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STOP ADVERTISING NOTT'M CITY COUNCIL![edit]

Please, can we keep an eye on all the Nottingham-related pages between us? Someone (city PR men?) keeps using weasel words, removing all posts with a negative connotation and editing existing work into compliance with Council edicts. I'm sick of it. There is:

No mention that the repaving of the square cost taxpayers circa £9 MILLION
No mention that the new slabs were chosen specially for their strength in order to ensure that the privately-owned wheel and the ice rink could be brought into the square
No mention of the fact that the ice rink was brought into the square despite the fact that a brand-new ice stadium was recently built, costing circa £30 million, less than half a mile up the road
No mention of the riots caused when the council house was built (Italian marble was used, and only Italian labourers were employed to 'work' it, as the city's jobless remained unemployed and unused in the middle of a depression (ironic how history repeats!)
No mention of the failure of the fountains to operate when switched on - costing thousands more to fix and taking months to repair
No mention of the fierce local opposition to the closing of the toilets in market square without alternative provision being made, there or elsewhere
No mention of the fact that disabled access remains appalling despite the re-paving: the tram lines cutting through the square provide an obstacle in themselves, and the huge changes in height between the lines and the square in places make it worse. A lack of parking facilities close by compounds the issue: to get someone wheelchair-bound anywhere near the square, one must park elsewhere and then brave the (steep) hills that lead into the square on every side, pushing for all one is worth

I could go on but I'll put my efforts into including this and more onto the page in due course. Thanks Codeye (talk) 05:07, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked through the history of revisions back to the beginning of 2008 and they all seem fine, no negative comments have been removed, most have been minor spelling and adding of external links.

The article does read like a tourist leaflet and does miss some quite significant points out. I think the redesign should have a section to itself, looking at the controversy, delays and outcomes.

There should be some info about the left lion, the common meeting place and namesake of LeftLion magazine. The history doesn't mention much about the nature of the shops and the changing face of the square.

There is no mention of the fact that Goose Fair used to be held there, nor of any other events.

Generally this article needs a lot of work! I've got a book about Nottingham somewhere that has a lot of history and pictures of Victorian Nottingham City Centre too.KlickingKarl (talk) 01:23, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia isn't the place for political rants, which is obviously what your rant is. The opinions you state are more appropriate for a newspaper article (which they read very much like). Wikipedia's aim is to provide objective facts, not an opinion piece. Tachy99 (talk) 09:31, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Major Development Needed[edit]

I've started trying to organise the text into relevant categories and adding information. It still needs lots of work and I've run out of time. It would be great if people could help develop this article further because it is quite an important part of Nottingham. KlickingKarl (talk) 00:14, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The bit about the duck in the fountains is true. I don't know how to link in an article but you can find plenty about Ayup The Duck online. On the website for the Nottingham Post there are several articles.

This was the first article http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Market-Square-duck-websites/article-1081498-detail/article.html Steve Oliver is a radio DJ and writer from the area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.13.17.41 (talk) 02:57, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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