Talk:Jaywick

Style and content
The style and content is rather refreshing and fun, but not very encyclopedic! Since I don't know anything much about Jaywick I don't think I could take this on, but maybe if someone could look at whats in other small town pages and make a start here...!

IceDragon64 22:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I can't see anything wrong with the article. Does anybody object if I remove the NPOV tag? Biscuittin 21:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

No objections received so I have removed the tag. I have also expanded the article. Biscuittin 14:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

k I think is a bit off a reck I will try to fix it. 25.3.2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.112.92.126 (talk) 14:49, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Duplicated references
The lede has "According to the Indices of deprivation 2010 part of the village is the most deprived area in England. [1]", which is almost immediately followed by: "East Jaywick was named as the most deprived area in England according to the Indices of deprivation 2010, based on multiple factors including poverty, crime, education and skill levels, unemployment and housing, as assessed in 2008. [1]" This is entirely appropriate, as the lede is supposed to summarise what follows. However, from WP:LEADCITE: "because the lead will usually repeat information that is in the body…information in the lead section of non-controversial subjects is less likely… to require a source". As the two references are to the same source, supporting identical pieces of information in the article, are both necessary? The linked policy suggests not. —Old Moonraker (talk) 13:48, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, no dissenters? Fixing. --Old Moonraker (talk) 12:37, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Older history?
The article seems to imply that the area was uninhabited until the modern era. But according to my dictionary of British place names, the earliest form of the name Jaywick was recorded in 1438, meaning there must have been a settlement at that date. Zacwill ( talk ) 22:05, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * As the article says, "Because of its close proximity to the sea, Jaywick had never been a practical place for farming due to the risk from floods and the land remained unused", and therefore it was pretty much in the middle of nowhere before 1928. I can drop in the 25" map of the area c. 1897 that shows a few houses, but that's pretty much the extent of it. Indeed, that's why Frank Stedman was keen to buy the land, it was considered worthless and cheap. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  10:56, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I think there ought to be some discussion of this then. "Jaywick was historically a very minor settlement, consisting of a farm and a few cottages." - something like that. Zacwill  ( talk ) 13:02, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I dropped in this edit earlier. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:08, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Good work. I've added to this the name's etymology. Zacwill  ( talk ) 14:33, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, I've just tidied it up a bit so to be consistent with some other GAs I've seen (eg: Ashford, Kent, Mersea Island). I don't believe Jaywick is mentioned in the Domesday Book, unless you know different? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:51, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * They would have said so in the dictionary if it had been. Zacwill  ( talk ) 14:59, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

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This article is misleading
This article appears to have been written by people who have never visited Jaywick. The area of Jaywick mostly described here is the Brooklands area. That is one end of the village. There is a far larger part which is not deprived, and homes can sell at £300,000 plus.

The article has focused on one estate (i.e. Brooklands) developed as a holiday village, ignoring the rest of the village (in fact, I would be more inclined to describe it as a small town: population 5,000).

I think that, with more research, a much better article could be written.

Marchino61 (talk) 07:10, 5 June 2024 (UTC)