User talk:JPSheridan

Shire town
Yellowdesk wrote: "No state in the U.S. presently refers to its center of county government as a shire town. All of your changes have been removed."

I do not know about 49 states, but Massachusetts certainly does. Please see, e.g., the following statutes: M.G.L.A. c. 211 § 18 M.G.L.A. c. 212 § 14 M.G.L.A. c. 36 § 1 M.G.L.A. c. 213 § 7 M.G.L.A. c. 57 § 4 M.G.L.A. c. 261 § 24 . . . and others. I could find no statutuory reference to the term "county seat." JPSheridan 14:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * My intended but forgotten operative words are residents of any state in the US. Yes, that it's true that that's the legal terminology, and I would guess the laws of nearly all of that states east of the Missisppi, and many west would have that terminology, since most of the states copied the structure of eastern codes when setting up their style of goverment. In common terminology, I have met none except historians and  lawyers that use the term shire town.  I believe you'll find no U.S. gazetteer or atlas printed in the last 15 years uses that term for US county administrative centers.  I would not desire to defend the "shire town" on wikipedia from other editors. You'll notice that at least two other people changed "shire" back to "county seat" in Massachusetts counties. I'm not sure if I changed more than one or two based on my own edit summaries. I think If you were to hope for your view and edits to survive, I would recommend "county seat (shire town)"  as the term, and expand on the article about counties, tracing the evolution and use of shire town as the legal title of a locus of the county court sessions for many states in the U.S. Yellowdesk 05:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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Brighton
I see you've made some wonderful additions to Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts (which made for interesting reading, since I live there). However, you did not cite the sources of your information. This would be helpful for verification and in case any points need to be clarified. (I managed to answer some questions using other sources.) Thanks! -- Beland 02:00, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Your fine contributions to the History section have now been removed due to lack of sourcing - a great pity, as the article is dull & lifeless without the historical background. Could you possibly restore these paragraphs and provide a source, so that they will remain? Hertz1888 05:06, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

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