Talk:Squeegee man

I am altering this page correspondingly. It is currently needlessly offensive (and therefore not objective)
 * 1) I have hardly been to a city in the world where these guys aren't operative.
 * 2) Some of them do actually wash your windows.


 * Agreed. Feel free to mention their diversification - you can often buy roses and newspapers from London squeegees. Pcb21| Pete 14:20, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)

In Australia the practice of window washing for money is illegal I find this very hard to believe. Are there no window cleaners in Australia? Or are they all paid by the state? — KayEss | talk 15:42, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Yes, there are window washers here in Australia and they are tolerated. They are, however, very uncommon. I am unsure of whether or not it is in fact illegal, though. Here in Melbourne, Australia, I am only aware of one intersection where they operate - the corner of Punt Road (Hoddle Street) and Victoria Street, in Richmond.Davez621 13:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I think that Brian Griffin was a squeegee man once. BirdValiant 00:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Punk rock?
What does this article have to do with punk rock music? These squeegee people are apparently referred to as "punks" in some areas but I don't think that has anything to do with punk rock music. And even if some of them do listen to punk rock music we don't know that they all do, and that still isn't a good enough reason to group this article in with punk rock music. Anybody with me on this? -- OlEnglish (Talk) 22:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's part of the subculture.ScarTissueBloodBlister (talk) 02:38, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't buy it. 6 years without any words about punk rock or how it's a part of the subculture? I'm removing the Wikiproject from this talk page. (For posterity, it was ) If we want to make the case that it's got anything to do with punk rock, let's add a section and cite a source. Michael (talk)  20:54, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

The Unexplained, Back & Forth Removal of Info from the Canada section
Relates to this posting at the Help Desk. SassyLilNugget (talk) 12:05, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

New York section
The NYC section looks like it was written to advance Giuliani's reputation, despite the wording of the actual source material (only one item, by the way). -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  13:42, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

So what, Giuliani served a purpose, he improved NYC. Part of that was rissing us of these skells. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.85.43.134 (talk) 15:00, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

It was Mayor Dinkins, not Mayor Giuliani, who got rid of the squeegee men in NYC
The source material cited in fact makes this point, directly opposite to what the article says. 24.44.252.192 (talk) 01:25, 14 October 2013 (UTC)captcrisis

Remove npov warning
I read through it and it seems to adhere to it. If anyone has anything they would like to change don't hesitate to let me know here. Brettwardo (talk) 18:51, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually it looks like the wrong tag is used. There's a lot of OR and unverified claims in that section, the only references are to what Giuliani did, but the bits about the MO of the Squeegee Men are unreferenced and maybe that was what was perceived as the bias that led to the NPOV tag? JesseRafe (talk) 18:54, 8 February 2017 (UTC)