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Nothing against British Sea Power, but a band isn't a "notable inhabitant". If the members are notable, each such person should be noted as an individual. I've not removed the entry (immediately) though since I recognise that this might be controversial. Opinions anyone? – Kieran T (talk | contribs) 13:05, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
It's potentially confusing having current residents and past ones. We have quite a mixture of living and dead people, and amongst both groups are people who spent only a short time in Brighton. I realise it's a never-ending task to list celebrity movements, but I wonder if people agree it might be worth at least splitting out the historical names — perhaps have a 21st Century section and a pre-21st Century section? – Kieran T (talk | contribs) 00:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
I am shocked and appalled! i don't care about buying titles, but i can't belive you can buy rights. i hope someone sees to changing that. i was under the impression that the council would not give it, she would keep complaining, and keep showing up to stuff, but that the council did not want or have a crier of thier own. My god, the council are nearly as mad as these two. i need to go read up on this. Amo 15:16, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
"Aleister Crowley, author, died in a nursing home in Brighton in December 1947; ashes scattered at Devil's Dyke" Does anyone have a source for this, as far as I am aware Crowley died in a home called 'Netherwood', in Hastings, not Brighton. I believe his cremation may have happened in Brighton. Thanks. - Solar 19:01, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
As the title is now 'List of People from Brighton and Hove', is it now time to excise all those who spent only a short time in the area, or who were'nt born or grew up there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.248.211 (talk) 17:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Someone's continually adding Richard Hoad to the list but I keep reverting because I don't believe he's notable (see User talk:Tunjiwunji for more details). Unless someone provides evidence of notability then I'll continue reverting.--A bit iffy (talk) 16:25, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
There's a difference of opinion regarding the notability of Margaret Pracey, formerly a town crier for Brighton. I think this one is worth putting up for general discussion to see what other editors think. Another editor has rightly pointed out that not every city official is listed here. However, the notability of this case is precisely that it was not a city appointment, but an unexpected and controversial use of a supposed antique power. I'd like to find a good reference about the situation, but I'm pretty sure it was the local paper which reported at the time that the council were unwillingly compelled to allow both this town crier and their own paid appointment to share the bell! Anyway, there's no point in my digging for references if the entry isn't deemed worthy, so let's see if this generates any opinions in the meantime! ;) Here though is a further story that came up in a quick search, showing that there were further ripples... http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oyez,+city+has+town+crier+for+biennial.-a092144235 – Kieran T (talk) 15:58, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
I think the current alphabetical layout is a bit useless. It doesn't really achieve anything. There are so many people now it's difficult to find people. (Oh, and I think there are at least 100 more people that can be added.) How about if I were to rearrange into fields such as in List of people from Sheffield and List of people from Kent?
I think it's more likely to be a helpful list if for the general reader if people are grouped into musicians, politicians, writers etc. — if you're looking for someone specific but you don't know their name, you're more likely to know their field than where their surname might appear in the alphabet.
I don't want to go ahead with such a major rearrangement in case people object. So if you have any objections (or suggestions), please discuss below.
Thanks, --A bit iffy (talk) 23:48, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
←This may be useful for actors and film-related people. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 20:01, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
Place unreferenced or dubious content from the list in this section, to encourage further research with the aim of finding sources. If a source is found, reinstate in the article and cross out. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 20:04, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
I've been spending a little bit time correcting a few things in this list and generally going around it with a broom. But I've been thinking to myself: Why am I doing this? What is this list? It's quite a strange list really. It includes people who were born in Brighton and Hove, but might never have anything do with the place after that. It also includes people who did live a significant part of their life in Brighton and Hove, alongside people who may have had the most fleeting or temporary assocation with the city. It's very hard sometimes to find verifiable sources to whether someone lived or ineed lives in Brighton and Hove. It also demands a lot of maintenance to a take account of people's movements. Aren't we just in danger of duplicating a lot of information? Would it not be better to focus an giving the relevent biographical articles better categories then maintaining this list? The only advantage I can think of is that it provides a sort-of interesting single list that provides some brief context of why the person might be interesting (e.g. author, cricketer etc) which you can't get from categories (which is just a bald list). Hmm. I don't know!
What's the policy on lists? I've just been looking at Featured list criteria for some help. When you look at featured list, you realise what a good list could look like. They are either static-like (e.g. List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s) or are mostly static with obvious incremental changes (e.g. List of premiers of Nova Scotia). I suppose maybe an interesting sort of list might be "People born in Brighton and Hove". At least that would be easier to verify. Seaweed (talk) 14:09, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
After researching why George Canning was included on this last, it would appear he stayed in Brighton during ill health in 1827 (the same year that he died). A building in Marine Parade has a grey tablet remarking on his stay, but is brief. Surely this list isn't about listing the place of every notable person once stayed! It's not even though he died in Brighton, which might be notable. I can't find any strong connection between George Canning and Brighton. That's why I removed him from the list. This is another example of where a very tenuous link between a person and Brighton and Hove gives a very exaggerated and not entirely helpful understanding of either the person or the place! Seaweed (talk) 20:24, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
I think I've got into a sort-of edit revert situation with an IP user regarding Robin Bextor. I first removed this unreferenced point that "Robin Bextor lives in Brighton" from this page on 30 November 2015. This was reverted by an IP user on 6 December, which in itself was reverted by another user on the same day. On 2 May 2016 a different IP user reverted my original edit thereby reinstating Robin Bextor on this list. I going to remove Robin Bextor from this list again and see what happens. We might end up in WP:3RR territory. I still can't see why Robin Bextor should be on this list as there is no reference for it. If you are the same person reverting this edit, please provide a reference to why this should be included. You may find the Five pillars policy useful. Thanks.Seaweed (talk) 19:06, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
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