Talk:Bloomsbury

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A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion
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Domesday
I’ve removed the reference to Domesday. The text said the area was part of an area mentioned in Domesday, though noting that the first mention of the name Bloomsbury came later. The reference was to the London Encyclopaedia, I checked the LE and the reference is accurate, the generally useful Lon. Encyclopaedia does make that statement – but, I believe, in error, for reasons I set out below. There is no manor of Bloomsbury in the Domesday book https://opendomesday.org/map/ So if the LE is accurate, what neighbouring manor is it part of. The LE doesn’t say, so I examined the details of neighbouring manors (Holborn – of which there is an argument that the area was a part, Lisson, Tottenham Court etc) and none of these had vineyards or wood for 100 pigs). The text already states the name is first used in the 1200’s, I can’t access the online reference, but the statement is also supported by the Oxford Dictionary of English place Names It seems to me that the best course of action is to remove the reference, unless and until someone can identify which Domesday manor the area was a part of. AlasdairDaw (talk) 16:13, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Conservation & Heritage Addition to Lede
In response to your complete deletion of the lede section I have added, with reason: '[this is] a common trope in London neighbourhoods':

I have added a fairly substantial section on the conservation and heritage of Bloomsbury in the present day. I debated whether or not to include a summary of this in the lede. However I decided in favour, quoting from Wikipedia's guidance on good ledes:

"The primary purpose of a Wikipedia lead is not to summarize the topic, but to summarize the content of the article. It should prepare the reader for whatever is in the body of the article, get them interested in the content, and inspire them to read the whole article.# The lead should be one to four paragraphs in length, and should answer most or all of the 5 Ws.# If a topic deserves a heading, then it deserves short mention in the lead."

Evidently the section on conservation and heritage deserves a mention in the lede, especially as the Bloomsbury lede is actually rather short, and as unfortunately the Bloomsbury article is not entirely developed at the moment. Your comment that this is 'a common trope' I don't really understand. It's just a summary of what appears in the article.

Oward98 (talk) 21:48, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

On reflection the lead summary focuses too much on the latter part of the conservation article, and takes up too much space as compared to the rest of the lede. I have accordingly condensed the section into two sentences. I think this is more reflective of the article's content.

"Bloomsbury's built heritage is currently protected by the designation of a conservation area and a locally based conservation committee. Despite this, there is increasing concern about a trend towards larger and less sensitive development, and the associated demolition of Victorian and Georgian buildings."