Talk:Camden Town

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[edit] Crime and safety

I have added a Crime and safety section and moved stuff there. Removed the comments in the first section on crime and murder, and added facts and statistics. Unfortunately recent events rather justify the unsourced comments. Pol098 15:58, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I've deleted some of what I wrote in this section, as I can't reconcile figures from the police and from camdenresources in the time available. Pol098 16:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I removed the (uncited) sentence about illegal taxis touting for business in Camden - this is not known to happen in Camden Town?? --Buyoof 13:36, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reviews

We've got a number of reviews - we don't say whether somewhere is good or not - we are an encyclopedia not a tour guide. Secretlondon 01:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Style

A lot of this article is written in the stilted style of a travel guide. I don't have the time to fix it right now though. DrHydeous 12:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Content

A lot of this article has travel-guide-like information. As long as it's not pushing things for commercial interests, this seems OK to me: if I'm going to visit a place, I'd certainly have a look at Wikipedia. But I think it's worth discussing.

For example, the Dublin Castle has been there a long time and has its own character, and must be mentioned. The relatively recent Oh Bar is mentioned, and offers free WiFi access, but has no particular distinction: should it be there? (I myself added it, in the spirit of some existing entries).

I've also reinstated a reference to the prevalence of crime in unlicensed minicabs: relevant to visitors, without pushing any viewpoint. A section on crime in general has been deleted; I don't know if the deletion was justified.

Someone is very intent on advertising a particular school of English here; I've deleted stuff a couple of times. Pol098 02:40, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

There's a travel wiki for that kind of content, this is supposed to be an encyclopaedia. Some information on the market and surroundings is relevant, but article should concentrate on history and what the area is like. The existing list needs to be knocked back to just notable establishments - one reason might be being there a long time. Others, just have to go. Kbthompson 16:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Living in Camden

This whole section seems like an advertisement to me and should be removed.

That's exactly what I was thinking. It reads like a brochure for Real Estate Agents. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.54.67.84 (talk) 03:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Rem'd it just got worse and worse ... cheers Kbthompson (talk) 23:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Legendary??

Excuse me... the 'legendary Amy Whinehouse'?? Allthecoolnamesweretaken 12:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fire

No mention yet of last weekend's fire. There probably should be... —  X  S  G  06:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

What's this then?. It needs expanding... -- Roleplayer (talk) 10:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree the fire is important in the context of Camden Market, its of passing notability here - there's a wikinews for that. cheers Kbthompson (talk) 15:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of bars, etc.

This has been knocked back to the one's that have some claim to notability. Generally, notable venues, bars, etc will already have an article in wikipedia. cheers Kbthompson (talk) 09:46, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photography

There are some truly dreadful photos on this page and really only two reasonable ones. That Gallery probably serves a purpose, but surely there must be some decent photos available, or that readers would like to contribute. Maybe i should make space for some more contributions? ProfDEH (talk) 19:45, 6 May 2008 (UTC)