Talk:Boston, Lincolnshire

message: Hey all, I'm the WikiProject Cities assessor of this article. If feedback is what you want and need, come to my talk page and give me a holler! --Starstriker7(Dime algoor see my works) 02:42, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hey all

message: Do we really have to have the part about Boston being the most obese town in England right at the top of the page, can we not at least pretend to be ashamed of it and hide it half way down the page or something. It doesn't exactly give off the best impression of a town which, to be honest, isn't any worse than the rest of the country.       huckstep2006
*Ha, that's amusing since Boston, MA is one of the skinniest cities in America.  Which is of course why our city gets the much coveted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston entry!  Just kidding, much love from across the Atlantic. Wormwoodpoppies (talk) 01:47, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Obesity

message: "Why can't the standard Boston redirect to Boston, Lincolnshire, as it is the oldest Boston in the World. Wikipedia is meant to be for people worldwide, not just Americans.Footballexpert 17:35, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the standard format is "Town, County".  I have moved the page to this format. Joe D (t) 17:25, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

text: I made a similar, though not quite as extreme, suggestion recently on Talk:Boston (disambiguation). I think the result was satsifactory, though someone since tried to undermine the change - since reverted to what was agreed or something very similar. SMeeds 18:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Are you retarded? Boston, Mass is the 21st largest municipality in the United States. It is the center of the 10th largest metropolitan area and the 5th largest Combined Statistical Area in the nation. It gives its name to BosWash, the largest Megapolitan area in the country, itself having a population of 55 million, making up for 18% of the country. It is a city that is known worldwide, and home to many of the top schools in the world, having Harvard and MIT just across the Charles in Cambridge. Everyone knows of Boston, Mass. NO ONE HAS HEARD OF BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. Your pride is getting in the way of your view of reality. When people think of the Pilgrims, they think of them settling in Plymouth. Not some of them being from a small town in southeastern England. Boston, Mass is 20 times the size and, even being a newer city, has much more history. You simply have no reason to think that the small English town is more globally renowned than the major American city besides local pride. The foolishness you display by thinking that stuns me. It's simply insane. Quentinisgod (talk) 16:48, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

text: by the way boston is in the southeast qaurter of england  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.200.208 (talk) 00:51, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Boston, Lincolnshire lies on the eastern coast, just above the Wash, in a region of the UK known as the "East Midlands". Moving south along the coast, you pass through "East Anglia" (the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex) before hitting London, Kent and Sussex (which lie in the "South East" region).GrahamSmith (talk) 08:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Page name

message: === Copyedit===
Working on it. Zerbey 00:15, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry guys, I messed up and added a citation that is obviously in the wrong format. Can you fix it? This guy I introduced to the references is a renowed urban historian and, on the book cited, he mentions that "[The port of Kingston-upon-Hull had] the third largest payment to royal customs revenues from 1279 to 1290, exceeded only by London and Boston" (Morris AEJ 1979, pp.101)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedrojpinto (talk • contribs) 07:45, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have fixed up for you. Keith D (talk) 14:20, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

text: Thanks for clearing that up.  I need to find the book I got that information out of and burn it. Zerbey 15:38, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help needed/Todo 

message: Working on it. Zerbey 00:15, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry guys, I messed up and added a citation that is obviously in the wrong format. Can you fix it? This guy I introduced to the references is a renowed urban historian and, on the book cited, he mentions that "[The port of Kingston-upon-Hull had] the third largest payment to royal customs revenues from 1279 to 1290, exceeded only by London and Boston" (Morris AEJ 1979, pp.101)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedrojpinto (talk • contribs) 07:45, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have fixed up for you. Keith D (talk) 14:20, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyedit

message: I've had a hard time finding solid information on this (I wish my Father had an internet connection!), anyone care to volunteer to update this area? Zerbey 00:15, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  20th and 21st century history 

message: I've removed the reference to the name Holland deriving from the visitations of Dutch drainage engineers - this simply isn't true. Southeastern Lincolnshire was called 'Holland' (actually, Hoiland) as least as far back as the Domesday Book, and thus the name far predates the draining of the Fens. The Oxford English Dictionary (in a secondary reference) gives the derivation as HOLL (deeply excavated or depressed) + LAND (as opposed to HOLT (wood) + LAND for the province of the Netherlands). TheVenerableBede
:Thanks for clearing that up.  I need to find the book I got that information out of and burn it. Zerbey 15:38, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derivation of the name 'Holland' 

