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Turves Green Girls School needs an article and both the TG Boys School and Shenley Academy's entries need improving and expanding, but I can't find anything on the net. See if you can dig up any stuff locally and I will tinker with it afterwards. Northfield railway station is in dire need of a history section and there must be some stuff in local libraries to help with that. I am going to look at St Lawrence's Church's article next because there is plenty of source material on the net that I can use.

Conflict of Interest

I haven't looked at it for a while but I also think the Kings Norton article could probably do with a serious revamp. I am assuming that you actually still live in the general area - I haven't been there for nearly 50 years. (Adds) Having just looked at it there are multiple issues, firstly the para headings don't conform with wiki standard for places, their is a brief mention of a civil war 'skirmish' even though there is a whole article for the Battle of Kings Norton. The Saracen's Head has almost a bigger article than Kings Norton itself. There is no pre-history section, hardly any Saxon/Norman info, no demography, a skewed governance section, few images and a non standard lead - generally it needs pulling apart and starting again.21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 15:58, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added a title and a link to the previous contributor's message. South Birmingham OK (talk) 13:48, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I feel Wikipedia:Conflict of interest may be relevant and perhaps the page should get a different title to ensure that this public house is not unduly prominent. I have little to do with Kings Norton, I am much more familiar with Turves Green and do not know what locals call the area round Saracen's Head. I will discuss the matter on the talk page of the Kings Norton article. South Birmingham OK (talk) 13:56, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've copied this into Talk:Saracen's Head#Conflict of Interest. South Birmingham OK (talk) 14:08, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any problem with the Saracen's Head having its own article, it is after all a very historic building. My point was that the Kings Norton article is poorly structured and in need of both developing and reorganising more in keeping with the proper guidelines. There should be, for instance a decent sized paragraph on notable ancient buildings within the KN article with a link to the Saracen's Head page for people that wish to find out more. 21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 14:26, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stirchley, West Midlands is even worse than Kings Norton. South Birmingham OK (talk) 18:33, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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