Talk:Morristown, Tennessee

Notable people of Morristown

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Little League World Series teams

Wasn't there a team in the late 90s from Morristown who advanced to the Little League World Series, but was eliminated pretty early? I think it was around the 1997-1998. I remember the game airing on EPSN2, and seeing Matthew Spencer, who now plays MLB baseball, pitching. The left fielder and center fielder collided during the game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:5:B80:79:751F:15FD:3359:4974 (talk) 12:44, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

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Collage

I'm not sure this article needs a photo collage in the infobox, as the standard practice has been to include these only for major cities (at least for US articles). Some of these photos might better serve their purposes if included in the relevant sections in the article. Bneu2013 (talk) 14:25, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

I agree. One photo in the infobox. If others don't fit or are duplicates, they can be viewed in the Commons. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:12, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

The following discussion 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.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Morristown, Tennessee/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: SounderBruce (talk · contribs) 21:03, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Will review in the coming weeks. To start, there are several sections that are just bulleted lists that need to be converted to prose. The infobox should be free of unnecessary icons, such as those for highways. SounderBruce 21:03, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I am not a contributor to this article or a reviewer, but I see that you (SounderBruce) were not able to continue reviewing the Letchworth article and it has been a while since you commented here. Are you continuing with this review? Meme Star27 (talk) Meme Star27 (talk) 19:52, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, but I don't think this one is ready in its current state. Some comments below.

Lead and infobox

• A few too many images in the collage
• Seal is incorrectly licensed and should use a non-free notice.
• The lead is too short for an article of this length. At minimum it should cover the non-History and Economy sections as well.
• Per WP:LEADCITE, either add citations for all statements or exclude them.
• "Thriving community" is not neutral.
• Link to stagecoach.
• Infobox does not need custom fields for airports and Interstate Highways.
• City councilmembers do not need to be listed

History

• The organization is messy, with chronological leaps back and forth. I recommend restructuring it entirely to be closer to chronological order rather than by subject.

Geography

• The second paragraph is uncited.
• There is no description of general topography, city boundaries, or urban form.
• The entire Neighborhoods list is uncited and needs to be fleshed out.
• "Important suburbs" does not have a clear selection criteria.

Climate

• Most of the prose is uncited.

Demographics

• No leading paragraph? A description of how the population has changed over time, in terms of growth and diversity, would be welcome.
• The 2020 table is too much and could be reduced to prose.

Economy

• Table needs accompanying prose, such as largest industries and why certain employers are prominent.
• Real estate section needs to have fewer paragraphs.
• "$600,000,000 dollars" should be "$600 million"; the section is also problematic due to the use of projections from a booster-ish source.
• "considered a hub for retail" needs a proper source.

Arts and culture

• The lists work better as prose paragraphs. They also need more citations.
• No information about public art, theater, or other aspects of culture?

Sports

• Seems to only include baseball and softball. Look around for other sports as well.

Parks and recreation

• Section is underdeveloped and should include some details about the listed parks and what programs are offered by the government

Government

• Too many short paragraphs here.
• Citation is needed for the last sentence of the first paragraph.
• No description of the government's services or budget.

Education

• Public schools should be expanded to describe the number of pupils and faculty, budgets, and other basic information.
• Colleges section needs more citations.

Media

• Again, the lists work better as prose.
• More information about the newspaper, such as format and ownership, is needed.
• This section could also contain information about non-newspaper media (such as TV and radio stations) as well as the local library.

Infrastructure

• Healthcare should also include clinics and specialty facilities.
• More links needed in the utilities section.
• 2018 is quite out of date. Any newer figures?
• Citation 98 needs a page number to verify whether it is being cited properly.
• "commuting-base" does not need to be hyphenated.
• Too many citations at the end of the second paragraph; break them up.
• "popular alternate route" is not cited properly.
• Principal highways and Major surface routes need to be described only in prose, as done in the Major highways section. The selection criteria for Major surface routes also seems to be lacking.
• "used to" would work best as "formerly"
• "most residential areas" is not confirmed by the citation given.
• Transit system needs more elaboration.
• No information about bicycle and pedestrian conditions?
• Space needed between the colon and "MOR"
• Information about the general uses of the airport is needed. How many enplanements in recent years and how many based aircraft?

