Talk:Petrevene

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December 7, 2008Peer reviewReviewed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 26, 2008.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Bulgarian village of Petrevene (pictured) celebrates "Watermelon Day" every August?

Discussion[edit]

Please feel free to contribute ideas for new sections to this article. One issue that needs to be addressed is the fact that many of the references are not presented in an encyclopedic style, however I am not actually sure how it is that you do present them as such. Anyone who knows how to do this your help would greatly be appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by P.Marlow (talkcontribs) 22:11, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've now found how to do this and have done so for most of the references, so this is no longer an issue.--P.Marlow (talk) 18:16, 1 December 2008 (UTC) RESOLVED[reply]

I think that the category "Bulgarian traditions" should be removed. After all, a village cannot be tradition in my opinion :) --Gligan (talk) 21:40, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I originally placed it there as the article contained tradition-related content, (watermelon day), but I see what you mean. I'll promptly remove it.--P.Marlow (talk) 22:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Things to do[edit]

After the peer review a large list of helpful suggestions was generated. The plan now is to go through all the points and complete them. After you've completed a point cross through it on the peer review discussion page or if below where I have quote the automated review process' list. To cross through an item place <s> at the begining of the it and </s> at the end. You can also look at the To Do list for this article.

Petrevene[edit]

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  • Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at Wikipedia:Lead. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.[?]
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You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, APR t 03:20, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]