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Talk:Calvados (department)

message: If Thérèse de Lisieux has a cult attached to her, why doesn't her page mention it?  It's a bit odd to say there is a
cult and then have no reference to it on that page. 
Aranc23 19:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cult? 

message: I don't have much background on the French Departements, but I will attempt some basic copy editing and smoothing things out.  Have checked the Wikipedia:WikiProject French departements standards & will try to comply.  Thanks.  ShayDC 02:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Basic Copyedit

message: There's a castle known as Calvados Castle, right? Where exactly is this? --67.189.16.236 (talk) 01:20, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably this is a reference to the case of the haunted château in Calvados, as written up by Camille Flammarion in Les Maisons hantées? The account is anonymised, no locations or names are given beyond the fact that it takes place in Calvados (Flammarion notes that this is a regretted condition of publication) and the château is only referred to as the "château de T." Somehow a translation has turned "a Calvados château" into "Calvados Castle" in the retelling of the story. Perhaps someone has since identified the original location of the tale, though. Man vyi (talk) 07:53, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So the actual "Calvados Castle" described in the account of the haunting actually has a different name? --208.65.188.23 (talk) 00:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Castle?

message: Can I ask what the Battle of Normandy has to do with the history of Calvados? If it has no link other then Normandy itself that line should be removed. 86.129.215.89 (talk) 01:09, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Forget that, was tired and only skimming the page and didn't even realise that this was the page for the region, not the spirit. Man I feel dumb86.129.215.89 (talk) 01:11, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Battle of Normandy?

message: Should there not be a disambiguation page or at the very least a more prominent see also for Calvados the spirit.  I would imagine more visitors searching for Calvados are seeking information on the sprit, not the French deparment?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by CookipediaChef (talk • contribs) 05:44, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's right across the top of the article. How more prominent could it be? Man vyi (talk) 07:27, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calvados (the spirit)
Talk:Cher (department)

message: This is the center of France. 2601:18F:600:D40:BC99:4681:CEEC:2329 (talk) 21:57, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Center of France
Talk:Rhone (disambiguation)

message: Wondering how to edit this département entry? The Wikipedia:WikiProject French departements standards might help.
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For a wine region, I've never heard of Rhone separate from Côtes du Rhône. Perhaps a better oenophile will establish the right entry heading before we get in too deep (cf "Palace of Versailles"). Wetman 09:49, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Talk:Ardennes (department)

message: Wondering how to edit this département entry? The Wikipedia:WikiProject French departements standards might help.
Hello, I'm French (I don't speak English very well, so I don't edit the page) and I have lived near Givet in Ardennes. I just want to precise that the highest point of the Ardennes is named Croix-Scaille and is exactly tall as 504m. Thanks for editing the article :) Scullder 23:15, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Dordogne

message: There is nothing about the 20th century forward. I am not familiar with it, but came here for that purpose. I am hoping that someone who is familiar with the region's background will write a little about that. I think it will make the article look fantastic.MagnoliaSouth (talk) 14:08, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  WWII in history? 

message: citation #12 is paywalled 24.130.46.152 (talk) 19:16, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  paywalled citation 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved.  Favonian (talk) 19:26, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 22 February 2023 

message: This is a topic covered in detail on the related Wikipedia page here.
Perhaps this part of the page could be edited down? The information is otherwise unnecessarily duplicated. Richard Move (talk) 12:24, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hautefaye case
Talk:Gers

message: Wondering how to edit this département entry? The Wikipedia:WikiProject French departements standards might help.
Should we link 'Gers to Rangers F.C.?--Erri4a 00:12, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

message: L’Isle Jourdain still seems to exist, because ECOCERT France's address is there. It is also listed at Communes of the Gers department. Badagnani (talk) 21:42, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  L’Isle Jourdain  

message: The section on politics seems outdated. I think the people and even the parties mentioned are not current. — ★Parsa ☞ talk 15:05, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Politics section
Talk:Somme (department)

message: Wondering how to edit this département entry? The Wikipedia:WikiProject French departements standards might help.
 
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ganduInsert non-formatted text here  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.60.127 (talk) 16:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I wonder if Somme is derived from something. A quick google found nothing expect this: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/somme  /Tense (talk) 19:32, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: IT derives from a celtic word meaning tranquility, according to the Somme river article.Republikaner (talk) 04:24, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology

message: Is there a different standard applied to category names? It normally makes sense to have the pagenames identical (to simplify templated links, if nothing else). Robin Patterson (talk) 05:25, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why no matching change in category name?
Talk:Ain

message: In the History section of this article, the city of "Bâgé" was red linked and I changed it to "Bâgé-la-Ville" because I assumed it was the same city (the two of them are close and inside Ain department. Could somebody confirm this? --PeterCantropus (talk) 08:35, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is because it  is a poor translation from  French which  characteristically  used these tenses. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:42, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bâgé-la-Ville 

