Talk:Pyrford

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I have lived in Pyrford for thity-six years.

This is a poor article. It is largely the same as the history section of a longstanding commercial website. It has no structure, is poorly written, contains grammatical errors and includes very little basic information about the location and nature of Pyrford as it currently exists. I regard it as both inadequate and unrepresentative of even a standard Wiki article.

Firstly, facts within the article need to be screened, amended and regularised. Also additions are necessary that assist in identifying Pyrford in a modern light. I will start attempting this shortly.

Secondly, meaningful illustrations must be added to give some authentication to such a long article on a small village. I can provide these, within the public domain.

Thirdly, it needs a capable Wiki editor to shape the article and give it a genuine Wikipedia structure - while at the same time monitoring its progress until the job is complete. This will also mean keeping the article in perspective: Pyrford is one of many villages within the Borough of Woking (population circa 90,000).

JHB

[edit] History section removed

Wikimedia has received a notification from Pyrford Press that the History section of this article is a copyright violation of their "Brief History of Pyrford" page.[1]

It seems that it was added wholesale by User:Sharak on June 9, 2006.[2]

The Wayback Machine clearly shows Pyrford Press as having that content on their website prior to this - their version from December 14, 2005 is here.

Accordingly, I have removed this section. --Stormie (talk) 06:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)