Talk:Ridgefield, Washington

Sara

Hmmm. No mention of the Sara Community?

Sara is a community or populated place (Class Code U6) located in Clark County at latitude 45.752 and longitude -122.713 (Sara Panoramio Photos). The elevation is 135 feet. Sara appears on the Ridgefield U.S. Geological Survey Map. Clark County is in the Pacific time zone (GMT -8).

http://washington.hometownlocator.com/wa/clark/sara.cfm

Sara is in between the heart of Ridgefield and the Clark County Fairgrounds, so if the Clark County Fairgrounds can be considered as "in Ridgefield" then so should the community of Sara.

Doubledragons (talk) 10:03, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Cathlapotle

Ridgefield was two towns, basically, from what I can tell, the town of Sara, and the town of Union Ridge. Union Ridge is mentioned, but Sara is not. And from what I can tell, the entire area was called Cathlapotle before it was called anything else, but the only mention of Cathlapotle is the Cathlapotle plankhouse in what is now known as the "Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge." Just F.Y.I. for anyone who has the time to edit this article with the proper sources.

Doubledragons (talk) 20:47, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

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Jefferson Davis Park

Added details on the park that was cut from other pages due to the size of those pages.[1] This will reference the information with background details and give an idea as to the process that lead to the markers being placed on this private land. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 07:24, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

• In 2007, a plot of private land in Ridgefield directly adjoining busy Interstate 5 was purchased for $15,000 by the Pacific Northwest chapter of Sons of Confederate Veterans, a nonprofit whose members have ancestral ties to Confederate soldiers. Three Confederate flags fly at "Jefferson Davis Park", along with two stone markers honoring Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. Stone markers had come from both ends of the state designating Highway 99 the "Jeff Davis Highway" were erected in the 1930s by the Daughters of the Confederacy, with State approval. They were removed in 2002 through the efforts of State Representative Hans Dunshee and city officials, and after it was discovered that the highway was never officially designated to memorialize Davis by the State. Clark County Historic Preservation Commission in attendance — Mark Pelletier, Sarah Fox, Sean Denniston, Rob Heaney and Alex Gall — all voted to remove the granite highway marker from its local heritage list on October 2, 2017.

• • @John from Idegon:, please explain what is not well sourced??? Everything posted is sourced and was removed from the List of Confederate Monuments page to reduce it's context to the minimum because of the size of that page. It links to the Ridgefield page, where all documentation is included in more detail.

Additional references available: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

1. Kindly format your references consistently and completely.
2. Frankly, what you have written makes very little sense.
3. Neither Wikipedia itself or anything hosted on WordPress.com is ever going to be a reliable source.
4. What is "crosscut"?

From what I make if your edit, a notable organization (SOC) purchased land and erected a monument. Some sort of something was moved there at some time, and recently some other group with no direct connection to this community voted to change some unspecified status of whatever was moved. So why does this belong in this article? If you could possibly write something parsable, it "may" (subject to local consensus there) be a suitable addition to the article on the highway you linked. John from Idegon (talk) 02:22, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

First off, thank you for your interest,but it was not my edit. The current section[6] list the outline of Jefferson Davis Park being purchased. Such things as why it was bought and what was moved there, and why the 'Three Confederate flags fly' there; these are missing from the current section. It is important as it has made both regional[7][8] and national news[9][10], and is among the two listed monuments on private land in the state that are Confederate war memorials (the other is in Seattle)[11].C. W. Gilmore (talk) 12:23, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

