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Ipswich → Ipswich, England, replacing the redirect. Then, Ipswich should redirect to the disambiguation page, as there are at least 3 major towns around the with the name, Ipswich. Mathieu McGuire 09:26, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
Jcuk 09:12, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it to be moved. violet/riga (t) 19:30, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Did you know? that Ipswich in Queensland, Australia had an estimaated 132,000 in 2003. That's some 15,000 more than Ipswich, in England. Maybe you should take that in to consideration, especially since there THERE IS A RULE ABOUT THIS (Where can I find details about this rule?). Mathieumcguire 07:16, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
Is the rename argument current or not? Otherwise it should be removed from the top of the article. If it is live - then I say oppose as well. After all Norwich is just Norwich! GraemeLeggett 10:06, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Ipswich-- Ipswich to Ipswich, England - Because Ipswich directs straight to Ipswich in England but should redirect to Ipswich (disambiguation) because of the 10:1 population rule, though I cannot find any information on this. Note': Ipswich in Queensland has a population of 137,000, while Ipswich, England only has a population of 117,500. Mathieumcguire 09:59, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it to be moved. Closed early due to previous votes. violet/riga (t) 19:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It is true that there is a heartfelt rivalry between Ipswich and Norwich. I suspect that this is why the information about their relative positions in the football have been selectively vandalised. I propose a rollback to the 3rd October 2005 version.
This page seems to alternate between claims of ITFC seldom beating NCFC or usually beating them. Both of these descriptions fly in the face of the facts (see for instance ITFC website). The history of results from the Football League, the FA Cup and the League Cup is:
Matches played - 81; ITFC wins - 36; NCFC wins - 30; draws - 14
Bluewave 10:33, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
The article says that the Friends Meeting House is the oldest extant building. I thought that St Peter's church was the oldest and that there were other buildings older than the meeting house. Any source for this? Bluewave 08:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Is it me or is there to much information on the football club? Considering that this page is about Ipswich and not the football club which already has an extensive page to itself already. Just wondering about peoples opinions before I do anything. CD, 19 February 2006
Is the reference to the County Council being conserative controlled relevant? -- The current wording implies that this is contary to what is expected?
Ratarsed 11:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
The A1156 road has inexplicably been removed from See also. This is an important road in the context of Ipswich and it is good practice to maximise relevant internal links. Before I restore this, I should like to hear any arguments against it. Bridgeplayer 23:43, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I've reverted the recent split of Ipswich and Ipswich (borough). This split was unjustifiable, and led to contradictary statements like "Ipswich is the main settlement in the borough of Ipswich" yet saying "Ipswich is larger than the borough". Since the borough of Ipswich has had the same borders since 1952, this split also lacked historical perspective. Morwen - Talk 14:11, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
After reading here that Ipswich would be trialing a scheme where there'd be no road markings or signs. I was wondering if anyone else knows about it, or whether this is a spoof. -- Grand Edgemaster Talk 23:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Do people think the current police investigation into the deaths of 3 prostitutes (and 2 women currently reported as missing) deserves a mention in the article? Certainly it seems to be having an impact on the town at the moment [3]. I'm not sure wether to add a section or not. Moston nick 21:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
"murders of at least five women, five of whom have been identified as prostitutes..." I was under the impression that only three of them had been formally identified? Although police suspect the other two bodies to be two missing Ipswich prostitutes, I don't think it has been confirmed yet... [4]. MBerrill 18:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
OK, it has now been confirmed. MBerrill 18:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but what about innocent until proven guilty. If someone you knew, accused and charged with muder, but not yet convicted, was on these pages; would you approve of their name appearing on the site along with the crimes that had been committed? User:Andy19 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 12:00, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Since the identity of the individual is, as yet, unknown, I've removed the Ipswich killer from the list. -- Pontsticill 14:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Which other towns in East Anglia are bigger? From the citation given I can see that Southend is bigger, but that's the only other town (Norwich being a city). Should the wording in the introduction be rephrased to 'third-largest settlement' rather than 'third-largest town', or am I missing something? Matthew 00:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
This section is growing very fast of late, and appears to be quite tenuous in places; it also seems that the current criteria being used for inclusion favours sports people.
Rather than have screen after screen of people (and let's face it, with over 100,000 people living here now, I expect there are those missing that are notable); maybe we should restrict this section somewhat; I propose limiting it to those that have a memorial in their name remembering them in the town for their connection (So, off the top of my head, Horatio Nelson, Sir Alf Ramsey, Sir Bobby Robson, Margaret Catchpole, Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, Giles, Thomas Gainsborough, and possibly John Constable). By all means include others in the article, but weave it into the text a bit more?
