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Why have we got a South Downs article which begins with the North Downs, and no North Downs article but a redirect to South Downs? This is daft. Surely we either have two articles or one article entitled ... er North and South Downs, or Downs (hills) - I admit the title is tricky. Best have two articles. The human geography of the areas is entirely different.
Djnjwd 01:47, 23 Jan 2004 (UTC)
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Horticulture is especially difficult near the steepest parts of the Downs, which are particularly alkaline, and it is therefore almost impossible to grow lime-hating ericaceous plants unless the soil has been reconstituted.
Tthe Weald is an area of rolling countryside that stretches over the counties of Kent, Surrey, and East and West Sussex. Its name derives from the Old High German wald, a wooded area.
Arundel and Midhurst are both towns, not villages.
I don't think the "The" should be in the article name (I think there's some guideline somewhere that says an initial "The" should generally not be used in article names.) If no one disagrees in the next few days, I'll go ahead and do the necessary.-- A bit iffy 12:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Two comments on first approaching the article:
I have now undertaken a complete rewrite of this article, basing it on the Mendip Hills one. There were many articles around in Wikipedia that I was able to incorporate; and, since I know the South Downs very well, I was able to bring in further facts. I shall be pleased to hear from any other editors about anything which will help to makew the article a better one than it was originally! Peter Shearan ( talk) 16:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
There seem to be at least 3 hills over 700 (210 m) feet that are missing from the table. These are:
I'm happy to add them, but would need to check out where in the west-to-east sequence they fit in. -- Bermicourt ( talk) 15:24, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
I would really like someone to do a comparison between the landscapes called 'downs', fells, moor, (I think there are a few more) that we read about in novels. I really don't have any picture in my mind and the existing articles don't make the comparisons clear. Anyone? 207.102.255.230 ( talk) 19:15, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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Why have we got a South Downs article which begins with the North Downs, and no North Downs article but a redirect to South Downs? This is daft. Surely we either have two articles or one article entitled ... er North and South Downs, or Downs (hills) - I admit the title is tricky. Best have two articles. The human geography of the areas is entirely different.
Djnjwd 01:47, 23 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Text removed from article: to be integrated with Downland and Weald:
Horticulture is especially difficult near the steepest parts of the Downs, which are particularly alkaline, and it is therefore almost impossible to grow lime-hating ericaceous plants unless the soil has been reconstituted.
Tthe Weald is an area of rolling countryside that stretches over the counties of Kent, Surrey, and East and West Sussex. Its name derives from the Old High German wald, a wooded area.
Arundel and Midhurst are both towns, not villages.
I don't think the "The" should be in the article name (I think there's some guideline somewhere that says an initial "The" should generally not be used in article names.) If no one disagrees in the next few days, I'll go ahead and do the necessary.-- A bit iffy 12:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Two comments on first approaching the article:
I have now undertaken a complete rewrite of this article, basing it on the Mendip Hills one. There were many articles around in Wikipedia that I was able to incorporate; and, since I know the South Downs very well, I was able to bring in further facts. I shall be pleased to hear from any other editors about anything which will help to makew the article a better one than it was originally! Peter Shearan ( talk) 16:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
There seem to be at least 3 hills over 700 (210 m) feet that are missing from the table. These are:
I'm happy to add them, but would need to check out where in the west-to-east sequence they fit in. -- Bermicourt ( talk) 15:24, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
I would really like someone to do a comparison between the landscapes called 'downs', fells, moor, (I think there are a few more) that we read about in novels. I really don't have any picture in my mind and the existing articles don't make the comparisons clear. Anyone? 207.102.255.230 ( talk) 19:15, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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