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I've just added a couple of conversions. I thought it would be fair to assume that the tons were long tons. J ɪ m p 16:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
In Cynon Valley, around 160 Nonconformist Chapels were built according to Alan Vernon Jones in his book Chapels of the Cynon Valley. Many of these Chapels remain in Aberdare. Perhaps we could add a section on the local Chapel history including notes on the development of other Churches in the area.
-- Darren Wyn Rees ( talk) 20:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Removed the following.
"Aberdare ( Welsh: Aberdâr) is an industrial town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated (as the name implies) at the confluence of the River Dar and Cynon."
This seems a somewhat odd assertion to make on the English language Wikipedia. Is it seriously suggesting that an English-speaker would see the name Aberdare and think...yep, that definitely implies to me a place at the confluence of the River Dar and the River Cynon? I know no Welsh, but I'd hazard a guess that even a native Welsh-speaker would struggle to find any suggestion of the River Cynon from the word Aberdare. This statement needs explaining and clarifying. Draggleduck ( talk) 00:24, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
I agree that the reference superscript looks better after the respelling than after the IPA. However, I didn't do that because the IPA is from the cited source, while the respelling is mine. I'm not planning to change it, but I thought I'd mention that point. — JerryFriedman (Talk) 04:06, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
The link to Idwal Rees is to a person of the same name, but not the person who was the first headteacher of the Welsh primary school. 87.112.129.203 ( talk) 09:44, 12 April 2014 (UTC)Colin Rees
The See also section contains a link to the List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom, which asserts that Aberdare has 3 twin towns/cities. If accurate, this ought to be stated in the 'Culture' section of the article. Alfrew ( talk) 00:43, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I am not convinced by the statement that John Griffith was made vicar of Merthyr to escape local anger at Aberdare over the 1847 reports. Firstly, over ten years passed before he moved to Merthyr and, secondly, Merthyr was a much larger parish than Aberdare. A more reliable source is required here? Macs15 ( talk) 13:22, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Under 'Sport' motorcycle road racing is not mentioned, this has been a major thing for many decades. Alanthehat ( talk) 14:13, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
While raised at my talk, this really should be here. I don't see why "Soccer" is used here. "Football", just as in Football in Wales, commonly refers to "Association Football". If clarity is needed then "Association football" and "Rugby football" can be used, not "Soccer", which isn't commonly used in Welsh English and British English.
The term was introduced in this edit by @ Cymrogogoch, replacing "Association football" or earlier just "Football" as the sub-heading.
Not seen "Soccer" as a common term in Wales-related articles, so looked off. Does Aberdare warrant a exception? Dank Jae 22:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
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I've just added a couple of conversions. I thought it would be fair to assume that the tons were long tons. J ɪ m p 16:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
In Cynon Valley, around 160 Nonconformist Chapels were built according to Alan Vernon Jones in his book Chapels of the Cynon Valley. Many of these Chapels remain in Aberdare. Perhaps we could add a section on the local Chapel history including notes on the development of other Churches in the area.
-- Darren Wyn Rees ( talk) 20:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Removed the following.
"Aberdare ( Welsh: Aberdâr) is an industrial town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated (as the name implies) at the confluence of the River Dar and Cynon."
This seems a somewhat odd assertion to make on the English language Wikipedia. Is it seriously suggesting that an English-speaker would see the name Aberdare and think...yep, that definitely implies to me a place at the confluence of the River Dar and the River Cynon? I know no Welsh, but I'd hazard a guess that even a native Welsh-speaker would struggle to find any suggestion of the River Cynon from the word Aberdare. This statement needs explaining and clarifying. Draggleduck ( talk) 00:24, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
I agree that the reference superscript looks better after the respelling than after the IPA. However, I didn't do that because the IPA is from the cited source, while the respelling is mine. I'm not planning to change it, but I thought I'd mention that point. — JerryFriedman (Talk) 04:06, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
The link to Idwal Rees is to a person of the same name, but not the person who was the first headteacher of the Welsh primary school. 87.112.129.203 ( talk) 09:44, 12 April 2014 (UTC)Colin Rees
The See also section contains a link to the List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom, which asserts that Aberdare has 3 twin towns/cities. If accurate, this ought to be stated in the 'Culture' section of the article. Alfrew ( talk) 00:43, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I am not convinced by the statement that John Griffith was made vicar of Merthyr to escape local anger at Aberdare over the 1847 reports. Firstly, over ten years passed before he moved to Merthyr and, secondly, Merthyr was a much larger parish than Aberdare. A more reliable source is required here? Macs15 ( talk) 13:22, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Under 'Sport' motorcycle road racing is not mentioned, this has been a major thing for many decades. Alanthehat ( talk) 14:13, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
While raised at my talk, this really should be here. I don't see why "Soccer" is used here. "Football", just as in Football in Wales, commonly refers to "Association Football". If clarity is needed then "Association football" and "Rugby football" can be used, not "Soccer", which isn't commonly used in Welsh English and British English.
The term was introduced in this edit by @ Cymrogogoch, replacing "Association football" or earlier just "Football" as the sub-heading.
Not seen "Soccer" as a common term in Wales-related articles, so looked off. Does Aberdare warrant a exception? Dank Jae 22:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC)