Talk:Southport

message: Should we add photos of it's removal? --Anappleadaykeepsthedocaway (talk) 03:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Please! Certainly in a category on Commons, even if they aren't embedded directly in the article. The gas holder is a significant landmark - I have a feeling it's even notable amongst gas holders, as a rare survivor of that "cage" style. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:58, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Gas Tower

message: Does any one have any photographs of this long lost part of Southport?  It would be fantastic to also make a page for it as well.   Sadly I can not find any ref. as of yet...  Can anyone help? Anappleadaykeepsthedocaway (talk) 05:41, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Peter Pan's Playground

message: Tried to clean it up a bit.  As I did, I spotted Southport College was not listed... So I have added it.   Might be worth putting a link to the Ofted reports for the area?   Anyone have any views on this? Anappleadaykeepsthedocaway (talk) 05:13, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Education

message: The page smacks of an advert for southport, specifically on the transport side of things. I think we should point out that there is no direct rail link to Preston and the town is not well connected by road.
:Moved this section to the end of the page.  New items are by convention appended to the page. Countersubject 11:51, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: npov

message: I see from the page's history that there's some uncertainty about the location of SJ's photography. Under or over water?  Is this significant?  Have I been away from Southport for too long? Countersubject 00:29, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Location of Steve Jones's Photography

message: I've removed the paragraph 'It is called Souwie by the Scousers' from the intoduction, added by 82.152.209.70 at 11:32, 18th July, as it doesn't really fit in the introduction.  Perhaps it could belong in a new section on the interaction of Southport with its surrounding areas, from a number of angles: economy, society, geography, language etc.  BTW - Wikipedia encourages those who edit pages to do so through a Wikipedia account. Countersubject 12:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Southport in Relation to Surrounding Areas

message: If anyone could upload a picture of the pier for the Southport Pier article I would appreciate it. --Paul E. Ester 01:30, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pier Picture

message: I have added up the Ward statistics on the UK National Statistics website for the 7 wards that cover Southport within Sefton to come up with an accurate figure for the population (see reference on article).
: On the subject of the UK Office of National Statistics, could it be worth mentioning that Southport is home to one of its four branches, at Smedley Hydro? ONS is a relatively significant government agency, and to my knowlege, one of the towns largest employers. 81.156.205.69 (talk) 22:30, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: Having been brought up in Southport in the 1950s I seem to remember there was a large explosion at a petrol station not far from Meols Cop Secondary School. This would have been around 1957. I'll continue to attempt to find out if this actually happened. 
Soarhead77 16:30, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is my Memory Faulty or Correct? Someone please help! 

message: Just a quick log on and off...  Thought I should put this before making any more changes...
Ref - Should Liverpool Echo etc. and all media names carry ref?   Might be a good idea to do this.
I have spotted a bit about Southport GB?   Is this site media or not?  No ref made and reads very poorly...
A newly popular website covering the (unofficial) news of Southport is Southport GB. This website covers minor/trivial stories usually relayed from local taxi drivers to the website owner. Southport GB also contains a forum for its residents to moan/gossip about trivial matters and express their right-wing, reactionary and usually inappropriate comments about anyone or anything. 
Should this be removed?    Also it has a link to an article on Wikipedia with this exact name.  This does not look good for the section and in my view it should be removed.  89.243.241.240 (talk) 19:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it looks like the orginal article was removed as not being notable, hence the dead link. So probably it too should be removed. - Galloglass 23:29, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

text: "In addition, there are four other local radio stations that transmit to Southport: BBC Radio Merseyside, Radio City 96.7, Juice 107.6,  and Rock FM 97.4."
On reflection, is this relevant to the article? I think it is, but understand that you could argue that more stations should be included. Any opinions? Snowy 1973 13:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Media

