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I agree with Frecklefoot: data on telephone histories of cities should be very brief at most. otherwise we risk a serious unbalance. more importantly we are opening the door to volumes of clutter...why not have a detailed history of sewer manhole cover design or park bench design or history of police
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I am not the first to notice this, but the image "Skyline of Saratoga, CA" is not a skyline at all, but a photo of a single house. While fine, it needs a better, more descriptive caption. Something like "Typical colonial style houses can be found peppered around Saratogo." But, speaking form
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about the city's telephone history? I mean, really, even an extensive history of the area wouldn't likely cover this type of stuff. I think the only one who would care about it is the telephone company. If no one objects, I'll delete it in the next few days. —
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I didn't say Saratoga had a skyline. I just think the article needs a better picture of the area. Even if it is a house hidden behind a bunch of trees. A city park comes to mind. —
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article's history to see who added the telephone history, because I think that I remember someone deleting similar information from another Knowledge (XXG) article for a nearby city.
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I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not.
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section, after the setence: "Saratoga became agricultural, as did much of the rest of the valley; a few vineyards and orchards from this period remain today."
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I have to question the recent addition. Surely there must be employers of larger numbers than listed on this page. Lets start with the city itself, the
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a typical Saratoga house. Most house are multi-million dollar Goliaths, not slightly run-down with chipping paint like the one shown. —
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The article says, there are hiking trails in the Blue Hills neighborhood. That is complete news to make and seems like nonsense (
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department retirement pay for each city? if the telephone buffs are serious they should write a more regional article such as
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The article starts with "Saratoga is a town...", but technically it's a city. How is the distinction made in this context? --
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and/or the school districts, major industries like the Odd Fellows home. Surely they are employing more than 18 people.
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article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
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a "skyline". It's a residential community consisting mostly of one- and two-story buildings hidden among trees. —
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on Knowledge (XXG). If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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on Knowledge (XXG). If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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The black and white (sepia) photos on this page are of Saratoga Springs, NY - Not Saratoga, CA.
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I've been sending emails to the city government, but they haven't gotten back to me yet.
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by an editor with a partial block from editing this page has now been answered.
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to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for
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According to California law, there is no difference between towns and cities.
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is the last remaining prune ranch home in Sarartoga and was listed on the
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That's definitely wrong. Anyone know where to look up the right data? --
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Does anyone, besides the editor who originally added it, care
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Males have a median income of $ 0 versus $ 66,240 for females
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Hello, there are images from the Bulgarian State Archive in
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in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of
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