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Glenrothes

This article has come on leaps and bounds over the past 6 months and I think its time for a review. The article is overlong and needs some pruning (the "History" section in particular), however it is well written, properly sourced and very informative.

(Mcwesty 12:35, 20 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

~~The introduction and the geography section tells us that Glenrothes is equidistant between Edinburgh and Dundee, but I think stating the distance might be more pertinent.~~ Done in Geography section

I think the background history section needs a bit more work to clarify how Glenrothes evolved. The facts are in the article, but it lacks the clarity of the same section in (for instance)Milton Keynes Mighty Antar 19:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC) Done[reply]

I think some more development is needed to explain how the failure of the mine helped change the fortunes of the town in a positive way. Clearly this should have been disastrous for the town rather than beneficial yet the magic wand that turned things around for Glenrothes seems to be missing. Done, mention of Government influence on change of role of town, and mention of Thatcher Government's dispanding of mining in the 1980's.

~~I think some of the phrasing in the paragraphs about the forthcoming expansion of the Kingdom Centre are unclear. Outwith?~~ Reworded paragraphs, the expansion is separate from other uses that were mentioned to be "outwith the centre".

~~Reference 14 is a link to a story from the Glenrothes Gazette rather than the Fife Herald mentioned in the article.~~ Removed, shouldnt have been in there in the first place.

Quite a bit of work needed on Wikipedia:Embedded citations and WP:EL given the current length of the article, there seems an awful lot of essential material only available on external links. Have a look at WP:UKCITIES as well.

Overall I enjoyed it, keep up the good work Mighty Antar 22:27, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can the article receive some sort of grading?