Talk:Lincoln, England

message: link to lincoln university is wrong, should go to uk one, rather than us.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.147.90.114 (talk) 14:58, 26 August 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Initial text

message: Can somebody explain to me the Agrarian Revolution reference - seems a bit far fetched to state that a Chinese civil war helped Lincoln's economy, in fact, it makes no sense whatsoever - any thoughts? streaky 21:12, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Agrarian Revolution 

message: Any thoughts on a Christmas Market section? Seems to me probably one of the most important dates on the calendar, and it's won international acclaim and awards. Also, don't remember seeing anything about Lincoln's twin town, Neustadt an der Weinstraße - which is referenced on both the German Lincoln page & the Neustadt page, I think it at least deserves a note and link. Any thoughts on those? streaky 21:21, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The Christmas Market, a purely commercial event, was abandoned in 2020, ostensibly because of Covid, and has not been reinstated, as of 2024. 86.17.111.203 (talk) 15:36, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christmas market & twinning 

message: Romano-British "Lindum" would not be "pool fort" (lin + dun). At that time Celtic still pronounced its case-ending vowels, and "pool fort" would be *"Lindodunum".
:Not only that, the supposed element du meaning "dark" had the form dubo- during the period in question. The source given for these proposed "etymologies", roman-britain.org, is not an official or scholarly site of any kind: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/contact_info?url=roman-britain.org shows that it's run by one Mr. Kevan White of Rugeley, Staffordshire, an "enthusiast". It's so annoying when non-linguists make up theories about word and name origins, because they just figure "well, nobody really knows."
:So I'm going to change the paragraph now. Hope no one minds. Listing the closest thing to a source I could find. -- Goueznou, 72.82.227.247 (talk) 22:15, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't happy with the entry in the Roman History section, so I've edited and cited a web source of the Parker MS and hope it makes the evolution clearer. I also moved the paragraph into the AD 410-1066 section, which is a more appropriate place for it.Twistlethrop (talk) 16:24, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology

message: im a little confused about the population of lincoln urban area or whatever this article calls it. by my calculations the population of north hykeham and lincoln alone is about 101,000 using the last census figures. thats before including any other "villages"... if we then count bracebridge heath too which is physically joined to lincoln we end up with wayyyy more than than the total, youd need to include waddington too and probably washinborough. clearly it needs to be revised upwards. that place alone has had 1,000 new homes in the past five years. i cant find the population count for there but in 1971 which is the most recent figure i can find it had 4,000.
i had access to the parish population records at work and lincoln and the adjoining villages adds up to around 130,000 people. almost exactly the same as grimsby and its surrounding area.
– Yes, I agree - the numbers don't seem right. Arguably the population of North Hykeham and Birchwood would easily reach that alone.. Any ideas where the numbers came from and what they are supposed to represent? --Streaky 22:39, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You've added the text verbatim anyway, without quote marks, which is a copyvio/plagiarism.  I've added back the real "Greater Lincoln" figure for the urban area from the ONS, and have kept this misnamed Lincoln Travel to Work Area figure but attributed it properly.  Morwen - Talk 06:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And frankly that leaflet is weak - it doesn't explain what area its covering other than in generalities.  Does that figure 250,000 include Market Rasen or Newark-on-Trent? Who knows?  Morwen - Talk 06:59, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

text: We should use sourced figures, not ones you've made up.  Someone has now replaced the verifiable, sourced 101,000 figure with some random one with no source.  Sigh.  Morwen - Talk 14:22, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

text: in fact, you'd done something worse - you'd changed the figure whilst keeping the census citation, which does not support that figure at all.  this is very bad.  i've reinstated the cited figure, and modified the text to clarify.  Morwen - Talk 14:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: I've created a stub article for Empowerment, and added a link to the 'see also' section of Lincoln - if anyone thinks it's sufficiently notable, can you figure out a way of incorporating it into the text of the article ... ? TheVenerableBede 12:47, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Empowerment 

message: Is the new image for the Brayford Pool really an improvement on the old one? The old one might not be ideal, as it has a rather distracting lens flare and the photographer seems to have used a ProMist filter for some reason, but I don't think that replacing it with a low-quality phone camera picture (which also has reflections from the window, parts of the window frame and a timestamp in the picture itself) is quite the thing to do here.--81.153.185.235 12:11, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm the one that swapped the photos round. To be honest, it was mainly because the original one looked rather gloomy to me. Also, I think the present one does show the context of the place a bit better (in that it's taken from higher up so you can see the surroundings). I'm not a photographer though so I didn't notice the various shortcomings of the photo, and also I don't think I realised that the original photo had such a high resolution. So swap things back if you think that's the way to go (I'm not bothered one way or the other).--A bit iffy 16:01, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brayford Pool pic 

message: Any chance of a regular editor of this page to bring Lincoln more inline with WP:UKCITIES??? Hope so, --Jza84 |  Talk   13:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layout and infobox 

message: Albert should get a mention as in my opinion he is the most famous person to of lived in lincoln.I'm unsure whether he was born in lincoln however but he hung some of the most important nazi war criminals of the last century.
82.23.16.70 (talk) 02:05, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albert Pierrepoint should be added to the citizens section 

message: This guys name links to a disambiguation of about 20 people, none of which seem to be this "d list celebrity"
Whats the point in adding him to the page if he's not famous enough to have an article ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.16.70 (talk) 17:01, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  James Allen – Pop star/D list celebrity from 1990s ?? 

