Template talk:Wards of Southampton

I created this NavBox as a way to make Southampton's geography and politics more tangible. When I started out, I didn't list the sub-areas, but since Wikipedia has so much confusion over which Southampton pages are wards and which are suburbs, I thought it would be valuable. Arguably it makes the navbox harder for the eye to parse, but that's another issue... (I also tried 1-line-per ward but the box was just too big).

I have included this NavBox on the pages for all the wards with an entry. There were three wards without, I have created Bargate (ward) since and may to do the same with both Bevois (ward) and Peartree (ward). I'm not sure, but the names of those wards do not match the names of the areas within, so I can't decide whether it would be appropriate to e.g. add Bevois Ward info to the Bevois Valley page..?

So far I have added the NavBox to the pages for 14 of the wards in Southampton, but not the pages for areas within a ward (like Highfield etc). I'm holding off on that because I'm concerned that it would compete a bit too much with the Districts navbox to include it on those.

Opinions, corrections, and general tidying up all welcome :) - Playclever (talk) 18:31, 29 June 2008 (UTC)


 * You're right about wards, suburbs, districts being confusing, particularly if you're looking backwards into history when boundaries have changed and bits of Estates have been sold off. Woolston and Weston is a good example that I've been struggling with, trying to establish the boundary between the two, so to see this template listing them as being in the same ward but as separate suburbs is a useful improvement. Thanks. Hethurs (talk) 08:39, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

I've now added the template to all the areas defined in it, since I think it is a useful tool to see which ward a settlement is in. I created pages for Bevois (ward) and Peartree (ward), and will expand them when I get the chance. - Playclever (talk) 21:18, 30 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Excellent. Thanks again.Hethurs (talk) 15:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I've now merged with Template:Districts of Southampton and tweaked a little so that there is no loss of information. This template now redirects there. - Playclever (talk) 12:38, 5 July 2008 (UTC)