Talk:Monument, Colorado

Lewis-Palmer High School
Need an article on Lewis-Palmer High School Chris 23:48, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced updates
An anonymous user added an unsourced section on climate and changed the population data to 2006 census numbers. The section is in the article's history, but because there was no source information I (reluctantly) deleted it. If anyone can substantiate the facts and figures with a source, please re-add this information. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:11, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * In trying to verify this data, I found http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/Climsmco.html, which has historical climate data for two different reporting stations in Monument. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:13, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Incorporation - when?
I have two apparently reliable sources that give two different dates of incorporation for Monument:


 * 1) June 2, 1879: http://www.townofmonument.net/Admin_town_history.asp:"Monument has been an incorporated town since June 2, 1879. The first town meeting was held July 3, 1879."
 * 2) May 14, 1881:

Anyone know which is right, or if somehow both are?

Thanks! -- Ken g6 (talk) 05:13, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

What was the town really named after?
I am doubting that the town of Monument was named after Monument Creek. The way I heard it, it was named after Monument Rock. (http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/detail.asp?fid=974745) The creek was also named after the rock. Anyone have verifiable information on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.110.33 (talk) 02:11, 29 August 2008 (UTC) The city was named after the large sandstone rock outcropping just west of the city on Mount Herman Road. Please see 39.088077,-104.904458.

missing a mention of the challenger flag
I just watched Romney mention the Challenger flag at a rally in Newport News, Va. Went to this page and could find it. I found a separate page on the Challenger flag, that does mention Monument, Co. Svanriesen (talk) 03:21, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Book based off of the town
Is there any way that the book Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne. Could you mention this in the applicable section if it belongs in this article? Sanjujampana (talk) 01:06, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

External links modified (February 2018)
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Someone keeps adding her name to the notable people. According to the Wikipedia guide she does not meet the requirements for listing as a notable person. Also erroneously links to a completely different different Wikipedia is not the place to self promote. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not Stephen VanDyke (talk) 00:30, 1 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Someone has now added it back with a note that says "Steven VanDick is a troll" Personal attacks are completely unnecessary and childish. I am recommending this page be locked for a period due to the abuse going on. Stephen VanDyke (talk) 01:30, 1 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Reverted multiple defacements. Page is now requested for Temporary semi-protection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Monument,_Colorado (Stephen VanDyke (talk) 04:55, 1 August 2018 (UTC))

Orphaned references in Monument, Colorado
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Monument, Colorado's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "auto": From United States:  From Pat Garrity:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT ⚡ 23:15, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Sourcing on Colorado Spring Metro Claim
Hi all, I am removing the claim that "The town is part of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 700,000 in 2019" due to a severe lack of source documentation. The source that is cited for this fact is just a list of different Colorado municipalities by population and does nothing to confirm or deny Monument as a part of the Co.Spgs. metro area. Even the wikipedia page dedicated to the Co.Spgs. metro area does not include Monument proper (including Woodmoor or Palmer Lake) as contributors to the metro pop. I know many colloquially refer to Monument as "Colorado Springs North" nowadays, but until we can get a wikipedia-verified source that can back up this claim or any of the numerals associated with it, I think it's best to omit this from the page. KemistryKody (talk) 01:24, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Government
Someone made the decision to add "On April 1, 2019, the town declared itself to be a Second Amendment sanctuary " to the town overview. Based on the Wikipedia rules and general practices, this seems like something that: (1) does not belong in the overview section and (2) based on the article that it's quoting seems overly-reductive to the point of being misleading about the situation that it's trying to represent. It is not quite a lie that Monument declared itself a 'second amendment sanctuary' in response to the red flag gun bill, but also within the very same article, it's stated that the Sheriff's Office is following all of the new protocols of the bill aside from the search-and-seizure component. Failing to mention that this is the only part of the bill that Monument is refusing to enforce feels misleading. Also, the lack of available sources that confirm whether or not any of this has actually been happening in this manner since the bill was enacted in 2019 makes it challenging to really confirm the validity of any of this more than 5 years down the line. I feel strongly that the only place this could reasonably belong on this page would be under a 'controversies' section that has yet to be started. KemistryKody (talk) 01:36, 16 May 2024 (UTC)