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Basingstoke was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 20, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
August 27, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
June 15, 2014	Good article reassessment	Kept
February 28, 2015	Peer review	Reviewed
February 1, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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2014 Floods

Would including sources from local newspapers (e.g. Basingstoke Gazette) make these sufficiently notable? They were also mentioned on regional news and in a national documentary. If so, as someone who was affected, I could do a little bit of work on a section under 'Recent History'. Crowqueen (talk) 21:20, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Urban Area

The built up subdivision of Basingstoke was 107,355 in 2011 (see [1]) and the agglomeration as almost 110,000. Shouldn't there be a Line in the infobox that recognises the Urban Area as this is quite a bit bigger than the settlement and most people nowadays would consider Lychpit and Chineham as part of Basingstoke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Subtlemammoth (talk • contribs) 17:33, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's a difference between the unparished area and the urban area. Chineham and Lychpit are in parishes, so they would be part of the urban area and not the unparished area. What's the difference between the "built up subdivision" and the "urban area"? Anywikiuser (talk) 12:59, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Health

Although hospitals are mentioned under Education, should there be a section on health? Tony Holkham (Talk) 11:40, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Basingstoke

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Result: Delist - Citation issues unaddressed. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:36, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A GA from 2007. Last reassessed in 2014. Numerous citation issues including

Nearby, to the west, Roman Road marks the course of a Roman road that ran from Winchester to Silchester. Further to the east, another Roman road ran from Chichester through the outlying villages of Upton Grey and Mapledurwell. The Harrow Way is an Iron-age ancient route that runs to the south of the town. The first recorded historical event in the area was the defeat of King Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great at Old Basing by the Danes in 871.
Basingstoke is a major interchange between Reading, Newbury, Andover, Winchester, and Alton, and lies on the natural trade route between the southwest of England and London. The area had been something of an interchange even in ancient times. It had been cut by a Roman roadway that ran from northeast to southwest, from Silchester towards Salisbury (Sorbiodunum), and by another Roman road that linked Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) in the north with Winchester (Venta Belgarum) to the south. These cross-cutting highways, along with the good agricultural land hereabouts, account for the many "Roman" villas in the area, mostly put up by Romanized native nobility (Roman villa). Even more ancient was the Harrow Way, a Neolithic trackway, possibly associated with the ancient tin trade, that crossed all of southern England from west to east, from Cornwall to Kent, passing right through Andover and Basingstoke.
A John Lewis at home and Waitrose co-located store is near the station. It was built in November 2015 as part of the redevelopment of Basing View
The town's nightlife is split between the new Festival Square, and the traditional hostelries at the Top of Town, with a few local community pubs outside the central area. The town has four nightclubs, two in the town itself, one on the east side and one 2 miles (3.2 km) out to the west.
As of 2011, Basingstoke has a roller derby league and team, the Basingstoke Bullets. Due to difficulty finding a suitable venue, the team practice in nearby Whitchurch. Basingstoke is also the home of Rising Phoenix Cheer, a successful competitive Allstar Cheerleading programme for athletes from age 5 upwards, training at Aldworth school.
The entire railway section

And many more. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:45, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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