Talk:Oxford, Ohio

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• Sbmeirow • Talk • 19:50, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Miami University

Even though Miami was a University when Florida belonged to Spain, saying that Miami University was the "original Miami", is still disingenuous. Miami U., the Miami Valley (which was formed by several rivers - including the Little Miami River and the Great Miami River), Miami County in Ohio, and many other places in Southwestern Ohio all take the name "Miami" from the tribe of Native Americans/Redskins who lived in the area before they were forced to move to Oklahoma. Miami, Florida takes its name from the Miami Railroad Co. which took its name from the southwestern Ohio area, named for the Native Americans. Thus, neither Miami University nor Miami, Florida are the "original Miami".

Also, this has almost nothing to do with Oxford as a town, and would be more appropriate (though still inappropriate) in the Miami University article.

Liffer 16:39, 1 December 2005 (UTC) liffer

What's appropriate?

Is it really appropriate to have an award by Chris Westfall in this listing? There are plenty of city officials over the years who have received awards, including the finance director and Parks & Recreation director. Might this be related to the current controversy over the elimination of his job? If so, it's inappropriate here. Or did KLZ Put it in?

population

I am changing an edit by MicroProf with comment "(Undid revision 157174668 by 58.9.5.131 (talk) This conflicts with a statement at the beginning of the article.)" It conflicted, both statements seem to be wrong. The census ( http://www.cityofoxford.org/Files/GeneralCharacteristics.pdf ) appears to include students who live in off-campus housing, but not those who live in dormitories. I'll try to clarify the article. 134.53.21.34 14:13, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for providing a source. However, I'm confused, as I see nothing in the PDF that supports with what you add: the only number that appears between 6,000 and 7,000 is 6,134 (the number of total housing units in the city), and the only numbers between 9,000 and 10,000 are the number of people between ages 20 and 24, and the number of male residents in the city. Could you please explain how you arrived at those numbers? Nyttend 14:53, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

first town named Oxford in N. America?

I think this is probably incorrect, since Oxford, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1713, nearly 100 years prior. Maybe this should be followed by the words "west of the Alleghenies" instead of "in North America".

It is incorrect, Oxford wasn't registered as a town until 1961. Instead it was a village in 1803 --Mason Whitaker 20:56, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Ben Roethlisberger?

Should Ben Roethlisberger, now quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, be included in the "Notable People" section of this article? I'd say he's notable in that during his first season as a pro player, he led his team to a Superbowl victory. He didn't graduate from Miami, but he did attend the university and start as quarterback for the Redhawks for 3 years (as well as become, arguably, the university's most noteworthy quarterback). While there have been several Redhawks to go into the NFL, Roethlisberger's early and immediate success seem to distinguish him from his peers. This is a small edit, but one worth considering. Patlafleur (talk) 17:18, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Victor Furth

Prague 1893-Oxford, Ohio 1984 Professor of Architecture at Miami University who had to leave his practice in Prague in 1939. Victor designed quite a few houses in Oxford.

If you feel he is notable, as defined in Wikipedia:Notability (people), then gather reliable sources (see Wikipedia:Reliable Sources) and start an article on him. You can't just say in Wikipedia that someone is notable, you have to establish notability by citing reliable sources. -- Donald Albury 13:02, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Agree, Per Donald Albury. A great way to see if someone is notable is seeing if they have a wikipedia article. Wm.C (talk) 03:48, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Chicken or egg?

Not clear whether the town (or village) was called Oxford because they were planning to build a university there. Valetude (talk) 22:33, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

The history section needs to be expanded overall anyway. It is named Oxford because of the university. All of the naming happened after the legal formation of Miami University in 1809. Oxford was originally just called "College Township" and before that was part of another township. --JonRidinger (talk) 23:14, 25 August 2017 (UTC)