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Banksy pic on Bristol
I saw you reverted my edit on Bristol about the Banksy mural/graffiti. Could you join the debate on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Bristol/archive1 where User:Nikkimaria is arguing that Freedom of Panorama doesn't apply because it is 2D (a view shared by some others I've consulted).— Rod talk 13:49, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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Bristol P&R
Hi Matt, I'd obviously rather not get in to an edit war but to be completely honest I'm absolutely confused on why you undid the redirect ?,
All of the content here is all at Bristol park and ride so it doesn't make sense to have 2 articles that are pretty much a duplicate of each other?
Anyway thanks, –Davey2010Talk 14:55, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
- @Davey2010: I agree it doesn't make sense to have duplicate articles, however my reasoning is that they should not be duplicates. The Bristol P&R article, which covers all the city P&Rs, should be expanded with info on the rest of them. There are articles on the Portway P&R, and I think on the Long Ashton one. The Bath Road one should have its own article too. As for your comment that it's an article about a single service number, it's an article about the facility as well as the service. -mattbuck (Talk) 18:34, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
- You're right they shouldn't but if we remove the content on the A4 article that's already on the Bristol P&R article you'll then only have a couple of lines left on the A4 article, Unless individual services are notable than most often that not service numbers are put in to one article, I guess some of it could be merged in to Bristol P&R but as it stands it isn't really notable for a standalone article. –Davey2010Talk 18:52, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
- So it's a stub, the world will not end because of that. I'm sure the A4 one can be expanded if people desire. -mattbuck (Talk) 22:02, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
- Well ofcourse you're more than welcome to revert but I just don't see the point of having 2 identical articles, Anyway Thanks for replying & Happy editing, –Davey2010Talk 22:42, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
- So it's a stub, the world will not end because of that. I'm sure the A4 one can be expanded if people desire. -mattbuck (Talk) 22:02, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
- You're right they shouldn't but if we remove the content on the A4 article that's already on the Bristol P&R article you'll then only have a couple of lines left on the A4 article, Unless individual services are notable than most often that not service numbers are put in to one article, I guess some of it could be merged in to Bristol P&R but as it stands it isn't really notable for a standalone article. –Davey2010Talk 18:52, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Matt, Just a heads up I've nominated the A4 Bristol Park & Ride article (here), Seeing as the ping has a mind of its own I thought it was only fair I left a message so I then know you've definitely got a notification!, Anyway thanks, –Davey2010Talk 01:54, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Avonmouth railway station
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Referencing stuff
Thanks for the ping re Reference formats on the GA review of Avonmouth railway station - I've taken a look at the article and could only see one other (minor error) which had an extra pp after page=. I have removed it. I think the error generated by having a link in work= is new and I have been removing some where I see them (working on the wp Bristol cleanup listing). If you look at item "25 External link in |<param>=" on Help:CS1 errors it seems to be linked to meta data (I'm not sure how). I just removed the link and left the text in work=. Interestingly links to work=BBC and similar don't seem to generate this error. I have a .js tool which highlights CS1 errors in red (but I can't remember which tool it is).— Rod talk 14:31, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Well it's external links that cause the error, internal ones are still fine. It's all a bit annoying, as I was always of the school that references should link everything possible, given they are all read out of context. Thanks for doing the cleanup on a load of the articles I've written. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:47, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
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Talk blanked at QI
A section of Talk:QI containing a comment by you has been blanked by (GUtt01 (talk) 01:22, 15 October 2015 (UTC))[1]. I left it as is with an added notice along the lines of WP:CBLANK. This does not seem to be the way these things are done and definitely needs your permission per WP:TPO. If you think what GUtt01 did is ok we can leave it as is, otherwise feel free to revert the discussion back in. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 02:43, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
- I understand Bryn's reasons for returning them, but the fact of the matter is that it pertains to articles that have since been deleted. The apology I put up after that section has run its course, but if you feel there is no point keeping in these sections, let me know.GUtt01 (talk) 10:09, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
- I object to any form of talk page blanking. If someone wishes to archive the talk page, that's fine, but the discussion should not simply be blanked. -mattbuck (Talk) 10:46, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Patchway railway station
Hi, I was wondering if Patchway railway station was on your "to do" list of local stations? I've just come across it on the Bristol cleanup list as it is totally unreferenced - as you are much more expert on local stations i wondered if you could add any?— Rod talk 08:06, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Rodw: I expect I could work on Patchway in the next few weeks. I've just completed Pill, though next week's a busy week at work so not likely to have so much free time as this week! I was going to do the other Avonmouth stations next, but I'm waiting on a few new sources to arrive, so sure, Patchway it is! -mattbuck (Talk) 10:35, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Rodw: that's done now. Apart from a bit of proofreading, it's probably ready for GA. -mattbuck (Talk) 11:22, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks it has certainly got more refs then when I looked at it.— Rod talk 17:08, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Rodw: that's done now. Apart from a bit of proofreading, it's probably ready for GA. -mattbuck (Talk) 11:22, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
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Henbury railway station
Hi again, Do you have a copy of Oakley, Mike (2006). Bristol Railway Stations 1840-2005. Redcliffe. ISBN 978-1-904537-54-0. If so could you look up the page number(s) needed for Henbury railway station?— Rod talk 17:33, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Rodw: it's in my desk at work, I'll try to remember sometime this week. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:58, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Rodw: Henbury is pages 70 and 71. -mattbuck (Talk) 13:36, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
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Stapleton Road railway station & other local articles railway articles showing errors
Hi again, I'm looking again at the Bristol cleanup listing and wondered if you could help with some local stations:
- On Stapleton Road railway station ref 15 a & b, "Train Times from Stapleton Road (SRD)" (PDF). Kadfire Ltd. 31 December 2012 to 10 February 2013". Retrieved 9 October 2013. is showing two errors - date value and dead link. Is that ref vital for the article & is any other source available.
