Talk:Caia Park

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Queens Park and Caia Park

An IP editor has added the following comment in the article text, following the text The Queen's Park estate was renamed Caia Park in the 1980s in an attempt to give it a fresh image.

• (This is not correct, the name was of the estate not changed in 1980s.Although there was a very brief period 1969 after Mayo Book when name of Queens Park was dropped. BBC were wrong. <ref> No source for something that did not happen -A Taylor Clerk to Caia Park Community Council 1985 -1993</ref>)

Firstly, comments like this should be made on this talk page, not in the article text.

The BBC source[1] is clear about the change of name, but it is possible that they got it wrong. We have no way of knowing whether this comment was actually left by 'A Taylor Clerk to Caia Park Community Council 1985 -1993'. We should not allow content to be added on the basis of unsubstantiated comments, but in the case of a challenge to a statement in the article it is reasonable to take anonymous comments into account. A brief Google search has not confirmed the BBC statement, and I propose to remove the statement about the renaming until the situation become clearer.

The article is unclear about the relationship between Queens Park and Caia Park. Is Queens Park another name for Caia Park, or is one a part of the other? If the name was changed then when and why? Verbcatcher (talk) 07:10, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

The IP commenter was being slightly misleading. It may not have happened while they were clerk but they did rename the estate and did so as the previous name had become stigmatised.

Local organisation 'the Venture' also confirms this on their site. https://www.theventurewrexham.com/history - this organisation is one which has been credited for turning the estate around in the past (see https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/04/ukcrime.drugsandalcohol).Svejk74 (talk) 06:22, 13 October 2018 (UTC)