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Text and/or other creative content from England was copied or moved into Outline of England with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

The issue whether England is a country or not has been repeatedly raised.

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Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2023

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Under the 'Government' section in the table on the side, add the fact that the current prime minister is Rishi Sunak. Privatedev11 (talk) 19:10, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

England doesn't have a prime minister. Mutt Lunker (talk) 19:24, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: See Mutt Lunker's reply. Actualcpscm (talk) 22:22, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Combined Authorities

England has Combined authority that have a varying number of powers https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/english-devolution ChefBear01 (talk) 15:07, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Description of countries bordering England. 75.80.227.134 (talk) 22:17, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Combined Authorities form part of devolution in England ChefBear01 (talk) 15:52, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"English Nation" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect English Nation 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/2023 May 8 § English Nation until a consensus is reached. Estar8806 (talk) 01:26, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2021 census data available

Only infobox and introduction have been updated with 2021 census information; many references remain to the 2011 census. Is this an overdue update? PurpleQuaver (talk) 18:59, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Demography

Demography section should be edited to reflect the results of the 2021 Census. Wikiedits050999 (talk) 10:17, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics for England without Wales?

Ethnic groups should maybe be deleted from infobox as cite seems to include Wales Chidgk1 (talk) 14:56, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 July 2023

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After recent edits, this pages needs to be reviewed to follow the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images. This is a good artcle and, sadly, it could be delisted if the images are not corrected. Someone has made a bit of a mess of the images and they are not lined up correctly and do not follow the style guide. 86.173.216.66 (talk) 19:19, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done: I fixed what I saw was wrong. - FlightTime (open channel) 19:29, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers. looks a lot nicer now, imo. You did a good job! The only thing I would fix is removing the Gatwick picture in transport because it looks too far down (I have a large screen and I don't want to think how low it looks on a smaller screen). Or perhaps moving the image slightly. Thanks again! --86.173.216.66 (talk) 19:32, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, better. - FlightTime (open channel) 19:40, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 July 2023

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A source for the UK investing over £60 million in world’s first air-breathing rocket engine back in 2013 for the economy section.

In 2013, the British Government pledged £60 million to the Skylon project: this investment will provide support at a "crucial stage" to allow a full-scale prototype of the SABRE engine to be built.

Source that could be used for this: https://reactionengines.co.uk/british-government-to-invest-60-million-in-worlds-first-air-breathing-rocket-engine/ 86.173.216.66 (talk) 14:39, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done, but I cited an article from the Graun instead of using the company press release you provided. Xan747 (talk) 00:27, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2023

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In the climate section, the UK is now ranked 2nd in the environmental index; the energy department needs to be changed to the new one in the link. If you clcik on the Department for Net Zero it is still linked to the old department that closed down for this one in Feb this year. The link just needs to be changed to the Department for Net Zero.

Also there's a strange spacing issue in the architecture section in culture, the picture of St Pauls should be moved up slightly because thereis an unnecessary large space. 84.65.117.106 (talk) 16:38, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done: Updated Environmental Performance Index.

Not done: St Paul's Cathedral image is correctly anchored to the paragraph mentioning English Baroque period.

Xan747 (talk) 17:51, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2023 (2)

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Vital information on other sports in England were removed in the latest edit on this page, and in the economy section. The tag at the top of the page says this artcle is too large but it's a normal size for a country page? And where is the talk page discussion about it? Can we please stop removing information without talking about it on the talk page first? 84.65.117.106 (talk) 16:46, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. (You could reach out to the involved editors on their talk page, and/or ping them here.) Xan747 (talk) 17:53, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fored image size fix

I took the time to go through this page and fix the forced image sizes issue, because it breaches the GA guidelines. I also updated some information like London Heathrow being the busiest airport in the world, which has been outdated and incorrect for a number of years. Bwflag2 (talk) 13:05, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]