If there's no objection, I shall trim the list tomorrow -- Ratarsed 07:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Thought the same thing. I was guilty of changing the Heading to "Famous Ipswich People", but in doing so did wonder whether it would be better to restrict this and have a link to the Category:People_from_Ipswich page. -- Phil Holmes 12:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I understand the theme, but surely as these people have their own Wikepedia 'page' that gives them some kind of status, and to have a central point, ie the Ipswich page where they were born or made their name is worthy of inclusion. TrueBlue 13:12, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
My point exactly. I'd suggest a cross check against the category, to make sure they're there, plus a link to it, then trim the list. -- Phil Holmes 20:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Woops! I wasn't aware of the people from ipswich page. TrueBlue 21:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
It seems silly to have information excluded from this article that is about areas of the town not in the borough. It seems more logical to split to have one article covering the borough (and things like it's bid for Unitary status), and another that can cover the urban area of Ipswich.
Seems to me this list is becoming a bit like the "Famous Ipswich People" - just a dumping ground for any organisation that has a web site and an Ipswich presence. I think it should be deleted. Any alternative views? -- Phil Holmes 10:18, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
-- Ratarsed 14:11, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
-- Phil Holmes 17:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Looks like the Popular culture section needs trimming/integrating into the rest of the article (or at least fixing up, eg. Rose Tyler mentioned the town in Doctor Who (but not in that notable a manner to warrant inclusion here?)) -- Ratarsed 13:59, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Also, i believe the 2006 film, The Covenant, is set in Ipswich, Massachusetts, not this Ipswich. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.108.175.9 ( talk) 22:20, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
I was reading your excellent article and clicked on a link for "Samuel Ward" in the "History" section, but it leads to an eighteenth century Rhode Island statesman rather than the seventeenth century Ipswich Town Lecturer. In any case, thank you for all the very interesting information!
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.205.145.102 ( talk) 13:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
She is not a sport in her own right, and I suggest her mention in the sports section is moved to the famous people section. 82.69.6.197 ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:33, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
does any one have a picture of the coat of arms of Ipswich they should put it on here if you see London it has one —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlieh7337 ( talk • contribs) 03:06, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
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The section Transport in Ipswich is growing a little long, yet I feel more information could and should be added to it, such as information on the transport history of Ipswich as well as newer developments that are being discussed by the council. A separate page for transport in Ipswich would allow the section to grow without intruding on the rest of the article, and as such I have proposed a split. See Transport in Luton, Transport in Bristol, Transport in Manchester for precedents. EricITOworld ( talk) 10:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
I have come across numerous references to the position of Portman of Ipswich in medieval/Stuart times but have been unable to discover what it actually consisted of. It appears to be unique to Ipswich and one could infer that it has a connection with the port. Was it for example the Ipswich version of an alderman? If anyone can elucidate that would be most useful. And it is not just an point of obscure history - presumably there is a significant road named after it. Motmit ( talk) 17:37, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Could someone put one of those maps that shows Ipswich positioned within Suffolk (and England) like most other UK places have? Such as seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed . Would be lovely. Thanks. Derekbd ( talk) 14:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Fabulous! Thanks. Derekbd ( talk) 14:55, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Could someone who knows what they are doing (ie, not me!) add a reference to Adam Neate ( /info/en/?search=Adam_Neate) under the person section?
I made a new montage as the other one at commons will probably be deleted as copyvio. Feel free to change the images and overwrite the same file. I don't think we need more than one file page for the montage.-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 22:31, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
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The good thing that Ipswich has compared to other British towns and cities is the large number of parks. There are very large parks - Christchurch, Holywells, and Chantry - but lots of smaller parks also. The greenery makes Ipswich a nice place to live. The large parks were given to the town by 19th. century businessmen. 92.24.129.225 ( talk) 10:17, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
The major parks are Christchurch Park and Arboretum, Hollywells Park, and Chantry Park. Other significant parks are Bourne Park, Broomhill Park, Gippeswyk Park, Landseer Park, and Alexandra Park. Open spaces include Bixley Heath, Rushmere Common, Orwell Country Park, Purdis Heath, and the Old Cemetery. There are many smaller parks, recreation grounds, and allotments. 2.97.217.196 ( talk) 10:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Some more information about the beginnings of Chantry Park, http://www.ipswich-lettering.co.uk/chantrypark.html The Ipswich Lettering website is very good about the history of very many places in the town, and the website author has clearly put a lot of work into it. It includes an extensive list of links to other websites about Ipswich, and a long bibliography. 2.97.221.246 ( talk) 09:46, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
I have changed the wording in the culture section from saying that the town has two museums, to three museums. Anyone who has been around Christchurch Mansion will clearly see that it is a museum, even though it does not have the word museum in its name. It has art galleries also, but these are subsidiary to it being a museum. 2.97.221.246 ( talk) 10:24, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 |
Discussion moved from Wikipedia:Requested moves
Ipswich → Ipswich, England, replacing the redirect. Then, Ipswich should redirect to the disambiguation page, as there are at least 3 major towns around the with the name, Ipswich. Mathieu McGuire 09:26, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
Jcuk 09:12, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it to be moved. violet/riga (t) 19:30, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Did you know? that Ipswich in Queensland, Australia had an estimaated 132,000 in 2003. That's some 15,000 more than Ipswich, in England. Maybe you should take that in to consideration, especially since there THERE IS A RULE ABOUT THIS (Where can I find details about this rule?). Mathieumcguire 07:16, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
Is the rename argument current or not? Otherwise it should be removed from the top of the article. If it is live - then I say oppose as well. After all Norwich is just Norwich! GraemeLeggett 10:06, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Ipswich-- Ipswich to Ipswich, England - Because Ipswich directs straight to Ipswich in England but should redirect to Ipswich (disambiguation) because of the 10:1 population rule, though I cannot find any information on this. Note': Ipswich in Queensland has a population of 137,000, while Ipswich, England only has a population of 117,500. Mathieumcguire 09:59, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it to be moved. Closed early due to previous votes. violet/riga (t) 19:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It is true that there is a heartfelt rivalry between Ipswich and Norwich. I suspect that this is why the information about their relative positions in the football have been selectively vandalised. I propose a rollback to the 3rd October 2005 version.
