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A fact from Denshaw appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 April 2008, and was viewed approximately 9,178 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the village of DenshawinGreater Manchester(pictured) achieved international notoriety when spoof information added to its Wikipedia entry was reported in national and international media?
This has been proposed at WT:GM, sounds like a good idea until the view count dies down in. But even if it doesn't get protection, I think the Greater Manchester project can take care of this article. Nev1 (talk) 17:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The article's just been featured on North West Tonight. Expect more vandalism... Support the protection implemented as I was typing this. J Milburn (talk) 17:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Correct. The standard is to protect when there is mass vandalism. Anyway, people are gonna be reading this article after hearing about it on the news, the last thing we need is for them to see a vandalised version. J Milburn (talk) 18:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's interesting how this has led the the article being improved. It's good to see the Greater Manchester project has pride in the articles under their scope. Maybe we need more controversy? :P Nev1 (talk) 18:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
3,103 page views yesterday; even taking into account editors adding material and the vandals, that must be a couple of thousand people who came to wikipedia either for a giggle or just out of curiosity who saw good article, an example of what we can do. Nev1 (talk) 18:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I'll monitor the situation as and when I can. I imagine it will still be a target, but not to the same extent as on the 17th. --Jza84 | Talk 17:15, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that the article has been semi-protected again. Although there is still some vandalistic edits from anonymous editors, I don't think that we need to semi-protect the article any more, as there haven't been that many. If we find that the article is being vandalised many times per day (>10 or so), and by different IP addresses, then the article should be semi-protected. If it's only a couple per day, then it's probably unnecessary. Mike Peel (talk) 11:14, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have it on my watchlist too, and suspect (or rather hope) a few of WP:GM have it watchlisted too. I'm inclined to think that we should try unprotection for a while to review where this vandalism is coming from and how often. --Jza84 | Talk 11:42, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't the Transport section somewhat over detailed? What's the point of a whole paragraph about a bus service that was withdrawn two years ago? Richerman (talk) 21:27, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've made some changes, and I think it's now shorter overall (and referenced). I suppose the paucity of bus services emphasises its relative remoteness...? Hassocks5489 (talk) 21:40, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The bit about the present bus services tells you that but I cant see any point in talking about a bus route that's no longer there. We've lost plenty of bus services where I live but I wouldn't think of mentioning it in the wikipedia entry. Richerman (talk) 21:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fair point; I was ambivalent about it (and I'm a transport enthusiast :)), so I have chopped it into a brief sentence. (I still feel there's some value in mentioning that there was previously a connection to an urban area outside GM.) Hassocks5489 (talk) 21:58, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ive updated the transport section to add the 356 service that has been around for a few years now and removed the 407/354 as being listed as the current transport links. I wasnt able to get any sources working so if anybody could add some sources that would be great. JamesOnWiki101 (talk) 20:13, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
[1] talks a little about an archaeological site located where the wind turbines were planned for. Reference within that is an article in the Oldham Advertiser, which doesn't seem to be available online.
[2] Photo of Junction Inn. There's also information about Rams Head pub at [3].
There's a mention of Denshaw in [4], about "The Packhorse Road Trial", which might be worth digging into.
[5] has a little history about a house in Old Tame
Well Done , how about Did you know? to compliment the hard work?[edit]
DYK = "...On 17 April 2008, local and national media reported on Denshaw's entry on Wikipedia that it had been vandalised with spoof information. The village has "attracted unwelcome notoriety after it was targeted by internet wicked whispers"[1]...?"
That would perhaps be the shortest complete economy section in this encyclopaedia. Perhaps stick it under culture and community? The shop serves the community so there is a link. Nev1 (talk) 17:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
[8] from the 31st March 2008 says that there is one other shop in addition to the post office, and that they're considering closing the post office. It also has a little history about the shops in the village: a local is quoted as saying "I remember when Denshaw had a butchers, a co-op, a chip shop - and even a cloggers: it was a proper little village in those days." Mike Peel (talk) 07:33, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've tried the online sources I know of, but I'm struggling finding anything about Denshaw's name beyond that it is of Scandinavian origin. I think it's almost certainly derived from Dene (as in the "Danes") and Skog (as in modern "Shaw", a small wooded area). It's well known that the Danes held settlements in the area; Oldham and Sholver being of Old Norse origin too. Does anybody else know of a source? --Jza84 | Talk 22:57, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You need "The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire" (8 parts, each in a separate book.) by A. H. Smith. Its a publication of the English Place Name Society. If they are arranged as the Cheshire ones are (which I do have a complete set of), they will be categorized by wapentake (hundred in the case of Cheshire) with a couple of extra volumes. The Cheshire ones are quite good on these sorts of things. A good local library may well have them. If you want to buy them, Amazon do have most of them available, mostly secondhand as I don't think they are in active publication, but they are almost all at ludicrously high prices (it took me 3 years to assemble a cheap complete set of the Cheshire ones, by using http://www.bookfinder.com and other searches.) However, the Amazon site, together with the some of the bookfinder listed stores, provide isbn numbers which may help locate a library that contains them. DDStretch (talk)09:44, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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