You see, the Jefferson Davis Park, which was purchased by the Northwest Chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans(SCV), was done specifically for the purpose of displaying the stone markers from Vancouver and later Blaine Washington that had been removed in the early 2000s once it was discovered that the state never officially declared Hwy99 through the state as Jefferson Davis Highway.[12] This is still a controversial issue in the local area[13] and noteworthy for it's position in the middle of the current debate[14][15]C. W. Gilmore (talk) 12:32, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Now "Crosscut.com is a nonprofit, online newspaper based in Seattle, Washington,United States. Crosscut's stated purpose is to "produce journalism in the public interest".[1] Its content is mainly news analysis rather than breaking news like other online newspapers or blogs." according to wikipedia.[16]C. W. Gilmore (talk) 12:38, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Now as for WordPress.com, it is where the SCV host there page and they are reliable in as much as they give the views of the local chapter that bought the land, and maintain Jefferson Davis Park. They are reliable in as much as it is their direct view of why they built the park[17] and not for anything else. It is used in the List of memorials to Jefferson Davis[18] so it should be good enough for this article as well.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 12:58, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Is there anything incorrect in the propose change that would cause you to again delete it?C. W. Gilmore (talk) 12:58, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Renaming 'Recent History' section

Would it not be best to name it for the park that the land was used for, that is Jefferson Davis Park. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 08:10, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

In fact, what about naming what the 'land' is currently, it's the Jefferson Davis Park according to the sources provided [19], so why not name it as well as the section?C. W. Gilmore (talk) 16:34, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Recent history references

Would it not be better to have Jefferson Davis Park better sourced than just one; could we not add additional references given then issues surrounding the park. I would recommend: But please supply others. Thanks C. W. Gilmore (talk) 08:40, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

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Jefferson Davis Park additional information

Suggest adding the sentences: "Stone markers had come from both ends of the state designating Highway 99 the Jefferson Davis Highway were erected in the 1930s by the Daughters of the Confederacy, with State approval. They were removed in 2002 through the efforts of State Representative Hans Dunshee and city officials, and after it was discovered that the highway was never officially designated to memorialize Davis by the State." with references[20][21] And "Clark County Historic Preservation Commission on October 2, 2017, voted unanimously to remove the granite highway marker from its local heritage list." with reference [22]

The current section does not explain why the private park was established or the controversy surrounding it.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 01:30, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Suggestions for consensus?C. W. Gilmore (talk) 14:49, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Yup. Remove the entire section. A small private park that's only significance is its involvement in the current hysteria over Confederate monuments is not significant to the overall understanding of this community. Per WP:WEIGHT and WP:RECENT. John from Idegon (talk) 15:22, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Actually the issues surrounding the Jefferson Davis Highway markers began in 1998 with the Vancouver city council, when they removed the stone. It again became an issue in 2001, and again in 2006 when it was removed from public land for the last time. Thus the park was built in 2007 for the purpose of displaying the marker and for the education of confederate heritage. Later the marker from Blane was added, but as you read all the reference materials, you already know all this, User:John from Idegon. Thanks for the input, but this is not a recent issue, here in Washington State. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 15:52, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

It still has little to nothing of significance to do with this community and is definitely WP:COATRACK. John from Idegon (talk) 00:04, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Not so as the local chapter of the North West Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans bought this local land. in their community,along I-5 and placed the flags and markers facing I-5, back in 2007 for the express purpose of creating this local 'Jefferson Davis Park' to keep alive the memorialisation of 'Confederate heritage' in the local community. As the SVC state, it is for education and awareness, that they created the park, so it is relevant to this local community and still controversial as the recent vandalism of the marker stone shows. The I-5 corridor is the major Portland to Seattle connection and the prominent placement of this monument abutting and facing the interstate is no accident. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 00:20, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict)...and? That is, is this a significant enough aspect of the community to merit mention, or more than passing mention, in the article? Or is it, as JfI suggests, something of a coatrack? Me, I suspect Lewis & Clarke might be a more significant part of its history than antifa. Anmccaff (talk) 01:07, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

It obviously has meant something to someone as it was mentioned on this page sometime ago. My only intention is to give this entry context as to why, and how, as someone already placed the who into this article. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 00:36, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

