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Eltham is also an outer suburb of Melbourne, and probably as well-known as Eltham, England. It is a popular location for artists, and therefore not unlikely that an article will get written about it at some stage. Therefore, this might need to be made a disambiguation page. --Robert Merkel 00:46 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Latest comment: 18 years ago3 comments1 person in discussion
I have noticed that Stephen Lawrence is listed as a "Famous Resident" of Eltham. Please cite where and when, he lived in Eltham.Lion King23:02, 6 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
I have been informed by a member of The Eltham Society, that Stephen Lawrence was not at any time, a resident of Eltham. Also, that at the time of his tragic murder, he was a resident of Woolwich SE18. I have, therefore, deleted him as a famous Eltham resident.Lion King18:28, 11 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Shame we cannot list the blokes who "allegedly" did for him, who most definitely were Eltham residents. The point is that the 1993 killing was a defining moment in London's history, so it needs more than half a line on the Eltham page. It was reported in the papers as far away as Ouagadougou, West Africa, where I was living - the fallout has been enormous. It is intimely linked to Eltham, through the MacPherson report.
To the best of my knowledge, only one of the suspects was an Eltham resident. The others were from Bromley and Kidbrooke, which is very close to where Stephen was murdered. We must be very careful about demonising the people of Eltham because of the alleged actions of mindless racist morons. As for naming the suspects, Wikipedia cannot be susceptible to any resulting law suit appertaining to defamation. Best wishes, Lion King13:49, 9 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 15 years ago7 comments5 people in discussion
Will someone please give me the location of the "apartment blocks" in Eltham? I have been there several times and didn't notice any "apartment blocks". Thanks, Lion King19:17, 9 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
The section wreaks of OR, needs some sources and bringing up to date. Its trying to say the area is prodimantly white working class, like say Dagenham, but thats all it needs to say, perhaps backed up with so demographic info. I think there was some early slum clearance in central SE London that moved people here, that may explain it. I'll see if I can dig something up. MRSC23:29, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Apartment/Flat blocks in Eltham can be found at: Sowerby Close (three 10-storey blocks), Strongbow Crescent (two 9-storey blocks), Well Hall Road (one 13-storey block), Wythens walk (one 8-storey block). There are also many other 4 or 5 storey blocks in areas such as Tarnwood Park and Middle Park. Mkimemia (talk) 09:31, 18 February 2008 (UTC)Reply
The North Peckham Estate comprises of 2 and 3 storey dwellings. My post above gives the location of several 'apartment blocks' in Eltham, which is what Lion King asked for. Mkimemia (talk) 08:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
The white population of Etham is 86.7%, which is below the national average of 92.2%. Furthermore, the population of Black and Asian origin are both respectively higher than the national average. This makes Eltham more ethnically diverse than most districts in the United Kingdom, although relatively less than some of its neighbours such as Woolwich.
I question the conclusion that having a higher proportion of black and Asian-origin people makes the mix more diverse. Increased diversity would be indicated by a greater range of ethnic origins, not just greater numbers of the usual minorities. Eltham's population may be more ethnically diverse, but to verify the claim we'd need to show a breakdown of the categories black, Asian and white and compare that with other regions.
By the way, why is "Black" capitalised while "white", used in the same context, isn't?
Under "Culture and identity" we read that "Its relatively national-average racial and ethnic makeup..." - doesn't this contradict the claim under "Migration and Ethnicity" that black and Asian origin is disproportionately high? IMO the sentence would stand without including the words "relatively national-average" which are in any case subjective.
Latest comment: 9 years ago3 comments1 person in discussion
I have added a map of Eltham from OpenStreetMap with some details highlighted or added to relate to the text.
I am proposing to add three groups of photos to illustrate
22-23 Sept. Photo galleries added + map of greenchain walks. Some references and external links added. Material moved between sections to better comform to the section headings .PeterEltham (talk) 11:37, 23 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
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Latest comment: 1 year ago5 comments3 people in discussion
IP editor User:176.57.253.190 has twice deleted a paragraph that is reliably sourced, first time suggesting it was "tendentious" (which I understand means "expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one", and second time because "source article is not really about Eltham and comes from a disreputable newspaper". I have twice reverted the change, reflecting, first, WP:nPOV that articles should represent "fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic," and second, that The Independent in 1999 was a highly regarded UK broadsheet newspaper (definitely not "disreputable"). I am conscious of the WP:3RR, and have taken this issue to Talk so that it might be properly discussed without edit warring. Paul W (talk) 21:13, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
The Independent, like its soulmate the Guardian, has a long and sordid record of sending reporters from Islington to write ignorant stories about Eltham to fill up space.
I think therefore tendentious is the right word here. The writer of the piece cited as the source in the article doesn't seem to have bothered to visit Eltham and has cynically brought it in to beef up his piece from America — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.57.253.190 (talk) 21:46, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
This is the first I have heard about the Islington elite's nefarious conspiracy against (checks notes) Eltham. This is almost certainly because this conspiracy exists only in your mind and has no basis in reality. There is no reason to believe that multiple reliable news sources have taken up a grudge against this particular London suburb rather than merely reporting on it. If you have a problem with The Independent then you can take that up with them. Please do not waste our time here and please do not remove validly sourced content from the article again. --DanielRigal (talk) 00:49, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply