Talk:Parramatta

message: As per discussion at Talk:List of Sydney suburbs, I have created a separate page for the City of Parramatta, the Local Government Area. -- Ianblair23 11:56, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate page for the Local Government Area 

message: This page was moved from "Parramatta" to "Parramatta, New South Wales" as per the naming convention set out at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (places) – Ianblair23 16:26, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page move 

message: I have added the box, but it is not displaying correctly. I have places a comment on the template discussion page to try and get a fix. Yewenyi 21:07, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: SydneySuburbBox2

message: There was a section about a German gang, which I deleted on the grounds that it was severely misspelled, did not cite references, and is irrelevent as other pages about major towns do not have sections on gangs. I guess if someone strongly disagrees with this action, they'll reverse the edit. Naysie 13:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: German gang? German gang?? I thought the major gang in Chinatown was Slavic?!!--Jack Upland (talk) 11:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Minor clean up

message: Do we really need this section?  If you don't know the suburb it conveys nothing.--Jack Upland (talk) 11:07, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is useful, but only if we link the items in the list to their own articles (as per Lennox Bridge). That means we need to do more work! Ryanwiki (talk) 09:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But why? Surely we can list or describe landmarks without bracketing them like this...???--Jack Upland (talk) 09:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think we're talking about two different things: Are you suggesting we delete the list or add descriptions? I'd support the latter, as they are important landmarks that contribute to the bearings, history and character of the city. Sure, we could put the descriptions on the page, and also link to another article if there is enough information to warrant it. (For example, I think Parramatta Park could be a contender for its own article.) Removing the subheading "National Estate" and subsuming the list under "Landmarks" may also be helpful. Do you agree? Ryanwiki (talk) 02:11, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Estate 

message: According to Britannica the word Parramatta is an Aboriginal word meaning "head of waters". Source: 
Should the article be changed accordingly to reflect this, or should this be included alongside the existing explanation (as they differ)? What is to be done? —VerseDoorPlace (talk) 15:28, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The eels explanation is commonly accepted, as reflected in the local rugby league team.  However, there is some commonality between these two versions.  Parramatta is not the "head" (or source) of the Parramatta River, but it is the place where the fresh water and the salt meet, and this is why eels and other aquatic life converge there.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:16, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Head of Waters" 

message: I'd suggest that the (unstressed) second and fourth vowels were schwas.
:I was just wondering about the pronunciation. Do locals really stress it initially, i.e. stress on the 'Pa-' and no more stress thereafter? Seems counter-intuitive and at least Dictionary.com, where you'll find the term in relation to the fabric, as well as to the city, actually provides a different pronunciation: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/parramatta
:..stressed on the third vowel, which is the way I'd speak it (lacking definite information) intuitively. But then, I'm German ;) Can someone please clarify? Zero Thrust (talk) 00:41, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If you want to hear how the word is pronounced you will hear it here . You will need to listen through the video in which it is only mentioned once. Cheers ***Adam*** 01:23, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: pronunciation

message: Has anyone noticed that Raine & Horne (Real Estate Company) use a lot of this Wikipedia article for its info on the Parramatta suburb?
See for example  -- has lightly edited copy of chunks of this page on the right (Local suburb information).
Or I hope it is not the other way round? :-)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.70.43.118 (talk) 08:54, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sincerest Form of Flattery (Plagiarism) 

message: There aren't a lot of other Parramattas.  In fact there aren't any other places called Parramatta. We should move it from "Parramatta, New South Wales" to "Parramatta" and fix all the redirects. --TS 00:40, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: An obvious move

message: Would it be a good idea to put more content in about the Parramatta City Council and the social enterprise projects?  Eclipsed (talk) 20:43, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  City Council 

message: Hi there, the church shown in the infobox is the same as this one, isn't it? Could anybody please let me know where on Church Street it is, e.g. what is the name of the side street? I'm working on an article on Thomas Forsaith. You can reply here, and many thanks in advance. Schwede66 04:46, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox photo 

message: The climate section is rather long and detailed. It could probably benefit from being trimmed considerably to two or three paragraphs, and the rest of the content merged into a separate article such as Climate of Parramatta. Looking at the statistics, it does appear that the climate does not really differ from Sydney's in general, apart from probably cooler winter weather, but not by much. There is already a Climate of Sydney page, so I don't know if a separate one on Parramatta would be overkill given that it is essentially still Sydney, just not the city centre which is what Climate of Sydney details. 58.166.244.49 (talk) 09:53, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. I think it should be cut down. There is no justification for its own page.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:43, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate section 

message: This is a strange choice of photo. The church shown isn't a prominent one, and I think many people who know Parramatta would have trouble identifying the location.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:47, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox photo 2 

message: Parramatta 37.111.146.213 (talk) 18:49, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parramatta