Talk:West Riding of Yorkshire

message: Please can User:87.75.131.50 discuss here why 269 (West Riding) Bty is okay but 49 (West Riding) Sig Sqn is "County Watch vandalism"?  194.203.110.127 12:11, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Current usage

message: Should this article be written in the past tense? The article says the West Riding of Yorkshire was abolished in 1974, yet the article is written almost entirely in present tense. Given this confusing mix of phrasing, I am still not 100 per cent sure whether it is referring to a former county or a current one.  Can someone please clarify and change the tense of the article if necessary? Thanks. Road Wizard 20:04, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the clarification. I have now altered the article to be in the past tense. The general reader like myself would expect an article about a historic county to be phrased in the past tense. Thanks again. Road Wizard 22:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Actually, by definition anything that uses the term "historic" is referring to a subject in the past tense. However, if you are invoking the dreaded Traditional versus Ceremonial county debate then by all means change the page back. From the view point of a general reader, I still think it is a bad idea to phrase the article in the present tense when it describes all of the events as occurring in the past, so I won't change the article myself. After seeing the rampant silliness of the Traditional/Ceremonial/Administrative revert wars over on the Lancashire page, I am not going to let myself be bogged down in a similar war here. Road Wizard 23:38, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

text: (tidying up & confirming that User:KRC58 has copied my comments correctly. Road Wizard 10:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tense

message: "Audi consilium (Heed consel)" -- is that a typo for "counsel"? Marnanel (talk) 16:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The original wording for translation to Latin from English originates from 1927, at which time Heed Concil was used.  See:- Civic Heraldry Website West Riding County Council Motto Audi Consilium (Heed Consel). I have now placed a ref tag on the phrase. Richard Harvey (talk) 23:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Motto

message: Unlike most English counties that were divided into hundreds, Yorkshire, being so large, was divided first into thrithjungar (an Old Norse word meaning 'third parts')
Unlike most counties in England, which historically were divided into hundreds, Yorkshire was first divided into Thrydings, meaning 'Thirds'
I really don't think we need both!  I'll let someone more involved sort that out. Number774 (talk) 23:13, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography or Ancient divisions 

message: Someone needs to sort out the infobox - the West Riding of Yorkshire was not 'created in 1889'. It was created around 876. We need to be careful about the subject here - while the administrative county only existed for 85 years, the historic county has existed for far longer and should not be defined so narrowly.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianbrettcooper (talk • contribs) 13:13, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Amended for clarification. NB: read the 'Historic District Infobox' section above. Richard Harvey (talk) 07:29, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox Errors

message: Can't tell at what point in history the Ridings came into being. And what was the area called before that? Valetude (talk) 16:32, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: According to , the term was in use in the 12th century. No idea how much further it goes back. -- Dr Greg  talk  18:51, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: See the  History of Yorkshire article. Richard Harvey (talk) 12:44, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  First use of 'Riding'? 

message: Substituted at 10:25, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: No mentioning of Elmet in the entire article? --2A02:8071:B693:BE00:1847:857A:D4FC:7704 (talk) 17:59, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree - should be mention of Elmete 203.132.68.1 (talk) 05:13, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elmet