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Starting review. Pyrotec (talk) 14:13, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Looks good so far. Quite a few red-line locations; and the in-line citations sparse in some sub-sections.Pyrotec (talk) 14:45, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Article is substantially compliant but there are a few areas needing attention, mostly the need for citations. Points needing attention are:
Overall a good article.Pyrotec (talk) 16:42, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
--Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 17:21, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations and thanks for all your hard work. I've now assessed the article as GA class. Pyrotec (talk) 18:43, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
We've covered roads, presumably we can say that there aren't any other forms of transport, like railways or canals, passing through?Pyrotec (talk) 16:48, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
The Rocky Mountains, Mendip Hills, Chiltern Hills, Pennines, South Downs etc. are all referred to as plural in their respective articles. Cannot see why these should be different - despite what is said in the GA comments. --TimTay (talk) 20:57, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Consider this snipit from the web:
3. Subject-verb Agreement Subject-verb AGREEMENT or CONCORD relates to number agreement (singular or plural) between the Subject and the verb which follows it: ((bquote| ... The government is considering the proposal The government are considering the proposal Here, the form of the verb is not determined by the form of the Subject. Instead, it is determined by how we interpret the Subject. In "the government is...", the Subject is interpreted as a unit, requiring a singular form of the verb. In "the government are...", the Subject is interpreted as having a plural meaning, since it relates to a collection of individual people. Accordingly, the verb has the plural form are.
--Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 16:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Not having read this talk page, I baulked at the opening sentence in the main article - the use of singular or plural was the problem, which has already been discussed. BUT... in any case, I question that the Blackdown Hills is (or are) a RANGE of hills - they are not a 'line or series', which is an OED definition of 'range' of hills. Is there a single-word definition of plateaux with promontories and deep valleys? Tony in Devon (talk) 11:16, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
This article has now been a fairly stable Good Article for over a year and I am looking for ideas about what would be needed to get it to meet the Wikipedia:Featured article criteria? This is one part of the Featured topic about Physical geography of Somerset. The rules about FT's have changed and we need to get one of the GAs included in the topic up to FA status or the whole FT will be demoted to a Good topic. Any ideas appreciated.— Rod talk 20:59, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
I recently reverted a good faith edit to this article but my edit summary didn't properly explain why. The addition said "The Hardy Monument near Portisham in the Blackdown Hills was the origin (meridian) for the 6 inch and 1:2500 Ordnance Survey maps for Somerset and Dorset". I believe the site being referred to is at the Hardy Monument, Portesham on Black Down, Dorset rather than the Blackdown Hills described in this article. It can be confusing as there is another Black Down, Somerset not that far away.— Rod talk 08:56, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
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B - Great! The lead has been expanded and tidied a little bit by myself. Towards GA class the article needs rewording throughout. There are many one line paragraphs, which could be merged. Maybe an expert on prose could help out. Meaty♠Weenies (talk) 13:08, 28 May 2008 (UTC) |
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