Talk:Edmonds, Washington
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[edit] Ken Jennings
I don't think such a trivial person as Ken Jennings belongs in the intro paragraph. How about a Trivia heading at the bottom where we can put that as well as the Roslyn Summers bit. Headquarters 19:39, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Ken Jennings is a nationally recognized figure, and according to the [Notability] guidelines, a figure that has been "documented in multiple, non-trivial, independent, published sources" is considered of substantial notability to be included in Wikipedia. Though if Ken Jennings had come from a place such as NYC, there would be many people who are more notable than he. However, as Edmonds is a small town, Jennings is a good candidate as the cities claim to fame.24.17.77.57 06:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fountain
"The Edmonds fountain has been soaped several times, and was recently destroyed by a car crash": incomprehensible without more context; I live in Seattle and I don't even know what this might be about. - Jmabel | Talk 08:52, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, so I deleted the line. You quoted it here so if someone wants to write about it in more details, go for it! As it was the sentence was too vague to be of much value, I think. Something would need to be said described what the Edmonds fountain is, for one (it was destroyed in a car crash, but I don't have it in my to write about it). And I'm not really sure what "been soaped several times" means. So I just removed it until someone feels like describing it better. Better yet, someone could describe the Edmonds fountain itself, its position at Edmonds ground zero, its (perhaps debated) beauty, its traffic hazard, etc etc. I've seen it a lot, but don't know much about its history and purpose, its being wrecked in a crash, etc. That kind of info would be much more useful than its apparent occasional vandalization... just saying.Pfly 10:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
