User talk:Joey236/Truman Markets

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Excellent justification of this topic - being an important cultural enclave in London and the fact that the current article is very short. LeshedInstructor (talk) 00:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is fantastic that you have first hand photographs that you can upload to the Wikimedia Commons. If you are putting up a side box, try to find out similar side boxes about famous locations and follow their structure. LeshedInstructor (talk) 00:57, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think some books on the history of London (probably with a focus on more modern-day) would have good resources. Travel books for London often include a section on Brick Lane. Quainiac (talk) 16:57, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion! Joey236 (talk) 16:17, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This list of references looks really good, and I think it will be really good that you're using the pictures that Danielle has of the market. Additionally, you may consider looking at travel blogs etc for more pictures, perhaps if they have seasonal changes, or if it's changed over time Jrb374 (talk) 02:10, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This looks pretty good. Note that Wikipedia articles should not have a section "introduction". Instead, they have a lead section that summarizes the rest of the article (which means it should not introduce new information). Please make sure your article follows that style. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:55, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not a bad start. One aspect that concerns me a little is that it's very heavy on primary sources - a lot of the information about individual tenants and companies is sourced to their own websites, or to the company who operate the market, etc. The markets are quite prominent, and it should be possible to find secondary sources discussing them. (I'm glad to see the LRB article, for example - admittedly it's sourcing a minor point, but it's the sort of external source you want) From a historical angle, was there any modern Brick Lane market as such pre-2004? The outline is quite vague, but articles such as this suggest there was something there in the 1980s. (I don't know the area very well) It's also not clear why these modern markets opened - spillover from Spitalfields? Andrew Gray (talk) 21:54, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]