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Contents 1 Crime section 2 Cleanup tag 3 Gay Melksham 4 Melksham Today 5 The map

[edit] Crime section

I've deleted this paragraph since the tone was very biased and lacked any citations. Some other pieces need attention, including

"This would not have been possible if it were not for the crushing of a cell of NIMBYs on the town council"

"Several notable students have passed through the illustrious corridors"

Hertzsprung 22:21, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

...Indeed; would the author care to elaborate? The whole piece needs some work really. Saying that the recent house-building boom has led to an increase in house prices shows a shaky grasp of economics. Anonymous, 21:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup tag

This is an interesting article. Unfortunately

• the prose no longer flows well
• there are some unverifiable statements that could be sharpened up (or if the facts are not known, removed) such as crushing of a cell of NIMBYS, social solidarity, well known for ... hairdressers, no shortage of interest in these new properties and sporting events, at which the citizens of Melksham excel
• the lead section is too short; it should summarise the article

I don't have time to tackle this, so I tagged it {{cleanup}}, and it awaits a volunteer, maybe you, to be bold! --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 16:42, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I've deleted the "crushing of a cell of NIMBY's" comment from the main article. DuncanHill 17:16, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gay Melksham

This section is surely a pisstake. The bit about wife swapping seems to be a bit OTT and as for the local school having many gay pupils, what school doesn't? This sounds like homophobic vandalism by a native of Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon etc. Milvinder 00:18, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Melksham Today

I've tried to make this article more 'encyclopedic' by adding some history & cleaning up the 'Melksham today' section, which read more like a cross between a tabloid news item & a school prospectus. This section needs to be edited a bit more yet I think. Brograve 21:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The map

The maps wrong, and I don't know how to fix it. If you click on the bowerhill link there is a correct location on the map on that page. bert (talk) 19:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)