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Parishes project
[edit]I have started a project for missing civil parishes at User:Crouch, Swale/Missing parishes. The missing parishes in Wiltshire are:
- Central Swindon North
- Central Swindon South, draft exists at Draft:Central Swindon South
- Fittleton cum Haxton
- St Andrews, Swindon
- West Swindon
And these exists as a redirect only but should have separate articles:
- Burcombe Without
- Langley Burrell Without
- Lea and Cleverton
- Lyneham and Bradenstoke
- Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield
- Pitton and Farley
- Wilcot, Huish and Oare
A total of 12, see User:Crouch, Swale/Missing parishes (3)#Wiltshire. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:51, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
- Actually, Crouch, Swale, we can see why most of those have not triggered an article yet, they are quite modern creations with little history under those identities. Some of them may even struggle a bit with notability. The more interesting redirects may be Cleverton and the deserted medieval village of Yarnfield, Wiltshire (historically in Somerset). Moonraker (talk) 03:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
- Well yes modern creations tend to be given separate articles like Colchester/Borough of Colchester. Lea and Cleverton would be an article and Cleverton would redirect to it if it doesn't also merit an article. Crouch, Swale (talk) 10:53, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Moonraker: So yes the likes of Cleverton and Yarnfield, Wiltshire can redirect to their CPs if they don't have articles themselves. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:41, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
- Rather late to the party, but I've created South Swindon parish, which is now the offical name for what was once Central Swindon South. I was unceratin of the name; simply "South Swindon" fits the pattern but is obviously ambiguous relating to things like the parliamentary constituency. Could be better at South Swindon (parish) or something like that; I'm open to suggestions. Patch86UK (talk) 14:31, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Patch86UK: I wasn't aware of a name change. Swindon Borough Council has a page for Central Swindon South Parish Council, and MapIt still shows it as Central Swindon South. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:08, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- Aye, the change went through formally in October 2023. You can see the formal motion to change it at item 56 here:
- http://ww5.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=284&MId=10980&Ver=4
- It also generated a small amount of news coverage, e.g.: https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23853647.south-swindon-parish-council-can-change-name/
- Takes a while for these things to filter through the bureaucracy, though. Coincidentally, I submitted a corresponding change request over at Wikidata for the relevant tag just earlier today; that feeds through to a few things like Open Street Map (no idea what feeds MapIt, but might well be that). Patch86UK (talk) 00:24, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Patch86UK: I wasn't aware of a name change. Swindon Borough Council has a page for Central Swindon South Parish Council, and MapIt still shows it as Central Swindon South. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:08, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- Rather late to the party, but I've created South Swindon parish, which is now the offical name for what was once Central Swindon South. I was unceratin of the name; simply "South Swindon" fits the pattern but is obviously ambiguous relating to things like the parliamentary constituency. Could be better at South Swindon (parish) or something like that; I'm open to suggestions. Patch86UK (talk) 14:31, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Moonraker: So yes the likes of Cleverton and Yarnfield, Wiltshire can redirect to their CPs if they don't have articles themselves. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:41, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
- Well yes modern creations tend to be given separate articles like Colchester/Borough of Colchester. Lea and Cleverton would be an article and Cleverton would redirect to it if it doesn't also merit an article. Crouch, Swale (talk) 10:53, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
Salisbury Plain
[edit]I donn't think I have ever heard anyone refer to Salisbury Plain using the definite article; always "on Salisbury Plain", never "on the Salisbury Plain". This came up at a GA review I'm involved in and whereas I'm disinclined to fail it on such a triviality, I am now very curious. Perhaps I haven't had that many conversations about Salisbury Plain. Anyone here have an answer? Thanks --Ykraps (talk) 07:22, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed, that's the common usage. For some reason we use the definite article when it's a wide area (the Cheshire Plain, the Solway Plain) but not for more specific places (on Salisbury Plain, on Solsbury Hill). -- Wire723 (talk) 14:36, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
Pevsner's grave
[edit]The article Church of St Peter, Clyffe Pypard would be much improved by an image of the grave of Nikolaus Pevsner and of his wife, Lola, [1]. If any Wiltshire-based editors have an opportunity, I would be most grateful. KJP1 (talk) 16:37, 14 August 2024 (UTC)