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Accuracy

The first sentence says there are 548 shops on Oxford Street and there is a reference cited. But, the referenced article says there are 300 shops! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.24.234 (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very well spotted ;O) I have changed the article to say 300 now, in line with the reference given. Thanks. --bodnotbod (talk) 10:20, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some better photos ?

Let me know if you like these: --Salimfadhley 20:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Oxford Road ==? ==[reply]

einmal bekannt, wie Oxford Road? Ich erinnere mich, mit gelernt, über die Region, wenn in der Schule, und ich bin ziemlich sicher, dass es hieß Oxford Road ein paar hundert Jahren. - Popeyedoyle 13:47, 5. Mai 2006 (UTC)

OK, ich habe einige der Forschung, und fanden die folgende Link in Bezug auf den alten Namen der Straße. Wie ich vermutete, war es einmal genannt Oxford Road. Der Artikel besagt, dass es Zeit wurde der Oxford Street in 1782 - was ist die Unterstützung für diese? Der Link, den ich glaube, ist zuverlässig, so dass der Name sich in den 1750er. Für den Moment, ich werde das Datum als 1782, und ich werde auch in Zukunft für mehr Details, aber es wäre nützlich, um zu sehen, einige Bestätigung für das Datum 1782. Danke! -  Popeyedoyle 23:05, 15. Mai 2006 (UTC)

nein das kann niemand muahahaha

colour film of a bombed out john lewis oxford street store in the ww2 blitz of 1940 can be found at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7980574/Rare-footage-of-London-in-the-Blitz-found-in-attic.html

Virtual Interactive Streetscapes not useful?

I would like to appeal yesterday's removal of the link Virtual Oxford Street from this page. Up until yesterday the link had proved exceptionally useful to Wikipedia visitors for months and had taken them onto the world's only hi-res Virtual Interactive Streetscape to discover more about this road. What better way to research a street than to walk along it thanks to Wikipedia from anywhere in the world! (Boy I wish my Children's Britannica Encyclopedias had miles of virtual streetscapes when I was a kid!)

Would you be able to agree that Wikipedia users researching a city or street would find a virtual streetscape effictively allowing them to walk down that city's street useful? Is that not within the spirit of Wikipedia? This site is also recommended by the local Council's own short and carefully picked list of links.

If this is not agreed, then it raises the issue of contradicting the previous editors who felt this was within the spirit of the site, and which content from users. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.182.97.140 (talk • contribs)

see WP:EL for firm policy on this matter. Kbthompson 14:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fire

Surely not relevant, by next week it will not merit a footnote. Street was closed, but I don't think the fire was in any way notable. Paulbrock 20:49, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Section removed,it's next week and it does not merit a footnote! Paulbrock 16:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed two external links concerning the fire, which I feel is reasonable considering it's been absent from the article itself for nearly three years. If anyone wants to make a case for putting them back in, feel free to do so. Grover Snodd (talk) 18:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shops

Wiki is not a directory, only notable examples should be listed - i.e. possibly Selfridge (for longevity), but lose the multiples. Say they're all represented, by all means, but let's not list them. Kbthompson 16:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Oxford Street

What's the deal with New Oxford Street? It seems like a forlorn, pygmy copy of Oxford Street, in the shadow of Centre Point, with a couple of camera shops and not much else; is it relatively new? Was it an attempt at extending or competing with Oxford Street that failed, or is it just an anonymous length of concrete with no pretentions? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 16:51, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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