Talk:Ashton Court

Infobox
@ Rodw, as you are the primary editor here, I won't make single, tiny disparaging comment about the infobox.......BUT, wouldn't that very useful map in a box, look a lot tidier if it were inside that very uninformative infobox. Even by infobox lovers standards surely one can have too much of a good thing. I am looking very forward to seeing you try to get the architecture style(s) in the box :-D  Giano    (talk) 16:13, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I've used the Bristol map in the infobox, however as Ashton Court is actually in North Somerset the red blob appears well over the the left. I can't find a way to make the specific map created for this site in the infobox. Any thoughts?&mdash; Rod talk 19:01, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Would you prefer a collapsed infobox?&mdash; Rod talk 19:09, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * it's 'your' page, you have what you like. I've only written one small section. It does look better all one box though. Good!  Giano    (talk) 19:13, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't understand what's going on with that map/infobox. The caption says "Location in Bristol", but Ashton Court isn't in Bristol is it? Secondly the article says that Ashton Court is mainly in North Somerset, so where's the rest of it? Eric   Corbett  19:13, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Bristol City Council own it - although it is across the Clifton Suspension Bridge which crosses the Avon Gorge - the boundary between the city and North Somerset. I could try the N.Som map and see what that looks like. The mainly comment is (I think) because the house and most of the parkland is in N.Som but a small part of the surrounding parkland is within the city.&mdash; Rod talk 19:23, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The map makes even less sense in that case, as it appears to show Ashton Court some distance from Bristol. Eric   Corbett  19:31, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Map changed & caption now says location within Somerset.


 * This might be why the original map (shown right) was used. I could ask an infobox code expert whether this can be shown instead?&mdash; Rod talk 19:51, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I think infoboxes are more trouble than they're worth, so your choice. Eric   Corbett  20:15, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think it is "my page" or "my choice" but I have asked for help. I've got a bit distracted updating Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels following publication of plans today.&mdash; Rod talk 21:09, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I read about all of that while I was en piste. I thought how lucky that in these ecumenical European times that the UK Environment Agency does not have jurisdiction over Holland - the Dutch would have been very upset. All this newts and frogs before people is ridiculous. You started the page and have done the most work, I'm seriously not bothered what you do with the infobox. Giano    (talk) 21:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

What's an incandescent lap?
"From the roof hang clusters of incandescent laps ..." Eric  Corbett  16:17, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * @ Eric, Very angry lamps, or possibly these. Do we use this term in UK; I've never heard it before?  Giano    (talk) 17:21, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * We do indeed use the term incandescent lamp to refer to those old light bulbs, but not to the lamp fitting as a whole, which these days is almost certainly using low-energy bulbs anyway. Eric   Corbett  18:30, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh those horrible, useless things: one puts then in the portico to light guests on their way, and they are half way to Malta before it's bright enough to see the jetty. Giano    (talk) 19:11, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You're living in the past Giano. We use LED lamps, which use even less power than those things you're talking about and get to full brightness instantly. Eric   Corbett  19:15, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You! Mr Corbett, have clearly never lived in a pace where the sole source of electricity is a goat in a treadmill. Giano    (talk) 19:17, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * That's true, although I have lived in Scotland. Eric   Corbett  19:20, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

What else is needed to get this article to GA quality?
What else do people think is needed to get this article to meet the Good article criteria?&mdash; Rod talk 17:27, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

The future of Ashton Court.
It may be time to consider the future of the estate, and what may be done to prevent its loss. Government policy may force the council to sell it off. This is my own view, not backed up by anything specific, but selling off land is one of the things that George Osborne specifically expects councils to do. Ashton Court has been protected by many different interests for decades, some scientific, some related to public amenity, but none of these may be enough to protect the estate for public use at all, let alone in its current state, given the forced pace of reductive change in the British State. It may become a gated community for the rich, lost to the public for generations. I am not writing this to incite defence, though I think it may be needed anyway. My point is that its future may be under direct threat, and some discussion of facts as they emerge may be best placed in the main article to keep people informed. The estate has been considered for sale in the past, at least so I have been told, but no mention of any council decisions exists in the main article. In the past 20 years or so this appears not to have been an issue, but it likely will become important in the near future that these things are recorded, so people can make decisions rather than be led blind into irrreplaceable loss. 31.51.85.171 (talk) 23:37, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

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