User talk:Huge247

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Huge247. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Greyfield land, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Belbury (talk) 14:10, 16 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Belbury. Do you require proof that the UK definition predates the US one? Although I coined the term, I didn’t spot a conflict of interest in my last version. Regards Hugh 80.31.139.33 (talk) 14:40, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm sure you're right when you say you used the term in the 1990s, but Wikipedia can't use student essays to confirm when or where a term was coined. (It may even have been coined earlier yet by someone else.)
 * I see your point about the article though, which was writing entirely about malls without making that clear enough in the opening paragraph. I've cleaned the article up and added a disambiguation to brownfield land, which might be a more constructive place to write about this, particularly with the incoming Labour government talking about "grey belt" sites right now. All the best. Belbury (talk) 14:59, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks Belbury. Fair points...understood. How would you feel about my original edit done a year or so ago which included a US and UK version? Cheers, Hugh 80.31.139.33 (talk) 15:27, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * If you're talking about the underused buildings and land in towns and cities that could be intensified by the addition of rooftop developments (in the case of an existing building) or airspace developments (above an existing carpark, for example), whilst largely maintaining the original existing use definition, this would need sources.
 * If you don't think it can be worked into the existing brownfield article, then creating a new WP:DRAFT article about just that definition would be the best way to go. Belbury (talk) 15:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)