Talk:West Yorkshire

message: original white paper had Knaresborough and Harrogate being part of the West Yorkshire county, in the same district as Leeds.
Rothwell was proposed to move from Leeds -> Wakefield
a government amendment kept Kearby with Netherby, Sicklinghall and Weeton in North Yorkshire rather than in Leeds district
194.66.226.95 18:18, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: As I understand it, the capital (i.e. the location of the government of the county) was always Wakefield, not Leeds. Leeds was only ever the largest city and commercial heart. 77.97.137.23 20:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yea, thats true, County Hall is on Wood Street in Wakefield. -- Chris as I am Chris 10:22, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capital? 

message: I am calling upon all users with knowledge on the West Yorkshire Derby(s) so that the article can be expanded. Any help or co-operation would be much appreciated. Regards IJA (talk) 14:50, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Can you please help expand West Yorkshire Derby?

message: I've reverted the addition of a "Flag of West Yorkshire" (:File:Flag of West Yorkshire.svg), as the file description page makes it clear that it's the former flag of the county council, abolished 1986, rather than of the county as a whole - and it's totally unsourced, obscure, unfamiliar to long-standing local resident, etc. It doesn't improve this article. PamD 15:52, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Apart from your comment being 16 months late,;and that Pam was right in removing the flag, which was the county 'Council 'insignia, not the county flag and therefore neither petty nor unnecessary editing. You are correct in pointing out that that ther current Official County flag should be on the article. That will shortly be corrected. Richard Harvey (talk) 11:11, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag 

message: Substituted at 10:26, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: The area covers pretty much the already existing West Yorkshire county with a few villages and towns missing. All fall within Kirklees, Calderdale, City of Bradford, City of Leeds and City of Wakefield. No notable settlements outside West Yorkshire and should be merged into a tab on the wider article. Plus it only uses ONS Data and census. Maybe more can be found to give it stronger notability it exists and isn't just an ons term? RailwayJG (talk) 01:33, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Urban Area Merge proposal

message: I contend that the metropolitan counties no longer exist and should therefore be written about in the past tense. This is supported by the fact that this page's web-link isn't to the (non-existent) WYMC but to the WY combined authority which is more a quango than a council.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.149.241.58 (talk) 15:09, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course they exist. Even though the boroughs are effectively unitary since all governance powers were given to the district councils, WY still exists as an entity for police/fire/lieutenancy etc, and it certainly isn't a non-metropolitan county. The county council was abolished but WYCA takes on a kind of equivalent position these days. I also find combined authority to be a more precise term than quango. Rcsprinter123 (spout) 01:32, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: existence

message: Rather than 5 cityscapes, I suggest that the information image should show the diversity of the county. The recent version was better, though perhaps an image like the lead of Stoodley Pike should be included to show wide open spaces. PamD 05:35, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Note also that the choice of first image is important as the reader on a mobile sees this as the header image of the article, so the county is represented by Bradford. PamD 05:41, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @PamD, these images are kinda referenced at a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography#Ceremonial county infobox images if you were unaware. But 5 cityscapes do lack diversity. Regards DankJae 21:35, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @DankJae Thanks, yes, I'll be there when not on phone! PamD 22:14, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox images