Talk:Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Discussion in main article
I've recently removed an unsourced (see WP:CITE) statement from the main article. Editor NRPanikker responded by inserting a question and piece of self-reference ("(See History)") in the article. I've reverted this.

My reasoning for that revert is simply that the self-reference of referring somebody to the article history within the article is unsafe; it may (probably) not work in the Wikipedia CD edition, or many of the Wikipedia "reprints" out there. It is discouraged in various parts of the Wikipedia style guide. (See WP:STYLE)

As for the initial comment which I removed; in the edit summary he or she also asked, "Why can't we say why?". The point there was that it's subjective whether the baths were placed on the Infirmary site for the reason which I removed, namely that bathing was considered a dangerous activity requiring medical supervision. Some might say it was placed there for rather the opposite reason, i.e. because bathing was coming to be seen as advantageous to health. Either way, an encyclopædia article shouldn't include this kind of potentially controversial opinion without evidence to back it up, i.e. reference to a (secondary) source containing the information; for example a respected text about the foundation of the Infirmary. – Kieran T  ( talk  14:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Name of the institution
Both User:Duncaninedinburgh and the anonymous contributor from 129.215.5.254 have claimed that those who called this hospital the "Edinburgh Royal Infirmary" were mistaken. Why then did the porters have "E.R.I. Porter" embroidered on the top pockets of their jackets? NRPanikker (talk) 16:39, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:31, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh → Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh – Removal of the leading "The" ((WP:DEFINITE)-- PBS (talk) 01:30, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

The web site run by the NHS Lothian trust calls the place the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and give its postal address as
 * Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
 * 51 Little France Crescent
 * Old Dalkeith Road
 * Edinburgh
 * EH16 4SA

There is no "The" at the front of the name in the postal or web page, so I propose this page be moved to "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh". I have put this up as a controversial move because there has been some disagreement about the name in the past. -- PBS (talk) 01:30, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:THE. Jenks24 (talk) 02:26, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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Famous patients
I don't think this section, containing 2 politicians, is a useful or necessary item. All famous persons have to attend a hospital at some time in their lives and it is not worthwhile to list them in the encyclopedia entry of a hospital. It could perhaps be included in the famous person's entry with a link to the hospital. Andrew ranfurly (talk) 11:38, 29 January 2022 (UTC)