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[[File:The Ding - Reading wiki.640w.png|center|frame|A [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki Wiki] based resource for Reading]]
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Below is an outline of some of the topics this site might cover; some pages (see [[Special:AllPages | this list]]) have already been created.
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'''The Ding''' is a guide to anything to do with Reading generally: arts, culture, community, business, services, history, sports, recreation, education, politics etc...
  
{{Blockquote| Please see site [[RULES]] regarding discrimination, exploitation, advertising etc.}}
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It's a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki Wiki] (like Wikipedia): anyone can create and update pages ''(though you need to register as an editor first)''. (We have some [[RULES]] regarding discrimination, exploitation, advertising etc.)
  
== Other sites ==
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We don't want to replace any existing sites and groups covering Reading or areas or groups within Reading: where these exist we'll link to them. For example there are:
 
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There are already some Reading-specific web sites and Facebook groups including
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* [http://www.reading-forum.co.uk/forum/ Reading Forum] bulletin board
 
* [http://www.reading-forum.co.uk/forum/ Reading Forum] bulletin board
 
* Facebook groups
 
* Facebook groups
 
** [https://www.facebook.com/groups/eastreadingcommunity/ East Reading Community Group]
 
** [https://www.facebook.com/groups/eastreadingcommunity/ East Reading Community Group]
 
** [https://www.facebook.com/groups/273344542803102/ Earley Residents Discussion Board]
 
** [https://www.facebook.com/groups/273344542803102/ Earley Residents Discussion Board]
** [Caversham Gossip Girls]
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** [https://www.facebook.com/groups/176939202420163/ Caversham Gossip Girls]
:: and our own companion group
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** [https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheDing/ The Ding]
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We also have our own [https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheDing/ The Ding] Facebook group for day-to-day discussions and events.
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We currently have created only a few pages (here's [[Special:AllPages | the list]]) but have ideas for other topics this site could cover:
  
 
== Recreation: arts, culture, entertainment, sports etc  ==
 
== Recreation: arts, culture, entertainment, sports etc  ==
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* Medical museum @ hospital
 
* Medical museum @ hospital
 
* Blake's Lock?
 
* Blake's Lock?
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* Woodley Air Museum
  
 
=== Parks & Gardens ===
 
=== Parks & Gardens ===
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== [[History]] ==
 
== [[History]] ==
  
== Where to put these? ==
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== Others ==
  
 
Cemetery Junction film
 
Cemetery Junction film

Revision as of 19:03, 2 October 2016

The Ding - Reading wiki.640w.png

The Ding is a guide to anything to do with Reading generally: arts, culture, community, business, services, history, sports, recreation, education, politics etc...

It's a Wiki (like Wikipedia): anyone can create and update pages (though you need to register as an editor first). (We have some RULES regarding discrimination, exploitation, advertising etc.)

We don't want to replace any existing sites and groups covering Reading or areas or groups within Reading: where these exist we'll link to them. For example there are:

We also have our own The Ding Facebook group for day-to-day discussions and events.

We currently have created only a few pages (here's the list) but have ideas for other topics this site could cover:

Recreation: arts, culture, entertainment, sports etc

Reading Arts and Venues Hexagon, South St, Progress Theatre etc

Art

  • Jelly
Pictures At Our Exhibition with Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra

Cafes & Restaurants

Cinema

Climbing

Climbing wall

Dance

Karting

Woodley

Music

Museums

  • Reading Museum at Town Hall
  • Museum of English Rural Life
  • URE museum @ UoR
  • Medical museum @ hospital
  • Blake's Lock?
  • Woodley Air Museum

Parks & Gardens

  • Parks
  • University grounds
  • Harris Gardens
  • RISC roof garden
  • Caversham Court
  • Clayfield Copse
  • Dinton Pastures
  • Beale Park
  • NGS gardens scheme

Pubs & Bars

Global Cafe

The Retreat

Eldon Arms

Shit and Not Shit Pubs in Reading

Sports

doing/watching

  • running - park runs, half marathon, fun runs
  • football, rugby, tennis, rowing

Swimming

  • Rivermead
  • Central pools
  • cemetery junction?
  • King's Meadow lido?
  • Northumberland Ave leisure centre
  • woodley/Southcote/Calcot/Caversham?

Talks & Meetings

  • Cafe Scientifique
  • Skeptics in the Pub
  • University public lectures
  • Library talks
  • Green Drinks
  • Sunday Assembly

Theatre

  • Hexagon
  • South St
  • Progress
  • Shinfield

Resources

Government

Local: Reading, Wokingham, West Berks, South Oxon Westminster Europe

Housing

  • Co-housing

Transport

  • Trains
  • Buses
  • Coaches
  • Cycling
  • Parking

Services

  • Rubbish
  • Tip
  • Hospital
  • Doctors
  • Dentists
  • Vets
  • noise & nuisance
University students - Report to Sarah Gardner, Community Relations Manager [1] 0118 378 6764
The uni security can be contacted on 0118 378 7799.
Video / audio / photographs / addresses help.

Tradespeople

Maps

  • council boundaries
  • parliamentary boundaries
  • postcode areas
  • parking restrictions
  • cycle routes
  • walks
  • historical

media

  • BBC Radio Berkshire
  • 2-ten fm
  • BBC South TV
  • Get Reading
  • Reading Chronicle
  • University - Spark?
  • Alt Reading - online magazine focusing on arts, entertainment and culture in Reading.

other

  • Libraries
  • Bicycle Kitchen
  • Repair cafe
  • Freegle
  • Room hire (RISC, Wycliffe baptist church on the kings road)
  • Catering (Gyorgi & Rina?)

History

Others

Cemetery Junction film

Reading festival

University

Whiteknights Park

WWII hospital

Douglas Bader

Woodley airfield

black history centre mural

Reading & District Natural History Society