Talk:Castleton, Vermont

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History section[edit]

I noticed that most of the information in the History section of this article is taken directly from The Castleton Historical Society. I was not sure if this had been done with permission... just wondering. Thank you--BuzyBody (talk) 17:33, 15 November 2012 (UTC) 76.218.101.27 (talk) 22:52, 3 May 2015 (UTC) But what was the date incorporated, unless "chartered" means incorporated. If so, why is the chartered date before the settlement date? 76.218.101.27 (talk) 22:52, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

They're all like that. Benning Wentworth was authorized by the Crown to grant patents of unoccupied land, and in 1749 began making grants in what is now southern Vermont. The charters came before settlement.Flyte35 (talk) 23:53, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the "Neighboring cities and towns" section[edit]

I want to briefly discuss the use of a diagram to graphically indicate neighboring cities and towns of Castleton. Such a diagram seems, in my opinion, to be a peculiar and unsightly addition to the article. The diagram itself is really a pretty clumsy and convoluted tool for outlining adjacent towns... one which I certainly cannot recall seeing on Wikipedia articles for other towns to which I've contributed. Quite frankly, this abstract diagram could be replaced by a simple map of political boundaries which shows adjacent towns with labels. Such a map would take up less space than this clunky diagram and ultimately offer a better overall depiction.

Unless there are any objections, I'm planning to replace this section with a map image in the near future. I simply wanted to float the idea here first to get feedback in the case that somebody is particularly attached to the diagram. —Jgcoleman (talk) 16:06, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is clumsy, but it has the advantage of being able to click on one of the neighboring town names to go to the article about that town. I don't know how to do that with an image. Jc3s5h (talk) 18:09, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I did notice that the diagram offers that ability. And you're correct that such functionality is likely not possible with an image. However, I seriously question whether or not this functionality is realistically relevant to the article or would actually serve to enrich a reader's experience. Does a user really need a diagram to skip out to the articles for any number of surrounding towns? I'm unconvinced that readers will actually make use of the links. My view is that if the adjacent towns aren't relevant enough to introduce in paragraph form, they probably aren't relevant enough to receive diagrams or wiki-links. —Jgcoleman (talk) 19:25, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Overall, I think I'd rather have a non-clickable image than the diagram, if I had to pick. Jc3s5h (talk) 19:50, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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