Talk:No Man's Land, Illinois

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1616 Sheridan Road (Wilmette) and 1500 Sheridan Road (Wilmette) should be merged into No Man's Land, Illinois. The latter article covers or should cover all important material in the two target articles. The buildings described in the target articles are not notable in themselves, but only in context of No Man's Land and its history. The target articles are supported primarily by commercial real estate references and, in totality, read more like real estate advertisements than like encyclopedic entries. Leaving the target articles separate sets up possible redundancy and also possible contradictory articles. A section in No Man's Land listing buildings, attractions, and/or landmarks would collect this information in a single, more useful place accessible to all with an interest in the subject matter. As a courtesy I'm suggesting merge rather than outright deletion or taking the action unilaterally.Ouilmette (talk) 14:52, 18 March 2010 (UTC)Ouilmette[reply]

Heston's birthplace

I object to the re-edit regarding Heston's birthplace from No Man's Land to Evanston, using the cite I previously provided for the reverse information. I'm traveling and do not have access to my copy of Heston's book, but I am fairly certain (after a great deal of research into the matter and reading both of Heston's autobiographical books) that he made it clear he was BORN in the area known as No Man's Land, AS DISTINCT from being born in Evanston. I'm a week or so away from being able to double-check, but after the work I did to make this as accurate as possible, I would appreciate it not being altered as has been done without discussing here or quoting the pertinent text from Heston's book. I may indeed be wrong, but I think not, and since my citation of Heston's book is used to support this contradicting information, I would appreciate having editor Ouilmette provide the text from this citation supporting his conclusion. By the way, and just out of curiosity: does the name Ouilmette merely coincidentally resemble the Wilmette name which is such a part of this story, or do you have an actual connection? Thanks. Monkeyzpop (talk) 12:05, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Monkeyzpop: Thank you for creating this main article, altho I would have titled it No Man's Land (Illinois) rather than using a comma. My response is to ask you to please look at the main article on Charlton Heston, where you have also been a vigilant editor. Can we agree that the only conclusive source would be a birth certificate? I don't have the time to become a Heston "birther," but multiple authoritative sources place his birth not just in Evanston, but at Evanston Hospital (or Evanston Community Hospital), including a 1995 interviewer of Heston, Rick Schultz, that I cite to in the Heston article. The New York Times, the Kennedy Center, etc. all place Heston's birth in Evanston. As far as I know there was never a hospital in No Man's Land in 1923. Since surviving kin routinely correct incorrect obits, we can rely on the many obituaries placing Heston's birth in Evanston. However I am not disputing that his family lived temporarily in No Mans's Land. If the Heston bio says it was a home birth, I'd be open to slight revision. Note also that any info from Heston would be second-hand, since he was an infant. Note also that my interest is more in No Man's Land than in Heston.Ouilmette (talk) 15:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)Ouilmette[reply]