Talk:Durham, North Carolina

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[edit] NPOV Discussion

Some of the bla bla like "frequently held by well off liberals" and such are certainly points of view. 24.211.135.6 06:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

207.247.42.130 has an intesting view on how to handle NPOV disputes....just delete them... Reboot 12:37, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

So, one section at the very end of the article has questionable phrasing and the entire article becomes NPOV? Get a grip people. Bornyesterday 18:19, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

There, I removed the questionable section and compressed it into a single sentence in the following paragraph and then expanded a bit on some of the recent issues under a sub-heading. If that section reads as NPOV, you're welcome to change it, but the article as a whole does not have NPOV problems. To be fair, I'll give you a day before I remove the NPOV tag. Bornyesterday 18:56, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


Why does Durham need a running commentary on recent issues? I don't see this for other wiki articles about cities. Also, at what point are the "recent issues" no longer current and thus, can be removed?

I see that this was brought up more than a year ago. I also thought the "Recent Issues" section in the Politics section was interesting because it doesn't hold up over time. Does anyone else think this political commentary is important enough for Durham's Wikipedia article? I do not; I will return to this article later and delete if it hasn't been fixed/changed/removed.--Gloriamarie 18:32, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other than NPOV Discussions

  • So, I live here, but I think calling Durham a "cornerstone" of the Triangle is a bit overboard. I think it tips the balance this way rather than equally among Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill. Any objections to something on the order of "Durham is a city in Durham County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Durham County, the home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University as well as the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, and is one of the three anchors of the Research Triangle region of North Carolina." DukeEgr93 02:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Continuing - I work at Duke, but is the Final Four appearance stat really important for a page on the City of Durham? Don't get me wrong - I love Duke Men and Women's Basketball. Just trying to be a good WikiZen. DukeEgr93 02:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Durham Association for Downtown Arts

A recent AFD discussion ended in no consensus, but there was some suggestion of merging Durham Association for Downtown Arts into the main Durham article. The article has nothing but redlinks and I don't believe it can stand on its own, but some of the information would be valuable here. -- nae'blis 15:29, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Merge into a more general section on Culture. It's good enough for San Francisco. --Mereda 15:54, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
    • It's merged now. Mereda 15:50, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rate of Homicide

Shouldn't Durham's homicide rate be mentioned? I have read that it is one of the highest in the countries. Any thoughts? Wikipediarules2221 00:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

According to the FBI's uniform crime reporting website [1], Durham's murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 residents was 6.22 in 2006; for comparison, Raleigh's was 5.45 murder and nonnegligent manslaughter per 100,000 residents. The national average in 2006 was 5.7 per 100,000 [2]. Sure, Durham is higher than the national average, but it's not that much higher. — Mustang_DVS (talk|contribs) 00:53, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Durham city seal.gif

Image:Durham city seal.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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I just added a fair use rationale based on the fact that the image is the seal of the government of Durham, North Carolina and the image is only used on that page. It is not, for example, part of any info boxes or city templates. DukeEGR93 20:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OR removed

Removed the following:

Much of the city is considered to be unsafe, with Durham having the highest crime rate in North Carolina.

(This seems familiar ... did someone add this before?) Please provide citation for claims like "highest crime rate." Avoid weasel words like "is considered." -- David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 03:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James M. DeVone, Sr.

References to this person as a famous resident of Durham have been added and removed several times. The only references I'm finding on James M. DeVone, Sr. are references to some court cases some comments about a bike pump (apparently his invention) and a dispute involving the Durham City council. Is this person notable enough to warrant mention here?--Rtphokie 12:16, 24 October 2007 (UTC)