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As a former resident of Barnards Green, I cannot see much scope for expanding it. I suggest that it is complete and recommend removal of the stub notice.Kudpung (talk) 16:59, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changed my mind on the above statement. See recent edits.--Kudpung (talk) 15:09, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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If a bot pounces on this article and complains it's a duplication of Malvern, it's an inevitable necessarevil that some of the text from the Malvern article is incorporated here.--Kudpung (talk) 00:58, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest replace {{r}} with <ref name=/> templates

Hi folks. The use of the {{r}} template has had an unforseen and unintended consequence for the article. It transpires there is some controversy about the use of {{r}} templates, which has surfaced since our use in this article. The controversy seems unlikely to be settled any time soon. Meantime, the controversy has escalated to the point that the template has been nominated for deletion, and there is - at time of this message - an automated message at every reference where the {{r}} template is used. This has the effect of detracting from the readability of the article, as too for Malvern, Worcestershire, and Malvern water.

My suggestion is that we replace the {{r}} templates with <ref name=/> templates. That will make the article readable once more, so that it is (a) not collateral damage from the controversy, and (b) not ammunition for that controversy, which none of us foresaw at time of using the {{r}} template. We used it to serve a purpose, and it transpires that the <ref name=/> template serves the same purpose without controversy. My suggestion therefore is to utilise that so the article is no longer collateral damage from the controversy.

The task itself is straightforward enough. My own method is to copy and paste the <ref name=/> template into the Edit summary field, so that it is readily available without switching between windows. Then, using the 'Find' function, search for all occurances of {{r}} which will then show up highlighted. Then, copy the <ref name=/> in front of every highlighted occurance of the {{r|MyrefName}} template. I then cut the reference name (MyrefName) from the {{r|MyrefName}} template and paste it into the <ref name=/> template thus <ref name=MyrefName/>. Then I delete the bare {{r}} template and move on to the next highlighted one. This allows me to methodically work through the article with minimum time and effort, doing preview checks along the way.

That is my suggestion, for what it's worth, if you want to keep the focus on the article itself and avoid having it become part of someone's cannon fodder in an ongoing controversy. Regards Wotnow (talk) 02:30, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done All three articles have now had the {{r}} templates replaced with the <ref name=/> templates. Wotnow (talk) 07:48, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]