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The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter Issue 26 - July 2010) May - June 2010 | August London Transport News For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times) Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list July New safety measures announced for safety with cyclists around lorries New cable car system announced in the Thames Gateway area Southfields stations becomes step-free Fewer delays in cars being held up by traffic lights June Bus crime lowest in six years Early closure of Northern Line cancelled Exhibition at Aldwych until July 9th More air-conditioned Underground and Overground trains on their way New electric vehicles with special livery to distinguish them join the taxis Hammersmith & City and Circle to close between 24th July and 15th August for upgrade work as well as works to do with Paddington station and Crossrail Rotherhithe tunnel to be southbound during weekend closures New Digital Countdowns to be trialled telling people how long they have to cross the road Deaths and serious injuries on roads half that of a decade ago in London Improvements such as maps, signs and timetables as well as flags showing "River Buses" for commuter boats and "River Tours" for tourists to be introduced Motorcycles to trial using bus lanes First docking station for cycling scheme installed on the Capital's streets Information from TfL to be used for commercial gain freely TfL is not to occupy the Shard Bank, Charing Cross, Earl's Court, Green Park, Holborn, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Victoria are to reduce energy usage for the 10:10 campaign £700 million set for Victoria Underground to be redeveloped as contract is awarded A new police task force has been set up to deal with stolen or damaged bicycles New Chief Executive Officer for Tube Lines A new set of poems are on display on London Underground trains The southern roundabout at Elephant& Castle will be removed by October and converted into a signalised junction The North London Line fully reopens are completion of upgrade work Member News Both Alzarian16 (talk · contribs) and Sillybillypiggy (talk · contribs) joined us in April, bringing the total number of participants to 81. A very warm welcome to them. This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all! General Three articles were promoted to Good Article status in June and July. One also gained featured article status in June. Well done to everybody who worked on these. The portal went through a candidacy for featured portal with not much luck. The areas of the portal are becoming more active with the the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems has started to be updated again but with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter. Did you know is being improved. The portal has had a new selected biography section added to bring it up to standard. Please vote at Portal:London Transport/Vote. As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you. Please also could people submit suggestions for DYKs or does anyone want to do the next issue? This month's selected image Ruislip Lido Railway's 12-inch (300 mm) gauge locomotive "Mad Bess" hauling a passenger train. This month's gallery of images (selected by User:Simply south) Notice to military personnel crossing Albert Bridge Tie arch bridge crossing Regent's Canal Under the Dollis Brook Viaduct arches A Routemaster bus in 2002 Curling Bridge in Paddington Basin, built in 2004. A fuel-cell bus on London Buses route RV1 First generation DLR in 1987. A bike in floodwater around Richmond Bridge A London Underground 2009 Stock arriving at King's Cross St Pancras tube station. A 1938 London Underground Stock special passing through North Ealing tube station in 2008. London City Airport near the O2 Arena and London Docklands Wheelchair racers in 2010 London Marathon From the editor If you think there is anything else i have missed, please drop me a note or leave a message at The Metropolitan's feedback page. Also if you feel you want to do an edition, again leave me a message. Again i would like to state this newsletter is looking for anyone willing to do an issue. This is especially for August as i am going to be too busy. I may not be able to do September either. Please help. I have also had to give less detail on some reports as the Article Alert Bot is currently down. Contributors to this Issue Simply south (talk) - (Editor and Distibutor) Improving Wikipedia one edit at a time! Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan  · Heathrow Airport  · River Thames  · London Bridge  · London Underground  · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)  · Gatwick Airport  · London Congestion Charge  · Tube map  · Tower Bridge 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 Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here. Patrol: Recent changes Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others Assessment Featured Articles & Lists Albert Bridge, London Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Battersea Bridge Brill railway station Central London Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Chelsea Bridge City and South London Railway Edgar Speyer Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway London congestion charge Richmond Bridge, London Vauxhall Bridge Waddesdon Road railway station Westcott railway station List of London Underground stations Timeline of the London Underground FAC/FLC Good Articles A1 road (London) A215 road Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield BOAC Flight 712 British Airways Charles Pearson Chiswick Bridge Eurostar Gloucester Road tube station Hammerton's Ferry High Speed 1 Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet London Country North Western London Paddington station South Kensington tube station Upminster Bridge tube station Wandsworth Bridge Westminster tube station Wimbledon and Sutton Railway Wood Siding railway station Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station GAC Underground Electric Railways Company of London A None Other assessment notes Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet and Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station were promoted to Good Article status in June and Westminster tube station in July. Congratulations to all people involved. Waddesdon Road railway station gained featured article status in June. Again well done to everybody who worked on these. Underground Electric Railways Company of London is a Good Article candidate All articles have been assessed of their quality and importance to the project. Well done to everyone on the assessment. Other announcements Tyw7 requests help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock MRSC requests help with improving North and West London Light Railway and West London Orbital For a list of the most visited pages related to this project see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages. requested to be updated New guidelines have been proposed for railway accidents. Please see WP:RAILCRASH. Major discussions arose over the notability of many London bus routes, which resulted in some routes being kept and some being deleted. Please leave your comments at WT:LT#London bus route articles and WT:BUS. This has essentially ground to a halt. Another discussion as well as straw poll has been on whther the frequency of trains per hour should be added. It appeared there was no consensus. New usage data has been given by TfL for the London Underground for 2009 A small discussion talk places regarding which project banners should be placed on London Underground navboxes. Did you know... that at 44 tons, the locomotives of the Central London Railway's first underground trains were so heavy that they shook buildings as they passed 60 feet below and were scrapped after three years? ...that bus company London Country North East lost over £5 million in less than two years of existence before it was split up in 1989? ...that the Underground's architect Charles Holden and LPTB Managing Director Frank Pick were both sons of drapers? ...that Blackfriars Underground station (opened 1870) pre-dates the main line station by sixteen years? ...that the Westway, the West Cross Route and the East Cross Route are the only parts of the GLC's 1960s plan for the London Motorway Box that were built? ...that prior to the transfer of most of the route to the Central line in 1947, the Fairlop Loop saw circular services running from Liverpool Street to Stratford to Ilford to Woodford to Stratford to Liverpool Street? ...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it? …that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train? ...that Greenford station has the only remaining wooden escalator on the London Underground? ...that There are only two tube stations which have all five vowels in them - Mansion House station and South Ealing station. ...that the Docklands Light Railway rolling stock is capable of travelling 100 km/h (62 mph)? ... that after World War II, designs of the London Transport brand were simplified to reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs? ... that that the London Underground's Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was built so Londoners could get to cricket matches? ... that at 44 tons, the locomotives of the Central London Railway`s first underground trains were so heavy that they shook buildings as they passed 60 feet below and were scrapped after three years? 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Simply south (talk) 19:13, 6 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-06T19:13:00.000Z","author":"Simply south","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Simply_south-2010-07-06T19:13:00.000Z-July_Metro","replies":[]}}-->

