# Talk:Park Lane

"Park Lane owes much of its fame to the fact that it is the second most valuable property in the London edition of Monopoly." Much of its fame? Really? I would think that Park Lane had already acquired most of its fame long before Monopoly™ even existed. Uncited, in any case. - Jmabel | Talk 02:35, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Since you're here Blofeld, why not help get this to good article status and sort out the remaining "notable residents" list, add proper sources, and integrate them into the prose. Often (eg: as with Grosvenor House) the building has kind of equal notability to its most famous resident. Anyway.... 


### Past
*No. 41: Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Brother-sister actor/dancing act leased a flat here, along with their mother, Ann Astaire when playing the West End production, 'Stop Flirting,' in 1923.
*No. 60: Robert B. Sherman songwriter of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins worked and resided in a flat here from 2002 until his death in 2012.
*No. 99: Moses Montefiore, philanthropist - has a blue plaque image at File:Montefiore blue plaque.jpg
*No. 100, Dudley House: Joseph Robinson, mining magnate
*No. 140: Keith Clifford Hall, contact lens pioneer
*Aldford House: Dame Anna Neagle, actress
*Londonderry House: Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, cabinet minister and very wealthy Irish aristocrat
*Somerset House (No. 40): Warren Hastings and the 11th and 12th Dukes of Somerset

Hyde Park Residence [1] (No. 55): Chika Sylva-Olejeme, peace crusader, founder International Peace Institute
*Fraudster Sidney Stanley occupied an apartment there during the 1940s.


### Present
*Shirley Porter, Tesco heiress and Tory politician, set up home on Curzon Square in 2006 after 12 years of self-imposed exile in Israel
*No. 55 and 60: Mohamed Al-Fayed, owner of Fulham F.C., former owner of Harrods

Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:40, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
Yes, I will try to give this a good look over the next few days, definitely worth getting to GA.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:51, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

In the second paragraph of the lead, it says that "gentrification decreased", but was Park Lane becoming middle class until then? Surely not. Alakzi (talk) 10:04, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Aaah, Confucius he say editor making first draft of new lead make mistake and howler lot to need copyedit. Say, Blofeld, how do you feel about the article generally now? I could add bits and bobs of trivia (DYK that apparently Barbara Castle took three hours to travel up Park Lane, to which Baron Davies of Oldham quipped some people might have trouble walking the road in that distance, presumably after a liquid lunch? [2]) but I don't think any of it's relevant. IMHO we just need to give this a good shave and a haircut copyedit, wait for the RM to finish, and we'll be good for a GAN. What do you think? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:32, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
... what? Do I need to apologise for raising an issue? Alakzi (talk) 11:38, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
No, it's just my banter that gets me through slogging through articles. Chill. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:12, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Bit tired today, I'll try to have a look at it later on.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:39, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
It usually works better not to respond to feedback with highbrow snark. Alakzi (talk) 12:52, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Seems to be a pattern today. But it's not snark there, either. I think if you do serious article work, say 100+ edits on an article and pull in 20+ sources, you can seem a bit frazzled at times. Just human nature and the difficulties of text communication, I think. Anyway, have a look through the article and if you spot any mistakes (and there's bound to be some), dive in. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:27, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Well, I prefer to leave a note about any errors I find when I'm not familiar with the topic. I thought you were annoyed with me, but it seems not. Alakzi (talk) 14:18, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
No, not at all! The first sentence of my initial response really means something like "Oh yes, good point. I've just rewritten the lead so there will be mistakes. Fixed." The rest is for Dr. Blofeld. And your infobox work was very much appreciated. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:23, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
OK, thanks for clarifying. Alakzi (talk) 15:29, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Park Lane, London/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 15:16, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

I know this road from heart. From Knightsbridge to Old Bond Street everyday, oh good times... JAGUAR  15:16, 5 July 2015 (UTC)


