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Hey - I'll take a picture next time I'm there - I'm not in Aylesbury that often though, about twice a month. If you beat me to it, do retain my picture in the article alongside yours! (as it shows the opening day) Tom walker (talk) 20:00, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. I rarely venture out to Aylesbury, but I have a gap in my exams tomorrow (A levels) so I might go. If I don't I'm sure your photo will be great. I was actually there on the opening day as well, but I didn't have a camera! Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 20:05, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
- I was going to put a message here saying I'd taken it. I've also taken a load more pictures of both Aylesbury stations, as well as a couple of Wolverton and several of MK Central. I'm planning a bit of a revamp of the MKC article, so you'll see that when it happens. I've edited Wolverton railway station to include a historical railways box for the Newport line. Good work on that article by the way, it's one I've longed to see but never got round to. Tom walker (talk) 21:29, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- Great- I look forward to that! There are quite a few south Bucks stations that could do with a better photo- I should try to get out and take some. Thanks also for the compliment- I bought a book called Lost Railways of the Chilterns, which is a fantastic read and also a great source of info. Cheers! Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 21:36, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- It's not on my watchlist ATM, my list being full of articles about tram systems and spaceflights to the point that it goes off the bottom of the page. Being an MK resident, I'm disappointed at the lack of articles or pictures about what is the second largest town/should-be city in Britain. I've already created Urban Eden and added a load of stuff to Central Milton Keynes, I've got Tall buildings in Milton Keynes and Transport in Milton Keynes coming next!!Tom walker (talk) 21:41, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- Tell me when you start the transport article, as I'd willing to help with the road and rail sections. If you haven't got this page on your watchlist, I'll continue to notify you with {{talkback}} templates :) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 21:54, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- It's not on my watchlist ATM, my list being full of articles about tram systems and spaceflights to the point that it goes off the bottom of the page. Being an MK resident, I'm disappointed at the lack of articles or pictures about what is the second largest town/should-be city in Britain. I've already created Urban Eden and added a load of stuff to Central Milton Keynes, I've got Tall buildings in Milton Keynes and Transport in Milton Keynes coming next!!Tom walker (talk) 21:41, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- Great- I look forward to that! There are quite a few south Bucks stations that could do with a better photo- I should try to get out and take some. Thanks also for the compliment- I bought a book called Lost Railways of the Chilterns, which is a fantastic read and also a great source of info. Cheers! Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 21:36, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- I was going to put a message here saying I'd taken it. I've also taken a load more pictures of both Aylesbury stations, as well as a couple of Wolverton and several of MK Central. I'm planning a bit of a revamp of the MKC article, so you'll see that when it happens. I've edited Wolverton railway station to include a historical railways box for the Newport line. Good work on that article by the way, it's one I've longed to see but never got round to. Tom walker (talk) 21:29, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your message
Thanks for your message welcoming me to wikipedia. I do have an account but sometimes I forget to log in. You kindly said I could ask you questions on your talk page. Can I ask why, even when I am logged in, I do not have the 'move' tab above any article, whereas my friend who also has an account, does have this tab, and so he can move an article to a different title, whereas I cannot? Thanks79.66.156.217 (talk) 19:58, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. 79.66.156.217 (talk) 20:49, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
My account is called 'Uakari', because I like the uakari monkey.79.66.156.217 (talk) 21:06, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
Long time no see!
Just to let you know, how I am getting along :). I took a few months break from editing, back I'm back for now. Done a few map images which you can see on my userpage :). Anyway, as I was loading one up, I came across a problem which I couldn't fix:
Oh, and name change.. was 'twentythree', now 'Bohemian Arcade', Much easier to type in XD.
Thanks, ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ ←———| BOHEMIAN ARCADE |———→ ♦ ♥ ♣ ♠ • MESSAGE ME • MY CONTRIBUTIONS • RECENT CHANGES 17:48, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
- Hi! I've tried to fix things, but I've had to remove an image (the church) and reformat the population column. The white space is also gone. You can play around, if you want in order to re-add the image.
- Nice! Why'd you pick that name? Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 18:17, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Excellent :)
I picked that name because I like the words in it XD. Bohemian is out of the song Bohemian Like You and Arcade is from a band called Arcade Fire. Not my favourite band but I like what they call themselves! :) ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ ←———| BOHEMIAN ARCADE |———→ ♦ ♥ ♣ ♠ • MESSAGE ME • MY CONTRIBUTIONS • RECENT CHANGES 20:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
- Great. Those maps are really good- I wouldn't have the patience to draw one myself :) Keep up the good work!
- My username is just my name and, for some reason 'Fury'- it's sounds stupid now but I wouldn't change it. I'll see you around. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 22:16, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Chiltern Railways
Hi - you just rolled back a contribution on Chiltern Railways I'd made which I think was harsh. The reason you gave, other than WP:TRIVIA (and I don't think it's trivia, certainly 70,000 English football fans don't think it's trivia, perhaps you don't like football?) is that the source was misleading. I think Associated Press are a pretty bona fide source, don't you? Anyway, how about this from the Daily Mail or this from the Times? I just thought your rollback of the comments I had carefully put together were rather harsh, and perhaps motivated more by your love of transport rather than the pursuit of fact. I was wondering whether you may reconsider it. I don't want to roll back your roll back as that would be pointless, so wanted you to give you an opportunity to rethink your harsh action. If hard work at keeping pages up to date are immediately rolled back by someone who simply doesn't like to see criticism on a subject they are fond of, then that is rather frustrating. Thank you. Tris2000 (talk) 15:52, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
- I reverted because the source you gave didn't say what you wrote in the text. However, those other two texts do, so feel free to re-add it with the appropriate sources, perhaps making it less dramatic (remove the "Chiltern Railways received widespread criticism and condemnation" etc). Sorry for any confusion that I caused. Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 15:59, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for rewriting it; I was just going to do it but see you've done it already expertly. Best regards, Tris2000 (talk) 19:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
- You're welcome :) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 21:30, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for rewriting it; I was just going to do it but see you've done it already expertly. Best regards, Tris2000 (talk) 19:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
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- Thanks! Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 15:39, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Need your wisdom
Hi Ollie, I am having a problem with two of my maps, in what is best called an 'editorial conflict' :S
There is this person: Man_vyi, who does not understand the being of my images of Guernsey or of Jersey. Hours after I added them to the pages he reverted both of them (and didn't tell me about it either.. :/). His reason being was that they were not accurate enough, that it wasn't informative and that the former image here was were the islands are located in relation to the UK and this has to be in thr article.. or something..
