Talk:Little Thetford

Aims

 * Short term: To get Little Thetford out of stub status.  --Senra (talk) 21:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Medium term: To get Little Thetford to GA status. --Senra (talk) 15:14, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Long term:  To get Little Thetford to FA status.  --Senra (talk) 14:07, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

The path to FA
Those who helped get this article to FA


 * Little Thetford 8 July 2010
 * Submitted for WP:FAC 8 July 2010 by
 * comment 9 July 2010
 * comments 9 July 2010
 * comments 10 July 2010
 * comment 12 July 2010
 * comments 12 July 2010
 * comments 13 July 2010
 * comments 14 July 2010


 * support 14 July 2010
 * support 14 July 2010
 * oppose + comments 15 July 2010
 *  oppose  16 July 2010
 * WP:FA Criteria 3 met 18 July 2010
 * comments 22 July 2010

Thank you to you all. --Senra (talk) 21:22, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * support 22 July 2010
 * support 24 July 2010
 * support 24 July 2010
 * support 24 July 2010
 * Promoted FA 28 July 2010 Little Thetford 28 July 2010

Statistics:
 * 350 edits to the article between 8–24 July
 * article has shrunk by 60 words
 * 75,264 bytes (4,271 words) on 8 July
 * 72,794 bytes (4,211 words) on 24 July

--Senra (talk) 21:22, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Walking routes
The article lists two walking routes that run through the village, taken from the website Walking World. Given that the walks on that site are user-submitted, I wonder whether this section to be rephrased - at the moment it gives the impression that these are officially recognised walks, similar to the Icknield Way, whereas in fact it's just that someone has invented a route that happens to come through here. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 12:39, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * --Senra (talk) 16:59, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Railway journey
''The rail journey from Little Thetford to London, via Ely, takes about 75 minutes. '' The rail journey from Little Thetford to London is impossible! The public transport options to get from Little Thetford to Ely are undescribed and untimed. Maybe The Cambridge to Ely section of the Fen Line passes through the east of the village, and the rail journey from Ely to London takes about 75 minutes. Kevin McE (talk) 13:07, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Changed the sentence in question to "The rail journey from Ely (around 2 miles (3.2 km) away) to London takes about 75 minutes." How's that? BencherliteTalk 13:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Rounding off small distances can cause a 50% error margin: the article already describes Ely as 3 miles away! Maybe mention Ely station . Kevin McE (talk) 17:32, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Dead links 25 January 2011
The two dead-links found today will be corrected after the article comes off the front page tomorrow. Both dead-links, one to a timetable and one to a route map will be replaced by one line to both: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/buses/atoz.htm?R=CB++X9+++

--Senra (Talk) 13:16, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Main page?
Jeezum crow. How did an article about a village so bloody small it doesn't even have a post office or shop for its residents wind up on the main page of Wikipedia??? Little Thetford isn't so much a community, as a collection of streets with 2 churches, a pub and a village hall. What's next? You gonna do the same for Pymoor? Flaming heck.... Barking Fish  13:19, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Is there a point behind your ramblings or did you just want some attention? Nev1 (talk) 13:23, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I suppose there is a point, yes. My point is - is it really appropriate to have a 2 mile hole in the fens as a Front page FA? Imo, no.  Barking  Fish  18:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Raul once said, "If it is a featured article, it deserves to be in the main page". As simple as this. Tb hotch * ۩  ۞ 18:41, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I understand your point that it's a shame not every article can be as important or well-written as those you find on cartoon characters, which clearly should be Wikipedia's top priority. Nev1 (talk) 20:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Nev1, I don't know whether you're simply attempting to be sarcastic, or what's going on. You just happened to link the very first article I wrote almost 6 years ago. Raul got it wrong, imo. Featured article doesn't necessarily equal "display it to the whole world on the front page."  Anyway, it's nearly time for it to go now, so not worth hanging on it.  Barking  Fish  23:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * With the greatest of respect I honestly just can't see the problem here. It has been judged to be a good article; it has interesting content; if you like, the article transcends the smallness of the place by showing us what there is there to find interesting. I am trying to imagine a set of criteria that would ban articles like this from the front page - what would be your cutoff point, a population, how many shops, the number of churches?? Then you'd have to write criteria for everything else. Typewriters could be in but staplers out; trumpets could be fine but bugles would be banned (or band). W A Mozart would be cool, but Leopold Mozart would be out in the cold. It's starting to sound a bit clunky - why not just recognize that a settlement can be on the front page without being Berlin? I think it's great that it's here and I take my hat off to those responsible. Best wishes to all DBaK (talk) 23:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * On the contrary, BarkingFish, I know of no better way to inform the public of Wikipedia's comprehensive nature than to feature well-written articles about relatively obscure subjects. The same rationale applies to articles whose subjects are regarded by some as trivial (e.g. video games and television series).  —David Levy 03:10, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Dates
I've hacked out lots of dates in the history section: it looked a bit ugly and the dates were often repeated later on or tautologous, such as "a Saxon cemetery dating from 410–1065 AD". That said, the amount of information in the article for such a small settlement is really impressive. Well done to all involved in bringing it up the quality scale! Brammers (talk/c) 13:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Fahrenheit Vs. Celsius in UK
Why has been prioritized degrees Fahrenheit over Celsius even though the latter is an official unit of measurement of temperature in UK whereas the former is not? 81.60.184.141 (talk) 20:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Does it matter? We do tend to swing both ways a bit, especially older people, and the °C is right there with the °F so no-one loses out. Officially we use metric measurements too, but we are weird about that as well! :) It's hard to see why this "prioritization" is an issue., Best wishes DBaK (talk) 00:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The UK normally tends to prioritise Celsius for everyday measurements (body temp, air temp, sea temp) and Fahrenheit for scientific and cooking. It is an issue because most people in the UK would be hard pressed to work out whether they need a jumper, jacket, or winter coat for 35∘Fahrenheit air temperature.
 * Indeed the source used does not even give Fahrenheit figures, as is the case with most (all?) UK weather reports. Chaosdruid (talk) 20:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

