Talk:Chippenham (disambiguation)

Town or village the primary topic?
Changing the redirect to a disambiguation page broke several incoming links, so I reverted it.

According to WP:DAB there is no need for a disambiguation page with only 2 entries. Chippenham, Wiltshire (the town) and Chippenham, Cambridgeshire (the village) are properly disambiguated at the top of the article. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Sub-topics
It is not normal to disambigaute sub-topics of places. Why are here when they can be read about and linked to for further information at Chippenham, Wiltshire? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:17, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Chippenham railway station
 * Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
 * Chippenham Town F.C.


 * I added these while I was disambiguating the incoming links using popups - it saves work. I'm quite happy to remove them now. CarolGray 13:59, 18 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm all for saving work. Wish I had thought of that. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 16:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Propose move to Chippenham (disambiguation)
My assessment is that Chippenham, Wiltshire is the primary topic here. Chippenham (disambiguation) can be linked with an Other uses disambiguation template, as is done with most other placenames where one place is much more populous than the others. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:17, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I just read Carol Gray's edit summary "the incoming links should be fixed FIRST". Since "link fixing" tools like popups only work with disambiguation pages, this makes sense.  Carol is doing a great job of fixing them.  Please say whether you support or oppose a move that would be done after the links are fixed. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:58, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I fixed more than 40 incoming links to this page in April/May of this year, and of those, only one belonged at Chippenham, Cambridgeshire. I agree Chippenham, Wiltshire should become the primary topic. CarolGray 14:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I've now fixed all the links I think need doing - I don't change "User" or "Talk" pages. I didn't mean to be difficult Hroðulf - perhaps I should have put a message on your talk page before reverting your edit. CarolGray 14:38, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No - of course not. You explained yourself in the edit summary and I came to the Talk page.  For me that is business as usual at Wikipedia - an efficient, if less personal way to edit, and quite appropriate for a disambiguation page.
 * Good news on fixing the links! Thanks. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk)

16:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Personally I feel a search on Chippenham should take you to Chippenham, Wiltshire with a link to a disambiguation at the top. Chippenham is a vast and growing town on a cross-roads of national travel in the UK (M4 London-Cardiff, Rail line London-Cardiff, The fosseway, the road to Poole and so on). This compares to a village. Sorry. AlanD 00:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC)