Talk:London

London Bridge

Coat of arms of the Greater London Authority

The Greater London Authority was granted the right to use the arms of the former Greater London Council by King Charles III and the College of Arms on 2 December 2025. Should the coat of arms of the GLA now be displayed on the infobox of this page, or at least in the main body of the article? - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/5009529 - https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-king-grants-the-mayor-of-london-permission-to-use-the-glcs-historic-coat-of-arms-85896/ - Dn9ahx (talk) 15:26, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

As there were no objections, I have put this into effect. Dn9ahx (talk) 13:16, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

As the coat for arms for Greater London it belongs in that article, not here, the city article. See Rome and Paris for comparison, those articles have the coat of arms representing their respective cities. Nampa DC (talk) 05:35, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

thank you

. ~2026-10781-54 (talk) 18:13, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Article review

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed that it is quite long. Longer articles make the prose hard to navigate, especially on mobile, increase load times for readers with slower internet connections, and make it harder for the reader to find the most important information on the topic. I think there are several sections where information can be spun out into new or existing articles, and the information summarised more effectively here. Typically, I recommend that each section or subsection be 2-4 paragraphs, which is the average length of a Wikipedia article lead. Sections that might benefit from being shorter include:

• The "Early modern" and "Late modern and contemporary" subsections in "History": the earlier sections are a lot shorter and I think these sections should try to match the level of information in those sections.
• "Architecture": mention of specific buildings and monuments can be removed so the section can focus on more generalised statements about the city's architecture.
• "Demographics": I think lots of this information can be spun out into Demographics of London. "Country of birth", "Ethnic groups" and "Languages" can be merged and summarised more effectively. "Religion" should focus on the statistics and remove mention of specific landmarks (like churches or mosques).
• "Accents" can be summarised more effectively or spun out.
• "Transport" suffers from MOS:OVERSECTION. I think lots of this information can be merged and spun out into Transport in London.
• "Tertiary education" can have information spun out and summarised more effectively.
• "Leisure and entertainment" is quite large. I recommend that the information be merged with "LGBT scene" and information be spun out into Culture of London and LGBT culture in London.
• "Literature, film and television" lists too many people who are from the city, creating a MOS:SEAOFBLUE. I think this information should be spun out into Lists of people from London and removed from this section. I also think that the information can be summarised more effectively.

Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 14:39, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Change picture

The panorama chosen as the first picture in the information box is way out of date. It's too old and needs to be updated. Surely there are better options? ~2026-18053-13 (talk) 03:50, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

London

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Issues appear to have been resolved. Bgsu98 (Talk) 14:41, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

The article is quite detailed and long, and I think there are several sections where information can be spun out and information summarised more effectively. Sections that might benefit from being shorter include:

• The "Early modern" and "Late modern and contemporary" subsections in "History": the earlier sections are a lot shorter and I think these sections should try to match the level of information in those sections.

Trimmed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:20, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

• "Architecture": mention of specific buildings and monuments can be removed so the section can focus on more generalised statements about the city's architecture.

Given the large subject, this section is effective at providing a short meaty summary, with a small number of well-chosen examples. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:02, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

• "Demographics": I think lots of this information can be spun out into Demographics of London. "Country of birth", "Ethnic groups" and "Languages" can be merged and summarised more effectively. "Religion" should focus on the statistics and remove mention of specific landmarks (like churches or mosques).

Trimmed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:42, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

• "Accents" can be summarised more effectively or spun out.

Slimmed down; the links give access to the proper places for more detail. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:10, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

• "Transport" suffers from MOS:OVERSECTION. I think lots of this information can be merged and spun out into Transport in London.

Sectioning has been reduced and the text trimmed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:23, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

• "Tertiary education" can have information spun out and summarised more effectively.

Trimmed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:47, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

• "Leisure and entertainment" is quite large. I recommend that the information be merged with "LGBT scene" and information be spun out into Culture of London and LGBT culture in London.

Culture of London: trimmed. Moved an LGBTQ para to the subsidiary article; the topic is rather distinct from the leisure theme of the earlier section, so best it stays. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:58, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

• "Literature, film and television" lists so many people that it creates a MOS:SEAOFBLUE. I think this information should be spun out into Lists of people from London and removed from this section. I also think that the information can be summarised more effectively. Z1720 (talk) 00:54, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Removed a mass of film mentions; that takes care of most of the names. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:01, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

• Keep, have reduced article text by 1/3, tightened the writing, and organised the images. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:48, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
• Keep, Chiswick's changes seem to bring this back up to GA level. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 07:15, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
• Keep. I copyedited the article and took out some prose. I think more work could be done on that end but for now I think its good enough for GA status. Z1720 (talk) 20:11, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Climate

The climate table should be updated. A new record high for May has been registered today at 35.0°C. ~2026-31260-78 (talk) 19:41, 26 May 2026 (UTC)