`  ==Famous residents, past and present== I noted back and forth editing where non-registered, new editors are adding names to the article, and an experienced Wikipedia editor is removing them.  There is no apparent difference in quality of sourcing for any names proposed vs. those in the article, because there is no sourcing provided for anything.  It seems mean to punish the new editors for not magically knowing what the editors who ``own`` the article will accept, with no standards being apparent.  I commented out the section in the article, and inserted hidden comment requesting: ``Please do not add any names here without footnote to a reliable source describing the person's association with Westbrook, Connecticut.  Please make suggestions of persons who might be associated, but where you cannot prove it, to the Talk page, instead, so that others may research these and add them later.``  The unsupported items in the article when i removed them were: *Everett Bacon (1890–1989), athlete and World War I veteran was born in town. *George Lessey (1879–1947), silent movie actor lived his later years and died in Westbrook. *David Bushnell (1740–1824), american inventor who built the first submarine ever used in combat. I don't know if these persons had association with Westbrook or not, or whether they are worth listing, but their entries are not supported by any footnotes at all, even to unreliable sources.  Please feel free to improve the article with information supported by reliable sources.  `