Talk:Gosport

message: Today, the area is renowned for a swelling amount of Conservative support. In a recent survey, many cited the local government as the reasoning behind a "cowardly" police force, one that fails to deal with the threat of actual crime. Whilst aware of many situations in the area, the police are known to focus time and energy on underage drinking, rather than crime that poses a more considerable threat.
Another controversial happening was the implication of parking charges in the towns' main carparks. Many citizens fail to see the point of them, as their financial purpose hasn't come to light. A local counsellor, Peter Edgar, one of the individuals responsible for the charges, recently was fined for parking without paying. He, however, got away without paying as a counsellor. Obviously, the democracy of this small town is flawed, at best. The local planning permitter is also prone to allowing planning permission to his former friends, another reason why the council is a complete failure.
Peter Viggers, the local MP, has been slow to respond with the evolution of politics. Nobody seems to be accountable for any of the town's flaws.
Cite source. Some of that looks libellous too.Tearlach 17:46, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Present day

message: Moved from railway section: maybe usable, but currently unencyclopedic. Tearlach 14:23, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Transport

message: Just found this verification for Roger Black, plus this list: good selection, but again needs verification. Tearlach 14:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Roger Black lived down Western Way in Alverstoke in the 1980s. I lived nearby and went past his house on the way to school. I couldn't say whether or not he was born there, but he certainly lived there, and Alverstoke is in Gosport -whatever the Alverstocracy like to think! Naturenet | Talk 16:03, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Sir Peter John Viggers was born in Gosport and served as conservative MP from 1974-2009, when he stepped down as a result of investigations into MP expenses.  He was chairman of formerly Nasdaq-listed Tracer Petroleum Coporation when I served as CEO--Stevejac1 (talk) 11:04, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: More celebrities

message: The town is in posession of a Millennium Sundial, the latest of the town's tourist attractions. However, whilst the obvious objective of the clock was to have it run for the entirety of the new millennium, it stopped working in 2004, a mere 4 years into its lifespan. Another blunder by the Council was the introduction of the Fountain, and the installation of Non-waterproof pumps. The pumps were exposed to water via a tunnel to Portsmouth Habour
This paragraph is not really in line with Wikipedias Neutral POV style and I don't understand about the water pumps. I don't want to jump in and rewrite without giving the original author(s) a chance to correct.--Gaspode the Wonder Dog 10:16, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have rewritten this section, deleting irrelevancies and adding sources. The original edit was made by an anonymous editor several months ago, so I doubt they will be returning to remove their intentionally NPOV text. DWaterson 20:14, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work.--Gaspode the Wonder Dog 20:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: POV

message: Just to note that Gosport is having an interesting effect on [Category:Towns in Hampshire]. Can it be fixed? I think Gosport should really just be listed as a town and not have lots of 'extra' subsections and links? Ben 11:40, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category:Towns in Hampshire 

message: On Gosport News I'm about to add links to my commercial site Gosport Pages, Gosport News is free to contribute and has been getting 1,000 visits per month, 1% from Wikipedia and I want to try to sell site sponsorship to pay for the running of the site. Would any of this break Wiki rules?--Gavinturner 21:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't quite understand what you are asking here Gavin, but the answer is simple whatever the question. And here it is. Wikipedia can have no interest in whether or not your site is sponsored. If you want to link from your pages to Wikipedia, go ahead and link as much as you like. If, on the other hand, you want to link from Wikipedia to your pages, there's nothing to stop you doing so but be warned that if you do so and another editor thinks that the link is not beneficial to the Gosport page, it will be removed. Guidelines are here. So don't sweat it, be bold, and be polite if somebody else reverts you. Naturenet | Talk 09:04, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: George Costigan, the actor, is said to be from Gosport.  He is most famous for his role in Rita, Sue and Bob Too; despite being from the south coast, he managed to put on an almost-perfect Bradford accent in the film.
Needs reliable sourcing. May well be true, but the only place I can find it is here, which is a personal website. Gordonofcartoon 01:53, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: George Costigan

message: i have tried to add a new infobox but it isnt working. doesanyone know whats wrong?Blackwave...... (talk) 12:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  error 

message: Moved for improvement/saving?
In Gosport you get a lot more property for your money. Not only has Gosport got the lowest house prices in Hampshire but according to the BBC  the only other area in the south east of England with lower property prices is Luton. These lower property prices make Gosport attractive to people who work outside of the town who commute each day.
Bobs107: read WP:NOR. House prices are worth mentioning, but not when framed with unsourced editorial. If "lower property prices make Gosport attractive to people who work outside of the town who commute each day", find a source that actually says so. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 19:26, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: House prices

message: I've requested temporary semi-protection  to stop this twit that keeps removing the twin town section. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 22:49, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmph: declined on grounds of insufficient disruption. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 00:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

text: Give it another go; I'll support it. Naturenet | Talk 21:19, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: OK: retried . Gordonofcartoon (talk) 20:13, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: And blah-declined-on-basis-of-insufficient-disruption-blah again . WTF is semi-protection for if not this kind of thing? Gordonofcartoon (talk) 08:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Semi-protection

message: Malcolm Gladwell famous author was born in Gosport
:Citation? Gordonofcartoon (talk) 15:33, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Malcolm Gladwell

message: The Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service article should be merged with this one as the organisation is too small to warrant having a separate article. The text from this article also contains sections which self promote the organisation.
*Oppose - I would disagree with the proposal of a merge, it is a charity like any other and is entitled to its own article, the GOSPORT article describes a town, it should not include a charity. If this were to be standard across every charity article it would be impossible to find them on Wikipedia as they are all hidden within the town or cities wiki article they are based in.
:The same as any company, you wouldn't put all information about say IBM under Portsmouth's article just because it's main UK HQ is based in Portsmouth? It would be worth putting a link on GOSPORT article saying that there is a lifeboat station called GAFIRS in the town and then link back to the GAFIRS article. I would agree that this article may need some minor re-writing as it is self-promoting. Maybe the text is copied from their own website? 89.243.201.233 (talk) 17:34, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service Merge 

message: A recent edit regarding the effect of the rapid transit system was removed as it was stated that passenger numbers were nowhere near what Hampshire CC had originally expected (without any cites) and that the effect on vehicular traffic was also nowhere near what had been forecasted (again without cite).  With no cites, these statements could be taken as POV, rather than fact, especially as the bus operator has declared an 11.8% increase in total passenger figures using the bus services between Fareham and Gosport since the BRT went live  and  refer
Should the statements be cited, then happy to see them come back.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.28.85.240 (talk) 21:06, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bus Rapid Transit 

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message: No article exists at Borough of Gosport, the boundaries are long-standing, see User:Crouch, Swale/District split but aren't that similar, an article should probably exist either on the district or on the council (like Eastbourne Borough Council, but not both) per WP:UKDISTRICTS. Crouch, Swale (talk)  21:04, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Gosport Borough Council]]