Talk:London

Foreign born population ERROR

Demography
Main article: Demography of London

The 2021 census recorded that 3,575,739 people or 40.6% of London's population were foreign-born making it the city with the second largest immigrant population after New York City, in terms of absolute numbers.

This is correct, until the part 'the second largest immigrant population after New York, in terms of absolute numbers.'

Wikipedia has its own article on this topic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_born). It shows New York City having 3.2 million foreign-born while London has 3.5 million foreign born, which according to this webpage, makes London the city with the largest immigrant population - period.

Can someone please fix up this sentence by stating that London is the city with the largest immigrant population, in terms of absolute numbers? Cythreill (talk) 11:11, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood is stated as living in London. This is not the case - she died in December 2022 as stated in the (linked) entry dedicated to her. Requires updating. 88.97.106.170 (talk) 15:57, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks. Vpab15 (talk) 16:38, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Capital of England?!??!

Can this be removed from the opening or a reference added 92.13.229.192 (talk) 18:14, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

This has been discussed numerous times over the years and there are a lot of discussions in the talk page archives about this. DDMS123 (talk) 18:31, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Voltaire

@Para Clark: It remains unclear why the Voltaire quote warrants inclusion in the Economy section. It is an interesting philosophical perspective, but contributes little to an understanding of the modern London economy. This is particularly true given that economic history more broadly is better placed within the History section. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:26, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

@Para Clark: ↑ Nikkimaria (talk) 04:34, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Apologies for not responding sooner (only just seen this message now). Think it fits better in the economy section as the history section is more broader in scope. If you look at the other sections (architecture, travel, leisure, lgbt, literature, museums, recreation, sport etc.) they cover more history/development than a history section would. Economy covers the development of London as a financial center (still today being one of two) with finance being its largest industry. Para Clark (talk) 21:23, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

But why do you feel this quote in particular warrants inclusion? Is this a perspective broadly shared in the literature? Nikkimaria (talk) 00:50, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed reponse (been on holiday this time). Yes it is a broad view, and one which I had first come across via the historian Jeremy Black on the BBC when he contrasted London with Paris. The unique economic condition in London saw commerce trump differences, which Voltaire summed up. I added an extra source on the quote itself which expounds on this; "Commerce, or shop keeping, established an arena within which people dealt with each other solely for economic benefit and, so, ignored extraneous factors such as the other party’s religious practices. On the floor of the London stock exchange, religious differences disappeared into background noise as people scrambled to make a profit from each other." Para Clark (talk) 11:57, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Okay, that would be better summarized as part of the preceding paragraph. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:30, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Tourism figures, most visited

Perhaps I missed something during my scroll down of Talk archives, but I counted two discussions on this about Paris vs London. First one 2006 (short and unimportant), and another 2011/12 that was interesting between two users, en-bateau and Rangoon11. I found en-bateau's arguments in favour of Paris convincing, and there are other RS that have Paris comfortably in front. For example, Statista is cited to give London's GDP as highest in Europe, but Statista has Paris as most visited. I'm mentioning it again because (again, maybe I missed something) the issue has not, I feel, been addressed conclusively and not mentioned for 10 years. Do others feel there is a discussion to be had? BowlAndSpoon (talk) 02:26, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Trivial junk usually source to more junk ..... not sure should be here at all ....but that said. Not sure what sources you're looking at but a quick search gives London. ...

• Feess, James (2023-07-12). "The Most Visited Cities In Europe The Most Popular European Cities (2023)". Guide To Backpacking Through Europe. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
• Mala, Alisa (2023-03-20). "The 15 Most Visited Cities n Europe". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
• "The Most Visited Cities in Europe: Where You Should Go and Why". GloboTreks. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
• "The Top 15 Most Visited Cities in Europe". Schengen Visa. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-08-21.

Moxy- 02:43, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

I'd agree with the "not sure should be here at all", or alternatively we could go with the "one of the most visited" since all sources seem to agree on that. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:47, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 September 2023

Kdjdmdndndkdmdnjd 60.241.100.202 (talk) 03:29, 2 September 2023 (UTC)