Talk:Colchester

message: I've never heard it pronounced colchister its col-chess-tuh thats how we say it, we don't call the game of chess chis! ask the locals before putting false pronunciations! this has annoyed me as an actual colcestrian.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.30.52.72 (talk) 01:09, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Actual Colcestrian here

message: An AfD discussion has ended with the decision to merge info from Colchester Film Festival here.  Personnally, I'm not sure anything beyond what we currently have is necessary or proportionate: it was never something that made a deep impression on the town, probably much less noticable than the Oyster Fayre or Medieval markets in Castle Park.  The film festival website is just a link to a facebook account, which has only two identical entries in the last 5 years: invitations to submit films for 2020, but nothing about the event, or even a Covid cancellation announcement.  I can find 2 2021 film events advertised, but not the same festival name, location, calendar spot or logo.  So even what the article currently has (added, very probably by one of the organisers, in 2015) is probably anachronistic in being in the present tense.  Do we need any more? Kevin McE (talk) 12:07, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: All the sources seem to be local newspapers, rather than anything in creative media. There are lots of events of similar calibre from other fields that go on in Colchester, as you suggest. And I can't see how much of the CFF article can be included into this one without dramatically unbalancing it. I have serious doubts about notability, and the consensus for merging seems tepid at best. Brammers (talk/c) 23:57, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  I tend to agree with Kevin. There really isn't much worth merging, so perhaps just a plain redirect will do? LibStar (talk) 02:57, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film festival 

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replies: text: Sorry, Wikipedia does not give this kind of advice. Suggest you look here. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:30, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Get a work visa 

message: As with Talk:Southend-on-Sea the town does not become a city until Letters patent are received. MRSC (talk) 09:05, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The letters patent got gazetted today, dated as of 5 Sept.    Gecko G (talk) 19:02, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: added it now DankJae 19:43, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: But the letters are not to be received until 23 November, and according to the BBC (publicly, rather than in some apparent response to Judeabasquelanguage), that is the defining event. Kevin McE (talk) 07:37, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Not yet a city

message: Due our newly established city status we r not a town Any more. 2A02:C7F:3AA2:2600:F5E1:4B8F:588C:D88D (talk) 18:21, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: See above? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:23, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  We are a city now! 

message: Colchester is now a City, this requires updating. 80.79.222.89 (talk) 10:16, 18 August 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. Reason: There is no proof of the town being a city. NameIsShaheer (talk) 10:33, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

text: Note: It was announced it would become city, but legally not a city yet. A local source has said 12 September 2022 is the apparent date it will legally become a city. So wait till then. It remains a town right now. DankJae 17:51, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 18 August 2022 

message: It is correct for the motto to be "Utrinqe Paratus" when on the town arms the motto is "No Cross, No Crown"? 86.11.38.74 (talk) 20:18, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree and removed: couldn't find anything on Google that was not primarily concerned with parachute reg. Kevin McE (talk) 10:30, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Town Motto 

message: Why are population figures for Colchester still using 2011 data. Just out of interest? Have figures not been given for 2021 census, or are Government figures only available for the whole city and district area? Goom80 (talk) 02:47, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: From looking at the ONS and city council website it seems figures only reflect the entire city district area which totals approx 192,000 in population. I can’t see a separate total anywhere for just the city excluding the wider district unless it can be calculated manually. If not, is it worth referencing the city district area total as at least it is more up to date? Magpie069 (talk) 00:13, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

message: At present, the article is using :template:infobox settlement (which is maybe appropriate for City of Colchester). The consensus at WP:WikiProject UK geography is that urban areas should use :template:Infobox UK place. So I propose this as the new infobox. (Right now, something wrong with "location within", if somebody else doesn't fix it first, I'll try again tomorrow to resolve.) The main difference is that it leaves most of the politics to the City of Colchester article and doesn't claim the arms or flag of the Borough. 
OK, this version appears to work:
𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:27, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I subbed the infobox for Chelsmsford here and on preview and it worked fine. There appears to be a conflict between one of the extra parameters and the LUA module that displays the map. I'll have a go at stripping the box right down and then add each parameter in turn and see if I can find which one breaks it. I'm willing to bet it is a non-obvious typo! Murgatroyd49 (talk) 15:32, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  My attempt to "fix" the problem using pushpin is irrelevant and a misdirection, so discount that one straight off. According to the template doc,  So (once we get the main map sorted!), it might be used to add "Colchester within the City of Colchester district" map (Map_of_Colchester_City.png). --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:57, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that is going to have be added as an extra image, the map title is not recognised as a pushpin-map by the infobox syntax, and image-map doesn't appear to be recognised either. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 16:05, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, seem to have sorted the main problems, if not exactly sure how! I'll have a think about adding the Colchester within the City of Colchester district map but can't see an obvious way of doing it. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 16:39, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed replacement infobox 

message: In general I think six-image collages are quite indistinct, so what about trimming it down to three? I've mocked up an example, although it needn't use exactly these images — there are certainly better ones of the Dutch Quarter, I just didn't bother to crop them for this example.
:In general I think six-image collages are quite indistinct, so what about trimming it down to three? I've mocked up an example, although it needn't use exactly these images — there are certainly better ones of the Dutch Quarter, I just didn't bother to crop them for this example.
:The one image I would push for is the castle, as it's probably Colchester's most distinctive building. A.D.Hope (talk) 12:27, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'D keep St Botolphs Priory because it is part of the city history. I feel the town hall could be replaced or the Dutch Quarter/Castle though DragonofBatley (talk) 17:45, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know, I think only one explicitly 'historic' image is needed and that the castle is the more prominent of the two landmarks. An image of St Botolph's could always replace the one of the castle in the 'Medieval and Tudor' section of 'History', though. A.D.Hope (talk) 17:51, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The Town Hall is very representative of Colchester's civic history, it is a symbol as much as the Castle. Perhaps an image of the High Street with the Town Hall and Jumvo water tower together? Definitely the Castle and maybe St Botolph's Priory. Goom80 (talk) 21:07, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: What about the tennis 21:51, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Image set in the infobox