Well, I for one disagree with his comments because I think my images ARE accurate, they show CLEAR placenames and the show exactly what the user is looking for... the island! Not the whole of the UK!!! Instead, within the infobox is a map of the whole of the British Isles with a tiny tiny bit of the channel islands shaded in, so discrectly that you can't even see the 'dark green' colour.
Anyway, after I realised this yesterday I put my original Jersey image back in the infobox and moved the UK map to a very prominant place outside of the infobox, so it is still in the article anyway. Yet, he has reverted this again and said on my talk page that the file still isn't informative enough.'
I would be fine to change the map so that it included the other Channel Islands too, but I do not understand how my image isn't as accurate as one where you can't even see where Guernsey is.
I get annoyed when other wikipedians feel it is ok to 'bin' an image that, firstly, I have spent a long time producing, and secondly, that could even be placed somewhere else in the article so that it has some practical use. But to simply revert it AND not even tell me is, well, I think it's unfair ;). It seems like this editor makes many edits to the Guernsey and Jersey maps; it's almost as if he feels like he's the moderator of them. Another, more experienced editor reverted HIS edits just after he has reverted my images, so my views are not individually expressed.
Thankyou for listening to me comments Ollie and I hope you didn't mind my rant too much :P, but this really has me annoyed!
Thanks again, ♦ BOHEMIAN ARCADE ♦ • Message me • My contributions 18:10, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
- Hi. Out of the points Man vyi mentioned on the image talk pages, some are true and need to be corrected: town names and the bit about titles. The other points are less important. I'm not sure as to the question of accuracy. Maps of counties, such as Buckinghamshire do not seem to be sourced in any way. Maybe it would be better to ask at WikiProject UK geography, as they will know more than me. As for the question of map preference, I can't see anything wrong with the layout of Tresco, for example, which has the island map and a map of Cornwall. However, that raises more questions since the Channel Islands aren't part of the UK... It's very confusing!
- So I would recommend you ask the guys at the aforementioned wikiproject who will be able to help more. I'm sorry that I can't be more helpful :) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 20:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for the revert on my talk page. Cheers. freshacconci talktalk 19:12, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
- You're welcome. The'FortyFive'
- Thanks. I was feeling a bit pissed off, but I'm better now! That's a good lesson for me- don't edit when you're feeling angry! Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 11:30, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
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Just wondering if in a time you want to do the July Newsletter for WP:LT? Simply south (talk) 11:35, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- Make that, just wondering if today, tomorrow or in the next few days you would like to design and update the newsletter, seeing as you have shown an interest in the past. If so, just say yes and i will give you the links on where togo and what to do. Simply south (talk) 17:08, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I'll have a go. Cheers! Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 17:10, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- As a general guide, to save time, i would copy the previous edition to the new place and edit it from there. (Correction, 15, not 18). For sources of changes within related subjects in Wikipedia, see portal:London Transport/Did you knowto see if anyone has added any new suggestions.
- The from the editor section, comment on what has changed in the project and what you feel needs changing and also say about this edition or the newsletter generally, whatever you feel needs to be said or your opinions. I think this should focus more on you as a guest editor and the newsletter plus anything notable about the project but its up to you really as to what goes in here, this is a suggestion
- The general section, comment on the assessment area and what has been promoted\demoted. Look at the article alerts and comment on different changes in the articles and pages related there. Maybe look at other areas of the project and comment on the changes, hence this being the general section. To help, look at previous editions (before Issue 13) and this help to clarify on what i suggest but again it is up to you.
- As a general guide, to save time, i would copy the previous edition to the new place and edit it from there. (Correction, 15, not 18). For sources of changes within related subjects in Wikipedia, see
- I'll have a go. Cheers! Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 17:10, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I hope this helps. Simply south (talk) 20:54, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- It does :) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 20:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I'm having trouble finding some new DYK's. Can they be anything that is interesting to do with LT? Can you think of any? I've got a few I can think of :) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 21:06, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- It does :) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 20:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I hope this helps. Simply south (talk) 20:54, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I don't see why not add some yourself. From the history of Article Alerts, There have been in the past month or so DYKs for Battersea Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Dollis Brook Viaduct, Dollis Valley Greenwalk, Chelsea Bridge and Albert Bridge. The talk pages of these should contain the facts (hopefully). Simply south (talk) 21:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Could you check the DYK's I've added? I think they're alright. Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 22:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Yes i do. They look okay. Note: It has been argued that Hackney does not have any but actually there is a Victorial line station on its border, as well as a Northern Line station. Simply south (talk) 23:32, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah I saw that about Hackney, but since it has two stations on its borders, I'm not counting it. Thanks. I'll be done shortly. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 23:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- What do you want me to credit you as in the newsletter? I've put my name first, I hope that's alright! I think it's finished now. If you want help distributing it, I'll be happy to. Cheers :) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 00:40, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah I saw that about Hackney, but since it has two stations on its borders, I'm not counting it. Thanks. I'll be done shortly. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 23:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Yes i do. They look okay. Note: It has been argued that Hackney does not have any but actually there is a Victorial line station on its border, as well as a Northern Line station. Simply south (talk) 23:32, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Could you check the DYK's I've added? I think they're alright. Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 22:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I don't see why not add some yourself. From the history of Article Alerts, There have been in the past month or so DYKs for Battersea Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Dollis Brook Viaduct, Dollis Valley Greenwalk, Chelsea Bridge and Albert Bridge. The talk pages of these should contain the facts (hopefully). Simply south (talk) 21:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Is there any comment on the portal you want to do?
