Talk:Southern Maryland

Definition of Southern Maryland in article is inaccurate[edit]

Some residents of the southern third of Prince George's County consider themselves part of Southern Maryland as well... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ianrothman (talk • contribs) 23:02, September 2, 2005.

Not “some”, most residents know for a fact that Southern Prince George’s County as well as Southern Ann Arundel County ARE a part of Southern Maryland.

For example the Southern Maryland Hospital Center is in Clinton which is in Southern Prince George’s County. Please also note that that the Hospital website states it’s location as being “in the heart of Southern Maryland”.

Chesapeake77 (talk) 07:49, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Notable residents[edit]

There are a lot of people to be added to the Notables list:

Mathew Henson
Gen. Smallwood
Dr. Mudd
About 1/2 the other people with buildings named after them

Walt 13:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled[edit]

Image and communities I updated the image the image to include the portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel that are considered in Southern Maryland. Since there is no official northern latitude border for Southern Maryland, I drew it as a line from the eastern pincicle of Washington, D.C. to the Chesapeake Bay. This roughly corresponds with the pate of MD Route 214.

In Prince George's there are several things with the So. Md. name, such as the Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton.--Findpeace 00:36, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - the boundary should probably be a bit further south, to not pass too close to Annapolis, but the boundary is vague, and the graphic is small, so I think it is close enough. Walt 18:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is more conventional to just shade "border" counties/states and so forth in a lighter shade, and to make note of their ambiguity in the image description. I shaded PG and AA pink. --tomf688 (talk) 18:41, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah i would have to agree, i didn't like the other map being so defenitive in where the line was, espically in that it would have included communityies in th D.C. area where it would be a stretch to call them in southern Maryland. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 04:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with the map as it stands now, though, is that it makes it seem as if (for example) Greenbelt might be considered by some to be in Southern Maryland, and I don't think that would ever be the case. On the other hand, Brandywine might well be. Perhaps it would work to have some sort of shading of the "border" counties where the color is less intense the further north you go? Still not perfect, but something like that would make the map a lot closer to reality than what we've currently got. DBowie 13:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My observation, having lived in SoMD most of my life, seems to indicate that anything southwest of MD 4 in PG County is more aligned with "Southern Maryland". If you visit say, Upper Marlboro, for example, the town seems to have more of a southern feel than say, Marlow Heights. Although, it's hard to describe because PG's so large and a bit on the diverse side. Areas like Accokeek also have that southern feel to them, but areas like Fort Washington feel closer to the capital region and DC, so the "border" almost has to slant a little bit to sort of start a few miles north of Accokeek/MD210 and cut north, underneath of Andrews AFB, and then more north until you hit MD 4 itself and follow that somewhat, branching off when in Anne Arundel County and continuing east until you hit the Bay. That's a guess in Anne Arundel, though, since I don't know much about what feels "southern" over there. Kumba42 (talk) 06:26, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Food and Cuisine[edit]

A quick google on the respective subjects shows most of the hits lie outside Maryland, none appear to be pertinent to Southern Maryland in particular, with the exception (which should be supported via reference to news articles) of the crabs.Tedickey 21:51, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Counting Google hits is not a good methodology for determining whether a cuisine item is a local favorite, or even emblematic of local culture.2602:306:BDA0:97A0:466D:57FF:FE90:AC45 (talk) 00:31, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cut/paste from other poorly-sourced topics is not a good methodology, either. TEDickey (talk) 00:37, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's getting hard to see which copy of your edits you have most recently pasted from (but to a casual reader, the various pages are becoming more alike, including their general lack of reliable sources, introduction of opinions, etc.) TEDickey (talk) 00:40, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Southern Maryland was founded in St. Mary's City. Therefore a brief history of that is appropriate in an article about Southern Maryland.

J. Frank Raley is widely cited as having been one of the major agents of modern development in the Southern Maryland region and St. Mary's County (a major part of Southern Maryland) ergo his mention.2602:306:BDA0:97A0:466D:57FF:FE90:AC45 (talk) 01:08, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This very poorly written, poorly cited article was last commented on by you in 2007. Are you following me around on Wikipedia? That is considered cyberstalking and Wikipedia says that you are not supposed to do that. 2602:306:BDA0:97A0:466D:57FF:FE90:AC45 (talk) 01:08, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

moving the boundaries without reliable sources[edit]

A reliable source of information is required for edits (otherwise any editor can dispute and remove contentious information). Personal opinion doesn't count. A suitable source for example would be a newspaper article which gives this information TEDickey (talk) 08:22, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A suitable source would be on the topic (not incidental naming). These do not mention any part of Prince George's county:

(That is, you need one or more comparable sources to have a discussion) TEDickey (talk) 10:58, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]