Talk:Ditherington

I heard that ditherington took its name from people being hung on heathgates island and 'Dithered' along the road to their death, anyone know if this is true??

Unlikely, more probably from the name of a person or people-group. Peterkingiron 12:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Split article

I propose splitting the section on the Flax Mill into a separate article at Ditherington Flax Mill. Not only is such an historic and internationally significant Grade I listed building entirely deserving of its own article, it would allow this article to focus mainly on the geographical place as a part of Shrewsbury. Links can be provided to note that the Mill is a local feature. Incidentally, according to the listing reference of the building, the correct name is "Ditherington Flax Mill", not "Flaxmill", and this is also the name that English Heritage are using [1]. DWaterson 19:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia tends to disapprove of very short articles such as the one on Ditherington itself would become. First it would be a good idea to find out more about the area's other history and features. Chevin 10:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm not sure there would be any problem with creating a short stub in this case, as there is good justification for a split, IMO. Cheers, DWaterson 17:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I have no problem over the split as such, except that the Ditherington article will be left as a minute stub. The dvision of the words into Flax Mill is also unobjectionable, since it will conform to EH's terminology, but you need to leave a short account of the mill in the Ditherington article, with a cross-reference using a 'main' template; otherwise some one will write a new section on it under Ditherington. Peterkingiron 18:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)