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Seeking second opinions on whether 'minster town' is a term that people would expect to see as the primary description in the lead or short description for towns which have a minster church. To me it sounds contrived. It's trying to emulate the well-used term 'cathedral city', but I don't think it's a term in common usage; it feels like it only turns up in quite niche contexts. It was removed from the lead on [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] a while ago following a talk where users noted that it turns up more in crossword clues than day to day life. @[[User:DragonofBatley|DragonofBatley]] added it to a handful of places in 2020, mostly in Yorkshire. Having recently stumbled across these, I have taken the term out. There's nothing wrong with mentioning the minster church later in the lead and article, but 'minster town' grates, especially for larger towns where the minster church isn't the main thing for which they're known. Dragon has now reverted my edits to [[Rotherham]], [[Dewsbury]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] and [[Howden]] - rather than start a separate discussion on each town's page, thought it better to get overarching views here. Many thanks. [[User:Stortford|Stortford]] ([[User talk:Stortford|talk]]) 07:42, 16 March 2024 (UTC)