Talk:Troon

message: I removed the brief mention of Stephen Fraser as it seems extraneous without additional detail -- a brief search of the wiki and Google did not turn up information about who he is, or why we should care that he is from Troon.  Someone with more info should fill in the details if appropriate. PxT 21:03, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

message: Hello.  The article mentions <<The Duke of Portland took the existing natural harbour on the north side of the headland and added docks.>>  Which Duke of Portland is being referred to?  Could we get at least an approximate date for this statement & also add a Wiki link to the correct Duke of Portland, if there is such a page?  Thanks.  SaturnCat (talk) 20:40, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duke of Portland & modifications to Troon Harbour 

message: I propose that Barassie, South Ayrshire be merged into Troon. While historically a separate village, Barassie is now a suburb of Troon, and is classed as part of the Troon settlement for census purposes. As the article is an unsourced stub, what information there is can be easily incorporated into the town article. Jellyman (talk) 21:13, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Barassie, South Ayrshire]] 

message: I think that it is necessary to mention the fact that Troon is located within the United Kingdom in the opening line of the article, primarily because Troon is currently located within the sovereign unitary state of the United Kingdom which is currently, whether you find it politically controversial or not, the primary legislative power for this area above the Scottish Parliament. This is political fact and would be in line with articles such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. Brythones (talk) 13:53, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It isn't standard practice for UK location articles to include it. The guidelines for writing about settlements at WikiProject UK Geography (WP:UKCITIES) suggest including type of settlement, local government district, ceremonial county and constituent country. The two examples shown there (Chew Stoke and Neilston) use this format and do not mention the UK in the lead (it does appear in the infobox, though). Also, a browse through the featured content listed on the project's main page (WP:UKGEO) show that these high-quality articles generally also conform to the guideline. The difference in articles for major cities such as you mention is that they are referencing specific claims about settlement size, such as saying it is the "Xth largest in the United Kingdom" or suchlike, which wouldn't be relevant to the majority of places. While I think an argument can be made for including the UK in the manner you suggest, I think a consistent approach across all such articles is preferable; so I don't see any reason to treat Troon different to anywhere else and wouldn't support such a change without wider consensus across UK articles generally. Jellyman (talk) 16:46, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent points: can't argue with that. Brythones (talk) 11:48, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  United Kingdom 

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message: To explain this revert, note that the word troon has been adopted as a synonym for the transphobic slur tranny by members of Kiwi Farms among others. Funcrunch (talk) 22:37, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note on transphobic slur