Talk:History of Dover

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I have transferred the information here from the Dover article, since it overwhelmed it. Much of the information lacks references: and a good deal of rewriting, since it is somewhat bitty. I have also suggested that the article Dubris belongs more properly within the confines of this article (and repeats itself too). There are innumerable catagories as well: including Category:Napoleonic defences of Dover (two entries); Category:Forts in Dover (two entries]]; and Category:History of Dover.

Now it has been speedy deleted but I am contesting that Peter Shearan (talk) 07:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I looked the article over thoroughly before tagging it for speedy deletion. It was a word-for-word copy of this website. The short intro paragraph was the only part not taken from that site. I wasn't clear on whether you copied it from Dover or where it came from exactly, but all the text was copyvio. --L. Pistachio (talk) 07:23, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * From my reading of the revisions, I am sure that the Wikipedia section came first and Kentfind's History of Dover page is an unacknowledged copy of our text that was made some time after May 2007. See the Earthquake section, where our copy originally stated: "The earthquake was said to be 5.4 on the richter scale.". This was then changed by several edits, , and to the version that appears on the other site. I think this is good enough evidence that there is no copyvio from kentfind.co.uk, so I'm restoring the deletion. Happy to discuss, though.  —S MALL  JIM   10:14, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Another point in our favour: looking at the source of the Kentfind page shows that the photos are linked directly from WP. —S MALL  JIM   10:31, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice catch. I guess I didn't look quite thoroughly enough. --L. Pistachio (talk) 16:48, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Regarding being able to see Napoleon's troops in Boulogne, I doubt this, hence I've requested a citation. When I was growing up there, you could make out Calais on a clear day, but there was no chance of seeing Boulogne. Wavy (talk) 09:31, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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wtf?
What on earth is this supposed to mean, in the "19th century" section? It's been there since the article's creation in 2008. "The South Eastern Railway arrived in 1844 and cross-channel traffic boomed – the town were even combined with boat trains and the Golden Arrow service." GrindtXX (talk) 18:47, 8 October 2021 (UTC)