Talk:University of Leeds accommodation

Proposed deletion
The article was created in response to the deletion of the Shimmin article, the user proposing deletion mentioned a general "University of Leeds Accommodation" article would be much better. The idea is to eventually get this article to a similar standard of University of Nottingham Halls of Residence. Barry m (talk) 07:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I have spent two days hopefully improving this article, with the University of Nottingham Halls of Residence article in mind. There are many areas where further improvements could be made, notable alumni, photographs, etc. I have tried to avoid too much detail which is available on the University of Leeds own accommodation website here and could date quickly as facilities are improved. As the article does not include smaller shared 'accommodation' for 2nd and 3rd years should it not be renamed University of Leeds Halls of Residence? Keomike (talk) 04:26, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Grammar and Syntax Cleanup
I'll be tackling the aforementioned cleanup requested on the village pump. Due to the size and nature of the article, this may take a while, but it shall be done.

Boilerplates will also be added as necessary.

Webmaster961 (talk) 00:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Lupton Halls of Residence / Yorkshire Ripper
I have deleted the reference to Henry Price accommodation and the 'first Ripper victim'; no 'victim' was found to the rear of Henry Price - and the 'first' victim of Peter Sutcliffe was found in Chapeltown, and not near the University. The link between the Ripper and University accommodation is that a victim was found to the rear of the Arndale Centre in Headingley, next to Lupton accommodation. See for information BNC85 (talk) 08:04, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV
I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 00:38, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia is like New Speak in 1984, it didn't happen if its not got a source.
This is true as written. I should know I was in the Eldon when this kicked off. It was mental. No one walked back alone at night (man or woman) to Montague Burton back in the '90s because of the Woodhouse Moor Rapist and the packs of "Leeds Leeds" youth gangs who liked to rob, assault and harrass stragglers. The halls were literally the only bright lights on in that area before they built the new housing well after my time.


 * Despite the proximity to the campus, the residences earned the nickname "Fort Apache" when they first opened because they stood within a swathe of wasteground. Beyond that was local housing through which residents had to pass to reach the University. It lived up to its nickname on Bonfire Night in 1993 when fireworks struck the building and burning bins were rolled against the main gates. While university security guarded entrances, residents were ordered to stay in their rooms as police fought running battles outside with gangs of hooded youths.citation needed|reason=This claim needs a reliable source; Internet search today found no online corroboration. Hard copy or subscription newspaper source may be required|date=March 2015}}POV-section|date=September 2015}}

146.199.128.232 (talk) 19:34, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Same time period 1995, larger riot so I guess this one did get reported 146.199.128.232 (talk) 19:41, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Wow I finally found the story in my old university paper, I knew it happened, so bah to all you WP editors and your so-called WP:GF. RESIDENTS UNDER SIEGE from 5 November 1993. So the above story was correct and removed.146.199.128.232 (talk) 19:48, 16 April 2023 (UTC)