Talk:Merrimack, New Hampshire

Forum

The "Unoffical Online Fourm" was removed with no explination so I put it back. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.199.155.40 (talk • contribs) .

Once again the forum was removed. Unless whomever is removing it wants to comment WHY it shouldn't be listed, I will continue to put it back. (This comment added by M@ · Demi ^T/_C 05:25, 10 December 2005 (UTC))

External links aren't just "anything that might be relevant"--Wikipedia is not a repository of links. They should be specifically relevant to the subject (like the official town website) or good enough to be considered a reputable publication. In which case it would be better to use it as a reference for material incorporated in the article rather than just linking it anyway. Forums, blogs, and non-notable websites in general should not be used. Demi ^T/_C 05:25, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

I think the forum is relevant, not "might be relevant." The primary focus of the forum is to discuss merrimack issues. It is the most dynamic resource on the internet about the article's topic. This forum has a history as well, it used to be on the towns offical website and after direct intervention from the Selectmen was removed. I consider it a potential different "point of view" on topics in the main article as well. I haven't added it back, I just look to you (Demi) for response on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by M@ (talk • contribs) 22:14, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Areas of Merrimack

"East Merrimack" only exists for Census purposes. I grew up in Merrimack and have never heard of such a place. I also corrected the list of villages to match my experience. Ubermonkey 20:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

That's probably a WP:NOR vio, but it's what i've seen and heard as a 24 year resident. Hopefully we can build upon it since it'd probably be considered fact by most residents, but I'd understand if it were removed since WP:V will be hard to enact with them. Karmafist 01:13, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Huh?

Could whoever wrote the following please explain what they are trying to say?

"Reed's Ferry Elementary School on Lyons Road, which like Thornton's Ferry School, has become a sub-cultural emulsifier of the area."

Then again I went to Mastricola Elementary so maybe I just don't understand... Kurtosis 23:45, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Just stumbled across that ridiculous phrase - I've removed it and a similar over-wrought attempt to say "communities gather around schools". - DavidWBrooks 12:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Politics

I made some changes to the "Politics and Governance" section today.

• Removed the table of election results from 2004.
• Removed the wikibook link to the presumably dead wikibook, Politics of Merrimack.

I just want to clarify my reasons to do so, first of all these two portions of the page were managed by the now in-active and banned contributor/user karmafist. The table first of all was a bit unclear, and it had an extra unused column on the right. If anyone wishes to restore this and fix it, organize it, or make more sense of it, please do so. At its current state and with no future outlook on updating or cleaning this table up, I thought it would be best to remove it from the article, at least for the time being. I do not however see this type of table on the Manchester article, but it does exist on the Nashua article (which I expect was something that Karmafist added). The table did not fit well into the layout or overall flow of information nor did it bear much relevance, and if nobody is around to fix the table who is to say there is someone to update it for the next election?

I also removed the wikibook link as there has not been any major additions to the book in over 6 months. If it becomes active again and has substantial information then by all means let us add it again. Lastly, I dewikified the "Local" subtitle of the section. When Merrimack grows large enough to have such an entire significant article devoted to the politics of Merrimack, then we can change this as well.

If you have any ideas or different opinions let us discuss them here. Thanks. Sudachi 03:56, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Sudachi - good work! Thanks for cleaning things up! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 07:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Areas, villages, etc.

The section on areas of town needs cleanup for two reasons - weasel words and refs. Currently a lot of the sections say things like "could possibly be considered", which is a bit unencyclopedic. And if someone could find a description of the sections of town (a recent history of the area, perhaps?) that would go a long way toward helping with the weasel words *and* would provide something referenced. Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 15:22, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Merge discussion for East Merrimack

"East Merrimack, New Hampshire" only exists because the U.S. Census Bureau created it. (It's just the eastern side of the entire town.) The demographic details which the Census Bureau collects can be added to this article as a section. Please see the WikiProject New Hampshire talk page for more background.--Ken Gallager (talk) 13:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Why?

