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Luton is still in Bedfordshire, and Milton Keynes is still in Buckinghamshire – unitary local authorities are complementary to the system of counties, they do not replace them entirely. M-Henry 16:33, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Wiwaxia, AFAIK Studham Common is just the common land to the south east of Studham not a village.
I think there are two county mottos, but I'm not sure of the best way to phrase the distinction. There's the motto "Constant Be" (taken from Pilgrim's Progress, written when Bunyan was imprisoned in the county), and the one the council actually uses, "A Progressive County". (The two are amusingly contradictory, however.) Marnanel 20:23, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Bedanfordscir surely means more than Beda's ford. Isn't that the origin of Bedford?
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This is shown as being rhotic yet neither RP nor the county's dialects are rhotic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.42.241 ( talk) 18:53, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks. DDStretch (talk) 21:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC) (on behalf of the taskforce)
Since 2009, Bedfordshire County Council no longer exists. Therefore should the flag and motto still be on this page? The flag (I believe) is the flag of Bedfordshire County Council, as is the motto. It seems a shame to lose the flag at least, but do they officially exist any more? Bleaney ( talk) 22:29, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
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2011 Census lists the broad ethnic classifications as follows:
White: Total 75.5% Asian/Asian British: Total 13.87% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Total 4.83%
My guess is that the figures have not been updated for some time or have been using out of date information.
In fact going further the 2001 Census data lists the following:
White 86.33% Asian/Asian British 8.33% Black/Black British 2.94%
Which funnily enough is in line with the article.
In conclusion, the article should be updated with the 2011 figures.
Ddstretch: I do not agree with having a list of notable people section in this article as Bedfordshire is too big an area to lump everyone from there who's notable into one list; it's not of note to come from a particular county. For example, if I were to say I came from London (which I do, North Cheam), you would think the City of London, which is inaccurate. It is undue, would be the point I'm trying to put across.-- Laun chba ller 15:39, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
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There seems to be disagreement on the figures used for ethnicity in the infobox with editors changing the percentages and being reverted for failing verification. That's Ok but the older figures are not sourced either. Although the changes and reversions involve different editors it could be regarded as edit warring. It's doubtful ethnicity figures are available for the ceremonial county now that its covered in total by unitary authorities so any figures produced would need to be added up from the three unitary authorities of Luton, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Bedford. If the Office for National Statistics are not reporting a combined figure for the ceremonial county, why are we? The infobox figures are out of date and misleading; therefore I propose the ethnicity fields be removed from the infobox altogether. Thoughts? Pinging involved editors @ JMF, @ Matt Lunker, @ Volomoto, @ 112.118.252.79, @ 112.118.7.240 (presumably the IP pings work). Rupples ( talk) 18:38, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
I have put together a calculation of the figures for Bedfordshire. Here is my working.
Sources:
Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
All usual residents | 185,224 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 23,263 | 12.6 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 9,848 | 5.3 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 8,586 | 4.6 |
White | 140,174 | 75.7 |
Other ethnic group | 3,353 | 1.8 |
Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
All usual residents | 294,251 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 10,321 | 3.5 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 7,018 | 2.4 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 8,885 | 3.0 |
White | 265,545 | 90.2 |
Other ethnic group | 2,482 | 0.8 |
Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
All usual residents | 225,261 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 83,325 | 37.0 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 22,735 | 10.1 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 9,620 | 4.3 |
White | 101,798 | 45.2 |
Other ethnic group | 7,783 | 3.5 |
Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
All usual residents | 704,736 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 116,909 | 16.6 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 39,601 | 5.6 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 27,091 | 3.8 |
White | 507,517 | 72.0 |
Other ethnic group | 13,618 | 1.9 |
If somebody would validate my calculations and sourcing, we can update the article accordingly. (Personally, I fail to see the value of such arbitrary divisions: it just feeds racist conspiracy theories.) -- 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 19:32, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
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Luton is still in Bedfordshire, and Milton Keynes is still in Buckinghamshire – unitary local authorities are complementary to the system of counties, they do not replace them entirely. M-Henry 16:33, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Wiwaxia, AFAIK Studham Common is just the common land to the south east of Studham not a village.
