Talk:Port Hedland, Western Australia

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Language

Consirable emphasis on 'the biggest', 'largest' and so on is not what an encyc article is about -unless you put a reference or citation that confirms it! SatuSuro 06:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

reads ok those size statements do need something(stats/cite) to support them. This article has an unsupported population of 14500 yet the LGA article has an ABS supported 13000, I realise that this from 2001, but the LGA should have the larger figure and both should have ABS cites. Gnangarra 07:38, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the largest claim on 3 Nov (-> "a major") but it appears to have been reinserted. Karratha and Port Hedland are about even as far as I'm aware. As for the 14,500 - it's all very confusing! No two sites agree with regards to Port Hedland's population and the split between Port and South. I'd stick with 13,000 and indicate in both Port and South articles that it's a shared figure. Orderinchaos78 ^(t|c) 12:18, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Harsher editors would not be so polite as the above two editors - someone needs to read the wikipedia policy on mostest and biggest overusage SatuSuro 12:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have modified the article - also replaced the Aboriginal bit as an incorrect cite off a non-encyc site was used when the town council website was perfectly clear. Definitely more work needed (and transforming the quote into a third party sentence would probably be good too) Orderinchaos78 ^(t|c) 12:37, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Distance

The article mentions that the town is 1,322km from Perth, however the South Hedland article claims that it is 1,632 km from Perth and 18 km from Port Hedland. I would be more inclined to believe the larger figure. According to http://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/town/statistics.html the distance is 1763km via North West Coastal Highway 1660km via Northern Highway. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.59.142.120 (talk) 08:03, 10 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Having been driven from Perth to Port Hedland on both routes, I know that road distances are correct. :-) But Geoscience Australia agrees that the great circle distance between the two places is 1322 km. Graham87 04:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link?

Under "References", No 1 would appear to be a dead link - but I'm hesitant about removing it/tinkering with it. NinetyCharacters (talk) 20:44, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Port of Port Hedland

To bring Port Hedland into line with other global ports I suggest a new page regarding the port itself, for instance Port of Rotterdam and Port of Shanghai. The port authority has a good pdf on their website http://www.phpa.com.au/About-the-Port/Port-profile-and-handbook/PDF-File/PHPA_G_PortHandbook.aspx

There is another page on Wiki for the Town of Port Hedland. Does anyone have any preferences regarding a new page called Port of Port Hedland (as the Port authority refers to it)? This would result in three pages: Port Hedland, Port of Port Hedland and Town of Port Hedland. --Olivcm (talk) 03:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a good idea. "Town of Port Hedland" is about the local authority. It is therefore about a topic distinct from the settlement ("Port Hedland"), and the port ("Port of Port Hedland"), which, being the highest tonnage port in Australia, is definitely notable enough to warrant its own article. I would suggest that you base any new article on the section headed "Harbour", which I added to the existing "Port Hedland" article (including the table of cargo statistics that I copied from a document on the Port Authority's website (and which may now need to be updated)). I have been meaning for some time to expand that section, but I just haven't got around to it. I also suggest that you move the photo from the infobox in the existing article to the new article, and then put another photo into the existing article's infobox (I quite like commons:File:The Esplanade Hotel, Port Hedland, 2012 (1).JPG, but you might have other ideas). There are other images of the port at commons:Category:Port Hedland Harbour. Bahnfrend (talk) 06:33, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at Fremantle - the distinction suggested here is the same that has happened there - between the town, port and local authority is a good idea. sats 10:21, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great, I've been fleshing out one based on Port of Shanghai, I'll make it live at Port of Port Hedland and work on it over the next week or so. If anyone feels like chipping in I have no objections!--Olivcm (talk) 01:19, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]