Talk:Oxford Street

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is part of WikiProject London, an attempt to expand, improve and standardise the content and structure of articles related to London. If you would like to participate, you can improve the article attached to this page or sign up and contribute in a wider array of articles.

This article has been cited as a source by a media organization. See the 2005 press source article for details. The citation is in: "London Through a Lens No.41 - Groovy Christmas Lights, 1967" (23 November 2005). Time Out. [offline].

[edit] Oxford Road?

Can anyone confirm whether Oxford Street has ever been known as Oxford Road? I recall having learnt about the area when at school, and I'm fairly sure it was called Oxford Road a couple of hundred years ago. --Popeyedoyle 13:47, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, I did some research, and found the following link regarding the old names of the road. As I suspected, it was once called Oxford Road. The article currently states that it became Oxford Street in 1782 - what is the support for this? The link, which I think is reliable, states that the name changed in the 1750s. For the moment, I'll leave the date as 1782, and I'll keep looking for more details, but it would be useful to see some corroboration for the 1782 date. Thanks! --Popeyedoyle 23:05, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Virtual Interactive Streetscapes not useful?

Virtual Interactive Streetscapes not useful?

I would like to appeal yesterday's removal of the link Virtual Oxford Street from this page. Up until yesterday the link had proved exceptionally useful to Wikipedia visitors for months and had taken them onto the world's only hi-res Virtual Interactive Streetscape to discover more about this road. What better way to research a street than to walk along it thanks to Wikipedia from anywhere in the world! (Boy I wish my Children's Britannica Encyclopedias had miles of virtual streetscapes when I was a kid!)

Would you be able to agree that Wikipedia users researching a city or street would find a virtual streetscape effictively allowing them to walk down that city's street useful? Is that not within the spirit of Wikipedia? This site is also recommended by the local Council's own short and carefully picked list of links.

If this is not agreed, then it raises the issue of contradicting the previous editors who felt this was within the spirit of the site, and which led to the link being in place for months. We then have a question of inconsistency and removing useful content from users.

Assuring you of my best intentions for my fellow users. --Ewik 11:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)