Hello, Simply south. You have new messages at Wikipedia_talk:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions.
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Could you elaborate on which discussions "it comes up" apart from deletion discussions? You are right but some examples would be useful. For myself, I don't see much difference between an entire article and part of an article, small or large, so I think many of the points made here are more widely valid; but to quote them the natural response would be "that's the deletion process, we're not discussing deleting the article", which is the kind of point of process that I think hurts editors attempting to improve the encyclopaedia. Full disclosure: I am an inclusionist. Si Trew (talk) 10:14, 20 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-20T10:14:00.000Z","author":"SimonTrew","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-SimonTrew-2010-07-20T10:14:00.000Z-Talkback","replies":[],"displayName":"Si Trew"}}-->

Do you think he deserves the MOTD award/barnstar too? If yes, please add his username to the first list on my talk page. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 21:23, 20 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-20T21:23:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-07-20T21:23:00.000Z-Amalthea","replies":[]}}-->

Consensus has been reached! Do you want to deliver all the awards (29 for the summer-season-reason (^___^) + 8 for the long time contributors) on behalf of MOTD? Many thanks in advance. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:28, 22 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-22T07:28:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-07-22T07:28:00.000Z-Summer_2010_MOTD_Barnstars","replies":["c-Pjoef-2010-07-22T17:59:00.000Z-Pjoef-2010-07-22T07:28:00.000Z"]}}-->

Yes, that was the reason why I am asking you to do it. Wait just few seconds an I'll copy the lists, the code, and all the rest here. BTW, the Stonehenge New Henge news was really interesting. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 17:59, 22 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-22T17:59:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-07-22T17:59:00.000Z-Pjoef-2010-07-22T07:28:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

The message/motivation:

This award is given to you for helping out Motto of the day. Thanks to your effort, MOTD has brilliantly and successfully passed the most difficult period of the year. In fact, there are mottoes scheduled until the end of the summer. For this reason MOTD would like to express heartfelt thanks to you for your support. We appreciate your efforts in further helping the project!

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== Summer 2010 MOTD Barnstar ==
{{subst:MOTD Barnstar|This award is given to you for helping out [[Wikipedia:Motto of the day|Motto of the day]]. Thanks to your effort, [[Wikipedia:Motto of the day|MOTD]] has brilliantly and successfully passed the most difficult period of the year. In fact, there are mottoes scheduled until the end of the summer. For this reason MOTD would like to express heartfelt thanks to you for your support. We appreciate your efforts in further helping the project! <small>– delivered by [[User:Simply south|Simply south]] on behalf of '''[[Wikipedia:Motto of the day]]''' {{subst:CURRENTTIME}}, {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)</small>}}

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• Amalthea (talk · contribs)
• AstroHurricane001 (talk · contribs)
• BarkingFish (talk · contribs)
• Belugaboy (talk · contribs)
• Chzz (talk · contribs)
• Derild4921 (talk · contribs)
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The message/motivation:

"This award is given to you for your long time and outstanding support to Motto of the day. We hope you will be back soon!"

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== Award for long time and outstanding support to MOTD ==
{{subst:MOTD Barnstar|This award is given to you for your long time and outstanding support to [[Wikipedia:Motto of the day|Motto of the day]]. We hope you will be back soon! <small>– delivered by [[User:Simply south|Simply south]] on behalf of '''[[Wikipedia:Motto of the day]]''' {{subst:CURRENTTIME}}, {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)</small>}}

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And, this is for You....

