Talk:Alfred Yarrow

Yarrow Crescent
Sadly I think it very unlikely that Yarrow Crescent East Ham is named after the shipbuilder as suggested in this article. Yarrow Crescent E6 is one of a group of roads including Sorrel Gdns, Columbine Ave, etc, so is presumably named in honour of the wildflower rather than the shipbuilder. The only obvious references to the central place of Millwall and Blackwall in the history of shipbuilding seem to be Napier Avenue and Stewart Street E14.Pterre 14:03, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Homestead
Not sure where Yarrow took the name Homestead from, but I did discover his role in funding construction of the Barnett Homestead in Hampstead Garden Suburb in 1916 - the same year he was knighted. Did he take this name from this? Paul W (talk) 16:23, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

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April 2019
Regarding this revert, this is the third time (over three days) that editor/IP 79.176.50.12 has introduced what I think is a less-than-ideal format for linking to Sephardi Jews. I'd be grateful for an explanation or an end to this, 79.176.50.12. Nortonius (talk) 09:56, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * On the contrary, I think it's a much clearer link. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:05, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Ok, good to have an opinion from someone, instead of a bot-like revert – in which vein, I wonder if you saw the summary for one of my previous edits: "While "Jewish" is no more in need of a wlink than "Christian", "Sephardic Jewish" points to a redirect". Given the existence of the article Sephardi Jews, I don't suppose the redirect Sephardic Jewish is ever likely to be anything more than that. Would you explain why you think it's a much clearer link? I'd just like to understand. Nortonius (talk) 10:15, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Because it links a term of both words (rather than just one), to an article titled with both words. I don't care about the redirect. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:17, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * I'll have to agree to differ, then. As I see it, it's "Sephardi" that merits a link, not "Jewish". The redirect is of no interest to me either, precisely because it's not necessary here. So never mind, I'll just unwatch this page. Cheers. Nortonius (talk) 10:22, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I think you'd have a point in an article for a specifically Jewish context (i.e. only Sephardic is the distinguishing factor). But here we're talking about a Victorian English engineer, where neither term is "expected" (albeit, common enough to be unsurprising) and so it's worth treating both as a unit. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:28, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Sorry but I find it ... odd ... that a Jewish person in England on English WP might be unexpected. Anyway I have already unwatched the article, I just couldn't resist checking back to see any response to my last post. But I'll leave it there now. Nortonius (talk) 10:41, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Person, no. But he rose to become a captain of industry and a baronet. That's still pretty exceptional in Victorian times. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:27, 25 April 2019 (UTC)