Talk:North and South Brother Islands (New York City)

Latest comment: 2 years ago by AAEexecutive in topic FROM THE "NORTH BROTHER ISLAND" TALK PAGE

FROM THE "NORTH BROTHER ISLAND" TALK PAGE

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Off-limits

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The Wikipedia article, among many others I've read, mention that island is now "off limits", but nothing beyond that. Does anyone know why? And under whose authority? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Recoil42 (talkcontribs) 15:15, 19 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

The city owns it and is keeping it as a bird sanctuary, therefore it is illegal for anyone to go there.--Carpe Diem (talk) 02:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

If the island is off limits then why does the article say "The Island is now a thriving neighborhood where many people live" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.114.230.47 (talk) 22:17, 17 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

I think this is wrong "The Island is now a thriving neighborhood where many people live" I have found no indication that anyone lives there - unsigned

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The disambiguation page redirects back to this page. It is not possible to reach the dismabiguation information. Please fix this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.10.94.35 (talk) 00:24, 26 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Coordinate error

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{{geodata-check}}

The following coordinate fixes are need for North Brother Island: 40 48' 02"N, 073 53' 57"w —Nstrang (talk) 22:41, 21 January 2011 (UTC).Reply

The coordinates seems ok to me. --Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk) 11:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

There are two pairs of "Brother Islands"

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There seems to be another island with the same name in the Indian Ocean, part of the Andaman archipelago: North Brother Island. How should we handle this? A disambiguation page? At least there should be an article and link to the other one. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 21:50, 2 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

This page needs a map — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.179.36.109 (talk) 14:44, 27 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

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North Brother Island is also featured in the second book of the York trilogy by Laura Ruby: The Clockwork Ghost.

-AAEexecutive (talk) 20:41, 27 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

FROM THE "SOUTH BROTHER ISLAND" TALK PAGE

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Untitled

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I think the US must use a different system of measuring from the rest of the world. The two islands having a total area of 81,000 square meters? That's 80 kilometers!! The size of a small city! The same sort of thing is written in the article on Liberty Island. Andy Johnston (talk) 14:17, 12 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

I take it you meant 80 square kilometres. 1000 square meters does not equal 1 square kilometre); 1 square kilometre is 1,000,000 square metres (1000 X 1000). so 81,000 square metres is 0.081 square kilometres Seamus42 (talk) 23:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Rates

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Does anyone know how much council rates/taxes were paid yearly when it was owned after purchasing for $10? I found a dubious source that said the land was taxed at $2,000 per year per 1,000 squre meters! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.111.133.22 (talk) 08:04, 3 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

There are two pairs of "Brother Islands"

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It seems that there is another island with the same name in the Indian Ocean, part of the Andaman archipelago: North and South Brother Islands. How shall we handle it? A disamb page? At the very least we need and article and a see-also link... --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 21:53, 2 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

The two articles talk about a pair of very similar islands. Epicgenius(give him tiradecheck out damage) 15:44, 30 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

I've merged them. BMK: Grouchy Realist (talk) 05:24, 18 January 2014 (UTC)Reply



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Dangling Modifier

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I know Wikipedians seem to be inexplicably obsessed with using dangling modifiers, but I would like to point out that the first sentence has a dangling modifier.


North and South Brother Islands are a pair of small islands in New York City's East River, situated between the Bronx and Rikers Island.

I suggest the following revision:

North and South Brother Islands are a pair of small islands situated between the Bronx and Rikers Island in New York City's East River. HullIntegrity (talk) 12:03, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Nope, you're giving specifics (between...) before you give the general (East River). Intercourse the "dangling modifier", intelligibility and logical presentation of information counts more. BMK (talk) 19:11, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Reply
OK. Since this article is not really in my neck of the woods figuratively (though I live a very short kayak trip from the islands) I will defer to the bigger modifier. HullIntegrity (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2014 (UTC) And the most recent edit works for me. HullIntegrity (talk) 21:03, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 05 November 2015

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Not moved. A disambiguation has been created at North and South Brother Islands. Wbm1058 (talk) 13:44, 12 November 2015 (UTC)Reply



North and South Brother Islands, New YorkNorth and South Brother Islands – No disambiguation necessary per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The target already redirects to the current page name. – epic genius (talk) 15:50, 5 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:45, 5 November 2015 (UTC)Reply
  • It really has nothing to do with COMMONNAME. The article is at the common name of the islands, North and South Brother Islands. The "New York" is simply a disambiguator to distinguish it from the islands of the same name in India, Connecticut, etc. BMK (talk) 03:39, 6 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

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