User talk:British History Created the Modern World

January 2023
Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to London metropolitan area, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 10:15, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Whilst totally understandable (I withdraw my comments in that case) it does throw up some very concerning issues regarding cities specifically. For example, because New York and Tokyo actually count their contiguous suburbs, they publish population numbers (which compare like with like) but because the British authorities do not do so, nor the EU's, London's numbers are inaccurate. They may well be published by 'reputable' sources but Wikipedia should not be citing as fact that Tokyo's metropolitan area holds 38 million people, New York 24 million but London just 14 million or 18 million when this is comparing apples with pears. It means the general public whom are not aware of these details (including journalists) run away with false information, which is then perpetuated in the mainstream. This is an issue that needs addressing urgently. 'Factual' documentaries have recently perpetuated this information. Paris also gets falsely represented just to give one other example. If it isn't published (and never will be because no-one else cares to undertake the research) then we are all living a lie.
 * Incidentally, I also note that several figures have been slandered on Wikipedia with no way to edit them, where opinions are cited as facts. This is grossly unacademic too is it not? Unlike the slander I have observed (and it is serious slander) my piece here was supported by research which is not permitted because it doesn't fit Wikipedia's publishing requirements. On subjective issues such as cities, we surely must not allow opinions of others (e.g Eurostat) that measures apples, to be compared with the US and Japan or China that measures oranges. There must be some disclaimer or label attached to urban geography so the reader is not misled (as they clearly currently are listening and watching the nonsense about London's metropolitan area population in articles and news pieces. Why does this matter? Because it means policy researchers are using the wrong numbers when planning, not to mention the pursuit of truth is a noble pursuit in of itself.
 * Another area of concern related to my field of expertise in the urban realm is on railways. Urban railways of London make it the second largest urban rail network in the world (after Tokyo). But because it is not referred to in a specific manner as other cities refer to urban rail, then again, people compare something as restrictive as London's borough boundaries with the entire Tokyo area (which is the same as Southeast England with similar density to London in the outer suburbs). So again, lies, damn lies and statistics.
 * I must take issue again with slander however. Insulting a friend and locking it so (in this case) Left-wing extremists on Wikipedia control someone's life is unacceptable. There should be no political bias, just facts. Using terms such as 'far-right' is almost always inaccurate. Most don't even know what the term means. We need this addressing too. I would appreciate it if you could look at this if you have such authority. Everyone whom is right of Far-left is not 'Far-right'. British History Created the Modern World (talk) 11:22, 10 January 2023 (UTC)