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(Cues for future contributors with more time to hand: Economics -- boot & Shoe; Iron/Steel (xref Corby); 1980s slump; revival consequent on the development of the A45 and A14 M1-A1 link roads, which run to either side of the town.)
Silverhelm 11:32, 28 May 2006 (UTC).
Why mention Naseby? It's a really tenuous link with the town. You may as well mention the battle of Northampton in 1460. It is geographically nearer. Or the fact that Castle Ashby was where Anne Stuart awaited news of the deposition of her father during the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Neither of which have anything to do with the town. Jatrius 21:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
I've removed a load of the information on Wellingborough school, mainly because it appeared to be a large portion of pompous opiniated mess. It's uneccesary, and I've added other local (larger) schools in. 782 Naumova 17:37, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
It may or may not be UnNecessary, and it may or may not have been opinionated but the purpose of Wikipedia is to provide information, not to act out the wish-fulfillment of a faux class-warrior. This isn't policy for Eton College, Winchester, Rugby etc. so why do it here? Jatrius ( talk) 15:54, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I live here...but can someone please tell me where the hell St. Columbus' School is??? 17 years I've been here and I've never heard of it!! Also possibly worth noting Sir Christopher Hatton School was previously known as Breezehill Girls School.
For some reason or another Wellingborough is now without a Visiting centre. To the best of my knowledge it's the only town in England without one now. This could mainly be put down to the total lack of any reason to come here. The highlights of our town include having one of the ugliest shopping centres in the country, a Theatre and a river. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.29.168.201 ( talk) 23:39, 7 January 2007 (UTC).
Isn't there an information centre at the Library or the Heritage Centre which does the Visiting Centre sort of stuff? Agreed on the ugly shopping centre!
We also have the waendal(sp?) walk, which IMO is naff...
Wellingborough's mental health services are not based in Kettering General Hospital. Outpatient treatment is available through the CMHT located at Clarendon House, Station Road and inpatient treatment at St Mary's Hospital, London Road (Both in Kettering). ReformatMe ( talk) 00:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Someone has changed the census to 72,000 but I'm confused beacuse this looks like the 2007 est and where the source is from and is it right? Likelife ( talk) 10:34, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Im thinking on creating a WikiProject on Northamptonshire but I would need some help and what do you think on this idea, please tell me on my talk page. Likelife ( talk) 12:59, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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This long section is completely unreferenced. The information is very detailed was obviously taken from somewhere and must therefore either be cited with verifiable references, or removed as possible original research. If adding references do take a look at the preceding discussion: Clean up and copyedting.-- Kudpung ( talk) 14:36, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Should the second paragraph of the economy section be moved to the future section? Likelife ( talk) 11:00, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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The source for the town being established by someone called Waendel is a dead link. In any case it's pure speculation. No Anglo-Saxon character of that name is recorded. 'Towns' weren't 'founded' in that place and time, rather settlements were established. I've removed speculation and dead link, and improved anachronistic language. asnac ( talk) 18:38, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
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The only industry mentioned in the Wellingborough article is that of iron ore extraction--which was out of town. What do Wellingborough people do for a living now, and what did they do before they had the fast rail connection to London?
Wellingborough isn't a large town despite having 53k, it isn't yet at the large which is defined by government as being 60k-174k population but Wellingborough is still a way off yet so please don't readd large as I will revert it. Check an official definition before you argue it [1] DragonofBatley ( talk) 15:40, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
It has come to my attention that @ Johndane1965 keeps adding "commuter" to the lead and removing civil parish which involves a town or parish council. I don't see why and it doesn't keep in sync with other Northamptonshire town articles. @ Crouch, Swale, @ AD Hope, @ KeithD and @ John Maynard Friedman. Thoughts? Is commuter town appropriate? DragonofBatley ( talk) 08:00, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
How strange that a town most steeped in the manufacture of boots and shoes has this hardly mentioned in the Wikipedia entry? 2A00:23C8:4986:1:B50D:9DEF:E9E4:BE5 ( talk) 10:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
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I've moved the following from the article text:
(Cues for future contributors with more time to hand: Economics -- boot & Shoe; Iron/Steel (xref Corby); 1980s slump; revival consequent on the development of the A45 and A14 M1-A1 link roads, which run to either side of the town.)
