Talk:Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Took out Butler County formation, since that belongs in the county article. Took out all but one of the Williams promos. Took out the Thin Blue Line promo. Still needs work.Fitzaubrey 05:04, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Tone?
This entire article, in my opinion, sounds like what one would see in a typical state tourism agency phamplet. Brian Ryans 04:01, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree, I am a Thayer, Missouri resident and I've been to Poplar bluff many times. This entire article is unprofessional. I've removed the "Challenges" section, as it suffered from poor writing and spelling. It was also quite opinionated. TheFearedMachina 11:15, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I cleaned up the article, got rid of the boosterism and pared down the history section, removed the pciture of the Rodgers Theater as there was no mention of it in the article.Wkharrisjr (talk) 15:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

badly written para, notable?
Is this significant to this article? (also, badly written since it implies a 12 year old was responsible for the family moving, etc.) Moved here from article space to discuss importance and wording:


 * In 1819 twelve year old Solomon Kittrell, a native of Kentucky settled on Cane Creek with his parents, Samuel and Eleanor "Nelly" Shamwell Kittrell, originally of North Carolina, and siblings. Solomon's younger brother, Samuel B. Kittrell, was born shortly thereafter in what was ultimately Butler County, giving this pioneer couple children born in North Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri. As an adult living in the Cane Creek settlement area, Solomon Kittrell took up a large tract of land, built a home, erected a distillery and established a store (or trading post). His supplies were brought in by ox teams from Cape Girardeau. Decades later, Solomon served by appointment of Governor Austin King as one of the first set of county commissioners, with Jonathan Sandlin and John Stevenson as the other two appointed county commissioners, for the newly organized Butler County in 1849.

Much of the article sounds like it's promoting business
The whole economy part sounds like a lot of nonsense and inflated statistics and speculation. It does not sound like an encyclopedia but rather a tourist guide to the town and surrounding area promoting business. I was prepared to clean it up and was immediately rebuffed within seconds before I could type anything in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.184.121.53 (talk) 20:53, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

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map
something's wrong with the map ... it doesnt show the town, just the county, and the state map is tiny. i dont know how to describe it better, but it is unlike all the other maps for towns like Cape Girardeau, Springfield, Missouri, etc. — Soap — 21:41, 8 September 2023 (UTC)