Talk:People from Newton, Massachusetts

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[edit] Guidelines

In view of recent controversies, perhaps we need to establish some guidelines by consensus. Some suggestions I would throw out are:

• Linkage to another Wikipedia article: If there is not a Wikipedia article on the person, why not start one, rather than putting a lengthy recitation of the person's accomplishments here?
  • Another possiblility that I have seen used in other Lists of Notable Persons is to put a person for whom there is no article into a separate list on the Talk Page until such time as an article is done on that person. This seems to avoid a lot of controversy and serve as an impetus to create articles.
    • Another possibility would be to require citations for persons for whom there is no article.
• Multiple categories: If the person qualifies for multiple categories, why not put him or her in the most appropriate one.
• Categories: If you think the person was miscategorized, why not open it up for discussion

clariosophic 23:02, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Noam Chomsky

The article on Noam Chomsky states that he lives in Lexington. If so, why is he here? Did he ever live in Newton? Please elucidate. clariosophic (talk) 23:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)