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[edit] Hey! What's happened to this article?
I've taken the Wikipedia guideline to be bold to heart.
I've lurked around the Coatbridge article for a long time and thought it needed tidying up. In the past, I've made a couple of edits, but, mostly, I seemed to be undoing vandals' contributions.
A couple of months ago, Neilston made featured article. I'm not saying featured article should be a target, but it gave a useful template to copy. That's where most of the work came from.
Please read the Wikipedia Five Pillars.
Of particular relevance are the Wikipedia article on NOTABILITY and the Wikipedia article on citing SOURCES.
I've done the following:
- split the previous Coatbridge article into 12 sections;
- added some of the Coatbridge versions of the Neilston information, paying attention to cite relevant sources;
- removed some information that I thought wasn't notable enough or didn't cite sources (sorry);
- added some pictures.
However, I don't own this article. I'm not an administrator. Other people will know much more about Coatbridge than I do, or be able to take better pictures of the town centre or Cliftonhill (from the top of 
, for example), or know more about the railways, past and present, that pass through, or know more about it's pre-industrial/industrial/post-industrial past, etc. So, please contribute.
For edits yet to be done, I've noted a few comments beside each of the sections, below, but they're just my thoughts.
Intro - As I've split most of the original intro into more relevant sections, a suitable intro needs to be rewritten. Does anyone know how to write Gaelic pronunciations?
- History - almost everything needs a source, but the one I've provided the link has some good info.
- Governance - mostly complete.
- Geography - a description of the lie of the land/soil types, etc, would be good. As Coatbridge was extensively mined, this should be available somewhere.
- Demography - mostly complete.
- Economy - if this section could include past industry, it should be one of the largest sections. Also, surely Coatbridge has more to offer today than shopping centres? Do Tannoy still manufacture? Do they do any R&D?
- Landmarks - Summerlee is about to reopen. Possibly a description and link to its own page (it should be notable enough).
- Transport - needs something on past stations/trams/disused railway lines.
- Education - some of the current text has been copied from the College website. Surely somebody knows something about education in the area?
- Sports - Drumpellier Park seems to host yearly 5k or 10k races. Various boxing/tae-kwan-do competitions are held in the Time Capsule. Who organises these events? How often? How popular are they?
- Public services - mostly complete.
- Notable people - are we really happy all these people are notable?
- References - not done.
- External links - not done.
Come on, Coatbridge! Let's raise our game! Just look at the Airdrie article.
(For the people who have spent time typing information into Wikipedia, you can still recover your words by clicking on the Coatbridge History tab at the top of the article. It could then be cut and pasted onto a more appropriate website.) --ML5 (talk) 00:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
i know, it's not brillant. the Airdrie article has been taken better care of. sadly, i can't submit pictures to the article nor do i have books (since i live in Kirkcaldy and that one is not in the best shape, when you consider the work put into Glenrothes). it's nice to see some pictures have been added of lately, but there some noticable things that need to be done, like for instance, adding two sub-sections in the economy section- one town centre and leisure facilities (cinema, Time Capusle) that would help and adding a new introduction with the content menu being pushed down.
i have come across too many articles that have been abandoned for months, because people don't spend any length of time sorting them. if i can find time, after i sort out several fife articles, particularly Kirkcaldy, then i'll see what i can do about it. Kilnburn (talk) 21:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