message: Ain should be DAB. Even frwiki does so, see :fr:Ain. We already have Ain (disambiguation)--Estopedist1 (talk) 07:11, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Disamiguation
Talk:Aisne

message: I've been reading about the WWI, the town of Villeret was awarded the Crois de Guerre for sheltering Brittish soldiers cut off form their army in August / September 1914. One of those was a private Robert Digby, who was shot along with 3 other soldiers. They were Thorpe, Donohoe and Martin shot 27 may 1916, Digby was shot 30 May 1916  Robert Digby left behind a daughter Helen Dessenne, later adopted by Roberts brother Thomas.  
This Villeret is about 8 - 10 miles (13-16km) east of Peronne, 1 mile South of Hargicourt.  I would like to write an article about this town and these events.  Have I got the right Villeret Gnangarra 15:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Villeret - have i got the right one 

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
—2601:681:400:9823:F1C0:5169:6976:7E9D (talk) 03:13, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You haven't said what you think is erroneous about the coordinates in the article (which seem to me to be correct). If you still think the coordinates are wrong, please add a clear explanation of the error below, and someone will be along to review your request. Deor (talk) 16:09, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 

message: :
The dept (like most) is named for a river, and it's uncommon for a river to be named for a settlement (rather than the reverse).  Elsewhere the river's name is said to come from Axona.  ? —Tamfang (talk) 05:28, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  etymology
Talk:Hanworth

message: The account needs slight correction. This is as I recall, better sources are needed for the article. Much of the land was turned into smallholdings which survived, despite some building and the intrusion of The Great Chertsey Road, until compulsory purchase after WWII for the Butts Farm Estate.--SilasW 14:55, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disposal of Whiteley's land 

message: The article says:
 
"... William the Conqueror granted Hanworth to Robert(‡1) under Roger de Montgomery, the Earl of Arundel. After his death(‡2), his(‡3) second son held the land until his(‡4) death in the Mowbray conspiracy of 1098, after which it passed to his(‡5) eldest son, Robert de Bellesme, who also rebelled against the Crown in 1102 with the result that the lands were confiscated."
which is unclear:
* ‡1 Who was this Robert? Not otherwise mentioned.
* ‡2 Who died? Robert, Wm or Roger?
* ‡3 Who fathered the 2nd son? Wm, Robert, or Roger? 
* ‡4 Presumably the second son's death.
* ‡5 Who begat Robert#2 the eldest son? Wm, Robert, Roger or the unnamed second son? 
We whose ancestors are in St George's should be told.--SilasW (talk) 16:59, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who was who? 

message: Are these really the nearest? With Sunbury at 2.3 miles by road I think that Whitton (1.7) and Twickenham (2.1) are closer. How are we measuring, as the crow flies or shortest route on Google maps? AndrewJFulker (talk) 13:20, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Nearest Train Stations?
Talk:Hampton, London

message: This page is part of the WikiProject London: please add information about this area to this article
Some fake names added to famous people from hampton were deleted
"Many of" cannot apply to individuals forming a group of three members, so the comment has been cut.--SilasW (talk) 22:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Acton, London/Archive 1

message: Isn't it still on a main road between London and Oxford? Maybe it isn't the principal such road any more.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.206.112.162 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 24 April 2006.
:Rightish with the second sentence I think.  The principle road now would be the dualled A40 - it does still go through North Acton / Park Royal but I'm guessing the article's "former main road between London and Oxford [with] several inns along it" refers to the High St / The Vale / Uxbridge Rd (A4020). Stevekeiretsu 18:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Road

message: Is one right in assuming that east Acton wasn't part of Acton municipal borough? If that's the case, there needs to be rewording. Regardless of the history, Acton is now effectively two places on either side of the boundary between the Ealing and H&F boroughs. Alternatively, one might say that it is one place in two boroughs.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.206.112.162 (talk • contribs) 18:10, 15 March 2006.
:Actually its East Acton which is split between boroughs. East Acton is bounded on the west by the North London Line and stretches over Old Oak Common Lane, which is the border with H&F Ian oli 10:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: East Acton

message: Anybody got a camera? The area to the west of St Mary's Anglican church has now been tidied up and, though less interesting than it was, is better than the current picture suggests. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.189.136.44 (talk) 13:45, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: picture

message: Is it really trivial that a pop-group was founded there and the area has been used for filming? I do believe that the hell's grannies Monty Python sketch was filmed in the high street. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.189.136.44 (talk) 13:55, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: None of this is trivial. This is an article about a London-suburb, for goodness' sake, not a nation. The fact that people of note were born and/or raised here is significant, even if, like me, you deprecate pop music and Carry on films.
Any other suggestions? Ian oli 10:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: trivia

