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Would it not be a better idea to merge this with the town of Swindon page? Other largely urban boroughs/unitary authorities of a similar size such as Reading and Newport do this.
Please contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography#Olney, Milton Keynes; Caversham, Reading; Wanborugh, Swindon. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 20:33, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Discussion has been settled. Result: use ceremonial counties for disambiguation of places, and in a geographic frame of reference, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography#Olney, Milton Keynes; Caversham, Reading; Wanborough, Swindon. Mpvide65 ( talk) 22:09, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
The article has a list of civil parishes which are part of the Borough of Swindon. These include St Andrews which apparently does not have an article in Wikipedia. Does St. Andrews refer to the former ecclesiastical parish of Blunsdon St Andrew, or is this another parish altogether? the Blunsdon article does not clarify the situation. Could some explanation be given?-- Oldontarian ( talk) 18:48, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Anon editor appears to have accepted the change without further discussion, so closing -- 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 16:34, 1 February 2024 (UTC) |
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Per WP:BRD, I am opening a discussion on how best to phrase the lead. Before I tried to change it (and again now, as it has been reverted), the lead reads:
This struck me as long-winded, awkwardly phrased and with a lot of extraneous detail. I proposed replacing it with this:
The background is that Wiltshire (now a ceremonial county) is governed by two authorities, Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire Council. The problem is that, unlike Bedfordshire where each of the new authorities has a new name, the Government allowed WC to keep the old name despite its remit only covering part of the county. In reverting my change, 2a02:8084:f1c0:4700:3da7:f4fc:9a29:3784 does not specify their objections, only that they don't like it, so I have to guess:
Can anyone do better or indicate their support for one or other version? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 15:27, 1 February 2024 (UTC) |
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Would it not be a better idea to merge this with the town of Swindon page? Other largely urban boroughs/unitary authorities of a similar size such as Reading and Newport do this.
Please contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography#Olney, Milton Keynes; Caversham, Reading; Wanborugh, Swindon. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 20:33, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Discussion has been settled. Result: use ceremonial counties for disambiguation of places, and in a geographic frame of reference, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography#Olney, Milton Keynes; Caversham, Reading; Wanborough, Swindon. Mpvide65 ( talk) 22:09, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
The article has a list of civil parishes which are part of the Borough of Swindon. These include St Andrews which apparently does not have an article in Wikipedia. Does St. Andrews refer to the former ecclesiastical parish of Blunsdon St Andrew, or is this another parish altogether? the Blunsdon article does not clarify the situation. Could some explanation be given?-- Oldontarian ( talk) 18:48, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Anon editor appears to have accepted the change without further discussion, so closing -- 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 16:34, 1 February 2024 (UTC) |
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The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
Per WP:BRD, I am opening a discussion on how best to phrase the lead. Before I tried to change it (and again now, as it has been reverted), the lead reads:
This struck me as long-winded, awkwardly phrased and with a lot of extraneous detail. I proposed replacing it with this:
The background is that Wiltshire (now a ceremonial county) is governed by two authorities, Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire Council. The problem is that, unlike Bedfordshire where each of the new authorities has a new name, the Government allowed WC to keep the old name despite its remit only covering part of the county. In reverting my change, 2a02:8084:f1c0:4700:3da7:f4fc:9a29:3784 does not specify their objections, only that they don't like it, so I have to guess:
Can anyone do better or indicate their support for one or other version? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 15:27, 1 February 2024 (UTC) |