- I do like the colour added which makes a nice change. The credits i have just changed as an anonymous thing. I will leave the distributing to you if that is okay. Simply south (talk) 20:45, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- I'm not a great user of the portal- is there anything that needs mentioning? I'll start distributing at 9:00pm UTC (10pm our time). Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 20:49, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Not really, perhaps on interest but to be honest it has been in a lull still. Go whenever. Simply south (talk) 21:03, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Newport Pagnell Line
I read this and thought it was a pretty good piece. Is it okay if i nominate the fact about the bucket at DYK? Simply south (talk) 21:23, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, that would be great! I've never had an article reach DYK before, so thanks. I got a book yesterday about all the lines in Bucks so I thought I'd write that short article. I might even have enough info now to complete talk) 15:24, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
- Yep. Thanks. talk) 17:01, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. The main article could do with a better photograph. I don't know if you live nearby, but a photograph of the old trackbed, the remains of Newport Pagnell station or perhaps the site of the junction with the WCML would be great. If you can't, don't worry. Cheers. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 17:53, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- The Bradwell station pic has the track-bed. Getting the junction with the WCML would be a lot harder as there is no convenient bridge and the undergrowth is impressive. See [2]. --talk) 18:19, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- Ok- that's fine. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 19:37, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- The Bradwell station pic has the track-bed. Getting the junction with the WCML would be a lot harder as there is no convenient bridge and the undergrowth is impressive. See [2]. --
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Cold Brayfield
I think that
- Sorry, no! I hadn't heard of the place till you told me. I'm from south Bucks, not north! So I can't really help... Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 16:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line
Removed speedy deletion tag: Boaz Ng
Hi OllieFury! I just wanted to inform you that I removed the speedy deletion tag you placed on Boaz Ng- because: the author has not requested deletion, or other users have added substantial content. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kingpin13 (talk) 15:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- That author removed all but one sentence, which Huggle took to mean as a request for deletion. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 15:33, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "Huggle took to be a request for deletion"? Doesn't the user decide? Anyway, the user was in fact removing something in a different language (I think, although my computer doesn't support most of the characters used), and replacing it with English. Anyway, G7 only applies if the user either requests, or blanks the page (which is removing all content from a page), which they didn't do, as they did leave some content in the page. - Kingpin13 (talk) 15:36, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- OK- I may have made a mistake. At the end of the day, the article is not notable, and I'm surprised it hasn't been deleted yet. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 15:40, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- We all make mistakes :). The admins seem to be having trouble keeping up at the moment, we got 133 pages just waiting to be deleted :). Keep up your good work (I often see you about, helping clear up vandalism etc.) :) - Kingpin13 (talk) 15:42, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 15:43, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- We all make mistakes :). The admins seem to be having trouble keeping up at the moment, we got 133 pages just waiting to be deleted :). Keep up your good work (I often see you about, helping clear up vandalism etc.) :) - Kingpin13 (talk) 15:42, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- OK- I may have made a mistake. At the end of the day, the article is not notable, and I'm surprised it hasn't been deleted yet. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 15:40, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "Huggle took to be a request for deletion"? Doesn't the user decide? Anyway, the user was in fact removing something in a different language (I think, although my computer doesn't support most of the characters used), and replacing it with English. Anyway, G7 only applies if the user either requests, or blanks the page (which is removing all content from a page), which they didn't do, as they did leave some content in the page. - Kingpin13 (talk) 15:36, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
sorry
Hi olliefury - thank you so much for your help apologies for going straight on and editing I was mis informed as to what I could do with wikipedia I compeltey understand I cant put contact details on but as arlingtons are the only agents for these presenters it is a neutral statement and isnt self promoting so should be within wikipedia rules. do you know how I add these details or who I ask? Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by AE13 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- Explanations have been given on your talk page. Also try to always sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 16:55, 8 July 2009 (UTC) Newsletter XXIV
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Round III, Issue 7 - July 18, 2009
- Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:
- Pool A
- Pool B
- Pool C
- Pool D
- Wildcard leaders
- For a full guide see Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2009/Full
- All scores are accurate as of 15:25, 18 July 2009 (UTC).
- Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
- Featured articles
- Juliancolton (2)
- Featured lists
- Scorpion0422 (withdrawn) (6)
- Featured topics
- Mitchazenia (1)
- Featured pictures
- Shoemaker's Holiday (14)
- Featured sounds
- Nobody
- Featured portals
- Good topics
- Scorpion0422 (withdrawn) (2)
- Theleftorium (2)
- Good articles
- Theleftorium (13)
- Mitchazenia (13)
- Did you know? items
- Ottava Rima (30)
- In the news items
- Candlewicke (26)
- For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.
