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The Reginald's Tower Museum gives the name 'Vedrarfjordr' (prop. spelling Vetrarfjordr) which makes perfect sense, 'The Winter Fjord or Port'. May 11 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.141.23.121 (talk) 09:27, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oldest city?[edit]

I don't think the reference supports the assertion of Waterford being 'the oldest city'. It says something slightly different. Can we find a reference which actually uses those words? Atlas-maker (talk) 05:43, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's a slew of books to be found at Google Books if people just search. Using the Chamber of Commerce and City Council websites is both lazy and as close to self-published works as you can get. Scolaire (talk) 15:56, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Annals[edit]

Waterford is referred to in Annals. That is true. But I think that "Annalistic references" is very poor English. I suggest that the title should be changed to References in Annals.101.98.175.68 (talk) 01:44, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. SilkTork (talk) 14:31, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2 uses of the same picture in the article[edit]

Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity on Barronstrand Street

It appears in a montage, the the lead and tin the religion section. That is excessive. Pick 1 or 2 uses and leave it at that @The Banner:. Laurel Lodged (talk) 14:21, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

One is hidden in the collage, that is no excuses to remove the other picture. And please, stop editwarring over it. The Banner talk 14:30, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Banner: You are mistaken. Look again. The image is used 3 times. Laurel Lodged (talk) 14:50, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Who was Láirge?[edit]

Cant find anything about the man whose irish name is on the city. 212.129.78.13 (talk) 05:38, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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"Notable features" v "places of interest"[edit]

The following discussion is closed and will soon be archived.

Before I consider what, if anything, to do with these (overlapping?) sections, are there any particular views on what the purpose and distinctions are between the "places of interest" and "notable features" sections?

To my mind we have duplication between both sections. Not least as Reginald's Tower is covered in both. As is Waterford Crystal (both the former business and newer visitor's centre).

And we have overlap/redundancy between the "notable features" and "history" sections. (Including the stuff about the sieges, Urbs Intacta background, etc.)

To my mind, much of the text in the "notable features" section could be merged/moved/redrafted so some of it goes "up" to the history section. While other parts of it would go "down" to the "places of interest" section. As it stands, its a bit of a mishmash of both...

Thoughts? Guliolopez (talk) 16:55, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved. It's been nearly a month and, not having heard other thoughts or objections, I've gone ahead and merged/moved/de-duplicated the content in the "notable features" section. And removed that section heading. This involved moving some of it -- the "history" stuff) to the "history" section, the "geo" stuff to the "geography" section, and the "of interest" stuff to the "place of interest" section. Inevitably some of it was redundant/duplicated/questionable and this remained on the cutting-room floor. (Including the text about the "urbs intacta" origin (which appeared almost verbatim in two places), Reginald's Tower being the "most recognisable landmark" text (which may be true but was unsupported), and the stuff about Waterford Crystal being "famous", "internationally known" and "highly sought after" (which is less-than-neutral and also unsupported/unattributed). Guliolopez (talk) 12:23, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]