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I would like there to be a separate new entry for Binsted Village near Arundel in West Sussex so that I can add more of the kind of information that is now appearing on www.binsted.org and people can access it directly rather than having to know they might find Binsted information within the Walberton article. I am not confident to set it up, but if somebody set up a template then I could put in some content. Is there a way to find someone who might help with that? MichaelGTristram (talk) 21:15, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Binsted is here, but Wikipedia is not the local news or directory. Let what is in Binsted.org stay in Binsted.org.Charles (talk) 23:04, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Charles. If I bow to your judgement on that; would it be possible, please, to at least put a "Binsted, West Sussex: See Walberton" entry into Wikipedia? Otherwise we have the unpalatable situation for Binsted villagers, that the only Binsted village entry is for the Hampshire village of the same name. We are still smarting from the insult of Pevsner's original judgement "Binsted: no village"; Binsted is in fact an important rare survival of medieval linear village structure, as opposed to a post-medieval centric village. MichaelGTristram (talk) 14:38, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry I missed that it is the Hampshire Binsted. Too busy. Frankly I do not think a page for the hamlet will survive. It is not up to me alone. We generally have one article for a civil parish, including smaller settlements in it. If you live there you also need to be aware of having a conflict of interest.Charles (talk) 22:08, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

I do understand about being too busy! Points understood. Thank you for setting up the redirect from "Binsted, West Sussex" to Walberton. A similar redirect from "Binsted, Arundel" to Walberton would be nice if not too much trouble.

Adding links
Hi Michael and welcome.

I have undone some of your edits which added external links to the text of articles. These are not permitted in that way. Editorial notes should be avoided. Please see WP:EL for more information. Anything added to Wikipedia should have a citation to a reliable published source. See WP:Citing sources.

Please do not be put off by this. Happy editing.Charles (talk) 08:38, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Charles

Thank you - I have just added an external link to the new Binsted Village website which I hope does meet the criteria as adding valuable additional information which could not reasonably be fitted within the article. I share a lot of your stated interests! You may like to know that LiDAR has recently discovered the Roman Road line in Binsted Woods, just south of the A27. More information if you email me offline mike.tristram  [at]      dsl.pipex.com. MichaelGTristram (talk) 21:09, 23 January 2016 (UTC)MichaelGTristram (talk) 18:13, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Dear Charles You have undone all of my carefully inserted edits to the A27 Road article on the basis that they are unsourced. I was disappointed to find that you had undone the edit without asking me whether I was still working on it to add sources. This was a too hasty action on your part and so I have undone your reversion. EVERYTHING I have written there is up to date information and I have had the sources but it is a lot of work to get them all back together which I am doing. I need the text to be there for me to refer to and add the source references to it. Leaving the article outdated as it was when there is somebody who has expert knowledge in process of updating it is not in anyone's interests. This will be my first efforts in source ascription in Wiki and I am having to mug up on how to do it - plus I have my day-job work to do. Please give this newbie a break and don't delete what I wrote again, I will add the sources as early as I can during the week. MichaelGTristram (talk) 18:13, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * You can always work on the new text in your own sandbox if you wish (tab at top of page), but new material should be sourced when it is added.Charles (talk) 21:50, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

January 2016
Hello, I'm Jeni. Your recent edit to the page A27 road appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Jeni ( talk ) 22:22, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Jeni I am trying to add CORRECT information and the article as it stands has INCORRECT information. For example in the History section it states (re Chichester) "The preferred route will then be announced in September 2015 and the plan will be to start construction in February 2018 with a completion date of December 2019.[4][5][6]". A simple reference to the Highways England Major Schemes website will show you that the timescale is now quite different. Likewise under 'Proposed developments' the entry is very out of date. We have also had publication of the Highways England Delivery Plan, the RIS Investment Plan, the A27 Feasibility Study Reports, the leaking in Jan 2016 of the Chichester draft options maps.

Charles has pointed out to me I can work on texts in the sandbox but because you have deleted everything I have done I just give up. I thought it would be a good idea to help bring Wikipedia up to date - but it seems, to a newcomer to Wiki editing, as if being a Wikipedia techniques expert is almost more important, on Wiki, than being an expert in the facts!!! If you are not prepared to let me contribute up to date knowledge to what is a severely outdated entry, please at least note that the entry has issues so that readers are warned. Thank you.

PS Sorry if that sounds tetchy but it is really very stressful trying to help Wikipedia forward and getting rebuffed at every turn.