Talk:Ashford, Kent

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On the project page you can find detailed guides on how to write about counties and settlements, as well as where to find statistics, references and other useful things. Additionally, the following have been identified as specific improvements this article needs: Cite more sources "Communications" section: We do not promote non-Wikimedia projects, except in external links Three sections are about transport. The rivers section looks out of place. I would make the rivers section the basis of a new "Geography" section, that would also include info on geology & landscape, climate, etc. Is mode of transport the best way to order a transport section? Consider whether it would work better rewritten as a paragraph or two each on local and (inter)national transport. The "Ashford Today" section seems to be a bit of a "misc" section, and it's not really clear why commerce and sport are considered "today" while education and communications aren't. The commerce section could become a top-level "economy" section, including statistics such as GDP and unemployment, and info on industries and major employers The sport section can either become top-level, or become part of a new "culture" section, including info on local media and arts Is the "in the news" section encyclopedic? Wikipedia is not a newspaper, and readers do not expect it to be. Prose is better than lists

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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) — Create "People from..." paragraph and move to List of people from Ashford, Kent — Improve the Sport" section by changing list to prose — Improve the Geography section with details of the towns position relating to the weald, iron, chalk downs, rivers and transport (motor and rail) etc see Sandbox — Change the Ashford, Kent#Education section from a list to prose, with a sentence or two about the more notable historic schools and points of interest. — Move Future development of the town section to new Development of Ashford, Kent page, leaving a paragraph or two, with a {{main}} link WikiProject Kent tasks: Kent WikiProject and Portal Here are some Kent related tasks you can do: Focus (top priority) articles: Kent Refine/polish: Ashford Expand: List of Members of Parliament in Kent .More... NPOV: .More... Citation needed: See Kent Citations needed .More... Cleanup/Copyedit: Kingdom of Kent .More... Expert attention: Merge/Split: .More... Wikify: .More... Stubs: See Kent geography stubs articles (merge?), .More... Requests: Geography of Kent, Government of Kent, Sport in Kent, Culture in Kent, Betsom's Hill, Godinton House, List of fire stations in Kent .More... Other issues: Collaborate: .More... See also: Kent pages needing attention Note: These articles may overlap with those on other related lists. If you would like to make a change, either do so yourself, or make a suggestion. view • edit • discuss • history • watch

[edit] [cp Swindon and Crewe]

In the Railways section what does [cp Swindon and Crewe] mean? I understand about the comparison with Swindon and Crewe but I've never heard of 'cp'. Is it a typo? Chris 18:05, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Could "cp" stand for "cum partibus", being "with the parties"? "e.g." or "like" would be easier to understand. Andy

Thanks, i've already changed it to 'like', "cum partibus" could translate to "as partner", so you could be right. Olive Oil 16:34, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

My more worldly wise, better half, has looked in a book and says "cp" is an abbreviation for 'compare'. Olive Oil 16:37, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:People from Ashford, Kent suggestion

There is a category [[Category:People from Ashford, Kent]]. Instead of the long list in the article, perhaps a link to here. Probably have to update the category in the peoples article too. Transfer the more notable list members to a mention within appropriate sections. The ones who attended school could be mentioned in Education, Musicians mentioned in Arts, Sportsmen in sport. This makes it easier to write prose and lose the frowned upon list. MortimerCat 22:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Germany Map

Is the map showing where Bad Münstereifel is located really necessary? I also noticed that the Bad Münstereifel article does not mention Ashford. MortimerCat 15:31, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be good to expand the sections relating to each of the twin towns, with details of the similarities and if/how the twinning works, however i think

• the map fills the understanding of where in Germany they are,
• the Bad Münstereifel article does not mention very much at all, never mind Ashford

is there a better option? perhaps this should be added to the task list on Wikipedia:WikiProject Kent/Article improvement#Ashford, Kent

- Olive Oil -_ŢάĽɮ - 19:28, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree, expand the twinning section but I still think the map is superfluous. If I really wanted to know where they are in Germany, I would click the link. Secondly, you would need two more maps (France and America) to be consistent. The link to the foreign language article seems a bit strange too. The English version Bad Münstereifel now mentions Ashford. MortimerCat 20:41, 17 February 2007 (UTC)