Talk:Common land

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Contents 1 Opening paragraph 2 Suggested merge with Commons 3 Transferred from commons talk 3.1 2005 4 unreferenced 5 New England Town Common 6 Scottish common land tenses

[edit] Opening paragraph

I suggest that the opening paragraph ought to state the true meaning of the term, rather than the misconception! The misconceptions about common land could then be explained later in the article. Bluewave 11:25, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Suggested merge with Commons

The two articles "Common land" and "Commons" appear to be describing exactly the same thing. Bluewave 14:12, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Totally agree - different terms for the same subject. Patientone 11:08, 16 December 2005 (GMT)

Just noticed that someone has finally commented on my proposed merger of these articles! I think the "Commons" article is much the better of the two, so I suggest that we move any useful stuff into it, out of "Common Land", then make "Common Land" into a redirect. Does that sound like a good plan? Bluewave 11:44, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

It probably did when you made the suggestion but I have been bold and moved the combined article to here (common land) as the more "common" usage. Abtract 22:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transferred from commons talk

[edit] 2005

Hmmm I know, cod history. I'll see what I can do. Francis Davey 21:50, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] unreferenced

I have move references and external links into a section called "Further reading". Only those articles cited in the Wikipedia article should be in the References section. It may be that some of those articles that were in the References section should be there, but if so, then please use WP:FOOT to cite them, before putting them back. --Philip Baird Shearer 12:54, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New England Town Common

I think the concept of the town common in New England is sufficiently different and important to warrant a section in this article. Anyone have any thoughts? Rkstafford 21:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Even though I am unregistered, I agree. I am dismayed not to find mention of commons in New England mentioned here. I didn't think they were different, though, I thought they derived from English commons, it being New England and all. George Washington did marshall the troops on the Cambridge Common, you know. (comment by User:72.229.151.216 04:00, 27 September 2007)

[edit] Scottish common land tenses

Good recent edits... I'm a bit confused though about which of the seven types are past and which present. Does the past tense for some mean they no longer exist, or is it just because the law is old? --Richard New Forest (talk) 22:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)