Talk:Whalley Range, Manchester

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Does "since the 1990s" mean since 1990 or since 2000?

Merge with Joy Winder

No independent notability. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abid Chohan. JASpencer 18:51, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

GMB Union Building

No mention of the GMB Listed building in the Notable Buildings section. I would have added something but I know nothing about it.Aa2-2004 (talk) 08:46, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

I have added brief details but more research is needed. Also added today: Manley Park Methodist Church is on Egerton Road North. (Not sure if this is officially in Chorlton.)--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 08:23, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Church

No mention of the Odd church on Upper Chorlton Road, driving back to Essex last month, on the right hand side was a church that had half it's spire missing, funnily enough next to the turning for spire hospital, have tried to locate on google street view to no avail, anyone can help me? Halowithhorns89 (talk) 10:13, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

The odd church is the New Testament Church of God in Upper Chorlton Road (corner of Stamford Street) whose congregation is mainly of West Indian origin. It is certainly a much older building and was no doubt a Nonconformist chapel when built. Possibly the spire became unsafe and removal of the upper part was cheaper than repairing it. Spire as the name of the hospital is a very recent change; it was formerly the BUPA Hospital and earlier still St Joseph's.--Felix folio secundus 05:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 04:10, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:11, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

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Whalley Range → Whalley Range, Greater Manchester — There is another location in Lancashire. Hamish Griffin (talk) 13:18, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Councillor Bhatti

In an article in the South Manchester Reporter of 7 July 2011 he is described as a former Conservative councillor. Has there been another person elected to replace him?--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 09:41, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Seymour Hotel

Entirely possible that i'm in error about the pub's history. Seymour Mead was a dominant local houseowner, as he used his considerable influence re the naming of Seymour Grove [Chorlton residents called it Trafford Road, Trafford residents called it Chorlton Road, and there were already extant roads with those names]. That's what led me to believe he was the owner of the house that's visible along part of the rosd's length. In any event, the house was built on a raised piece of ground so as to emphasise it's dominance. Later a mirror-image was added on its eastern side, and this is the building that became the pub. The brick purported to have been struck by the fatal bullet had ablue enamel face, worn but still visible at the time of the building and walls demolition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pawelmichal (talk • contribs) 09:48, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Manley Hall

The edit by Doc is stylistically correct, but the editor appears to lack the basic manners needed for WP work. 86.12.129.12 (talk) 11:12, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Victorian snobbery

Kudos to the editor Felix Folio Secundus for his good work in making my contributions more readable. The point about Victorian snobbery is worth making. It wasn't just Bullock Smithy becoming Hazel Grove; Jackson's Moss became Whalley Range, Withington's Plague Pits became Albert Park [now West Didsbury], Lanes became Groves or Drives, and generally the tone of an area was set by its' nomenclature, a trick still utilised by developers and estate agents today. 86.12.129.12 (talk) 10:52, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Councillor John Grant

We appear to have a case of Robert Winston Syndrome here. It is probably best to leave the article as it is, in order to prevent further disruptive editing. We may make mention of the affair in the notes, or leave a link; I await the collective judgement of the editors. 194.70.181.1 (talk) 09:46, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

I removed allegations against Grant as a classic violation of our policy regarding living people. This is an article on a settlement, details such as allegations influencing a person's employment do not belong in this article, and the governance section should focus on the facts of who represents Whalley Range. Compounding the problem edit, which sadly lasted for over a year, was the fact that the situation had moved on. Grant was cleared of any wrongdoing following an inquiry, yet this article presented only the allegations. This kind of information is tangential to an article on Whalley Range itself. Nev1 (talk) 13:16, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

In any event, Grant may well either retire or be voted out, in which case his relevance to this page ends. Local politicians have to be exceptional in their actions to warrant a permanent entry in this category of article. To attach all mentions in the Manchester Evening News, including the result of the enquiry into the allegations, would be to exaggerate Grant's importance in the context of this article. A different situation may conceivably arise, if Grant is a sexual predator: then either past behaviour or a future incident may warrant a mention, if only to explain why he ceased to be a councillor, and then only as a note.

Robert Winston Syndrome is, sadly, a known WP:BLP phenomenon. It is where the subject of an entry, either pseudonymously, or through paid or sympathetic editors, removes all negative content, to the point of creating a hagiography. Since this article is about Whalley Range, and not about Grant, it is perhaps stretching a point. The editor Nev1 has made a well-researched and explained edit, and it should be allowed to stand, unless of course circumstances change as outlined above. 193.63.210.175 (talk) 17:21, 12 April 2012 (UTC)