Talk:Kingston upon Thames

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Politics

As parts of Kingston upon Thames fall in 2 parliamentary contituentcies, I have added 'Richmond Park' (which covers the northernmost wards in the Borough) alongside 'Kingston and Surbiton'. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Indisciplined (talk • contribs) .

City Contacts

I removed the remark: "It is also twinned with Delft in the Netherlands". This city contact was ended years ago. Jaho 01:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

>All the signposts still claim this fact, though. --82.43.144.131 18:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Postal districts

I've removed KT3 and KT4 again. They are not even in the Kingston upon Thames post town. MRSC • Talk 10:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of notable people

I have just deleted two names from the list and was tempted to zap a few more. Of the two names removed, one was insufficiently notable to yet have a wikipedia article, the other linked to a 'vanity' article proposed for deletion. I know it is subjective but the people on the list should elict some degree of interest among the general populace. I can't think of a simple rule, but somehow obscure murderers should not qualify even if they have articles. One possibility would be to remove anything not immediately put in alphabetical order; that would catch most of them! Any ideas on a policy? JMcC 08:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I think the redlink/bluelink distinction is the key one. Beyond that, as the list is currently titled, it seems wrong to pick & choose, except perhaps on length of residence. I'm surprised Birch has an article though. The next step could be to up the standard and retitle the list "famous people" , "very notable" "significant...". But all these involve subjectivity & would perhaps shorten the lists too much Johnbod 13:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've checked the list, deleted irrelevances and moved it around making it prose rather than a list. Hope that you feel it is better. SuzanneKn 17:46, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Suzanne. It is better, but some of the names in this section are still distinctly odd. No doubt eminent in their own fields, but are Andrew Doughty, Fritha Goodey, the murderers and the two Butlers really worth a mention? I will happily zap them unless someone can justify them. JMcC 17:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]