Talk:Lynchburg, Virginia

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Bad Attitudes
Lynchburg is the capital of bad attitudes. Complaining on wikipedia isn't going to fix your problems, and might just make them worse. If you want make a change to Lynchburg, stop crying and go start your own venture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.53.71.73 (talk) 03:22, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Maybe it should be mentioned that Lynchburg isn't some cozy hamlet............just a thought. "Capital of bad Attitudes is silly", but this Wikipedia entry make it sound way to cozy. VsanoJ (talk) 00:33, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Living in Lynchburg sure would drive me crazy, so this is quite natural...........24.56.121.183 (talk) 22:31, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Just letting you guys know that Wikipedia isn't a social network for you to discuss your gripes with Lynchburg. EMachine03 (talk) 14:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Travel & Tourism
At the moment this Wiki entry states "The travel and tourism industry supports approximately 1500 jobs in Lynchburg". Is this REALLY true??? I have a hard time to believe so. Even IF that is the case, it does require an explanation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.203.182.109 (talk) 18:04, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, something is fishy here! I know some people want Lynchburg to look more exciting then this town really is. Lynchburg is not a tourism hot spot. No one comes here for vacation unless they have family in town. Could the 1500 tourism jobs in Lynchburg be the staff at local motels or does Liberty University have some kind of christian tourism biz going on??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.119.203 (talk) 20:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

If you consider the Lynchburg MSA, then your including Smith Mtn Lake, the D-Day Memorial, etc. Then I don't think its much of a stretch. I don't know if the MSA counts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.53.67.73 (talk) 23:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

It is quite a stretch, or at least it needs to be explained better. VsanoJ (talk) 21:13, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

City Unto Itself
It's my understanding that all incorporated cities in Virginia are independent of the counties surrounding them. Am I wrong?Steven (talk) 17:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * That's right. The phrase, however, doesn't refer to legal autonomy, but to physical and (perhaps) psychological.  That is, there is no county enveloping the city, as with Charlottesville.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Twins Too! (talk • contribs) 00:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Its more a geographical, political and cultural reference. Though, as Lynchburg grows and the world shrinks, its not as significant as it used to be. Its more of a historical reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.119.72 (talk) 20:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Items for Consideration

 * Haysom Murders by Elizabeth Haysom & Jens Soering
 * Notable Residents: Is there any qualification criteria for "notable residents"? If not, my suggestion is that a notable resident should, at the very least, have their own wikipedia page.
 * The major neighborhoods including the "original" seven hills
 * Political history. More specially... mayors, notable counsel members and officers, historic political events
 * The economic comparisons in the article are very weak (Lynchburg is one third of the size of Richmond) and seems to ignore positive data such as the fact the city has one of the strongest housing economies in the nation (Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.5.1.207 (talk) 21:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The economic comparisons look just fine to me.


 * Re: notable, you may have noticed I removed a couple of "red-link" entries (people added who do not have a Wikipedia entry). I think it is a good rule-of-thumb to use the reasoning you stated otherwise the list will grow out of control. I have already had a query from the person who added the people I subsequently removed and I told them this much also. Good work, well done. Bubba hotep 20:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Notable without Wikipedia Entries

 * Morton, Rosalie Slaughter 1876—1955, American surgeon, b. Lynchburg, Va., M.D. Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1897.

Sister City
Appears that Glauchau, Germany may soon be a sister city. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.155.101.86 (talk) 17:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

Christ College
Why does Christ College link to a college in Tasmania?

What is the origin of the name Lynchberg?

I was wondering that too. The article implies that it comes from the site of Lynch's Ferry. I suspected, as you probably did, that it might have come from... well, you know... --BDD 05:15, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Lynchburg was founded by a Quaker, John Lynch, in the late 1700s. Lynch's ferry was John Lynch's business - ferrying goods across the James River at the point that would eventually become Lynchburg. The name has nothing to do with the term you may be referring to.

And hey, for fun, try and figure out who Carly Jean Eccles is. I believe she is related to Lynchburg College Dean of Students John Eccles and is otherwise completely unnotable.

Removed some info about the "lynchburg virgina" blog as it was POV and not relevant to the Lynchburg article.

Salt Lake City of the South
"The city is also sometimes jokingly called the "Salt Lake City of the South" by younger residents due to its strong religious base with Falwell Ministries and Liberty University." - Which younger residents? This sounds like a weasel word issue. Please provide a reference.

