Talk:Potomac, Maryland

Affluency
Are there any sources for the affluency stuff, esp. the 90210 show? Also, I'd like to tone down "rich professionals" as it almost seems derogative. Any comments? --Sarcasticninja 03:57, Aug 3, 2004 (UTC)

Why should it be toned down? It's true. Trust me, I know. I live five minutes away. - Big Brother

The Beverly Hills 90210 is indeed a fact. I'll look into citing it. It also appears in the Beverly Hills 90210 article here on Wikipedia. Now, your other point is probably something that should be fixed. The list itself is quiet long and difficult to read. Someone (perhaps me) should look at other affluent neighborhoods and see how Notable Residency is handled. Edaru 21:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC) — Preceding comment signed as by Edaru (talk • contribs) actually added by W Ed (talk • contribs)

Is this really the kind of information people would want to know? I feel like this article has been gobbled up by realtors and high school students with sloppy setance construction habits. I grew up there. I'd be interested in seeing 1) geography, 2) history, 3) economy, 4) land usage (the land usage pattern is unusal: there are a lot of mature trees for a suburban area.)

I think all the affluent talk and the list of celebs is a big gouche, and to say the least could be a bit better organized, and perhpas deprioritized. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.34.22.127 (talk • contribs) 05:11, 14 May 2007

Cleanup
This article needs major help. It's completely unsourced, appears to be WP:OR and most of the article is a list of notable residents which is WP:Trivia. Toddstreat1 01:02, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I concur. I went through and reformatted the article to conform a bit better with the WikiProject:Cities format, removed the redlinked "celebrities", and tagged the neighborhoods section as unencyclopedic. That whole section reads like a real estate brochure, and adds nothing to the article except fluff. It appears that most of the editing of this article is vandalism and reversion rather than actual improvements, which is rather pathetic. I just added the WikiProject Maryland template, which might get some knowledgeable editors to fix this fiasco. Horologium t-c 12:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

"Peacock Terms"
I got rid of the "peacock terms" on the Copenhaver neighborhood article. The comments on it were pretty much just promoting the neighborhood's features. I am going to clean-up all of the peacock terms in the neighborhood section soon (note the peacock notice on top of the neighborhood section).

Are we realators or Wikipedians? This advertising isn't appropriate for Wikipedia articles. Sections about neighborhoods should be brief, not a huge paragraph on how great the neighborhood's pools and tennis courts are.

Tell me if you want them back, but I strongly disagree. (Wikipedian1234 (talk) 00:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC))

UPDATE I deleted most of the neighborhood section. Should we delete the celebrity section to? I also deleted the part of the history where it explained "the night life of Potomac Towne" and how many shops were in it and how it was and when the article was explaining how the town inspired a TV show. This has nothing to do with history at all. This is starting to get rediculous. (Wikipedian1234 (talk) 15:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC))

I added the expansion icon to the history article, because that is what needs to happen.--(Wikipedian1234 (talk) 20:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC))

I deleted the part of the history section that talks about the community meet-up. This has nothing to do with the history of Potomac--(Wikipedian1234 (talk) 23:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC))

Alright I'm back. I deleted the neighborhood part of the article because it was clearly unneeded and stuffed with peacock terms. This article should only be about the town, not about its residents or about how rich everyone is- (Wikipedian1234 (talk) 05:14, 28 May 2009 (UTC))

Notable people
Most of the individuals listed under this articles section on notable residents are simply not very notable among members of the general public.

Marriott hotel founder - fine Doug Ingram President of the Ingram group - who in hell is this schmuck?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.33.186.110 (talk) 23:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree. There should only be "notable residents" that are known to the general public. Half of them are just a bunch of Potomac aristocrats that not many people care about. And by the way, who brout the neighborhoods section back? and you below me, quit talking about your weed fantasies.-(Wikipedian1234 (talk) 19:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC))

General Flavor of the Potomac, Maryland entry

I lived in Potomac from 1960-1975 and made various contributions to the article. The page used to have some real feeling as to what the town is like. However, other contributors seem bent on sanitizing it. Pretty soon it will just be the latitude, longitude and population.Seth1066 (talk) 10:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Seth, The character of Potomac has changed significantly since you lived there. (I live there now - have for about 20 years.) The town used to be unique. Now, it's more sanitized in the same way that the article has been! For the most part, neighborhoods and stores in Potomac look just like those of its neighbors. A few pockets of the old Potomac remain but it is largely no longer stereotypical Potomac from the times you lived there. --Donlibes (talk) 16:59, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Canaze Indian nation
I was trying to find out more about this, but a Google search does not lead to any info about this nation. The only results are things that quote this article. Could this be a misspelling of something else? Inf-in MD (talk) 19:53, 28 August 2021 (UTC)