Talk:Upton, Slough

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: Jojhutton (talk) 20:49, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Upton, Berkshire → — per WP:UKPLACE, the disambiguator should be the town in the case of districts/suburbs of a town. Mhockey (talk) 15:56, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose the guidance is to use ceremonial county. MRSC (talk) 16:02, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think you'll find the guidance changed in April 2009. See the discussion here.  It now reads: "In England, place names requiring disambiguation should go under ceremonial county ]], although for districts and suburbs within towns and cities, placename, Town/City should be used."

--Mhockey (talk) 16:38, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The trouble with this is where exactly does Slough (town) end and Slough (district) begin? MRSC (talk) 19:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I was going to suggest that you click on the coordinates to get the exact location - but I did that and found they were wrong! I've now corrected the coordinates, and if you go there you can see that Upton is in the town, within a mile of the centre of Slough. I think that the intent of the guidance must be that anywhere within the boundaries of a town which is a borough would be a district or suburb of that town, i.e. it is an objective test. --Mhockey (talk) 20:36, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * So anywhere in the borough of Slough would be in this category? MRSC (talk) 20:45, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I think that's what the guidance means, yes. So Langley, Berkshire should also be moved, but Ditton, Slough and Huntercombe, Slough should stay. --Mhockey (talk) 21:07, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * This has broad implications and would mean a large number of our articles are currently misnamed according to that policy. MRSC (talk) 21:45, 6 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support Regardless of general guidance, Upton (Berkshire) is ambiguous - it could mean Upton (was Bucks now Berks) or Upton (was Berks now Oxon). Upton (Slough) is unambiguous. I haven't checked, but has anyone looked at how the articles for Hale (Cheshire was Lancashire, and Greater Manchester was Cheshire) are handled? If there's a good solution there we might do worse than follow it. Grblundell (talk) 10:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support now the guideline has now been clarified. MRSC (talk) 07:20, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support -- Since Upton is one of the communities that formed what is now the centre of Slough, modern Upton (if that isn't a contradiction in terms) is very much 'in' Slough. I would oppose moving Langley, though (as, I suspect, would most of the residents of Langley!), as it is a much larger and more distinct area (although I haven't checked the official guidance). -- EdJogg (talk) 09:28, 18 August 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.