Talk:Gambrills, Maryland
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NPOV
[edit]I trimmed back some of the wording in this article because it looked like what had been written here first was better suited for a travel guide. Wikipedia is not a travel guide but an encyclopedia, and advertising Gambrills goes against our policy of neutral point of view. However, we do have a more travel-related sister project at http://www.wikitravel.org. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 05:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
A bit over the top...
[edit]I lived in Gambrills from 1970 to 1988 - and return often to visit family still living in the area (Crofton and Millersville).
The text "home to one of the largest and most acclaimed Day Spas and Salons in the Eastern United States- Robert Andrew" seems to me to be either 1) a bit of misplaced sarcasm, or 2) an unapologetic plug for a commerical enterprise (which has no place here).
Trust me, Robert Andrew just ain't that big of a deal. This should be cut from the description along with the sarcasm about the post office and feed store being "highlights".—Preceding unsigned comment added by MickeyWiki (talk • contribs) 20:39, 24 July 2006
Patent Nonsense
[edit]I agree. Given the {cleanup} and {tone} tags, I'm moving the patent nonsense and apparent original research here. Feel free to move info back, if info cited and the WP style guide is followed. Toddstreat1 16:40, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
- Gambrills' claim to fame is the U.S. Naval Academy Dairy Farm, a local highlight ranking right on up there with the post-office and family-owned feed store. By Dairy Farm Road, there is also an impressive corn maze that spans 11 acres. The paths wind around for three miles. In the past decade, the farm was leased to Horizon Organic who used it as a “farm and education center” until they couldn’t afford the upkeep any more. Horizon is gone, the but the dairy farm is still there operated by Maryland Sunrise Farm.
- In addition to the post office and feed store, Gambrills is home to a large and acclaimed day spa and beauty salon, Robert Andrew, located at the Waugh Chapel center, which also contains shopping, dining, medical facilities, and a senior condominium community. Soon there will be a Wegmans Grocery Store as well. Gambrills is less than 20 miles from Baltimore, Washington, and Annapolis making it a sought after exurban residential location with an average annual income of $80,000+ in the surrounding 5 mile radius.
- Pitcher Denny Neagle was born here.
Issues with current article
[edit]I would like to know where or what the citation is for the source of the name of Gambrills. I grew up there and did a small research project on the history of the area, and at the time, no sources I could find could reliably give a source for the name of the town. No source is listed in the article.
Also, I find the statement of how Gambrills is remote from population centers and the commutes long to be an opinion (and one I don't believe to be valid, the comment makes Gambrills sound as if it in is the middle of nowhere, when Crofton, Laurel, Annapolis and all it's communities, Bowie and more are very close). Opinions don't really have a place in a fact based article.
Laura — Preceding unsigned comment added by StellarBett (talk • contribs) 10:00, 5 April 2014 (UTC)