Talk:Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Schuylkill River
I lived in Phoenixville and my family owned Phoenixville Lumber. You forgot to mention that the  Schuylkill River was and is the main water way for the town. French Creek is close but not close enough. The Schuykill is wider, deeper and a fast moving river where French Creek is not. There is a big difference between a creek and a river. (T. Slobodian (talk)) —Preceding undated comment added 03:59, 8 September 2009 (UTC).

Cinderella?
Wasn't the band Cinderella (a popular 80's hair band) from Phoenixville? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.216.185.201 (talk) 19:38, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Trivial
"In 2011, Phoenixville was featured as one of the 'Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia'."Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia"

Yes, the website in question includes a page on Phoenixville. This is trivial unless discussed by independent reliable sources. A website mentions a town/person/band/whatever. The town/person/band/whatever might mention that the website listed them (or not). So far, trivial. If a reliable source that is independent of the website and the town/person/band/whatever mentions this, then we have something. - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 21:07, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The "Firebird Festival" currently falls in this category... - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 01:59, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I have now removed the "Firebird Festival" and several other items lacking independent reliable sources. There have also been a number of items of a heavily promotional nature removed (see following section). - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 13:38, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Promotional
This is an encyclopedia on the town, not a civic/business association article written to promote the town and its organizations. For instance, I do not doubt that the town has a Y and that it has various facilities. However, a detailed listing of those facilities is completely out of the question. In fact, even mentioning the existence of the Y is highly questionable. The average person looking up a town or city in an encyclopedia is unlikely to be looking for the existence of a Y in the town. Next is the issue of recentism: does the current existence of the Y (and its current facilities) really stand out in the town?

Imagine two people in nearby Philadelphia (or, better yet, some place further away). In their conversation, they discover that one is going to Phoenixville and the other has been there. What might they discuss? Certainly major attractions in the town, general information about the population, possibly a bit about the population and local economy and larger events in the town. They are unlikely to discuss the supposedly "state of the art" anything at the local Y, every golf club and college anywhere close to the town and a random list of restaurants. This article is about Phoenixville, not West Chester and the Main Line... - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 13:38, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Also problematic is the listing of schools. Listing schools is unnecessary that are not located in Phoenixville is misleading.  If we start listing ones "nearby", where should that line of distance be drawn?  Should we list all 80+ colleges and universities in the Delaware Valley?  I am deleting any school not located within Borough limits.--Lhakthong (talk) 01:31, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

A Historic vs. An Historic
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the indefinite article "a" is used when it precedes a consonant sound, including /h/, and "an" when it precedes a vowel sound (see 5.73 in the 15th edition). The "h" in history in pronounced in the United States, and given this article is about a Borough in that nation, it makes sense to use "a". Moreover, Oxford Dictionaries Online also seems to side in favor of "a historic"

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Climate
Global warming is showing with the 1991-2020 temperature numbers. Lower areas of the borough really are Cfa now. As for the hardiness zone, the entire borough is now 7a. It was on the border with 6b on the old map but we must await the new HZ map for me to update the article accordingly. Heff01 (talk) 13:43, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Customers Bank
"The headquarters of Customers Bank is located in the downtown area of Phoenixville, and was originally founded in Phoenixville by Ken Mumma in 1997 as New Century Bank."

From what I can see, the Corp HQ of Customers is currently in Malvern. They don't even have a location in the borough (one in East Pikeland).

Would it be fair to remove this line entirely as it no longer has anything to do with the economy of the borough? 96.227.241.75 (talk) 13:39, 12 October 2023 (UTC)