- For Round 2 stats, see Newsletter 18.
- WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 total of:
- 5 Featured articles
- 14 Featured lists
- 1 Featured topics
- 19 Featured pictures
- 0 Featured sounds
- 4 Featured portal
- 3 Good topic
- 54 Good articles
- 85 Did you know? items
- 26 In the news items
This combines with the
Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:
- 30 Featured articles
- 61 Featured lists
- 4 Featured topics
- 189 Featured pictures
- 24 Featured sounds
- 6 Featured portal
- 6 Good topics
- 256 Good articles
- 532 Did you know? items
- 108 In the news items
- Biggest Jumps
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Rank
User
LF
TF
D
1
Mitchazenia
443
653
210
2
Shoemaker's Holiday
493
600
107
3
Wrestlinglover
248
337
89
4
Juliancolton
261
346
85
5
Candlewicke
380
427
47
- LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
- This was generated from this diff.
- From the Judges
About two weeks left, now. To those of you in the back, don't give up. There is still enough time to get some more work done. To those of you in the front relaxing... don't. We've seen it happen before, where users in the back will jump ahead in the final weeks and make it though.
We'd also like to wave goodbye to Scorpion0422, and thank him for all of his hard work this round even though he knew he needed to withdraw at the end of it.
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If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list.
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Re:Railways
Hi, not sure if you're watching my talk page or not, so I'm posting this on yours. Anyway, yes I do have a lot of rly books and maps (OS maps too); the list I have drawn up so far is just the tip of the iceberg. A general "Railways of Oxfordshire"/"... Berkshire" sounds good; but don't think I'm the right man for the job - you see I'm not really a prose man - I'm more given to lists of facts. For example, I've been going through pages for stas in Oxon, and looking for things obviously missing:
- the infobox itself, plus its contents:
- OS grid ref
- orig co
- pregroup co
- postgroup cos
- opening date
- closing date (if relevant)
- categories for
- [region] railway station stubs (if a stub article)
- Former [railway company] stations (if closed)
- Railway stations served by [operator] (if open)
- Railway stations opened in [year]
- Railway stations closed in [year] (if relevant)
- one of the following
- Railway stations in [county]
- Heritage railway stations in [county]
- Disused railway stations in [county]
- on the relevant talk page, the TrainsWikiProject template.
Also things obviously wrong from all the above: Banbury Merton Street was down as LNER post grouping, and Winslow was down as Southern (both, of course, should have been LMS - I've fixed those).
[Incidentally: I've been to railway-related quiz nights, and a stock question is "which was the only LNER station in Oxfordshire?" I'll let you ponder that, because the question is wrong, before any wrong answers are given.]
Several stas seem to be in the wrong region category: my understanding is that these should accord with the post-1974 county lists in the region pages: East Midlands (Northants); South East England (Berks, Bucks, Oxon); South West England (Glos, Wilts) and West Midlands (region) (Warks) - so Aynho Park, being Northants, should be in East Midlands and not SW England.
I've not begun a general clean-up yet: I'm gathering info into a spreadsheet, to see what the majority opinion is on which items should be present.
The only article I've constructed from new is Iffley Halt, but have made significant additions to both Steventon and to Wantage Road.
I'd better get User:Redrose64#Articles up to date. It's got nothing newer than 15 July 2009 16:00 --Redrose64 (talk) 19:40, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
- I've got your talk page on my watchlist, but since we've moved here, shall we keep the discussion here?
- I like lists as well, but sadly WP:MOS doesn't. Hmmm... an LNER station in Oxfordshire. Well, the great central main line was taken over by the LNER for a while, and I imagine all side arms were operated by the LNER... Banbury Merton Street? As I said, my knowledge of the grouping system is not too good! Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 20:15, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
- Yes - I've got the 'Add pages I edit to my watchlist' option set. Anyway, the standard answer is Finmere, which is true; but the LNER had two stations on Oxon - the other being Chalcombe Road Platform. I think the latter is usually forgotten because the village that it serves, Chacombe [note spelling variation], is in Northants. The county bdy ran (and still runs) between village and station. Chalcombe Road Platform was on the GCR branch from Woodford & Hinton to Banbury (Bridge Street, aka General) - the GWR station. Banbury Merton Street was Buckinghamshire Rly, then LNWR, then LMS. Strike the words "for a while" - the GCR was a LNER constituent. The LNER never had their own premises in Banbury, but shared with the GWR. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:47, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah- the same sort of thing existed at Leighton Buzzard, the station of that name being in Linslade which was in Bucks until 1965. Of course Leighton Buzzard has always been in Beds, but the branch diverting there was in Bucks as well as Beds. Strange situation! Also at Windsor, where the only SR line entered Bucks. That line was removed from Bucks in 1974, so most books never tell you the SR served the county. Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 21:18, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Transport in Milton Keynes
A fine idea, thanks. I'll do Template:Milton Keynes some time within the next few days, and the transport article some time after that! Tom walker (talk) 07:32, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- P.S. I hope you don't mind, I've taken a liking to the menu at the top of this page, so I've copied it, made it green and used it on my talk page!Tom walker (talk) 07:48, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- THIEF! It's fine. You can change the font, the colours, the orders of buttons etc... At the moment two of those buttons in the menu are redundant, so you might want to remove them. You can also change the pictures and borders etc... Lots of things! Cheers. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 18:04, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
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The WikiCup Newsletter
Round III, Issue 8 - July 26, 2009
- Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:
- Pool A
- Pool B
- Pool C
- Pool D
- Wildcard leaders
- Shoemaker's Holiday (638)
- Sasata (583)
- Juliancolton (424)
- Wrestlinglover (383)
- Durova (370)
- the_ed17 (266)
- ThinkBlue (232)
- Those in italics are not currently in place for the next round, but are very close.