Why have attempts to add a notable Merrimack resident, one Brian Pirri, been repeatedly removed? I was a former Merrimack resident (1979-2000) and can say with the utmost certainty that Brian Pirri is in fact a very notable resident. The very wealth creation methods he developed are in wide use today and generating millions of dollars in income. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Linuxos77 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

• Notable, you say? Can you provide three references to Mr. Pirri from reliable sources that discuss basic biographical information about him, like where he was born, why he is notable, and something about his "wealth creation methods"? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 18:26, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

School board

Isn't about time to remove the information about the school board fiasco? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.188.216 (talk) 22:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Again people let's get over the school board issues of the past. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.174.61 (talk) 20:27, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

It now falls into the realm of town history. It happened, it is long over, and it is of interest. Perhaps it could be moved to the "History" section, but to erase it does a disservice to the readers of the encyclopedia.--Ken Gallager (talk) 13:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

How so the diservice? Can you please site actual outcomes from the SB's policy in which legal harm was rendered. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.174.61 (talk) 12:31, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Don't be absurd. The disservice is to people looking for historical information about a particular town, not to people potentially harmed by the school board.--Ken Gallager (talk) 13:00, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Ken, please check your attitude! Tell me why you speak of that event in terms of having historical significance? There were many issues the school board would deal with which could also be construed as having historical importance, even greater than the issue at hand. Will you list each one of those event or as I suspect, you are attempting to politicize the entry in Wikipedia for Merrimack. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.174.61 (talk) 17:46, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Just to be clear, the entry has been in there longer than I can remember. Since you wish to remove it, I've asked for your reasons, because removing information from Wikipedia is a serious matter. You've presented your reasons, and they appear insufficiently important to me. Perhaps attempting to suppress existing information on Wikipedia is itself a political act? My stance, as I've already stated, is that it happened long ago, and that it provides an interesting piece of history. Perhaps rather than removing information, you could add other pieces of town history.--Ken Gallager (talk) 13:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I've moved it to the history section, fixed the snarky tone, and found a working link for a reference. I was unfamiliar with this case until going over potential references just now, and it is clear that the issue roused great interest well beyond the boundaries of Merrimack, which strengthens my contention that the information is notable and deserving of inclusion in the town's history.--Ken Gallager (talk) 15:02, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Ken I stand by the removal. There is no reason to still include this. If so, why not include other political events of similar magnitude? i.e. BOS wars of the decade, tax revolts. Also, the source is questionable. I would feel better if you at least had a news account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.174.61 (talk) 09:14, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

It's just kind of apt that our disagreement is whether to remove this information, when the original battle was over removal of educational content by the school board. Some things don't change, do they? I agree that we need a better source, and I will ask an editor that has access to such sources to take a look at this. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Ken a better source is a must. Also, why is there no information in the section of schools speaking that the district has been tagged by the State of New Hampshire as 'needing improvement'. This would impact a great number of people but yet you leave it out. This is why I suspect you to have a political motive in disputing my request for removal of the relatively minor issue.

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/NEWS01/208290362/-1/ARTSANDLIVING

Please do the right thing here Ken. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.174.61 (talk) 20:20, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Anonymous, I'm very pleased that you've chosen to add information to the article. Do you have information on how the district fared in 2008? Since the info you added is more or less current, I've moved it to the "Education" section and formatted the reference for you.--Ken Gallager (talk) 12:35, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Can we find a new picture for the info box

I feel like having a picture of the insides Merrimack Premium outlets would be like having a picture of the food court at the Phesant lane mall be at the top of the Nashua page. Does anyone have a better picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dosman (talk • contribs) 15:17, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

I agree with you that it would be better to have the infobox picture show something of more of a public landmark character. It's on my own list of places needing photos, but I'm pretty slow about working through that list, so I've put a "reqphoto" tag at the top of this page. --Ken Gallager (talk) 20:07, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

I uploaded a picture I took on a hike today. Anything is better than a mall food court. The town sign on DW would be nice, but I didn't drive by there after seeing our town was represented by Auntie Annie's Pretzels. 🥨 CaptainGeorgeTKirk (talk) 01:53, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, that is an improvement. I see I haven't been focusing on adding photos in the southern part of the state. A photo of a public building would also work - library, town hall, that sort of thing. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:17, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

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