Talk:Huntingdon

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I live in Huntingdon as well and I have to say that this page could do with some updating. nmak3000

I live in Huntingdon. Please CREATE THE PAGE!!!

I'm puzzled, Wikipedia is a collaborative effort. If you live in Huntingdon why not add some information yourself? All you need to do is view the Huntingdon page, click on the 'Edit this page' link, and start typing!

You can add new material, correct anything you see that's wrong, provide a picture, link to local Huntingdon Web sites - whatever you feel will improve the page.

Go for it! It's fun to do and will help the Wikipedia project. You can get more detail on editing at the 'How to edit' page.

Chrisjj

[edit] Cambridgeshire

Owain, why have you just removed the reference to Cambridgeshire from the lead section of this article? Huntingdon is in the modern county of Cambridgeshire and the article really should say so. The reference to Huntingdonshire is not necessary in the first paragraph and should be moved to the main body of the article, perhaps where the history of the town is mentioned.

Your edit is in breach of the current Wikipedia policy on British county names which, as you know, is being reviewed, under these circumstances it's normal to avoid making changes of this sort. I'd be grateful if you'd restore the page until the policy is agreed. Whoopsie - I forgot to sign the above Chris Jefferies 18:05, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for adding back a reference to Cambridgeshire, 80.255. I've decided to restore it to the original wording until the policy discussions are finished. Hopefully it can be left like this until then. Chris Jefferies 18:12, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

How can my edit be in breach of policy? You yourself wrote this in the Naming conventions article: "I wonder if we might at least agree that it's neither necessary nor desirable to use counties to inform readers where towns or villages are. Most Wikipedia users are not British and won't be familiar with our counties; articles about places can and perhaps should use the automatic map template which is more precise than the county and cannot be misinterpreted.". This article has a map, in an infobox that mentions Cambridgeshire as the administrative county and Huntingdonshire are the traditional county. Therefore by your own statement above, the "in Cambridgeshire" part of the opening sentence is redundant, can be misinterpreted and you wouldn't want it there. So remove it. Owain 12:30, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

OK, Cambridgeshire reference is removed from the lead paragraph, indeed from the entire article. Perhaps you will now be good enough to also remove the lead paragraph references to Huntingdonshire. When the policy debate is over and we have a decision we can rebuild the article accordingly.

In fact, we're not expected to remove existing text during these discussions, but we are supposed to refrain from making further changes. And that's what I was objecting to. Chris Jefferies 14:31, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

I think we can probably have a section near the end of the article describing the county vs. local government situation if we can agree on the wording. I have to agree though that a simple opening sentence plus the infobox is quite an elegant solution. Owain 10:32, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Good, it's quite refreshing to be discussing this in a friendly way, but we'll have to see how others react. Thanks Owain. Chris Jefferies 12:03, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cambridgeshire

Huntingdon is in Cambridgeshire it is part of its geographic identityHuntingdon (disambiguation). Removing it is corruption.--IanDavies 18:49, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

• I support strongly your efforts to erradicate the preposterous POV pushing of the "Traditional county" campaign.--Mais oui! 19:25, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

That's not what you wrote on my talk page about traditional counties — quote "That term has a very definite, current meaning in England and Wales". Owain (talk) 15:03, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Your a vandal with an Axe to grind why will anyone listen to you?--84.9.211.38 15:09, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I have no axe to grind, just a wish to see all information presented in an unbiased way. How can you possibly object to the factual wording in the agreed opening sentence? You can't. This was agreed upon a log time before you joined and subsequently got banned from Wikipedia. Owain (talk) 15:38, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

It is not factual Huntingdon is in Cambridgeshire end of story. You a POV Vandal are you a member of County Watch or the organisation teh Assocation of British COunties. Which you prompote so avidly.--84.9.211.91 19:11, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure why I'm rising to the bait here but you don't really know what a "PoV vandal" is do you? The two PoVs here are that Huntingdon is in Cambridgeshire or Huntingdonshire. You will notice that the agreed wording in this and other articles is neutral — i.e. promoting neither PoV. The infobox provides all the relevant details and the opening paragraph is designed to offend no-one. Only someone as easily antagonised as you could possibly find fault with it. Owain (talk) 20:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

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As I live there I would like to inform everyone that Huntingdon is also well Gangsta!--Djjazzyjeff69 19:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Where are the bloody demographics?!!!, and how far north of London are we?!!!, Please someone sort it out and have a word!--Djjazzyjeff69 16:35, 9 April 2006 (UTC)