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VOTE for the Showcase Article of the London Portal for May 2008:

If nominating a new article, please add {{PL showcase article}} to the said article's talk page.

N.B. The showcase article for the London Portal does not have to be a Wikipedia featured article. For a list of London-related featured articles, click here.

Any unobjected nominees for a given month will automatically be entered for the next month.

Contents 1 Example 1 2 Docklands Light Railway 3 7 July 2005 London bombings 4 Broadwater Farm 5 University College London 6 London congestion charge

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• Support - (reason) - (signed)
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[edit] Docklands Light Railway

A fine article on its way to featured status. Showcasing this would also begin to redress an imbalance, as I don't think any articles on East London have appeared on the Portal as yet. [talk to the] HAM 17:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

• Support The DLR will be a key feature of London for the 2012 olympics. Tbo ¹⁵⁷talk 22:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 7 July 2005 London bombings

I believe that this is a well referenced, informative article about the 2005 tube bombings. I think it has enough content, and each and every subject is detailed.--Wolf ^{talk | हिन्दी | বাংলা} 14:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

• Strong support for July, the 2nd anniversary of the bombings. Ham 09:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support, this would make a rather nice showcase article, per Akut. Well referenced, informative, and quite interesting. --Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 20:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Broadwater Farm

Some bias here as I wrote large chunks of the current version, but I think it would be nice to have a showcase article about something that isn't the usual tour guide/history textbook material but reflects the ordinary lives of Londoners. Too many people's perception of the area is based on a single event over 20 years ago, and I think it would be nice to show a wider audience a bit of the more mundane side of London — iridescent (talk to me!) 15:44, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

• Support, a little bit different, and he didn't do half a bad job on it, either. Also, why not trawl through Category:Crime in London for something else out of the ordinary. Kbthompson 09:19, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] University College London

There's been no coverage of higher education in London on the portal as yet, so I suggest showcasing this Good Article. Ham 18:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

• Comment I like the idea of having an education article, but the UCL article seems to consist of a few paragraphs of text and a lot of very long lists (plus, almost everything seems to be sourced from their own website, rather than independent sources). On a skim through the various London education articles, it looks to me like the best in Wikipedia terms are London School of Economics and Imperial College London (London Metropolitan University is quite well written, but is horribly unstable & has spent the last few months engulfed in a permanent edit-war so I'd be reluctant to use it as a showcase) — iridescent (talk to me!) 18:42, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] London congestion charge

Just re-promoted to featured article, it would be nice to see it on the portal. I obviously have a self interest in this one. Regan123 (talk) 18:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)