Talk:Avon, Connecticut

SOMEONE IS TOYING WITH THIS PAGE. SOMEONE MUST LOOK INTO THIS IMMEDIATELY.

Site Sources

Please cite sources for information in this article. I have removed advertising and attacks that were not sourced. —WAvegetarian^TALK_CONTRIBS^EMAIL 01:17, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I have tried to do a bit of cleanup, removing the worst bits (the Dutchess of Schlut? Yeah, right...) and checking a few facts. I don't have a local history available to question the bit about slavery and the founding, although it sounds a little dubious to me. --Brianyoumans 08:37, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

History section

Was this directly copied from somewhere?

• Yes. It's a slightly edited and uncredited ripoff from this: "AVON, 1830-2005, A BRIEF HISTORY" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.217.14 (talk) 17:03, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

The name “Avon” in 1830 cannot be derived from “County Avon” in England, since that was not created until 1974. 80.229.4.222 (talk) 15:31, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Content and Tone

Perhaps another Wikipedian could comment on whether it is appropriate to characterize a town as "affluent" in the lead paragraph.

The questions that come to mind immediately are:

• Affluent compared to what? or by whose standards?
• What authority has declared that this is an "affluent" town?

I am not a resident of Avon, nor have I ever lived there. I was searching the town through Google, which uses the lead paragraph of the article in its own capsule descriptions. Bikerbudmatt (talk) 21:29, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 5 external links on Avon, Connecticut. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive http://www.webcitation.org/6YSasqtfX?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2Fprod%2Fwww%2Fdecennial.html to http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov to http://factfinder2.census.gov
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/lists/2005OctRegEnrollStats.pdf
• Added Template:Tlx tag to http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060502101400/http://www.vintageaviation.net:80/ahs/pinegroveschoolhouse.htm to http://www.vintageaviation.net/ahs/pinegroveschoolhouse.htm
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060821115610/http://www.enjoycentralct.com:80/index.cfm to http://www.enjoycentralct.com/index.cfm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at Template:Tlx).

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 15:18, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 5 external links on Avon, Connecticut. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024653/http://www.avonhistoricalsociety.org/LivingMuseum.htm to http://www.avonhistoricalsociety.org/LivingMuseum.htm
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://factfinder2.census.gov/
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.vintageaviation.net/ahs/pinegroveschoolhouse.htm
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.enjoycentralct.com/index.cfm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 15:17, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

School district

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2637562/Teachers-Connecticut-indoctrinated-familys-daughters-cult.html This article about an alleged cult is from the Daily Mail and its reliability is therefore suspect, but if coverage by a reliable source can be found, the incident might be enough to establish notability. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 09:35, 8 February 2025 (UTC)