Talk:History of the City of Burnside

message: Just an FYI: I modified the article headings to use lowercase lettering where appropriate and removed "the" and "A/an" per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings).  Also, I again removed the fixed sizing from the images. Generally it's best to leave pics in the text (other than infobox pics) without a specified width, because the thumbnail image can be resized based on the user preferences. Images default to 180px but people that want them larger or smaller can get it their way. Specifying a fixed width overrides this option. It isn't a prefect solution, but realistically there's no guaranteed way to format the images that'll look good on everyone's computer. --NormanEinstein 19:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Headings and images sizes

message: It looks to be extremely high quality as always. A few notes
* Is it NPOV and appropriate in a technical sense to put Kaurna people as "stone-age"
* In one of the sections, there is a link to Rostrevor, South Australia but it is labelled St Bernards -which is supposed to be correct?
* World Wars I and II sent many of the sons of Burnside to fight in aid of allies and also Like much of Australia, Burnside held true to the phrase "Lest We Forget"  seem to not be as formal as is desirable in an encyclopedia, and the second may be a personal judgement?
Regards, ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 07:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: With regard to the lest we forget business, I think it might be possible to convey the same things without being quite so colloquial. Apart from that, though, it's a fantastic article. Ambi 10:14, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Any suggestions as to what it should be changed to? michael talk 10:17, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: There has been some discussion over whether the correct Australian English is "program" or "programme".  Unfortunately, as Google seems to interpret "programme" and "program" interchangably, it's difficult to gauge how popular each is.  
However, the Australian Government seems to prefer "programme"   , as does the Queensland government , and local governments  .  
Universities seem to like "programme" too.  See QUT , UQ  , Monash  and JCU .
Given that there is no definitive list of "Australian English" words, but given the use of the non-US version by the government, and higher educational institutions, coupled with the fact that I was taught to use "programme" myself as the "Australian friendly" choice in school, and that I've never heard anyone ever mention that "program" is Australian English (except where it refers to "computer program"), I'm fairly confident in saying that "programme" is the correct au-en spelling of the word, when it is used in the context it is used in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lankiveil (talk • contribs) 22:05, 14 May 2006
:"Programme" is indeed Australian English, but its use has been so diminished in recent years due to the styles used by such dominant players as News Limited and Microsoft, that a standard cannot be said to exist. Thus, it is not inconsistent with Wikipedia conventions for either to be used. However, as there is a conflict, the spelling used by the article's original author should be continued, whatever it may be. See WP:MOS. --cj | talk 05:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Programme/Program 

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message: This Featured article is a 2006 promotion whose original writer left Wikipedia long ago.  It has not been maintained to FA standards.  It has uncited text, short choppy sentences, and someone (undated, unsigned) wrote at User:Dweller/Featured Articles that haven't been on Main Page:  Choice of name explained only in Lead and not referenced. "only 29 months after the foundation of the colony." What colony? Can't understand why the history of Burnside begins with a very large paragraph outlining the early history of other places. Later it seems that the older villages become part of Burnside district, but some sort of clarity is needed. When did the Andersons arrive? (If we don't know, say so). District councils section lightly referenced and is one mega paragraph. "Burnside District Council" needs a wikilink. "modest" population is PEACOCK, as is "immense" growth (343 people is subjectively "immense") "the Boer War placed more emphasis on physical activity and merit within society" what's the link? "Ten per cent of the £60,000 budget consisted of commercial enterprise payments, while the rest was made up of ratepayer fees" A "budget" in my understanding, is about expenditure, but this seems to be income. Clumsily placed image of a memorial. "1965 saw an Olympic Grandstand" - what Olympics? "the Adelaide newspapers had a ball" is not encyclopedic language. "Premier Playford"=? Swimming centre wikilinked only in modernity section. Unless someone is willing/able to bring this article back to FA standard, it should be submitted to Featured article review.  SandyGeorgia (Talk)  18:15, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: To make matters worse the main source is self-published by the city and so was another of the sources. Non-independent sources should not be used as the backbone of the article because of obvious COI issues. So, the article would basically have to be torn apart and rewritten based on independent sources. buidhe 23:38, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

text: I also think that the title ought to be changed; "Burnside" can refer to many things. There's one in Chicago and another in Kentucky, and that's just in the U.S. I did some work on this article back in June and I don't think it meets the FAC for the reasons given above, as well as due to the prose. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:53, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured article review needed