Talk:Leamington Spa

message: "Sugar is the club of choice" - by who's choice?  This isn't backed up by anything.
:Been re-worded. Cls14 21:53, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sugar 

message: What evidence is there that Campion Hills is a suburb of Leamington? I've never heard of them as such. Cls14 21:53, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Campion Hills 

message: What is the source of the water from the new drinking fountain on the pavement in front of the Pump Rooms? I had some from there recently, and while it was nowhere near undrinkable, it did have a rather unpleasant taste at first, almost as though it was salty. 86.143.54.66 01:23, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Undrinkable" water? 

message: What about Rugby?   KingStrato 19:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Most populous town in South Warwickshire" 

message: This section seems to be in danger of becoming the largest part of the article. I suggest that someone takes the time to look through WP:EL: Leamington Lemmings Ultimate Frisbee Team, Leamington Spa Chat Forum, The Kingsley School ... the section is very little more than a link farm. Which wikipedia is not supposed to be. --Malleus Fatuarum 22:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: External links section

message: Would be interesting to know (through IPA) how locals say this. Is it /lɛm/ or /lim/?
: /lɛm/ -- which you could guess from the IPA of Leamington. I've added IPA to the river's page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ukslim (talk • contribs) 19:19, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Leam

message: On this page it says:
Cubbington - 3 km (2 miles) northeast (a large village which has become a northern suburb)
However, on the Cubbington page it says:
It is often (though incorrectly) regarded as a northern suburb of Leamington, being situated only 5 km from the town centre.
Obviously these can't BOTH be right. Which one is? 
-- Elin  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.213.91.118 (talk) 18:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is with the definition of "suburb" - Cubbington isn't part of Leamington (like Whitnash isn't), it is a separate village (as was Lillington, as is Whitnash etc etc) ok. easy. BUT if you check the definition of suburb, that is not (depending on which definition you take) an issue. Does that clear it up? Widefox (talk) 08:49, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I fixed the Cubbington article to say 3 km, and I fixed the Leamington article to remove the incorrect notion that New Cubbington is a part of Leamington - it is a part of Cubbington (and Cubbington is not a part of Leamington). Widefox (talk) 15:25, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cubbington 

message: I've added a link to the Polish language wikipedia article   . I'd like to see the Polish article on the Polish wikipedia grow - please add links to Polish language sites there. Widefox (talk) 08:55, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Polish

message: Several websites show his bithplace as 30 Clarendon Sq., not 36 as it is in this article.
Anyone know for sure - have the council put a plaque on the birthplace of their most famous son?
edit: having visited this dull town just the other day I can confirm that there is no plaque on either house. Pity, as it is by far the most interesting thing about this town.
86.128.98.127 (talk) 12:25, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aleister Crowley 

message: Please will people who know Leamington Spa check 
“Leamington Spa offers a great variety of shops from the more common high street stores to the independent retailer. The main shopping centre is called the Royal Priors . It is situated between picturesque Park Street which is known as a destination for high-end independent boutiques.” 
I removed blatant self promotion.  The author has been warned repeatedly. Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 08:52, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I just slimmed down the text for a music venue in Leamington. Widefox (talk) 11:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the same authors self promotion, and warned again. Widefox (talk) 22:35, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Self promotion

message: Article merged: See old talk-page here Widefox (talk) 11:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  merged into this article Lansdowne Crescent, Leamington Spa 

message: Widefox (talk) 13:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  merged into this article Sydenham, Warwickshire 

message: The article states probably  in good faith, "In the mid-19th century, spa resorts went out of fashion..." However, I'm not so sure that  this is quite so  accurate, as this is exactly  the time when Malvern, Worcestershire (not  so far  away) began its heyday as a spa town thanks to its Malvern Water, and went  on  to  become a prosperous locality - and still is, though the water cure is of course no longer popular. The dates are well  documented. I've added a tag, not as a criticism, but  as a flagging  for some further information. --Kudpung (talk) 13:09, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Going  out of fashion

message: I've pruned this. (WP:EL) There are now not  enough  to justify  sub sections. Feel free to  revert  if strongly  disagree, but  many  of them could, or have been used as inline references to  information  in  the text -  which  then do  not need duplicating  in  an External Links section. Some of them  do  not  appear to  have suffiecient  importance to  be listed.--Kudpung (talk) 04:33, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I re-added the community centres. Feel free to delete the newspaper links. Widefox (talk) 11:16, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: External  links

message: The article has undergone a significant overhaul, section by section, to introduce an encyclopedic prose style, remove any POV,weasel  words,  irrelevant items, unsubstantiated claims,  and remove redundant  material. Leamington  is an important  town and the effort now is to  maintain the quality  of the article to reflect  this. Any new additions should closely  conform to the Manual of Style, especially  in the way  references are used and displayed (a random check  has found at  least  one reference to  be inaccurate; it  may  be out of date, and others should be verified for accuracy. The article is now approaching  B class and any  major changes should preferably not now  be made without  discussion  on this talk page.--Kudpung (talk) 10:36, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I believe that there is wiki guideline that recommends that major changes gain prior consensus on the talk page, but also there is a wiki guideline to be bold in editing. I think that if someone can improve the page with any number of minor or moderate sized edits then they should be permitted to without any constraints in having to discus it first. Even when the article is GA or FA then editors are at liberty to make edits without prior discussion, if they think they can improve the page.   Snowman (talk) 12:45, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaned up  and copyedited 

