[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)
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- 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 CarlsonTalk 18:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
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- 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)
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- 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 CarlsonTalk 17:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
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- 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 CarlsonTalk 19:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
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