Talk:Skegness

message: Much though I love Skeggie (I'm off there for the bank holiday in a couple of weeks), I think it ought to be pointed out to potential visitors that the pier is now considerably shorter than 1843 feet.  About 1750 feet shorter, if I remember correctly.  There is a reason why pictures of the pier online only show the amusements on the landward side!  --Andrew Norman 16:40, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Skegness pier

message: === Council ===
Amended the town council details to include a table for easier reading. There was reference to a Lib Dem councillor previously, however the official results card (linked to as reference) from ELDC shows that there were no Lib Dem councillors elected in 2011. I think this arose because Cllr Binch is a Lib Dem, but did not stand as such in 2011, instead choosing not to display a party affiliation.
=== Advertising on this page? ===
In the Skegness Today section Royal Renaissance Hotel seems to be advertising supplying its phone number.
----The Royal Renaissance Hotel is family run and committed to providing a professional service from the moment you arrive, ensuring that you will visit Skegness and the Royal Renaissance time and time again. Please telephone 01754 76XXXX for more information.--
I don't think this is appropriate for an Encylopedia
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===Neutrality and factuality===
This is concerning "Skegvegas" and the "rising chav population". This sounds to me like an un-neutral point of view, and there are certainly no citations to back up the claims. What's the general consensus on this? (go easy on me, I'm still not sure how to go about things yet) Blacksilkandy 17:43, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Style & content

message: This is concerning "Skegvegas" and the "rising chav population". This sounds to me like an un-neutral point of view, and there are certainly no citations to back up the claims. What's the general consensus on this? (go easy on me, I'm still not sure how to go about things yet) Blacksilkandy 17:43, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutrality and factuality

message: I've read the article carefully, and am not sure that the  flag is justified.  Skegness is a resort.  (According to Bob Monkhouse the Last Resort), and if you said nothing about the hotels, slot arcades, and Pier then the whole atmosphere of the town would be unrepresented.  The discussion of the shopping areas is a little idiosyncratic, but a sentence or two explaining that normal shopping cannot be in the High Street because of the preponderance of tat shops would sort that out.
I think that the addition of a bit of detail about the permanent population (link the schools to ofstead results, local sport or social clubs, a bit more history such as market days, WW2, etc.) would be opportunity enough to remove the banner.--Brunnian (talk) 06:26, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Travel guide banner

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Skegness-postcard.jpg

message: I don't understand  on the main page.  I'm sure it may be true, but I have no idea what bit the complainant was referring to.  I'd like to resolve the issues, whatever they might be.  Can anyone explain? 
I think it is stopping the article being rated 'B' or even 'GA'.  There are far worse GA articles.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 21:40, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Out of date?

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The notable people section looks truly awful, plus it includes many non notables, Noswall59 appears to be doing a good job with Skegness I will leave it with him. --Devokewater (talk) 13:28, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Well done  Noswall59 it looks very tidy now, all the non notables have been removed. --Devokewater (talk) 11:58, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable people

message: Folks, this is a featured article today, and it is not a bad one.  Please do not put irrelevant material on Frogs in Old English on top.  If it is related to the town, then put it in the text with an explanation why.  I carried out a very minor non content related edit, and got two bots questioning my motive ... really wikipedia, really?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.12.203.8 (talk) 16:38, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: it's Okay now --164.52.225.30 (talk) 18:10, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: "Frogges" and other non relevant material

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Was it drowned?  Or does "east" here mean south? —Tamfang (talk) 03:16, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  farther east?? 

message: The figures on casualties on the worst air raid on 24 October 1941 are disputable. The 'twelve residents killed' given on this page are cited to a work published in 1996. However a local history, 'Lincolnshire and Newark in the [World] Wars' by Fred Hurt, published 1994, eight years later, gives a higher figure of 14 killed including 10 servicemen (leaving a balance of four civilians) and 27 injured.Cloptonson (talk) 15:19, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Worst WWII air raid