Talk:Pocomoke City, Maryland

Unsure

This page needs some attention, although the history appears sourced it should not be signed and needs to be more streamlined as to me it currently seems to contain much "waffle". I am unsure whether to attach the expert attention tag or not someone with greater knowledge of the area should perhaps make this decision.Bass fishing physicist 12:46, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Original Research / Copyrighted / Unregistered user

The long-winded history section is either original research or a direct copy of copyrighted material. In either case, it's completely unreferenced. I googled various sentences and couldn't find any websites that it would have been copied from. The entire edit was made by an unregistered user with IP: 216.231.141.4

It all sounds like it's good, accurate info, but who knows? Does anyone think that 216.231.141.4's edits should be reverted?

Snottywong 23:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

They look like they were done by someone who researched the subject and contain a brief list of references. But they are by someone unused to Wikipedia processes. Suggest they are kept and the authorship removed to this page ( follows). Lumos3 08:53, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

The long history section was contributed by

History researched and written by Dr. Robert F. Jones, 13 April 2004, bobjones@EZY.net Robert F. Jones

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Town or city?

from a brief search, it seems that whether a populated area is considered one or the other depends less on size than on state law and local system of government. who knew? here's just one applicable link i've dug up: http://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/places/24md.txt. - Metanoid (talk, email) 03:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

But the census provides no rationale for their designations, and I can't find any place on wikipedia that states that a census "decision" is binding. ANd as far as I know, Maryland doesn't distinguish one from the other. But I'm double-checking . . . Pilch62 (talk) 03:22, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't: From the Maryland Manual Pilch62 (talk) 03:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

it appears you're right, divisions of municipalities are indeed for states to define. here's a Census.gov page with multiple documents listed: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/garm.html. the entry under Chapter 9: Places seems to spell it out especially. - Metanoid (talk, email) 04:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Sweet. Yet another case where the Census Bureau classification does not accord with local statutes. This looks to be similar to the situation with California, where municipalities can style themselves as either cities or towns, but that styling is without any express distinction under state laws. See Article 23A Section 10 of the Maryland Code [1] older ≠ wiser 12:12, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cite, Metanoid! I've raised the issue here. Pilch62 (talk) 12:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Because no source has ever been provided that this is a town, I have reverted to the only sourced version: note that the Census Bureau did not collect data for a town under this name. Nyttend (talk) 06:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

That is simply a lie--sources were provided to you. If you revert these pages again, you will be reported for intentional vandalism. Pilch62 (talk) 04:28, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

My goodness, but you're dense. The Maryland Legislature calls it a town--that's the ONLY source necessary. Pilch62 (talk) 00:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)