### Initial comments
I might be being too cautious but I think per WP:MOSBEGIN, the first paragraph in the lead is slightly too short and might benefit from a small expansion (a sentence ought to do it) or some shifting of the content around to make it longer
I've added a few sentences, that summarise the rest of the lead, like a "meta-lead". That ought to work quite well for somebody who was looking for a different Park Lane and quickly wants to work out what this one is. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:47, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
"The road, 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) in length" - why is it metric before imperial in this instance? It's in the infobox too
Google Maps suggests one end to the other on foot is 0.7 miles, and that's good enough to me. Do we need a source too? It can be verified by taking a trundle wheel up the street and it really doesn't strike me as "information challenged or likely to be challenged". Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:52, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
"the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli at No. 93, Dorchester House, Brook House and Dudley House" - unclear, did Benjamin Disraeli live at all of these houses or was it just No. 93 at Dorchester House?
Split Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:47, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
"and runs north from Hyde Park Corner to Marble Arch" - the Marble Arch? The article itself uses "the Marble Arch", which is probably a good barometer
No, it's definitely Marble Arch - in this case, links to that are referring to either the road junction (with Oxford Street and Edgeware Road) or the tube station. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:35, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
Ah I thought so, at first I thought it was just referring to the Marble Arch itself JAGUAR  11:04, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
"After the war, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, and his wife, Edith Helen Chaplin, continued to use the house and entertained extensively" - probably entertained extensively there would sound clearer
I've gone with "entertained there extensively" Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:35, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
"On 5 September 1975, a Provisional IRA bomb exploded at the hotel, killing 2 people" - two
Fixed Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:22, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
The first sentence in the 21st century section talks about a gate that was erected in 1993?
Moved. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
The second paragraph in the Cultural references section is too short and would benefit from being merged with something else
Merged Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
"On the board, Park Lane forms a pair with Mayfair" WP:OVERLINK, Mayfair is already linked once in the lead and once again in the article
Fixed Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
"Since the original publication, prices on Park Lane have held their value, though average rent costs have been overtaken by Bond Street" - is this still referring to Monopoly here? If not it doesn't sound like it should belong in a Culture section?
I've copyedited this a little to make it clear. The source is specifically referring to the relationship between Monopoly board prices and real life, and speculating if Park Lane and Mayfair really are the most valuable places in London. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
"Testament to the forces of globalization" - UK Spelling, I've changed this one myself
Okay. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)


#### References
No dead links
Is ref 68 working for you? It wouldn't load for me and the toolserver labels it as "suspicious"
I have seen it working (it's a search for "Park Lane" in the book series), but I might have messed up the URL. Let me look for a better source. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:40, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
I've swapped the source for a better one and added a bit more information. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)


### On hold
This is a very well written article, hence why I couldn't find many prose issues with it! The concerns I noted above were all minor, so it shouldn't take long to address them. Are you aiming to bring up every street on the Monopoly board to GA? It's very doable as the sources for every place in London is quite extensive.  JAGUAR  16:04, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

@Jaguar: - I think I've addressed all the issues; can you take another look? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:56, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the review Jaguar, and addressing the points Ritchie.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:29, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
As for bringing every Monopoly square to GA, inspired by the Rambling Man's Boat Race extravaganza last year, I've started a chart. Bring it on! Whitechapel Road is the next target, I think. I need to get a full hard copy of The London Encyclopedia which has essential information about all of them (been working off a partially incomplete Google Books copy for the minute). Tim Moore's Do Not Pass Go, which I have a paper copy of, is dedicated to the streets and properties on the Monopoly board. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:49, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for addressing them! I've had another look through the article and it now meets the GA criteria. I wish you two luck on brining every Monopoly square up to GA - definitely achievable and it would make an excellent Good Topic.  JAGUAR  11:04, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
Cheers. Yes, I think it would be possible to make it a Good Article topic!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Just a reminder to all that good articles should prefer information collected together as prose in paragraphs, rather than lists. See MOS:EMBED for further information. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld:, @Sagaciousphil: There seems to be an attack of socks on this article - any ideas on how to proceed (other than the "sledgehammer with nut" approach of semi-protecting?) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:45, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Is that the same person (using different IPs) who was editing in a similar manner on the Regent Street and Bond Street articles? Some changes might be okay but when they're done in a swathe of big chunks like that, it's very difficult to pick out the good from the not so good. On one of the other articles, didn't it just re-start as soon as the protection was lifted? If the IP won't discuss I'm not sure what else to suggest. SagaciousPhil - Chat 13:15, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
Looks like it, a set of Hutchison 3G IPs (ranges 92.40.0.0/16 and 188.28.0.0/16), no edit summaries, some good, some factually incorrect, some to taste. I did get something approaching a conversation on Bond Street's talk, then they ignored the conversation and reverted about ten minutes after protection expired. I told him to go and copyedit Liverpool Street station which still needs a lot of work to get to GA, but that fell on deaf ears. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:22, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

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Has anyone got a really good (ie: mainstream broadsheet-quality news) source for the cycle lane? If not, I don't think we should include it per WP:NOTNEWS and balance. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:45, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

I originally reverted the addition [3] because the existing source didn't mention any controversy. The original editor reinstated it with a source, though the edit was improperly formatted. I stand by any revert based on lack of explanation (see User:Willondon#unsourced, unexplained), but I thought the source was reasonable enough that it could stand, so I added it again myself, properly formatted. I really don't have any skin in this game, so I'm happy to stand by and see how things develop. Willondon (talk) 13:49, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Onlondon is described as "On London is run by Dave Hill, formerly the Guardian's award-winning London commentator, and written by him and an array of fellow Londoncentrics. It aims to improve the quality of coverage of London politics, development and culture.", so I would consider it reliable for basic facts, such as the fact the cycle lane exists and what date it was installed. However, I can't find anything beyond that (for example, this BBC source mentions it exists in a photo caption and that's it) so I'm not sure of its relevance compared to the centuries of history documented elsewhere in the article. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:00, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
I felt that the two sources combined indicated that it was noteworthy, though I do tend to side with the sentiment that Wikipedia is not news. Willondon (talk) 14:04, 1 November 2021 (UTC)