Talk:Northamptonshire

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message: Im thinking on creating a WikiProject on Northamptonshire but I would need some help and what do you think on this idea, please tell me on my talk page. Likelife (talk) 12:58, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creating WikiProject Northants 

message: This article is Top  Priority. It has been written in good faith, but has been tagged for several  issues. This is in no way intended as a criticism, and should be regarded as flagging of areas that need urgent attention.  The issues stem from the many  different  contributions and styles of writing, layout, and format. A partial  clean up  has been made to  demonstrate the extent  of work  still needed to  be done to  make this the Northamptonshire Project  flagship  article,  but  a thorough copyedit  is required. Issues include, but  are not  limited to:
*Non-encyclopedic prose style
*POV or unverifiable statements
*Incorrect dispalay  of inline references and book sources
*Peacock terms
*Vague time line citations (such  as: in the past, recently, in  the future, will  be, etc)
*Speculation  on  future events. Wiki  is not  a crystal  ball and things that  haven't  happened yet  should not  be reported unless accompaniede by verifiable references such as official  document  confirming  the granting  of planning  permission, new railways, etc.
*Conflict of information: The article states that  there is only  one university in  the county, but  states that  the Tresham Institute "...offers courses in  conjunction  with  several  local  universities..." Please delete or rephrase to  be more specific - copy  editors can't  guess whether the informatioin  is accurate of not.
*Sports: Unless of critical  national  importance, such  as, for example,  winning  the FA cup, or a small  village team getting to  the quarter final  of it, detailed histories and game results of local  clubs are not  of encyclopedic interest.
*Source material: possible over use of one single source in  some sections. While correctly  sourcing  information  is highly  desirable - in  fact  mandatory - intensive use of one source may   unintentionally  introduce too much  of that  one author's opinion or research conclusions. An effort should be made at  a greater diversity  of sources to  ensure an  even balance.
This article is a hugely  collaborative effort. Several  regular contributors whose hard work  is greatly appreciated, may not  be fully  applying the Manual  of Style or may not  have mastered the editing  tools, or undertstood the importance of making  edit  summaries. Northamptonshire Wikipedians may also be able to help improve this article or provide advice on  editing. --Kudpung (talk) 22:37, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Regarding Tresham College (No longer institute), it offers courses in conjunction with several local universities. The universities being DeMontfort Leicester, DeMontfort Bedford and Northampton University. I shall edit the article to reflect this in the morning when I am sober. ReformatMe (talk) 00:03, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a large amount of pionts here which need addressing, and could not be done quickly but hope we can all agree that we will all help chaging this page and get rid of all things against Wikipedia's policy. Likelife (talk) 10:01, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaning  up 

message: I've reinstalled the list  of colleges because: I think there is no  harm in  a county  article listing  them in  the education  section; there aren't  many;  colleges are de facto  notable so  they  could/should have their own articles; the red links might  inspire someone - me? ;) to write the articles.--Kudpung (talk) 15:26, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colleges 

message: I'm interested in what others think about the inclusion of Alan Titchmarsh's 'Pancreas of England'. I guess it should appear in the Geography section if anywhere, and definitely be referenced. My opinion is that it should not be in the lead, which gives it undue prominence; Titchmarsh is a television presenter, not a geographer or historian. At the moment the article says Northants has been likened to a pancreas "most notably" by Titchmarsh, but Googling has produced no other mentions of it... Bogbumper (talk) 20:32, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You  are quite right  to  bring  this up. In  my  opinion, a casual one-off remark  by a TV or radio presenter, unless it  has become a popular buzzword,  is not  important enough  for  a mention anywhere in  a Wikipedia article. The same goes for the unreferenced mention  of 'squires and spires'. I  suggest  cutting  these things out and expanding  the intro  into  a proper summary  of the article  that  follows it.--Kudpung (talk) 02:06, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've removed the offending paragraph completely. I'll do some work on the intro this week if I get a chance. ReformatMe (talk) 23:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Seems good to me. I've seen 'spires and squires' used before elsewhere, but we'll need references for it, of course... Here's one from The Rough Guide to Britain. I made a stub for Hunsbury Hill, by the way. Bogbumper (talk) 07:26, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  The pancreas is back again!!!!! and it's not referenced... Bogbumper (talk) 14:43, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

text:  I've heard the phrase being used from time to time recently with reference to Northamptonshire, and a Google search shows several references to it being "England's Pancreas", so surely it should be included. I doubt that Titchmarsh would have invented the phrase.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.81.199.40 (talk) 20:41, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Are there reputable references to back this up? Last time I looked, there weren't. I bet if you asked a sample of people (even in Northants) what or where England's pancreas was, they'd just look at you blankly. Bogbumper (talk) 10:13, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alan Titchmarsh and his pancreas 

message: In the list of town populations, borough/district populations were being used.  This made the towns artificially large - Daventry, for instance, trebled in size as it took in Weedon, Long Buckby, Brixworth, Moulton, and all of the other large villages in its district.  I've therefore amended the figures to the town populations as per the underlying articles, all as at the 2001 census. Matthew (talk) 23:46, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Populations of largest towns 

message: The flag shown on this article seems to be completely fictitious. I have never seen on in real life and there is no evidence of a flag like this anywhere online. Does anyone have any evidence for its existence?  I know Northamptonshire County Council use a green and white flag with white and red roses, based on their coat of arms.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.81.199.40 (talk) 16:59, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I admit I've never seen it either.Likelife (talk) 08:33, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

text: The reference for the flag shown at the moment (:File:County Flag of Northamptonshire.png) is a non-reliable fringe nationalist website (see "reference" link). Northamptonshire did send a flag to the UK government to hang - see link - but it looks nothing like the one on display here at the moment. For that reason I'm removing the current flag and will append a note to Commons. TheGrappler (talk) 22:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

text: Though NB the county council, and county, flags need not be the same! But the Flag Institute doesn't list a Northamptonshire design and I can't see any RS to back up the fringe source. TheGrappler (talk) 23:14, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Northamptonshire Flag 

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