"Mentioned" is not the same thing as "lit up in neon." Anmccaff (talk) 01:07, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Would it not be better to actually 'name' the 'land' and tell a bit of the story of why it is there? As for 'lit up in neon', the lighting at the park is not 'neon' as you can see when you drive down the major I-5 corridor. It would be different if the SVC has placed the park in some back corner of the town, but they chose to push it into everyone's face by the prominent placement next to and facing Interstate 5. The SVC made this decision and for that prominence along it should be mentioned in full; but that is only a small part of it, with the recent vandalism of the park by Rose City Antifa, it shows that this is still of note as a controversial local issue and for that it should be expanded. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 01:35, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

No. I would think that that would be appropriate at an article about the whole removal movement, or, given RCA's actions, at one on slacktivism. The limited mention in the article is more than enough. Anmccaff (talk) 01:53, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

I see, so it is so major that it deserves it's own article, but so minor that it is the Jefferson Davis Park does not even deserve to be called by name on this page. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 12:48, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

No, you obviously don't see...or at least don't see what others do. Who said anything about major, or worthy of its own article? It might...note that's "might"... be worthy of a few lines elsewhere Or maybe not. Anmccaff (talk) 13:59, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

"I would think that that would be appropriate at an article about the whole removal movement,..." -Anmccaff I see.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 14:04, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

No, that "movement" would be Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. The only "movement" a handful of would-be strasserites pouring paint on a rock suggests is "bowel". Anmccaff (talk) 14:48, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Sure, nothing to see [23], just move along. It's not controversial [24] and it's all recent made up stuff [25], so why fight so hard not to even include the name of the park on the current section, right, nothing to see, move along.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 15:07, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

You do realize that the first cite you posted explicitly stated it is not in Ridgefield? Anmccaff (talk) 15:29, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

...as does the second... Anmccaff (talk) 16:35, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

....while the third doesn't even mention Ridgdefield. Not surprising, because the rock appears to have been in Vancouver then. Perhaps you should create an article called Vaguely in the vicinity of Ridgefield, Washington, and WP:COATrack that?

This is my point exactly. We have a piece of property (that may not even be in the city that is the subject of the article, but just for the sake of this specific argument I'm making here, let's say it is) that contains some small monuments, one of which was moved here after a controversy in another city (said controversy being on topic but of questionable relevance for that other city, not this one). At some point these monuments were vandalized (seems pretty clearly WP:NOTNEWS). Subsequent to that, an obscure (not mentioned in the county's article, not elected, not having any legal authority at all) commission decided these monuments no longer belonged on some non-notable list (again, possibly on topic to the county's article, but of extremely dubious relevance). The only possible home for this would be the article on the highway the monuments came from, but as a member of WP:USRD, I personally would oppose it there too, as clearly COATRACK. John from Idegon (talk) 18:55, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

24398 NW Maplecrest Rd, which appears to be the site of this thing, give or take, is completely out of Ridgfield's city limits, but possibly inside the same zip code. Anmccaff (talk) 22:06, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

All of the local sources connect Jefferson Davis Park with Ridgefield WA: [26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Even the Park's Facebook Page puts it in Ridgefield [33] as it is within the Postal Zip Code for Ridgefield; and note that it was the request from the City of Ridgefield that asked the Clark County Historic Register to remove the Historic Highway marker for Jefferson Davis Park.[34]. In short, it is integral to the city of Ridefield and to the identity of the community.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 23:43, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

So, the only connection between the City of Ridgewood -that's the subject of this article, not a Zip Code- is a fairly low-key request to remove a Historic Highway marker? Anmccaff (talk) 23:52, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

NO, that is just one of the many connections, like the city government asking the county Historical Society to remove the markers and park from it's listing because of the type of notoriety it brings to the town, the fact that even the groups Facebook page puts it as Ridgefield, the fact that the local media lists the Jefferson Davis Park as Ridgefield, etc., etc., etc.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 23:57, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Which is to say that the only connection between this and the City of Ridgefield is that the City of Ridgefield wants to make it clear there is no connection. The park is outta town, and out of their control or influence. So why, aside from slacktivist coatracking, should Wiki be making a connection we know to be false? Anmccaff (talk) 00:14, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Which is to say the local sources put Jefferson Davis Park within Ridgefield WA, if technically just outside of it's exact boundary line: [35][36][37][38][39][40][41] Even the Park's Facebook Page puts it in Ridgefield [42] and the City of Ridgefield government is into what happens at the Jefferson Davis Park as it brings unwanted problems to this otherwise quite little town along Interstate 5 in Southwestern Washington State. In fact, it is that prominent location along I-5 that keeps it in middle of current events, almost 30yrs after the issue started in nearby Vancouver.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 00:28, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