message: Notable people in Southport
Disappointed to find that the list of notable people from or resident in Southport has recently been edited without, in my view, proper justification. A good example of the kind of arrogant 'I know better than you' messing about that means Wikipedia is so much less valuable and reliable than it could be.
There are no firm rules on what constitutes 'notability' as far as I am aware. So, it's a subjective thing and therefore one person's opinion is as valid as another as long as people are not merely listing their friends and neighbour, etc.
However, some of the alterations made do not even make objective sense; the writer Tony Jordan has been a figure of considerable influence in British TV drama for 10 years or more and has had more impact in his field than, say, the guitarist Ollie Halsall. I'm wondering if the person making the edits is unaware that Tony Jordan grew up in Southport, and his parents still live in Ainsdale.
When the 'notable people' list was first added to the Southport page, it was to give an idea of people who not were not only born in the town but who, by living here, have made an impact on the town's identity. By that token, people like Dr Barnardo, Kenny Dalglish and Alan Hansen should certainly still be included. It's ridiculous to say that because someone was not born in the town, they don't have an influence. This is information of general interest.
Also, I don't believe that just because a person does not have their own Wikipedia page they should not be included. The best example of this is the Rev Marcus Morris, a figure of great influence in the field of comics publishing. There's a certain kind of weird paradox at work when someone is deemed unimportant because they're not on Wikipedia.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gleamhound (talk • contribs) 29 October 2007
:Unfortunately so many marginal and non famous people have been added to this list that many users who read this list judged its was ok to add their friends, mother, sister brother etc. Now the main test for inclusion on Wikipeidia as a 'Notable Person' is pretty strict and laid down in WP:BIO. Many of those that were removed failed this test, some simply because of any lack of referencing on their article, others because their connection was minimal. I would very like to include Marcus Morris on the notable list but with no article extant there seems little chance of it meeting the test of WP:BIO at the present time. When such an article is created, you can be sure he will belong on the list. By all means propose any individual for re-inclusion here and we can all discuss their merits. Thanks Galloglass 19:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I happened to see this conversation, and have now created Marcus Morris stub page - certainly notable, as he's in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and there were 3 different redlinks to him already. (Almost anyone in UK could have done this, as most public libraries provide online access to ODNB, from home, through their subscription.) PamD (talk) 09:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Presumably the "blithering purist" had actually read WP:BIO, unlike yourself; but if you can establish notability for the women (say, enough to write an article about her) then she can be added. Swanny18 (talk) 20:44, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people 

message: I have just added ref section to the page to fit in with Wikipedia rules for references.   If any one can add more please do.   The more we have that backs up our information on this page the better it will be, as it will comply with the ref. rules on Wiki better.  --81.129.235.13 (talk) 01:39, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Just added Lancashire Life but it does not appear to have a Wiki page. I think it should, so I am not 100% if I have missed it...  Does it have an entry?   If not should we add one?   Can any one help?
: This has been added to mainspace as Lancashire Life. Nk.sheridan   Talk 22:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Magazines And Newspapers

message: Hi all, I had a go at the lead today. I'm surprised this article got a B-Class rating. If we want it to go to GA class as is Runcorn it needs more work.Nk.sheridan   Talk 23:51, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup of Article

message: The 15:54, 8 August 2008 The Rambling Man version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia.--Wing (talk) 18:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation into Chinese Wikipedia 

message: Despite the names, it's standard practice to use Template:Infobox UK place for settlements and Template:Infobox settlement for boroughs. Hence the Trafford article uses Template:Infobox settlement whereas Sale, Greater Manchester, uses Template:Infobox UK place (both FAs). It's detailed in Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements#Infobox*, although not explained as such. I'm not sure why one is preferred to the other, presumably the fields are considered more appropriate for different types of places, but it's likely that someone will revert the current infobox. If there are any concerns, using Template:Infobox UK place has been no obstacle to many articles on towns getting FA status. Nev1 (talk) 23:16, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: As you can see I have re-shaped and editted the history section of this article. I know it looks a little limp at the moment, but I will improve it shortly. I have been reading about local history lately and so I have lots of good information. But I still need people's help to get this section... and article to a good tandard. I would love to see people's contributions.
I aslo think there should be a sub-section on Southport's role during the WW's, but my knowledge is limited on that area.
Just incase you don't know our aim is to get this article to GA Satus. --93gregsonl2 (talk) 17:05, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: I've just language edited this section, and corrected a reference to samphire being only found at a few sites in western Europe. Both types of samphire are relatively widespread, and the less common type isn't found in the Southport area: http://www.samphire.org.uk/types_of_samphire.php, http://www.seasonalwildflowers.com/july/rock-samphire.html. I also amended this gibberish: "The population was scattered thinly across the region and it was at the North-East end of Otergimele (present day Crossens) where blown sand gave way to new fish supplies from the River Ribble estuary that a small concentration of people had occurred." Robocon1 (talk) 13:11, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You can get samphire quite easily from Morrisons! although, apparently it's from Watt's Farm in Kent. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:28, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section: samphire and "blown sand gave way to new fish" 

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message: :
Say what?  "The son of Grimm", whether in Old Norse or Old English, would be (wait for it) Grimmsson or Grimmssonnr or Grimmssunu or the like.  A compound of Odd with Grim is a bit dubious also because both of these are names of Odin.  And if the m belongs to Grim then it probably doesn't also belong to melr.
A source might help. —Tamfang (talk) 21:45, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  other grim etymology 

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