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Contents 1 Lady Liberty 2 Grammer 3 New Jersey-New York conflicts. 4 Measures scheme 5 In popular culture 6 Is Liberty Island part of New York city? 7 Natural Monument 8 Picture

[edit] Lady Liberty

Redirect Lady Liberty To here (most used slang) --MJKubba|talk|contributions 23:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grammer

"Worldwide, the Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the United States,[2] and, more generally, represents liberty and escape from oppression."

Should there be commas around the and inthe article? -- 141.153.222.173 (talk) 22:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Jersey-New York conflicts.

We should just leave it at New Jersey/New York as the location.

That way, New Jerseyians are happy and New Yorkers are happy. 05:57, 23 November 2007

• Except that there isn't any serious question about its location. See Liberty Island for history and details. Dpbsmith (talk) 02:48, 24 November 2007 (UTC) P. S. Anyone with relevant facts bearing on the matter, that are not already properly presented in the Liberty Island article, should discuss this issue at Talk:Liberty Island. Dpbsmith (talk) 23:08, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Another possibility is to simply not say on the Status of Liberty page that Liberty Island is in New York. It is in New York, but clearly saying so has resulted in dozens of mis-edits, moving it to New Jersey. RussNelson (talk) 22:29, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Measures scheme

I think we need a scheme like this one [1]. --Taraborn (talk) 09:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] In popular culture

I noticed that this section had accumulated some garbled Wiki formatting and other problems (e.g. a bullet item stating "The Statue has really been Enlighting[sic] the World."

In cleaning it up, I have restored the narrative paragraph format. In addition to being compact, a bullet-list format is inappropriate for a section that is not intended to be a comprehensive list, but merely to indicate the scope of its appearances in popular culture.

Bullet-list format invites drive-by additions of poorly chosen material, e.g. a expected appearance in an as-yet-unreleased video game. Dpbsmith (talk) 22:18, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is Liberty Island part of New York city?

See User_talk:Dpbsmith#Statue_of_Liberty_location. Station1 makes the interesting argument that Liberty Island is part of New York City, making New York City, rather than Jersey City, the closest city. I admit that makes sense, provided it is really true that Liberty Island is part of New York City. It's certainly part of New York State, but I don't know about New York City.

I don't think we have any material or references that address that point, either in Statue of Liberty or Liberty Island.

So, let's discuss.

1) Is Liberty Island part of New York city? Station1 says that it not only is, it's part of Manhattan.

2) If it is, what's the best way to phrase an accurate statement about the "closest city?"

Please discuss before making changes to either article. Dpbsmith (talk) 21:13, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, of course Liberty Island is legally a part of New York County, i.e. the Borough of Manhattan. There are no sections of New York State that are not a part of one of the counties. You can say, "Legally, Liberty Island is a part of the Borough of Manhattan. However, it is geographically closer to Jersey City than it is to the Island of Manhattan", or something like that.--Pharos (talk) 22:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Natural Monument

So I assume a volcano throw up the Statue of Liberty and placed it there? _→AzaToth 16:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

That's a mistake all right.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307 Criteria (i)(vi) are both Cultural, not natural.

The issue seem to be in the infobox. Maybe it's using the old guidelines? I really don't know how to change that :-(

http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/

(Diego bf109 (talk) 01:52, 1 May 2008 (UTC)).

[edit] Picture

There is a picture of a vagina in this article. How did this get there?

Just some common vandalism. Looking at the page's history, it was taken care of two minutes after it was added. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 20:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)