That would be what is generally called a lie, unless "about a third of a mile, as the crow flies" is your idea of "just outside"; as the roads go, though, it's more like two miles to reach anything but a hayfield. It's out of town, the city government has no influence or control over it. You can drive every single street in Ridgefield proper, and not even see it once. It's nothing to do with the subject of the article, except for the mistaken impression that somehow the town -does- have something to do with it.... a misconception which you are deliberately fostering. Anmccaff (talk) 00:54, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

From the Park's facebook page[43]:

   24024 NW Maplecrest Rd
   Ridgefield, Washington

You seem to be the only one concerned about how feet and yards inside or outside the city limits; this is odd considering even the Ridgefield city government doesn't care when they asked the county historical society to remove the marker stones in the park from it's registry. If your only concern is that it Jefferson Davis Park lay in the unincorporated section of Ridgefield, that is not reasonable grounds for removing all listing of it as it does seem important to the city and the general community.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 01:18, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Anmccaff is not the only person here pointing out the issue of this whatever it is's location. As a matter of fact, it is part of the reason everyone opposing inclusion (which is to say everybody but you, C. W. Gilmore) has mentioned for their opposition. And as an aside, Facebook is not a reliable source for much of anything. (The only things I've ever seen cited to Facebook are those very few things we require personal claims for in BLP articles (eg, religion and sexual orientation), and then only to an official verified celeberty FB page, and even then only as a last resort). Lastly, your poorly constructed RfC question presupposes that content will exist on this in the article. You focused on the expansion of the existing section. The removal of the remaining portion predating your edits that I initially reverted are not under discussion and there is nothing precluding their removal (for which there is a consensus) in the RfC below. You are at 3RR at restoring that now. I'd suggest you cease. John from Idegon (talk) 04:41, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

John from Idegon, as you have brought your cavalry in from as far away as Swastika, Ontario, the local natives are one again at the disadvantage, for now. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 05:02, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

RFC Should the Recent History section be renamed Jefferson Davis Park and content expanded

The following discussion is an archived record of a request for comment. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

Not done. Per WP:SNOW: the change initially proposed is unlikely to pass, and the nominator expressed their intention to withdraw the RfC. Discussion about alternatives may continue on the talk page. See also Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Requests_for_closure#Talk:Ridgefield.2C_Washington.23RFC_Should_the_Recent_History_section_be_renamed_Jefferson_Davis_Park_and_content_expanded. (non-admin closure) Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 08:40, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

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*Please close this poorly constructed RfC. See my reasoning below. John from Idegon (talk) 01:43, 3 November 2017 (UTC) Should the current 'Recent History' section renamed Jefferson Davis Park and be expanded to include more detail regarding the park, monuments, and controversy surrounding them?

Suggested re-write

• • In 2007, a plot of private land in Ridgefield directly adjoining busy Interstate 5 was purchased for $15,000 by the Pacific Northwest chapter of Sons of Confederate Veterans, a nonprofit whose members have ancestral ties to Confederate soldiers. Three Confederate flags fly at "Jefferson Davis Park", along with two stone markers honoring Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. Stone markers had come from both ends of the state designating Highway 99 the "Jeff Davis Highway" were erected in the 1930s by the Daughters of the Confederacy, with State approval. They were removed in 2002 through the efforts of State Representative Hans Dunshee and city officials, and after it was discovered that the highway was never officially designated to memorialize Davis by the State. Clark County Historic Preservation Commission on October 2, 2017, voted unanimously to remove the granite highway marker from its local heritage list.

