User talk:WestsideColumbus04

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Highland West Civic Association", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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 * thank you. I was doing association business and while online followed a link which brought me to the Hilltop entries which contained some omissions, some inaccuracies, and contained "promotional" type material that needed deleted.  I had no idea it was there. Anyway, in order to edit it, I had to create an account.  I used the HWCA name only because I wanted to "disclose" where the edit came from. This is kind of new for me in that our civic has a regular person who used to do the online stuff but has since left the area.  At any rate, I am willing to do edits and additions for the entire area of West Columbus as an individual, so I requested the name change as you suggested.  Thank you for letting me know the issues involved … but once one gets in Wikipedia, reviewing articles, etc., it can be quite addictive … it's difficult to stop!   I will wait for confirmation of the name change via regular email. Highland West Civic Association (talk) 15:47, 27 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for being receptive to our policies! I understand, and thank you for helping, Columbus neighborhoods are poorly represented here. I live near Hilltop right now also, so I appreciate the effort for this area. If you need further help, feel free to ask on my talk page: User talk:Ɱ. ɱ  (talk) 15:52, 27 August 2020 (UTC)


 * No problem. I do have a question though.  There are documents referenced in the various citations that should have links to them, including the Highland West Charrette from 2006.  I have copies of all those documents referred to on pdf's … does Wikipedia have a repository that we can post these in so we people can click on the citation and be taken to the document?  It would be very helpful.  Unless you already do and I am missing something! Thanks!


 * Wikipedia only allows uploading documents that are Public Domain or have a similar free license from their creator. I think this is the document you're referring to? You can upload other documents to Issuu and Scribd. However, you should be familiar with WP:RS, Wikipedia's referencing requirements. You should normally cite officially published works over any internal planning documents, and secondary sources are preferred (e.g. news agencies reporting on the subject). You still can cite the charrette there, but it only shows what is planned, not what was actually built. ɱ  (talk) 17:50, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

That is fine and yes that is the correct document and thank you for verifying it is already there. You will find that the city has done volumes of planning for various neighborhoods such as the westside, but then never follow through with any of them, including the original plans for Franklinton before the City decided to split it into 2 separate sections - the original Franklinton which was east of then Sandusky Street (now State Route 315) and the unplatted part to the west. The State Fairgrounds used to take up much of the area between Broad and Town from about Souder down to about the street car barn at W. Broad and Glenwood Avenue before they were relocated to their current location near OSU's campus. Thank you for all your help. Highland West Civic Association (talk) 18:36, 27 August 2020 (UTC)