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Missing info?

This is a good well written article. But a Google search throws up lots of references to social problems, inequality, and significant deprivation in the town, especially in the Melcombe Regis area which isn't mentioned by the article at all. Also the history section stops in 1945. MapReader (talk) 21:36, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Featured Article in need of review

This Featured Article was promoted in 2006 and has never been reviewed since. The article's nomination at FAC was very, very superficial and the nominator, User:Rossenglish, has not edited since 2008.

A few of the issues spotted:

There is significant unsourced content in this article, particularly in the History section;
Prose does not meet FA standards at times, and the History section is particularly clumsy;
The relationship between Weymouth and Melcombe Regis has to be better explained, from what I gather they were separate towns that were unified at one point, but the prose is clumsy;
You gather correctly; hopefully I have now made clearer.--Ykraps (talk) 12:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The History section feels disjointed, in one sentence we're talking about coastal erosion, in the next about the English Civil War;
"Weymouth's esplanade is composed of Georgian terraces, which have been converted into apartments, shops, hotels and guest houses." - Why is this in the History section?
No idea. Moved.--Ykraps (talk) 12:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There is a circular reference to Wikipedia in the Governance section;
Fixed.--Ykraps (talk) 12:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This article follows a not very intuitive structure (History --> Governance --> Geography), shouldn't it be Geography --> History --> (...) --> Politics?
I somewhat agree but this article follows the order set out in Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements' MOS.--Ykraps (talk) 12:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I was under the impression that several English seaside resorts suffered from deprivation, is this not the case in Weymouth? The above comment seems to hint at it, and I find claims, for instance, that "Weymouth & Portland among 10% most deprived areas in UK". Compare how the issue is given its due weight in recently promoted Featured Article on an English seaside town Skegness#Workforce_and_deprivation.

The article does not meet the Wikipedia:Featured article criteria and needs substantial work to rise to current standards. RetiredDuke (talk) 23:28, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Following FAR, I've spotted some close paraphrasing of thewordtravels that should be resolved. The source does not seem high quality, but it definetely pre-dates the inclusion of that Thomas Hardy paragraph in the Wikipedia article. RetiredDuke (talk) 17:45, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed.--Ykraps (talk) 12:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ykraps: So I've been around the media section (which is funny because I've never heard about 3/4ths of these services/franchises) and I think that Westcountry Television is the local ITV television franchise is no longer true. ITV Westcountry says there was a merger to form ITV West Country. I found this source that talks a bit about it but I'm still looking for the follow up. If you could add it to the article I would appreciate it, since I'm not familiar with any of that. Also, this source that I added talks about Freeview (UK), so maybe that's relevant. RetiredDuke (talk) 15:03, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I hadn't really looked at that section yet and, as it's an optional one, was half considering its deletion. This explains more about the franchise change.[[1]] --Ykraps (talk) 15:47, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I also found this map that supports three relay transmitters in the town (Wyke Regis, Bincombe Hill and Preston) from Stockland Hill. Got it from here. If useful, could you add it? I'm not familiar with this stuff, I'm just doing a bit of research. RetiredDuke (talk) 15:50, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've indicated at the FAR page that it's coming along, so there's no rush. RetiredDuke (talk) 15:56, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is currently wrong. The 'ou' sound in the name is the same as the 'u' in 'push'. I don't know where the 'a' in 'about' comes from, but it's not how we say it, here in Weymouth. You can take the word of a Weymouthian on that. 2A00:23C7:3119:AD01:39C9:8B8A:89EC:8C29 (talk) 05:56, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide a reliable source rather than the word of a Weymouthian.SovalValtos (talk) 07:27, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's incredible. What's the reliable source for the currently listed (wrong) pronunciation? 2A00:23C7:3119:AD01:E5FE:FD1E:2940:E10F (talk) 12:35, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]