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Notability of news story

As discussed, I'm opening this up for wider discussion. User:Scancoaches claims this sort of road traffic accident is commonplace; I, however, disagree. Comments welcomed. - Dudesleeper / Talk 01:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. OK, I'll start this. My argument against its inclusion has nothing to do with it being commonplace or otherwise. My reasoning is that a single vehicle RTA (commonplace or otherwise) is not noteworthy in an encyclopedia article on a small town in Scotland. I refer again to Misplaced Pages Notability Section'.

"Misplaced Pages is not a news source: it takes more than just a short burst of news reports about a single event or topic to constitute evidence of sufficient notability."

Yes, comments welcome scancoaches (talk) 19:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

newtestleper79

WHY UNDO LINKS TO MAIN ARTICLE PAGES. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.213.111 (talk) 11:32, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

NewTestLeper79

Why are you such a pedantic know it all?

At the top of this page it asks for "verification", if verification can not be found on the web-sites of the subjects mentioned on this page, where do you expect to find verification?

Again you have deleted links to "main articles" already on Misplaced Pages, why? If they are not fit to be linked to, why are they still on Misplaced Pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.136.165 (talk) 15:48, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

out dated and just wrong old information

WIKIPEDIA BECOMES SO OUT OF DATE AND JUST WRONG. People like newtestleper79 who adjudicate from thousands of miles away, what a joke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.136.165 (talk) 17:47, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

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Hope Page reads better now?

Sorry for so many little edits. Hope that all the edits together, means the page reads better? (Springchickensoup (talk) 13:41, 20 November 2016 (UTC))

Overlinking

I've left a comment at User talk:Springchickensoup. PamD 14:37, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

I was carried away. Looks better now. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Springchickensoup (talk • contribs) 16:25, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

First time edeting

As no one else has tried to improve the Dunoon page in years, thought I would try. So be gentle. I'm learning on the job!(Springchickensoup (talk) 17:44, 22 November 2016 (UTC))

Topic headings

Can someone who knows how, Please sort out the different topic headings "boldness" as they seem messed up to me. (Springchickensoup (talk) 18:31, 22 November 2016 (UTC))

Done. (Springchickensoup (talk) 19:02, 22 November 2016 (UTC))

Reverted: Misplaced Pages headings must be used in a standard order, level 2 before level 3 before level 4 etc. Jumping around the order causes all sorts of problems. The headings were not "messed up", they were quite standard. And are again. PamD 19:32, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

To me, the sub headings eg those under Transport, are more noticeable than the heading above, as they are in a bolder type face.

(Springchickensoup (talk) 20:11, 22 November 2016 (UTC))

Sorry, you'll just have to get used to it! The line across the page emphasises the higher-level headings. PamD 22:48, 22 November 2016 (UTC)


Hi, is there a way of sorting the section headings and contents alphabetically and automatically? (Springchickensoup (talk) 14:15, 24 November 2016 (UTC))

(Please sign after your posts, not before - I've moved your sig!) No, A-Z is unlikely to be the ideal order for sections except possibly within a larger section like "Sport". You might find it useful to look at the list of sections in Misplaced Pages:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements. PamD 16:19, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

History of Dunoon

Someone with more knowledge of the history of Dunoon than I have, please add a Heading/section. (Springchickensoup (talk) 16:03, 24 November 2016 (UTC))

Sections

No, Notable residents and the Mod are not subsections of "Popular culture". No time to fix it right now but it needs attention. See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_UK_geography/How_to_write_about_settlements for ideas about sections. PamD 19:09, 24 November 2016 (UTC)


Made a start. (Springchickensoup (talk) 11:40, 25 November 2016 (UTC))

Lead section

The lead section should summarise the key aspects covered in the rest of the article: this one reads like the opening page of a tourist information brochure. Needs some attention! It might be useful to look at Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style/Lead section and at some of the articles in Misplaced Pages:Featured_articles#Geography_and_places, to see what the Lead Sections of some of Misplaced Pages's best articles look like, such as Birchington-on-Sea, Altrincham or Ashton-under-Lyne. PamD 11:21, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

I agree, however, there is no depth in most of the sections in this article. Due to lack of interest/input from those who have the knowledge to share, or have the time. Now that the article has more clearly defined headings hopefully people will start infilling information. I'm not holding my breath, though. (Springchickensoup (talk) 09:02, 7 December 2016 (UTC))
PamD is right, especially with regard to descriptions such as "nestles amongst attractive scenery". But I can see new problems that go far beyond the lead. While the article was lacking in many areas before the recent changes have introduced some new problems. Springchickensoup has made more than 400 edits to this article in the past 2 weeks or so. While some of the sourcing is good, the recent sequence of edits have also added quite a few low-quality references. Not all of the content relates to notable entities and some should be removed according to WP:NOTDIR. Drchriswilliams (talk) 12:37, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Quite so. If Springchickensoup really wants to learn how best to be a productive and valued editor here, they should concentrate on learning where and how to get access to, and then to summarise in neutral language and cite, reliable sources - rather than editing on the basis of what they believe or "know" to be true. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:12, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

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What's missing

Despite a vast number of recent edits, nothing in the article tells the reader much about Dunoon. Why does it exist? Is it a tourist town, a dormitory suburb, a retirement mecca, or a commercial port, industrial town (what industry/ies, current or past), former fishing port etc? The "history" section talks about a couple of castles and recent military links but zero about establishment and growth of the town. Lots of rather random and directory-style info but very little of really encyclopedic content about the town. PamD 16:58, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Instead of complaining about the lack of information, please feel free to add the information. You are able to add and this would be much more constructive than continually putting down other peoples efforts. {SCS 22:27, 18 February 2017 (UTC)} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Springchickensoup (talk • contribs) 22:28, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
@Springchickensoup: There's no need for such a hostile response. Some of us have put a lot of effort into tidying up this article after your enthusiastic but inexperienced editing. You are so interested in the town that you presumably have access to reliable sources from which you could improve the article as suggested. Local public library could help. I live in a different country and have probably never visited Dunoon. PamD 00:23, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
There are too many headings, too many images and very little substance. @PamD: is quite right, perhaps @Springchickensoup: could consult WP:UKCITIES for some excellent advice on constructing settlement articles. J3Mrs (talk) 10:12, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Again feel free to add "substance"! Rather than just talking/writing about the problem! {Springchickensoup (talk)}
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