Talk:Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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Most of the information on this page belongs in a tourism magazine, not an encyclopedia. The article should be titled, ´´Pittsfield: City of Culture and Art´´ or something similarly bland.

I love Pittsfield.

Me, too. That said, I'd like to make sure we get the details in this article right. Most sources seem to agree that Waconah Park was opened in 1919, not 1918. Jim Bouton's site refers to organized baseball at Waconah from 1892 onwards, but that probably meant ball played on the site, not in park as it stands today. Ethanz 18:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The main part of the Baseball section needs at least a reliable source such as James A. Vlasich, A Legend for the Legendary: The Origin of the Baseball Hall of Fame (BGSU 1990) and a link to baseball origins or history, probably removing some content to one of those articles. Doubleday or Cooperstown may be in dire straits and the reference to mlb players born in Pittsfield looks nonstandard ("Gold Glove" and "Outfielder"). I will check project discussion for baseball and locales or communities, but what I expect to find indicated there is a career or two rather than what to do here. 64.48.78.40 19:11, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


Aaronlife, I appreciate your attention to detail and your ability to write prose, but prose does not belong in a neutral, factual article. ´´Visitors and residents of Pittsfield alike are marveling at how beautiful the restored river is´´ is irrelevent and cannot be cited. That said, I think the article is in much better shape after all your changes have been made, the only exception being its floridity.


"Most of the information on this page belongs in a tourism magazine, not an encyclopedia. The article should be titled, ´´Pittsfield: City of Culture and Art´´ or something similarly bland."

what kind of a comment is this (above)? if you look at other cities on wikipedia they also list parks and other attractions, cultural or otherwise; that is appropriate for a page attempting to educate someone who is attempting to visit a town, or at least learn about it and get a sense for it. just because pittsfield isn't as big as say portland, oregon, or NYC or Boston, doesn't mean it doesn't deserve cultural and park listings. when i originally found this page is had very limited information and most of it focused on an extremely depressing view of the pcb issues in pittsfield, which, although noteworthy, are scarcely in the mind of most people who live and or visit pittsfield (i am a long-time resident), the details of which don't seem entirely relevant to an encyclopedia article on a small city; why not detail the fiscal problems created by various mayors, or the illegal garbage tax of the current mayor. personally, I would like to see the pcb section condensed, but i'm respecting those who originally developed it. i would also like to see a picture of downtown pittsfied, or pictures; there was one but it disappeared recently. a good encyclopedia has pictures, anyone know where it went? aaronlife, 6/27/07

[edit] Cleanup

I have attempted to clean up the article, as it was nowhere near standards and left out many things common to most Massachusetts articles. I know it's not the best, so if you have any further cleanup ideas, please feel free! ToddC4176 (talk) 03:01, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Since there is no "Parallelogram Complex" in Pittsfield, I removed it. 12:37, 3 May 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.24.30 (talk)