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Great article! I would suggest making edits to bring it in line with good article standards, then nominate it! Franko2nd 16:24, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Gallery

The number of photographs has been steadily increasing and while this is a good thing, they were having a detrimental effect on the text layout. I've reincorporated them into a gallery instead which looks neater.--Augustusr 10:42, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsupported stories

The following stories were added by User:Resistor0 at 14:52, on 8 August 2005. I've not been able to find any evidence for them, despite searching the Daily Telegraph online, and have removed them until support is shown. A note of this action has been put on User talk:Resistor0.

Some fancifully suppose the town's name comes from the words "Green Oak" (as in the folk song The Green Oak Tree). As local legend would have it the Scottish freedom fighter Sir William Wallace allegedly hid in one of these "Green Oak" trees whilst being pursued by English forces.
Its most bizarre resident was covered in an article by The Daily Telegraph in recent years called "The Catman". He is a man of about 60 years who lives in the wild like an animal, travelling barefooted on his hind legs. He has been seen by many and his diet is made up of wild animals he has caught. However the local population occasionally leave food out for him. He has been taken in by social services before for mental illness but he was deemed uncurable and was released.

I have also removed an advertising link for Holiday Inn Greenock, Hotel, which is just spam. ...dave souza: talk 20:20, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I have photographic proof of the Catman, I'll glady e-mail you it. I'm adding that story back in. - Mick

Look forward to seeing it. Haven't yet found anyone here who's heard of the story. ...dave souza: talk 01:45, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
OK, convinced now: found someone who knew the tale, and another google found chat pages giving convincing detail in authentic Greenockian patter. However, now have an unsubstantiated rumour that the Catman has moved to one of the western isles (Hebrides). Oddly, the story seems to have been added by a young London nerd, which explains the reference to the Daily Telegraph rather than the Tilly . ...dave souza, talk 10:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mothman - Possible Sighting?

On 10:28, 17 March 2007 user:86.140.187.243 added this exciting tale here and to Thornliebank:

On 15th March 2007, several locals reported seeing a strange "winged" creature around the vicinity of the esplanade. Although these sightings have yet to be confirmed by the analysis of photographic evidence, it is suspected that these sightings could be of the elusive Mothman.

See WP:A for the requirements for verification of such tales. .. dave souza, talk 10:48, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-x5O6QEejg for Catman video 202.135.231.49 (talk) 05:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MyGreenock

We recently added a link to a new site MyGreenock (http://www.mygreenock.com ) which offers businesses in the Greenock area free advertising. Can you advise why this was tagged link spam?

There will be no google adsense on this site etc, and all businesses can advertise free.

We (Hobo-Web LTD a greenock based based business) expect to install a forum next week. The directory already has over 300 local businesses in it and it is a useful resource.

I removed the link you added as it was advertising and added nothing to the article, this is an encyclopedia and not a vehicle to advertise your site, you may wish to read the policy on links WP:EL. Fraslet 17:53, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Map

Why has the map of Scotland indicating the location of Greenock been removed? Ulysses54 14:05, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Myth

"pirate Captain Kidd were born in the town"

There's no evidence for this. It's a myth. He was most likely born in Tayside. It needs to be removed, or sourced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.129.123 (talk) 21:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)