References

• Heavy reliance on sources from governments and related organizations. Look to add more secondary sources.
• Citation 30 needs a page number.
• Citation 33 does not seem to be a reliable source.
• Citation 34 needs to be in sentence case.
• Citation 51 does not seem to be a reliable source.
• Citation 53 does not seem to be a reliable source.
• Citations 73, 74, 75, and 76 are too close to their subjects.
• Citations 77, 79, and 80 do not seem to be from a reliable source.
• Citations 105 and 106 are missing page numbers.
• Citation 109 has a bare URL.
• Citations 118 and 132 use an unreliable source (IMDb).
• Citations 123, 124, and 125 use unreliable sources.

Please consider re-nominating only after addressing these issues. SounderBruce 05:11, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

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Intro - Daytime population

I am pretty sure the daytime population stat in the intro is incredibly inaccurate. It swells by 18k from what the Mayor has said, not 118k. I believe the Forbes source is a typo. 170.142.177.236 (talk) 11:31, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Photo of a tombstone

User:AppalachianCentrist has been edit warring to insert this photo of a tombstone into this article about a city. A consensus of editors have agreed that "Images must be significant and relevant in the topic's context, not primarily decorative", per MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE. This article isn't about cemetary, or about Gideon Morris (where this image is also located). The input of others would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:33, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Gideon Morris is the founder of Morristown, and this is the only free-use picture regarding him. I would imagine having some picture regarding the founder of Morristown would significant given the context of the person.

I suppose you woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning, so kindly take your disruptive behavior and attitude elsewhere before I decide to report you to administrative personnel.

Thanks, AppalachianCentrist (talk) 22:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

The image is decorative and unnecessary. It also violates MOS:TEXTASIMAGES. --Magnolia677 (talk) 23:35, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

@AppalachianCentrist:, Personal attacks are disruptive. Personal attacks are contrary to the spirit and damaging to the work of building an encyclopedia. Please discuss the issue at hand and avoid this kind of language against another editor. No image in an article is better than inserting one because it is the only one available. Readers can click through to his article to see the tombstone. Carry on and please continue to work to improve the encyclopedia. 〜 Adflatuss • talk 02:53, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@Adflatuss

No need to worry about me anymore, as I am permanently retiring from editing Wikipedia effective as of today.

I have asked a peer of mine to finish some of my work on articles that I was working on making to GA status.

Have a good day and a Happy New Year, AppalachianCentrist (talk) 03:04, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

I would omit it, since it is not illustrative of Morristown, nor of its founder. It may be appropriate for the Gideon Morris article, but even that is contestable. It is rare for us to have gravesite images, unless there is something noteworthy about it in and of itself – an interesting work of art or extravagance, a site of "pilgrimage" by fans, etc. E.g., we have them at both Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison for the latter reason, and at Jules Verne for the former. The one at Robert Falcon Scott is worth including for being both unusual and pertinent to his (and Edward Adrian Wilson's and Henry Robertson Bowers's) Antarctic expeditionary demise. We don't need one at, say, Rosalynn Carter or Silvio Berlusconi, at which such considerations are not likely to apply. Does lack of an actual portrait of Morris produce any greater utility for including a picture of a very normal gravestone? I remain skeptical. Anyway, it's certainly not pertinent at the town article. As for all the dramatics above, see WP:HIGHMAINT, especially the section on threats to quit.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  12:26, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

National Weather Service

If it isn't mentioned in the article yet, should it be added that there is a National Weather Service office in Morristown? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 16:42, 7 February 2024 (UTC)