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A recent edit to this article "removed tiny hamlets with no articles". I have undone this edit. Most of the places in the list don't have articles yet, but we should aim to have articles for all of them. -- Oliver P. 23:50, 10 Oct 2003 (UTC)
There seems to be a problem with the editors of these pages. First off, they think they have the authority to decide which settlement types can be doled out, despite knowing absolutely nothing about them in the first place, effectively making up things - i.e. Bourne End. Secondly, half the villages in South Bucks are "apparently" now in the unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead - i.e. Taplow - which is incorrect too. I live in this area, and I am not happy that the editors are making such misinformed judgements such as this - to prove what? Please make amendments.
Copied from page history: Milton Keynes district became a unitary authority in 1997, but remains part of the county for ceremonial and postal purposes.
I don't understand for what postal purposes Milton Keynes remains part of Buckinghamshire? If anything it's the reverse, parts of the existing county of Bucks have a Milton Keynes postcode (eg Buckingham is MK18). -- Graham :) 17:50, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Article on the county in England mainly developed to its current state by myself. I believe it's a good model for other county articles to copy. I finally decided to list it here because I've managed to find some artwork to display alongside Morwen's marvellous maps. Graham :) 00:04, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
A discussion has opened at talk:Bedfordshire#Ethnicity in infobox about attempts to change the ethnicity figures without providing a valid citation (in fact an irrelevant "citation" was given). The same has happened to this article. But in opening the discussion, Rupples correctly observed that the existing figure is not cited either. Consequently, I will now hide those lines in this article while I calculate and propose new figures here for approval. We have the advantage of having only two UAs'-worth of figures to add up. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:23, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
Here are my calculations.
Sources: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report?compare=E06000060#section_5 for Buckinghamshire Council; https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report?compare=E06000042#section_5 for City of Milton Keynes
Group | Number | % |
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All usual residents | 553,078 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 68,318 | 12.4 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 14,269 | 2.6 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 19,570 | 3.5 |
White | 442,164 | 79.9 |
Other ethnic group | 8,757 | 1.6 |
Group | Number | % |
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All usual residents | 287,060 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 35,645 | 12.4 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 27,851 | 9.7 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 11,725 | 4.1 |
White | 206,114 | 71.8 |
Other ethnic group | 5,725 | 2.0 |
Group | Number | % |
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All usual residents | 840,138 | 100 |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 103,963 | 12.4 |
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 42,120 | 5.0 |
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 31,295 | 3.7 |
White | 648,278 | 77.2 |
Other ethnic group | 14,482 | 1.7 |
If somebody would validate my calculations and sourcing, we can update the article accordingly. (Personally, I fail to see the value of such arbitrary divisions: it just feeds racist conspiracy theories.) --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 21:01, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
The 808,666 figure is a 2018 estimate. The correct figure is 840,138 (= 553,078 + 287,060). I am trying to get it corrected. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 12:31, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
I think from its coverage and mainly being a separate entity to the county (which includes MK). I think a unitary Area article should be made similar to Dorset, MK and Somerset's and Buckinghamshire Council is used for the political control only. As the council articles don't cover the wider areas like Chesham Aylesbury, High Wycombe etc like a district article would. @JMF @Crouch, Swale @KeithD @AnonymousMK others thoughts? DragonofBatley (talk) 19:31, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
The current article seems to me to do all that is needed to cover the unitary area. We have had several debates over whether we should have separate articles for UA areas which share the names of their ceremonial counties - see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_UK_geography/How_to_write_about_districts#Districts that are also counties: Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire (not?) and others, and there has not been much enthusiasm for the idea. I think Shropshire (district) and North Yorkshire (district) are bad examples to follow, and I would suggest merging them back into the articles on their counties. Firstly, these UA areas are legally counties (e.g. County of Buckinghamshire here). I don't think anyone outside WP refers to the UA areas as "districts" - if anyone can find a reliable source which does, it would be good to know. Secondly, the UA area articles would either duplicate much of the material in the ceremonial county articles, or just deal with governance issues which could be in the articles on the UAs themselves.--Mhockey (talk) 21:22, 17 January 2024 (UTC)