Talk:Skipton

Requires cleanup?
Article is currently reading as a list of attractions and amenities in and around the town, could do with a substantial clean-up to (a) make it scan better, and (b) tidy up and remove the more un-useful information? Scrxisi (talk) 20:45, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the  link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills.  New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). --JD554 (talk) 06:19, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I would agree that if you feel you can improve the article go ahead and take the plunge. Take it steady though so that others can see what you are changing, large unexplained changes tend to get reverted as vandalism. Keith D (talk) 14:10, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I've had a go - fairly major re-organisation, hopefully making it a bit more consistent in the level of detail throughout (eg got rid of the names of individuals involved in twinning). I fully expect some of this to be reverted, no offense taken. TrulyBlue (talk) 20:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

A vs An
If the h at the beginning of a word is pronounced (such as in historic) then the indefinite article is a. It should only be an if the h is silent. Please see. --JD554 (talk) 08:26, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You can find opinion on either side: for example, see this discussion on the Manual of Style (basically showing that you have a choice) and The Times Style and Usage Guide (which prescribes 'an historic' for The Times). Personally I find that in spoken English, "an istoric" trips of the tongue better than "a historic" (an n is easier to say than an h) and that's what I'd probably use.  For a Yorkshire article in particular, 'appens "an 'istoric" is reet good English.  TrulyBlue (talk) 09:28, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree they couldn't make a decision at the discussion you've cited, but that appears to be for trying to standardise all the use of a or an for all flavours of English. As this is an article about a British town, the article should use the correct British English, which leads on to the citation from the OED I've given above. As an aside (and a Yorkshireman) I'd disagree with your last statement, and would say "An 'istoric is reet good Yorksher." ;) --JD554 (talk) 10:29, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Just to add: The Guardian style guide (quite unsurpisingly) disagrees with The Times! --JD554 (talk) 10:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, should grammar books be descriptive of prescriptive? Try saying "an istoric" quickly five times, then "a historic" quickly five times.  Anyway, some nameless Samaritan has saved the day by a drive-by edit avoiding the issue.  Thank you, nameless editor! TrulyBlue (talk) 08:16, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

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