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I have always lived in [[England]], presently in [[Didcot]] but previously at [[Stonehouse, Gloucestershire|Stonehouse]], [[Corby]], [[Telford]], [[Bolton]], [[Blackburn]] and [[Barford St. Michael]]. |
I have always lived in [[England]], presently in [[Didcot]] but previously at [[Stonehouse, Gloucestershire|Stonehouse]], [[Corby]], [[Telford]], [[Bolton]], [[Blackburn]] and [[Barford St. Michael]]. When living in Bolton, I lived opposite [[John Marshall (railway historian)]]. |
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I have been to other countries (always as a tourist), see box at right. It's chronological, so sorry to [[Scottish people|Scots]] everywhere. |
I have been to other countries (always as a tourist), see box at right. It's chronological, so sorry to [[Scottish people|Scots]] everywhere. |
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Redrose64 is a Wikipedian who has found that whilst there are many excellent articles, there are still some which could do with improvement. Thus, I decided to become an editor. My primary concerns are coverage of the British railway system, and certain records and their labels; hence the userboxes at right. [bad style - changes from third to first person in same paragraph]
About me
What do I do?
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I am a computer programmer by profession, with diverse interests in many apparently unrelated areas. I've tried to show that by means of userboxes; unfortunately, if formatted as a single column, it turned out to be rather long but was still not exhaustive. Since it got a bit silly, I've shunted most of them into a siding. A few have been retained, placed alongside relevant paragraphs as illustration.
My programming skills are mainly in DataFlex and PFXplus (also known as Powerflex). I also have experience in HTML.
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This page might look messy; just as I worked out how HTML is done, I find Wikipedia with its strange ways of doing lists, tables etc. - and I can't always find the
Why Redrose64?
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The red rose is the badge of the Duchy of Lancaster and my family mostly come from Lancashire. My favourite football team has a red rose in its badge; my favourite cricket county has a red rose on their cap; and (coincidentally) I have friends in the Welsh village of Rhos-goch.
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I was born in 1964, and the number 64 seems to come up in my life more often than the law of averages might suggest. It is also an exact power of 2, and therefore significant to a computer programmer.
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Whether good or (hopefully not) bad, all edits that I have done are recorded as by Redrose64, with just one exception: I admit to being the user who did the 12:53, 29 April 2009 edit to the Matty Grooves Records page from IP address 82.109.193.99 - but no other edits of any page from that IP address were mine.
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I have always lived in
I have been to other countries (always as a tourist), see box at right. It's chronological, so sorry to Scots everywhere.
Former colleagues
Well, since most of us edit Wikipedia under pseudonyms, I can't be certain who anybody is, but I'm pretty sure that Mermade worked with me for some 15 years. Hello!
Userboxes
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There are several scattered about this page, partly as illustration of the paragraph alongside, but mainly to brighten the place up a bit. There are well over 100 that I wanted to incorporate, but if formatted as a single column they took up too much space, so most of the rest have been moved to a userboxes sub-page.
Articles
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Most of my editing has been amendments to existing articles. However, I do claim to be the creator of:
- Counting the Eons — 4, 21 July 2009
- Iffley Halt railway station — 1, 13 July 2009
- The Sun Shines Bright (book) — 3, 21 July 2009
- The Tragedy of the Moon — 5, 22 July 2009
- X Stands for Unknown — 2, 21 July 2009
I have added content to the following articles outside of any infoboxes: Anne Devlin (writer); Appleford railway station; Aynho Park railway station; Banbury Merton Street railway station; Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company; Blackthorn (disambiguation); British carriage and wagon numbering and classification; British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification; British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment; Broughton Castle; Charles Peattie; Coaches of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway; Cropredy; Deena Payne; Dugald Drummond; Fairport's Cropredy Convention;
Added category, infobox (whether or not such infobox contained additional content) and/or cleanup template only: Adding a Dimension;
The following have had a small fact - such as a civil parish, dial code or grid reference added to an existing infobox, but no other content change: Adderbury railway station; Ardley railway station; Aynho for Deddington railway station; Banbury railway station;
Undos for vandalism etc.:
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I have amended many others for issues such as adding references or sources, fixing missing or misdirected wikilinks, typographical errors, tagging dead links, etc. without adding to their textual content.
