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The 2022 Games finished nearly a month ago so that section needs to be changed to the past tense and have details of venues updated. Mr Larrington ( talk) 22:50, 4 September 2022 (UTC) reply

I think the nature of the public services section needs to be looked into regarding cuts. Too much emphasis on cuts made almost a decade ago, is it the same today? Perhaps an update is needed. -- 148.252.141.75 ( talk) 09:16, 13 May 2023 (UTC) reply

Surely Manchester is the second largest city as it's conurbation is larger then the West Midlands County and Birmingham? WMC (2.928million) Vs GMC (7million within one hour of the city)? DragonofBatley ( talk) 10:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Good catch! I don't have a problem with either city claiming to be second largest as long as the criteria is properly qualified, e.g. "based on population of the core city" or "based on population of the city and its metropolitan area". If it that can't be done then the claim should just be removed. Besides I have never been a fan of WP:PEACOCK claims. 10mmsocket ( talk) 11:31, 30 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Wikipedia has a policy called MOS:LEADNOTUNIQUE, which says this:

"Significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article, although not everything in the lead must be repeated in the body of the text. Exceptions include specific facts such as quotations, examples, birth dates, taxonomic names, case numbers, and titles. This admonition should not be taken as a reason to exclude information from the lead, but rather to harmonize coverage in the lead with material in the body of the article.

I had thought that this policy was pretty plain. So I removed material from the lead, about Birmingham being UK's "second city", for a second time, here. But it was quickly restored, also for a second time, by User:G-13114 who said in their edit summary "Nonsense, the lead is supposed to summarise the main facts about a subject, this is extensively referenced". The sources for this claim are not in dispute. But I'd suggest that very clear WP policy is not "nonsense". 205.239.40.3 ( talk) 18:02, 30 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Surely second city is a title? It doesn't need to be covered in the body of the article since it's covered in the Second city of the United Kingdom article in great depth. I'm not sure how your policy is applicable. G-13114 ( talk) 19:42, 30 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Surely "second city" is just a description, not a title. Can you quote any definition of this term at the template description? Otherwise it's just a matter of personal interpretation. 205.239.40.3 ( talk) 10:10, 3 July 2023 (UTC) reply

The article for Manchester has a single sentence in the sub-section History > Since 2000, which says: "Birmingham has historically been considered to be England or the UK's second city, but in the 21st century claims to this unofficial title have also been made for Manchester." I would suggest a similar sentence, in a similar position, would be appropriate for this article. That would be consistent with the Second city of the United Kingdom article. 86.187.163.17 ( talk) 22:26, 30 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Birmingham

This is uncited, and seems dubious. It is difficult to compare local authorities from one country to another, but it is easy to find local authorities that are larger in terms of population served: for example Moscow, London, Paris and Rome all have some form of city government that is larger than Birmingham, some have elected councils too. It's not clear from the quote what criteria have been applied here. Zeimusu |  Talk page 17:21, 6 September 2023 (UTC) reply