Talk:Hagley

There is an article on Hagley, in which it is claimed David CAruso, the actor, was born there. This contradicts the assertion in the David Caruso article that he was born in New York, which seems a little more probable. Mind you, Cary Grant was born in Bristol. What is the true version?

Confusion

The following sentence in the article doesn't make sense:

"Ten pupils and a teacher died at the scene of the crash near Warwick, some 30 miles from Hagley, and the final death toll rose to 12 when two more pupils died in hospital as a result of their injuries."

Surely, the death toll would have rose to 13 if two pupils died in hospital following the death of eleven at the scene of the crash? Can someone correct this information, or if it is just a misunderstanding of the material then make this clearer. - Erebus555 (talk) 17:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

This kind of information is probably not of encyclopedic value and should possibly be cut from the article.--Kudpung (talk) 06:20, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

The math has been rectified and a link created to the main article; I see now that there was a debate concerning AfD for the main article.There was no consensus and the article was kept.--Kudpung (talk) 13:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Famous Residents

Just adding names of people who live or have lived in Hagley is a variety of trivia, which is now discouraged in WP. If a person is notable enough to warrant an article being written about them, they are notable enough to appear, but I would suggest, not otherwise. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I think probably this section is now limited to people who have an article about them in the WP. If not, or if any others get added, be bold and delete.--Kudpung (talk) 06:21, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm a great fan of Led Zep but I've finally cut Bonham out of this list. Apart from the constant vandalism, I have been unable to find any proof that he ever lived in Hagley, although he apparently came from nearby Redditch.--Kudpung (talk) 07:56, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I would suggest that the similar criteria to disambiguation pages should apply, namely that there must be a bluelink to something.Peterkingiron (talk) 16:06, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Clean up

There are a lot of issues in this article that raise eyebrows. Tradgedies and other sensational local events are trivia and are not really of encyclopedic value. I'm suggesting they be cut out. The rest of the article is rather disjointed and needs restructuring - or better still, rewriting by one copyeditor with local knowledge.--Kudpung (talk) 06:25, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I've since made an attempt at a partial clean up. I've greatly reworked the section on tragedies in case it is decided to keep it. However, although these events are genuine, it is not proving easy to find sources that can be cited. The Worcs project is aware of this and working on it. --Kudpung (talk) 07:31, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

The Gough and minibus cases were widely reported in local newspapers at the time. However, the detail on the Susan Renhard case seems excessive to me. While all murders are horrid, stranger murders (such as Stuart Gough) are highly newsworthy and notorious, whereas the murder of one student by another is not. Certainly if sources are not provided on the Rehand case (just added to the article), that section should be severely pruned. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:32, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I've now flagged some of the areas for attention - they may actually be OR or POV). On Peter's recommendation I've pruned the tragedies section (but this may still not be enough), but I have been unable to find any sources to the Susan Renhard affair which still remains completely unsourced. An appeal to the original creator (anonymous) would probably be ineffective.--Kudpung (talk) 02:49, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

As I live in Hagley, I watch this article closely, and am myself responsible for a good deal of its present form. I note that the article on Stuart Gough's murderer is a redlink, so I will remove this to discourage re-creation. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:58, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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