I think there are two county mottos, but I'm not sure of the best way to phrase the distinction. There's the motto "Constant Be" (taken from Pilgrim's Progress, written when Bunyan was imprisoned in the county), and the one the council actually uses, "A Progressive County". (The two are amusingly contradictory, however.) Marnanel 20:23, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Bedanfordscir surely means more than Beda's ford. Isn't that the origin of Bedford?
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This is shown as being rhotic yet neither RP nor the county's dialects are rhotic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.42.241 ( talk) 18:53, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks. DDStretch (talk) 21:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC) (on behalf of the taskforce)
Since 2009, Bedfordshire County Council no longer exists. Therefore should the flag and motto still be on this page? The flag (I believe) is the flag of Bedfordshire County Council, as is the motto. It seems a shame to lose the flag at least, but do they officially exist any more? Bleaney ( talk) 22:29, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
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2011 Census lists the broad ethnic classifications as follows:
White: Total 75.5% Asian/Asian British: Total 13.87% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Total 4.83%
My guess is that the figures have not been updated for some time or have been using out of date information.
In fact going further the 2001 Census data lists the following:
White 86.33% Asian/Asian British 8.33% Black/Black British 2.94%
Which funnily enough is in line with the article.
In conclusion, the article should be updated with the 2011 figures.
Ddstretch: I do not agree with having a list of notable people section in this article as Bedfordshire is too big an area to lump everyone from there who's notable into one list; it's not of note to come from a particular county. For example, if I were to say I came from London (which I do, North Cheam), you would think the City of London, which is inaccurate. It is undue, would be the point I'm trying to put across.-- Laun chba ller 15:39, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
The names on this list should not occur in the article as a simple list. See WP:UKCOUNTIES and other possible solutions, such as in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, or Lancashire.
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There seems to be disagreement on the figures used for ethnicity in the infobox with editors changing the percentages and being reverted for failing verification. That's Ok but the older figures are not sourced either. Although the changes and reversions involve different editors it could be regarded as edit warring. It's doubtful ethnicity figures are available for the ceremonial county now that its covered in total by unitary authorities so any figures produced would need to be added up from the three unitary authorities of Luton, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Bedford. If the Office for National Statistics are not reporting a combined figure for the ceremonial county, why are we? The infobox figures are out of date and misleading; therefore I propose the ethnicity fields be removed from the infobox altogether. Thoughts? Pinging involved editors @ JMF, @ Matt Lunker, @ Volomoto, @ 112.118.252.79, @ 112.118.7.240 (presumably the IP pings work). Rupples ( talk) 18:38, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
I have put together a calculation of the figures for Bedfordshire. Here is my working.
Sources:
Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
All usual residents | 185,224 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 23,263 | 12.6 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 9,848 | 5.3 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 8,586 | 4.6 |
White | 140,174 | 75.7 |
Other ethnic group | 3,353 | 1.8 |
Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
All usual residents | 294,251 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 10,321 | 3.5 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 7,018 | 2.4 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 8,885 | 3.0 |
White | 265,545 | 90.2 |
Other ethnic group | 2,482 | 0.8 |
Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
All usual residents | 225,261 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 83,325 | 37.0 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 22,735 | 10.1 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 9,620 | 4.3 |
White | 101,798 | 45.2 |
Other ethnic group | 7,783 | 3.5 |
Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
All usual residents | 704,736 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 116,909 | 16.6 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 39,601 | 5.6 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 27,091 | 3.8 |
White | 507,517 | 72.0 |
Other ethnic group | 13,618 | 1.9 |
If somebody would validate my calculations and sourcing, we can update the article accordingly. (Personally, I fail to see the value of such arbitrary divisions: it just feeds racist conspiracy theories.) -- 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 19:32, 7 December 2023 (UTC)