- For a full guide see Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2009/Full
- All scores are accurate as of 14:19, 26 July 2009 (UTC).
- Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
- Featured articles
- Juliancolton (3)
- Featured lists
- Scorpion0422 (withdrawn) (6)
- Featured topics
- Mitchazenia (1)
- Featured pictures
- Shoemaker's Holiday (14)
- Featured sounds
- Featured portals
- Good topics
- Scorpion0422 (withdrawn) (2)
- Theleftorium (2)
- Good articles
- Theleftorium (14)
- Did you know? items
- Ottava Rima (31)
- In the news items
- Candlewicke (27)
- For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.
- For Round 2 stats, see Newsletter 18.
- WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 total of:
- 5 Featured articles
- 14 Featured lists
- 1 Featured topics
- 21 Featured pictures
- 1 Featured sounds
- 4 Featured portal
- 3 Good topic
- 61 Good articles
- 90 Did you know? items
- 27 In the news items
This combines with the
Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:
- 30 Featured articles
- 61 Featured lists
- 4 Featured topics
- 191 Featured pictures
- 25 Featured sounds
- 6 Featured portal
- 6 Good topics
- 263 Good articles
- 537 Did you know? items
- 109 In the news items
- Biggest Jumps
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Rank
User
LF
TF
D
1
Durova
178
370
192
2
the_ed17
83
226
143
3
Juliancolton
346
424
78
4
Theleftorium
673
727
54
5
Wrestlinglover
337
383
46
- LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
- This was generated from this diff.
- From the Judges
The round is over in about four days from now. Sit back, watch your nominations being reviewed, and hope for the best. In these four days, you don't have much control over your score. It's what you did prior to now, that's going to pile up your points (or not). We're very, very pleased with this round's results so far, and of course hoping to see some more submitted before the round ends.
Not much else to say for now, but you'll all be getting a newsletter on Thursday or Friday between rounds.
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Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 15:48, 26 July 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.
Talkbacks
No, now that you ask, TBs are not neccesary - indeed IMO they are a bit arrogant unless you are a major administrator who is far too busy to reply back on the sender's own talk page, or when it is very important to record a conversation (and then it really ought be on an article talk page anyway). Well, you did ask. --
talk) 18:11, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- They are necessary in some cases- through expereince I have met several users who never put user talk pages on watchlists, so they always need to be notified if the discussion is to be kept in one place (which I feel is better). I don't like breaking up discussions; they are hard to follow and record. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 19:37, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Transport Templates
Thanks for doing that with the Northants template. I only did that because I'm so close to Northamptonshire. I don't really know about doing the other counties. Greater London would be an interesting one!
Sorry I keep pinching stuff off your profile, just your so inspirational!! Naa, my profile was beginning to look like Greyfriars bus station and needed sprucing up a bit. I promise I won't nick your signature, I'm planning my own unique design for that! Still slowly rolling out the new layout across my user space, you'll notice my main user page is now in it! I've added a nice new para at the bottom too!! Tom walker (talk) 23:09, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
- Please do! Does the text have to be bold too? Tom walker (talk) 23:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
- You're following me around!! Na, thanks for the tip. In return, I have to say I agree with the guy below, this is a little hard to read, especially on older monitors. The old colour scheme was way better! Tom walker (talk) 18:52, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
- Opinion noted. At least I've managed to make the the 'esquire' in my signature turn black! I really like the white text, but if it's that bad, I'll make it darker. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 19:19, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Readability
I know it's your page but... white on a brownish-yellow is not very readable, especially with that tiny font ;) --Redrose64 (talk) 23:25, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
- I thought about it and experimented with different colours. I'm giving this colour scheme a few days trial to see what I think. In my opinion it's fairly readable- I really wanted a darker background but darker colours interfered with the headings and signatures. You can always highlight the text if you find reading it difficult :) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 23:31, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Your signature
Your signature causes problems see_? - ☩Damërung ☩. -- 00:39, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
WikiCup Newsletter XXVII
The WikiCup Newsletter
The WikiCup Newsletter
Round III, Issue 9 - July 31, 2009
- Pool winners
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:
- Pool A
- Pool B
- Pool C
- Pool D
- Wildcard winners
- For a full guide of Round 3, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2009/Full/Round 3
- All scores are accurate as of Round 3.
- Content Leaders
As of the end of Round 3, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
- Featured articles
- Juliancolton (3)
- Featured lists
- Scorpion0422 (withdrawn) (6)
- Featured topics
- Mitchazenia (1)
- Featured pictures
- Shoemaker's Holiday (14)
- Featured sounds
- Featured portals
- Good topics
- Scorpion0422 (withdrawn) (2)
- Theleftorium (2)
- Gary King (2)
- Good articles
- Theleftorium (14)
- Did you know? items
- Ottava Rima (33)
- In the news items
- Candlewicke (31)
- For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.
- For Round 2 stats, see Newsletter 18.
- WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 final total of:
- 7 Featured articles
- 14 Featured lists
- 1 Featured topics
- 23 Featured pictures
- 1 Featured sounds
- 4 Featured portal
- 4 Good topic
- 65 Good articles
- 97 Did you know? items
- 31 In the news items
This combines with the
Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:
- 32 Featured articles
- 61 Featured lists
- 5 Featured topics
- 193 Featured pictures
- 25 Featured sounds
- 6 Featured portal
- 6 Good topics
- 267 Good articles
- 544 Did you know? items
- 113 In the news items
- Biggest Jumps
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Rank
User
LF
TF
D
1
Mitchazenia
661
757
96
2
Gary King
170
233
63
3
Durova
370
417
47
4
Candlewicke
443
489
46
5
Theleftorium
727
763
36
- LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
- This was generated from this diff.
