Talk:Wolverhampton

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Old Newspapers?

When did the Wolverhampton News finish and why? I was at the University in 1997/1999 and supplied photos to them. It was a free paper, but I can't find any information on then now. They had a place an industrial estate to the west of the train station. I thought it might also make an interesting section to help people with researching history if you list old newspapers that are no longer running.

Latin?

Does anyone know the Latin for Wolverhampton? --Charlie Huang 【遯卋山人】 20:30, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I seriously doubt that it has a Latin name. Why do you ask? --RFBailey 21:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Nah, Romans never settled there. You can see names of nearby settlements here, tho [1] RichardEll 10:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

• OK, but if you are to refer to Wolverhampton in Latin in this day and age, what would it be? Wolverhamptonium? Wulfrunia? --Charlie Huang 【遯卋山人】 21:57, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Are those serious suggestions? --RFBailey 22:49, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

There is a Bishop of Wolverhampton. If the city has a Latin name, then his official signature will include it (something like +Clive Wolverhampton). It might be in Crockford's. Or you could ask him; he has a public e-mail address. Matt's talk 16:34, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

More nicknames for Wolverhampton

People also call it the City of Wolvo. And some people know Wolverhampton by it's Red Light Districs. Bleedanddie07 (talk) 07:53, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Some people do call it Wolvo, although we'd need to find a reliable source documenting that to include it. As for the red light districts, the same could be said of a lot of places. I don't think we need to mention that in the article--it's not exactly Amsterdam, is it? --RFBailey (talk) 02:10, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

A number of places and features in Wolverhampton are in Category:West Midlands articles missing geocoordinate data. If you can provide coordinates, please do so. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 16:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Coordinates

Wolverhampton has good people —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.193.242.137 (talk) 12:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Lonely Planet comment

Whilst the Lonely Planet comment that has appeared recently on the article is sourced, looking a little deeper into the article "5th worst" appears to be exclusively written due to a single forum entry that contains a joke that I've seen written about a large number of places with badly sourced "local accents" within it.

Therefore its source is trivial, and it should be removed. Fingerpuppet (talk) 10:01, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

New Image Proposal

I have created a collage of images of Wolverhampton and would like it to be considered as the new image for the wiki as I feel it gives a broader visual exposure of the city. Here is the link: http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3572/wolvesss.jpg

I have all copyright information ready also. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imeversoclever (talk • contribs) 23:45, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Please find something to replace the infobox image. The neighborhood in the foreground overly dominates. Jd2718 (talk) 02:18, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Sikh

Wolverhampton is home to a large proportion of the Sikh community, who settled there during the period (1940–1970) from the Indian state of Punjab. Today, the Sikh community in Wolverhampton is roughly 8% of the city's population.

Why is this sentence located in the 19th century section? --Dionysos1988 (talk) 22:19, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Infobox image

Does anyone disagree that this [2] would be a better image for the infobox?  Badgernet  ₪  14:55, 26 July 2011 (UTC)