Talk:Abingdon, Oxfordshire
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The railway branch line mentioned in sentence 1 has long since closed.
- Hi Trainspotter, welcome to Wikipedia. The way that Wikipedia works is by hoping that users will make articles better and more factual. So if you see something that could be improved or something that's just plain wrong then just go right ahead and edit it. You might like to read Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages. Have fun -- Ams80 16:43 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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[edit] School Information
I just added some information about Abingdon School. I debated making a seperate page all about Abingdon School, and I want your opinion as to whether this is preferable to the link to the existing site. I can easily collect a lot of data about the school, the history and so on and so forth and build up a really top-notch page.
Have put administrative county before historical county, as Oxfordshire is of more contemporary relevance than Berkshire
Obviously it is a town with a lot of history, but nonetheless I think that the article as a whole could do with some editing to put more focus on the present-day, if anyone has the time/inclination/knowledge to do this.
--Trainspotter 16:48, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
P.S. regarding the school: whether it warrants a separate page really depends on the volume of material -- whether it would otherwise dominate this page or not. I think that with any page regarding the school it is an effort to preserve neutrality and not just read like publicity for the school. But if you can achieve that, I agree that it could make a great article.
--Trainspotter 16:53, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
[edit] External links
Could everyone working on this page please have a look at WP:EL. Are some of these sites reference material used to write the article? I feel some of them may be there just to promote the websites, or as a list of all the websites folks could find about Abingdon. Billlion 10:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Requested move
Abingdon, Oxfordshire → Abingdon — First, largest, and most important town with this name. Also the location of the famous Abingdon School and one of the oldest English towns with a valley fort dating to the Iron Age. —71.106.183.124 (talk) 22:44, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Survey
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- Support - As nominator 71.106.183.124 (talk) 22:44, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
- Support - I agree with your comments about it being the "First, largest, and most important town with this name." TwentiethApril1986 (talk) 00:01, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion
- Any additional comments:
