Talk:Marquette, Michigan

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I've never heard of the Marquette Monster being associated with Marquette, Michigan - I grew up there and it was never part of the local lore.

I've never heard of a Marquette Monster either, and I spent the first 19 years of my life there.

I'm living there now and I have never heard anything about the Marquette Monster

Also living in Marquette and have written about a dozen articles on various Marquette history and culture subjects. The Marquette Monster is unheard of as far as I am concerned. Where did this information come from? Everyone knows about the Hodag, but the Marquette Monster? no.

  • The Marquette Monster is, inter alia on the sign in front of Old City Hall. Look at it. --Daniel C. Boyer 15:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Worcester

Named after Worcester, Mass, or after Worcester, England ?

[edit] Monster

Since nobody (including myself, born and raised here) has EVER heard of the Marquette Monster, I went ahead and deleted the blurb. Simple.

  • It's on the sign in front of Old City Hall. Look at it. Plus, you know the guidelines say that your not having heard of something isn't controlling, right? --Daniel C. Boyer 15:13, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I am removing the "Marquette Monster" reference. The standard for inclusion is three notable sources. If you can find a newspaper, magazine, book, reliable website, or scholarly article that mentions the beast, reinsert it with a ref. Thanks, Wachholder 17:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dome Ownership

I do believe the State of Michigan owns the Superior Dome, and NMU simply manages it. Will do further digging...

  • Yes, you are correct on that. I don't have a link but I was up there while it was built. Dmodlin71 03:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lighthouse

Wow, what a gorgeous picture of the lighthouse - definitely an angle on it that I haven't seen before! Does anyone have more info on it? I know it's one of the few manned lighthouses on the Great Lakes (by the Coast Guard.) Dmodlin71 03:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Racial Demographics Problem

I myself don't know the precise demographics for Marquette but I do know it is predominately white, and it is wholly impossible to have a negative percentage of any race. If someone knows the actual figures they should change it immediately. Cptnspoon19 05:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay I looked it up in the Census Bureau and found more accurate demographics. They're from 2000, so they're probably off still, but at least somewhat close to correct. Cptnspoon19 05:20, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main Picture

I was kinda wondering, maybe the old ore dock isn't the best picture out there to represent Marquette... Maybe a picture from mount Marquette overlooking the whole city might be better? This would include the ore dock and more of the city. Just an idea --Kyle van der Meer (talk) 16:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Link

I put the following in the external links.

Mr. Barek doesn't this it belongs there. Oh well. IRDGAS. Do what you want. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 16:55, 27 March 2008 (UTC) Stan

Spamming of an external link with only marginal content on the cities mentioned is a violation of WP:ELNO and WP:NOT#REPOSITORY, as has been mentioned to you on your talk page twice already. The link has been reported to WP:WPSPAM for further review. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
This is not spam. Your unsubstantiated and unwarranted accusation doesn't make it so. No Ipse dixit here. You are entitled to you opinion, but you happen to be wrong. What part of Central Michigan University don't you understand?7&6=thirteen (talk) 19:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)Stan
The term "spam" is referring to the behavior, not the link itself.
I fully acknowledge that the link may provide a useful ref tag entry for articles containing information for which the link provides facts to support those statements. However, please read WP:NOT#REPOSITORY and WP:NOT#DIRECTORY, as well as WP:EL. The link which you have added to roughly 100 article today is only marginally related to the subject articles. While it does provide interesting trivia, it is not providing directly relevant resources to the articles to which they have been added. If it were relevant to the article to discuss when the Marquette Harbor Light or the Marquette Breakwater Outer Light were either constructed or rebuilt, then the provided link would be a valuable reference link to substantiate those facts (as a ref tag, not as an external link).
However, this article is about Marquette, Michigan - and should not contain historical detail of everything within the city. If those lighthouses meet wikipedia's criteria for notability, then their own articles should be created and the link could be a valuable resource is such articles (again, more appropriately as a ref tag rather than as an external link). Likewise, if a more generic "Lighthouses of Michigan" or "Michigan lighthouses" article were created, the link would be valuable in such articles. But not in articles about cities/townships. Just because a link is potentially useful does not mean it should be included everywhere. A list of all the phone numbers in New York would be useful, but is not included because Wikipedia is not a directory. The same applies to this link in city/township articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:15, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
I for one put some faith in our readers. If they find it irrelevant, I'm sure they know how to leave the article and move on. I tend to err on the side of too much of the irrelevant, rather than too little of the relevant, since relevancy is in the eyes of the beholder. That's JMHO. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 20:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)Stan