Talk:Webster Springs, West Virginia

Problem?
The sentence quoted below seems to have a problem near the end. Does "Camden" have a first name?

"At the height of its popularity, the hotel played host to such guests as Senators Thomas Kearns (Utah), Henry G. Davis (West Virginia), his son-in-law, Senator Stephen Benton Elkins (West Virginia), and Camden (West Virginia)." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.122.238.208 (talk) 12:30, 27 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes he does, if you read the full section, you'll notice he is mentioned in full in the first line. He is Senator Johnson N. Camden.  Cra sh  Underride  02:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

reassessment to C-class
I've re-assessed this to C-class. The article is a bit more than Start-class now, and has an increasing number of good citations and material. But there's still a lot of work to do. Recommend taking a look at the guideline for US city articles -- though, keep in mind that some sections may not apply as this is a very small town. A couple of specific suggestions:


 * Adjust the order of sections; history should come first, followed by geography, demographics, and a section on the economy. Infrastructure-related items (e.g. government, education, transportation), should come near the end of the article.
 * Eliminate the subsection headers in the demographics section -- focus on constructing that section as a single, well-written, prose-based section. As a general rule of thumb, subsection headers should be used sparingly, only when absolutely necessary, which is not the case here.
 * Change the name of the 'town name' section to 'etymology'. This section is usually the only section that comes BEFORE the history section.
 * Remove the table from 'notable residents'. It's usually better to rewrite these sections as prose, talking about various notable people from the city and why they are notable. When these sections are in list or tabular form like this, they are easily vandalized by just about anyone that wants to make themselves "notable".
 * While 'notes' is an acceptable name for an inline citation section, I usually prefer the title 'references'. 'Notes' is usually only used for inline citations in conjunction with a separate section immediately after it called 'references', which contains a simple alphabetical listing of all citations listed in the 'notes' section. But I usually favor just a simple inline citation section without the alphabetical listing, for simplicity. It's also not necessary, and in fact, incorrect form, to include a quote from the reference in the citation listed -- just list citation details. If you start quoting, your references section will start to get very long and unwieldy. See WP:CITE for more information on this.
 * See WP:LEAD for tips on improving the lead section. One should focus that section on introducing the article, and summarizing the subsequent sections. While occasionally it is necessary to include citations in the lead, since it's a summary, it should not be necessary.

Hope this helps. Cheers! Dr. Cash (talk) 16:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Webster Springs, West Virginia
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Webster Springs, West Virginia's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "GR2": From Harpers Ferry, West Virginia:  From Ceredo, West Virginia:  From Alderson, West Virginia:  From Bluefield, West Virginia:  From Hundred, West Virginia:  From Windsor Heights, West Virginia:  From Parsons, West Virginia:  From Gilbert, West Virginia: </li> <li>From Glen Dale, West Virginia: </li> <li>From Auburn, West Virginia: </li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:39, 8 September 2018 (UTC)