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[edit] Towns & villages

Not sure if this talk section is used (properly) but should the information about wexford's population not be the population of the county and not the town of wexford which maybe should have a unique page194.237.142.10 15:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

This is the unique page for Wexford town. For the county see County Wexford.
tpower 11:16, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Section deletedPeter Clarke 18:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coat of Arms

Coat of arms is wrong, county arms displayed, should be borough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.141.204.45 (talk) 15:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wexford Opera

Perhaps Weford Opera deserves a separate entry?? Thoughts? Jdwexford 22:42, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Of course it does, like other Opera Festivals such as Glyndebourne and Garsington Opera. I'll be happy to volunteer.
--GuillaumeTell 19:09, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Semi Protection

I think its time to semi protect this artical to stop this recuring UFO vandalism guys.--Ferdia O'Brien 18:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

It's not that excessive at the moment so I think this can be left as it is. A problem with one of the semi-protection notices is that it is unnecessarily prominent and slaps people in the face when they look at the article.--A bit iffy 11:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

The trivia section seems a little pointless, the first fact is about a fictional character, and doesnt seem to do much for an artical on a town, it should really be moved to the Father Ted article, and in accoundance with the Towns & Villages decision recheached above, the Saving Private Ryan fact should be moved, since it has nothing to do with the town what-so-ever, since Curracloe isnt even flanking the town. --Ferdia O'Brien 18:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed section

I removed this:

==Flora and Fauna== ''Asparagopsis armata'' Harv., ''Crouania attenuata'' (C.Ag) J.Ag, ''Gastroclonium reflexum'' (Menegh. ex Zanard.) Kutz., ''Rhodymenia pseudoplamata'' var. ''ellisae'' (Duby) Guiry in Guiry et Hollenberg and ''Shottera nicaeensis'' (Lamour. ex Duby) Guiry et Hollenberg are species which, previous to 1979, had not been reported from Wexford. <ref name="Guiry, Cullinane and Whelan 79">'''Guiry, M.D., Cullinane, J.P. and Whelan, P.M.''' 1979. Notes on Irish marine algae - 3. New records of Rhodophyta from the Wexford coast. ''Ir. Nat. J.'' '''19'''(9): 304 - 307</ref>

It's badly written, completely meaningless to the average user, and doesn't indicate its notability. Its mere factual presence in the town does not make it encyclopaedic. Joe D (t) 00:12, 4 April 2007 (UTC) I came upon this ref. - someone may wish to write up the Flora & fauna and this will be one ref perhaps of use. If you don't want it I take no hurt at it being deleted.Osborne 08:55, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Churches and Colleges

I've mentioned St Iberius (I'm a Protestant) but could somebody please put something in about Roe Street Church and its distinctive spire, and the impressive St Peter's College, not least the chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin. Millbanks 21:38, 22 August 2007 (UTC) Actually it's 'ROWE' street. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Menapian2000 (talk • contribs) 16:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

I wonder why Sarah777 removed the external link as follows:

It seems curious on the face of it that there are no external links in the article, and the one I added seems relevant to anyone researching various aspects of the city's social history. Yumegusa (talk) 14:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Restored link to the genealogy website discussed above.
Queries on the other two links here:
1) The 'official tourism website' appears to relate primarily to County Wexford
2) The link 'Wexford: A Town and its Landscape' is to a book sale page. How does that sit with guidelines?
--Yumegusa (talk) 23:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

As for 2 I'd remove it. If it was cited in the article that would be different but it just seems to be a link.--Albert.white (talk) 22:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree that those links should be removed from this article, where they are inappropriate. They shouldn't be used as justification for yet further inappropriate external links. William Avery (talk) 06:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History: Loyalists or Ulster loyalism

Re 1798, the text reads: "Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists..." I believe the most appropriate wikilink for "loyalists" here is to Loyalist where we read a historical section on "18th century Ireland", rather than to Ulster loyalism, which deals with the 20th century phenomenon. That's why I've reverted that part of the last edit. Is there an argument for the contrary position, that I'm unaware of?
--Yumegusa (talk) 11:03, 9 June 2008 (UTC)