Wikipedia:Peer review/Dartford/archive1

Dartford

For a town of its size and importance, I think we have a high-quality article here, however I also feel there are some things missing, but I can't quite put my finger on them. Any comments from the wikipedia community would be gratefully received. Jdcooper 23:13, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Well the priority for this article is expansion. It should be compared to featured article Bath. A broadlost of things missing:

• Good lead. See WP:LEAD.
• Geography section discussing umm let me see: geography. + climate and weather.
• Politics sections.
• Culture section.

Current issues:

• two line sections need to be expand. On the other hand, alot of expansion on everything is needed.
• If there is nothing you can add to the History section, then get rid of the sub-sections. Sub-sections like that are used for large amounts of information.
• "Communications" section renamed to "Transport".
• Population needs to be merged into "Demographics" and the section expanded respectively.
• Include notable places.
• Notable people should be on of the last things on the page.
• Dont forget good references.

Thanks! - Tutmosis 23:57, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much! We will get right on that, cheers Jdcooper 11:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I have had a shot at the "Notable people" section, making it less wordy. I am also trying to set up a more comprehensive lead para - will be grateful for comments when it appears; and unless anyone else wishes to undertake it, the History section. I think that some of that could perhaps be included in a para entitled "Industrial history" since there are some good sections which would read better together. Peter Shearan (talk) 16:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

There is a fairly comprehensive history here by Mark Chatwin, by way of extra sources, although there are possible accuracy issues with it (see discussion ici). Jdcooper (talk) 17:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

I have had a comprehensive attempt at this article. Although I am sure there is much to be added, I will now leave it to simmer, so that any additional info will not come from me for the time being. I am now looking at the Dartford (borough) article which cannot make up its mind whether it is talking about the town or the borough! IMO we sould take the built-up area of Dartford as "town" and all the rest - the Borough Council, MP, parishes, etc etc - as the borough. It is a pity that the ancient meaning of the word "borough" has come to mean that much wider area - it is even more ridiculous in the case of eg Canterbury where its rural areas are still called the "city"! - the actual local government areas were all called "districts" but local government officials didn't want to lose the word borough where there was a mayor involved Peter Shearan (talk) 11:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)