		The MOTD Barnstar
		This award is given to you for helping out Motto of the day. Thanks to your effort, MOTD has brilliantly and successfully passed the most difficult period of the year. In fact, there are mottoes scheduled until the end of the summer. For this reason MOTD would like to express heartfelt thanks to you for your support. We appreciate your efforts in further helping the project! – delivered by pjoef on behalf of Wikipedia:Motto of the day 18:05, 22 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-22T18:05:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-07-22T18:05:00.000Z-Summer_2010_MOTD_Barnstar","replies":[]}}-->

Hi! It's Belugaboy. Thanks so much for the barnstar, I love creating mottoes, it's no problem! I've seen you around MOTD a lot, too, and I was wondering if you'd like to create a "Motto Shop" with me.

You're wondering, what the heck is a Motto Shop? Simple. The first motto I created was special to me, because it was actually scheduled. Attracted some negative feedback, but still, I made that my motto to live by on the wiki. So, I thought we could spread the joy of having a motto to live by around by creating mottoes for people based on what they want. Here's the cheese. I'll make a special link for us to put on our userpages to lead to the Motto Shop. People will be able to submit the base of the motto and what it has to say or express. So, whoever's page it's left on will be the person who creates the motto. And once we get up and running, you can recruit or I can recruit any new affiliations or members of our "team." Our goal, five mottoes a month. Sound good?

Let me know what you think of the idea!

Belugaboy^{how's my driving?} 22:20, 22 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-22T22:20:00.000Z","author":"Belugaboy","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Belugaboy-2010-07-22T22:20:00.000Z-Motto_Shop","replies":["c-Pjoef-2010-07-23T07:22:00.000Z-Belugaboy-2010-07-22T22:20:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Beluga"}}-->

I am not sure it will work. You can copy the code of an approved motto when it is showed, and then show it on your user page whenever you want. For example, I use {{Motd cquote}} for showing the motto of the day, but I included that template on top of a list of phrases that I really love. Please, post your proposal(s) on the discussion page of the project so we can see what other participants thing on the subject. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:22, 23 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-23T07:22:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-07-23T07:22:00.000Z-Belugaboy-2010-07-22T22:20:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

I'm sorry I gave you to do this task while you're busy with the editing of the page about the new henge discovered at Stonehenge, as well as in real life (of course.) I think that you will receive many thanks, I hope that in addition to a "nuisance" it will also please you. For any help, leave a message on my talk page. Yes, Rascal the Peaceful (a.k.a. Patches1998) both accounts have been blocked. I read something about, but I really do not know what to do. Thank you for taking the time to post all those barnstars. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:22, 23 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-23T07:22:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-07-23T07:22:00.000Z-Rascal_the_Peaceful","replies":[]}}-->

I meant to reply earlier. I will be happy to do the next edition. --DavidCane (talk) 20:09, 25 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-25T20:09:00.000Z","author":"DavidCane","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-DavidCane-2010-07-25T20:09:00.000Z-The_Metropolitan","replies":[]}}-->

I mentioned you in a blogpost here. If you don't want your name mentioned please tell me at my talk page, not here. Thanks Kayau Voting IS evil 06:37, 27 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-27T06:37:00.000Z","author":"Kayau","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Kayau-2010-07-27T06:37:00.000Z-Note","replies":[]}}-->

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Thank you for the MOTD barnstar! I've seen you participating too. AirplanePro^Radio_Checklist 14:46, 29 July 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-07-29T14:46:00.000Z","author":"AirplanePro","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-AirplanePro-2010-07-29T14:46:00.000Z-Thanks","replies":[]}}-->

