Talk:Wokingham

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Does anyone know what Dick Francis's association is with Wokingham? There is nothing on his Wiki page. If he has a connection with Wokingham I think we need an explanation. Dahliarose 23:35, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blind Terror: Old Rose Interior

The article says Blind Terror shows the interior of the Old Rose pub, but I would disagree. The view outside the Window is much further down the road. I would guess that the current Ladbrokes outlet used to be a pub, and that is the interior seen in the film. But maybe someone else can give their opinion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.0.179.201 (talk) 23:51, 7 July 2007

[edit] Proposed merge of Wokingham (borough) into this article

Take a look at the Reading article. Reading, a much larger article (and place) than Wokingham, has information on both the place and borough in one article. Seeings that both this and the Wokingham (borough) article are so much smaller, I see no reason not to do it here too. If no one objects, I'll do it sometime next week. _TheIslander 18:30, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Bad idea. Reading and Reading Borough being in the same article is itself contraversial (see Talk:Reading, Berkshire), but certainly makes more sense than merging Wokingham and Wokingham Borough. You could be justified in refering to anywhere within Reading Borough as 'Reading'. This is not the case with places in Wokingham Borough. Indeed, Earley and other places are part of the Reading urban area. I believe to is convention for the borough to be a separate article when the area is bigger than the town after which it is named. Wokingham (borough) could do with an expansion tag. Verica Atrebatum 11:44, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. I'll probably give up the idea, then, but I'd like to leave the tags up for a little longer; guage some more opinion. _TheIslander 19:59, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I also think it's better to maintain the status quo. Wokingham Borough covers a very wide area including Twyford, Wargrave, Winnersh and it would be confusing to have articles for say schools (eg, Forest School) in these places pointing to the town rather than the borough. Dahliarose —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 18:06, August 26, 2007 (UTC).

I agree that is better to keep the status quo. The naming convention is fairly explicit that where a larger local government district is named after a smaller place (as in Wokingham), there should be separate articles. IMHO, the same should be true where a smaller local government district carries the same name as a larger place (as in Reading) but that is not what the convention currently says. Because of this, the current Reading article is the result of an uneasy compromise. -- Chris j wood 11:27, 28 August 2007 (UTC)