Talk:Bangor, County Down

message: *North Down Borough Corruption Site mainly devoted to opposition of re-development plans of council. --Guinnog 17:30, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Do we need this external link? 

message: In the nineties some time. NotMuchToSay 18:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  When did twinning with Bregenz, Austria occur? 

message: There are several other Bangor pages, such as Ashbury, Bangor, Springhill (Bangor suburb) and so on. Should we agree a consistent format for these - and how areas should be
defined. 
Have a look here - should these form the basis for what we call the areas?
NotMuchToSay 18:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Bangor Pages 

message: I removed Philip Blair - only 2 Google hits, Bebo.com and Fukht.com Trugster | Talk 15:00, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non notable figure

message: What is the correct spelling of the town's name in Irish? Beannchor and Beannchar are both used in the article, and I feel we should stick to one. The town crest uses Beannchor, so I'd suggest going with that unless it is completely wrong for some reason; I'm not aware there's a standardised spelling though. Martin 22:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Town name in Irish 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:42919939 ufo bangor203.jpg

message: Is this phrase "Tourism is important, and attracts alot of alcoholics " appropriate? Still getting used to Wikipedia, so excuse my ignorance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Technotaoist (talk • contribs) 00:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alcoholics? 

message: There's no way Bangor has that population, it's a wee seaside town. And Newtonabbey is also tiny.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goblinman (talk • contribs) 10:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: Anyone have any idea where that photo of "Bangor's coastline" is taken from? I don't recognise it at all.213.78.235.176 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment was added at 11:19, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Coastline

message: Can somebody make sense of this sentence from the Football section:
Since the demise of the town's most famous amateur club, Bangor Parish FC, under the stewardship of Maurice Lyttle, the best current amateur league team being Bangor Young Men II (BYM), under the leadership of Neil Armstrong, who now overshadow their main rivals Bangor Young Men 1st under the leadership of Alan Finlay. 
I've no idea what it means. --Whoosher (talk) 16:32, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's someone's idea of a joke, I think. Has to go. Mooretwin (talk) 23:29, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sport - football 

message: I am surprised that the record minimum temperature is only -5c. i would have thought it would be much lower.Donkfest1 (talk) 14:23, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Climate

message: Reading, Dudley and Northampton are the largest towns in the UK. Reading, for instance, is over five times the size of Bangor. It seems to me that on any fair definition of "large", Bangor is not large, but rather "medium-sized". If you strongly disagree with me, please state on what basis.  
83.59.48.76 (talk) 11:50, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I note another editor commented that Bangor is classified as a large town by the NISRA.  Is there a reference for that?  --HighKing (talk) 11:55, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Here. — Jon C.ॐ 11:58, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a "large town"? 

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message: Why are we not a travel guide Dexdunkers (talk) 18:42, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Because we're an encyclopaedia. See Wp:NOT. WikiTravel can be found on a different website. Canterbury Tail talk 19:07, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public transport 

message: Why is the distance from Belfast included in the article? 20th anniversary (talk) 09:50, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume it's because more people are familiar with where Belfast is than Bangor, so it serves as a useful point of reference. You couldn't put the distance to London or Dublin because of POV concerns. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:58, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

text: No, because "London" will upset Sinn Fein, while "Dublin" will upset the DUP. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:52, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

text: Distance from Belfast is because it's the largest city in the country and one people are most familiar with. Dublin is in a different country and London is on another island that you can't just drive from, so neither would make sense to use. It's got nothing to do with politics or POV, just what makes sense in context for this article. It's common practice to include the distance from the nearest large city the reader is likely to have heard of. We only ever include more than one if it's equidistant or so between two major well known cities in the same country. We don't put distances from other countries cities. Canterbury Tail talk 12:54, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

text: I'm aware, for all intents and purposes on Wikipedia from a process and article perspective it's treated as a country, like England, Scotland and Wales. Canterbury Tail talk 14:05, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Belfast 

message: There's a discussion about Ballyholme Bay here: Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2021_February_2#Ballyholme_Bay. It seems to me that a "Geography" section of the Bangor article could usefully include a mention of the bay ... and Wikipedia:WikiProject_UK_geography/How_to_write_about_settlements recommends having such a section. Perhaps someone who knows the town could have a go? PamD 11:20, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Or, alternatively, should the bay have a separate article with sources like this one? PamD 11:22, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ballyholme 

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thread_title:  Possible copyright problem 

message: The source has only a sound file, with no transcription, so I'm not sure what I hear, but shouldn't the first vowel be short? The epenthetic vowel means that the first syllable is open, not closed. 195.187.108.4 (talk) 14:52, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish pronunciation 

message: Non-profit organisation Open House run festivals and events in various pop-up venues previously featuring artists such as The Specials, Public Image Ltd and The Waterboys. They will open a new music & arts venue The Court House in Autumn 2022. Seamyb (talk) 14:59, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. MadGuy7023 (talk) 16:05, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2022 

message: See above.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.200.34 (talk) 00:09, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a city yet, only announced that it will be made a city later in the year. Canterbury Tail talk 02:00, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update to city? 

message: As of 20 May 2022, Bangor, has received city status as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. 2A02:C7E:32BF:7100:9DC3:4327:B00:119C (talk) 17:44, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You may wish to read the news source again. As of May 2022 it has been announced that Bangor WILL receive city status as part of the Jubilee celebrations. It hasn't actually happened yet. Canterbury Tail talk 19:00, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  City status 

message: Now a city 2A00:23C5:E307:4400:7D7D:916:F940:37AD (talk) 18:39, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. DankJae (talk) 19:28, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The user's request was here was correct, and here's a source. ApatheticName (talk) 14:29, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:   "Letters patent will now be prepared which will confer each of the awards formally and will be presented to winners later in the year." That source says it will be formally awarded later in the year, so not legally a city yet. DankJae 18:06, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2022 

message: In 1605 James I granted lands in North Down to a Scotsman James Hamilton and he was the founder of the present town of Bangor. He began building new houses and introduced a large number of fellow Scots to inhabit them. Bangor became a borough in 1613 and was given status as a port. Dylanlismore (talk) 17:18, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
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thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 September 2023