt cohesion.

See the problem. Okiebradshaw (talk) 20:33, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

I was wondering if anyone knows if the nearby landmark Meers Store hamburger shack should be included. Also, nearby there is a privately owned nature park nearby that stages a Christian passion play. Might that be included? Dr. Jux (talk) 17:34, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Stephen Hillenburg
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of sponge bob was born in Lawton.--KF5LLG (talk) 23:10, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * He was born at Fort Sill. Parkwells (talk) 18:36, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

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St Mary Catholic School closed 2018
There is no longer a Catholic School in Lawton, OK 24.40.253.120 (talk) 06:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)