Talk
I have added content to the following article talk pages (other than box-type templates): Appleford railway station;
Added box-type template only: Claydon railway station; Counting the Eons (New); Iffley Halt railway station (New); Marsh Gibbon and Poundon railway station (New); Padbury railway station (New); The Left Hand of the Electron (New); The Sun Shines Bright (book) (New); The Tragedy of the Moon (New); X Stands for Unknown (New).
Wikipedia
Wikipedia talk
Template
I have amended few templates; those amended for any reason whatsoever are: Great Western Main Line diagram; Wycombe Railway RDT.
Template talk
Combi; Great Western Main Line diagram; Infobox UK place.
To do
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Go through the whole of Wikipedia and check that it's 100% correct. Failing that, concentrate on improving the stubs.
Railway Stations
Many appear to have no
- original
- pregroup
- postgroup
- gridref
- yearsn
- eventsn
Several are categorised as stubs, but in the wrong stub category.
Amend {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub}} to {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub}} or {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub}} as appropriate.
Concentrate initially on Oxfordshire and, to a lesser extent, Berkshire. Also those lines crossing into adjacent counties, as far as convenient break points like junctions & termini.
Barford St. John and St. Michael
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Why do these two villages - which have three articles between them - warrant so much less total coverage than neighbouring South Newington? I've nothing against the latter place - I just feel that the Barfords could get a bit more. St. John has more than St. Michael - and it's tiny by comparison.
Idea for that: go to field (the old cricket field) in Barford St. John, stand on N bank of river near the water pipe or the weir, and take photo showing bridge, and if poss, include Woodworm Studios in the shot. Put it on the
Get something about the river from Peter Sheasby's book. Also on the two churches from that book "Churches of the Banbury Area". Is there something on St. Mary's, Cropredy in that? Is there any "Field Names Survey" stuff left (Bond, J. and others).
Sources
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I try to cite my sources when editing. It's not always possible. Here are some (not all) of the books which I have cited elsewhere in Wikipedia. They're collected here so that I can find the pre-filled templates again:
Railways
- Bradley, D. L. (1967). Locomotives of the L.S.W.R. Vol. 2. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
- Bruce, J. Graeme (1983). Steam to Silver. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 0 904711 45 5.
- Butlin, Ashley (1988). Butlin, Jenny (ed.). DMU & EMU Disposal. Norwich: Coorlea. ISBN 0-948069-08-2.
- Chacksfield, J. E. (2005). The Drummond Brothers: A Scottish Duo. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-632-9.
- Connor, Piers (1983). The 'R' Stock Story. Hemel Hempstead: London Underground Railway Society. ISBN 0 9508793 0 4.
- Croome, Desmond F. (2003). The Circle Line - an Illustrated History. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-267-4.
- Day, John R. (1979) [1963]. The Story of London's Underground. ISBN 0 85329 094 6.
- Gardner, Jack (1996). Brunel's Didcot - Great Western Railway to Great Western Society. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN 1 870754 41 7.
- Hammond, Pat (1993). Tri-ang Railways. The Story of Rovex. Vol. 1 1950-1965. London: New Cavendish Books. ISBN 0 904568 57 1.
- Hammond, Pat (1998). Tri-ang Hornby. The Story of Rovex. Vol. 2 1965-1971. London: New Cavendish Books. ISBN 1 872727 58 1.
- Hammond, Pat (2005). Hornby Railways. The Story of Rovex. Vol. 3 1972-1996. London: New Cavendish Books. ISBN 1 904562 00 0.
- Hardy, Brian (2002). Surface Stock 1933-1959. Underground Train File. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-247-X.
- Hendry, Robert (2003). British Railway Goods Wagons in Colour 1960-2003. Hinckley: ISBN 1857801709.
- Huntley, Ian (1988). Surface Stock Planbook 1863-1959. The London Underground. Shepperton: ISBN 0-7110-1721-2.
- Jenkins, Stanley C. (1985) [1975]. The Fairford Branch - The Witney & East Gloucestershire Railway. Locomotion Papers (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0 85361 316 8.
- Jenkins, Stanley C. (1990). The Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History. Headington: Oakwood. ISBN 0 85361 390 7.
