Talk:Skelmersdale

message: I just wanted to bring up the relevance of mentioning the cadets it the town article, it does not appear to be relevant and I believe it should be removed Wbrodie (talk) 15:07, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Cadets

message: It would be interesting to note how the streets are grouped alphabetically, a quirk of the new town, e.g. inskip/inglewhite/ingram. beechtrees/banksbarn/bearncroft. etc though i've no idea to what extent this stands up in view of the whole town. any ideas?
Aye true, I live in Waldron, which is near Wheatacre, Whalleys and Westgate. Madness.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.31.250 (talk) 23:21, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Alphabet Town

message: Is this not worth a mention in the Education section?AnthonyUK 17:26, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Skelmersdale College

message: There's loads of material about early Skem here and here for anybody willing and able to expand the page inline with WP:UKCITIES. :) --Jza84 |  Talk   21:10, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice work as ever with the intro Jza. Some good sources you've found there, if I get time soon I'll write up some of the history. Cheers - Galloglass 21:15, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Well, me too! Not everybody's happy with the motivations behind the lead (!), but I appreciate both your feedback. the second and fourth paragraphs of the lead are short I know, but I thought we could split the lead up that way (i.e. 1. What and where, 2. Early history, 3. Industrial Revolution and coal, 4. New town and modern character). I don't know the area too well so left it there. Hope it helps, --Jza84 |  Talk   23:16, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Conclusion: apart from discussion to further enhance Skelmersdale; I thought I added Liverpool in the first paragraph earlier guess that was my imagination Dmcm2008 (talk) 00:06, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No you added it, but I think they liked the expansion to the article and the finding and sharing of source material. Do you have anything to say about the content of the article and how it could be improved further? West Lancashire is a region I have little knowledge about, but would like to know more. --Jza84 |  Talk   02:28, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: This - "Icelandic word "skjaldmær" means "Shieldmaiden". Skelmersdale means Shieldmaiden´s Valley. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shieldmaiden)" - has just been inserted, with only the wikilink as any proof. I think it seems reasonable, but as it's presented as a statement of fact, rather than being couched within the realms of the possible, I've removed it. I'm also a little worried it stands as original research. What does anyone else think? Fol de rol troll (talk) 13:49, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Toponymy Edit

message: I just checked the archery world records per http://www.archery.org/, and no members of the Daniel family are listed at that site whatsoever. —C.Fred (talk) 13:44, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archery records 

message: In this edit some of the distances have been changed, citing the AA as a source. The distance to Preston seems wrong - the routes suggested by Google Maps are shorter - but I'm not sure that the previous version was correct. I can't find anything reliable for the correct distance (the first search result suggests 9 miles, which is probably wrong). Peter E. James (talk) 18:59, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I strongly suspect the edit in question was not in good faith. The distances for Manchester and Preston were 'by road' thus giving an inflated distance. The distance to Liverpool was 'as the crow flies'. To my mind it was an attempt by the editor to satisfy their own personal opinion that not only is the town 'culturally' linked to Liverpool, but is almost a suburb. You often see similar attempts with the Wigan articles i.e. altering the lead to replace Wigan, Greater Manchester with 'Wigan, Lancashire'. The area in an around Wigan and Skelmersdale is awash with people with 'loyalties' to cities/towns or regions other that the area they live (normally football loyalties), thus attempts are made to make 'their' area more or less culturally or geographically in line with the teams they support or cities they prefer or alternatively to disassociate the area with cities they dislike. It gets very tiresome ! Thanks Man2 (talk) 21:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have now put all three distances "as the crow flies", as measured by Google maps and rounded to the nearest mile. For what it's worth Google gives for crow-fly and by-fastest-road miles respectively: Wigan 5.7/7.9, Liverpool 12.9/15.7, Preston 14.7/24.8. -- Dr Greg  talk  23:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distances 

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message: Anyone say please?
I knew somebody from there who had a Scouse accent.
But the place is much nearer Wigan (6 miles) than Liverpool (12 miles).
I would then fit this info in somehow.
Cheers Wythy (talk) 14:47, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the local accent? 

message: Skjaldmær Means Shield Maiden in Old Norse and is part of Norse mythology. There's no record of the word being a given name. 2A00:23C4:206:E201:CCCF:1BA5:FEC8:F283 (talk) 11:48, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology