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London is the capital of England which is a country within the UK. Other countries within the UK also have capital cities. 84.66.191.171 (talk) 21:46, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Plenty of reliable sources establish that London is the capital of the UK. Cordless Larry (talk) 22:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The constituent countries have their own capitals, but London is both capital of England and the UK. Jimthing (talk) 22:19, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Semi-protected edit request on 4 January 2024[edit]
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Please revert this edit: the cited policy states If the name of the article has a pronunciation that is not apparent from its spelling, include its pronunciation in parentheses after the first occurrence of the name. 212.3.130.126 (talk) 20:05, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Looking at the archives, this issue has been discussed multiple times (1, 2, 3), and as far as I can tell no consensus was reached. Perhaps we should settle this dispute once and for all here (hopefully without getting to WP:DRN or, heaven forbid, a WP:RFC). My own opinion leans towards removal. The spirit of the policy is to help people who know English reasonably well to pronounce unusual words without cluttering every lead section with a pronunciation guide. London is a common enough city name that I think the vast majority of English speakers should know how to pronounce. Liu1126 (talk) 22:35, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
With my edit request answering hat on, I've set the edit request as answered as edits under discussion or which may be controversial exclude the request from consideration. Putting on my regular editor hat, I basically agree with Liu1126 and support removal / do not include pronunciation in lead. I'd argue that London falls under the spirit of Do not include pronunciations for names of foreign countries whose pronunciations are well known in English provision of MOS:LEADPRON, despite the fact London is not a country (or foreign). —Sirdog(talk) 06:21, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Greater London isn't a city but an administrative area.
Within London only The City of London and The City of Westminster have city status.
This article on London incorrectly cites London as the biggest city in the UK. GabeDertzer (talk) 16:48, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes, it is a city and defined as that in reliable sources, such as [1]. Vpab15 (talk) 18:19, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
For WP usage it's a city, and is thus defined as one here, along with various text and citations/notes explaining the exact delineations, as required. Jimthing (talk) 22:23, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Added this point in lede given its pertinence in such an article about a location on WP. Jimthing (talk) 22:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I don't think it should be in the lede, since it is about the metropolitan area, which has it's own article, and not about London as such. I would vote to remove it, or at least move it to a separate section. Vpab15 (talk) 23:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Correction of "London is the capital of the United Kingdom". This is incorrect and misleading, the UK does not have an official Capital city. It is made up of 4 countries which each have their own capital cities. There is no official recognition or statement by any Government of the UK designating London as the capital 86.25.198.144 (talk) 21:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]