Talk:Ashford, Kent

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  • — 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 town's position relating to the Weald, iron, chalk downs, rivers and transport (motor and rail) etc see Sandbox It might also be useful to have a section showing the constituent parts of the town - ie surrounding estates (cp Park Farm, Kent article)
  • — 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
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[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)

[edit] Judith and Fergus Wilson

I'm surprised there is no mention of the Wilsons anywhere in Wikipedia - I would have expected a seperate article about them. They are well known - or famous - for owing 700 houses in Ashford, making an approx £200m fortune. Theyve had more than one tv program about them. See for example http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=judith+wilson+ashford&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB I had been puzzled for some time by how they could keep buying houses without running out of money for the 15% deposit, but the most recent tv programme I saw about them says they bought houses 'off-plan' in a rising market, so their 15% equity was covered by the rise in price between them agreeing to buy it and needing to pay for it. I've also read they bought property cheap and in bulk from a distressed developer. 80.0.127.234 12:50, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

If you'd like an article on them created, please go to WP:RA and request it. Alternatively, create an account and you can do it yourself. Just make sure that the proposed article complies with WP:N and WP:BLP first. Waggers 14:34, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite of article

This article had a great many things wrong with it. It should be borne in mind that this is about the town of Ashford, and not the borough. In that case the text should strictly adhere to its parameters. It does not do this - an example being the inclusion of a school (Swadelands) many miles outside the town. Local tourist attractions and some of the long distance footpaths are also more tourist based - not for an encyclopaedia article - and many of the former are miles from the town itself. That should answer the previous comment, since I have deleted them all ...?

The article was set out in an entirely illogical order: eg the future of the town appeared before what it is like now! I have now included many disparate pieces under Geography and added a piece about the town site. The section is now greatly expanded. It did not seem necessary to go through all the "famous people" again, since there is a list doing that elsewhere, although I am unsure of the need for the article List of people from Ashford, Kent nor the Category:People from Ashford, Kent, when there aren’t a similar ones for the other towns? We must be consistent, surely? I have only included a note about the secondary schools; again there is a separate article listing all schools, not followed elsewhere - cp Maidstone. Peter Shearan (talk) 06:56, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I removed the Twin towns section as all the info cntained was duplicated in the Culture section immediately below it. Mjroots (talk) 15:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)