Talk:Wade Dump

Opening comment
Recently, a group of survivors and family of survivors have formed an action committee to see that an appropriate memorial is built at the site of the fire. The committee also prefers that the fire be referred to as "The Toxic Fire of 1978" (TF78). Melvin Wade, the owner and complicit party to the illegal dumping, needs no more press and does not deserve to have his name immortalized, infamously or otherwise. In addition, plans are being formed to develop a foundation to provide education, facilitate training, and enhance communication between government agencies, responding agencies, and the community. More information on this cause can be found at www.thetoxicfireof1978.com. Toxicfire78 (talk) 17:12, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * How is Superfund dump site a good name? There are lots of them (even another one in the same state), and naming guidelines call for using names specific enough to identify the topic clearly. What does the community call it? What is its formal name (either when it was a dump, or whatever is there now)? DMacks (talk) 02:49, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Move request
Superfund dump site → Wade dump &mdash; (revert previous renaming) Current name is generic--there are many Superfund sites, and the general topic of a "Superfund dump site" is not the topic of this page. Previous is specific about which one site is the limited scope/topic of this article. All three cited refs use the term "Wade" to identify the site, illustrating common usage. To respond to the previous request that led to the current name, it's not Wikipedia's place to dictate norms. I agree with not celebrating the person, but I can't think of any better name for this article. DMacks (talk) 01:25, 30 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree, the name must be changed. Here's one alternative to "Wade Dump": create a new page for the newly-reclaimed site, which is now called Barry Bridge Park. The history of the park can include a discussion of the dump and its cleanup, with or without mentioning the name of the former owner. (It would be more complete to briefly mention the former name of the site.) Moreau1 (talk) 01:32, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * What about Superfund dump site (Chester, Pennsylvania)? Thoughts?    Fl ee tf la me   01:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment Either of these two ideas sound like good solutions to the concerns raised. I'd lean towards disambiguated-by-town at least for now because we have a lot of dump info and would need to add a lot of content about the park to shift the whole article's focus. Given what I've read, it seems like the dump is the key notable thing here, with a recent park a result and secondary issue related to the dump (rather than the park being important itself with a less-notable history. DMacks (talk) 05:18, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:03, 30 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: If the discussion here leads to a consensus on a better different name, then it is not a controversial move and any editor can move it.  I moved it back to the original name since the new one was not precise or accurate as far as the article text. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:06, 30 July 2009 (UTC)