Talk:Forest of Dean Cycle Centre

Extensive rewrite needed

This is an obvious promotional wiki and prime candidate for speedy deletion unless the entire article is rewritten with proper citations.AndrewHKLee (talk) 23:50, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I wrote this article; I have no connection with the centre, other than that I have used it, and have no reason to promote it. It is a significant and well established cycling facility in the Forest of Dean, and the information contained in the article is solely intended to be of benefit to readers interested in finding out more about the site and the faciliities/cycle routes available there. I oppose its deletion on the grounds that numerous similar attractions are also listed on Wiki.

Please be specific about the areas of this article which you believe contravene Wiki rules and I will do my best to deal with them. Obscurasky (talk) 01:09, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Whether you're connection with the centre or not the article still needs to be rewritten with proper citations. For one thing, you can't cite primary sources. But more importantly, you need to read the links I've directed you to and read them carefully for instructions on what's proper and not proper use of citations because I'm not sure you understand wiki policy on using primary, secondary sources, original research, sythesis, etc..AndrewHKLee (talk) 02:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Requested move 21 October 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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Cannop Cycle Centre → Forest of Dean Cycle Centre – Cannop Cycle Centre has been renamed the Forest of Dean Cycle Centre. This has been done by Forestry England, the organisation that manages the cycle centre. Evidence of this new name can be found online here - https://www.forestryengland.uk/forest-dean-cycle-centre ForestryEnglandRanger (talk) 09:06, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

For goodness sake, the place has changed its name. Page renaming uncontroversial and no need for a formal page move request. Obscurasky (talk) 00:46, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Please do be patient, because seven days isn't so long. If no one objects within that period, then the name may be changed. Objections might include WP:OFFICIALNAME because the important issue is how the centre is named in independent, secondary, reliable sources. P.I. Ellsworth - ed. ^put'r there 09:45, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure how/why you've concluded that lack of patience has played any role here. WP:COMMONSENSE is a more relevant factor. Obscurasky (talk) 00:37, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Perhaps I should just outright oppose this because I still haven't come across a single independent, secondary, reliable source that confirms this name change. Your impatience is shown by your not helping to do so. Even common sense on this encyclopedia relies on good sources to verify such changes. If you were patient using common sense, then you would provide some good sources about this centre that talk about it using the new name. P.I. Ellsworth - ed. ^put'r there 01:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Here's one that might be used, and here's another; however, we may need more. P.I. Ellsworth - ed. ^put'r there 01:36, 25 October 2021 (UTC) / 01:07, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.