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"Town" vs "village"
Could the two anonymous users who keep switching the article between "town" and "village" please stop. You are both way beyond the WP:3RR rule. I have reset the page to its original state, since the latest edits broke the name of one of the sources used in the article. Blind replacing of words is a bad idea. If you want to make further changes to the article, please discuss them here before editing the article, and let's reach a consensus before the article is altered. Railfan23 (talk) 21:10, 28 December 2018 (UTC)


 * The article for "village" gives a population of a "few hundred to a few thousand", so at 1,924 inhabitants Wylam would clearly qualify. I'm not keen on "small village" though. Just "village" would suffice. Tammbeck (talk) 23:03, 28 December 2018 (UTC)


 * There's no clean distinction between a small town and a large village. I don't have a dog in this race, but most contemporary reliable sources call Wylam a village e.g., , etc. The main point is the IP editors involved should knock off the edit war, bring their reliable sources here and we can reach a consensus. Railfan23 (talk) 23:27, 28 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Agreed. The parish council also refers to the community as a village. . I'm aware that "original research" is irrelevant, but I'm from a neighbouring village and I've never heard anyone refer to Wylam as a town. If there are no objections I will delete the word "small". Tammbeck (talk) 09:25, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
 * There's a pretty clear distinction in UK local government. Do they have a charter as a town? If they don't, they're a village (or a suburb of a city).  There are some large villages these days, where modern housing estates have been added and governance hasn't caught up. AFAICS, Wylam is still a village. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:16, 29 December 2018 (UTC)