Talk:Downland
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I've had to take the step of rewriting a lot of this article as it was becoming nonsense.
Please don't do any reverting unless you are sure your facts are correct. I will try and keep an eye on this article to stop it straying away to junk again... It's critical that wikipedia is accurate in places, or at least accurate enough that the casual observer cannot see through the nonsense
-- rant over --- --Davelane 00:09, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
PS -- please correct my typos however :)
- As it is, I think it is excellent. Well done. Dieter Simon 22:55, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Why did you change the southern England chalk formation from singular to plural? As I understand it the different downs are all part of the same formation, folding followed by erosion of some of the domes and creation of valleys and vales have led it being divided into the separately named downs. --Joe D (t) 23:16, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) (P.S., to sign your name you need ~~~~, not ----.)
Ok, thanks for the improvements -- yeah sorry about the username typo I keep doing that because the insert Tags are broken in Konqueror :( erm I see what you mean about the chalk formation(s) and I can't decide to revert my edit or not -- It makes equal sense either way, but Downs being kind of plural it seems to be easier on the reader tho technically less correct in a geological kind of way -- I was thinking of creating an separate article on the south UK downland, which could go into more depth -- theres some good stuff in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica in Downs which could be used for this.
--Davelane 00:09, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Southern England Chalk Formation
I've also thought about a general article on this particular formation, as I've found (and written) in a number of articles on specific areas of downs a list of the other downs in the formation, and replacing the text "this downland is part of the chalk formation that includes the Dorset Downs, Salisbury Plain, Isle of Wight, South Downs" etc etc with "this downland is part of the Southern England Chalk Formation might be one of the many benefits of such an article. I've also noticed the articles Chalk, Downland and Chalk Formation aren't quite as tied together as they could be. Joe D (t) 00:28, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Ok I vote for that -- however is there a Geology_of_the_United_Kingdom#Cretaceous_period and Chalk Formation which together skim round the whole subject. Lets create the Southern England Chalk Formation as you suggest and populate it with the 1911 Britannica page on Downs and move some of the stuff around mentioned above oh and we should also include the Weald... --Davelane 00:58, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Yes, as I said in the "White Cliffs" talk, I apologise. I should have known better, they are at the end of the "North Downs Way". Dieter Simon 23:16, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] External links
Are the Seven Sisters/South Downs links really relevant here? This article is about download in general, these links should probably go on South Downs page. If nobody objects I might get 'round to deleting them somewhen... Joe D (t) 00:03, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- I agree, have removed external links and added to Seven Sisters article.
- Dieter Simon 01:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The Southern England Chalk Formation
I have removed Watership Down and Eastbourne from the South Downs. Watership Down is between Basingstoke and Newbury, and well to the north of the South Downs. Eastbourne is a town which lies mostly below the eastern end of the South Downs. Instead, I have added Butser Hill and Ditchling Beacon to the examples of parts of the South Downs.
Also, I've added Box Hill as a further example of a place on the North Downs.
--Portnadler 16:16, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
