Talk:Nairn/Archive 1

Archive 1

North Nairnville

Re Nairn as formally 'North Nairnville' : this seems to need a supporting reference and some indication of dates. Laurel Bush 16:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC).

Yes I'd agree, it seemed like an Americanism to me at first! Fraslet 16:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

It just seems very suspicious and I tend to think that it's not correct, the only links mentioning that name appear to be drawing their data from the Nairn page itself and are not independent sources. There are certainly other places with similar names in the general area e.g. Barbaraville and Jemimaville. Fraslet 11:17, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

There is a large sandstone railway viaduct crossing the Nairn Valley.Wadamsgn 00:49, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

North Nairnville

i was sure that it was formally invernairn and this website seams to suggest simmilar. http://www.nairnscotland.co.uk/VFounder.html

I guess the term or expression North Nairnville has origins abit like those of Englandshire. I am about to remove it (again) from the article. I am ready to accept, however, that if placed in meaningful context then it may have some right to be amongst the article's content. Perhaps the term has been used as a jibe in local media and someone will be able to furnish references. Also, remember the article is not now primarily about the former (abolished and extinguished) burgh which was in the north of the former county. Laurel Bush 14:53, 31 May 2007 (UTC).

The North Nairnville name keeps coming back again and again, there is no evidence I can find for this assertion, it looks like bag grammar, does the person mean formally or formerly, we may never know as they won't discuss the matter. Fraslet 16:16, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Sun, Sex and Tramps

The paragraph that says Nairn is the sunniest town in Scotland, best place for outdoor sex, holiday location for Charlie Chaplin... was added in its entirety in an early edition of this page [1]. According to the Met Office[2], Tiree is the sunniest place in Scotland. Its probably fairer to change this to 'claimed by the tourist board to be...'. The Tatler factoid isn't mentioned in any source that isn't taken from Wikipedia - and even if Tatler's archives arent online, a salacious tidbit like that would have been brought up at some point by one of the media sources that are. I'd just delete that. And Charlie Chaplin - this part is apparently true (he appears to have stayed in the Newton Hotel, which now boasts a Chaplin Bar, Chaplin Suite, Chaplin Bistro and Chaplin Conservatory - not that they're playing up their connection or anything). However it all needs better references. --Bazzargh (talk) 12:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Split

This article seems to be talking about two different things: the council area and the town within the council area. There must be other places in the council area as well.

Maybe this should also become a disambiguation page. Simply south (talk) 20:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

There is a Nairn ward and the Highland Council's Nairn management area but there is no Nairn council area (statutory local government area) comparable to Highland, Argyll and Bute, Aberdeenshire etc. Historically there was a Nairn district (a statutory local government area) of the Highland region, but that district was abolished in 1996. Laurel Bush (talk) 12:12, 15 February 2008 (UTC).

Proposed merger, County of Nairn into Nairn (government and administration boundaries)

The county is now quite historic. The local government county became a district (with the boundaries of the former county) of the Highland region in 1975 and the district was merged into the unitary Highland local government area in 1996. Laurel Bush (talk) 17:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC).

No point merging the two as there's no effective "County of Nairn" - it would feel an anachronism. Speaking merely as someone who lives in Nairn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.80.125 (talk) 17:10, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

County of Nairn and Nairnshire have have been redirects to Nairn (boundaries) for some time now, to leave Nairn as an article which should be about the town disambiguated from a former county whose area became, 1975 to 1996, a district of the Highland region. Laurel Bush (talk) 14:06, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

The Beach

I think somebody should post some GPL'D or CC'd pics of the beach seeing as it is one of the main tourist attractions in Nairn. I was there yesterday but forgot to bring my camera...80.41.223.60 (talk) 12:18, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

"Harleyquinn"

I feel this section is not remotely relevant to the article and should be removed. It seems more like a plug to give some unsigned local band some publicity, which is not what wikipedia is about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.110.1 (talk) 14:33, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Removed as non-notable and self-promotional. --Deskford (talk) 15:21, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Nairn Online

Deskford I appreciate you're trying to keep the page relevant but I do not see how the edits can be seen as less noteworthy than sport or climate in a area with a high online usage recently used for this reason as a pilot area for BT and housing a international IT service centre as one of it’s largest employers. These sites are seen on the national stage as representations of Nairn news and culture.

In terms of promotional I understand as I am the admin of the NWYWAB facebook site how this could be seen as promotional but with a 2000 person user membership raised over six months I find it noteworthy, I have no affiliation to any of the other pages listed other than being from Nairn.

If you have an issue with a section please discuss it and don't just delete it. Wikipedia isn't just your opinion after all. --DavefaceFMS 13:33, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Notability is essentially conferred by discussion of the topic in reliable 3rd party sources, not via a Facebook source itself. See WP:NOTE. I have also left a message on your talk page. You may wish to read WP:3RR carefully. Ben MacDui 11:34, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

You may also wish to read the specific guideline on notability of websites, WP:NWEB. To include these websites we would need reliable independent sources, e.g. if you could find an article in an established newspaper covering the impact of these websites on the Nairn community that might do. And, not wishing to overburden you with policies and guidelines, please also look at WP:BRD for a recommendation on how to respond when someone reverts a change you have made. --Deskford (talk) 12:33, 19 April 2014 (UTC)