User talk:Steve carlson

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[edit] Jingletown

KQED had a show on about it on Friday. listening to them it seemed to make sense. --evrik ^(talk) 03:10, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

• It was Forum with Michael Krasny: [1]

--evrik ^(talk) 14:31, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Economically disadvantaged communities in the United States

Hi, I just saw your comment in the CFD re Ghettos, where you indicated support for Category:Economically disadvantaged communities in the United States. That newly-created category has also been taken to CFD, so you may wish to participate in the new discussion as well. Cgingold (talk) 02:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

You may want to reconsider your vote in light of this. I'm afraid we've been trolled. Viriditas (talk) 09:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Whether or not the person who created the category is guilty of trolling/sock puppetry (even though those practices piss me off) doesn't change the fact that I think this category has merit. Am I missing something? Steve Carlson^Talk 18:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

No, you're not missing anything, but I am. Where is the evidence that these articles should be categorized under that classification? As far as I can tell, there isn't any. I only vote keep on categories that can actually be verified. Viriditas (talk) 04:20, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, I hear that, but I think this category can be easily verified using U.S. Census data, which collects household income figures and reports medians by geography (zip code, I believe). This should give us the information we need to make this categorization, no? Steve Carlson^Talk 17:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

As an example, check this out. This is the 2000 census data for South Alamo, Texas (which tops the Wiki list of poorest places in the U.S.), which shows that 69.2% of the individuals living there are below poverty level. Ouch! So I think this data could be used to populate the category, but we'd need to agree upon the threshold of inclusion - my vote would be for any community with over 50%. Steve Carlson^Talk 19:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)