Talk:Areas of Sheffield

message: I have started adding the links to the various districts of Sheffield which have their own article. As I go through these districts and populate them I'll then add the link here. It would be nice if ultimately all districts with substantial information about them had their own article outside of the political Wards articles. Captain scarlet 10:48, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks; that was what I had hoped for when I created the ward articles. Things have progressed slower than I thought they would, but I agree that the ultimate goal would be to have articles for most districts (some named districts are actually quite small and so it may be difficult to write substantial articles about them).  JeremyA 15:06, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: District links

message: :(Note - I should also point out that :Category:Districts of Sheffield is now more detailed, with subcategories)
:Category:Wards of Sheffield - there a some issues with these articles - Firstly grouping places by electoral wards may not be a good idea - these do not have the historical longlevity that say - civil and ecclesiastic parishes do. 
*There are multiple incoming redirects to these articles eg in Beauchief and Greenhill there are redirects from : Batemoor, Beauchief Greenhill, South Yorkshire, Jordanthorpe, Low Edges, Beauchief Hall, Chancet Wood - many of these (in particular all villages/suburbs/large estates) should have there own article. In many cases these could be split as stubs fairly easily, others need more work.
*There is some over bolding and over-sectioning eg Beauchief and Greenhill again - bolded in section heading, and in text (twice) in Ecclesall the topics are bolded in the presence of a main link
*The articles keep using the heading "Districts of xxx ward" - this is confusing or not helpful - the places are not "districts" they are specifically - villages, towns, suburbs or housing estates etc. Some may be districts - many are specifically not.
*The places after which the wards are named should generally be separate from the description of the electoral ward, unless the two are practically the same. Squashing two topics into one adds a lot of potential to confuse or mislead.
:I have cleaned up Stocksbridge and Upper Don and Stannington (ward), including writing or splitting the relevant subarticles when they didn't exist (with the exception of Wharncliffe Side which still lacks a proper article). I also recommend using Template:GeoGroup and an ordered list of coordinates.
:Are there any volunteers to do something to some of the other articles (many of which are essentially unchanged since around 2005/6) - Oranjblud (talk) 16:17, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup wards

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 policy on article titles.
*Generally support. In my opinion "district" (particularly in British english, may be difference elsewhere) sounds formal and suggests some sort of official status - this is not the case in all the examples. As I noted above at Talk:Districts_of_Sheffield#Cleanup_wards - the use of the term "district" in the sub articles is in some cases - just plain wrong. 
*From my experience the articles linked to include - suburbs, villages, and a few uninhabited areas. - "Areas" is a common sense solution. As I mentioned above, many of the articles in :Category:Wards of Sheffield need cleanup - mostly tidy, the ad naseum use of the term 'district' in those articles is one of the problems, amongst some WP:MOS and other issues.Oranjblud (talk) 00:32, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey