Talk:Worcester, Massachusetts firsts

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Contraceptive
"The combined oral contraceptive pill was developed by the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology in the Worcester suburb of Shrewsbury."

should this realy be here? it didnt happen in Worcester therefore why is it on a list of Worcester Firsts. It happed in Shrewsbury. --Found5dollar (talk) 14:34, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, it doesn't seem to make sense to have something that didn't happen in Worcester on this list. I have been working on editing this page so I will make that change. (I realize that this comment is quite old but I felt I should note that I was addressing the concern this comment noted.) --Rznemo (talk) 22:04, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Format of Article and Broken Links for References
The format of this article is a little hard to read. Maybe it would be better if the contents were listed in bullet points with the year first? I think updating the format would make this article more readable. I'm not sure what the best way to format this would be. Also a lot of the references have broken links or lead to sites that no longer exist. Rznemo (talk) 18:40, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Events that Don't Belong
There were a couple points in this article that I wasn't sure were needed. --Rznemo (talk) 22:39, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * "1848 – Worcester blacksmith Albert Tolman is said to have invented the rickshaw for a missionary traveling to South America. (There are, however, numerous other theories about the origin of the rickshaw.)" If there were numerous theories and it is unknown if it was actually invented in Worcester should this be included?
 * "2010 – The David Clark Company designed and built a pressure suit for Felix Baumgartner's world-record skydive attempt." Although this seems like a notable event in Worcester I am not sure if it would fall under a "first" so maybe it doesn't necessarily belong in this article.