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Summary: Problem with the current Leeds article: Breaking All Core Polices

 * Summary Paragraph: Leeds, in common and official usage means the city of Leeds, however the current Leeds page defines the word "Leeds" on a virtually unused subdivision that is based on a historic county borough that no longer exists. This is against what newpapers, the government, official sources, encylopedias, the media, and 99.6% of google instances say. When scores of editors over the years have made an attempt to change the content and address the confusion, it is reverted. When asked why it is reverted, it is said "because 'Leeds' does not mean the city of Leeds". When asked to prove this or provide a single reliable source to back up the leading paragraph, they cant, but insist the status quo should remain despite an overwhelming wealth of evidence showing the current Leeds page is minority point of view and original research, and without a verifiable source to back up the lede.

In Depth: Problem with the current Leeds article: Breaking All Core Polices

 * The word "Leeds" in common and official usage means the city of Leeds (pop. 750,000). However, the current Leeds page, rather than giving information about the city (something people will be expecting to find), it instead gives minority POV and suggests "Leeds has a population of 443,247 and is the urban core of the wider City of Leeds" whilst failing to give a reliable source to back this up. This is also despite 99% of sources suggesting Leeds in common, popular, and offical usage means the City of Leeds. This minority POV has "Leeds" defined on the historical county borough of Leeds that no longer exists other than as an ONS statistical construct called 'leeds urban sub-division', which in widely accepted and offical usage is not the same 'Leeds'.
 * Any change to end years of confusion and to make the article adhere to core policies and be about the whole city is opposed by some editors. The reason given is that they personally believe that "Leeds" does not mean the whole city. This is despite the fact that (1) not a single reliable source (that doesnt constitute original research and/or NPOV) has been forthcoming for 4 years, and (2) all the evidence showing that the current page breaks the core policies and reflects minority POV has not been refuted by those editors opposing a change.
 * Those against any change say no change can be made without consensus - even though those against change are unable to refute the current page's core-policy-breaches, something a change would instantly address and resolve. Moreover, non-involved administrators say minority POV cannot take precedence over the core policies - yet it is here!

Evidence that Leeds means the city of Leeds not a subdivision
Evidence, as per WP:Naming_Conflict, and as per WP:Widely_Accepted_Name

As can be seen unanimously, Leeds does infact mean the city of Leeds, be it officially from the governmet, independent international bodies like EuroStat, newpapers, the internert, and encyclopedias. How Leeds ever came to mean anything other than the city is beyond many editors who have been strongly trying to change the status quo for years.

Example new lede for Leeds that would resolve all core policy issues and resolve all confusion
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Leeds was awarded city status in 1893 and has a population of. Leeds is the cultural, financial, and commercial heart  of the wider West Yorkshire Urban Area, which has a population of 1.5 million (2001 Census). The Leeds city region, which includes this urban area as well the surrounding towns and settlements economically linked with Leeds, has a population of 2.9 million. Leeds is part of the third most populous Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) in the UK with an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2.4 million

Once a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the recorded history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century when the Kingdom of Elmet was covered by the forest of "Loidis", the origin of the name Leeds. During the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a major industrial centre for the production and trade of wool, before emerging as a centre for commerce and higher education, being the location of the internationally acclaimed University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds Trinity and All Saints. Today Leeds is the largest business, financial and legal centre outside London,  and is also one of the fastest growing cities in the UK.

The historic urban core and administrative centre that lies at the heart of Leeds, had a subdivision population of 443,247 (2001 UK census), and sometimes "Leeds" is used to refer to just this historic core, which excludes the wider city and contiguous urban and suburban areas that became a part of the city in 1974, such as Horsforth, and Pudsey, as well as the rural element of the city that contains small outlying towns such as Otley and Wetherby.