Talk:Borough of Darlington

Link to campaign site
It is my understanding that the inclusion of an external link to a site promoting a political campaign is at odds with the Wikipedia rules. I am referring to the Darlington Referendum campaign link. Am I wrong, or is this inappropriate? --Kev 22:54, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the offending link. --Kev 15:28, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

A little detail regarding the Darlington Referendum Group:- Group members have the single aim of organising a petition to be presented to Darlington Borough Council demanding a local referendum on the question of whether Darlington should have a directly-elected Mayor. Once a valid petition has been received, the law requires the Borough Council to hold a referendum and be bound by the result. Election of a Mayor would only follow if the majority in the referendum are in favour. Under the Government’s reforms, this traditional role will always continue. What the reforms address is the question of executive power in the Council. Therefore the Group is non-political and thus not in breach of Wikipedia rules - unless I am wrong? 82.23.190.117 21:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC)MikeJC

I would hardly call a campaign that seeks to change the way in which a local council is run "non-political". That aside, I believe that the use of an encyclopedia to promote any campaign is inappropriate. --Kev 17:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

The Referendum Group seek to allow the people of Darlington the opportunity to decide whether OR NOT a change should be made to the way the Council is run via a Referendum. The members of the Referendum Group cannot force the people to decide!

Fair use rationale for Image:Darlingtoncoatofarms.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:Darlingtoncoatofarms.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Darlingtoncoatofarms.jpg
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External links modified
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Merge of Darlington Borough and Town Article
Given apparently Middlesbrough isn't allowed a borough article. I think we should merge Darlington Borough page with the town article and have villages listed in a wards tab. Then that solves the argument. RailwayJG (talk) 20:30, 17 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Honestly I wouldn't disagree with that. There are towns with only one article less deserving than Darlington to have two e.g. York and Sheffield. Eopsid (talk) 16:39, 21 February 2021 (UTC)