Hello, Simply south. You have new messages at I dream of horses's talk page.
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On August 3, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article New henge at Stonehenge, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter (Issue 27 - August 2010) July 2010 | September 2010 London Transport News August A £300 million contract is let for the upgrade of Bond Street station The first of 191 air-conditioned S Stock trains enters passenger service July Transport for London launches Barclays Cycle Hire bicycle sharing scheme New safety measures announced for safety with cyclists around lorries New cable car system announced in the Thames Gateway area Southfields stations becomes step-free Fewer delays in cars being held up by traffic lights June Bus crime lowest in six years Early closure of Northern Line cancelled Exhibition at Aldwych until July 9th More air-conditioned Underground and Overground trains on their way New electric vehicles with special livery to distinguish them join the taxis Hammersmith & City and Circle to close between 24th July and 15th August for upgrade work as well as works to do with Paddington station and Crossrail Rotherhithe tunnel to be southbound during weekend closures New Digital Countdowns to be trialled telling people how long they have to cross the road Deaths and serious injuries on roads half that of a decade ago in London Improvements such as maps, signs and timetables as well as flags showing "River Buses" for commuter boats and "River Tours" for tourists to be introduced For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times) Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list Project News Articles One article was promoted to featured article status and one to featured list status in July Three articles were promoted to Good Article status in July Underground Electric Railways Company of London has been nominated for featured article status and Aldwych tube station has been nominated for good article status There are currently 2,649 project articles; all have been assessed for quality and importance. If you see a new article on a project topic which is not rated, please add the banner to the talk page and assess it. Portal Please vote on potential selected articles, images and biographies for the Portal You can suggest a Did You Know? for the Portal Requests New usage data has been published by TfL for the London Underground for 2009. These could be added to station article infoboxes Tyw7 has requested help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock MRSC has requested help with improving North and West London Light Railway and West London Orbital File:Thames tunnels.svg (below) requires updating (leave a note here explaining what needs doing) Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan  · Heathrow Airport  · River Thames  · London Bridge  · London Underground  · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)  · Gatwick Airport  · London Congestion Charge  · Tube map  · Tower Bridge 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 Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here. Patrol: Recent changes Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others Members Newest members: Alzarian16 (talk · contribs) and Sillybillypiggy (talk · contribs) joined in April Number of participants is 81 Editorial This month's guest editor: DavidCane (talk) Usual editor Simply south (talk) has requested a volunteer edit the September edition of this newsletter All suggestions to improve the newsletter are welcome at feedback page Best Articles Featured Albert Bridge, London Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Battersea Bridge Brill railway station Central London Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Chelsea Bridge City & South London Railway Edgar Speyer Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway List of former and unopened London Underground stations List of London Underground stations London congestion charge Richmond Bridge, London Timeline of the London Underground Vauxhall Bridge Waddesdon Road railway station Westcott railway station Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station Good A1 road (London) A215 road Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield British Airways Charles Pearson Chiswick Bridge Embankment tube station Eurostar Gloucester Road tube station Hammerton's Ferry High Speed 1 Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet London Country North East London Paddington station South Kensington tube station Underground Electric Railways Company of London Upminster Bridge tube station Wandsworth Bridge Westminster tube station Wimbledon and Sutton Railway Wood Siding railway station Recently promoted to Featured Article or Featured List List of former and unopened London Underground stations, 20 July 2010 Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station, 31 July 2010 Recently assessed as Good Articles Westminster tube station, 4 July 2010 Underground Electric Railways Company of London, 7 July 2010 Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway, 1 August 2010 Featured Article candidates (here) Underground Electric Railways Company of London Good Article candidates (here) Aldwych tube station Most visited pages For a list of the most Project's most visited pages, see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages Gallery This month's gallery of images (selected by User:DavidCane) If you want to unsubscribe from this newsletter or, if you are visiting this user page and want to sign-up, then please visit this page. You may also like to provide your opinions on this newsletter by visiting The Metropolitan's feedback page or the project's discussion page. Any other issues with this, don't be afraid to drop a line at Simply south's talkpage. Wikipedia ads file info – #137

You'll note that I've made some changes to the organisation of the newsletter, which should make it easier to update. Hope you like it. --DavidCane (talk) 23:59, 5 August 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-08-05T23:59:00.000Z","author":"DavidCane","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-DavidCane-2010-08-05T23:59:00.000Z-This_month's_Metro","replies":[]}}-->

Sent to: Decision makers/archivists and WikiCopter.

Please, do NOT approve mottoes for the period from 25 December (2010) to 5 January 2011. I think we have enough time to discuss the Christmas series. Thanks & Best! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:39, 31 August 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-08-31T08:39:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-08-31T08:39:00.000Z-Christmas_series","replies":["c-Pjoef-2010-08-31T22:13:00.000Z-Pjoef-2010-08-31T08:39:00.000Z"]}}-->

I think I was unclear (as always ~ lol). I do not mean the motto for January 1, which is more than okay and, if I remember correctly, received my support, but I am referring to regular mottoes. Today, I have approved a motto for the 22nd of December 2010 (which is just three days before Xmas). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 22:13, 31 August 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-08-31T22:13:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-08-31T22:13:00.000Z-Pjoef-2010-08-31T08:39:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

I see you have just incorrectly retitled Festiniog Railway Company template to use the double F version. This is wrong.

Please see my note at Talk:Ffestiniog_Railway#Festiniog_v_Ffestiniog, or an expanded article at [1]]

In other words, the F Co, is the legit name, whilst the Ff company is the trading name for the line only from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog

It was better to use the sigle F name as there is already a double F template relating to the Blaenau line operations

I am putting this note in as I do not seem to be able to undo your rename --Keith 17:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-02T17:00:00.000Z","author":"Manstaruk","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Manstaruk-2010-09-02T17:00:00.000Z-The_Festiniog_Railway_Company","replies":["c-Mattbuck-2010-09-02T17:51:00.000Z-Manstaruk-2010-09-02T17:00:00.000Z","c-Mattbuck-2010-09-02T17:52:00.000Z-Manstaruk-2010-09-02T17:00:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Keith"}}-->

You beat me Keith. Simply put, it is (nowadays) the Ffestiniog Railway, but the company uses a single F, and when it was running a letter service it was a single F. Please move these articles back. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:51, 2 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-02T17:51:00.000Z","author":"Mattbuck","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Mattbuck-2010-09-02T17:51:00.000Z-Manstaruk-2010-09-02T17:00:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Oh, and Keith, you wouldn't be able to, only admins can move over redirects. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:52, 2 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-02T17:52:00.000Z","author":"Mattbuck","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Mattbuck-2010-09-02T17:52:00.000Z-Manstaruk-2010-09-02T17:00:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Thanks to Matts note, I also checked the Railway letter service page - not quite the same reasoning. For this I refer you to [[2]] a temporary site setup to display items it publishes.

