User talk:Mchabe

Old Town edits
Hi there, Mchabe. A couple of comments regarding your recent edits to the article on Old Town.

First: the article is about the (whole) municipality of Old Town, not just the denser residential and/or business areas. According to my reference maps Old Town has a land mass, and boundaries MUCH greater than the so-called island. Hence the municipality of Old Town is NOT just an island, which is why I had modified the text a few weeks back to emphasize that the developed area, i.e., the community center, was located on the island (which again according to my maps is an accurate statement.) The boundaries of Old Town run north northwest from the Penobscot River almost twice again in length beyond just that island area.

Second: according to my maps, the island in question is not IN the Penobscot river, but is an island created by the Penobscot River on the eastern side, and the Stillwater River on the southern and western sides. The map I have does not make clear what the name of the water at the northern end of the island is (Most likely, the whole water system was created by raising the water levels after the building of the dam years ago, so in that sense it is one water system, but maps do clearly name the Stillwater River on the opposite side of the island from the Penobscot River.)

My suggestion (instead of my just changing your recent edits) is that you re-edit the article to take this in to consideration. Remember, this article, as all the articles on the towns, cities and plantations of Maine, is an article on the whole municipality contained within its boundaries.

(The statistics, land area mass, census populations, etc. are about the whole area within its incorporated boundaries, not just the city center/densely populated area.)

With that in mind, then comments and facts about areas and portions of the municipality can and should be added to illustrate and emphasize those portions. But don't loose sight that the article is first and foremost about all of Old Town contained within its boundaries.

JackME 23:23, 11 March 2007 (UTC)


 * (Mchabe's reply copied here for clarity by JackMe from that talk page)
 * I made some edits according to your suggestions. I did find that stating the community center is on the island was a little confusing given the size of the landmass, so I restated it for clarity.  Thanks for the suggestions -- the beauty of Wikipedia!


 * (copied here for clarity by JackMe)
 * (signed)mchabe (2007-03-13T14:33:34 Mchabe (Talk | contribs) (Old Town edits))

Mchabe, thanks for responding to my suggestions. Don't want to seem nit-picky, but am truly curious as to why you stated, and I quote: "Removed copy that states Old Town community center is on an island in the Penobscot River (it is in fact on the mainland)" in your previous edit summary? Did you interpret my original comments as referring literally to a geographic center of the boundaries of the municipality? I'm curious (and will learn from this editing experience a lesson in clarity) because my meaning of "community center" was referring to the "downtown" (or whatever the built up business and retail area is called in that municipality). JackME 21:31, 13 March 2007 (UTC)