Talk:Halifax, West Yorkshire

message: Sceptre nominated this as a good article, but I think it does not qualify as such yet. It's missing a History section. Most of the sections could use beefing up and citations. --Fang Aili 19:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: GA nom

message: From Room's Dictionary of Place Names ()   The first part of the name is either the Old English halh (nook) or hall (rock , stone). The second part is derived from the Old English word for hair , which was feux, here used metaphorically to apply to rough hairy grass
82.47.176.254 15:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Local information website 

message: Speaking as a former Haligonian (though I never knew to call myself that at the time) and Halifax enthusiast I'd say there should also be coverage of:
* The Big 6 pub.
* The Courier newspaper.
* Beacon Hill (maybe).
* Perhaps more on the Halifax building in the town centre.
--Drewpuppy 23:51, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Can't disagree with you; especially regarding the Courier. Feel free to add it, with the normal valid citions and links. Neobros 02:14, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More for inclusion 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Strong Support - as nominator Reginmund 01:41, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It would usually be called "Halifax" by people typing something into the search box. Dekimasuよ! 05:39, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: I think this article's now far surpassed the need for the clean-up tag, thanks to the many fine editors who have contributed. Please re-tag the article if you disagree. Nigholith 22:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing Clean-up tag 

message: There seems to be more than meets the eye in John Taylor's poem on Hull, Halifax and Hell: The last three places in the country to implement a sheep tax were Hull, Halifax and Elland. Cloth at that time was measured by the ELL (approx 1 metre). There is a strange reference in the litany to "in hell there is an heavier tax" 22 March 2008.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.63.176 (talk) 13:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Law enforcement

message: There is an inconsistency between Halifax, West Yorkshire#History and Halifax Parish Church#Organ: the former reports (clumsily) that the organ was installed in 1765; the latter reports 1766.  --155.198.108.162 (talk) 11:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well spotted!:) I have corrected the entry in the first article and also updated the details and replaced the original reference with a better one for the second one, which I have also inserted in the first. Richard Harvey (talk) 16:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organ date? 

message: Let's not get dragged into an edit war on postcodes. Has anybody got a source? Does the Royal Mail set different boundaries for "Halifax" compared to, say, local government? If the boundaries do differ, can we find a way of making this clear in the article without misleading readers? bobrayner (talk) 02:26, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: *The HX postcode area is named after Halifax, but it includes other towns - the Halifax post town is HX1-4. As this article is about the town, only the postcodes that cover areas in the town should be included - which looks like HX1-3. Peter E. James (talk) 19:08, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Postcodes 

message: I've tried to put this image back, sorry if it isn't quite right please feel free to correct it.
Rjstott (talk) 12:44, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coat of Arms 

message: The list of Notable Haligonians was deleted from this article by jza84 on the 21st of February 2010, on the grounds that it was "unsourced". It was replaced with a link to a page of notable people from Calderdale. That page consists largely of people from Todmorden, often of questionable notability. A mountain-biking journalist? Notable?
I argue that if a list item links to a page for a person, and that page is sourced, then the list item is sourced.
I've restored the list of Notable Haligonians. Mr Barndoor (talk) 13:31, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Having been away and just got to your question on the List of people from Calderdale page and replied there. Basically every entry on the list should have its own reliable source in this article and not rely on the wikilink. Keith D (talk) 20:26, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't mention any applicable Wiki policies, but I'll take your word for it. I'll put references into the list when time permits. The List of people from Calderdale page is not an appropriate replacement for the list of Notable Haligonians, though - it's largely concerned with Todmordonians, and has a strange view of what constitutes notability and "from Calderdale". Is Dennis Healey's father notable for anything except having a son? Why is Antony Booth on the list when he's not from Calderdale? Mr Barndoor (talk) 12:48, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that what they were trying to do was to remove the lists from the individual pages and put them into a single list but failed to complete the job properly. Personally I would have gone for a list per major location and put the smaller places in the Calderdale list. One way would be to create a List of people from Halifax, West Yorkshire article, if there are more than a dozen entries, and use a  link from this article. The list can then grow without affecting the main article on the place and is more acceptable for any possible GA or FA submission for the Halifax article. Keith D (talk) 13:32, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Haligonians 

message: The article refers to people from Halifax as "Haligonians".  I have consulted people born and bred in Halifax, and they say that they have never heard "Haligonians" as a term for people from Halifax, Yorkshire, only for people from Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Is there a reliable source for the use of the term for people from Halifax, Yorkshire? --Mhockey (talk) 11:45, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I was born and bred in Halifax and certainly have heard of the phrase. Note the section above referring to Notable Haligonians. See this article from the Halifax Evening Courier:- . There is also something mentioned, in replies by local residents, when the term Halifaxian was used in the Halifax Evening Courier letters page here:- Save this local icon, also as a reply on another sports article here:- , both of which confirm the term is known and used. The word is also used, in the Financial Times here:- . Also note:- .  Richard Harvey (talk) 13:36, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haligonians from Yorkshire? 

message: Surprising there is no mention of John Holdsworth & Co. Ltd.  and particularly the Shaw Lodge Mills . This impressive chimney  still standing. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:12, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Holdsworth & Co. Ltd. 

message: Is this addition really "promotion advertising"? Are they even a money-making commercial venture? I'm truly amazed. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:11, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Halifax and District Organists Association 

message: Substituted at 17:01, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Just to note that Calderdale Council here describes Halifax as "a very attractive, busy large town" (page 23). Martinevans123 (talk) 18:38, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large town? 

message: The usage of "Halifax" is under discussion, see Talk:Halifax#Requested move 18 July 2023. Crouch, Swale (talk)  16:20, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Halifax"