This page seems to alternate between claims of ITFC seldom beating NCFC or usually beating them. Both of these descriptions fly in the face of the facts (see for instance ITFC website). The history of results from the Football League, the FA Cup and the League Cup is:
Matches played - 81; ITFC wins - 36; NCFC wins - 30; draws - 14
Bluewave 10:33, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
The article says that the Friends Meeting House is the oldest extant building. I thought that St Peter's church was the oldest and that there were other buildings older than the meeting house. Any source for this? Bluewave 08:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Is it me or is there to much information on the football club? Considering that this page is about Ipswich and not the football club which already has an extensive page to itself already. Just wondering about peoples opinions before I do anything. CD, 19 February 2006
Is the reference to the County Council being conserative controlled relevant? -- The current wording implies that this is contary to what is expected?
Ratarsed 11:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
The A1156 road has inexplicably been removed from See also. This is an important road in the context of Ipswich and it is good practice to maximise relevant internal links. Before I restore this, I should like to hear any arguments against it. Bridgeplayer 23:43, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I've reverted the recent split of Ipswich and Ipswich (borough). This split was unjustifiable, and led to contradictary statements like "Ipswich is the main settlement in the borough of Ipswich" yet saying "Ipswich is larger than the borough". Since the borough of Ipswich has had the same borders since 1952, this split also lacked historical perspective. Morwen - Talk 14:11, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
After reading here that Ipswich would be trialing a scheme where there'd be no road markings or signs. I was wondering if anyone else knows about it, or whether this is a spoof. -- Grand Edgemaster Talk 23:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Do people think the current police investigation into the deaths of 3 prostitutes (and 2 women currently reported as missing) deserves a mention in the article? Certainly it seems to be having an impact on the town at the moment [3]. I'm not sure wether to add a section or not. Moston nick 21:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
"murders of at least five women, five of whom have been identified as prostitutes..." I was under the impression that only three of them had been formally identified? Although police suspect the other two bodies to be two missing Ipswich prostitutes, I don't think it has been confirmed yet... [4]. MBerrill 18:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
OK, it has now been confirmed. MBerrill 18:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but what about innocent until proven guilty. If someone you knew, accused and charged with muder, but not yet convicted, was on these pages; would you approve of their name appearing on the site along with the crimes that had been committed? User:Andy19 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 12:00, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Since the identity of the individual is, as yet, unknown, I've removed the Ipswich killer from the list. -- Pontsticill 14:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Which other towns in East Anglia are bigger? From the citation given I can see that Southend is bigger, but that's the only other town (Norwich being a city). Should the wording in the introduction be rephrased to 'third-largest settlement' rather than 'third-largest town', or am I missing something? Matthew 00:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
This section is growing very fast of late, and appears to be quite tenuous in places; it also seems that the current criteria being used for inclusion favours sports people.
Rather than have screen after screen of people (and let's face it, with over 100,000 people living here now, I expect there are those missing that are notable); maybe we should restrict this section somewhat; I propose limiting it to those that have a memorial in their name remembering them in the town for their connection (So, off the top of my head, Horatio Nelson, Sir Alf Ramsey, Sir Bobby Robson, Margaret Catchpole, Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, Giles, Thomas Gainsborough, and possibly John Constable). By all means include others in the article, but weave it into the text a bit more?
