Gordon writes Time to return another "town"..... how about this quaint
little hamlet (started as WikiProject in 2002)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London
How ironic. I had several London articles deleted or cut short as a result
of the absurd 'community ban' that is still in force. One article, about an
important London landmark and institution, is still deleted, and I am still
waiting for someone to spot the fact and act - that was two years ago. The
article about the London Greyfriars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars,_London was restored after deletion
by Sandstein, but was only half completed. You can see roughly what the
completed version would be like here
http://www.logicmuseum.com/wiki/Greyfriars,_London (although the section on
the library would not be appropriate for Wikipedia).
Wikipedia has no article on the Carmelite friary in London
http://www.logicmuseum.com/wiki/Carmelite_friary,_London, and the list of
Franciscan friaries in England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Franciscan_monasteries_in_England
seems woefully incomplete (that may just be poor categorisation, I haven't
checked). The Oxford Greyfriars article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars,_Oxford is also seriously
inadequate. I did much research on that friary as part of my forthcoming
book on Duns Scotus, much of which did not find its way into the book, but
would have been ideal for a Wikipedia article.
There is an enormous amount of London material missing. Look at the article
on Knightsbridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightsbridge. I started the
original article on Chelsea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea,_London
which is not much better than when I originally wrote it. There was no
requirement for citations in those days, and I note the 'citation needed'
template is still there from 2008.
Does WMUK actually have any serious intentions about improving the
encyclopedia?
Edward