This means the file Festiniog Railway Letter Service was incorrectly renamed to use double Ff, and therfore needs to be restored to its correct title (the associated talk page as well) If you read the text of both the article and talk page, you will see it is not referred by the double F name --Keith 18:27, 2 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-02T18:27:00.000Z","author":"Manstaruk","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Manstaruk-2010-09-02T18:27:00.000Z-The_Festiniog_Railway_Company","replies":["c-Simply_south-2010-09-02T23:18:00.000Z-Manstaruk-2010-09-02T18:27:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Keith"}}-->

My mistake. It also says it on the railway website. Thanks for pointing it out.

Btw, what you've said about moving over redirects is slightly wrong. If the redirect has had no edits other than the one where it was created i.e. the page has 1 edit, pages should be able to be moved over. I don't know why you were not able to move the pages. It is only with more than one edit that requires RM. Also i am not an admin. Simply south (talk) 23:18, 2 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-02T23:18:00.000Z","author":"Simply south","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Simply_south-2010-09-02T23:18:00.000Z-Manstaruk-2010-09-02T18:27:00.000Z","replies":["c-Mattbuck-2010-09-03T00:14:00.000Z-Simply_south-2010-09-02T23:18:00.000Z"]}}-->

So much for my great knowledge. -mattbuck (Talk) 00:14, 3 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-03T00:14:00.000Z","author":"Mattbuck","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Mattbuck-2010-09-03T00:14:00.000Z-Simply_south-2010-09-02T23:18:00.000Z","replies":["c-Manstaruk-2010-09-03T03:31:00.000Z-Mattbuck-2010-09-03T00:14:00.000Z"]}}-->

My thanks for restoring to the original name. I think a bit clearer explanation would be appreciated; that the original 19th century licence from (what is now) Royal Mail, was issued to the Festiniog Railway Co. (as per its official title). The Ff welsh name has only come into common use since the mid 1980's. It now promotes itself as the Ff, with all but official documentation. The company cannot change its name without an act of Parliament as it is one of the few remaining statuatiry companies (a legal term!). One of the support groups has renamed itself to Ff, whilst the Heritage Group, and the Railway Letter Service have retained the single F name - again thanks --Keith 03:31, 3 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-03T03:31:00.000Z","author":"Manstaruk","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Manstaruk-2010-09-03T03:31:00.000Z-Mattbuck-2010-09-03T00:14:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Keith"}}-->

"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Trains for a Signpost article to be published this month. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 19:06, 8 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-08T19:06:00.000Z","author":"Mabeenot","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Mabeenot-2010-09-08T19:06:00.000Z-WP_Trains_in_the_Signpost","replies":[]}}-->

Hi Simply south, I'm sorry I totally missed your comment tucked between the Bugle and awards boxes on my page, not helped by my being on holiday. That is another interesting find, they keep popping up everywhere! There's been a lot of work at Marden recently (I see you've noticed that article too). Ranger Steve (talk) 08:47, 14 September 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-09-14T08:47:00.000Z","author":"Ranger Steve","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Ranger_Steve-2010-09-14T08:47:00.000Z-Henges","replies":[]}}-->

I have nominated User:Simply south/Shhhhh! for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Amulet Heart/secret page. If you agree with deletion, feel free to tag this page for deletion with {{db-userreq}}. Best, Cunard (talk) 05:49, 6 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-06T05:49:00.000Z","author":"Cunard","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Cunard-2010-10-06T05:49:00.000Z-User:Simply_south\/Shhhhh!","replies":[]}}-->