- Jenkins, S.C.; Quayle, H.L. (1976). The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History (1st ed.). Blandford: Oakwood Press.
- Kichenside, Geoffrey (1997). Great Train Disasters. Avonmouth: Parragon. ISBN 0-7525-2229-9.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- Mallaband, P.; Bowles, L. J. (1978). Coaching Stock of British Railways (4 ed.). ISBN 0901115444.
- Marsden, Colin J. (1984). BR and Private Owner Wagons. Rolling stock recognition. Vol. 2. Shepperton: ISBN 0711014035.
- Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. Volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. )
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith; Richard, Lingard (1988). Branch Line to Fairford. Midhurst: Middleton Press. )
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Branch Lines to Princes Risborough. Midhurst: Middleton Press. )
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Branch Line to Wantage - The Wantage Tramway. Midhurst: Middleton Press. )
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2002). Didcot to Swindon. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. )
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Didcot to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. )
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Oxford to Moreton-in-Marsh. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. )
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2005). Oxford to Bletchley. Country Railway Routes. Middleton Press. )
- Nock, O.S.; Cooper (1987). Historic Railway Disasters (4th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan.
- ISBN 0-7153-8362-0.
- Simpson, Bill (2003). A History of the Metropolitan Railway. Vol. 1. Witney: Lamplight. ISBN 1 899246 07 X.
- Simpson, Bill (1997). A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire. Vol. Part 1: The North. Banbury and Witney: Lamplight. ISBN 1 899246 02 9.
- Vaughan, Adrian (2003). Railway Blunders. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2836-2.
- Waters, Lawrence (1986). Oxford. Rail Centres. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1590-2.
Series
These railway books are in series, with authors either indeterminate or varying between parts.
- British Railways Locomotives Combined Volume 1953. Shepperton: Ian Allan. 1996 [1953]. ISBN 0-7110-2435-9.
- British Locomotives 1957. Shepperton: Ian Allan. 1993 [1957]. ISBN 0-7110-2203-8.
- Swain, Alec (1990). Overhead Line Electric Multiple-Units. British Rail Fleet Survey. Vol. 11. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1902-9.
- Reed, P.J.T. (1966). Absorbed Engines 1922-1947. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 10. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Davies, F.K. (1956) [1952]. The Rail Motor Vehicles (etc.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 11. )
- Davies, F.K. (1974). A Chronological and Statistical Survey. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 12. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Davies, F.K.; White, D.E. (1983). Preservation and Supplementary Information. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 13. )
- Davies, Ken (1993). Names and their Origins; Railmotor Services (etc.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 14. )
- Fry, Eric, ed. (1990). Railcars and Electric Stock. Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Vol. Part 10B. Lincoln: )
Railway Atlases
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In approximately chronological order.
- Rail Atlas (Map) (1890 ed.). 1" = 8 miles. Cartography by Tony Dewick. ISBN 0-7110-3031-6.
- Atlas of England & Wales (Map) (1904 ed.). 1" = 7.5 miles. Cartography by Railway Clearing House. ISBN 0-7110-2778-1.
- Volume 1 Carlisle to Leeds and branches (The Settle & Carlisle Line) (Map) (1913-1920 ed.). Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams). Peter Kay. 1992. ISBN 1 899890 25 4.
- Volume 2 Leeds to Leicester and branches; Derby to Manchester and branches; Cheshire Lines (Map) (1909-1923 ed.). Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams). Peter Kay. ISBN 1 899890 17 3.
- Volume 3 Leicester to London and branches; Midland and Great Northern joint Line; London Tilbury and Southend Line (Map) (1908-1923 ed.). Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams). Peter Kay. 1997. ISBN 1 899890 16 5.
- Volume 4 Birmingham to Bristol and branches; South Wales; Somerset & Dorset Joint Line including many GWR Joint Locations (Map) (1911-1923 ed.). Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams). Peter Kay. ISBN 1 899890 18 1.
- Volume 5 Historical Introduction; Locations Index; Annual Amendment Sheets 1910-1927; Scotland and Canal Maps (Map) (1900-1927 ed.). Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams). Peter Kay. 1998. ISBN 1 899890 22 X.
