Talk:Oxford

Governance
I saw that this page did not have a 'Governance' section. As such sections are fairly normal, being encouraged at WP:UKCITIES, I drafted one and added it this morning. However, my edit has been reverted without explanation by @MrDemeanour. I'd be grateful if the reason for its removal could be provided please - as far as I can see it was reasonably informative, uncontroversial and had adequate sourcing. I'm aware that there's a fuller article at Oxford City Council, which I signposted, but I still think there's value in having a short summary on the Oxford page too. From a quick sample of other English cities with similar local government structures, I see that Cambridge, Norwich, Worcester and Exeter all have governance sections on the page for the city as well as separate pages for their city councils. I'd like to reinstate a governance section for Oxford, but given that my previous attempt was reverted I would like to check here that there isn't consensus as to why such a section might be inappropriate for Oxford. Many thanks Stortford (talk) 17:28, 25 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Stortford That would be a cock-up, sorry. I was trying to revert something else. MrDemeanour (talk) 10:39, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for confirming - and I see someone else has already reverted the section. Stortford (talk) 12:06, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

The High
There's an unreffed claim that High Street is normally referred to as 'The High'. While this was common usage within the University in times past, it's rarely employed today - I don't think I've ever heard an actual Oxford resident use it in the 35 years I've been living there. It has connotations of Bertie Wooster and Brideshead Revisited. If the claim is going to stay in the article it needs a specific ref. Ef80 (talk) 09:48, 13 July 2023 (UTC)


 * It's easy enough to find references showing it has been referred to as The High for a considerable time such as this from 1898 and this from 1988, but referencing whether that's still the case now, or conversely that the term has since fallen out of use, would be much harder. WaggersTALK  10:36, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Certainly, when I was a graduate student in the late 70s the term was already seen as archaic and was little used even in the University. I suspect it's just obsolete public school / undergraduate slang, but as you say, finding good refs to support this is difficult. --Ef80 (talk) 10:51, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * "The High" is still fairly commonly used within the University, and survives in names such as "Honey's Of The High". Other similar names are definitely disappearing: "The Broad" is getting rare, and "The Turl" is almost unheard of these days. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 12:33, 13 July 2023 (UTC)