Talk:Stratford-upon-Avon

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Contents 1 Edit in Trivia 2 Merger proposed: Henley Street 3 Eh? 4 "Notable" or "Trivia"?

[edit] Edit in Trivia

I am not sure how to remove the [edit] buttons on the page, but there are several in the trivia section that should be deleted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K28921 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Merger proposed: Henley Street

Since the Henley Street article is not too long, and may not be notable in itself, it might be best to merge it here.

Proposed as part of the Notability Wikiproject --B. Wolterding 15:43, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree - they should be merged. Alternatively, there should be a link from this article to Henley Street. Drc79 16:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

I would say definitely merge. Henley Street does not merit its own article. AlexOUK 14:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I merged the text into here. The section should be streamlined a bit, maybe, but I leave this to others. --B. Wolterding 08:03, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eh?

"the District of Stratford-on-Avon (which uses the term "on" to ensure people realise that it is a much wider area than just the town of Stratford-upon-Avon)" - what evidence is there that this (somewhat odd) reasoning is actually the one the district uses? There's no reference. Loganberry (Talk) 21:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I added the one that was on Stratford-on-Avon (district). --Espoo (talk) 16:34, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Notable" or "Trivia"?

The section "Notable residents" although not called a trivia section basically is one, and should probably be deleted per WP:TRIVIA.-- Writtenonsand (talk) 04:57, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I disagree. Quite a few town articles in the UK have notable residents sections e.g. Taunton. Some, like Bolton have even separated the list out e.g. List of people from Bolton. However I do agree that the current section is too long winded and should be more of a bulleted list. If people want more info on the person they can click the wikilink. --TimTay (talk) 08:33, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Section is perfectly valid per common practice, and lists, whether standalone or within articles, should always contain info and context about the items they contain. Deiz talk 09:38, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

The guidelines at WP:UKCITIES includes a "Notable people" section so it is perfectly valid to have this section, though a list is to be discouraged and the section should be re-written in prose. Keith D (talk) 09:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough! :-) However, the info on the famous people listed in this article drags it IMHO perilously close at times to being "Triva about famous people from Stratford-upon-Avon." Perhaps some rewrite to weed out the more egregious trivialities, gushing, and "this bit reads like a personal essay"? Thanks to all -- Writtenonsand (talk) 14:21, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:BOLD - go for it! --TimTay (talk) 15:22, 5 April 2008 (UTC)