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Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

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Addbot (talk) 07:34, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

West Malling

Hi! I am see you are in the throes of putting together changes to the above article. I have been doing a great deal of work on settlement articles in Kent and other nearby counties, and I was interested to see your proposed format. I thought I should point out, however, that there is already a recommended method. This is to ensure that articles are standardised. The opening paragraph should be a summary of the article, and should not include new material such as the four items used here, which should come in their proper places in the article; and succeeding paras should be complete in themselves, not split into sub-sections - the whole piece should be in prose. As to History: there is much more to West Malling than just cricket and the Beatles - see here. West Malling is part of Tonbridge and Malling Borough: is it officially a town? I think not - see here. References are a must - every statement made should be backed up with one. But do look at the Wiki article: it is worth while before you do too much more to this one.

Please forgive my criticisms, but as a geographer/historian, as well as having a lot of experience of writing settlement articles, I feel strongly about them! Peter Shearan (talk) 14:58, 19 September 2008 (UTC)