Talk:Park

Cleanup
Where did the term "Park" originate? Did it refer to "Parking the car" and getting out etc. etc.?

A "natural, semi-natural or planted" space — what does this phrase exclude? If it doesn't exclude anything, how can it be a useful part of the definition?

Notable parks
Is this list really worth having? It is inevitably a magnet for everyone to add their local park to, whether it is notable or not. Links to them can all be found by following through the Category:Parks. I'd suggest the list be deleted. - MPF 22:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I've removed notable parks from the article. I agree with the reasoning you give and that given below. --Lendorien 13:56, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Proofreading and organizing
Is exactly and only what I'm going to try to do, and if that helps any I will be glad. Resonanteye 14:55, 19 November 2006 (UTC) I think the "notable parks" section should simply be a list page. Or there should be a "see also=" that links to a page with resources that will allow users to find them. I rearranged a bit- let me know what you think. Resonanteye 15:16, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Removed this image
I remomed and replaced this image becuase it is poor quality and depicts a lake more than it does a park. Lumos3 14:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Wilderness
Would "Wilderness" areas be related to parks? Some of them are virtually National "Forest" in purpose. Just curious, since they are designated for a special purpose. Does the virtually untouched nature of Wilderness make it an antithesis to a park, rather than being "park-like"?Mdvaden 18:26, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Sourcing needed
This article needs sourcing. --Lendorien (talk) 13:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

As a learning tool
Getting an impression of the orginal vegetation of a country trough its national parcs is a misconception; parks usually feature non-endemic crops and the more urban ones are completely man-made (eg featuring short grasses), incorporating only the designer's vision of the original vegetation.

can this be included to article ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.182.164.130 (talk) 10:57, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

What about Boston Common?
It says the first public park was in England, but what about Boston Common?72.78.166.2 (talk) 05:28, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

What about Derby Arboretum?
It says the first public park in England was in Salford, what about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_Arboretum ? opened in 1840. 82.17.110.210 (talk) 07:12, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Parks in History
Surely we need a bit more about parks in literature and history, the trouble is defining what is a park and what is a garden. There is the Garden of Eden, Xanadu and so on, but definition is difficult. 92.20.152.40 (talk) 15:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Recreation ground
Recreation ground redirect here, however there is not discussion of recreation grounds in the article to distinguish them from parks in general. It would be great if someone could add at least a brief description. PeterEastern (talk) 22:31, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * U cant do it yourself? 80.43.226.127 (talk) 07:51, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

History
Many parks were donated to the public by private individuals, and I suspect that the first parks were of this type. I came to this page to see if most parks, and the first parks were originally private, but the history section contains no information about how parks came into being. It would be nice if someone in the know would add this information. FreeFlow99 (talk) 09:57, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Removing of non-native trees
I'm not sure whether there are any parks removing non-native trees. I found some references of parks were non-native trees are being removed, but that mainly seems to be for wildfire reasons (see here. ParkPride also seems to give courses on the issue, but they haven't done it in any parks themselves. It also seems to be done in the Caledonian Forest, but that's not a park. Has someone found any other references ? KVDP (talk) 14:31, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Section about women's safety
I recently removed the completely random and unnecessary section about women's safety in parks. It was reverted and incorrectly branded as vandalism. I'm here to say that that section has no place on that page. Why do we need it? 24.18.128.102 (talk) 23:06, 16 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Your edit was revered twice because you have provided no valid rationale for the removal. WP:IDON'TLIKEIT is not a valid reason for deletion. If some parks are designed with the safety of women in mind, then this should be included in the article. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 23:58, 16 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm saying that this section is too random; should we also include a section for how some parks have areas for disc golf? Disk golf in Shelby Farms Park

I will admit however that my use of the word sexism was too rash. But that doesn't negate the uselessness of this section.24.18.128.102 (talk) 00:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm stating that it seems like this content should remain. I'm not strongly in support of it staying, but I think there should be a strong rationale for removing it. Maybe we should ask at WP:Med? Or ask for a WP:Third opinion? Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:40, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * What would medicine have to do with this? 24.18.128.102 (talk) 00:44, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Women's safety is a health topic. We have the WP:Third opinion option as well. Or some other WP:Dispute resolution. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:59, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * The content in question clearly talks about physical activity, good health and disease prevention. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:01, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * All right. Done. 24.18.128.102 (talk) 01:18, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Okay. And for future reference, here is a WP:Permalink. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:26, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Interesting topic. Not very medical. Looking at perceived safety is interesting. Just needs secondary sources. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:47, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Doc James, yeah, I agree that the content is not very medical. I saw health content in it, though, and wondered about better sourcing for the topic. I'm not sure if the current sources support all of that. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 06:00, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

I concur with James, it is an interesting analysis. I'm less sure about the text about "being better at picking up visual cues" (it seems more likely that the association of said cues to danger or potential harassment is clearer - I'll have to look at the sources to see what they say), and the text could be tightened, but as long as it's properly sourced I think it belongs. Carl Fredrik talk 14:05, 17 July 2017 (UTC) ___
 * There are medrs secondary sources available, e.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3819178/ LeadSongDog come howl!  16:50, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I think that the content is probably appropriate, but I am not sure that we need a ===Section heading=== for the one paragraph. It seems to be closely related to the concepts in the previous section.
 * On a more general comment, it'd probably be appropriate to define "safety" for this section in terms of crimes. Playground deals with an entirely different notion of safety.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:12, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

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