Talk:List of United Kingdom dialling codes

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[edit] VfD?

I moved this from List of United Kingdom area codes which could be mistaken for postcodes. I am still not at all sure that this is encyclopedic. I'm tempted to VfD - anyone agree?--Doc (?) 23:45, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I don't know if it's encyclopedic or not. If it's kept, however, I'd like to recommend a table structure of several rows across, so that one doesn't have to scroll so much. func(talk) 00:06, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think the content should be kept, in some form. But the formatting leaves plenty to be desired, and I'm not convinced that it's accurate or up-to-date either. Southampton is not even listed! As it stands, I'd agree to delete, but I'd rather someone put on an accurate and nicely formatted list! UkPaolo 12:57, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'm willing to tidy it up, but I can't do anything about it at the moment - am at work all day today. I would propose three columns (if they fit) and swapping the towns and codes round so that the codes are listed first - that makes more sense to me (and it would look neater). I don't think this content is any worse or better than other lists on wikipedia, just badly formatted. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 16:52, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Have split list into three columns and put numbers first. Still to do: fact checking and disambiguation of links. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 16:42, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep. We could just send people to my version but this one has got Wikilinks which makes it so much more useful. I would like to see it move again - to List of United Kingdom dialling codes. -- RHaworth 23:30, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)

We could of course turn your version into a wikified list with your permission, but it would need explaining. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 22:05, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You certainly have my permission to use it. I have added a note at the bottom of the page to confirm that. I will try and find time to do the explaining. -- RHaworth 2005 July 6 06:29 (UTC)

Well I can think of better things to do with three hours of my life, but I just sat here and tidied up the whole list. All the links are now fully disambiguated. What I'm not sure about is whether all of the links are factually correct: there were some glaring inaccuracies in the original submission and there may still be some. My main reference for clearning those up has been this website. -- Francs2000 | Talk 21:26, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 01632

Is this code Birtley (currently pointing to a disambig link) or a fictitious area code? There are several Google links saying it is fictitious. Thanks, Ian Cairns 00:42, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

[1] No match here. Mrsteviec 06:57, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. My suspicions are that the article has been synchronised against an out-of-date list, despite clear best intentions. Looks like Wiki needs to identify a definitive list and re-synch - we could use 01632 as a litmus test? Any idea where we can find such a definitive list? One area at a time will be deadly... Thanks, Ian Cairns 07:36, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

See Wikipedia 555 telephone number and UK telephone numbering plan#Drama numbers for confirmation of 01632 - so it is just this article that is out-of-date. 07:41, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

I have found a link to http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/numbers/261701.pdf for the current (see date of this comment) geographic area codes and confirm that 01632 is fictitious. Any website that says otherwise must be out of date.... Ian Cairns 08:26, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ho hum

Much as it pains me to admit, I must have been using an out of date reference when spending four hours cleaning up this article recently. Never mind. Can I just request though that the links that have been added in since my last edit be cleaned up themselves - last time I looked Moscow was the capital city of Russia and was nowhere near the United Kingdom. I don't know which of the other links added are also incorrect. Also can we have confirmation that the large number of dialling codes that have been removed are no longer used in the United Kingdom? -- Francs2000 | Talk 18:37, 15 September 2005 (UTC)