Please give your input, thanksC. W. Gilmore (talk) 16:21, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

References

Survey

• Support I support this expansion. The section header should be more descriptive of the private park, and the entry should be expanded to reflect the long running (since 1998) controversy surrounding the Jefferson Davis Highway markers that were removed from public land over ten years ago.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 22:51, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
• Do not Support Strongly Oppose No, as mentioned above. A major expansion would be coatracking. Anmccaff (talk) 01:07, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

The cites provided by C. W. Gilmore in the section directly above refute the idea that this site is even in Ridgefield at all. Anmccaff (talk) 21:38, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

• Strongly oppose and this should be closed - this RfC is procedurally incorrect. The question should be decided collaberatively, and should not reflect only one position. As raised above, I would ask the bit about the park be removed completely. Without the obviously WP:COATRACK , WP:RECENT, WP:WEIGHT violating content on the removal of the monuments, all there is is a not reliably sourced bit on an inconsequential private monument. John from Idegon (talk) 01:40, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

• And to add a bit, it seems sources are divergent as to whether this is even in the city that is the subject of the article, here. John from Idegon (talk) 16:27, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

I am the one who suggested the OP open an RfC (see Wikipedia:Teahouse#Changes_to_article_and_consensus.2C_how_long_should_a_discussion_stay_open_on_Talk_page.3F for context). I express no opinion on the content issue.

@John from Idegon: I do not see what in WP:RFC or elsewhere supports for your assertion that RfC questions should be decided [collaboratively]. The RfC statement should be neutral, true; but that RfC seems OK to me in that regard (excluding the fact that there was no "short statement" form, which was easy to fix, cf. this edit). It does not get any more neutral than I propose [this] instead of [that] in the article (if the problem is the absence of the text of the status quo version, again, that's easy to fix). There might be other reasons to shut down the RfC (e.g. if that is the 10th time the same question was asked and consensus was against each former time), but that the statement should be negotiated beforehand is not one of them (if that was a reason to torpedo an RfC, no RfC on contentious topics would ever take place). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:00, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

• I have struck everything related to that. Thanks, Tigraan John from Idegon (talk) 16:30, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

It doesn't matter, they are set on white washing everything from the record.[44][45] no matter what the local resources, news articles and view of the Jefferson Davis Park @ I-5. Their will oppose even what little was here before.C. W. Gilmore (talk) 23:21, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose including this content. Let's see, somebody is flying Confederate flags on a private lot within view of a freeway, and calling it a "park"? And this flag lot is outside the city limits? How can that possibly be appropriate encyclopedic content for our article about the city where this private flag display is not located? That seems bizarre to me. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:18, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose People flying flags over a privatly owned plot of land is not a notable feature. Including it in this article lends WP:UNDUE weight to it. Kleuske (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

@Keuske The Park along Interstate 5, is home to the Jefferson Davis Highway markers, these granite monuments were installed in Blane and Vancouver Washington in 1939 with them becoming of of recent issue starting in 1998 and have been the center of controversy in the area until this day. I just wanted to clarify, the Confederate flags, large billboard and signs are all centered around the monuments to the Jefferson Davis Highway. Thanks C. W. Gilmore (talk) 18:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

C. W. Gilmore, am I correct that this private park is located outside the city limits? If so, I consider that one of many powerful arguments for keeping this content out of an article about this city. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 19:23, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

It is so, and I see that the majority view is to not to include it, which I will respect. There does appear to be a misconception that it is just raw land with 3 flags stuck on it, that part I find strange. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 19:31, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

• Suggestion -- There’s a controversy about the subject, and it’s near Ridgeville. The installation is indeed called “Jefferson Davis Park”:

• ”They moved the two markers to the field, named Jefferson Davis Park, after the cities of Vancouver and Blaine, Washington voted to remove them.” “Protesters Strike a Confederate Monument in Southwest Washington”, Oregon Public Radio

Since the “park” is near Ridgefield, that’s how it gets covered: “Confederate monument near Ridgefield defaced”. I’m not sure if the subject is notable enough to warrant a stand-alone article. In this case, mentioning it in an article on the related locality makes sense; I don’t see this as a coat rack. Whether the subject should be mentioned in the article on the town or the county is a good question.

