Talk:Arlington, Massachusetts

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On Jan 2, 2005 a user named CWellian added to the Notable Persons list one "Kelly O'Brien", with no indication of why she (I assume) was notable other than that she was a "notable lawyer". In fact, a web search shows that Kelli O'Brien is most notable for having defaulted on a student loan and contested it in court (http://www.mayitpleasethecourt.com/journal.asp?blogID=900). I do not think this qualifies. In fact, it's not even clear that Kelli O'Brien lives or practices in Arlington, MA. (Is there a way to report this kind of thing other than this?)

The entry now says that the meaning of "Menotomy" has been lost, but many sources list it as meaning "place of swift running water" (presummably referring to what is now called the mill stream). Within the History, I could not find the reason that this meaning was taken out of the entry. ...Also, with this piece gone (correctly or not) most of what is in the NAME section seems miscategorized. (e.g., why talk about the mills in the NAME section...unless the swift-moving water that powered the mills is relevent to a historical name of the area. Without Menotomy meaning swift water, most of what is in the NAME section should be in the HISTORY section, right? -David Uhland

I concur --belg4mit 18.124.2.224 16:06, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

The Geography heading appears centered. I could not get it to be left-justified. Does this only happen in my browser perhaps?

[edit] Merger from Yes For Arlington

I proposed a merger on May 16, 2006. Seeing no objections, I performed the merger. Accurizer 23:40, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

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