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Wards - May '17

Hi, first can I say thanks for creating the pages for the new Glasgow wards as of 2017.
I was just wondering where you got your data for the area size of those wards ( Partick East/Kelvindale (3.9km²))
Thanks and keep up the good work :) Pingu4581 (talk) 23:26, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it's been interesting to poke around information and data.

As for the area size, I used the data from MapIt to export kml files and import them into Google Maps as layers. Clicking on a layer automatically gives the area and boundary length. I got round to doing them all except one last night — MapIt has a restriction on downloading kml files, I think it's around 20 but I'm not sure for what time period. The one I don't have data for is Victoria Park. (I'd like to do more for other areas, but unsure how to use API keys and json map data.) — MouldyFox (talk) 08:41, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for letting me know as I was previously unaware of this 'MapIt' service.
As for API keys and jsons, I'm afaid I can't help you there as I'm also a newbie to that.
I managed to extract the data for Victoria Park and have added it to your table below.
Hope this helps, thanks
Pingu4581 (talk) 09:07, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for adding Vic Park, that small gap was annoying me. I've added the area data to Wards of Glasgow, if I get time later I'll calculate the population density. APIs and json files will have to go onto the bulging pile of "shit I should learn about." — MouldyFox (talk) 09:31, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just finished adding the densities before I saw your message so that's them done :)
Do you think it's worth making similar Wards of... pages and their individual Wards for other council areas.
It will take some time and I doubt that it's economical to do one for each council but maybe just for the cities like the City of Edinburgh?
Also, I worked out how to bypass this limit on the MapIt page. Just use a VPN and you can download another c. 20, after which point just make a new connection.
Thanks Pingu4581 (talk) 10:36, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, thanks for that! Good to know. I definitely think it's good to have this kind of wealth of information about wards, often an overlooked detail concerning local government. I'm wondering whether the information would be better on a council's article rather than an entirely separate page, but either way, I'm all for expanding the information we have on wards, wherever it's hosted. (And pages are easily merged if that's the consensus.)

I've also started a discussion about how Scottish council articles should be organised in general; between Glasgow, Dundee and East Dunbartonshire (for example), there are three different ways of organising information, which I don't think is very useful (or logical). — MouldyFox (talk) 14:32, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I must say that I believe it's right to keep seperate ward pages from a council page as they tend to contain large data chunks which could unnecessarily clog up the council page.
It seems to be a trend that I have found for many other cities, that their local government sub-divisions are found on a dedicated page i.e. Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin
I certainly agree that having three different types of pages is very silly. It's just a matter of discussing with the community which type they should all come under :)
Thanks, Pingu4581 (talk) 16:37, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ward	Area in km²	Boundary length in km
1. Linn	11.1	18.8
2. Newlands/Auldburn	9.93	17
3. Greater Pollok	11.7	17.7
4. Cardonald	7.27	14.9
5. Govan	8.26	16
6. Pollokshields	6.29	14.3
7. Langside	4.67	12.4
8. Southside Central	4.29	13
9. Calton	6.38	12.7
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill	5.75	12.3
11. Hillhead	2.92	7.91
12. Victoria Park	4.41	12.0
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill	5.94	13.3
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland	7.3	15.1
15. Maryhill	4.99	13.2
16. Canal	14.4	24
17. Springburn/ Robroyston	9.5	16.2
18. East Centre	6.36	13.3
19. Shettleston	10.4	19
20. Baillieston	10.1	21
21. North East	14.9	22.7
22. Dennistoun	5.21	11.5
23. Partick East/Kelvindale	3.91	9.43

May 2017

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Thank you for highlighting the lack of a reference, I've added one now. Although the rollback didn't remove the unreferenced information from the article (I didn't add it), it moved it back to its previous position under a different heading. I think a citation needed tag would have been more useful as the pages concerning the 2017 Scottish local elections are still being written and edited into their final forms. — MouldyFox (talk) 14:28, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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As I see the map in the infobox for United Kingdom local elections, 2014, the areas in grey, including the Kingdom of Scotland, the Principality of Wales and Northern Ireland are within the United Kingdom but outside the Kingdom of England. So (without calling it a reversion, since I hadn't seen the editing history), I reverted your own edit to say that the areas in grey were outside England. Am I missing something? —— Shakescene (talk) 15:32, 11 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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