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GA Reassessment
England
The following discussion 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.
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- Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
There is uncited text throughout the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:47, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- Work could also be done on GACR3b, as the article has gained almost 3,000 words over time since its promotion. CMD (talk) 02:05, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Edit request – National symbols (Saint George)
I would like to request a small, well-sourced addition to the National symbols section of the England article.
Proposed text:
Saint George, traditionally believed to have been born in Cappadocia (in modern-day Türkiye), is the patron saint of England and the origin of the red cross featured on the English flag.
Reliable sources: – Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Saint George” – Oxford Dictionary of Saints Mehmet Yolal (talk) 00:10, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
"Life in England" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect Life in England has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 31 § Life in England until a consensus is reached. A1Cafel (talk) 03:44, 31 January 2026 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 23 February 2026
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Suggesting to change out archive urls in citations from archive.today links to something else. One example is citation 226 the new archive url could be https://web.archive.org/web/20121026014535/http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item1169847/?site_locale=en_GB
Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AArchive.today_guidance Lazypenguin4507 (talk) 18:56, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
Partly done: I've changed this to a book citation instead. No need to include any URL since it doesn't give access to the book. Day Creature (talk) 19:09, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
