Talk:Lewiston, Maine

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Contents 1 Population 2 Somali's skills 3 Further on Somali Section 4 Images 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Lewiston.jpg

[edit] Population

Can someone please cite the source of Lewiston's 2007 population estimate? I can't find that figure anywhere.

[edit] Somali's skills

The documentary "The Letter", so named after Mayor Raymond's letter, seems to argue that the Somali's are well-educated (they are doctors and nurse, for example, the movie says) and speak English very well (one Somali speaks 5 languages). These examples, obviously, could be isolated incidents. This article claims that they are uneducated and speak poor English. Are there any reliable statistics on this?

Why are you looking to the movie "The Letter" to be a fair representation of ANYTHING about Lewiston, given the filmmaker is a total egotist who only wrote the "documentary" to try and get an award or something. As one of the people that arranged the first screening in Lewiston, I have actively told other groups NOT to deal with this "filmmaker." As for skills of Somali's - Flip it around - How do you gauge the skills of whites/ non- Somali's/ any other ethnic group, I mean I think they bring some needed diversity to Lewiston. Uppitycrip (talk) 02:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Further on Somali Section

(to avoid confusion, I didn't write the above unsigned comment)

I've removed some material from the Somali influx section as both highly POV, containing unsubstantiated generalizations, and being unsourced to boot. An additional observation: even with a influx of 4,000 non-white immigrants, Lewiston, a city of 35,000 to that point, remains "predominantly" caucasian/Acadian. JamesofMaine 01:42, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

while as a raw percentage somalis make up only 10-15% of the population, Maine being the 'whitest' state in the US, a rapid change of culture is significant.Wvfd14 18:29, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Why is there a link to a racist webpage in the section about Somali immigrants? As if we don't already know what white supremacists think about nonwhites, particularly nonwhite immigrants! Don't give them any more attention; they don't deserve it. I request to remove this link. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.124.180.142 (talk • contribs).

Since it was a dead link (when I accessed it anyway) and debate of its inclusion is now therefore a moot point, I removed it. You don't have to request to change anything you think needs changing in an article, "be bold", and feel free to do it yourself. Ripogenus77 20:32, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

How many Somalis live in Lewiston now? There were 1,000-1,100 in 2002 but how many are there now? 131.123.231.143 00:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Images

Seems like some of the images need to be moved and/or resized. Text is squeezed between them, etc. Wednesday Next (talk) 16:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Lewiston.jpg

Image:Lewiston.jpg 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 this Wikipedia article 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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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)