Voting wards are not valid for mapping.
Denial Reason - Has wrong information
by csuke - 21 hours ago

Already exists as a neighbourhood
Denial Reason - Duplicate edit
by Bee - 20 hours ago

What's going on here? csuke - where is it said that voting wards are not valid for mapping? Bee - if it already exists as a neighbourhood, then where? And does that not conflict with csuke saying that voting wards are not valid for mapping? csuke - where is the information wrong? Bee - how is this a duplicate edit?
by me - 59 mins ago

No, it doesn't. A neighbourhood is different to a voting ward. Voting wards often encompass more than one neighbourhood and may also divide a neighbourhood purely for political and voting reasons. However the neighbourhood still exists and unchanged.
by Bee - 35 mins ago

TimLundSE26 - I have been told this by trusted sources and this has been verified by Google in other edits. A quick test is: would anyone give their address as "Perry Vale Ward" or would you ever give directions to "Perry Vale Ward", finally, is this ever used in any other circumstances than on polling day.

Everything on the map should be for things that people use or search for.
by csuke - 23 mins ago

csuke - thanks for that. I think those are excellent test questions, which are pretty well exactly those I have used in discussions with my local councillor, who makes a futile attempt to create a local web site for the ward. I actually think they apply as well to larger areas such as LB Lewisham, of which this ward is a part - you can read my thoughts at length on this if you want, but AFAIK, Lewisham is an area on Google Maps, so why not its wards? Here in LB Lewisham we have an attempt by the Council to develop a ward level consciousness, and thank to a system of Local Assemblies, they have some significance; people do sometimes ask what ward they are in when it comes to what Ward Assembly to go to to raise some issue, or go for funding for some project. More widely, knowing what ward you are in is relevant to knowing what local councillor you should take up an issue with. So I really think wards should be allowed - can you point me to the policy and discussion where Google has verified that they should not be?