Perhaps, as a compromise, the content could be moved to Clark County, Washington#Jefferson Davis Park or Clark County, Washington#Confederate monument. But I definitely think this belongs somewhere, as part of the nationwide conversation about confederate monuments. I believe our readers would expect to find such content here. Alternatively, many of confederate monuments have stand-alone article, so it may be worth a shot creating one. See: Category:Confederate States of America monuments and memorials and its sub-categories. So perhaps an article Jefferson Davis Park, Washington is viable. K.e.coffman (talk) 20:02, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

I don't see where there is any need for "compromise" with blatant coatracking, but I think this should be covered somewhere in the vasty collection of memorials to JD, specifically, as suggested elsewhere, in this section Anmccaff (talk) 20:39, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

That regards the Jeff Davis HWY, not the creation of this park on the outskirts of Ridgefield Washington, this Jefferson Davis Park has only been around since 2007 and is separate from the original markers and memorial highway project from Blane and Vancouver Washington. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 20:47, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

The installation is mentioned in several places on Wikipedia, also here: Jefferson_Davis_Highway#Washington_2. I'm leaning towards a stand-alone article (i.e. Jefferson Davis Park, Washington) so that all of this content can be centralised. Appears to be notable. K.e.coffman (talk) 20:53, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

I can give it a go on making a new article (first time), the thing is that it is usually just a side note to the Jefferson Davis Highway. The fact that it is still controversial as noted by the vandalism by Rose City Antifa and the fact that the city of Ridgefield asked the county to remove the part from the historical registry. Means that it worthy of mention in more detail so someone not familiar with the park can look it up and see what the background is to news stories like [46] C. W. Gilmore (talk) 20:47, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

It -is- just a side note to the JDH, or perhaps to the group living in the past who created the current home for it. Anything much beyond that is undue. Anmccaff (talk) 21:10, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

• Conditional support/ opposition on whether the memorial is actually in Ridgefield. Fluous (talk) 21:36, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

The park is just outside the city limits. Ridgefield is the zip code for the part and it's the nearest town at about 587yrds outside the town. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 22:14, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose on the balance of things. I looked at New Orleans and the article did not include the information on its (very notable) removal of Confederate monuments, which I was a bit surprised at. In any case, I don't believe that anyone was trying to disparage Ridgeville by adding this information; if anything, they come out in a positive light by asking to have the installation removed. I invited the OP to create a stand-alone article on the subject; if it ends up being created, then it could be linked from See also. I still think that ppl could be looking for "Ridgeville confederate monument", so a See also would solve that. K.e.coffman (talk) 22:49, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
  • It would appear that those Opposed have the majority and the consensus. I withdraw the changes from consideration. I want to thank everyone that took the time to comment. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 08:50, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Very unusual and notable actons by Ridgefield city officials should be added

The City of Ridgefield officially asked Clark County Historic Preservation Commission to remover the highway markers from its local heritage list on October 2, 2017, with all six commissioners in attendance voting to remove the granite highway marker. It is very unusual for the city to make such a request regarding items outside of the city limits and because of recent vandalism of the markers as well as these actions, it made national as well as regional news.

• These actions are notable and should be included into the city profile. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 14:58, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

References

There's absolutely nothing unusual in city officials engaging in reputation management, since a small cloud of slacktivists was regularly misidentifying the "park" with the city. Since neither the KUOW/OPR piece nor, of course, the Columbian, are "national coverage," there's no reason to even consider this based on the "evidence" presented.

