User talk:Sundancenick

October 2010
Your recent edit to the page Slough appears to have added incorrect information and has been reverted or removed. All information in this encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable, published source. If you believe the information that you added was correct, please cite the references or sources or before making the changes, discuss them on the article's talk page. Please use the sandbox for any tests that you wish to make. Do take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you. also Barrow NtheP (talk) 21:07, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Slough
The existance or not of Berkshire County Council is irelevant to the location of Slough. For modern geographical purposes it's in the ceremonial county of Berkshire which was retained when the county council was abolished. If that is not a popular viewpoint in Slough then with appropriate citations the article should say so but the FACT that the town was placed in the county of Berkshire by the Local Government Act 1972 can't be denied. NtheP (talk) 21:25, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I suggest you read http://www.abcounties.co.uk/counties/confusion.htm section 2.2. which specifically lists Slough as one of the districts remaining upon abolition of Berkshire County Council. Wikipedia policy is that UK settlements are listed by contemporary/ceremonial county with reference back to former counties, see WP:UKCITIES NtheP (talk) 21:34, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

3RR Slough
Hi, Sundancenick, Despite some advice on your Talk Page above I see you have continued to revert edits on Slough and because of the number of revertions you have made if you continue to do so you will be reported to the WP:3RR Noticeboard for edit warring. I encourage you to take your concerns about the currentversion of the article to the article Talk Page. Tmol42 (talk) 22:08, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

That's three editors, including myself, pointing out to you what the rules are on counties. I can appreciate your sentiments but this has been discussed long and hard and the policy is as I outlined above - when setting the location it's the modern ceremonial county that counts. The hsitorical counties can be mentioned but the first is the current one. Please stop changing entries before you find yourself banned for deliberate vandalism. I see you reverted your own change on Huntingdon to Cambridgeshire which makes me think you are aware of what the policy is. If you disagree with the policy that much, the place to take it up is Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements not by individual edits to articles on places. NtheP (talk) 22:11, 12 October 2010 (UTC)