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A short A. And it has more than 6100 full-time residents; it has that many "households," but households doesn't equate to "full-time" residents.

Is the name of the town pronounced with a long a or a short a like the town in Greece?Edison 05:19, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

It's short A. I think all US Athens towns (there's something like 20, usually college towns) are pronounced the same. jaknouse 18:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Outline for general improvements

There are many areas for improvement, here is just an initial list.

  1. The intro summary is too brief and incomplete
  2. The section on trails might be better headed as "Recreation" and include a wider variety of recreation common to Athens
  3. The history seems lacking, and needs references (I know I have a history book on Athens, there are likely several).
  4. There are many examples on better city pages that could be adopted.
    1. Compare to Kent Ohio, use of historical and contemporary images
    2. Several sections in other small city pages could be considered
      1. For instance, the climate graph on the Kent page is helpful.
  5. References are sorely lacking
  6. What else?
  7. The festival section might be better in paragraph form rather than a list, and some selectivity and organization could be applied.

--Htw3 (talk) 14:49, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Missing content

  • How about a section on local culture? would include more info on the farmers market, arts, community, cuisine?
  • The economy section is lacking on local businesses.
  • Recreation section needs discussions of hunting, mountainbiking, horseback riding, rock climbing / bouldering, birdwatching?,
  • could use many more images.

--Htw3 (talk) 15:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Awesome Media People

I removed this section which was basically a plug for a local radio presenter.

Regards

Capitalistroadster 18:42, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Stable Hillsides

I removed this statement which is simply not true:

"Most hillsides, though, are solid sandstone and present very little slip potential."

jaknouse 18:29, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Human vs. Zombies

Actually, this IS a real event that has happened in 2006 and 2007 (and is over for the year as I write). If it happens again next year, I would feel justified listing it. jaknouse 19:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Citations

This article needs a lot of citations in pretty much every section, especially of oustanding claims are made. Please be sure to add a source and avoid using phrases like "most people say" or "some people think", etc. --JonRidinger (talk) 07:09, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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