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This page seems to need more information about education in this area. Is there a university? A population of this size probably should have! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.172.201 ( talk) 07:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
The cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Preston have Universities and are within easy reach of the towns within this Metropolitan Borough. Bolton has a University and Warrington has University of Chester campuses. There are many 'sixth form colleges' in the area. Wigan and Leigh have colleges. In fact, our area is swamped with colleges etc., so much so that not many school leavers seek gainful employment!
Sorry, forgot to sign .... JemmyH.
Wigan & Leigh College with the backing of UCLAN, Wigan Council and the NWRDA is putting together an application to become a University. 81.152.187.235 ( talk) 12:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I have moved most of the Metropolitan Borough articles to "Metropolitan Borough of XXX" as this is their official title. G-Man 21:04, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
Usually when these merges or splits take place with a town that shares its name with a district the end result is a real mess. I'm pleased to say that isn't the case with this one. However, this has implications for other articles and there are bound to be some editors who feel this solution isn't the best. I have two main concerns:
We probably need to formally agree some proper criteria for which articles should be split and which merged. I don't want to see Croydon merged with London Borough of Croydon. I also can't see agreement for Bradford merging with City of Bradford. We need to be asking why this case is special. MRSC • Talk 20:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Too many indents? I have no view on Brighton, and can live without any overarching theory. The single article is still beter here than was its parents. Edit to inprove it here, by all means, and in good faith. Generic Character 21:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC) I was a witness to the case. I refered to a web link, now gone from another site. Generic Character 21:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Are we going to revert this article back? It currently repeats much of Wigan (although a talk page comment on that article directs reader to come here for a "better" article) and also has some syntax problems that are obsuring half the text. MRSC • Talk 23:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't think these need to have initial caps. MRSC • Talk 20:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
This edit with edit summary: "Continuing to edit and add references here (So not 3 revert rule). The last edit was simple vindictive and personal vandalism by another editor" is somewhat troubling. In what way was the previous edit "simple vindictive and personal vandalism"? MRSC • Talk 23:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry? Read the edit history, as it is quite clear. Can one Editor be held culpable for another's lack of comprehension? Generic Character 23:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I wish to discuss substantive things here, not procedural things, which seem to me irrelevant. Morwen - Talk 23:34, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
No, I just do not bow to cabals. I'm otherwise quite a sweetie. PS nice use of characters, above. (And so to bed) (?...);-) Generic Character 00:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
So, I was looking at restoring some of the material added, and I have noticed that some of the text in the merged version of the article, is a cut and paste version from [2]. This therefore may be a copyright violation. Morwen - Talk 07:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Given that Wigan is considered, by Wikipedia, to consist of Wigan AND Pemberton (officially referred to as 'the former county borough of Wigan') it is still smaller than both Ashton in Makerfield and Leigh. However, Ashton in Makerfield is not totally within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, so doesn't count, but Leigh is totally within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is much larger than 'the former county borough of Wigan' (Wigan and Pemberton combined). That makes Leigh the largest component town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and the statement 'Named after the largest component town', wrong. Colin 80.193.161.89 ( talk) 01:16, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Large is, generally, used when referring to size, in this case area and, as I said before, even including Pemberton Wigan (and Pemberton) are not as LARGE as Ashton in Makerfield OR Leigh.
Using the Humpty Dumpty theory, when I use the word Wigan I mean Wigan, neither more nor less. When I use the word town, I mean town, not borough.
If you mean densely populated, say densely populated. Not large. Colin 80.193.161.89 ( talk) 11:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
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This page seems to need more information about education in this area. Is there a university? A population of this size probably should have! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.172.201 ( talk) 07:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
The cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Preston have Universities and are within easy reach of the towns within this Metropolitan Borough. Bolton has a University and Warrington has University of Chester campuses. There are many 'sixth form colleges' in the area. Wigan and Leigh have colleges. In fact, our area is swamped with colleges etc., so much so that not many school leavers seek gainful employment!
Sorry, forgot to sign .... JemmyH.
Wigan & Leigh College with the backing of UCLAN, Wigan Council and the NWRDA is putting together an application to become a University. 81.152.187.235 ( talk) 12:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I have moved most of the Metropolitan Borough articles to "Metropolitan Borough of XXX" as this is their official title. G-Man 21:04, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
Usually when these merges or splits take place with a town that shares its name with a district the end result is a real mess. I'm pleased to say that isn't the case with this one. However, this has implications for other articles and there are bound to be some editors who feel this solution isn't the best. I have two main concerns:
We probably need to formally agree some proper criteria for which articles should be split and which merged. I don't want to see Croydon merged with London Borough of Croydon. I also can't see agreement for Bradford merging with City of Bradford. We need to be asking why this case is special. MRSC • Talk 20:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Too many indents? I have no view on Brighton, and can live without any overarching theory. The single article is still beter here than was its parents. Edit to inprove it here, by all means, and in good faith. Generic Character 21:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC) I was a witness to the case. I refered to a web link, now gone from another site. Generic Character 21:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Are we going to revert this article back? It currently repeats much of Wigan (although a talk page comment on that article directs reader to come here for a "better" article) and also has some syntax problems that are obsuring half the text. MRSC • Talk 23:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't think these need to have initial caps. MRSC • Talk 20:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
This edit with edit summary: "Continuing to edit and add references here (So not 3 revert rule). The last edit was simple vindictive and personal vandalism by another editor" is somewhat troubling. In what way was the previous edit "simple vindictive and personal vandalism"? MRSC • Talk 23:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry? Read the edit history, as it is quite clear. Can one Editor be held culpable for another's lack of comprehension? Generic Character 23:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I wish to discuss substantive things here, not procedural things, which seem to me irrelevant. Morwen - Talk 23:34, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
No, I just do not bow to cabals. I'm otherwise quite a sweetie. PS nice use of characters, above. (And so to bed) (?...);-) Generic Character 00:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
So, I was looking at restoring some of the material added, and I have noticed that some of the text in the merged version of the article, is a cut and paste version from [2]. This therefore may be a copyright violation. Morwen - Talk 07:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Given that Wigan is considered, by Wikipedia, to consist of Wigan AND Pemberton (officially referred to as 'the former county borough of Wigan') it is still smaller than both Ashton in Makerfield and Leigh. However, Ashton in Makerfield is not totally within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, so doesn't count, but Leigh is totally within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is much larger than 'the former county borough of Wigan' (Wigan and Pemberton combined). That makes Leigh the largest component town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and the statement 'Named after the largest component town', wrong. Colin 80.193.161.89 ( talk) 01:16, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Large is, generally, used when referring to size, in this case area and, as I said before, even including Pemberton Wigan (and Pemberton) are not as LARGE as Ashton in Makerfield OR Leigh.
Using the Humpty Dumpty theory, when I use the word Wigan I mean Wigan, neither more nor less. When I use the word town, I mean town, not borough.
If you mean densely populated, say densely populated. Not large. Colin 80.193.161.89 ( talk) 11:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
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Can anyone clarify what the standing of these Townships and Township managers actually is? I am struggling to find a reference post 2009. Koncorde ( talk) 19:04, 22 July 2019 (UTC)