Talk:Kinston, North Carolina

Photos

I've added alot to the article and would appreciate someone taking some pictures of local sites in Kinston. I'm trying to get this article to WP:GA status. Thanks. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 11:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

This is almost a nine year old entry, but I just want to say AgnosticPreachersKid, that I have decided to see your goal of getting this article to WP:GA status through. I'll be going around to get photos this weekend, most likely.PimpSugar (talk) 20:49, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Notable People

Just wanted to make a running log of the entries I've removed from the Notable People section due to either being unable to actually cite a reference to Kinston being their hometown and/or because they aren't exactly 'notable' to Kinston. I just submitted an edit about twenty minutes ago to the page, and here are people that I've thus far removed (I'll try to put a reason for each one):

• Alfred Flowers - (Could only find one website that listed his birthplace as Kinston. May need to do some more digging on this one.)
• Donna White (Donna Hudson) - (Could not find any information on Donna White and Kinston beyond her Wikipedia page)
• Sherry Jones - (Sherry Jones is only notable for her book's controversy and her own website makes no mention of Kinston.)
• Maxwell Becton - (I actually did some digging into newspaper archives for this one and couldn't find any mention of Kinston in his obituary or the divorce proceeding articles.)
• Richard McCoy Jr. - (Could only find references to Jones County, not Kinston.)

PimpSugar (talk) 20:59, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

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Magazines & News Websites

Please don't shill your magazine or news website on the page. Using it as a source is one thing, but there's no reason to post links to your website/magazine for absolutely no reason. --PimpSugar (talk) 09:22, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Notable People References

Do the notable people need references if there are already references on their biography wiki pages that show they were from or lived in Kinston? -- User:G._Moore (talk 18:39, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

I would think so. I'm by no means a Wikipedia guidelines expert (since my work on this page, as well as pages related to Kinston/Lenoir County is more of a pet-project that I pick up from time-to-time), but it seems more references are needed to reach Verifiability. I went through and culled the list sometime around 2018, making sure I could at least find a reference for the majority of the entries if they didn't already have their own article (see my previous thread above.)

Before writing this, I did go back and read through the Notability article - specifically the Lists of People section - and the Manual of Style for lists; and both seem to confirm that the Notable People list should at least have in-line citations. It's certainly worth getting a Third Opinion on, though, since this article isn't highly trafficked and I don't think many have it on their watch-list! PimpSugar (talk) 20:19, 26 May 2020 (UTC)