The problem of Hayes
Sep. 5th, 2012 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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rglondonI was in Hayes yesterday, surveying pubs for the upcoming 2013 Good Beer Guide update on RGL. But I was not in Hayes (London Borough of Hillingdon); I was in Hayes (London Borough of Bromley). London has too many Hayeses!
At the moment, RGL has Locale: Hayes for the one in Hillingdon, but no locale for the one in Bromley. I can't remember why we decided to let the Hillingdon one have the name. Confusingly, we also seem to have Locale: Hayes Town, which appears to be a subset of our existing Hayes locale.
What should we do about this? Have two locales called e.g. "Hayes, Bromley" and "Hayes, Hillingdon"? What about "Hayes Town" — is that really a place?
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Date: 2012-09-05 11:59 am (UTC)Slightly more diplomatic: Hayes (South-East London), Hayes (West London) would be distinct enough for me.
I'd say Hayes Town is distinct enough from Hayes to have its own category if Northwood and Northwood Hills do (which is currently the case).
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Date: 2012-09-09 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-05 12:17 pm (UTC)first hayes gets hayes
second hayes gets hayes1
:)
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Date: 2012-09-09 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-05 10:32 pm (UTC)Either that, or a pub in either Hayes might be legitimately labelled with Hayes. I only knew about the w London one and if I was reviewing something there Id have just picked locality Hayes.... But I think forcing a choice of two is better.
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Date: 2012-09-09 04:09 pm (UTC)I think it's more important to be clear to the reader than to the reviewer, since RGL has many many times more readers than editors, and if someone picks the wrong locale then it's easily fixed.
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Date: 2012-09-10 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-06 12:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-09 04:10 pm (UTC)What do you think about Kat's alternative suggestion?
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Date: 2012-09-09 04:44 pm (UTC)