Talk:Hatcham St James, Surrey

Crescunt I note the gazetteer entry contains a link to a site(British History Online) which has a copyright; how should such gazetteer entries be cited please?

Henry995 Phil I believe the way you have edited is one way to handle the issue which arose (and lead to the departure of about 5 English Contirbutors). The pages in English wiki were created as here by the British Isles Research team at the Family History Library and they often quote gazetteers in this way; on the other hand other staff involved in wiki maintain that the way in which sources are cited means that British History Online and other British sites should not be cited in this way. I am unsure if this was resolved there are thousands of British History Online links in England pages like this one and you are quite right to question how these are being handled or processed and by whom. Gazetter entires can be valuable to the researcher something which can be overlooked by others who are "patrolling" pages. It would help if the issue could be spelled out for contributors as there are a number of resolutions the worst of which is to delete the content. The other use of gazetteer is the sole source to outline the history of the parish (which may have lost its church in the 11th-17th century) again not perhaps always understood by moderator without an English research background. Due to the difficulties experienced this year I am no longer inclined to use a gazetteer entry unless absolutely necessary.