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AI summary of this article
I asked chatGPT to summarise this Little Thetford article. In chatGPT's first response, in part, it said "… Its name derives from the [River Thet], which flows nearby, and the village being smaller than the nearby town of [Thetford]. …"

That is brand-new information for me and is a strong possibility. I cannot refute nor agree with this statement. Can anyone shed any light? It sounds an intriguing possibility.

A different chatGPT model, GPT-3, when pressed, explained "… I'm sorry, but I cannot confirm if Little Thetford's name is derived from the River Thet and the village being smaller than the nearby town of Thetford. The origin of the name Little Thetford is not definitively known, and there are several theories about its etymology. Some historians suggest that the name may be derived from Old English or from the Celtic language spoken in the area before the Anglo-Saxon period. However, there is no widely accepted explanation for the name's origin, and I couldn't find any specific sources attributing it to the factors you mentioned. …".

By the way, Little Thetford does not have a pub. GPT-3 eventually conceded "I apologize for the oversight in my previous response. I am an AI language model and I don't have a previous browsing history. However, I have found an online article from the Ely Standard, a local newspaper, which reported on the closure of The Anchor Inn pub in Little Thetford in September 2018. Here is the link to the article: https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/the-anchor-inn-little-thetford-1-5703527 (dead-link)."

Senra (talk) 14:13, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

The full conversation is reproduced below:

On 18 Mar 2023 at 12:54:45 I asked chatGPT to "Briefly summarise the Wikipedia article on Little Thetford". It responded … "18 Mar 2023 at 12:54:54 Little Thetford is a small village located in the English county of Cambridgeshire. Its name derives from the River Thet, which flows nearby, and the village being smaller than the nearby town of Thetford. Little Thetford has a population of around 500 people and is situated close to the city of Ely. The village features several historic buildings, including a 13th-century church and a 17th-century Manor House, and is surrounded by agricultural land. The village also has a primary school, a pub, and a village hall. It has a rich history dating back to the Roman period and has played a role in many significant events throughout England's history."

I corrected it by replying: "18 Mar 2023 at 12:55:54 Please summarise again, given the fact that Little Thetford, according to the article, had a population of 792 in 2011. You may be able to find a more up-to-date population figure"

"18 Mar 2023 at 12:55:59 Little Thetford is a small village located in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 792 as of the 2011 census. It is situated near the city of Ely and has a rich history dating back to the Roman period. The village is surrounded by agricultural land and features several historic buildings, including a 13th-century church and a 17th-century Manor House. Little Thetford also has a primary school, a pub, and a village hall."


 * specifically gpt-3.5-turbo model Senra (talk) 14:13, 18 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Thetford and the River Thet are miles away from Little Thetford, and in an entirely different county (Norfolk). I would confidently dismiss this output from GPT as confabulation. Dave.Dunford (talk) 15:15, 18 March 2023 (UTC)