Talk:Goole

message: I have removed the following from the lead as it is not sourced. If it can be sourced correctly then return it to the article but not to the lead which is for a summary of the rest of the article.
, which achieved notoriety two years ago for having the highest proportion of drug-related deaths in Britain - 13 times the national average. Although only 2 per cent of the population of the county lives there, the town is home to 12 per cent of the region's heroin users 
Keith D 21:16, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have switched the reference to use the  template and corrected it as the date of the article is 2002 so 2 year previously would be 2000 and not 2005 as implied by the statement 2 years previously. Though I think you need to reword the information because as it stands it is a copyright violation of the published article and may be removed because of that. Keith D 20:22, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drug detail 

message: I removed this claim. It ought to be fairly self-evident that the statement is untrue, but just to prove it: Iquitos on the Amazon is over 2,000 miles from the sea. Somehow I don't think Goole can beat that! Whether or not it's the furthest inland in Britain is another question: Gloucester and Selby might argue, and I suppose it depends on how you define "furthest inland". Either way, such a statement should not go back in without a solid reference (not a vague term like "is widely recognised to be"). 86.136.251.18 00:31, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The present claim of "UK's furthest inland port" is not supported by the citation so I have flagged as dubious. (The citation is from its operator so not a reliable, third-party source.) What rivals to the claim are there - Gloucester, Gainsborough? Nedrutland (talk) 08:39, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Furthest inland port in the World" 

message: Hi,
In response to the edits regarding the addition of 'Britain/East Coast Premier Port' in the first sentence, I'll open a discussion here. I don't think that 
:Goole (East Coast's Premier Port) is a town, civil parish...etc.
is a particularly brilliant way to start an article. I am also unsure whether the source is particularly reliable. . It seems like a biased point of view to me, and one previous editor has already removed (Britain's Premier Port) citing "unnecessary marketing speak". If notability of Goole's status as a UK port is required, may I suggest:
:Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately  inland on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The port is "highly versatile", and is capable of handling nearly 3 million tonnes of cargo per annum, making it one of the most important ports on the east coast of England.Associated British Ports.
:Goole is twinned with Złotów, Poland (and was twinned with Rostock, northern Germany in 1969 although this seems to have lapsed). Goole was suggested to be twinned with Gibraltar in the 1960s, at that time Gibraltar Court was named in Goole and Goole Court was named in Gibraltar (Although formal twinning never occurred). Goole achieved notoriety in 2000 for having the highest proportion of drug-related deaths in Britain - 13 times the national average. Although only 2 per cent of the population of the county lives there (a population of 17,600in 2001),
 the town is home to 12 per cent of the region's heroin users.
The above still doesn't feel quite right, but it is an idea for discussion.
–MDCollins (talk) 00:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at the ABP pages for Goole, Hull and Immingham, annual tonnages seem to be about 2, 10 and 55 million tonnes respectively.  It is difficult to see how Goole can reasonably be said to be "one of the most important ports" around the Humber, let alone the rest of the east coast of England. --Rumping (talk) 15:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Premier Port? suggestions for compromise 

message: Just tried to embelish the page a little, added some detail and new images.  The page could do with some more sources, inparticularly with regards to often contencious subjects such as governance and history.  I will try and see to this when I have time. Mtaylor848 (talk) 19:20, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. Indeed the article needs further expansion. As a town of about 18,000 inhabitants, it's quite little to read at the moment... --Dionysos1988 (talk) 20:11, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Goole page work

message: Could someone please tell me what this actually means? Thanks, MrTranscript (talk) 21:09, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume it means that due to twinning, in the 1960s, there was a street in Goole named Gilbraltar Court, and a street in Gibraltar named Goole Court. Maybe it means that the streets were named then, and still exist...? Not a very well constructed sentence, I'll agree. And it needs referencing anyway.—User:MDCollins (talk) 22:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Goole was informally twinned with Gibraltar in the 1960s, at that time Gibraltar Court was named in Goole and Goole Court was named in Gibraltar.' 

message: Due to excessive numbers of external links - most of which fail WP:EXT - I have today implemented the DMOZ solution that has been implemented on other such articles, including Fowey and Tenby, by: (1) Removing all but official and WikiTravel links, (2) adding the link to DMOZ, where you can add your link and get a backlink credit. Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 12:18, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  DMOZ solution implemented 

message: Substituted at 16:30, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: It seems odd that the Goole wiki doesn't mention the 1915 German Zeppelin Raid. It's probably the most significant event in Goole's history. I've never edited a wiki page so I thought I'd just bring it up here.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.146.196.131 (talk) 00:24, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: May be you could point to suitable references to use for this. Keith D (talk) 10:43, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zeppelin Attack 

message: You mention a new village called "Goole" created in the 17th century. But you give a date of 1362 for the earliest mention. Valetude (talk) 11:20, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that is to distinguish between what is now "Old Goole" and Goole itself. Keith D (talk) 16:30, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, Keith. I feel it needs to be made clear in the article that there are two parts to Goole, the old and the new. Valetude (talk) 22:56, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins