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Good copy

I'm glad that someone wrote such good copy about Peckham, because I can see that it deserves a lot better than its media reputation (much the same as my 'hood, Hackney). Anyway, I was on a field trip, thought I'd add shots I took, I have a couple more including dept store, but it would overload the copy if I used any more. Hope more writings get writ, then I'll add some more pix. n.b. - I only write about places I know quite well - or those that feature well in the history texts :) Tarquin Binary 10:55, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete

Hi, as i live near rye lane, I know a bit more truth than what is written in that article, for example: - It is true that there is multiple wig shops, and many places to buy yams, but there are many better shops, for example, Dixons, WHSmiths, Primarks, Clintons, Mothercare, Blockbuster/Gamestation. Please could you add these to the article, thanks.

--Joshuarooney2006 14:44, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Better from whose perspective? Not those who want to buy wigs or yams, I'm sure. Those shops can be found on any high street in Britain, and so aren't worth mentioning. The Afro-Carribean shops are more unusual, and thus notible.86.0.203.120 18:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

The article does not conform to WP:NPOV. Ring modulator 16:25, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see why, and in the absence of anything to the contrary here, I've removed the tag. Care to elaborate?86.0.203.120 18:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're not allowed to removed this tag before talking with others. Thank you. Martial BACQUET 18:25, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see any issues with the POV either. No reason given be person flagging. I'd vote to remove the tag unless someone can give a reason why 3tmx 23:26 7 Feb 2007

Let's just remove the thing. There's no reason for it; Ring Modulator didn't articulate one, and Martial B. decided to lecture rather than explain why it belongs. There should be an articulated reason for the application of that tag, especially when three distinct users, at least one of whom has never edited the body of the article, can't see why it's there. GeeZee 04:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Terrible written English (too conversational and possibly subjective)

"Peckham is an area of great diversity: gang-related shootings, muggings and burglary characterise one picture whilst another emphasises the high population of artists and professionals."

So many problems with this snippet (and of course the rest of the article):

1) Since when are "gang-related shootings, muggings and burglary" constituent components of diversity?
2) Why use a colon?
3) "characterise one picture" - What kind of phraseology is that? What does it mean?!
4) "whilst another" - Another what?

I don't know anything about Peckham (and the problem is that after reading the article I still don't), but for the sake of sanity could somebody please rewrite, or even delete, this terrible article?
138.243.129.4 11:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I didn't write any of it, but I have a problem with very little of what you quote. Here goes.

1) Shootings, muggings, and burglary are not constitutent components of diversity, but the sentence doesn't read that way, either. Peckham is an area of great diversity because it's got a violent side as well as an artistic/professional side to it. Not "diversity" as in what "affirmative action" became called in the 1990s, but the actual meaning of the word: differences.

2) Why not?

3) Here, I agree.

4) Another picture.

Seriously, it's not that hard.

GeeZee 04:47, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Terrible written English" doesn't exactly give you an upper hand does it either?

Tommyhaych

North Peckham merge

North Peckham Estate had a merge tag to here, but I have merged it instead to North Peckham, as that article seemed a more natural merge, being about the same topic. However, seeing as I don't know a whole lot about Peckham, I couldnt decipher whether a) North Peckham was a geographical term or signified a more set-in-stone division ([[West Virginia/Virginia) etc. and b) whether, if the term "North Peckham" does indeed refer universally to the estate, whether the estate is itself notable enough to warrant an article. I figured people watching this page would know, hence the tag. There's not much information there anyway, so if it isn't really a valid article topic it shouldn't take long to incorporate the info into this article. Cheers! Jdcooper (talk) 02:48, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Having been brought up in Peckham I think this is a logical merge. The North Peckham article is really talking about the large housing estate rather than a geographic area and it would make more sense as a sub category of the Peckham article. Nshimbi 04:30, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Same, the merger is a good Idea, and, it would seem we now have consensus. Troplock (talk) 06:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Crime

Just deleted the "crime" section - it was nonsense. Peckham does not have a "murder a day" and Tony Blair did not brand the area "Pecknam" after Vietnam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fatherlukeduke (talk • contribs) 12:36, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]