There is, I think, reason to consider widening your current topic ban on other Portland area politics to this subject as well. Anmccaff (talk) 16:06, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

You may stop the personal attacks and help improve the article, or you may file a AN/I as your sockpuppet case when nowhere[47]. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 00:24, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The rule of thumb for covering news items is that the sources have to be enduring in nature, it has to be widespread, and the subject covered has to have a significant consequence. Your sources are all local, not enough time has passed to asses whether this is going to be the subject of enduring coverage, and there is no significant consequence. Its a local zoning issue, nothing more. We do not write settlement articles to inform the locals. John from Idegon (talk) 18:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Oh, and by the way, notability has absolutely nothing to do with article content, only existence. John from Idegon (talk) 18:55, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

So if we list the US News article as a source that would satisfy one of your concerns and if the markers again make the news in a few months or the next year, that would satisfy your other, is that correct? C. W. Gilmore (talk) 00:24, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Who is this "we" you speak of? John from Idegon (talk) 00:37, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Editors that wish to improve this article, that would be all of us as that is our only goal. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 01:20, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The odd thing, is to officially, ask the county historical commission to de-list, remove the stones from the historical registry, given that the stones started out in Blaine and Vancouver and were never inside the city limits. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 01:35, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

No the, odd thing is to, sprinkle, commas at, random.

There's nothing odd about the city giving input to a county agency, though, because the city is, for certain purposes, part of the county. Anmccaff (talk) 17:05, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Further Coatracking removed.

This edit, ostensibly about the town's founding onehundred-forty years ago, instead centered on the editor's obsessive topic, removal of Confederate monuments. Anmccaff (talk) 20:54, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for returning the information and for finding another source for the information that you approve of, as it is all about the improvement of the articles. Thanks C. W. Gilmore (talk) 01:52, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

@Anmccaff:, sorry to both you but is there a slight problem with your reference link? It has some red areas when I scanned across the link. Thanks again for your input. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 14:51, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

The biggest thing to happen in Ridgefield area in decades, and the city's response.

Should the largest news story in the Ridgefield area and the city's response to it for the past 10yrs be included in this article? I posted this section updating the history of the city:

More recently the town of Ridgefield, has become the center of the controvercy of flying the Confederate flags and Confederate monuments, even though the nearby Jefferson Davis Park is located outside the city limits. Mayor Ron Onslow said, "We get calls about it every time the Confederacy comes up". Although Jefferson Davis Park has a Ridgefield address, "It's not in our city, so we have no say over it. We're not against history, but there is no history of this in Ridgefield", Onslow said in requesting the memorial at the park, be removed from the Clark County Historical Register. On October 2, 2017, the commissioners of the city of Ridgefield officially and unanimously asked the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission to remove the Jefferson Davis Highway marker, from Vancouver, Washington, from its local heritage list, which the Commission did.

Yet some editor removed it stating it was "WP:WEIGHT, WP:RECENT." Does anyone else have thoughts on whether it or something like it should be included in this article? C. W. Gilmore (talk) 19:54, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

References

@C. W. Gilmore: The city council voted to remove a marker that was outside the city from a list that has only symbolic meaning? Trivial zoning changes would be more significant, but per WP:NOTNEWS we exclude them, so symbolic gestures should also be excluded. BillHPike (talk, contribs) 20:03, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@Billhpike:, please name one other time in the history of Washington state that a city asked for a historical site to be 'delisted' that was not even within the limits of the city or town? This action was historic, unique, notable (as it continues to be in the news some six months later)[48], and shows the deep desire of the community of Rigefield to distance themselves for this controversial 'park'. This is why a note regarding this very unusual action needs a place in this article. The tensions over this 'park' began with it being placed just outside the town limits being vandalised within 6mos of it's opening in 2008. It continues to be so with three reports of vandalism since August of 2017 and the latest being this January with the flags being cut down. By your logic the mention of the near by Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and it's Cathlapotle plank house should also be removed as the actual refuge lay outside the city limits as well. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 23:32, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

References to look into for historical background:

Helpful information found: [49] [50] [51] - C. W. Gilmore (talk) 05:52, 11 April 2018 (UTC)