I think you'll find that the really important quote from the article, as regards residents taking care of a park for years, is:
Adverse possession does not typically work against property owned by a government agency.
Not to mention, even using the quote you gave, that the example probably fails at least the exclusivity requirement.
I wasn't expecting to find the correct answer to a legal question here on Slashdot, but, there it is.
One nit, though, just be careful with "renaming a field" as a solution
Been running Vista with three screens here since release. Not a single problem. In fact, Vista has been bulletproof for me.
Make sure your code does nothing gracefully.