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[edit] Anon
I am their expert on Ilford matters. Some rogue bandits are removing my useful comments on information on Ilford. I know Ilford better than these so called experts. -- anon —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.163.11.108 (talk • contribs) .
- Lol...why not try adding some more stuff of what you know then? I moved to Woodford a few years back...my knowledege of Ilford is probably not that good anymore...Gammondog 22:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removal
Removed distinctly unhelpul, but unintentionally amusing paragraphs from the top of the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matt.whitby (talk • contribs) .
- Quite right -- "Long legs and a nice rack of lamb", LOL! (PS. You can sign your comments with ~~~~). — Matt Crypto 01:41, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- He's been trying to insert the same crap for months now. Judging by the timestamps he does so immediately returning from a heavy night at the pub. -- John Fader (talk | contribs) 01:45, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Moved company info
I've moved information about the photographic company to Ilford (company). Personally, I think this article should be moved to a more specific name, and the article about the company should be here as "Ilford". Ilford as a place name probably only matters to those in the UK. To many people outside the UK, "Ilford" is a photographic company. As an Australian, I only learnt about the town/district by looking up Ilford here in Wikipedia. But that's a matter for the future. For now I'm working on the Ilford (company) article. Imroy 00:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- moved from User talk:Imroy#Ilford
- I am very pleased to see that you've started an article on Ilford (company). However, I'd strongly oppose renaming the main Ilford article. There are hundreds of Wikipedia articles about towns and locations where the article name is just that of the town. It would be absurd to rename say Brisbane to Brisbane (town in Australia). Good luck with the article. --Runcorn 19:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes but Brisbane isn't also the name of a company known around the world, while Ilford is. As stated in Wikipedia:Naming conventions:
- Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature.
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- I propose that most English speakers around the world would know "Ilford" as the name of the photographic company (if at all, they're not huge). But I don't really know for sure, which is why I'm bringing it up here on the talk page. I guess consideration should also be given to the number of articles each is going to be linked from. I saw that there are many articles dealing with UK towns/districts/etc linking to "Ilford" the place, while there's probably only ever going to be a handful of articles linking to "Ilford" the photographic company. So it's probably best to keep it as it is at the moment. I just wanted to throw the idea out there to see what people thought. Thanks for the feedback. Imroy 21:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Error in map
The map in the template is misleading. It locates Ilford at the southern end of Ilford Lane, rather than giving the location of the station or the town hall.--Runcorn 22:30, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