Silverhelm 11:32, 28 May 2006 (UTC).
Why mention Naseby? It's a really tenuous link with the town. You may as well mention the battle of Northampton in 1460. It is geographically nearer. Or the fact that Castle Ashby was where Anne Stuart awaited news of the deposition of her father during the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Neither of which have anything to do with the town. Jatrius 21:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
I've removed a load of the information on Wellingborough school, mainly because it appeared to be a large portion of pompous opiniated mess. It's uneccesary, and I've added other local (larger) schools in. 782 Naumova 17:37, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
It may or may not be UnNecessary, and it may or may not have been opinionated but the purpose of Wikipedia is to provide information, not to act out the wish-fulfillment of a faux class-warrior. This isn't policy for Eton College, Winchester, Rugby etc. so why do it here? Jatrius ( talk) 15:54, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I live here...but can someone please tell me where the hell St. Columbus' School is??? 17 years I've been here and I've never heard of it!! Also possibly worth noting Sir Christopher Hatton School was previously known as Breezehill Girls School.
For some reason or another Wellingborough is now without a Visiting centre. To the best of my knowledge it's the only town in England without one now. This could mainly be put down to the total lack of any reason to come here. The highlights of our town include having one of the ugliest shopping centres in the country, a Theatre and a river. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.29.168.201 ( talk) 23:39, 7 January 2007 (UTC).
Isn't there an information centre at the Library or the Heritage Centre which does the Visiting Centre sort of stuff? Agreed on the ugly shopping centre!
We also have the waendal(sp?) walk, which IMO is naff...
Wellingborough's mental health services are not based in Kettering General Hospital. Outpatient treatment is available through the CMHT located at Clarendon House, Station Road and inpatient treatment at St Mary's Hospital, London Road (Both in Kettering). ReformatMe ( talk) 00:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Someone has changed the census to 72,000 but I'm confused beacuse this looks like the 2007 est and where the source is from and is it right? Likelife ( talk) 10:34, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Im thinking on creating a WikiProject on Northamptonshire but I would need some help and what do you think on this idea, please tell me on my talk page. Likelife ( talk) 12:59, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Attention is needed the correct way to use and present citations in the reflist. This will significantly reduce the burden on copyeditors and the need to look up the web sites for verification. Particular attention is required to punctuation, capitalisation, and repeating of information. Where references are provided, to external documents or PFDs, fine details of the documents referenced do not need to be listed in the Wikipedia article. A lot of peacock terms and weasel words have been removed, together with some POV/non encyclopedic tone or expressions. Some large sections are still entirely unreferenced, and hence subject to removal.-- Kudpung ( talk) 16:50, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
This long section is completely unreferenced. The information is very detailed was obviously taken from somewhere and must therefore either be cited with verifiable references, or removed as possible original research. If adding references do take a look at the preceding discussion: Clean up and copyedting.-- Kudpung ( talk) 14:36, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Should the second paragraph of the economy section be moved to the future section? Likelife ( talk) 11:00, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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The source for the town being established by someone called Waendel is a dead link. In any case it's pure speculation. No Anglo-Saxon character of that name is recorded. 'Towns' weren't 'founded' in that place and time, rather settlements were established. I've removed speculation and dead link, and improved anachronistic language. asnac ( talk) 18:38, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
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The only industry mentioned in the Wellingborough article is that of iron ore extraction--which was out of town. What do Wellingborough people do for a living now, and what did they do before they had the fast rail connection to London?
Wellingborough isn't a large town despite having 53k, it isn't yet at the large which is defined by government as being 60k-174k population but Wellingborough is still a way off yet so please don't readd large as I will revert it. Check an official definition before you argue it [1] DragonofBatley ( talk) 15:40, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
It has come to my attention that @ Johndane1965 keeps adding "commuter" to the lead and removing civil parish which involves a town or parish council. I don't see why and it doesn't keep in sync with other Northamptonshire town articles. @ Crouch, Swale, @ AD Hope, @ KeithD and @ John Maynard Friedman. Thoughts? Is commuter town appropriate? DragonofBatley ( talk) 08:00, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
How strange that a town most steeped in the manufacture of boots and shoes has this hardly mentioned in the Wikipedia entry? 2A00:23C8:4986:1:B50D:9DEF:E9E4:BE5 ( talk) 10:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)