Well, Jerry Falwell did compared his Liberty University to Brigham Young University on many occasions stating that he wanted Liberty University to be to young evangelical Christians what Brigham Young University is to young Mormons. He stated that several times through the years. VsanoJ 18:11, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Minor Edit in Transportation
Cities larger than Lynchburg not on Interstates: Fresno, Bakersfield, Modesto and Santa Rosa CA, Athens GA, and Brownsville TX (all in the 100,000-400,000 population range)...fyi.

I was wondering about the same thing myself. The article states, "This left Lynchburg as the only city with a population in excess of 50,000 (at the time) not served by an interstate." Is this true and is it cited? If so, the only city where? . . . in all of the U.S. or in Virginia? This sentence probably needs to be corrected. --BPH —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.148.30.177 (talk) 18:29, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Merge
The page John Lynch (1740-1820) was just created today - it seems to be mostly about Lynchburg the city, and less about Lynch the man. It seems from my unlearned eye that there might be some things that can be added here, but somebody more expert then me should probably check it out. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 03:56, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Deleted already. A complete copyright violation from  which may be worth using a source. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 09:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Media section bias
"Some would say that most media in Lynchburg has a right wing and conservative slant. Do to the diversity of residents the police department has been known to bribe news stations to pick and choose stories that are "safe" for all residents"

There is no citation, poor spelling and against NPOV. I am deleting it.

Media section bias
I know this is not a chat forum or such, but still...reading the Lynchburg Wikipedia page you get a picture that really does not reflect this town. What is going on? Yes, I can see that people want to be proud of their home town. This is NOT Silicon Valley. Good jobs ARE hard to come by. Sad, but true. VsanoJ (talk) 19:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Its not hard to get a good engineering job, assuming you're a good engineer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.119.72 (talk) 20:55, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

So, unless you are an engineer you really should stay FAR away from Lynchburg, right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.203.182.109 (talk) 17:01, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

What type of jobs do you get in silicon valley - software engineering. Feel free to start your own business and employ what ever skills you believe Lynchburg should offer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.121.21 (talk) 13:18, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Can we not be honest and just say it is a Rednecktown and leave it at that???

Or that you have a chip on your shoulder???

Ha, ha, ha...Lynchburg. What a joke. 64.203.182.109 (talk) 17:21, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

List of local businesses
The list of local businesses seems inappropriate, at least as it's now written. There are, clearly, many many more businesses in the city than the 40 or so currently listed. A list of the 40 biggest businesses (in terms of cash flow or number of employees or any other reasonable criterion) would make much more sense than what now seems to be a random selection. Tim Ross  (talk)  02:03, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I've now done some major editing of the listed businesses. The Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce, as it turns out, has an online listing of what they call "major employers" in the area, which was useful in sorting out some of the places most usefully listed here. Tim Ross   (talk)  15:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

While Liberty University is an important facility in Lynchburg, no information shows that the school is a major business here, and I have deleted the newly-added school from that listing. Tim Ross  (talk)  11:13, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Malcolm Loomis
I just deleted the "Miscellaneous" item about Malcolm Loomis. It had no citation, and when I checked it out it became clear that the item was seriously flawed. The man's name was actually Mahlon Loomis, and, more to the point, his connection with Lynchburg was limited and much after his work on the invention. Tim Ross  (talk)  16:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

History
I changed union "clients" to union clients. Clients should not be within quotes unless it's a nonstandard use of the term. It seems to be common practice to refer to clients of prostitutes as clients in academic journals, so I think unless someone is being quoted, the word clients is fine without the quotation marks. I wanted to be certain before I made the change, so I searched for usage in a few academic journal databases. I know this is overkill for such a minor edit.

Here are citations for academic usage of the word clients in the context of prostitution. Feel free to delete these:

Brewer, D., Roberts, J., Muth, S., & Potterat, J.. (2008). Prevalence of Male Clients of Street Prostitute Women in the United States. Human Organization, 67(3), 346-356. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from ProQuest Psychology Journals. (Document ID: 1564314001).

Taniguchi, Y.. (2007). Independent Sex Workers in Thailand. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology: BOOK OF ABSTRACTS: XV International Congress of ISPOG, 28, 46. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from ProQuest Psychology Journals. (Document ID: 1426332201).

Jane Scoular, & Maggie O'Neill. (2007). Regulating Prostitution :Social Inclusion, Responsibilization and the Politics of Prostitution Reform. The British Journal of Criminology, 47(5), 764-778. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from ProQuest Psychology Journals. (Document ID: 1328148851).

John Lowman, & Chris Atchison. (2006). Men Who Buy Sex: A Survey in the Greater Vancouver Regional District*. The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 43(3), 281-296. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from ProQuest Psychology Journals. (Document ID: 1109743741).

