Talk:List of physicians and scientists of Upstate New York

Where did this list come from? What is the definition of "Upstate New York"? Would this list not be very large if completed? Herostratus (talk) 14:39, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Herostratus, This and other lists of the people of Upstate NY have been spun off from the Upstate NY article, mostly because that article was criticised for being too long. The definition of "Upstate NY" is hotly debated and there is little consensus about a precise geographic boundary between Upstate and Downstate NY - which is one reason I think it's interesting and significant. For the purposes of identifying the people of Upstate NY, I'd say that they are folks who live north of and out of the immediate orbit of New York City and its suburbs. That definition changes over time; for example, among Upstate NY authors I would include Washington Irving but not John Cheever.

Re: will this list get too long? It hasn't yet; if it does we'll subdivide it.

I have now learned how to do categories rather than lists. Would that be a better way to go?

Cheers, don

Also, re: original research, the characterization each person on the list is taken directly from the article about that person; this is only original research if that information is.

Don Argus jr (talk) 04:39, 4 July 2010 (UTC)