Talk:Sandhurst, Berkshire

Sandhurst
I am removing the text shown in quotes below, and other references to Sam Carpenter (posted by IP 213.166.17.25 on 22 March) from the article because I wish to dispute the notability of Sam Carpenter as a famous resident. I lived there for a number of years and have never heard of him. Whilst not necessarily disputing the facts below, I think it would be helpful to cite some references before giving the information such prominence in the article. Mazzy 13:58, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

"Sandhurst is the home of Sam 'Big C' Carpenter, a man who is famous in many fields including politics, sport and music. The captain of FACC. Carpenter used the town for influence of his finest musical work 'Sandhurst calling'. He also planned on using the town's park as a central location for filming in his unsucessful film production 'Wonderwall'"

Also, the 'History' section of the article is a massive copyright violation from the town council website. Other chunks of text may have come from the same source. This article probably needs a good going over now to sort some of this out, although on an initial read the material seems to be sound. Mazzy 14:18, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Hello, I have also been living in the Sandhurst area for many years. I have in fact heard of this man. He has been very prominent in the community and surrounding area. He has been known to perform in political protests and playing in bands for many reasons. He has also organised many sporting events, i feel due to his actvies his reinstation in the article would be appropriate. -- Cfcrule1 16:46, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I do question whether the wikipedian named "mazzy" has actually lived in Sandhurst for many years. Anyone who has taken part in community events or has an interest in local politics wll have heard of sam Carpenter. He is a prominent member of society and therefore notable.--Farmboy999 09:09, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Can I also question the inclusion of Jimmy Savile as a famous resident? I've never heard any mention of him in all the time I've lived in Sandhurst - although his links with Crowthorne/Broadmoor are well known. If this is to be included, can someone verify the accuracy of this information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Urzz1871 (talk • contribs) 12:30, 2 October 2007 (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. Can someone clean up the inbound links? Vegaswikian (talk) 08:11, 27 December 2010 (UTC) Vegaswikian (talk) 08:11, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Sandhurst → Sandhurst, Berkshire — to make way for the disambiguation page currently at Sandhurst (disambiguation). The undisambiguated name "Sandurst" is widely-used to refer to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, an internationally-known military establishment which is commonly known simply as "Sandhurst" ... and is better known than the nearby town of the same name. There are several other entities known as "Sandurst", so to ensure that links are disambiguated properly, it would not be helpful to select any of them as the primary topic. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:34, 20 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose on the grounds that the Royal Military Academy is the primary meaning. PatGallacher (talk) 00:06, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Pat, that's a perverse !vote. If you think that the primary meaning is the Royal Military Academy, then the village needs to be moved out of the way so that the Royal Military Academy can be moved to the undisambiguated title, or Sandhurst redirected to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Neither of those is possible if the village is still the primary topic. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:22, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support and then redirect to the Royal Military Academy. 65.95.13.158 (talk) 06:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I support this proposal. PatGallacher (talk) 12:33, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. Sandhurst is a town with a population of 20,000, not a small village. Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is probably more notable, but it is only a building (or group of buildings) in the town, it isn't just called Sandhurst, and there is already a link in the lead section. The advantage of moving the article (and moving the disambiguation page to "Sandhurst") is that it would be easier to find incorrect links. The undisambiguated title is likely to have links intended for both articles, and where the town is what was intended, a redirect to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst could be misleading. Peter E. James (talk) 03:28, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. This is a case for disambiguation, not for a new primary topic. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:27, 27 December 2010 (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.

Proposed merge to this article of Eagle House School
Oppose. School is plainly notable, and the last thing the Sandhurst, Berkshire, page needs is to be cluttered up with the history of a prep school and a list of those who attended it. Moonraker (talk) 23:06, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Category: Bracknell Forest
As I sizable town of the borough of BF, Sandhurst should be, IMO, included in the borough's category page. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 21:00, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

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