Talk:Meridian Hill Park

Malcolm X Park?
Something this article is lacking, which I think it needs, but I am unqualified to write about at this point, is how the park became known as Malcolm X Park. I do intend to write a bit in here about the park's history as it relates to gangs and such, but the origin of the association with Malcolm X remains elusive, and I've been researching. Schuminweb 09:58, 20 July 2005 (UTC)


 * I heard that Malcom X had delivered a speech in the park, but am unable to find a source on this. --דוד ♣ D Monack 00:38, 3 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I have heard that as well, that Malcolm X was directly connected with the park in such a way. However, sources lack.  It took hours of digging to find only a little information on the official name-change that failed, but sources on the background of the origin of the park's Malcolm X-ness have eluded me.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:30, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

I removed the unsourced Malcolm X Park section because it claimed somehow that Congress overruled the DC people on their wish to rename the park. The truth is, the park is part of a National Park. It's the federal government's responsibility and right to name it whatever. This has nothing to do with home rule as the federal government has the final say over National Parks wherever they are located. —D. Monack talk 18:10, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

2012 Update: Finally found a reference to the origins of "Malcolm X Park". It seems that Angela Davis began it. This info with cite is now in the article. D Monack (talk) 00:54, 9 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Per WP:OFFICIAL and WP:BOLDSYN, it makes sense to have Malcolm X Park included in the title and bolded since it is a common, if not more common, colloquial name, and does have common use in official documents. Middle river exports (talk) 17:20, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Drum group
I think the drum group is indeed encyclopedic, as this isn't the first time I've heard of it. The passage, however, was very poorly written and in need of some serious repair. SchuminWeb (Talk) 20:55, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 15:53, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Columbian College vs. Wayland Seminary
My understanding is that Columbian College was further up in Columbia Heights, and primarily between 13th & 14th Streets, around Gerard & Fairmont. Wayland Seminary, the precursor to Virginia Union, however, was located in the area that is now the park. Further, a large settlement of African Americans lived in the area prior to it becoming a park. Hey, don't take my word for it (even though my ancestors attended the school, and their picture adorns the walking tour marker that is at the park)-- read up on Booker T. Washington's stint there. In his letters from the era he speaks at length about how insufferable the Washington Negro is, and promptly decamps after I think only one semester. I guess I'll dig further for verifiable links, but there seems to be a conflation of Wayland and Columbian going on.

Meanteeth (talk) 04:25, 31 August 2011 (UTC)meanteeth


 * Let's definitely find some reliable sources for this. If we're making a mistake, then we need to fix it, and cite the information with some good, solid sources.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:04, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

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Title
Should be Meridian Hill Park. Its informal name can be noted in the first sentence, but the title of the article should be the official name. To the thoughts above on the talk page, no proof was provided of the popularity of the informal name. And informal doesnt make it worthy of the title page. People call the store Target as Tarje. Article is Target. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goobertheguy (talk • contribs) 05:03, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 25 March 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Material  Works  17:13, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park → Meridian Hill Park – WP:Commonname is by far Meridian Hill Park. It's the name used by the National Park Service, used by local news agencies, and even used by local travel magazines. The precedence is overwhelming.&#32;Cristiano Tomás (talk) 22:26, 22 March 2023 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). – Ammarpad (talk) 16:34, 25 March 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 21:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The article's been moved a couple of times, not uncontroversial. There is certainly a case to be made for Malcolm X Park, or the current dual title; this WaPo article is a good illustration of how both names can be seen as correct. 162 etc. (talk) 01:12, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This should be a full WP:RM discussion if wanting to progress it. -Kj cheetham (talk) 17:23, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Relisting comment: Per RMTR objection. { {ping&#124;ClydeFranklin }} (t/c) 21:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Including two disputed names for a physical location in the article title does not appear to common practice, even where the "correct" name is hotly disputed - see, e.g., Derry or the State of Palestine. Therefore, while there is no specific policy against a "slashed" title, I think the name should be settled on one choice or the other. If this discussion were held 25 years ago, maybe Malcolm X Park would have been the consensus, but now I think it's clearly shifted towards Meridian Hill. I read the same article posted above to suggest that local use of the Malcolm X name has waned in recent years, and there is no dispute that the official name is Meridian Hill. I think that changing the article title to "Meridian Hill Park" alone, with a note at the top of the article that "Malcolm X Park" is a commonly used name, would be most appropriate. Blackhawk003 (talk) 14:48, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

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