Template talk:Somerset

Comment on use of County navbox

I don't like the county navbox as it imposes a layout which could be improved on. My specific dislikes are:

Somerset Portal on the second row. It would be better as a footer on the bottom row.
Unitary authorities listed before districts - I think it should be the other way around.
Cities and towns - I would prefer principal settlements or something like that so some of the significant villages like Cheddar could be listed.

In short, I think we can achieve the same thing and get a better layout using the regular navbox.--Cheesy Mike (talk) 09:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another comment - I think National Parks and AONB should be included e.g. Exmoor, Mendips, Quantocks. --Cheesy Mike (talk) 09:39, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments - I took this from Template:County which is used by other English counties eg Template:Greater Manchester, Template:Warwickshire, Template:Cheshire, Template:Cumbria, Template:Merseyside, Template:Lancashire, Template:Wiltshire. There is currently a similar debate at Template talk:Cambridgeshire but perhaps suggestions would be most appropriate at Template talk:County so that the template can achieve something acceptable to all. I was thinking of adding National Parks & AONBs (& Somerset Levels) to the last line which is currently not used & labelled "other".— Rod ^talk 09:45, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately "other" puts them in the middle of the bottom bar which doesn't look right so I've added Geographic areas as another line under topics - any thoughts?— Rod ^talk 10:13, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All the more reason to use a regular Navbox! b.t.w. See what I did with the rivers and revert if you don't like it. Also, I am wondering if both Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel should be in the geographic group - both are significant geographic features of the county. --Cheesy Mike (talk) 10:23, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fine - happy for you to add Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel.— Rod ^talk 12:00, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion criteria

I have applied the inclusion criteria for the major settlements section, which have been used on other county templates. This means that all towns and cities are included (whatever their size), and all villages with a population of 10k or more.

Accordingly, I have added Street (population >10k) and South Petherton, which is historically a town. Looks like it's not officially a town any more though, so arguably it shouldn't be included. Bazonka (talk) 19:48, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed my mind about South Petherton - if it was near to 10k population I might be tempted to keep it in, but it's nowhere close. Out it goes! Bazonka (talk) 20:04, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]