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Untitled[edit]

The articles about the eight villages on Portland are all stubs - wouldn't it be better if they were combined into one article about all eight villages? This article would still be separate from the main article called "Isle of Portland".

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Community Trust[edit]

This line was removed by anon on 28 Feb with the summary "removed false statement":

The village has been maintained by the Chiswell Community Trust since 2003.^[1]^[2]

It was reverted by @David_J_Johnson, but I assume that's because the edit mangled the markup, alongside being an anon edit made without clear supporting evidence, rather than David taking issue specifically with removal of the community trust?

It caught my eye because the statement as I would interpret it (a voluntary Trust maintains everything in a settlement the size of Chiswell) does seem surprising. And anon does seem to have a point. The claim does not seem to be obviously supported by the references:

^ "The Chiswell Community Trust - Company number 04943736". Companies House. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "Chiswell Community Trust, community website for the village of Chiswell on Portland". Chiswellcommunity.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

My guess is that at best the original statement is too broad and ambiguous -- perhaps the trust does/did some odd jobs and projects, not maintain the entire village -- and should have been more specific. But given that the website domain registration has lapsed and there are any 3 current directors, I also guess it might no longer be an active organisation. And given anon's edit, it might never have been true. So I've deleted it.

I'm making a note of it here in case David or somebody else did know more and thinks it is important to keep in the article. But if it does stay, I suspect it needs more clarity on what exactly it does, and better references that are less reliant on primary sources created by the subject itself. Joe D (t) 08:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[CCTcompanieshouse-1] "The Chiswell Community Trust - Company number 04943736". Companies House. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[cct-2] "Chiswell Community Trust, community website for the village of Chiswell on Portland". Chiswellcommunity.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

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