Talk:New London, Connecticut

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[edit] LOL Funny

As world research headquarters of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, New London and Groton have given birth to many drugs, including Viagra.

This wording is almost too funny to be true. Since when do drug companies procreate? I suggest: "many well-known drugs have been developed in New London and Groton, such as Viagra and atorvastatin".
JFW | T@lk 10:28, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Something is amiss with the references section

Something is amiss with the references section--looks like a bug, but I don't know where to report it if so. I tried editing the section above in case that was causing the problem, but couldn't find anything wrong there. I suggest linking to http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=new+london&_cityTown=new+london&_state=04000US09&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010 if someone can fix this... Szarka 15:52, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reference section cleaned up

Done a day or two ago, logging it here now. -- OWL | Talk 03:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reworked Infobox available for review and comment.

Using the latest standard template, I have prepared a new infobox for this article. Please look it over at [[User_talk:OWL/Infobox_City_of_New_London]] [will not be retained --OWL | Talk 08:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)]. If there is no objection, I shall incorporate it into the article in this weekend. --OWL | Talk 02:18, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Done. --OWL | Talk 08:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 'Infobox City' revised for appearance

  1. Freed-up 'footnotes' area by moving lat.-long. 'coordinates' display to 'map-caption.'
  2. Revised coordinates to point to Courthouse instead of P.O.
  3. Amended 'elevation_ft' data from 50' to 82' per EarthTools.org.
  4. Tidied up Infobox display by using <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"> to disable the expanding of external links. (I.e., the little square-and-arrow icons don't appear on external links in the Infobox anymore.)

--OWL (Talk) 06:06, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to redirect "New London" to "New London, Connecticut"

Please see discussion at Talk:New London. --Polaron | Talk 13:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Expanded Intro

Comments are expressly invited. Writer, a 3rd generation New Londoner and a new Wikipedian, intends to offer more contributions to this article. If this can be done differently or better, he'd like to know. --RalphThayer 08:23, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move of History section

With the latest edit, the new outline for the article is:

  • (Introduction)
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Government
  • History
  • Prominent features
  • Notable residents
  • Literature
  • Local Music
  • See also
  • References
  • Additional Reading
  • External links

The intent in moving the History section from its place before the Geography and Demographics sections to behind them is not to understate the importance of the topic. Quite the contrary. The reader can have a better understanding of the History material if he has already been briefed on the "lay of the land" and the relatively dry though necessary descriptions of today's New London.

Also, sections about Prominent Features and Notable Residents -- most of which are historical -- will be more informative if the reader has the History story fresh in mind. New London is so rich in history that the History section should be the fulcrum and centerpiece of the article. The new location of the History section helps make it so.

Review and comment, please?

RalphThayer 01:26, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Musicians list

Unless anyone has an objection and can think of an alternate solution, I'm going to remove all of the redlinked musicians and bands, which constitutes most of the list of New London musical artists. The list does not comply with Wikipedia list standards due to its open-ended nature, and as a result of this it has become a dung hill of self-promotion and advertisement. Nothing against the bands to be removed; I've heard some of them, and some of them are pretty good, but the don't belong in this corner of Wikipedia, at least yet. So, if there are any objections, let them be known, otherwise, by the end of the week I'll clean it up. -GlamdringCookies 22:35, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:1977 Topps.jpg

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BetacommandBot 01:59, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] City Manager

Somebody keeps changing the City Manager section in the infobox. It's gotten to the point where I have to keep checking this article every now and then to make sure it's correct. If anybody notices the infobox listing somebody OTHER than MIKE BRONITSKY as the city manager, please change it back?

Thanks, Renee Dickens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.207.136 (talk) 19:57, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

This is getting ridiculous. I'm coming back to this page every day now to find somebody has changed it to Martin Berliner. Can we lock this page for editing? The City Manager is MIKE BRONITSKY.

Thanks, Renee Dickens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.207.136 (talk) 03:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

According to the New london government owned website the city's manager is Martin Berliner. the website is http://www.ci.new-london.ct.us/ as well as numerous articles in the New London Day online newspaper articles as recent as 1/27/08 listing Martin Berliner as the City manager.

--Avatar 06349 (talk) 16:00, 31 January 2008 (UTC)