Talk:Oxford Street

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Date	Process	Result
November 16, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed
May 17, 2017	Good topic candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 24, 2015.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Christmas lights on Oxford Street (pictured) have previously been switched on by Kylie Minogue, Bob Geldof, Terry Wogan, and Lenny Henry?

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Accuracy

The first sentence says there are 548 shops on Oxford Street and there is a reference cited. But, the referenced article says there are 300 shops! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.24.234 (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very well spotted ;O) I have changed the article to say 300 now, in line with the reference given. Thanks. --bodnotbod (talk) 10:20, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some better photos ?

Let me know if you like these: --Salimfadhley 20:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Oxford Road ==? ==[reply]

einmal bekannt, wie Oxford Road? Ich erinnere mich, mit gelernt, über die Region, wenn in der Schule, und ich bin ziemlich sicher, dass es hieß Oxford Road ein paar hundert Jahren. - Popeyedoyle 13:47, 5. Mai 2006 (UTC)

OK, ich habe einige der Forschung, und fanden die folgende Link in Bezug auf den alten Namen der Straße. Wie ich vermutete, war es einmal genannt Oxford Road. Der Artikel besagt, dass es Zeit wurde der Oxford Street in 1782 - was ist die Unterstützung für diese? Der Link, den ich glaube, ist zuverlässig, so dass der Name sich in den 1750er. Für den Moment, ich werde das Datum als 1782, und ich werde auch in Zukunft für mehr Details, aber es wäre nützlich, um zu sehen, einige Bestätigung für das Datum 1782. Danke! -  Popeyedoyle 23:05, 15. Mai 2006 (UTC)

nein das kann niemand muahahaha

colour film of a bombed out john lewis oxford street store in the ww2 blitz of 1940 can be found at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7980574/Rare-footage-of-London-in-the-Blitz-found-in-attic.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.173.25 (talk) 16:45, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Virtual Interactive Streetscapes not useful?

I would like to appeal yesterday's removal of the link Virtual Oxford Street from this page. Up until yesterday the link had proved exceptionally useful to Wikipedia visitors for months and had taken them onto the world's only hi-res Virtual Interactive Streetscape to discover more about this road. What better way to research a street than to walk along it thanks to Wikipedia from anywhere in the world! (Boy I wish my Children's Britannica Encyclopedias had miles of virtual streetscapes when I was a kid!)

Would you be able to agree that Wikipedia users researching a city or street would find a virtual streetscape effictively allowing them to walk down that city's street useful? Is that not within the spirit of Wikipedia? This site is also recommended by the local Council's own short and carefully picked list of links.

If this is not agreed, then it raises the issue of contradicting the previous editors who felt this was within the spirit of the site, and which content from users. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.182.97.140 (talk • contribs)

see WP:EL for firm policy on this matter. Kbthompson 14:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fire

Surely not relevant, by next week it will not merit a footnote. Street was closed, but I don't think the fire was in any way notable. Paulbrock 20:49, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Section removed,it's next week and it does not merit a footnote! Paulbrock 16:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed two external links concerning the fire, which I feel is reasonable considering it's been absent from the article itself for nearly three years. If anyone wants to make a case for putting them back in, feel free to do so. Grover Snodd (talk) 18:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shops

Wiki is not a directory, only notable examples should be listed - i.e. possibly Selfridge (for longevity), but lose the multiples. Say they're all represented, by all means, but let's not list them. Kbthompson 16:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Oxford Street

What's the deal with New Oxford Street? It seems like a forlorn, pygmy copy of Oxford Street, in the shadow of Centre Point, with a couple of camera shops and not much else; is it relatively new? Was it an attempt at extending or competing with Oxford Street that failed, or is it just an anonymous length of concrete with no pretentions? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 16:51, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the 7 year wait for a reply, but New Oxford Street is a mid 19th century bypass of the original Roman / Mediaeval road along St Giles High Street, to avoid marshy ground that was difficult for foot and horse traffic. [1] Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:08, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ghost of Christmas Past

I see that the Christmas lights are on the main page as a DYK ... "that the Christmas lights on Oxford Street (pictured) have previously been switched on by Kylie Minogue, Bob Geldof, Terry Wogan, and Lenny Henry?" This seems a good time to move back the page List of people who have turned on the Oxford Street Christmas lights which was the subject of an AFD. I have made this list page into a redirect here but its history and contents may be useful. Andrew D. (talk) 12:38, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Attached KML

@Ritchie333: Hey - I just restored the edit that put an attached KML box on the bottom of the article. That part of it isn't very interesting to the general reader, for sure, but what it also does is replace the "coordinates" label in the top right corner with a couple of links allowing you to plot the route of the road on Bing Maps or Google Maps. That's something I hadn't seen before and it's pretty neat. — Scott • talk 23:54, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Scott: It also removed a perfectly good map on the article itself that showed where Oxford Street was in London. What was the point of removing that? Other wikis show the route directly in the page, without needing to click to an external site. Also the link does not appear on the mobile app. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 08:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I took a look and have removed the new style again. I don't like that it gave prominence to Bing and Google by name as these are particular commercial products in a competitive market. The normal approach for such coords goes to a page which lists many more services including OpenStreetMap and the Ordnance Survey. Andrew D. (talk) 08:33, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @Ritchie333 and Andrew Davidson: Thanks, those are valid points. You may want to raise them with the people who are developing the functionality - it appears that an effort is being made to add it to many articles. I can't say that I've looked into it much, but I'd like to see a middle ground between the two points of view that's a bit nicer to the general public than GeoHack. — Scott • talk 12:07, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

IRA

There's some contention about various IRA attacks on Oxford Street, mostly in the 1970s. So far, we have confirmed:

Prudential - September 1973
Selfridges - December 1974 + August 1975
John Lewis - December 1992

All of these are confirmed to reliable sources such as the BBC and the University of Ulster archives. I will check The Times archive later as it may have further information. We need to make absolutely sure all the information is absolutely factually accurate, as writing about IRA attacks that didn't happen or claim to have caused injuries that did not exist could lead to trouble down the line. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 15:17, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Google Maps

Consensus is Google Maps is okay as a source for showing where something is. You can't use it to prove notability, but their fact checking and peer review service is pretty good, from my experience. See Talk:Angel Recording Studios#Using Google Maps for a related discussion. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 08:22, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@180.150.114.118: Could you please stop edit warring and discuss changes here. Your edits have spelling errors, and do not cite any reliable sources. The current article is a good article that has had improvements by several longstanding editors, including citations to The London Encyclopedia and The Survey of London. I'm sorry that the quality threshold on this article is high because of the work that has gone into it, but there are numerous start class articles at WikiProject London Transport you could have a go at; for example, Seven Sisters station. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:52, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]