message: I'd like to suggest some information on demographics. The People section could use some additional information.
I went to the 2001 census info, the external links.
Information such as males/females/households is all I could find.
What are the cultural, ethnic, racial make up of this area or surround?
Languages? Age groups? commuter population, locally employed, any additional poulous detail.I cannot find this information. These data types are helpful to obtain a vantage point of a community
from another community, and another country.  Thankyou18:46, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics 

message: The article is still  jn serious need of referenced sources. If they  cannot  be found, the tagged items may  have to  be removed. --Kudpung (talk) 05:29, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Simple answer - no. See WP:NOTDIR. WIkipedia is not a directory. It does not need to have an article on absolutely everything because it isn't a directory. In the case of a town, it doesn't need to have every single business in the town listed because it isn't a directory. If a company is notable then write an article about it first, and then add a link to that article (together with suitable prose and a reference) within the main article. Otherwise the list above has no place on Wikipedia. --Bob Re-born (talk) 22:40, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: Why is there a citation needed after the sports section at the very bottom? Does it relate just to the Ultimate team? if so what is required as citation? The club has been going for about 4 years. Gav Newman (talk) 13:16, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Citations are to support the text and are provided by reliable third party sources, such as the BBC. See WP:Cite and WP:RS for further details. I guess the cite tag was added because someone was querying the addition of the Ultimate team, but the whole section needs cites adding. Keith D (talk) 14:08, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cite query

message: Education section - please stop repeatedly adding schools situated in Warwick! These schools are all correctly listed at Warwick#Education , so let me be clear Do not add these to this article: Warwick School, The King's High School For Girls, Myton School and Aylesford School. Widefox (talk) 13:42, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Added schools too which Leamington is in the priority area of. Twopenneth (talk) 21:11, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Kudpung has removed the name of the specific school referenced and implied to me on my talkpage that it isn't factual, and asked me not to add it again).  Could we have an explanation here of the logic behind the removal, and the reasons for not adding it, and all the other similar schools please. Twopenneth (talk) 06:59, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: See the comments by  Widefox above. If you  wish for a broader participation  in  the discussion,  you  might  try  WT:WPSCH. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:29, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw Widefox's comments.  They don't give any reason for not adding schools outside of Leamington, but which Leamington is in the catchment area of.  This isn't a point about schools, but about what is relevant and valid to add to an article about Leamington.  I'd say that listing the schools which Leamington is in the catchment areas of is perfectly valid.  If we say they're out of the scope because they are located outside the town boundary, then we'd have to exclude mention of other "facilities" outside of the boundary such as the M40, Birmingham Airport, etc.  If a school is provided specifically for children of the town to use, then I think that it needs to be included in the article.  Where's the consensus to keep it out? Twopenneth (talk) 11:51, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Warwick is not Leamington

message: I restored some less major companies that were removed (a source listing them would help), and in the source  Audiomotion is mentioned as part of the area, but according to their website they are based in Wheatley (formerly in Oxford), so I left them off. Widefox; talk 13:53, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Silicon Spa 

message: The list is getting very long and it has it's own category page now. Might just remove all the people in the list from the article page leaving the link to the category. Any thoughts? Cls14 (talk) 10:37, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: May be better to move to a separate list article rather than just a category, you can at least have a short description of the person and supply a reference. Keith D (talk) 12:24, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a bad idea. Thanks Cls14 (talk) 12:50, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Famous people from Leamington

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message: I came to discuss the change of the infobox image on the Leamington Spa article. I disagree with the image change that  did here.
The current image is too dark and dull compare to the one previously. The previous photo gave a more recent impression of what Leamington Spa is today, rather then what it was in 2005. Thoughts? --Vauxford (talk) 14:29, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Vauxford: While I agree with you that the changed image is not an improvement (the car spoils the composition), I don't particularly love the previous one either for representing the town. It just seems to mostly show tarmac and a weird sort of tunnel effect. There's plenty of pretty scenes at Category:Royal Leamington Spa and its subcats to consider. Rcsprinter123 (gossip) 14:46, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Reason why the photograph is at that location since it at the centre of Royal Leamington Spa. The Parade is the most recognised part of the town in my opinion, alongside the Victorian pump rooms. --Vauxford (talk) 15:17, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe this or this. Just a bit more interesting than a load of road. Rcsprinter123 (chew) 15:38, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The previous photo might show road, but it also shows the line of shops and the architecture of the building while depicting what the roads are like as of 2018. --Vauxford (talk) 16:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'd go with Rcsprinter123's first alternative. Neither of the two previous versions are very good, either photographically or as a representation of the town. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 18:21, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually agree neither are that brilliant, I thought my replacement was lighter and less dull than the first one. Rdsprinter123's first image was actually used as the lead picture at one time, but it was changed. this is another possible replacement. G-13114 (talk) 23:11, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well I can't really say much about it since I took that one myself. But it up to you and other to decide if it a nice recent example of The Parade buildings. --Vauxford (talk) 23:18, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox photo 

message: There has recently been a fire at this place, and i would like it if someone with more skill then me were to write the section about the fire. 56independent/notacoworcatTalk 22:56, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The fire is in the news today, but not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. It might deserve a sentence or two but not more than that.  — Amakuru (talk) 23:59, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fire 

message: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parade, Leamington Spa may be of interest. PamD 14:36, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  AfD