Talk:Edward Akroyd

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[edit] Proposed merge - Ackroyden/Akroydon

The model village created by Akroyd is known as Ackroydon, and this name can be seen on an OS map of Halifax (just to the north and slightly west of the town centre).

Unfortunately, there are two articles on WP covering this subject:

Only one of these is needed, and I suggest that a new page with the correct spelling be created, and both articles merged to it (although other suggestions are, of course, welcome!)

Part of the reason for this confusion is that the sequence 'ak-' is almost never used in the English language (OK, apart from yak!!), and hence the more expected 'ack-' is often substituted instead. Indeed, poor Edward Akroyd himself suffered the ignominy of being called Ackroyd on Wikipedia for two-and-a-half years after the original article creator mis-spelled his name!!

Your opinions (and help) concerning this merge will be welcomed.

EdJogg 19:09, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Can you point me in the right direction for the location of this on an OS map as I cannot locate on Streetmap or Google maps. Thanks. Keith D (talk) 15:05, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
OK, well I called-up Halifax on the OS Get-a-map facility, and then scrolled slightly north-east. Akroydon is not shown on the 1:50000 scale maps, but it IS shown on the 1:25000 maps. On here, the grid ref SE 088 263 is indicated.
I presume this is the right place! (Having looked closely at a Googlemaps streetmap, I can see 'Bankfield View' and 'All Souls Road'...)
-- EdJogg (talk) 16:21, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I have got it now, though it is Akroydon without the C so should this be the name of the article? I will look at move and merge later. Keith D (talk) 18:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
I guess, from the fact that you've gone ahead with the merge, that you are happy with the spellings. Whether the 'finished' article should be called what it is currently, or simply 'Akroydon', is a different matter, although it might be worth creating a redirect from 'Akroydon' anyway.
Thanks for sorting this all out. EdJogg (talk) 23:41, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
I think the page really needs moving to Akroydon it is known as that rather than with the qualifier on the end. The page move will leave a redirect at present title. OK if I go ahead and do that? Keith D (talk) 23:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
It is 'the done thing' to use the most-known-by name, so I'd say go for it... While you're at it, perhaps you can tidy-up the pages still using the incorrect 'Ackroyden' redirect (which is most of them!)
EdJogg (talk) 00:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)