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Contents 1 Cathedral pic next to contents 2 ? 3 Truro info box reversions 4 Truro "English city" controversy 5 More twin towns?

[edit] Cathedral pic next to contents

Can't seem to get it right in IE.... Firefox works fine --86.131.66.115 19:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

It should work now. Alan Pascoe 21:01, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ?

Where is the dispute - and what has happened to this page? It has been massacared! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 165.86.71.20 (talk • contribs) 07:22, 10 November 2006.

[edit] Truro info box reversions

Why does someone keep reverting the info box for Truro ? There is a discussion going on here - Proposal for the removal of the flag on Cornish town/village infoboxes..... and the general consensus seems to be in favour of no flags to be included on the Cornish info boxes. Please discuss here before reverting again !! Thanks !! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.78.154.34 (talk • contribs) 11:42, 18 February 2007.

The consensus is nowhere near that. Instead we now have a POV fork on this article. All of these have been deleted before and this is another attempt to get round that consensus. It should be removed immediately. Regan123 12:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not happy at all with English infoboxes being on Cornish pages but until a compromise/agreement is found I've put the English one on. Truro is my home and I am very proud of my city, Cornwall is my home and I am proud to be Cornish, but my political views can't come in the way of the (supposed) facts. --A Cornish Pasty 13:17, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

There seems to be some confusion about this as if the English infobox is the only accepted format for Cornish town/village articles then surely these do not conform either ! Penzance, St Ives, St Just in Penwith, Hayle, Marazion, Gwinear-Gwithian, Ludgvan, Madron, Morvah, Paul, Perranuthnoe, Sancreed, Sennen, St Buryan, St Erth, St Hilary, St Levan, St Michael's Mount, Towednack, Zennor.

- See Proposal for the removal of the flag on Cornish town/village infoboxes - I see there is also a Template:Infobox UK place - is this acceptable ? Template:Infobox UK place (proposed deletion) - is there an example of this in use anywhere ? 81.78.157.129 13:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

You are right indeed. Those are the incorrect infoboxes and should be changed. I don't see the point now with Infobox UK under way. That doesn't change the fact the English flag is still on that as well. Consenus is that Cornwall gets treated as England until/unless the constitutional position changes. I have therefore put the info box back again. Regan123 14:15, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Truro "English city" controversy

Added the following text;-

"In 2007 there was some controversy when the major of Truro accepted an invitation for a visit from the "St George's Day Loving Cup" event. The event is described as "A Tour of English Cities" to celebrate St George's day in each "English" city. Many Cornish organisations, including the Cornish Stannary Parliament and the Celtic League have complained that this is an insult to the Cornish people as they say that Truro is not an "English" city, but a Cornish city. They have stressed that the event is not visiting any other Celtic cities in Wales or Scotland so therefore it is unacceptable that the event should be held in Cornwall." ST. GEORGE CELEBRATIONS INAPPROPRIATE IN KERNOW —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.92.168.163 (talk • contribs) 23:26, 19 February 2007.

I don't see the relevance of this in the Truro article. Including it would be obvious NPOV and would not come under the category of "information about Truro" as per an encyclopedia article, but rather a category of "disputes of the status of Cornwall". If it needs to be included at all on Wikipedia then it could be done so on the Constitutional status of Cornwall page. --Joowwww 12:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I would have to agree on this one. It has no place in this article. Regan123 14:15, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I think that this is relevant to this article - it was mentioned only this morning on Radio Cornwall ! -- this refers -- Cornwall24 - Mayor of Truro to call for St Georges day holiday 217.134.75.71 14:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

How about half a throw away sentance somewhere like - there was some controversy recently surrounding St Georges day celebrations in the town with the word cotroversy linking to an edited version of this paragraph as a section on the Cornish nationalism page. That way the information is included for the interested reader, but does not dominate this page as it does now with its own section. Mammal4 14:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Anyway, the link above to a public forum does not seem to count as a verifiable reference in my book. Mdcollins1984 10:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, the reference given is not a reliable and acceptable source as per Wikipedia:Attribution. I have therefore removed the article, it is still above, for discussion, until a comprimise solution can be agreed or some verifiable sources can be used. Mdcollins1984 10:53, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Added a compromise sentance as follows with a link to more detail elsewhere. There was some controversy recently surrounding an event planned for Truro by the English Democrats party to celebrate the patron saint of England, St George. Celtic League - St George celebrations inappropriate in Kernow -- Kernow Protest as Truro labelled "English" city 217.134.76.180 18:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Have copy-edited the above, see article. Mdcollins1984 20:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

BBC news 26 February 2007 - Call to boycott St George event—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.134.78.183 (talk • contribs) 22:34, 4 March 2007.

[edit] More twin towns?

Does anyone know about the twinning of Truro with Stade, Germany, Truro, Nova Scotia and Truro, Massachusetts? The Truro City website [1] says only Morlaix and Boppard are twinned, however this website mentions Stade: [2] and these two mention Stade and the North American Truros: [3] [4] Many thanks --Joowwww (talk) 00:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Suggest that you email Truro City Council. I suspect that TCC had some engagement with these towns but did not enter into a formal arrangement, recognised as "Twinning". Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 00:27, 5 February 2008 (UTC)