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter (Issue 28 - October 2010) August 2010 | December 2010 London Transport News October Drivers urged to look out for motorcyclists in bus lanes Tube strike occurs September London Overgound gives 81% satsfaction in recent survey Extra Police Officers join elite cycle service Construction of new maitenance facility began at Neasden depot Elephant & Castle's southern roundabout to be replaced by traffic lights on 11 October Larger vans and minibuses to be included in the Low Emission Zone from January 2012 North Acton Tube station scoops fruit and veg award while High Barnet blooms in light of Best Overall Garden prize New electric stock completed for London Overground New Central Line platform at Stratford Kender Street Triangle to switch to two-way traffic this weekend August Blackwall Tunnel northbound refurbishment to be completed six months early Tube staff compete to grow fruit and vegetables £30m saved as new oyster scheme begins Runaway train on Northern Line sparks investigation A £300 million contract is let for the upgrade of Bond Street station The first of 191 air-conditioned S Stock trains enters passenger service For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times) Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list Project News Articles Four were promoted to featured article status in August; plus two were promoted in September Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway was promoted in August and Aldwych tube station in September to Good Article status. Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield is currently a featured article status candidate A series of articles related to Brill Tramway were promoted to featured topic status in October There are currently 2,656 project articles; all have been assessed for quality and importance. If you see a new article on a project topic which is not rated, please add the banner to the talk page and assess it. Portal Please vote on potential selected articles, images and biographies for the Portal You can suggest a Did You Know? for the Portal Requests User:WhisperToMe (talk · contribs) has requested photos of the Compass Centre at Heathrow, especially if the BAA logo is included if possible. New usage data has been published by TfL for the London Underground for 2009. 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Patrol: Recent changes Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others Other Discussions within the project included participation in the project, the usefulness of Category:Transport architecture in London, unopened stations in London, reorganising the District Line's RDT, a brief celebration of four years of the project and some of the articles have been selected for Wikipedia 0.8 release. In other project related discussions included the unopened stations, identifying train vehicles and a request for taking photos of the Compass Centre Members Newest members: Redrose64 (talk · contribs) joined in August and Sgreen93 (talk · contribs) joined in September Number of active participants is 75 Editorial Editor: Simply south (talk) All suggestions to improve the newsletter are welcome at feedback page or User talk:Simply south Best Articles Featured Albert Bridge, London Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Battersea Bridge Brill railway station Brill Tramway Central London Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Chelsea Bridge City & South London Railway Edgar Speyer Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway List of former and unopened London Underground stations List of London Underground stations London congestion charge Quainton Road railway station Richmond Bridge, London Timeline of the London Underground Underground Electric Railways Company of London Vauxhall Bridge Waddesdon Road railway station Wandsworth Bridge Westcott railway station Wood Siding railway station Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station Good A1 road (London) A215 road Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield Aldwych tube station British Airways Charles Pearson Chiswick Bridge Embankment tube station Eurostar Gloucester Road tube station Hammerton's Ferry High Speed 1 Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet London Country North East London Paddington station South Kensington tube station Underground Electric Railways Company of London Upminster Bridge tube station Wandsworth Bridge Westminster tube station Wimbledon and Sutton Railway Wood Siding railway station Featured topic Wikipedia:Featured topics/Brill Tramway Recently promoted to Featured Article or Featured List Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station, 1 August 2010 Brill Tramway, 14 August 2010 Underground Electric Railways Company of London, 16 August 2010 Wandsworth Bridge, 26 August 2010 Wood Siding railway station, 10 September 2010 Quainton Road railway station, 25 September 2010 Recently assessed as Good Articles Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway, 1 August 2010 Aldwych tube station, 1 September 2010 Featured Article candidates (here) Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield Good Article candidates (here) Charles Holden Most visited pages For a list of the most Project's most visited pages, see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages Gallery This month's gallery of images (selected by User:DavidCane) If you want to unsubscribe from this newsletter or, if you are visiting this user page and want to sign-up, then please visit this page. 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Hello fellow motto contributor. Discussions arer still open on Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Suggested changes and still require further input especially on ideas 10-17. Please could you voice your opinion as this is going to be closed in early November. Please help out or even make any new idea suggestions. Simply south (talk) 14:08, 16 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-16T14:08:00.000Z","author":"Simply south","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Simply_south-2010-10-16T14:08:00.000Z-Suggested_changes_at_MOTD","replies":["c-Pjoef-2010-10-16T16:25:00.000Z-Simply_south-2010-10-16T14:08:00.000Z","c-Simply_south-2010-10-31T21:11:00.000Z-Simply_south-2010-10-16T14:08:00.000Z"]}}-->

I will do that as soon as possible. Thanks! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 16:25, 16 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-16T16:25:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Pjoef-2010-10-16T16:25:00.000Z-Simply_south-2010-10-16T14:08:00.000Z","replies":["c-Simply_south-2010-10-16T16:37:00.000Z-Pjoef-2010-10-16T16:25:00.000Z"]}}-->

I thought a good deadline would help with getting things back on track. Simply south (talk) 16:37, 16 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-16T16:37:00.000Z","author":"Simply south","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Simply_south-2010-10-16T16:37:00.000Z-Pjoef-2010-10-16T16:25:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

This is a last call. Any opinions should be suggested by and including November 5th. See Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations/Archive 2#Suggested Changes Simply south (talk) 21:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-31T21:11:00.000Z","author":"Simply south","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Simply_south-2010-10-31T21:11:00.000Z-Simply_south-2010-10-16T14:08:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

I hope you can enlighten me. Where did the "standard" for RDT at the end of every railway route map come from? I have just gone through a 25% sample of the diagrams in Category:Rail routemap templates and found very few with the RDT suffix. Even in the UK only a few currently have the RDT suffix. Are you sure this is going the right way?

• Category:Templates for railway lines of Australia 4 out of 70
• Category:Templates for railway lines in Catalonia None out of 36
• Category:Templates for railway lines of Ireland None out of 32
• Category:Japan railway line templates None out of 229
• Category:Templates for railway lines of the United Kingdom 42 out of 197 (currently changing)
• Category:Templates for railway lines of the United States None out of 163
• Category:Templates for New York City Subway lines None out of 36
• Category:Templates for railway lines in Norway None out of 68
• Category:Templates for railway lines of Scotland 4 out of 164 (currently changing)

To date the template has had the same name as the article, this is now changing - and there are now many articles going to require changing to remove the redirects.

--Stewart ^{(talk | edits)} 18:58, 16 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-16T18:58:00.000Z","author":"Pencefn","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pencefn-2010-10-16T18:58:00.000Z-RDT","replies":[],"displayName":"Stewart"}}-->

Hi, if you are moving the name of a template that includes BS-header, i.e. {{BS-header|North Wales Coast Line|North Wales Coast Line}}, could you also change the second name in the BS-header ({{BS-header|North Wales Coast Line|North Wales Coast Line RDT}}) otherwise the v-d-e links will point at the original template and not the moved one. Thanks. Scillystuff (talk) 19:46, 16 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-16T19:46:00.000Z","author":"Scillystuff","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Scillystuff-2010-10-16T19:46:00.000Z-RDT","replies":["c-WVRMad-2010-10-17T09:22:00.000Z-Scillystuff-2010-10-16T19:46:00.000Z"]}}-->

