Talk:Barnstaple
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[edit] Barum?
It's not "often known locally as Barum". Barum may have been the name the Romans gave to it. More likely, it's a Victorian era or Edwardian era invention. Suggest this phrase is deleted. User:Josh_Parris
I also agree with this and will change the article. I believe the word Barum was a Victorian era phrase. Jack 13:38, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
I notice that the item clarifying the use of Barum following this above discussion was recentlty (18 April) Removed by the anonymous 86.130.226.230. No justification or explanation for the removal was offered, so I have replaced it (slightly modified. If anyone cares to comment, please do Lynbarn 07:55, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- Hey Lynbarn - that was the right thing to do, I have been following this page and must have missed that the Barum section had been removed. Thanks for reverting it. Jack 18:22, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pannier Market
Any chance of a section on the Pannier Market?- it's also missing. Did some major editing due to ome very sub-standard work introduced by anonymous 86.130.226.230- lots of 'facts' out of thin air. Also deleted a lot of opinion, bias and colour added by the same user. Will revisit. User:Fremsley 04:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Population
I've removed the lines about '50% of the popl. having no qualifications' and its resultant spurious chain of logic. Also removed the lines about 'ageing popl'. The census shows that there's no huge difference between Barnstaple and England average age structure, at least no more than the amount of incoming retired people would account for. User:Fremsley 11:50, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Upcoming Events
July 2007 will hail the begining of an Epic 4000km Longboard (skateboard) Marathon. Barnstaple (the closest large town to the team members of BeatsWalkinEurope will be the starting place for the journey as Sam Benson and Jay Duggan skate through the front door of their Local Skateshop Beats Workin' and onward through France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Before crossing the finish line in their home town of Westward Ho!
What qualifies this type of time sensitive information? And, it sounds like it's just publicity. It doesn't have a very encyclopeadic 'ring' to it. Granted, that's entirely subjective on my part, but I'd like the contributors of that bit to explain their additions, rather than me just going ahead and deleting it, which, of course, would not be assuming good faith! :) Hail True Body 18:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
- I would agree that this isn't a particularly appropriate item for inclusion in the Barnstaple article, and it should perhaps be removed - or at least much reduced.
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- The linked website claims the event is in aid of three charities - perhaps the event would better recorded against the charities own articles? regards Lynbarn 19:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
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- I agree, this Upcoming Events stuff looks wrong in a professional encyclopedia. After years of editing (since early 2003) I can tell instantly tell whats OK and what's not, and this is not OK - Adrian Pingstone 20:33, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Greencrog
What's a Greencrog? I reverted it to Greengrocer, assuming it was a typo. Butcher's Row certainly does have a greengrocer (T.H. Lewis & Son - which is opposite the Pannier Market at the High Street end of Butcher's Row, the second shop along the row after the baker), so perhaps that should also be included? I should add that Wiktionary has no definition for this word.
[edit] Wikiproject
I think it's time there was a Wikiproject:Devon up and running. Anyone interested, come to my talkpage and we'll sort something out. I'm not much good at HTML but if we all put our heads together I'm sure we can get Devon articles the treatment they deserve. Totnesmartin 16:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC) The site for proposed projects is this: [1]. Cheers! Totnesmartin 22:37, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Possible link spam?
Yesterday saw the appearance of a link on this and the North Devon pages of "The 'official' website of North Devon". Do these pages add anything or are they advertising? The word "official" and their position in the links pages suggests they are the latter. User:Fremsley 23:54, 9 February 2007 (UTC)~
- I was suspicious of this link too. The fact that it was added to four+ pages at the same time is usually indicative of spam. Also, the site contains little 'information', compared with a lot of publicity material. Furthermore it is not specific to Barnstaple...
- Maybe should be removed from all pages where it was added?
- EdJogg 14:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
