Talk:Raynham Hall Museum

Removal of information which violates wikipedia policy
Information was included in this article under false pretence. The website which much of the content was taken from (and which has "granted permission" for its content to be included) lists WIKIPEDIA (the Oyster Bay wikipedia article) as the only source under its bibliography. This is a violation of one of the fundamental policies of wikipedia which states that articles cannot cite wikipedia as a source for information. Further, the website that has granted permission for the inclusion of all this questionable content is an audio tour, with no written content. The lack of any specific documented sources for so much elaborate and detailed information is even more cause for more question and concern over validity as well as possible copyright violations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.1.48.46 (talk) 00:38, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * (Following is copy of my response to non-logged in user in each of about 20 articles where he/she made the same incorrect accusation --Doncram)
 * The non-logged in user is/was incorrect about any copyvio being present. There is no use of wikipedia as the source, although some or all of the same material may appear in the Oyster Bay History Walk article which is under development.  The main source material is from the audio tour, for which there is no copyright issue due to an OTRS copyright release, with proper notice given.  The tour is not available on-line, but that is okay.  It is like citing from an off-line book, which is fine.  You have to trust the wikipedia editor that what is written is a valid representation of what is in the source.  However, I do think that some better attribution is needed, probably a footnote to the audio tour for each paragraph and/or substantial assertion in the article.  Footnoting just to the audio tour introduction, rather than a specific place in the audio tour or to the whole item, looks incorrect too.  And, I think perhaps long passages may be verbatim copies of what is in the audio, in which case those should be shown as explicit quotations.  Without access to the audio tour myself, i am reluctant/unable to put in the proper sourcing myself, but this is not copyvio. doncram (talk) 16:45, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Disappearing chimney?
The engraved image shows a large chimney at the center of the house. The house house no chimey in this spot, though. Was it removed? Is the engraving the correct image? --98.232.181.201 (talk) 06:56, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm a volunteer at the museum, I am not positive but I believe that engraving is correct, there was a chimney in the home. But during the renovations of Solomon Townsedn in the 1850's the chimney was removed and placed elsewhere. WaldenburgS (talk) 21:45, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Relationship to the British family
So what is the relationship (if any) of the Oyster bay Townshends to the Townshend Viscounts in Norfolk, Great Britain? 86.187.168.5 (talk) 21:19, 23 March 2018 (UTC)