Talk:Hampstead

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[edit] AJ Ayer

In the list of famous residents, Ayer is listed as "Sir A. J. Ayer — philosopher, philanderer" I certainly don't dispute the truth of this, but I'm not sure it is appropriate.

Crouchend (talk) 23:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suburban?

Can Hampstead really be described as a "suburban development"? You make it sound like its in Milton Keynes!?!

[edit] Skinny dipping and 82.35.25.21

I've just been on a tidy-up after 82.35.25.21 who introduced a load a unfunny PoV stuff about their social attitudes etc. But some of what they added was useful, which always makes it more difficult. :) At the moment I have left out "Skinny dipping in the pond" as a local activity but I wondered if it should be in. Does someone with real local knowledge know? (Note to 82.35.25.21 - this doesn't mean you - not unless you can manage some grown-up editing first.) And if so, since it is not officially sanctioned and probably takes place when the pond is closed and there is no safety staff covering, I imagine that the article should mention this, in case someone drowns or gets into trouble and then someone else tries to sue the wiki for not pointing this out. I know it sounds paranoid but better safe than sorry, perhaps? 138.37.188.109 12:09, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

well I do know people who have. But I dont have real sources (or photographic evidence), and it doesnt seem that important, so I would leave it out for now. Justinc 00:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Swiss Cottage

Can the Swiss Cottage Library be in Hampstead. I would have thought it was in Swiss Cottage! I walked from the village centre to Swiss Cottage the other day and you get to Camden Arts Centre and the Freud Museum long before the Library.Piersmasterson 16:05, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

No, I wouldnt say so. Hampstead is fairly small really (although there is of course West Hampstead. Even Frognal is not historically part of Hampstead. Its not even the local public library (which is next to Keats House). Justinc 12:03, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke

Sir Selwyn lived in Hampstead, where he died in 1976. Source: British Medical Journal

146.155.232.13 17:18, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of famous people

Shouldn't this be split from the main article? See a similar discussion at Talk:Bath, Somerset#Famous Bathonians. Simply south 00:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't need to be seperated, it needs to be deleted altogether. A directory listing of alleged residents is unencyclopedic, and probably unverifiable. A few of the most notable ones can stay, but they still need to be cited. Also, many of the names on the current list look highly dubious. 172.188.121.189 21:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I've moved the huge list here as it's starting to take over the entire article. I know some of these have lived in Hampstead , so I'll re-add the obvious ones (ie where their own articles mention Hampstead). The others need reliable citations before they are added back to the article - this section has become a magnet for passing editors to add any name they like. 172.200.154.37 00:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

You have a good point - however if you want to move the list, you have to make a new article for it first, and then add a link to it from this article. Simply deleting the list was an act of pure vandalism. Further, the list of former residents is not unverifiable (I see blue plaques and read biographies all the time). Listing all the references (you can find online) would be a noble exercise and you are perfectly free to undertake it. However, deleting all the names lacking extant online references would be totally misguided. Virtually all of wikipedia's claims (95% at least?) lack such references. And almost all of the reliable references on this site are to books, not websites. You say you'll re-add the 'obvious' and 'notable' names - but who decides what is 'obvious' and 'notable'? Apparently you thought that minor little celebrities like Boy George and Stephen Fry were worthy - and yet deleted Alfred Brendel and Arnold Bax! Avaya1 12:05, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


Famous past inhabitants have included:

Hampstead is currently and has been recently home to:

I'd argue that it should be split off. It could be made encyclopaedic by the addition of references. I've always thought that the person pages were reference enough - but editors have started demanding chapter and verse to indicate residence/birth/fought duel with someone's famous aunty. Hampstead is a significant district, and has had more than its fair share of the notable. Kbthompson 13:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Strange

The alleged accuracy of the latitude etc. is strange.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.135.206.96 (talk) 14:30, 17 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Goth Bar

Anybody heard of a Goth bar called 'Transilvania' in Hampstead? I need info for another article in wikipedia. Colin4C 20:21, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Heath

The omission of any mention of its Heath is woeful, e.g. a discussion of urban development in the nineteenth century; the legend of Boadicea. The list of pubs is absurdly inadequate. The 'famous' omits Marx and Engels. Domskitect (talk) 06:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)