Talk:Settlement movement

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was no consensus on desired location. Any of the options mentioned would require a slight tweaking to the article. JPG-GR (talk) 17:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

• Support - as nominator. reason for move is the correct name is settlement house. It would be appropriate to mention the movement in the "settlement house" article. --Tigereyes92 (talk) 02:27, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose. The settlement movement, as described in the article, appears to encompass more elements than the establishment of settlement houses. According to the article, it also included the establishment of Settlement schools in Appalachia (disclaimer: I added that info to the article) and institutions called just "setlment" in Russia. It's not a Wikipedia neologism; see http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR0756.aspx and http://www.amazon.com/Social-Work-Order-Settlement-Industrial/dp/0252017900 for examples of use of the word "Settlement Movement." A better idea would be to create a separate article about Settlement houses, instead of redirecting that term to Settlement movement. --Orlady (talk) 16:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

Any additional comments:

Perhaps settlement house movement? If your talking about the Jane Addams thing, I think settlement house is the name most people use--Dudeman5685 (talk) 15:17, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I have moved both the above discussion by Dudeman5685 and an oppose vote by Orlady from WP:RM to here... this is where they belong. Andrewa (talk) 08:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I changed the article to include more on the changing attitudes about poverty that occurred in the time period and more specifically in the US. The settlement movement did not spring out of nowhere and I believe it's important to call to attention the theories of causes of poverty to show how charities changed to compensate. Also the article says that American and English settlement houses are vastly different without explaining differences which is a gap I began to address. 12:30, 3 November 2014

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Useful sources

This link, which I've added to the 'further reading' list, could be a useful resource for fleshing out the US section of this article: The Settlement Movement 1886-1986: One Hundred Years on Urban Frontiers

Also, the Toynbee Hall Wikipedia article is useful for some UK history, and also lists additional countries where the movement has been active. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crinoline (talk • contribs) 10:45, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

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Geography

Social settlement Enkosi Willem (talk) 04:02, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

still active in Canada

https://simcoehall.com/our-fascinating-story/ - tho one sees no mention of canada, note that the settlement house there began in 1935 and is going strong. 70.49.19.67 (talk) 19:11, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Tone

I feel the the last part of the opening section could be Rewritten to be a bit more neutral in tone 65.186.177.242 (talk) 04:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)