Talk:Oving, West Sussex

Merge proposal
Guidelines at WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements state that ideally the civil parish should be the catch-all article, avoiding single line articles on every village and landmark within the parish.

Therefore, I suggest that villages within the parish with a one or two sentence article, ie Colworth, West Sussex & Merston to be merged and redirected to this parish article. ++ MortimerCat (talk) 06:22, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The Parish of Merston is of particular historical interest as it was the site of a very important fighter base during the second world war. In order not to confuse this fighter base with nearby Tangmere, Goodwood and Selsey I suggest it is kept separate. (Oving being nextdoor to Tangmere). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.152.8 (talk) 20:50, 20 June 2009 (UTC)


 * The only reason I am suggesting a merge is because this article is a one-liner and would be better off as a redirect. It would be great if someone would expand it instead. I would suggest that any expansion on the airbase would be better suited to RAF Merston similar to RAF Tangmere. I assume the airfield was outside the village, so any mention would be more appropriate in a parish article which covers the airbase. Incidentally, the parish of Merston was abolished in 1933, so I am guessing the airbase was in the parish of Oving. MortimerCat (talk) 23:56, 21 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Oppose merge - village articles have infinitely more history and notability than civil parishes, they just haven't been expanded yet. Jenuk1985  |  Talk  00:00, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Villages articles are a sub-set of parish articles? MortimerCat (talk) 00:40, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

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