- Volume 6 The Gradient Diagrams (Map) (1902 ed.). Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams). Peter Kay. 1999. ISBN 1 899890 28 9.
- Pre-Grouping Railway Junction Diagrams (Map) (1914 ed.). Cartography by Railway Clearing House. ISBN 0 7110 1256 3.
- British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (5th ed.). 1" = 8 miles. Cartography by W. Philip Conolly. ISBN 0 7110 0320 3.
- Atlas of London (Map) (1935 ed.). 2" = 1 mile. Cartography by Railway Clearing House. ISBN 0-7110-2789-7.
- British Railway Atlas (Map) (1955 ed.). 1" = 8 miles. ISBN 0-7110-2726-9.
- Sectional Maps of British Railways (Map). 1" = 8 miles. Ian Allan. 1967.
- Rail Atlas (Map) (1970 ed.). 1" = 8 miles. ISBN 0-7110-2965-2.
- Rail Atlas of Britain (Map) (1st ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker & Paul Karau. Oxford Publishing Co. 1977. ISBN 0 86093 009 2.
- Rail Atlas of Britain (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker & Paul Karau. Oxford Publishing Co. 1978. ISBN 0 86093 046 7.
- Rail Atlas of Britain (Map) (3rd ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 1980. ISBN 0 86093 106 4.
- Sectional Maps of British Railways as at January 1982 (Map). 4mm = 1 mile. ISBN 0 7110 1257 1.
- Rail Atlas of Britain & Ireland (Map) (4th ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 1984. ISBN 0-86093-281-8.
- Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (Map) (5th ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 1988. ISBN 0-86093-419-5.
- Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (Map) (6th ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 1990. ISBN 0-86093-474-8.
- Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (Map) (7th ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 1992. ISBN 0 86093 502 7.
- Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (Map) (8th ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 1996. ISBN 0-86093-534-5.
- Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (Map) (9th ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 2001. ISBN 0 86093 553 1.
- Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (Map) (10th ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 2004. ISBN 0 86093 576 0.
- Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (Map) (11th ed.). 1:350 000. Cartography by Stuart K. Baker. Oxford Publishing Co. 2007. ISBN 978 0 86093 602 2.
Miscellaneous
- Allcock, Maartin, ed. (1998). Fairport Convention Songbook 2. Woodworm Music.
- Asimov, Isaac (1983). Counting the Eons. Doubleday.
- Atkinson, Richard; Atkinson, Frances (1992) [1979]. Rocks & Minerals. The Observer's Book of. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 1-8547-1044-3.
- Cawthorne, Nigel (2006). Public Executions. London: Capella. ISBN 1-84193-417-8.
- Howe, David J.; Stammers, Mark (1996) [1995]. Doctor Who Companions (paperback ed.). London: Doctor Who Books. ISBN 0-86369-921-9.
- Humphries, Patrick (1982). Meet on the Ledge - a history of Fairport Convention. London: Eel Pie. ISBN 0 906008 46 8.
- Milligan, Spike; Shand, Neil (1983). Spike Milligan's The Melting Pot. London: Robson Books. ISBN 0 86051 195 2.
- Pirani, Adam (1989). The Complete Gerry Anderson Episode Guide. London: Titan. )
- Porter, Gail (2008) [2007]. Laid Bare - My story of love, fame and survival. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-192041-8.
- Redwood, Fred; Woodward, Martin (1995). The Woodworm Era: The story of today's Fairport Convention. Thatcham: Jeneva. ISBN 0-9525860-0-2.
- Rigelsford, Adrian (1996). Carry On Laughing - a celebration. London: Virgin. ISBN 1-85227-554-5.
- Tonks, Eric (1988). Part II The Oxfordshire Field. The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands. Cheltenham: Runpast. )
- ISBN 0 586 04448 5.
Journals
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- Ligger (1987). "Celeb". Private Eye (663). London: Pressdram: 18.
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{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|day=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Heron, Liz (3–9 December 1988). "Women in love with Lawrence". Radio Times. 259 (3392). London: BBC Magazines: 4–10.
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Websites are deliberately omitted. All those that I've cited so far were for a single fact, or group of related facts, and were unlikely to prove useful in other articles.