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The article would be a B class, but it has no inline references at all. This should be fixed ASAP. Lurker (said · done) 16:16, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
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Can someone please reference the Scots names 'Anderston' and 'Sanct Androis' - as I have not been able to find reference to St Andrews with these names. I feel that they have been made up.

I found some references to St Andrews as Sanct Androis, but nothing with Anderston. So am deleting that name.


Is there some reason the name of the city is not spelled with a period indicating the abbreviation of 'Saint'? --Saforrest 22:32, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)

Outside of North America, the rule is that when an abbreviation is a contraction (meaning it begins and ends with the same letters as the word it's abbreviating) then the full stop is omitted. -- Troyac 11.14 pm, 2 April 2005 (UTC+9.5)

Could someone get a new photo of the Classics building? That huge red splotch isn't there anymore. That photo was taken at a bad time (the middle of a construction project). It's been finished as of about a month ago. --||bass 16:28, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

The "huge red splotch" is a rather attractive ivy that has been unfortunatley removed by the builders. I will try and get a photo next time I am passing the Quad.

Can't help feeling there should be a bit more on golf. Not my personal expertise, but Stevelinton 22:37, 27 August 2005 (UTC)


Andrew Melville Hall should not be considered as a notable building in the main St Andrews article, other buildings are far more deserving to take its place (e.g. Hamilton Hall, St Salvador’s Quadrangle, r&a clubhouse) rather than a students hall of residence. Any opinions? 15:00, 04 January 2007 (UTC)

Wait, why Hamilton? Is it just the R&A conection? After all - it was a student hall of residence, and if Melville isn't acceptable because it is one...seems contradictory to me! Scanna 22:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I should think Hamilton is notable because it is something of a landmark building in St Andrews. Similarly, Andrew Melville is architecturally interesting, though whether that means it warrants a mention is open to debate. It is not because they are halls of residence that makes them notable or non-notable. Rlfb 19:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Additional info

Anything about the municipal government? Local media? Who paves the roads?

Fife council; there's a student radio service called STAR FM, a local paper called the Citizen, and a student paper called the saint [they're mentioned in at least one other article, along with the shut-down Chiuauah [sic]]; and Fife council again. Scanna 22:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weather and Climate

My first reaction to this new section was to delete it, but then realised that this is perhaps relevant to the page, but not in its current format. I've done some work to it, but it could be a lot better. For a good example, see the relevent section on Edinburgh's page. Rlfb 18:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC)