Talk:Blue plaque

Deletion of Category:Blue plaques, Category:People commemorated by blue plaques, Category:Buildings with blue plaques
The three categories: have been nominated for deletion by another editor. If you have an interest perhaps you might consider voting at the deletion discussion. Oosoom Talk to me 17:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Category:Blue plaques
 * Category:People commemorated by blue plaques
 * Category:Buildings with blue plaques
 * The result of the debate, closed on 5 December 2006, was no consensus so the categories remain. Oosoom Talk to me 14:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Category:People commemorated by blue plaques - March 2007
This category has again been nominated for deletion by another editor. Please see the discussion and voting at. Oosoom Talk to me 09:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The result of the debate was delete as overcategorisation, and listify. The list can be found at List of blue plaques. Oosoom Talk to me 10:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Removed section
A user deleted the entire "Selection controversy" subsection a while back. I've restored this section as no explanation was given for the deletion. 217.155.20.163 17:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Small grammatical error/typo but not sure of the correction (sec English Heritage selection criteria)
Last sentence "proposals are be considered for the commemoration of sites of special historical interest"

I'd usually correct this kind of small error without discussion as it would be uncontroversial. However I am not sure whether to put "are to be" or cut "be". I don't know the original text or whether indeed it is quoted from literally so advice would be appreciated (or someone else to correct appropriately).

I am just getting used to Wikipedia edits and starting small so please excuse me if I am against netiquette.

-- SimonTrew 2009-Jan-14 07:19am GMT

English Heritage and money for blue plaques
It's been suggested by Wikipedia editors that money  changes hands for the privilege of having a blue plaque on  a house. If this is correct, it needs to be researched and included in the article with  watertight referenced sources. --Kudpung (talk) 00:34, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

'Blue' Plaques colours
Although they are called 'blue' plaques, many are not actually blue! The eariest examples are not blue either and some other schemes use different colours. It's increasingly being used as a generic term for a commerative plaque...so I have 'undone' the change by 98.26.16.19.FGLawson (talk) 08:11, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

In Literature
There is a Blue Plaque in at least one Heinlen novel that I can think of... And a few other books also. It might be a positive thing to add an "In Literature" or "In Media" section to the article? Thisfox (talk) 06:12, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Future of the BP scheme
English Heritage is continuing to support the Blue Plaques scheme - but over the next 2 years it is concentrating on reducing the backlog of plaques. So the scheme itself is not suspended as reported in The Guardian. However is not accepting any new applications for the time being. New plaques to Mendelssohn and Richard Dimbleby were put up in January and February 2013.FGLawson (talk) 16:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Separate articles for different UK schemes
I have a feeling that this will have been addressed before, but I wonder if there is any consensus for or against the creation of separate articles relating to local plaques schemes? The 'other UK schemes' section is starting to get quite lengthy and a little convoluted as more and more additions are made and my opinion is that local schemes are sufficiently notable so long as they meet the ordinary requirements of WP:N. Thoughts? Meetthefeebles (talk) 20:49, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Source to explain inconsistency
Under the criteria it states that fictional characters are not eligible, but then in the list of plaques it includes Sherlock Holmes. Is there some reference or statement from RSA that can be included somewhere in the article that explains this contradiction? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.117.138 (talk) 16:04, 5 July 2014 (UTC)


 * There are many schemes and organisations that erect plaques. The English Heritage scheme (inherited from the RSA & then the LCC) is the original. Some of the other plaques use different colours but some also use blue plaques. But they don't say that they are erected by English Heritage (or the RSA or the LCC). There isn't an English Heritage plaque to Sherlock Holmes. That plaque was erected by the Sherlock Holmes Museum -- SteveCrook (talk) 17:39, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I came here seeking the same question, I think this should be expanded upon or explained in the article.76.31.130.126 (talk) 07:06, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * This is – to some extent – already explained in the article, within the "Other UK schemes" section; but I agree there's a lot of confusion on the subject, and the variety of schemes could be emphasised a bit more. I am putting a short new para about it in the lede. GrindtXX (talk) 00:18, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Category at Wikidata
Do you want a blue plaque category at Wikidata? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 19:56, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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Welsh plaques
Some kind of coverage needed. They certainly exist, this one commemorates Sir Cyril Fox, but I don't know if it's Rhiwbina Civic Society or wider. Will nose around. KJP1 (talk) 17:18, 19 September 2023 (UTC) and this one tells me it's RCS. Odd that they lived so close for so long, given that, by all accounts, Peate loathed Fox. KJP1 (talk) 17:20, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Added a small section. KJP1 (talk) 05:27, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * And a little on Scotland for completeness. KJP1 (talk) 05:48, 20 September 2023 (UTC)