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The current FA is Covent Garden. This was challenged in quite scathing terms by Scott when it was scheduled and is currently undergoing a review. I know the area quite well but haven't had much time to work on this myself yet. I suggested that the appearance on the main page be postponed but it is up today, I see.
Focussing on the blurb, I immediately see some problems with the geographical description. It says
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. On the north side are shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials; the south side holds the Royal Opera House (also called Covent Garden), the Drury Lane theatre, the London Transport Museum, and other cultural and entertainment venues. Its central square (pictured) is a popular shopping and tourist site.
The trouble with having Drury Lane as the Eastern boundary is that the Theatre Royal is on the wrong side of it and so would be outside the district. I think that Kingsway is the Eastern boundary and you can see that stated here: "Kingsway is an accepted Eastern edge". That source also indicates that Charing Cross Road is the western boundary, not St Martin's Lane and I'd agree with that too.
That paragraph places the Royal Opera House and the London Transport Museum on the "south side" when they are both actually on the "central square". If the square marks the centre, then the Royal Opera House forms its northern corner and so it seems absurd to describe it as being in the south.
I think there are too many issues to resolve quickly and the review process should have been given more time before this was scheduled. Pinging SilkTork, who is the main editor. Andrew D. (talk) 05:10, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- Not having a go, but what do you actually want done? I could be wrong, but I think only two TFAs have ever been pulled and both were because of significant copyvio concerns. Jenks24 (talk) 05:18, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- Also, this could have been addressed way before it went to the main page. I think this last minute dive-bombing that Andrew seems to revel in is becoming completely disruptive. How many times has he been invited to do this prior to the TFAs being run? This article has been slated for today's TFA since 13 June [for the avoidance of doubt, that's 17 days ago], so to claim that "the review process should have been given more time before this was scheduled" is utterly absurd and quite insulting. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:51, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
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- I have participated in the review and made some suggestions which were implemented but have had limited time to give it my full attention, as I noted. Pulling seems to be appropriate in this case but I'm not sure exactly what's involved. Something should be done because I reckon there are factual errors currently. Andrew D. (talk) 05:56, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
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- You've had 17 days to do this, and yet you choose to wait until the day it is posted to raise any concerns. That's pure disruption. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:59, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
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