I've been creating route templates for over a year and only the minority of templates seemed to have 'RDT' on the end, I would have thought that getting rid of the RDT on all of them would be much easier for standardising. Also now we've got loads of maps which cause unimportant but needless redirects everytime you click on the v-d-e links. All I think this conversion is causing is confusion - we're trying to work out which diagrams have continuation arrows pointing the wrong way and the template names are changing. Thanks, WVRMAD•Talk •Guestbook 09:22, 17 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-17T09:22:00.000Z","author":"WVRMad","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-WVRMad-2010-10-17T09:22:00.000Z-Scillystuff-2010-10-16T19:46:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

What "other articles" is this move keeping it in line with? I've never heard it called anything other than "Chesham branch", and the b certainly shouldn't be capitalised. I can't think of any branch line with that "Branch line" formulation—moving it back for the moment

Good catch. The earliest nominated would be used which is GeeJo, the other was about three days later. Thanks, I left a note at DYK.--NortyNort (Holla) 21:41, 17 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-17T21:41:00.000Z","author":"NortyNort","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-NortyNort-2010-10-17T21:41:00.000Z-Re:_Chesham_Branch","replies":[]}}-->

Please comment at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2010 October 25#Wikipedia:Sandbox/Word Association/Ultra Game. Thryduulf (talk) 13:23, 25 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-25T13:23:00.000Z","author":"Thryduulf","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Thryduulf-2010-10-25T13:23:00.000Z-Word_association","replies":[]}}-->

Why not the above title as the station was first opened by the E&BR (see my response to the comment in the talk page for Bathgate (New) --Stewart ^{(talk | edits)} 19:29, 25 October 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-10-25T19:29:00.000Z","author":"Pencefn","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pencefn-2010-10-25T19:29:00.000Z-Bathgate_(E&BR)_railway_station","replies":[],"displayName":"Stewart"}}-->

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The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter (Issue 29 - December 2010) October 2010 | January 2011 London Transport News November 200 toys donated from TfL Lost Property Office to the Salvation Army Third tube strike occurs A new capaign is launched on dangers of unbooked minicabs Kender Street Triangle improvement works completed Cycle Hire scheme to be available for casual users East London Transity has been awarded the Infrastructure award at 2010 UK Bus awards Facelift of London Bridge bus station begins Six-month trial of PM10 dust surpressant to reduce air pollution Finsbury Park bus station closes until 10 December Bus route 18 goes double-decker Victoria Station upgrade wins 2010 Bentley Be Inspired award for "most outstanding project within the Rail and Transit sector" Electric vehicle charging network to go live spring 2011 EU funding helps TfL obtain three more hydrogen-powerd busses Ticket office reopens at Victoria Another tube strike occurs October Wi-Fi made available at Charing Cross tube station Celebrities help promote teen road safety campaign Congestion Charge Western Extension to end by Christmas but with launch of Congestion Charge Auto-pay Minimal fare rises with concessionary ad free travel protected in 2011 Bus route 149 goes to double-decker reducing fare dodging North London film maker wins Cycling film award Maida Vale tube station receives National Rail Heritage award Teenage winners of an international poetry competition have their poems displayed on the London Underground Cycle scheme hits one million journeys Director of London Rail, Ian Brown, to retire Drivers urged to look out for motorcyclists in bus lanes Tube strike occurs For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times) Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list Project News Articles Chesham branch and Charles Holden were promoted in October to Good Article status. Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield is currently a featured article status candidate British Airways Flight 38 is currently a Good Article status candidate A series of articles related to Brill Tramway were promoted to featured topic status in October There are currently 2,674 project pages; all have been assessed for quality and importance. If you see a new article on a project topic which is not rated, please add the banner to the talk page and assess it. Portal Please vote on potential selected articles, images and biographies for the Portal You can suggest a Did You Know? for the Portal Requests WhisperToMe (talk · contribs) has requested photos of the Compass Centre at Heathrow, especially if the BAA logo is included if possible. New usage data has been published by TfL for the London Underground for 2009. These could be added to station article infoboxes Tyw7 has requested help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock MRSC has requested help with improving North and West London Light Railway and West London Orbital File:Thames tunnels.svg (below) requires updating (leave a note here explaining what needs doing) Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan  · Heathrow Airport  · River Thames  · London Bridge  · London Underground  · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)  · Gatwick Airport  · London Congestion Charge  · Tube map  · Tower Bridge 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 Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here. Patrol: Recent changes Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others Other Discussions within the project included promotion of the portal, changing colours and some of the articles have been selected for Wikipedia 0.8 release. In other project related discussions included new railway maps, dates for Hackney Central station, a lorry crash at Oxshott station, categories for individual branch lines, various RDT discussions, Romford to Upminster Branch Line, Poplar DLR depot and a request for taking photos of the Compass Centre Members Newest member: Argybargybob (talk · contribs) joined in November Number of active participants is 76 Editorial Editor: Simply south (talk) Many, many apologies for skipping another month but i had to leave it due to unexpected personal reasons (not Wikipedia related). Anyway, here is the December edition. All suggestions to improve the newsletter are welcome at feedback page or User talk:Simply south Best Articles Featured Albert Bridge, London Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Battersea Bridge Brill railway station Brill Tramway Central London Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Chelsea Bridge City & South London Railway Edgar Speyer Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway List of former and unopened London Underground stations List of London Underground stations London congestion charge Quainton Road railway station Richmond Bridge, London Timeline of the London Underground Underground Electric Railways Company of London Vauxhall Bridge Waddesdon Road railway station Wandsworth Bridge Westcott railway station Wood Siding railway station Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station Good A1 road (London) A215 road Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield Aldwych tube station BOAC Flight 712 British Airways Charles Holden Charles Pearson Chesham branch Chiswick Bridge Embankment tube station Eurostar Gloucester Road tube station Hammerton's Ferry High Speed 1 Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet London Country North East London Paddington station South Kensington tube station Upminster Bridge tube station Westminster tube station Wimbledon and Sutton Railway Featured topic Wikipedia:Featured topics/Brill Tramway Recently promoted to Featured Article or Featured List None at present Recently assessed as Good Articles Charles Holden, October 23 2010 Chesham branch, October 13 2010 Featured Article candidates (here) Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield Good Article candidates (here) British Airways Flight 38 Most visited pages For a list of the most Project's most visited pages, see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages Gallery This month's gallery of images (selected by User:Simply south) File:Chiho Aoshima Gloucester Road Tube Station.jpg If you want to unsubscribe from this newsletter or, if you are visiting this user page and want to sign-up, then please visit this page. 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Thanks for reporting that IP. You wondered in your report if the correct block had been imposed; a 31 hour block looked appropriate to me. Remember it's an anonymous "contributor" and their IP address is a dynamic IP. This means that they can get a brand new IP address within a couple of minutes (possibly seconds) simply by rebooting their broadband router. That means they can carry on vandalising with their new IP address but leave the old one blocked, possibly denying access to a useful contributor who happens to be allocated the old IP address in future. So dynamic IPs tend to be blocked for as short a time as possible. 24h or 31h is usual for a first offence. Our vandal doesn't seem to have had the sense to get a new IP address though, or to stop behaving like a baby. (Hmmm. Stupid as well as disruptive...) so I've now reblocked them for a longer period (3 days). If they continue the block will simply get longer and longer - possibly a week next time, or maybe a month. Cheers, and thanks for the slice of cake. Tonywalton ^Talk 01:32, 6 December 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-12-06T01:32:00.000Z","author":"Tonywalton","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Tonywalton-2010-12-06T01:32:00.000Z-The_original_block_on_User:92.14.116.65","replies":[]}}-->

