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Maidstone
I can imagine there is quite a lot of work to be done on this article, and I'd like it to be a good article in the future, if not featured. I'd appreciate any thoughts on how this article can be improved. Thanks, — FireFox  ( talk ) 12:57, 05 August '06

To start the article is lacking references, a few examples you might want to try and find references for are:
 * "It is one of the few towns in the UK to have a crater on Mars named after it."
 * "Although Stone Age finds have been made locally, it is the Romans who first gave Maidstone some importance. Their road from Watling Street at Rochester to Hastings across the Weald passed through the site, and two villas have been discovered. They were also among the first to extract stone (the sandstone known as Kentish Rag) from the area."
 * "There have been two Army barracks in Maidstone. One is now closed. The present Invicta Barracks is home to the Royal Engineers 36 Engineer Regiment, which includes 2 Gurkha field squadrons."

The article needs to be comprehensible, there is a statement in the article that says "Maidstone’s town status was confirmed when, in 1549, it was incorporated." That should be refed, and explained. What does it mean that it was confirmed and incorporated? Things of that nature, remember many people of different cultures may read the article and they may not understand what that statement means. The lead section is on the short side and could do with expansion, it might be a good idea to merge the headline sections "Early history" and "Town Status" into the lead section of the article. K O S |  talk  19:38, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll start some work on this in the coming days. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. — FireFox  ( talk ) 19:43, 6 August '06


 * Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, AZ t 01:25, 9 August 2006 (UTC)