Talk:Gillingham, Kent

message: This article is over-linked, the relevance of links on words like 'habitat' seems silly —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrbray (talk • contribs) 
:disagree, the whole point of wikipedia being online is to link to various other articles,DavidAnstiss (talk) 19:23, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
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message: Is Paul Clark really deserving of being on the famous people list?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.136.47.100 (talk • contribs) 
:He's unquestionably notable because he's an MP. He's not "famous" in the sense of being a household name, so I've changed "famous" to "notable". A bit iffy 00:55, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
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message: Why is this called "Gillingham, Medway" rather than "Gillingham, Kent" when all the other parts of the Medway Towns are called "x, kent" (eg Rochester, Kent, Chatham, Kent and Rainham, Kent) and even the station is called Gillingham (Kent) railway station. Pickle 14:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: These redirections need to be changed Gillingham, Medway is a nonsense (Local Knowledge). Switch the article to Gillingham Kent, and use Gillingham, Kent to redirect. Then edit the disamb. page. Will you do it or should I ? ClemRutter 07:31, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The redirection is done- can one of the gurus check that I have done it correctly. ClemRutter 23:01, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Err no, sorry! - You're meant to use the "move" function and move the pages around in a carousel to preserve the edit histories or something, but I'm not sure if I'm clever enough to fix it! Pickle 16:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Its going to take sometime to go thorugh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Gillingham%2C_Kent and fix all the apges that link to "Gillingham, Medway" rather than "Gillingham, Kent" - unless you know a bot that does that! Pickle 16:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: Does this article need some reference to the area's endemic chav culture?  Indeed, was it not Gillingham (or Chatham) from which the term 'Chav' originated?
The origin of the word 'Chav' in current usage is contentious to say the least and doesn't really have any place in this article. That said I grew up in the Medway Towns and I know for a fact 'Chavvy' was used as a synonym for 'mate' as in 'Wotcha me ol' chavvy' (Hearty felicitations to you my fine friend on this delightful day) in the early eighties. Prior to the current usage of the word 'Chav' and the many and varied etymologies I was under the impression it came from the Yiddish 'Chavarim' which I believe translates as something along the lines of 'comrade'. Oh well... that's a whole other can of worms.92.40.189.250 (talk) 23:18, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Chav Culture

message: I am amazed at the versatility of ipa, but fail to understand which pronunciation to emulate. The one given is used, but more recently the ing element has been replaced locally by a glottal stop- giving a sound resembling jili:um. Though folk the other side of my-sten would be more likely say it the way shown- but then then they call their town may-stone.--ClemRutter (talk) 14:43, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
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message: I think that a mention of the pier and he Medway Queen should be included in here. Especially as the link Gillingham Pier automatically diverts here ! But where - under transport or should a new category be made.
Would like thoughts before attempting something myself.DavidAnstiss (talk) 10:09, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Gillingham Pier