Talk:Scotland Yard

message: *For those interested, a WikiProject regarding crime in Great Britain has been proposed. MadMax 19:16, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[User:Lucy-marie/WikiProject British Crime|WikiProject British Crime]]

message: the article is focused on the name and address. It's not clear to me, an American, what are Scotland Yard's responsibilities, and/or the limits on those responsibilities, etc. Probably, non-Americans don't know the difference between American "state police", sheriff's departments, FBI, etc., but that's basically what I'm wondering. For instance, who does what Scotland Yard does outside of greater London?
* County police forces. The information you're looking for is under Metropolitan Police Service. The Wednesday Island 14:07, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a new section to this article which will hopefully make this clearer. -- ChrisO 07:41, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: What does it do?

message: Shouldn't this be moved to "New Scotland Yard" ? Niall123 21:58, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right. Scotland Yard should be reserved for information about the various Scots legations that resided there prior to the act of Union, and then on the home of the early police, following their time at Bow street.Brendandh 17:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia naming conventions are to use the most commonly used name, which in this case is "Scotland Yard." Bobanny 20:45, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: The YouTube video of the rotating sign has been "removed by user."
L K Tucker 69.1.46.40 (talk) 22:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad link 

message: Hi, I noticed a large amount of spam at the beginning of this article, and deleted it as it had no relevance whatsoever to the article in question. 91.108.114.238 (talk) 22:52, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for doing that. The spammer has been blocked. -- ChrisO (talk) 23:40, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Spam

message: I came here looking for information on the New Scotland Yard building, but the article contains almost nothing despite 'New Scotland Yard' redirecting here. In everyday usage 'Scotland Yard' is a synonym for the Met both in Britain and abroad (though this usage is declining in Britain), but nobody uses 'New Scotland Yard' in this way. It's the building. --Ef80 (talk) 13:33, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: New Scotland Yard building

message: The account of the original Scotland Yard building does not make sense.
If you look at a street map, Whitehall Place is the road that runs roughly parallel to Great Scotland Yard.
If the original Scotland Yard building occupied by the Metropolitan Police was 4 Whitehall Place, then the back of the building could have been roughly opposite the current Metropolitan Police stables in Great Scotland Yard.  But the building that used to be the MoD Library is next door to the stables, not opposite.
There needs to be proper citations for this, because something in the article is not true - but I do not know what.--Toddy1 (talk) 14:03, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, it can't be the same building. The misinfo about "the stables next door" is all over the web - probably picked up from WP. If you go into Street View in Google Earth, you can see the "Scotland Yard" blue plaque on the face of 4 Whitehall Place. So, the error must be in equating that building with the one at 7-9 Great Scotland Yard. WCCasey (talk) 18:54, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed the incorrect ID. WCCasey (talk) 20:02, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The account of the original Scotland Yard building does not make sense

message: Shouldn't the "Popular Culture" section be updated to include the highly successful and critically acclaimed "Prime Suspect" TV series (broadcast in both the U.S. and U.K., and possibly in other English-language countries, as well)?  Granted, DCI Jane Tennison's character was attached to various local precincts ("nicks"?) of the Met (except in Series 5), not to the New Scotland Yard building per se, but the 1st sentence of the "Overview" section of the article on the series states, she was "attached to the Metropolitan Police division, which is also known as Scotland Yard."  The article should also address the history of women in the Met, particularly the rise of women to senior positions of authority. --Jackftwist (talk) 16:47, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There was a 1970s ITV police drama series called New Scotland Yard IIRC, some time before The Sweeney.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.24.217.122 (talk) 20:21, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add "Prime Suspect" TV series to "Popular Culture" section? 

message: The paragraph about the Fenian bombing campaign does not belong in the section "Current Location of the Met". Perhaps it should be in the previous section? Vikingurinn (talk) 05:39, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fenian bombing campaign 

message: I seem to recall, growing up in the 50's and 60's in England, that the term "Scotland Yard" had always been used for the Metropolitan Police, and that the name "New Scotland Yard" was brought into play when the met moved from its Victoria Embankment premises to the current Broadway site. It was at this time that the new triangular sign was erected and became the image broadcast on TV instead of the earlier "Scotland Yard" plaque. The latter is not referred to in the article, but I'm sure was the image familiar to earlier TV viewers.122.57.230.217 (talk) 10:46, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: I recommend that the history section include a statement on the Railroad Murder of Thomas Briggs described on the page Franz Muller with the work done by Detective Inspector Richard Tanner of Scotland Yard. More details in Trial Of Franz Muller - DutchTreat (talk) 12:06, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Railroad Murder of Thomas Briggs 

message: I would like to hear what others think about a future name change of this article. In my opinion, Scotland Yard should only be used for the current building in which the Met are based.  I think that as and when the Met move, this article should then be renamed "Ten, Broadway" as opposed to "Scotland Yard".  As I'm sure other's know, the force are moving out of the current building and into the Curtis Green Building towards the end of this year and into the next.  When that happens, I would expect the Curtis Green Building article (which I created today) to then be renamed to "Scotland Yard".  CassiantoTalk 17:25, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Future name change 

message: It was mentioned on Yesterday tonight (October 19 2017) that the first motor car arrived at Scotland Yard in 2017. This could be mentioned in the article, in its history section. Vorbee (talk) 19:53, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, I don't understand.  I'm sure there's been many motor cars arrive there over the years.  What motor car? What relevance is this to the name, "Scotland Yard"? Also, did you know this is for the name "Scotland Yard", and not a specific building? CassiantoTalk 20:12, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: First motor car

message: How come you're policemen are always sexy looking 95.44.178.169 (talk) 03:59, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Policemen