message: "all manner of recreational facilities" is a bit POVish and not very encyclopedic. I'm not sure it's true, either. If one is going to suggest that Acton is a leisure-paradise, one might list a few more facilities, e.g. opera-house, art-gallery, abseiling-wall, planetarium. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.189.226.221 (talk) 19:13, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: recreation

message: Does anyone think Acton's spa  was famous enough to warrant placing it in the  :Category:Spa towns in England  or would that be over pedantic? It is just that I find that  the halcyon images that form in my mind at the mention of a Spa town clash somewhat with the images that come to mind at the mention of Acton.--Aspro (talk) 11:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Acton's spa
Talk:Hatch End

message: The internal link leads to the Blackburn (born and plays-for) footballer. I'll check the usual sources (and the Harrow Observer of course) and, depending on what turns up, either add to the description and change/disamb the link or remove the line altogether. Lists of Notable residents are notorious for self-advertising as well as vandalism, so as a matter of priority - as well as WP policy - they should be regularly checked over, and individuals given the appropriate links and WP:RS. Plutonium27 (talk) 14:23, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is Phil Eastwood? 

message: Is this section notable enough to put back in the article (it was previously titled 'trivia'. RJFJR (talk) 19:25, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people 

message: I have two concerns about the following sentence under the "Demographics" heading:
"It is served by good transport links into London Euston and therefore has a predominantly affluent population (491st highest mean income of 630 election Wards in London {Paycheck 2004})"
My two points on this are:
1. Why the "therefore"? There are many very deprived areas with even better transport links into Euston, so there is clearly no causal connection between that and having a "predominantly affluent population".
2. Also, the numbers don't support the statement. 491st out of 630 election wards suggests comparative poverty, not affluence. I think there must be a mistake in here somewhere.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.46.179 (talk) 09:46, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Affluence 

message: See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_UK_geography/How_to_write_about_settlements#Historical_county. MRSC (talk) 06:13, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Historical county
Talk:Addiscombe

message: Kate Moss is perhaps one of the most famous people to have come from Addiscombe. Should this not be added to the list of famous residents?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.168.9 (talk) 13:26, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: --Pierre et Condat (talk) 09:11, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion 

message: I am not sure if the following qualifies to go in the article.
The site of the former brickworks lying behind Beckford Road has been redeveloped as housing. The roads have been consistently named after athletes who were in the news at the time - late 1980s, early 1990s. They are:
* Akabusi Close - Kriss Akabusi
* Christie Drive - Linford Christie
* Grindley Gardens - ? David Grindley
* Gunnell Close - Sally Gunnell
* Pickering Gardens - Karen Pickering
* Rendle Close - Sharon Rendle
* Adams Way - ? Neil Adams
* Davies Close - Sharron Davies or possibly Diana Davies
* Goodhew Road - Duncan Goodhew
* Hardcastle Close - Sarah Hardcastle
* Redgrave Close - Steve Redgrave
* Backley Gardens - Steve Backley
* Coe Avenue - Sebastian Coe
* Anthony Road - misleading! This road is much older. The name is just as likely to be that of the developer or one of his family.
— RHaworth  21:38, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting... maybe could be include on the Woodside article if a decent reference can be found? WisDom-UK (talk) 14:04, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Athletes on the brickworks 
Talk:Alperton

message: I have just put a  tag on this paragraph:
There is a high incidence of Indians living in Alperton (about 75% of the population). There is also a small Sri Lankan community in Alperton (about 15%), and 10% stated as others
This is unsourced and is at variance with the census results for Alperton Ward on Brent Council's website:  which gives (for 2001) Indians as 32.4%, "other Asian" as 12.3% and White British as 29.2% Lozleader (talk) 15:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics 

message: My father, the sculptor Neville Boden was not born in Alperton, I have no idea where this mis-information has originated. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-neville-boden-1328339.html86.162.234.84 (talk) 10:18, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect information on Wikipedia shock 

message: Alperton's pre-1965 history is sadly lacking from this article. It was previously a part of Wembley, Middlesex, but we are not even given this bit of information to know where we might go to find some background for the neighbourhood's existence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldontarian (talk • contribs) 10:42, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  History
Talk:Bayswater

message: Surely Bayswater is more cosmopolitan than most parts of London (and I've lived in a few) - kaleidoscope of nationalities is pretty rare.  Gerry Lynch 14:46, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've lived in Bayswater for a number of years - like other parts of inner london, it has virtually no single-story buildings, in fact, the average building height would probably be 3-4 stories. mgream 18:43, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

message: The way the map is set up does not work. When you fetch the larger version, Bayswater disappears. Why have a map that explicitly excludes the article's subject location? Nickrz (talk) 14:12, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map Needs Help 

message: The recent addition, by a series of related IPs, of an excessively large list of nationalities was reverted by  here: . I support that revert. Subsequently, an IP in the same range has repeatedly removed the original shorter list, which was reverted by  and me. The IP editor is now claiming a lack of sources, but it appears to me that the removal is a reaction to the rejection of their additions to make a point, which may be considered disruptive, see WP:POINT. I've now reinstated the original list, and added a "citation needed" tag, as there doesn't seem to be reasonable justification to remove it altogether at this time. --IamNotU (talk) 13:28, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The IP editor was adding specific ethnicities (mainly Norwegian) to a series of articles including this one, and when the edits were reverted as unsourced, removed other ethnicities in what appeared to be a kind of "tit for tat". Jayjg (talk) 13:12, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes to description of immigrant communities
Talk:Becontree

message: What about Wythenshawe, Manchester, England.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:CB05:1D9:5600:7C51:5C8D:856C:B395 (talk) 19:18, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

message: One part of the article says the B Estate is the largest public housing development in the world and another the largest council housing development in Europe (from which we can infer there is one bigger o/s Europe). If this is correct it is confusing and should be explained.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.7.53.2 (talk) 21:12, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Size

message: Is any of the estate still in Ilford/Redbridge? Looking here  a new ward of Becontree was created in 1994 to include land transferred from Redbridge to Barking and Dagenham. This corresponds to "north of Longbridge Road, to the south of Mayfield Road, and to the west of Goodmayes Park. It includes Becontree Avenue, Gainsborough Road, Butler Road, Campden Crescent, Lindsey Road and related development". Does that leave any part of the Becontree estate in Redbridge? MRSC (talk) 08:25, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Answering my own question using  and a current map. This transfer pretty much exactly corresponds to the boundary of the estate. MRSC (talk) 15:26, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Becontree in Ilford

message: The W/P article on Ramsey says he was born in a "quiet Essex village#, which it names as Dagenham. He was born in 1920, before building of the Becontree Estate began, so I don't see why he is classed as a resident of the estate. 82.46.163.160 (talk) 16:12, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alf Ramsey
Talk:Beddington

message: Queen Elizabeth's Walk is a short wooded trail that dates back to the first Elizabeth. Local legend has it that the Monarch and Sir Walter Raleigh used to stroll together there.
Actually, it was the proposed route for the M23 motorway. --Grand Edgemaster Talk 19:39, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen Elizabeth's Walk 
Talk:Bethnal Green

message: Section: Community, paragraph 4: 
The Nomadic Community Gardens, once an area fenced off and overgrown, is now a occupied by a temporary project or "meanwhile use" run by a private limited company[122] on behalf of the property developer Londonewcastle, which leases the site to the garden operator for a peppercorn rent and provided start-up funding[123]. The space has been filled with temporary buildings and installations made up of found materials, street art, sculpture and allotments.[124] Londonewcastle gained planning consent for a development of "affordable housing, townhouses and apartments"[125] on the site in November 2015[126]. Construction on the Fleet Street Hill Project was intended to commence in 2016[123] but, as of June 2019, no work has begun on the site.
I would like to add the following:
In the summer of 2019 Nomadic Community Gardens ltd made an application for a premises license to sell alcohol from the Fleet Street Hill site. The application was unanimously refused by the Tower Hamlets Council Licensing Sub Committee on 10 September 2109 at a public meeting. (http://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/g10723/Decisions%2010th-Sep-2019%2014.30%20Licensing%20Sub%20Committee.pdf?T=2). In the pack of evidence made public before the committee meeting, a letter sent by Tower Hamlets licensing officers dated 25 June 2019 warned Nomadic Community Gardens not to hold the unlicensed music events it had previously advertised, as the authority would not tolerate the use of a licensing loophole that allows community organisations to hold unlicensed music events. The Licensing Officer found that as Nomadic Community Gardens is operated by a Limited Company with two directors, it is therefore a private business, not a community organisation. (http://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/g10723/Public%20reports%20pack%2010th-Sep-2019%2014.30%20Licensing%20Sub%20Committee.pdf?T=10 Page 254). Within the same pack of evidence a representation from Tower Hamlets Council's Environmental Health Technical Officer concluded that the sub-committee should not support the license application because of "great likelihood of disturbance to residential premises if the licence was granted" (http://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/g10723/Public%20reports%20pack%2010th-Sep-2019%2014.30%20Licensing%20Sub%20Committee.pdf?T=10 Page 264) Spitalfieldtown (talk) 20:01, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: Probably too much about Nomadic Community Gardens there, also only from primary sources; without secondary sources (some newspaper coverage may be suitable), it's unlikely to be significant enough to be included. Peter James (talk) 15:57, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2019