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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 1, 2023. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that only 45 per cent of babies born in 1851 in Victorian-era* Liverpool, England, lived to be 20 years old?*
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Semi-protected edit request regarding typo in summary

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

When using the search box, the sentence under "Victorian era" has a typo, stating "Historical period in Britian from 1837 to 1901". 2001:14BA:47C:3C00:DDB:D567:1476:5A91 (talk) 09:24, 3 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done, this was a recent shortdesc edit of I'm not sure that's an improvement at all, for an article that's also about the British Empire, so I've reverted it. --Belbury (talk) 10:03, 3 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Religion section moved

Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I moved the long religion section in the June 13 2024 version to a new article on Religion in Victorian England see Rjensen (talk) 21:52, 15 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2025

Latest comment: 7 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

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Add the American frontier in the see also because it took place at the exact same time ~2025-42164-61 (talk) 15:10, 21 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Not done: That article is not sufficiently related to this one. Day Creature (talk) 17:57, 21 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Should "The British Empire [...] was predominant in power in the world" be rephrased?

Latest comment: 17 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

It seems technically correct, but I think it would be more natural to say "The British Empire [...] was the predominant power in the world." Sorry to make a talk post if that's not the correct usage of the feature, I've made my account just for this purpose. PZBY69 (talk) 00:55, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Yes @PZBY69, it was strange wording, it has been fixed now. Llewee (talk) 16:10, 19 July 2026 (UTC)Reply