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have removed the following section from this article
"The "franchised" legal entity of Airdrie United - built upon the rotting corpse of the old Clydebank FC now attract around 1500 fans each week to their council-owned 10,000 all-seater stadium. A number of former Airdrieonians supporters have never returned to support the new Airdrie United - clearly unable to stomach watching a football club that only came into existence through the deliberate destruction of another."
As a long-time resident of Clydebank, and a Clydebank supporter, the above made me cringe, not only in the context of an Encyclopaedic article. Put more simply, it is "clearly" not NPOV. This is a page about the town of Clydebank, not about someone's feelings on Airdrie United FC. There is a separate page on Clydebank FC. I have left the NPOV comments about Clydebank FC in the article, as the football team is an important part of the town's history, and especially its identity as distinct from Glasgow. I have however removed the comment about the team having the "backing of their town". In my experience the lack of the backing of the town over the 20 years or so I watched the team was one of the main reasons for its lack of success, with most success achieved in spite of the support of most of the town. The part about Yoker's "small but committed" support I have left in, despite it sounding as if it was written by a patronising Clydebank FC fan. Johnnywoo 13:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm a bit puzzled by the mention of Tom Murphy - who on earth is he to merit a mention in the article on Clydebank? I've never heard of him, it looks a little like a well intentioned attempt to give a late relative a bit of a name-check. Can I mention my Grandad too :) Surely this needs a bit of cleanup to remove it? (subsequently signed by me now I have an account Beardybloke (talk) 12:25, 17 May 2008 (UTC) )
I've removed it, be bold, you can edit too. Fraslet 17:01, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I would normally (I removed the spurious mention of the non-existant 50,000 seater stadium in Hardgate) but I wanted to be sure that this guy wasnt more some sort of major local hero that I'd just never heard of since I moved out of Clydebank a few years ago.... Must sign up for an account to keep track of my updates :) (and again now signed by me Beardybloke (talk) 12:25, 17 May 2008 (UTC) )
Need to put some quotes or evidence in for example "Although the town currently has a high unemployment rate, this was not always the case." Where says it has a high unemployment rate? You need to back up.
User at IP address 86.1.207.2 on 14 May made numerous edits which tidied up the page, but others simply removed lots of relevant and pertinent information? Also seems to have editted it from a POV thats definitely pro-Glasgow, removing references to Dunbartonshire, the Dumbarton/Duntocher dialling code, and all sorts of other information. Probably well meaning, but without the general tidy up I'd have thought it was large scale vandalism. Clyedbank simply does not consist of the square mile welded onto the north west end of Glasgow. Beardybloke (talk) 10:07, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
