Talk:Town of Hempstead, New York
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[edit] Naming
Hmm. Somebody moved this article to an atypical article name. Towns in N.Y. are given as "TownName, New York", unless they share their name with a city, village, or CDP, in which they are "TownName (town), New York". what was the rationale behind the move? You don't see "City of Yonkers", "Village of Pelham", or "Town of Greenburgh" as titles elsewhere. --Nelson Ricardo 12:08, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
If we were to name the article after what it's about, it would be called "Town Of Hempstead". Politicians and local media consistently refer to it as the Town of Hempstead, and the town's Web site refers to Town of Hempstead, not Hempstead Town or Hempstead Township or Hempstead (Town). --Meadowbrook 18:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
- It's completely inconsistent with every other U.S. place name article. --Nelson Ricardo 22:30, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
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- It's inconsistent, yes, but the article name is more correct than the unofficial standard. Also see this page for futher support. To take the convention City, State, then Town of Hempstead, New York is again, preferred since it's official and colloquial name is The Town of Hempstead. Meadowbrook 04:48, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
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- The page you cite does not support the name of this page. Can you locate other articles so named? --Nelson Ricardo 05:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
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- Similarly, there's no written convention for Hempstead (town). I don't think this article name needs to be restricted by other article names. We're talking about America's largest town which is consistently referred to as the Town of Hempstead, why would we name it any other way? --Meadowbrook 22:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] List Needed
Do we need the list of villages and hamlets if it also exsists in the Town template? I think we don't, it makes the article unwieldy in legnth. --Meadowbrook 16:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
