Talk:Alton (Hampshire)

Redirect?
Alton is likely a valid travel destination (it seems to have hotels), but if no-one is willing to put work into filling it out then I propose we redirect to another Hampshire town for the time being.

I'll give it a few days in case the new contributor wants to try and do something, or otherwise someone else volunteers. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 23:32, 1 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure there's much point putting in a redirect to another town. It's a fairly isolated (by SE England standards, at least) market town that doesn't naturally go with anywhere else. If there was actually some content, I might agree with you, since there isn't perhaps a redirect to the main Hampshire article would be best for now, since there are already some Alton attractions on there (the Watercress Line, Jane Austen's House, the Gilbert White Museum).
 * More generally, it is a (long-term and slow-moving) project of mine to improve all the articles relating to our county, so I might be able to at least get some basic content on Alton in this week. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 12:54, 8 December 2015 (UTC)


 * So what should we do? Somebody added a small listing for a railway line that would as a listing belong better at Hampshire level. Shall we redirect to Hampshire? --Andrewssi2 (talk) 20:31, 9 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure I agree that it should be at a Hampshire level. Most people visiting the Watercress Line will do so from Alton. It's closest to London, and is the only station with a National Rail interchange. Hold off on the redirect; if I or someone else haven't added more listings within a week or so, then it would be a good idea.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 20:44, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All the discussions on redirect is just a distraction. I assume I have now added enough to remove the Needsimprovement template. --Traveler100 (talk) 19:40, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Good work :) Thanks for doing what I didn't have the time to do. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 23:29, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Alton
I must say, this is a place that I would love to visit. I added another hotel to the hotel section to make this article even better.

Respectfully, WV Online