message: Why no mention of this on the Lincoln page, and entertainment facilities? local cinema, ten-pin bowling, clubs & bars, eating areas?Mrimp (talk) 15:03, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Culture & Nightlife 

message: I've just cleaned up the Famous citizens section, some names should never have been there. However two that I have left I'm still not sure should be in the list. These are:
* Alfred Tennyson – Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom after William Wordsworth and one of the most popular English poets, was born in Somersby.
* Jim Broadbent – Oscar-winning actor who was born in Wickenby in 1949.
Yes they are connected to Lincolnshire, but Lincoln? Remember, this article is about Lincoln. Really, it should only be those that were born in the city. Should a section be started with just those Famous People Born in Lincoln ? --BSTemple (talk) 21:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Do not think that we need a separate section, the section should be for those born and resident as per WP:UKCITIES. I should point out that the he entries in the section need references for each one and their connection to Lincoln. Keith D (talk) 21:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I agree with you. I have just read WP:UKCITIES, which I admit I had not got around to reading before, well you do get lost reading one Wiki and moving onto another etc. --BSTemple (talk) 15:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous citizens 

message: I have removed a rather silly banner (External links) from the External Links section.  If someone wants them organised differently, let him do so.  Just scattering banners about is not helpful.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 13:59, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Template:External Links has been reinstated as the links appear excessive and need to comply with Wikipedia policy and guideline — GrahamSmith (talk) 11:17, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed banner 

message: Does such a thing really exist or is this just a gay joke? 195.212.29.92 (talk) 11:58, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed "Lincoln Uphill Gardeners Club" (again).  Please do not add this back in without first discussing it here, as I cannot find any reference to its existence.GrahamSmith (talk) 16:06, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uphill Gardener's Club 

message: I thought it was me, but after checking closer I am sure that the two pictures "The Brayford Pool" and "The iconic view of Lincoln Cathedral" are skewed. The amount of skew is between 1 and 2 degrees clockwise and is just enough to be obvious and make the pictures look cheap and amateurish. Apologies to the photographers, whoever they are, but skewed is skewed.
Although I can straighten them myself I am not sure about the copyright or other issues that might arise, or how to upload and notate straightened versions.  Maybe somebody else can do this?Twistlethrop (talk) 13:37, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You can always make derivatives of freely licensed images, this would include things like rotating. The simplest method of uploading the corrected version is to use derivativeFX, this will ensure that your new version follows copyright restrictions. Its best to upload as a new file and not overwrite the original, as rotating always loses the corners of the original.--Nilfanion (talk) 15:19, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brayford Pool and Cathedral pictures skewed 

message: I have added three sentences under the "20th century" section which document one of the first uses of chlorination to disinfect a water supply.  I think that this is an important event and Lincoln should get the credit.  I would be grateful for any comments or feedback.  Drinkingwaterdoc (talk) 20:31, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Chlorination

message: This is a good read, this article, and I think the historical account particularly good with a strong narative form.  But it, and most of the rest of the article, do not contain enough in-line references for the current style of Wikipedia.
I want to make this a B, with the intention of nominating for GA status, but given the large to-do list the Cities project have produced and the lack of references it can't be promoted as it stands.
Shame, there is a lot of hard work here and a sensible selection of data.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 13:08, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appraisal 

message: Perhaps at least half of this Talk page could be archived?  How does one do that?--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 13:10, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: See Help:Archiving a talk page Keith D (talk) 13:37, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archiving? 

message: Wikimedia UK's annual conference is being held in Lincoln this year (8th June). While the charity doesn't control what goes on Wikipedia, if editors have requests for particular parts of the city centre, or particular buildings there will be a group of editors in Lincoln who may be able to help if you can point them in the right direction. If you have any ideas, drop a note on my talk page. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 09:06, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Any photos wanted?

message: Lincoln Cathedral appears in 6 photos on the page currently. I know it's a massive building and hard to avoid, but I think it might be a bit many. Aimaz (talk) 17:23, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Cathedral Photos

message: Would be great to have a section on this, like the articles for Leicester and Nottingham. thanks!--A21sauce (talk) 21:42, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demography 

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message: Removed the previous photo due to it not showing the cathedral but a bunch of small non important buildings. The photo used is from Geography.com https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3420286. Allowed to reuse under the commons licence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RailwayJG (talk • contribs) 12:26, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leading photo change 

message: I propose merging the Lincoln Urban Area article into this one. I dont think the urban area on its own is notable enough for its own article and can be covered here Eopsid (talk) 17:14, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urban Area Merge proposal 

message: Since no article exists at City of Lincoln, England as the boundaries are long-standing (see User:Crouch, Swale/District split) and similar an article should probably exist on the council per WP:UKDISTRICTS like Eastbourne Borough Council unless an article on the district is created. City of Lincoln Council rather than Lincoln City Council is consistent with :Category:City of Lincoln Council elections and the council's website. Crouch, Swale (talk)  21:08, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: No, Lincoln district is completely unparished. Crouch, Swale (talk)  08:15, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: As suggested, I have created an article on City of Lincoln Council. Dormskirk (talk) 16:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I have fixed the Lincoln City Council redirect. Crouch, Swale (talk)  17:01, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[City of Lincoln Council]] 

message: Perhaps the reader is likely to be more interested in current rail connections: where is Lincoln connected to by direct services today? The article doesn't tell us. PamD 22:39, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rail transport 

message: Did you mean to set this as Lincoln, or Bradford? - Templates can only use one answer for a given parameter, and this article is now causing an error message. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 03:01, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi I was trying to fix the collage I added as it wasn't showing until I made the use of the Bradford template but I did try to revert it back to Lincoln so the info box and collage remained intact not sure why the parameter is causing an error. I'm not sure myself how to script fix the issue sorry. Tried not to wreck the info box in the process of editing it. Regards DragonofBatley (talk) 03:35, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

text: gonna try fixing it later on with the collage and info box on my sandbox page. Suprise it isn't formatted correctly but guess it's a different info box settlement format DragonofBatley (talk) 03:40, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  official_name