Talk:Paddington, New South Wales

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why'd you gotta take out the picture of my street? huh? I was FAMOUS!

"The area has a high level of foreign ancestry, with only 25% of people in the 2001 census identifying that their parents were born in Australia. In contrast, 67% had parents who were born in North-West European nations, such as England and Ireland." These two statements don't make sense, does it or does it not have a "high level of foreign ancestry". If it does, then how come 3/4 of the population apparently come from Australian-born parents? Also, "in contrast" two-thirds had parents born in Northern Europe. These figures don't add up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Miarebarose (talk • contribs) 25% = 1/4, not 3/4--Runcorn 17:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually the real problem here is the wording. The article implies 25% of people have 'foreign' ancestry but then singles out England and Ireland as if they're not 'foreign' because it is "in contrast" to the previous statement. I realise Paddington is a white WASPy suburb, but is this saying that 25% of people had parents not born in "North-West Europe"? And is "North-West Europe" somehow not 'foreign'. Strange, dare I say racist, wording there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.23.146.66 (talk) 07:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Plagiarism of Wikipedia material
A no doubt well-meaning website called "Sydney Architecture" is under development and most of its text material seems to be lifted straight from Wikipedia. As an example look at their page on Eastern Suburbs / Paddington:

http://www.sydneyarchitecture.com/EAS/EAS.htm

Are people allowed to do this without acknowledging their sources??

--MichaelGG 05:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

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