message: I have reverted the date of the new bridge with other cleaning up. My memory is that the 1953 date is more accurate than 1963 but I was away from the town over that period so am not sure. (RJP 16:05, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it was 1963 but I could be mistaken, a quick Google search didn't reveal much.  I'll ask one of my family members to look on Saturday if you like.  Zerbey 22:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Consensus is that it was 1963, but I'm trying to get documentary proof. Zerbey 15:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of the bridge

message: Boom Boom! "The early medieval geography of The Fens was much more fluid than it is today." 
I thought that that was the point of fenland, that they contained large amounts of fluid. Brendandh 21:30, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: True, but silly as it may seem, the fact is often overlooked, particularly once the land has been drained. :-) (RJP 23:14, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait, your Boston also has a region called "The Fens"?  Ours is certainly home to a great deal of "fluid" with fresh contributions made nigh every night, despite the BPD vice's attempts to "drain" it...  Wormwoodpoppies (talk) 01:55, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Basil Brush moment

message: Just a note, there is apparently another edit war in process as to whether Boston should redirect to Boston, Massachusetts or to the disambiguation page. It is currently pointing at the disambiguation page. I've created an RFD. Enjoy.--Bobblehead 18:37, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect FYI

message: Blogs don't count as verifiable sources, and (except in specific and fairly exceptional circumstances) aren't acceptable as external links. --Mel Etitis  (Talk) 10:37, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blogs 

message: Figured I'd notify editors on this page regarding a move request to move Boston (disambiguation) to Boston since someone put a notice on the Boston, Massachusetts talk page.  See this discussion. --Bobblehead (rants) 19:14, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: FYI

message: My browser (Opera) cannot find the program necessary to open the file with the pronunciation. It should be given using IPA symbols, and perhaps put in another file that is easier to open. 66.234.220.195 (talk) 20:25, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: Hi, we've got a move request over at Talk:Boston, Massachusetts.  Since Boston already redirects to Boston, Massachusetts, I really doubt that the existence of Boston, Lincolnshire would in anyway affect the outcome of that discussion.  Regardless, I leave the notice here for thoroughness.--Loodog (talk) 23:56, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the note, I've added a note on the talk page disscuion over the 'water' that I oppose it on the basis that Boston Lincolnshire can claim prior use of the name. But for easiers usage by readers Boston should point to the Disambiguation page instead of Boston, Massachusetts. - BulldozerD11 (talk) 01:40, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A requested move: Boston, Massachusetts -> Boston 

message: No mention of John Taverner?  Probably the most important person linked to Boston (though you wouldn't guess it from his article either! hmm. will fix that later too ...). Tobermory (talk) 12:21, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taverner 

message: I'm in two minds about nominating this for a GA.  I think it needs a good cleanup first.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 10:28, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvement 

message: I have deleted this reference to the Boston Crown Post Office building because I am not sure what has become of it, nearly 12 months after the move out to WH Smith. (I am not local to Boston, visited it on holiday as child.) 
This move will leave one of Boston's most iconic buildings empty hopefully not for long though.
Cloptonson (talk) 21:26, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Economy section - deleted sentence

message: This was listed in a "Further Reading" section (generally a bad idea) with no guide as to its relevance, importance, or current validity (completely bad idea). Kindly restore it once/if it is being used to source statements in the article's running text:
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Also, 
* still more info in the EB9 and EB11 articles.
 — LlywelynII 15:54, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for future article expansion

message: Cannot find 'Police' for instance in the box -- for editing.  A mystery.--Brenont (talk) 23:53, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This is automatically produced as part of the template depending on the values supplied in other fields. Keith D (talk) 11:08, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Box info 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: According to the article: 2001 census 35000, 2011 census 64000.   Really!?   The population all-but doubled in 10 years!?  
Surely this cannot be right.  If the 2 census areas are different (probably) there needs to be some explanation of the stats given. Boscaswell talk 04:04, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: One's probably for the town or unparished area while the other is probably for the district, this seems to have been clarified now. Crouch, Swale (talk)  21:23, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

text: What's stopping you? Murgatroyd49 (talk) 16:43, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Populations 

message: In my opinion, information needs adding to the 'Destinations' section of the article as it is currently empty. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 11:31, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information needs adding to the 'Destinations' section of the article.