Talk:Cumberland, Maryland

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Contents 1 Updated 2 Media Section Update 3 Radio Stations 4 Neighborhood section content 4.1 How to Cite References

[edit] Updated

I have updated the Cumberland Wiki page so that it has the same "flow", if you will, of the other city pages and help the overall look of the page. I only erased one thing, a map, that was under the "Geography" heading. I attempted to add the localized half of that map under the Maryland state map in the infobox, but could not. If anyone can, the localized map is called "Cumberlandmd_localmap.jpg".

I have not erased any text added by others.

I have though, added several things such as the media information, climate information (via NOAA), links to the area universities/colleges and added a clearer and slightly larger version of the Cumberland city seal.

I hope I have, in no way, upset anyone by making these changes. --SVRTVDude 04:30am EST, December 30th, 2006

[edit] Media Section Update

I have updated the FM and AM radio station section, as well as the TV station section and combined it with the local newspapers already listed under the heading "Local Media". All radio stations listed are listed on radio-locator.com as being local or "city grade" stations and all putting city-grade signals into Cumberland. The lone TV station, though low-power and a translator of TBN, is located near and serves Cumberland proper. --SVRTVDude 10:45pm, December 29th, 2006

• Good job! That looks great!!

[edit] Radio Stations

To help with the links, I am going to make pages for the area radio stations. If you would like to help, please PM me on talk page.

Rock on....SVRTVDude 13:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neighborhood section content

Ok, I think the best way to solve the debate about the lists is to simply expand the sections by adding content. I have started by adding content about the city's neighborhoods. I am going to try to do a couple of them a day and then move on to other sections. Everyone is encouraged to expand and edit this content as they see fit. A couple of things to consider.

1. I am not sure whether to include the areas of Rolling Mill and Little Egypt in the South End section, or to give them their own section.

2. I don't know how to cite sources using wiki-code. The sources I am getting my information from include the City's 2005 Comprehensive Plan, and a survey of Cumberland's neighborhoods I got back in the late 1990s (I think I have a copy at home, I will find it and add the name here soon). Can anyone teach me how to cite the sources properly?

Lasersnake 16:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Good work! - SVRTVDude ^{(Yell - Toil)} 17:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Update: I just added the last of the 4 major neighborhoods. I am now going to go back and start citing my sources. For reference they are the city's Comprehensive Plan and the 1999 Canal Place Historic Survey.
Lasersnake 18:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How to Cite References

find the place in the document where you want to add a reference and insert these special tags:

• first reference to a source: <ref name="your_tag_name">insert citation test here here</ref>

• second reference, same source: <ref name="your_tag_name"/>

Example:

Imagine that this wiki paragraph needs a citation to appease the wiki gods. in order to add a citation to this text of information you need to add the above tags to the end of this wiki paragraph. <ref name="john_smith"> John Smith, ''How to Cite References'', Acme Publishers, Copyright 2007, pages 101-102</ref>

now suppose later you need to insert the same reference, but don't want to repeat the same long citation again. in this same you do the following, noting the end '/' character. ^[1].

Alleganywiki 10:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)