Can I query your move of East Hull to East Hull RFC? Should that have been East Hull RLFC for clarity and consistency with others? Keith D (talk) 17:02, 8 December 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-12-08T17:02:00.000Z","author":"Keith D","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Keith_D-2010-12-08T17:02:00.000Z-East_Hull","replies":["c-Keith_D-2010-12-08T19:41:00.000Z-Keith_D-2010-12-08T17:02:00.000Z"]}}-->

Thanks. I have deleted the other page just to tidy things up. Keith D (talk) 19:41, 8 December 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-12-08T19:41:00.000Z","author":"Keith D","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Keith_D-2010-12-08T19:41:00.000Z-Keith_D-2010-12-08T17:02:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Thanks for the edit, but I don't believe that Kb wanted his full name published on Wikipedia. I am going to consider it a privacy matter, unless his widow instructs me otherwise. I know that she was very concerned about releasing his birthdate. Best regards! -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:22, 15 December 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-12-15T19:22:00.000Z","author":"Ssilvers","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Ssilvers-2010-12-15T19:22:00.000Z-Kbthompson","replies":[]}}-->

The article Malvern Link railway station has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A search for references found two published (gBook) minor mentions of the station, fails WP:N and WP:STATION

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Jeepday (talk) 11:52, 24 December 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-12-24T11:52:00.000Z","author":"Jeepday","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jeepday-2010-12-24T11:52:00.000Z-Proposed_deletion_of_Malvern_Link_railway_station","replies":[]}}-->

Hi there. I'm a bit surprised by this - do you really feel there is a strong association there? I felt not, and the article doesn't mention the Barbican other than in passing in a footnote. I thought there was supposed to be more than this to acquire a category, and that the article was supposed to make it clear why the cat was there. I'm not actually ready to start a fist fight over this (it being Christmas and everything) but I'd be very interested to hear your thinking. Cheers, DBaK (talk) 01:10, 29 December 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-12-29T01:10:00.000Z","author":"DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-2010-12-29T01:10:00.000Z-Barts_and_the_Barbican","replies":["c-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-2010-12-29T23:47:00.000Z-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-2010-12-29T01:10:00.000Z"],"displayName":"DBaK"}}-->

Fair enough, and thanks very much. Have a good one - cheers, DBaK (talk) 23:47, 29 December 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-12-29T23:47:00.000Z","author":"DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-2010-12-29T23:47:00.000Z-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-2010-12-29T01:10:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"DBaK"}}-->

... but thank you for the barnstar, it's much appreciated! Now I'll have to hunt through Iri's talk page archives to see why I deserved it! Best wishes for 2011, on and off Wikipedia. Bencherlite^Talk 10:28, 31 December 2010 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-12-31T10:28:00.000Z","author":"Bencherlite","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Bencherlite-2010-12-31T10:28:00.000Z-Sorry_for_the_delayed_response...","replies":[]}}-->