Talk:Bishop's Stortford

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Scalydonuk - you changed my edit to this article.  Having reviewed Wikipedia's policies I can understand the removal of the word 'good' from my line on Bishop's Stortford College as this is perhaps subjective.  However, in a very recent official Inspection, the College was rated very highly indeed!
Why remove the link to the College's website though?  What is wrong with giving a link to the website? An encyclopedia is supposed to be informative......
Unless you can persuade me otherwise, I'll put the link back.  Perhaps we should list all of the secondary schools and give links to all of their websites?
Adrian Baker 17:59, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: College

message: Is it just me, or is the information box on the right a bit boring?  The majority of replies in the right hand column contain either 'east', 'england' or 'hertfordshire'.  I would like to see a wider variety of information that is a bit more interesting.
--Sclaydonuk 13:52, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox improvements 

message: I added some information about Richard Whittington's links with the town, and also added a bit about Bishop's Stortford Golf club in the leisure part.
Carl w 13:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Richard Whittington 

message: This is now rammed up by the side of the recently added climate section.  I think it would look better below the climate graph so that it again looked like a separate section.  Should this be done?
The info box looks fine to me sclaydonuk .... the info is at least correct!
Adrian Baker 22:46, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Resized graph to 200px and aligned it on the right. It doesn't interfere with the external links as much now, and is still clickable for a clearer image. As a Stortfordian myself, I'm very happy with the article. :D AKismet 01:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  external links 

message: Why is there a link to this article from Bishop's Stortford, Essex? Bishop's Stortford is in Hertfordshire. 80.5.208.38 19:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are points in Stortford where by moving from one's living room to one's bathroom, you would cross the border from Hertfordshire into Essex. AKismet 11:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Aye, that's canny like, but does anyone really think that Bishop's Stortford is in Essex? I mean, apart from those people living in the three houses by the Stansted Road roundabout. Carl w 23:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oi, I know one of them :P AKismet 23:58, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

text: To actually answer this question (for those still curious), it's a frequent error made (I've received letters marked Essex), and many computer systems tend to automatically lump border cases in one or the other - especially if being handled by people in the glamorous profession of data entry. I believe I've also had at least one letter indicating that Bishop's Stortford is IN Harlow. 139.222.237.59 02:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no point of Bishop's Stortford in Essex - the traffic signs suggest that there is 3 houses in essex in Bishop's stortford but the signs are just in the place that motorists can see them best. I know for a fact that those 3 houses have 'East Herts' council bins and not 'Uttlesford'! paddySC 18:51, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I live in Bishop's Stortford, and it is NOT in Essex. Stansted Airport is in Essex, so is the Stansted/M11 roundabout. Bishop's Stortford is on the border and edge of Hertfordshire, and is surrounding by Essex on most sides. I think I would know about, only lived here for 17 years.... calvin999 (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Essex? 

message: I have created a simple english article on Bishop's Stortford and am just informing you so that any of the regualr Stortford editers can contribute to this.
If you do not know, simple english uses a very small vocabulary and the wikipedia is designed for people who don't speak english as their first language or who have learning difficulties.
--Sclaydonuk 09:17, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Simple English

message: I think that there are far too many internet links at the bottom of the page, and a great number of them serve as advertising for various organisations.  In my opinion the number should be halved.  My recommendations for removal are:
* Both on Cluzion Music Club (advertises the club rather than expands on article)
* 'Detailed History' (the link titled brief history is more detailed and relevant than this)
* Swimming Club (not necessary)
* Cantate Youth Choir (only indirectly associated with BS)
* 'Largest Residents Association' the recently added civic association link covers this.
What do you think about these proposals??  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cimex (talk • contribs) 14:53, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: Hi Guys,
   "Settlers first made their homes in Bishop's Stortford over 250,000 years ago,"
I'm going to take this out because humans had yet to leave Africa, and were not even humans at this point (sorry creationists) and were probably homo habilis or erectus.... Could it be 2,500? It's not referenced though, so perhaps someone could provide that if they want to change it to the new period? --GeologyTom 14:17, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  250,000 year ago?? 

message: Is the slightly opinionated statement about the Boar's Head pub really appropriate for Wikipedia?  There are godknowshowmany pubs in this town, and I don't think any of my friends living locally would think that the Boar's Head is the most notable.  We could list/link a few of the pubs in the town if we wanted, or we could simply make a statement such as "many public houses, between them catering for a very wide audience" (or something that doesn't sound so sucky).
Listing the Boar's Head like that makes it seem like it's the only pub that is always jam-packed/has a reputation, when the first pubs most people talk about (albiet not in a good light) are The Star and The  Black Lion (for example)
- anonymous occassional Wikipedia user from Bishop's Stortford — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.157.122 (talk) 20:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to Boar's Head 

message: The pubs section reads like an advert for The Star.  It'd be nice to see a more varied and balanced description of Stortford's pubs. Pstevenson (talk) 19:58, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pub advert 

message: Just sayin'. Where's the best source for up to date population data? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.15.128.65 (talk) 2:45 pm, Today (UTC+1) 
:Not out of date as last published count is the 2001 census all others since are estimates until 2011 census data publishedTmol42 (talk) 19:45, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Census 2011 gives 37838 (using http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ and summing the wards) Geofpick (talk) 22:32, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population is Over 10 Years Out of Date

message: Most sites associated with the town, and the Post Office, agree on Bishop's. But I've seen both Bishop (in the 1911 Britannica) and Bishops (on several apparently-authoritative maps and a road sign ).
Can someone with some actual knowledge address the history and possible contemporary confusion over the spelling? David Brooks (talk) 19:24, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bishop, Bishops, Bishop's? 

message: Is the free Wi-Fi (provided by ITVET/GlowIT) worth a mention on the page? Cyberjacob (talk) 08:40, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Free Wi-Fi 

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