Talk:Old Town, Edinburgh

Template wars
Two users have recently engaged in multiple reverts regarding the choice of UK or Scotland "World Heritage Site" template. I'm going to carefully avoid making any statement here about which I think is the better, but I note from the edit summaries that one of the templates is currently undergoing a templates for deletion discussion here, and I'd like to support the suggestion implicit in one of the summaries that this battle be held off until that debate is over. It will presumably raise many of the pertinent issues. – Kieran T  ( talk  19:21, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, just noticed this (and the edit history) now. I put all the Scotland temps back on and added my $0.02 to the discussion. ~ trialsanderrors 03:42, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with Kieran above that the edit wars should stop until the matter of the Scotland template is resolved at TfD. it is important the other editors see that a template is up for deletion so they can weigh in on the discussion. So please keep the Scotland template up until the TfD is over. ~ trialsanderrors 20:55, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Old Town is the original royal burgh?
Am I right in thinking that the Old Town is the area of the original royal burgh? Laurel Bush 11:17, 15 August 2006 (UTC).
 * To a certain degree, although many people would today use "Old Town" to refer to the bottom half of the Mile too... Of course, it was the separate Royal Burgh of Canongate (note in our article we say Canongate is part of the Old Town). Thanks/wangi 11:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Cheers. Laurel Bush 13:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC).

I guess that "Until formal incorporation into Edinburgh in 1856" in "Canongate" means: "Until formal incorporation into the royal burgh of Edinburgh in 1856". Laurel Bush 14:10, 15 August 2006 (UTC).

And I am thinking "WikiProject Edinburgh" (perhaps similar to ""WikiProject London") might be a good idea, as a way of getting Edinburgh-related articles to work together well. Laurel Bush 14:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC).

Can somebody decide whether there are 4000 or 20000 people living in the centre? It's a bit ambiguous!

Mary King's Close
Sorry, her's a maybe silly question from a german Ian Rankin-reader: Does Mary King's Close really exist? (See Ian Rankin: 'Mortal Causes'). Thanks! --Grottenolm (talk) 07:44, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, they run tours to it several times a day & have talks by actors as how it was long ago. 70.97.122.47 (talk) 18:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

State Party
Surely the State party in the World Hertiage Infobox should be the UK not Scotland? Penrithguy (talk) 18:45, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Squares
I see this has been removed. "Large squares mark the location of markets or surround major public buildings such as in front of the Tron Kirk, and surrounding St Giles Cathedral and the supreme courts." I do not want to edit-war but I am pretty sure this is correct information. --John (talk) 18:28, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

While it would be reasonable to mention "large squares" in the context of the New Town it gives the wrong impression of the nature of the Royal Mile which is characterised by its high density of building. More importantly, it is factually wrong. There are no squares that were markets. There is no square in front of the Tron Kirk. Parliament Square is a square only in name. 77.99.107.206 (talk) 23:49, 1 July 2012 (UTC)