What? -- Flutefluteflute 08:54, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
We seem to use Hampshire as the disambiguation area. Is this really sensible? I find it a bit offputting to say Hampshire. What's wrong with Southampton? It is, after all, a unitary authority outside of Hampshire County and so the only reason for using Hampshire is ceremonial reasons. Should the disambiguation tag not simply be the next largest place in the location hierarchy? AlanFord 17:26, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm rather unsure about New Town, Southampton and Regents Park, Hampshire. I have no idea where Regents Park is, and New Town is not a term I've ever heard used for the area in question. Do these really exist, and if so could the articles be expanded? If not, I'm minded to get rid of these two.
AlanFord 18:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
There have been a lot of changes to the title of this template since it was introduced. It's certainly correct that we don't use "district", since that has a more formal meaning in local government terms. However, all the areas listed are suburbs of Southampton. (Incidentally, I don't agree with the definition of the term in that article - suburbs aren't necessarily on the outskirts of a settlement, as the article goes on to say in the Definitions section). They are not all in the City of Southampton, as some are outside the city boundary. We don't really need a link to the City article, that's superfluous. So I can't really see what objection there could be to "Suburbs of Southampton". [shrug] Waggers 11:55, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I have now carried across the changes that I introduced in the Wards of Southampton template to this template, and the Wards template now redirects here. My only qualm in doing this was the loss of a full alphabetic list. Still, I think there was too much duplication, and the value of including the hierarchy of areas is more significant than alphabetical order. I have retained the original template name and navbox title, all previous suburbs/areas are still linked, and articles with the template will still be included in the Districts of Southampton category. Playclever ( talk) 12:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
What? -- Flutefluteflute 08:54, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
We seem to use Hampshire as the disambiguation area. Is this really sensible? I find it a bit offputting to say Hampshire. What's wrong with Southampton? It is, after all, a unitary authority outside of Hampshire County and so the only reason for using Hampshire is ceremonial reasons. Should the disambiguation tag not simply be the next largest place in the location hierarchy? AlanFord 17:26, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm rather unsure about New Town, Southampton and Regents Park, Hampshire. I have no idea where Regents Park is, and New Town is not a term I've ever heard used for the area in question. Do these really exist, and if so could the articles be expanded? If not, I'm minded to get rid of these two.
AlanFord 18:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
There have been a lot of changes to the title of this template since it was introduced. It's certainly correct that we don't use "district", since that has a more formal meaning in local government terms. However, all the areas listed are suburbs of Southampton. (Incidentally, I don't agree with the definition of the term in that article - suburbs aren't necessarily on the outskirts of a settlement, as the article goes on to say in the Definitions section). They are not all in the City of Southampton, as some are outside the city boundary. We don't really need a link to the City article, that's superfluous. So I can't really see what objection there could be to "Suburbs of Southampton". [shrug] Waggers 11:55, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I have now carried across the changes that I introduced in the Wards of Southampton template to this template, and the Wards template now redirects here. My only qualm in doing this was the loss of a full alphabetic list. Still, I think there was too much duplication, and the value of including the hierarchy of areas is more significant than alphabetical order. I have retained the original template name and navbox title, all previous suburbs/areas are still linked, and articles with the template will still be included in the Districts of Southampton category. Playclever ( talk) 12:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)