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Contents 1 Objectivity of the Farnborough article 2 station 2.1 Ownership of Farnborough Airfield 2.2 Famous Farnborough residents 2.3 NPOV Check 2.4 Reaching London

[edit] Objectivity of the Farnborough article

This page is not objective enough.

This article seems objective to me. A little dull perhaps. How do you think it might be improved?

Gaius Cornelius 20:45, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree. I have cleaned up the article but not touched this section as I do not know enough about it. It reads like a residents association newsletter which is not ideal. Just needs to a bit more balanced. Perhaps some details of what prompted the change and if it has been a success (from a business point of view). Just needs to show the whole picture.

MRSC 14:04, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] station

the bit about stations should be changed so that one of the stations is called Farnborough Main and not farnborough station as thats what all the official railway documents call it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.160.17 (talk) 15:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ownership of Farnborough Airfield

MOD flogged off the land because it was surplus to requirements.

According to TAG Aviation (who operate the airport), they are losing momey, hence the demand for an increase in flights.

[edit] Famous Farnborough residents

I speak as a new resident of Farnborough. On the article page for our neighbours Aldershot (pop. 33,000), there are 15 "famous residents" listed. There are none listed on the pages for Farnborough (pop. 57,000)! We can't have this. Can anyone come up with any famous Farnborough-ians and add them?

Tobycek 01:17, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Samuel Cody? Phooto 08:26, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV Check

I have nominated this page for a Neutral Point of View check as some parts of the article seem to cite a personal opinion - Notably the Social and Retail sections - But at the same time I'd rather run this past a Wiki expert, rather than change it myself. I would normally agree with and support the comments about the town centre (Aye, I am a Farnborough resident!) and it's long overdue refurbishment, but these two sections do not appear to cite a Neutral Point of View as is desired by Wikipedia standards.

Hyperspeed 19:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reaching London

This edit by LambOfDog changed

London can be reached by rail or via the M3 motorway, which runs north of the town.

to read as

London can be reached by rail, via the M3 motorway, via the A325 and A30, by using a number of minor roads to avoid the traffic or by using a number of public footpaths indicated on the local Ordnance Survey maps.

which seems to be bordering on the nonsensical stuff Douglas Adams wrote, as it is unclear whether one is walking or driving. Or is it a subtle attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia? -- Cameron Dewe 06:53, 15 July 2007 (UTC)