Talk:Airdrie, North Lanarkshire

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With appropriate in-line citations this article would be B-class, and with a little more work would stand a chance of GA status. Ben MacDui (Talk) 19:22, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
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Added some additional information.. still loads to add so this is a work in process... Panthro 21:20, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Structure of article

I recognise the style evolved from a list of dates and events! On a much smaller scale I had the same structure on Airdrie Public Observatory before copying the important bits to the top of the article under their own Level 2 headings, but also leaving the "Chronology" section with sub-sections for the years of interest.

This gives the best of both worlds; I've inserted a Level 2 "History" section, under the History section important/significant/interesting stuff can by written about more expansively without keeping to an inflexible chronological flow; under the Chronology section the time-line can be illicited while the text can be really pared back allowing the reader a quick read without being burdened by prose.

Keep the prose to the top under a suitable heading.

Have only bare facts in under the Chronology subheadings.

Cheers HarryAlffa 22:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

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You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Ben MacDui (Talk) 19:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Map in infobox

The location indicated by the red dot is very wrong. It is no where near Airdrie. I will see if I can sort it.

Indeed, I just noticed that. Fixed: the longtitude was way out. Panthro 12:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)