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[edit] Business rates

Having expanded the article up from a stub, I'd appreciate some guidance on where to go from here. As it's my first major piece of wikipedia work, I'd appreciate more experienced opinions. In particular, I'd like to know:

• Is the article is reasonably clear to someone unfamiliar with the topic?
• Does it go into the correct depth? (There are potentially reams of details that could be expanded on; does it hit the right note?)
• Does the structure help, or is it a bit too sub-sectioned?
• Explaining the billing side first, and the rating side second, is technically the wrong way round, but it's the way I usually explain the topic to people. Doing it the other way round seems to leave them bogged down in detail. Does it work in wikipedia?
• Any manual of style elements I've missed.
• The lead is undoubtedly weak; I've spent little time on it in the theory that fixing the body of the article will let the lead flow. All hints gratefully received.

All comments gratefully received - I'd rather a harsh comment on something I've missed than leaving it unfixed. Winklethorpe 21:35, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

• Several sections have multiple one sentence paragraphs. Consider forming these into more complete paragraphs. The lead displays this. Morphh ^(talk) 3:33, 05 May 2007 (UTC)
• In this phrase "property could have been let for on a particular valuation", I'm not familar with the meaning of the word "let" as used here. Morphh ^(talk) 0:14, 06 May 2007 (UTC)
• "An evolving systems of rates" seems like it should say "Evolving systems of rates" or "An evolving system of rates". Morphh ^(talk) 0:16, 06 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Automated peer review

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You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Morphh ^(talk) 3:10, 05 May 2007 (UTC) 03:10, 5 May 2007 (UTC)