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353:- especially the closing section that contains all the prerequisites for GA, and in particular the notes pertaining to Notable People, and the use of adjectives and adverbs such as recent, recently, current, currently, as the content gets out of date very quickly.; and avoid weasel words, such as "it is believed that", "is widely regarded as", "some have claimed". (GA criteria); and avoid peacock terms, such as "beautiful", "famous", "popular", "well-known", "significant", "important" and "obvious". (GA criteria) There is also a tendency that should be avoided, to speculate on future events and area planning - Wiki is not a crystal ball and only deals with things that exist or existed. 70: 415:
infobox is suitable as the only template. Where the article discusses a civil parish with a single major settlement, please use Template:Infobox UK place in the lead, but consider using the parish infobox in the Governance section. Where the parish entity is coterminate (or near-coterminate) with a settlement, use Template:Infobox UK place.
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significant places that might not be considered part of the village, but which lie within the parish or ward. Hamlets that are within another parish or council ward could have their own articles, but if there is no more than a couple of paragraphs that could be said about the hamlet it may be best practice to merge the articles.
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For civil parishes or community council areas in England and Wales, the Template:Infobox England and Wales civil parish has been developed. Please note that where the article discusses a parish-level entity containing a series of settlements (e.g. Ingatestone and Fryerning or Askam and Ireleth), this
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can often be difficult to write about. Everyone knows his own locality well, but not everyone knows how to write well, and possibly not everyone who wants to improve an article comes from the county, region, or even the country. Some good faith editors may not be aware of the sensibilities
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Because the Worcestershire project is more about articles about places than anything else (schools and people come closely afterwards), a recommended list of the items to include in the page format is shown below, but contributors of major chunks and /or creations of new articles should take
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Writing about the smallest of settlements in the UK can be difficult due to the lack of source material, especially when compared with the country's major metropolises. Some of the UK's smallest settlements may form part of a civil parish or council ward. Country hamlets and villages may mention
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Generally, the page format should follow this sequence. Not all headers/sections are required and headers should not have blank content. One-line section content should be merged into another relevant, hierarchical section. One-line paragraphs should be avoided in any section..
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pronunciation of a place. On-going discussions on Knowledge have not (by Feb 2010) reached a consensus as editors from various parts of the English speaking parts of the world do not share the same opinions. Some may insist that the IPA for British place names should show
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or standard pronunciation of the name of your settlement, in order to avoid an edit war, discuss your proposed change on the article's talk page where you can enlist either support or opposition for it.
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of local culture, customs, and language. This page will help editors to gain quick access to some of the more important tips and recommendations for article composition and anyone who is not from the
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rendering of the place names in the UK may have been written by non-English editors and may therefore not accurately reflect the general
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pronunciation, while others maintain that the IPA should show the local accent, and others would prefer the most widely understood RP.
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It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Knowledge contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
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