If there's no objection, I shall trim the list tomorrow -- Ratarsed 07:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Thought the same thing. I was guilty of changing the Heading to "Famous Ipswich People", but in doing so did wonder whether it would be better to restrict this and have a link to the Category:People_from_Ipswich page. -- Phil Holmes 12:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I understand the theme, but surely as these people have their own Wikepedia 'page' that gives them some kind of status, and to have a central point, ie the Ipswich page where they were born or made their name is worthy of inclusion. TrueBlue 13:12, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
My point exactly. I'd suggest a cross check against the category, to make sure they're there, plus a link to it, then trim the list. -- Phil Holmes 20:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Woops! I wasn't aware of the people from ipswich page. TrueBlue 21:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
It seems silly to have information excluded from this article that is about areas of the town not in the borough. It seems more logical to split to have one article covering the borough (and things like it's bid for Unitary status), and another that can cover the urban area of Ipswich.
Seems to me this list is becoming a bit like the "Famous Ipswich People" - just a dumping ground for any organisation that has a web site and an Ipswich presence. I think it should be deleted. Any alternative views? -- Phil Holmes 10:18, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
-- Ratarsed 14:11, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
-- Phil Holmes 17:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Looks like the Popular culture section needs trimming/integrating into the rest of the article (or at least fixing up, eg. Rose Tyler mentioned the town in Doctor Who (but not in that notable a manner to warrant inclusion here?)) -- Ratarsed 13:59, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Also, i believe the 2006 film, The Covenant, is set in Ipswich, Massachusetts, not this Ipswich. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.108.175.9 ( talk) 22:20, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
I was reading your excellent article and clicked on a link for "Samuel Ward" in the "History" section, but it leads to an eighteenth century Rhode Island statesman rather than the seventeenth century Ipswich Town Lecturer. In any case, thank you for all the very interesting information!
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.205.145.102 ( talk) 13:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
She is not a sport in her own right, and I suggest her mention in the sports section is moved to the famous people section. 82.69.6.197 ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:33, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
does any one have a picture of the coat of arms of Ipswich they should put it on here if you see London it has one —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlieh7337 ( talk • contribs) 03:06, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
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The section Transport in Ipswich is growing a little long, yet I feel more information could and should be added to it, such as information on the transport history of Ipswich as well as newer developments that are being discussed by the council. A separate page for transport in Ipswich would allow the section to grow without intruding on the rest of the article, and as such I have proposed a split. See Transport in Luton, Transport in Bristol, Transport in Manchester for precedents. EricITOworld ( talk) 10:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
I have come across numerous references to the position of Portman of Ipswich in medieval/Stuart times but have been unable to discover what it actually consisted of. It appears to be unique to Ipswich and one could infer that it has a connection with the port. Was it for example the Ipswich version of an alderman? If anyone can elucidate that would be most useful. And it is not just an point of obscure history - presumably there is a significant road named after it. Motmit ( talk) 17:37, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Could someone put one of those maps that shows Ipswich positioned within Suffolk (and England) like most other UK places have? Such as seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed . Would be lovely. Thanks. Derekbd ( talk) 14:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Fabulous! Thanks. Derekbd ( talk) 14:55, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Could someone who knows what they are doing (ie, not me!) add a reference to Adam Neate ( /info/en/?search=Adam_Neate) under the person section?
I made a new montage as the other one at commons will probably be deleted as copyvio. Feel free to change the images and overwrite the same file. I don't think we need more than one file page for the montage.-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 22:31, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
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The good thing that Ipswich has compared to other British towns and cities is the large number of parks. There are very large parks - Christchurch, Holywells, and Chantry - but lots of smaller parks also. The greenery makes Ipswich a nice place to live. The large parks were given to the town by 19th. century businessmen. 92.24.129.225 ( talk) 10:17, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
The major parks are Christchurch Park and Arboretum, Hollywells Park, and Chantry Park. Other significant parks are Bourne Park, Broomhill Park, Gippeswyk Park, Landseer Park, and Alexandra Park. Open spaces include Bixley Heath, Rushmere Common, Orwell Country Park, Purdis Heath, and the Old Cemetery. There are many smaller parks, recreation grounds, and allotments. 2.97.217.196 ( talk) 10:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Some more information about the beginnings of Chantry Park, http://www.ipswich-lettering.co.uk/chantrypark.html The Ipswich Lettering website is very good about the history of very many places in the town, and the website author has clearly put a lot of work into it. It includes an extensive list of links to other websites about Ipswich, and a long bibliography. 2.97.221.246 ( talk) 09:46, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
I have changed the wording in the culture section from saying that the town has two museums, to three museums. Anyone who has been around Christchurch Mansion will clearly see that it is a museum, even though it does not have the word museum in its name. It has art galleries also, but these are subsidiary to it being a museum. 2.97.221.246 ( talk) 10:24, 5 April 2016 (UTC)