Talk:Portobello, Edinburgh

message: This is following on from a discussion at http://porty.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=37285.
User:81.154.95.163 added a link to http://portyrugby.com/ a number of times, which I reverted with the summary "reduce links" the first time, "rv link - WP:EL" the second and simply "rv" the third time. Wikipedia is not a mere collection of external links, it is not a web directory: WP:ISNOT, WP:EL.
Thanks/wangi 09:19, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Porty Rugby Club 

message: Surely somebody could add some info on this  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.170.71 (talk) 21:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK. I have now done so. I remember this power station well. Heavens knows why they built it virtually in a town rather than out in the sticks. Regards, David Lauder 11:03, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portobello power station !!! 

message: This photo of the beach may be of interest:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz 
©Geni 13:07, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Turn of the century pic

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The article says the Figgate Burn flows from Duddingston Loch to the sea.  I don't think this is right - it starts off as the Braid Burn and changes name to Figgate at Duddingston. The Duddingston Loch waters appear to connect at Duddingston but the main flow is from the Braid.Sebmelmoth (talk) 09:59, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Figgate Burn 

message: Apart from showing the amazing number of Porty buses - is this good material for Wikipedia? I don't expect to find it here.Sebmelmoth (talk) 12:55, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buses? 

message: Are there agreed boundaries for Portobello and Duddingston?
Sebmelmoth (talk) 08:50, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boundary 

message: Is there scope for a fuller note on the various Town Halls? The current text says:
"Portobello Town Hall fell into redundancy when Portobello was placed under the jurisdiction of Edinburgh and the building was converted into a cinema in 1912 by Robert Lorimer and Robert Matthew.[8] On the demise of cinemas in the 1970s the building returned to council ownership and was renamed as Portobello Town Hall again. It is a venue for functions but despite its name has no town–hall function."
But the HES description for its B Listing is a bit different:
"The plans date from July 1912, detailed drawings from October 1912 and January 1913, and seating plans, from July 1914. It was intended as a public hall for meetings and performances. Bronze plaques to either side of main entrance: "This foundation stone was laid by the Right honourable sir William S Brown Lord Provost on 25th October 1912 Councillor James Moscrip Convenor on the plans and works committee, Bailie Carmichael, Councillors Robert Killoch and Thomas Adams Representatives of Portobello ward."; and "This building was opened by the Right Honourable Robert Kirk Inches Lord Provost on 30th October 1914, Bailie James Stewart Convenor of the plans and works committee, Bailie Carmichael Counsellors Hastie and Adams Representatives of Portobello ward, James A Williamson ARIBA Architect." The plans were submitted, by the City, for the approval of the Dean of Guild on 12th October 1912, and a electrical transformer house was applied for in May 1913; a heating chamber was built in November 1933; alterations were made in August 1982."
Is this a muddle of the 2/3 town halls? Or am I muddled? Sebmelmoth (talk) 15:12, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Town Hall History 

message: I have proposed a merger with South Portobello. A search of the page's citations and other resources provides little evidence South Portobello is any more a distinctive neighbourhood than North, East, or West Portobello would be. 
None of the sources cited on the South Portobello page name South Portobello. On a wider search, the only refrence I can find to "SoPo" is "SoPo Village Green" on Google Earth, which is otherwise rather mysterious and, given the laxity of editorial control on Google Earth, not a good source anyway.
The points on Palette and St John's Primary could be moved to the Portobello page; though the claim that St John's "welcomes children of all denominations and beliefs" is not supported by the source. Otherwise, statements in the article are unsupported, false, or, in the case of Cherry Trees Nursery, simply not notable.CPClegg (talk) 01:04, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I have never heard of South Portobello as a distinct place. It makes no sense for it to have its own article. Mike Marchmont (talk) 13:30, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Support the merger. Likewise, I've never heard of South Portobello as a distinct place and the online sources do not support it. Coldupnorth (talk) 17:34, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

text: Thanks, Sebmelmoth, we have consensus but it's usual to wait a week from the first post so I'll complete the merger on Wednesday.CPClegg (talk) 17:41, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed merger with South Portobello

message: I've lived in the area west of the railway for 35 years: there is no concept, whatsoever, of South Portobello.  The local authority Ward 14 is Portobello and Craigmillar.  The South Portobello page is nonsense and should be deleted.  Sebmelmoth (talk) 08:48, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsense