Talk:Pietermaritzburg
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[edit] General deterioration of this page
Well, eek. I think what happened is that User:Carisse made some new user/sandbox changes to the page, and no-one picked them up, or reverted them, and people continued to work on the damaged page. I've restored the lost images, and a paragraph of text that was lost/mangled. At some point, I'll come back and do a more detailed, better referenced history section. The "description" section was also taken verbatim from a tourism website. While it's useful information, and probably needs to be incorporated, in that form it was copyvio, so I removed it. Sigh. No rest for the Wikipedian. -Kieran 19:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Description and extras
I added a few more details regarding the names of the city, and also a description of the town. Michael J. Mullany 09:45, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Factual Accuracy
I thought I should comment on the text I put on this page (I wrote most of the page).
- I'm not sure of the reason for naming the town "The place of the elephant" (I've made this clear in the article).
- I'm not too sure about the city hall being the southern hemisphere's biggest red brick building. It's something I was told once, and not from a reliable source. It is a large, and signifant example of red brick architecture.
- I'm also not so sure about the horse statue at the casino. It's pretty big, and again I was told that it was the biggest in the world, but that is also unreliable.
Anyway, hopefully someone (or myself) will find the time to verify these and correct them as necessary
- As mentioned below, I have referenced both the golden horse statue and the city hall facts. Cenobite 14:42, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Inflammatory Material
I've edited some of the text about PMB's capital status as it came across as being potentially inflammatory.
[edit] Horse Statue
I have removed the section on the statue of the horse being the largest in the world, since it was by no means conclusive. I've found links that refer to the city hall being the largest all brick building in the southern hemisphere, so that can stay. ManicParroT 00:17, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- I've added the trivia section mentioning both the City Hall being the largest all-brick building, as well as the Golden Horse statue being the largest of its kind. I have added references for these as well. Cenobite 14:38, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Take 5
I've never heard of take 5, and I'm dubious of its value to this article. I'm going to delete it soon, unless I hear an explanation.
- Take 5 was a one of the popular night spots frequented by university students (definately during the 90's) Anyone from PMB at that time would know Take 5 if only by reputation (this includes the older generation). For many young people it is a fond memory.
[edit] GHS
Does anyone know why Pietermaritzburg Girls' High isn't mentioned in the list of edciation institutions? It is one of the biggest girls schools in PMB and always won the swimming galas in the 90's...
[edit] Seven Day War in Pietermaritzburg
I am loking for info on this event, which may or may not have occurred in March 25-March 31, 1990. Thanks. 58.173.3.153 (talk) 03:37, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
