Talk:Julia Baird (teacher)

Start
I have just started this article - so please bear with me. --andreasegde (talk) 16:01, 23 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I will sort out the mess of info as soon as I can. --andreasegde (talk) 18:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Good grief - Julia Lennon, Julia Dykins Baird, John 'Bobby' Dykins, John Lennon, Alfred Lennon... It makes my head whirl... --andreasegde (talk) 06:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I think this article is still confusing to read, since there three Lennons: Julia, Alf & John. The article currently uses "Lennon" for John Lennon. Solutions? Perhaps list full name each time? Or outline the abbreviation, such as "John Lennon (hereafter referred to as Lennon)"? --Design (talk) 10:12, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

More to go in
The childhood memories of Baird, and playing with Lennon should go in. It's a pity there isn't more biog info, but that will have to come out of the books. --andreasegde (talk) 08:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I have nominated it. --andreasegde (talk) 14:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

GA pass
Very well-referenced. The only thing I would fix would be a few minor things. For one there is so much parenthetical info in the lead it gets a bit hard to follow sometimes. A copyedit by someone who wasn't familiar with the article would be good, but there are no obvious grammatical errors. It passes. Wrad (talk) 00:40, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I thank you kindly. I will take your advice and look at the Lead. --andreasegde (talk) 02:39, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Was it really cappuccino?
I read this: "where she drank cappuccino coffee in the Kardomah Coffee House, although Baird and her friends called it "frothy coffee" " Whilst it's definitely true that the term "cappuccino" was pretty much unknown in the UK until the 1970s, I would somehow doubt that they were actually being served cappuccino in the Kardomah (although they would be these days). I'm not trying to nit-pick here, but I would love to know the truth about what was in that coffee. I'm guessing more water than milk. Deb (talk) 18:38, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Clarification needed...
"Lennon started visiting the Dykins' house in 1951." Julia or John? And why? Kingturtle = (talk) 13:53, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 6 external links on Julia Baird. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181631/http://www.lennon.net/familytree/sub/jacqui_dykins.shtml to http://www.lennon.net/familytree/sub/jacqui_dykins.shtml
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181649/http://www.lennon.net/reflections/s_parkes.shtml to http://www.lennon.net/reflections/s_parkes.shtml
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181625/http://www.lennon.net/reflections/index.shtml to http://www.lennon.net/reflections/index.shtml
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181659/http://www.lennon.net/reflections/julia_baird.shtml to http://www.lennon.net/reflections/julia_baird.shtml
 * Added tag to http://www.you.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=433367&in_page_id=1908
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110823121546/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob40.html to http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob40.html
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070119013237/http://www.lennon.net/familytree/familytree.html to http://www.lennon.net/familytree/familytree.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 09:42, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 13 November 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. There is consensus that this article should be disambiguated due to a lack of primary topic. Consensus is less clear when it comes to how exactly to disambiguate, but no specific alternative was suggested at this time so I'm moving it as proposed. No prejudice against a future RM for alternative disambiguation (see also WP:NOTCURRENTTITLE). (closed by non-admin page mover) BegbertBiggs (talk) 23:19, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Julia Baird → Julia Baird (teacher) – No primary topic vs Julia Baird (journalist). |Julia_Baird_(journalist) Pageviews show John Lennon's sister ahead by a ratio of 3:2 to the journalist, and the journalist exceeds daily page views relatively frequently. The journalist has been edited more much frequently of late. Can't see an argument for favouring John Lennon's sister on the grounds of long term significance. ITBF (talk) 15:35, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment. The fact she was a teacher is purely incidental to her notability, which is only as John Lennon's sister, so is not a good disambiguator. It's not at all what she's known for. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:00, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support some disambiguation, whatever it may be.--Ortizesp (talk) 19:55, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 18:42, 15 November 2023 (UTC)