Vanwesenbeeck I, De Graaf R, Van Zessen G, Straver CJ, Visser JH. (1993). Protection styles of prostitutes' clients: intentions, behavior, and considerations in relation to AIDS. J Sex Educ Ther. 1993 Summer;19(2):79-92. PMID: 12287367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

N McKeganey, & M Barnard. (1996). Sex Work on the Streets: Prostitutes and Their Clients. Open University Press. Buckinghan, UK. NCJ 166214 http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=166214

Brooks-Gordon, B., & Gelsthorpe, L. (2003). WHAT MEN SAY WHEN APPREHENDED FOR KERB CRAWLING: A MODEL OF PROSTITUTES CLIENTS' TALK. Psychology, Crime & Law, 9(2), 145. Retrieved from Academic Search Alumni Edition database.

Jamouse (talk) 04:18, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm wondering about the claim that it served as the capital of Virginia at the end of the Civil War. I believe it was actually Danville. There is no documentation to support this claim, and everywhere I search on the Internet says that Danville was the capital during the last few days of the Confederacy. David1970va (talk) 23:27, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Bands
Vroom, For Cryin' Out Loud, Ghost of a Fallen Age, Winter Solstice......just to name a few — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.178.5.145 (talk) 07:26, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

I know that there are quite a few local bands here. If you have names if ANY local bands, please post them. I know one, Take To The Skies, they are from Lynchburg, Virginia, but I would like to know more. If you have any information about this band or others, please let me know.

Thanks, Liz Kufner (Hackett) 20:04, 23 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Escape Velocity is from Lynchburg, but that's the only one I know. ThePerseid SCD (talk) 00:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

There once was a band called the Dantas. Anybody know whatever became of them?Godofredo29 (talk) 00:21, 3 June 2015 (UTC) I started the DAUNTAS in my parents garage (1967) Some original members; Terry Ford (Vocals) Jimmy Ping (Bass) Mike Burks (Drums) David Glass (Rhythm Guitar) and Tom Chaffin (Lead Guitar) me. We played at The Outer Limits, now James River Day School, Russel's Supper Club on Rt 29 South, local colleges and universities in Central Virginia. The DAUNTAS disbanded approximately 6 years later. Music was Top 40's with strong rock influence.24.53.65.137 (talk) 19:07, 15 May 2017 (UTC) TJ

Lynchings in Lynchburg.
I suggest we add a list of all lynchings in the history of Lynchburg. --Arsaces (talk) 00:20, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

If it's notable, it can be added.12.227.66.34 (talk) 18:42, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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Rell Dolo?
Not sure if this was a vandalism, but in the article, it said that the city was named for Rell Dolo. Who is he, and if this is so, what source did someone get this from? Just curious. Donny (talk) 23:45, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

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Suggestion for Editing
Tone of voice in this article seems a little piecemeal and doesn't flow quite right in certain areas. If someone has good writing skills they can edit the piece so that the writing flows and reads well.Rlair (talk) 05:41, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

ICR
ICR is probably the second most famous thing in Lynchburg after Liberty itself. ICR is nationally important due to its role in promoting the constitutionally impermissible teaching of creationism in science class. There's no reason to exclude it. Guy (Help!) 05:28, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Founding and early growth
This section of the article lacks sources. Please help by adding citations to this section. This is a poor article due to sourcing that can be cleaned up very well.12.227.66.34 (talk) 18:41, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Anne Spencer
Really notable resident Anne Spencer is not mentioned on the page. (User:GiantHyssop)
 * Please provided list of sources showcasing the notability of Anne Spencer and her connection to this city directly.12.227.66.34 (talk) 21:58, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Notable People--Zeb and Zeke Turner
Zeb Turner (1915-1978), born William Edward Grishaw, and his brother Zeke Turner (birth and death years unknown), born James Grishaw were important figures in the Post-WWII country music scene. Zeb Turner was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter with a number of recording and songwriting credits. Zeke Turner was primarily a guitarist and Nashville session player for, among others, Hank Williams. His guitar solo on Williams' first hit "Move It On Over" (1947) is often cited as an early example of rockabilly and rock and roll. Both were born in Lynchburg. PeterMolin123 (talk) 03:24, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Sweet Briar?
Sweet Briar College is outside of Lynchburg, though it is nearby. Should it really be included in the list of colleges and universities? Kelseyem (talk) 20:41, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Etomology
Every Wikipedia article begins with etymology except this one. What gives? -∼∼∼∼ 98.56.165.13 (talk) 09:11, 14 December 2023 (UTC)


 * good question. 2605:8D80:6E0:2B0:AD21:BBE5:B124:AC0A (talk) 00:06, 5 February 2024 (UTC)