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[edit] Military Prison

Why would it have been transferred for US Military use in 1939 when it the USA did not enter the war until 1941?

It might be worth hiving off the Prison section as a new article, as there is rather a lot of detail in it (on those executed, particularly) for an article on the town in general. I note that a number of prisons have their own articles (List_of_United_Kingdom_prisons). Dmvward 13:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Great idea. Done! Shepton Mallet (HM Prison) --Cheesy Mike 14:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tescos

The tescos section is currently the subject of a minor edit war. As an outsider to that dispute, I offer the view that it is too long for the subject importance - the 2nd para in particular is entirely non-encyclopaedic. I move to remove altogether, and certainly to prune to half-length. Linuxlad 22:37, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Poorly written does not equate to 'non-encyclopedic'. The information provided certanly is of intrest, but could do with rewriting, and having some cites. As could the rest of the article. --Barberio 22:43, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm willing to re-write that entire section, shorten it and ensure it contains facts rather than opinions. I was leery about completely re-writing the first para to remove the factual errors and inaccuracies so as to avoid arguments. I considered that a balance to the negative comments was warranted. LadyKayla 06:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

It definitely seems like a point of view paragraph "They seemed to have missed the point..." etc. Awiseman 15:56, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Interesting too, that it's very much a rerun (with the tree felling argument at its core) of the argument, again with Tesco, in Stroud in 1990. Linuxlad 20:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)