- From the Judges
Right, last newsletter before the next round and it's a congratulations to eight of you lot. Unfortunately we say goodbye to a fair few users along the way but that is the competition. Next round, there will only be one pool which will see the lowest scoring users eliminated two months into the round. Should be good fun! Get your nominations in soon!
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The Metropolitan - Issue 16
The Metropolitan
The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 16 - August 2009)
- London Transport News
July
- 48 hour strike disrupts main line services from Liverpool Street
- The Victoria Underground station upgrade has received planning approval from the Secretary of State for Transport
- East Thames Buses to be sold by TfL to London General Transport Services Limited
- The First 2009 Stock train starts carrying passengers in service on the Victoria line
- Visitors to Piccadilly Circus will be able to see Tube service updates on the Coca-Cola advertising board
- Boris Johnson unveils the first of the new London Overground trains
June 2009
- Wrexham & Shropshire has become the first train operating company to sell Oyster cards to passengers before they arrive in London.
- Art on the on the Underground, London Underground's art programme, has won an international award for culture on public transport systems.
- Transport for London have announced a five month improvement scheme for the A316 Richmond Circus road junction, with increased accessability for cyclists and pedestrians.
- The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has tested London's first air-conditioned tube train.
- New superhero artwork has been added to Charing Cross and Embankment tube stations.
- Due to the ongoing tube strike, and the lack of Chiltern services, over 70,000 football supporters were without transport after the World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium.
- Union RMT announced a 48 hour tube strike, which began at 18:59 on Tuesday 9 June.
- The new Three Mills Lock has opened in Bromley-by-Bow.
- Transport for London has announced that six bus manufacturers have qualified to bid for the contract to design and build the new bus for London.
- To aid overseas travellers, London Underground has upgraded all touch screen ticket machines to 17 different languages.
- Member News
- Welcome to new member Tyw7 who joined on 29 July.
- We currently have 72 members signed-up.
This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- General
After the surge of new articles in June, July has been a quieter month with just one new featured article, Chelsea Bridge (well done again Iridescent), and one new good article, Charles Pearson. We therefore, currently have 10 Featured Articles, 1 Featured List and 10 Good Articles in the Project. Unfortunately, one former Good Article, Docklands Light Railway has been demoted to B-class. We have 110 B-class articles and it would nice to see some of those improved and taken through the Good Article review process - so come on guys, get those books out and get fact checking.
As usual all suggestions to improving the metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.
- This month's selected image
traction current is turned off for maintenance work.
- From the editor
Thanks for reading.
- Contributors to this Issue
- DavidCane (talk) (Guest Editor and Distributor)
- Simply south (talk) (Contributor and Distibutor)
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!
Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
-
These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings
· Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
- Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
- Stubs : Improve a stub article
- Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
- Other :
- Suggest: A here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others
- Assessment
Featured Articles & Lists
FAC/FLC
None
Good Articles
GAC
None
A
None
- Other assessment notes
None
- Other announcements
- One article was promoted to Featured Article status:
- One article was promoted to Good Article status:
- A new timeline has been created for the London Underground listing important events in the network's history
- Did you know...
- ...that Sir Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport wrote a book encouraging Londoners to walk round the city.
- ...that in the 1960s Chelsea Bridge was a venue for illegal bike racing and, in 1970, a battle took place between rival motorcycle gangs.
- ...that before Charles Pearson campaigned for the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, he proposed a giant underground railway terminus in Farringdon?
- ...that a year after its death in 2006, the remains of a bottlenose whale removed from the River Thames at Battersea Bridge were put on public display in the offices of The Guardian newspaper?
- ...that in September 1844 a clown from Astley's Amphitheatre sailed from Vauxhall Bridge to Westminster Bridge in a washtub towed by geese?
- ...that the Northern Line and the London Underground above ground level, reaching 60 feet (18 m) in height?
- ...that the parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet to win a £400,000 grant to improve its quality and safety?
- ...that Queen Victoria was spending the night in London?
- ...that Albert Bridge in London is seriously structurally unsound in part because of rotting caused by dog's urine?
- ...despite the many motorways serving London, only four (the M1, the M4, M11 and M25) actually enter Greater London?
- ...out of the 32 London Borough, six have no underground stations- all of them south of the River Thames.
- ...Marylebone tube station opened with the unusual name of Great Central, reflecting the main line company that ran trains out of the terminus?
- ...that Routemasters are still used on two heritage bus routes in London, routes 9 and 15?
- ...that for two years, from 1883 to 1885, the District Railway ran services along the Great Western Main Line to Windsor?
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WikiCup Newsletter XXVIII
The WikiCup Newsletter
The WikiCup Newsletter
Round IV, Issue 1 - August 16, 2009
- Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
- Top 4
- Bottom 4
- All scores are accurate as of 15:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC).
- Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
- Featured articles
- Ottava Rima (1)
- Featured lists
- Nobody
- Featured topics
- Nobody
- Featured pictures
- Durova (10)
- Featured sounds
- Nobody
- Featured portals
- Nobody
- Good topics
- Theleftorium (1)
- Good articles
- Ottava Rima (6)
- Did you know? items
- Sasata (9)
- In the news items
- Candlewicke (5)
- For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.
- For Round 2 stats, see Newsletter 18.
- For Round 3 stats, see Newsletter 27.
- WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 4 final total of:
- 1 Featured articles
- 0 Featured lists
- 0 Featured topics
- 12 Featured pictures
- 0 Featured sounds
- 0 Featured portal
- 1 Good topic
- 12 Good articles
- 21 Did you know? items
- 1 In the news items
This combines with the
Round 3 totals to make a grand total of:
- 33 Featured articles
- 61 Featured lists
- 5 Featured topics
- 205 Featured pictures
- 25 Featured sounds
- 6 Featured portal
- 7 Good topics
- 279 Good articles
- 565 Did you know? items
- 114 In the news items
- Biggest Jumps
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Rank
User
LF
TF
D
1
Durova
0
370
370
2
Ottava Rima
0
281
281
3
Theleftorium
0
281
281
4
Sasata
0
200
200
- LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
- From the Judges
Apologies for not getting a newsletter out before this, but all of the judges happened to be away at the same time. Very impressive start of the round. Only sixteen days in, and our top four are already completely above 200 points. By the way, this is light red, not pink! :P
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September Metro
The Metropolitan
The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 17 - September 2009)
- London Transport News
Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list
September
- Introduction of pink Oyster validators may mean cheaper fares for people avoiding Zone 1 if they touch in Midway through their journey, at some key interchanges.
- TfL will launch Countdown, a new sevice which shows when and where the next bus is for mobile and internet users.
August
- More bendy buses removed
- Upminster tube depot celebrates 50 years
- New cameras to ease traffic
- New Travel Support card launched for people with certain disabilities
- Signals now use LEDs to save energy
- TfL moves to Greenwich Peninsula
- Extra staff on London Overground to help passengers
- Serco operator to set up and run London Cycle Hire scheme
- New bus lane to be installed at Piccadilly Circus
- Local pedestrians and cyclists would use Henleys Corner in Barnet more if it were improved
Member News
- Hello to Klomphy, Huangcjz, mattdickinson and Likelife
- We currently have 76 members signed-up.
This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- General
After the surge of new articles in June, July has been a quieter month with just one new featured article,
Jean Charles de Menezes. We have 90 B-class articles and it would nice to see some of those improved as suggested before.
However, overall assessment of articles appears to have dropped with 43% of articles now unasssessed for quality. Also, 35% of articles have no assessment or importance rating at all. This is quite an increase whereas it was only 1/4 at the start of the year.
There are concerns over what areas of the project are still in use and what are not. Please see
WT:LT#Condition of the Wikiproject London Transport page.
On the Portal, the only active areas seem to be the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems to be infrequently updated with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter!
As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.
- This month's selected image
- From the editor
August, despite some significant changes appears to have been a quiet month. I hope this is still interesting\informative.
Thanks to DavidCane and Huangcjz for some corrections.
- Contributors to this Issue
- Simply south (talk) (Editor and Distibutor)
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!
Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
-
These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings
· Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
- Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
- Stubs : Improve a stub article
- Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
- Other :
- Suggest: A here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others
- Assessment
Featured Articles & Lists
FAC/FLC
Good Articles
GAC
None
A
None
- Other assessment notes
- featured list candidate
- good article review as part of a larger project to see whether articles should have their GA statuses retained.
- Jean Charles de Menezes was demoted to B-Class.
- Other announcements
- Sheila Gallagher was nominated for deletion but the decision was decided to keep it as a disambiguation page.
- Tyw7 requests help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock
- A major move request was done by MRSC, who has recently returned, at Talk:London Paddington station#Requested move. The move involves the format of names of many London stations. Please see the discussion.
- Mattdickinson brought up an interesting point on correcting Live departure boards
- Template:Nearest Over has been deleted.
- Did you know...
- ...that Sir Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport wrote a book encouraging Londoners to walk round the city.
- ...that in the 1960s Chelsea Bridge was a venue for illegal bike racing and, in 1970, a battle took place between rival motorcycle gangs.
- ...that before Charles Pearson campaigned for the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, he proposed a giant underground railway terminus in Farringdon?
- ...that a year after its death in 2006, the remains of a bottlenose whale removed from the River Thames at Battersea Bridge were put on public display in the offices of The Guardian newspaper?
- ...that in September 1844 a clown from Astley's Amphitheatre sailed from Vauxhall Bridge to Westminster Bridge in a washtub towed by geese?
- ...that the Northern Line and the London Underground above ground level, reaching 60 feet (18 m) in height?
- ...that the parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet to win a £400,000 grant to improve its quality and safety?
- ...that Queen Victoria was spending the night in London?
- ...that Albert Bridge in London is seriously structurally unsound in part because of rotting caused by dog's urine?
- ...despite the many motorways serving London, only four (the M1, the M4, M11 and M25) actually enter Greater London?
- ...out of the 32 London Borough, six have no underground stations- all of them south of the River Thames.
- ...Marylebone tube station opened with the unusual name of Great Central, reflecting the main line company that ran trains out of the terminus?
- ...that Routemasters are still used on two heritage bus routes in London, routes 9 and 15?
- ...that for two years, from 1883 to 1885, the District Railway ran services along the Great Western Main Line to Windsor?
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WikiCup Newsletter XXV
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In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
|
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 total of:
This combines with the Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
About two weeks left, now. To those of you in the back, don't give up. There is still enough time to get some more work done. To those of you in the front relaxing... don't. We've seen it happen before, where users in the back will jump ahead in the final weeks and make it though. We'd also like to wave goodbye to Scorpion0422, and thank him for all of his hard work this round even though he knew he needed to withdraw at the end of it. ' If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. |
Re:Railways
- OS grid ref
- orig co
- pregroup co
- postgroup cos
- opening date
- closing date (if relevant)
- [region] railway station stubs (if a stub article)
- Former [railway company] stations (if closed)
- Railway stations served by [operator] (if open)
- Railway stations opened in [year]
- Railway stations closed in [year] (if relevant)
- one of the following
- Railway stations in [county]
- Heritage railway stations in [county]
- Disused railway stations in [county]
- Yes - I've got the 'Add pages I edit to my watchlist' option set. Anyway, the standard answer is Finmere, which is true; but the LNER had two stations on Oxon - the other being Chalcombe Road Platform. I think the latter is usually forgotten because the village that it serves, Chacombe [note spelling variation], is in Northants. The county bdy ran (and still runs) between village and station. Chalcombe Road Platform was on the GCR branch from Woodford & Hinton to Banbury (Bridge Street, aka General) - the GWR station. Banbury Merton Street was Buckinghamshire Rly, then LNWR, then LMS. Strike the words "for a while" - the GCR was a LNER constituent. The LNER never had their own premises in Banbury, but shared with the GWR. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:47, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah- the same sort of thing existed at Leighton Buzzard, the station of that name being in Linslade which was in Bucks until 1965. Of course Leighton Buzzard has always been in Beds, but the branch diverting there was in Bucks as well as Beds. Strange situation! Also at Windsor, where the only SR line entered Bucks. That line was removed from Bucks in 1974, so most books never tell you the SR served the county. Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 21:18, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Transport in Milton Keynes
- THIEF! It's fine. You can change the font, the colours, the orders of buttons etc... At the moment two of those buttons in the menu are redundant, so you might want to remove them. You can also change the pictures and borders etc... Lots of things! Cheers. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 18:04, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
WikiCup Newsletter XXVI
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In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
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As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 total of:
This combines with the Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
The round is over in about four days from now. Sit back, watch your nominations being reviewed, and hope for the best. In these four days, you don't have much control over your score. It's what you did prior to now, that's going to pile up your points (or not). We're very, very pleased with this round's results so far, and of course hoping to see some more submitted before the round ends. Not much else to say for now, but you'll all be getting a newsletter on Thursday or Friday between rounds. ' If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. |
Talkbacks
Transport Templates
- You're following me around!! Na, thanks for the tip. In return, I have to say I agree with the guy below, this is a little hard to read, especially on older monitors. The old colour scheme was way better! Tom walker (talk) 18:52, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
- Opinion noted. At least I've managed to make the the 'esquire' in my signature turn black! I really like the white text, but if it's that bad, I'll make it darker. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 19:19, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Readability
Your signature
WikiCup Newsletter XXVII
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In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:
As of the end of Round 3, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
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As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 final total of:
This combines with the Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Right, last newsletter before the next round and it's a congratulations to eight of you lot. Unfortunately we say goodbye to a fair few users along the way but that is the competition. Next round, there will only be one pool which will see the lowest scoring users eliminated two months into the round. Should be good fun! Get your nominations in soon! ' If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. |
The Metropolitan - Issue 16
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July
June 2009
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After the surge of new articles in June, July has been a quieter month with just one new featured article, Chelsea Bridge (well done again Iridescent), and one new good article, Charles Pearson. We therefore, currently have 10 Featured Articles, 1 Featured List and 10 Good Articles in the Project. Unfortunately, one former Good Article, Docklands Light Railway has been demoted to B-class. We have 110 B-class articles and it would nice to see some of those improved and taken through the Good Article review process - so come on guys, get those books out and get fact checking. As usual all suggestions to improving the metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.
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In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
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As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 4 final total of:
This combines with the Round 3 totals to make a grand total of:
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Apologies for not getting a newsletter out before this, but all of the judges happened to be away at the same time. Very impressive start of the round. Only sixteen days in, and our top four are already completely above 200 points. By the way, this is light red, not pink! :P ' If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. |
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This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all! |
After the surge of new articles in June, July has been a quieter month with just one new featured article, Jean Charles de Menezes . We have 90 B-class articles and it would nice to see some of those improved as suggested before.
However, overall assessment of articles appears to have dropped with 43% of articles now unasssessed for quality. Also, 35% of articles have no assessment or importance rating at all. This is quite an increase whereas it was only 1/4 at the start of the year. There are concerns over what areas of the project are still in use and what are not. Please see WT:LT#Condition of the Wikiproject London Transport page .
On the Portal, the only active areas seem to be the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems to be infrequently updated with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter! As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.
August, despite some significant changes appears to have been a quiet month. I hope this is still interesting\informative. Thanks to DavidCane and Huangcjz for some corrections.
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Simply south (talk) 20:21, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
its me again... finally
Its Tim Tebow Rocks! talk soon.
Tim Tebow ROCKS!!!!!! (talk) 15:32, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
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This WikiCup Award is presented to OllieFury for their participation in the 2009 WikiCup. Your contributions along the way have greatly improved the quality of many articles, pictures, and sounds on the English Wikipedia. |
Congratulations! Hope to see you sign up for the 2010 WikiCup,
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Simply south (talk) 21:00, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
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. Simply south (talk) 01:14, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Welcome back
I see you're editing again, after - what - two months off? Have fun with your watchlist! --Redrose64 (talk) 18:21, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
- Seconded. It's nice to see you around again, pal. :) —majestic titan)22:19, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks guys. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 02:20, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
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Another issue to be addressed is, please could people indicate in the next month at the feedback page or on my talk page whether they still want to recieve issues of the metro. A lot of newsletters seem to be going to redundant pages. Simply south (talk) 20:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)