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Nickname

Is Soton/Sot'on really a nickname or just the abbreviation used on road signs and markings? in 35 years in the city I've never heard it actually voiced. Can someone find a reference for this claim. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 19:20, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I never heard anyone say it when I lived there 1960s and 1970s. (If anyone did say it, they wouldn’t have pronounced the t in any case!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Northernhenge (talk • contribs) 20:35, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's a fairly common abbreviation, and was especially common in the 1990s/2000s when the University's domain name was soton.ac.uk - and of course a person from Southampton is called a sotonian. That said, I wouldn't call it a nickname as such, just a common alternative name / abbreviation. Waggers TALK 10:24, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 148.74.78.43 (talk) 23:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

titanic

the titanic sinking 2 made in uk 7,000&die icehit of ano eto MOVIE lang buo set 31 day 112.206.56.19 (talk) 09:14, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Forgotten Notable Resident

Captain E.J. Smith of the R.M.S. Titanic also lived in Southampton with his wife and daughter. Captain E.J. Smith should be added to the list of notable residents in Southampton. Titanic19122003 (talk) 00:00, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've been looking for a reference as the article on Smith states he lived in Highfield from 1907 but doesn't have a cite for it. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 09:16, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is just prior knowledge about what I already know about Captain E.J. Smith. Highland is a part of Southampton if that clarifies what I was saying. Titanic19122003 (talk) 17:52, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Highfield, not Highland! It's the area round the university. I believe he did live there but can't find a suitable reference. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 18:05, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Stupid autocorrect! I meant to say Highfield, but my phone used autocorrect. Sorry about that. Titanic19122003 (talk) 18:07, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you look in the archives for this talk page you'll see that we've discussed the list of notable people from Southampton several times previously. In short, there are too many to list them all in the article. Somebody not being present doesn't mean they've been "forgotten" but listing every notable person from the city would be undue weight. We already have Category:People from Southampton but perhaps we could do with a "proper" list article - as long as it stays separate from the main article.

In this particular case, since we don't even have a robust reference to use, I don't think Captain Smith should be added. Waggers TALK 15:48, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

:-)

Proposed merge of Mayor of Southampton into Southampton

More comprehensive article, unnecessary for this article to be separate. RJFJR (talk) 05:42, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support - it could feasibly be expanded into a decent list article but Wikipedia is not a database - that kind of listing would make much more sense over at Wikidata. However, I don't think we'd want a full list of all the mayors of Southampton in the Southampton article. Probably the best plan is to merge this for now into a section on this page, and if it grows sufficiently big it can be split out again, per WP:SUMMARY. Waggers TALK 08:27, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support - per nom

Murgatroyd49 (talk) 08:39, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 13:05, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]