Talk:Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Surprised
I'm as suprised that this article has such as revision history and I am that it exists in the first place. Who would have thought the little town I grew up in would make it to wikipedia. -Andrew Arace — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.243.4.90 (talk) 20:53, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Shaker Village
The nicely written and informative section about Hancock Shaker Village might be better placed on the Hancock, Massachusetts page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.28.67.203 (talk) 15:02, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Details
I love Pittsfield. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.232.231.75 (talk) 01:38, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Me, too. That said, I'd like to make sure we get the details in this article right. Most sources seem to agree that Waconah Park was opened in 1919, not 1918. Jim Bouton's site refers to organized baseball at Waconah from 1892 onwards, but that probably meant ball played on the site, not in park as it stands today. Ethanz 18:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The main part of the Baseball section needs at least a reliable source such as James A. Vlasich, A Legend for the Legendary: The Origin of the Baseball Hall of Fame (BGSU 1990) and a link to baseball origins or history, probably removing some content to one of those articles. Doubleday or Cooperstown may be in dire straits and the reference to mlb players born in Pittsfield looks nonstandard ("Gold Glove" and "Outfielder").  I will check project discussion for baseball and locales or communities, but what I expect to find indicated there is a career or two rather than what to do here. 64.48.78.40 19:11, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Prose
Most of the information on this page belongs in a tourism magazine, not an encyclopedia. The article should be titled, ´´Pittsfield: City of Culture and Art´´ or something similarly bland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.230.21.145 (talk) 14:46, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Aaronlife, I appreciate your attention to detail and your ability to write prose, but prose does not belong in a neutral, factual article. ´´Visitors and residents of Pittsfield alike are marveling at how beautiful the restored river is´´ is irrelevent and cannot be cited. That said, I think the article is in much better shape after all your changes have been made, the only exception being its floridity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.230.21.155 (talk) 11:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)


 * "Most of the information on this page belongs in a tourism magazine, not an encyclopedia. The article should be titled, ´´Pittsfield: City of Culture and Art´´ or something similarly bland."
 * what kind of a comment is this (above)? if you look at other cities on wikipedia they also list parks and other attractions, cultural or otherwise; that is appropriate for a page attempting to educate someone who is attempting to visit a town, or at least learn about it and get a sense for it. just because pittsfield isn't as big as say portland, oregon, or NYC or Boston, doesn't mean it doesn't deserve cultural and park listings.  when i originally found this page is had very limited information and most of it focused on an extremely depressing view of the pcb issues in pittsfield, which, although noteworthy, are scarcely in the mind of most people who live and or visit pittsfield (i am a long-time resident), the details of which don't seem entirely relevant to an encyclopedia article on a small city; why not detail the fiscal problems created by various mayors, or the illegal garbage tax of the current mayor.  personally, I would like to see the pcb section condensed, but i'm respecting those who originally developed it.  i would also like to see a picture of downtown pittsfied, or pictures; there was one but it disappeared recently. a good encyclopedia has pictures, anyone know where it went?  aaronlife, 6/27/07 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaronlife (talk • contribs) 14:45, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup
I have attempted to clean up the article, as it was nowhere near standards and left out many things common to most Massachusetts articles. I know it's not the best, so if you have any further cleanup ideas, please feel free! ToddC4176 (talk) 03:01, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Since there is no "Parallelogram Complex" in Pittsfield, I removed it. 12:37, 3 May 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.24.30 (talk)

Speaking of "Cleanup"
Speaking of "Cleanup", I just want to commend the General Electric folks on the writing of the section pertaining to "environmental issues." The General Electric folks did a good job in writing this section of the article. Nice public relations, GE!!!! Runt (talk) 12:03, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Historic Photos and Notable News
5/13/09

I liked what Lenox, Massachusetts did with their page, uploaded scanned postcard images from the public domain, so I undertook a time-consuming, but hopefully, worthwhile project of doing the same. I hope everyone leaves it alone, I'm not sure if i tagged the photos properly, but hopefully the administrators will figure it out. See Lenox, MA for example

I added a noteworthy news article someone told me about recently, I guess it's a big item on Topix and plans are in the works to continue it. This made the TV news awhile back, print media, it's controversial, could put Pittsfield on the map, more controversial than sheep downtown! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaronlife (talk • contribs) 07:44, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Postcard images
The scanned postcard images that were added to the Pittsfield, Massachusetts page have long since expired into the public domain, they are from the early 1900s. See Lenox, Massachusetts for example...

Please do not delete these, in many cases there wasn't even a printing company name, these are PUBLIC DOMAIN — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaronlife (talk • contribs) 21:25, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * The postcards definitely add to the article, but there are far too many. About four to five would be sufficient - so many images make an article harder to read. The Points of Interest section in particular is too crowded. Also, it is not really appropriate to place a photo gallery in the middle of article prose - galleries should be placed at the end of an article, but in general Wikimedia Commons has replaced Wikipedia as a photo repository/gallery. I won't remove the images just yet, but eventually this does need some cleanup. Cheers, Rai • me  01:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Algonquin image use?
As the Algonquins never lived in Massachusetts, I find it strange to see a water colour with Algonquins in it. If the intent were to show Algonqui a n peoples (which the local Mohicans), and not Algonquins, please either remove this image or replace it with a more appropriate image. CJLippert (talk) 23:12, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * You're right. I removed it because those people in the picture were from Quebec, far away from Massachusetts. I agree, a picture of Mohegan people belongs there. Johanna-Hypatia (talk) 20:25, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

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