- On Bristol Temple Meads railway station an update banner has been added to passenger numbers
Any help you could offer would be appreciated.— Rod talk 17:43, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Rodw: Done -mattbuck (Talk) 22:40, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help.— Rod talk 16:39, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
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MetroWest (Bristol), Proposed transport developments in Bristol, Transport in Bristol, Great Western Main Line etc
Can I ask for help from your specialised knowledge/sources again?
- On MetroWest (Bristol) is a citation needed tag for passengers being left on stations.
- There is an "outdated" banner on Proposed transport developments in Bristol and dead links & citation needed tags on Transport in Bristol.
- Great Western Main Line has citation nedded tags and one whole section with no references
- Avonmouth Light Railway has tags asking for fuller references
- Wessex Main Line says references needed as does South Wales Main Line
- St Philip's Marsh depot has an uncited section
If you were able to help with any of them that would be great.— Rod talk 17:58, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
- Metrowest - might be able to help, can't remember any obvious examples of it though
- Proposed transport developments sounds like a random umbrella article which probably has no business existing
- GWML... may be able to help, I'll take a look.
- I have no idea about this one - I know it existed because it was on a map, but never found any textual references to it
- Might be able to help with SWML, but Wessex may be outside my area of expertise. I'll see.
- I'll take a look.
- -mattbuck (Talk) 20:09, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
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Aborted GA review for Finchley Central tube station
Matt,
Apologies for dropping off the face of the earth during the GA review of Finchley Central tube station. I've had a massive workload on in the real world that has consumed all of my free time. When things quieten down, I will come back to the article, review any outstanding comments and renominate it. Thanks for your input.--DavidCane (talk) 09:07, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
I have PR'ed the article. Thought I'd let you know here, as it's been a while since it was put up for review. White Arabian Filly (Neigh) 17:29, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
- White Arabian Filly, thanks very much, I look forward to reading your comments. -mattbuck (Talk) 18:09, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
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- Don't take things personally, if someone reverts you it's probably because they simply thought the previous version was better. The way wikipedia works is WP:BRD - make a Bold edit, it gets Reverted, you go to the talk page and Discuss it. Your change to Avonmouth railway station wasn't an improvement to the article as it made the routebox harder to understand. It's exactly this sort of situtation templates like {{rail line one to three}} was designed for. That said, some people do prefer to use the vanilla template, but with the different options on different lines, eg:
Terminus
or
Somewhere
- Let me know if you need any help with editing station articles, I've been slowly working on improving Bristol area station articles and am always happy to help others apply the same logic. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:37, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I could do with some help with this:
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Great Western Railway South Wales Main Line Saturday only |
The problem is when it says Great Western Railway it doesn't appear like it does when it says First Great Western:
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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First Great Western South Wales Main Line Saturday only |
Do you know how to get round this problem? Your help would be much appreciated.-Merlinhst7 (talk) 22:45, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Merlinhst7: I'll be honest, I don't know my way around {{s-rail-national}}, I tend to stick to the many {{rail line}} templates as they're fully customisable. The issue will be somewhere in the coding of the template's switch calls on the s-rail template itself, but I'm unsure where exactly. -mattbuck (Talk) 23:02, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, re this edit - what's wrong with MacDermot? --Redrose64 (talk) 21:34, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Redrose64: I'm sure it's a lovely book, but it's not one I own and so I can't get a pagenumber from it. -mattbuck (Talk) 22:38, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
- I do own it. The gauge conversions are detailed in Appendix I, between pages 596 and 629. The conversions of 1873 (Midland Junction - North Somerset Junction, 36 chains, broad gauge to mixed on 4 August; South Wales Junction - New Passage Pier, 11 miles 37 chains, broad gauge to standard on 7-9 August) are listed on p. 599 and described on p. 66. --Redrose64 (talk) 23:42, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
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Patchway
Hi, any reason you're trying for FA when the GA review hasn't begun yet? --Redrose64 (talk) 11:15, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
- Frak, my bad. I've nominated the page for deletion - Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Patchway railway station/archive1 -mattbuck (Talk) 11:19, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
- WP:G6 wasn't applicable, but WP:G7 was, so I deleted it as if you had added a
{{db-self}}
. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:28, 31 December 2015 (UTC)- Wikipedia speedy numbers always confuse me. Commons is so much easier. "It's a copyvio!" Thanks very much. I'll reconsider my article choice, perhaps Avonmouth. -mattbuck (Talk) 11:37, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
- WP:G6 wasn't applicable, but WP:G7 was, so I deleted it as if you had added a
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Heart of Wessex Line
Hi again, I don't know if the Heart of Wessex Line falls within your area of interest? If so... it has a banner saying that it needs inline citations and, as you know the sources much better than I do, whether you could add some?— Rod talk 20:37, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Rod. I'm afraid I've been really busy recently so haven't had much chance to do wikiwork. The Heart of Wessex Line I feel may be an invention of sorts, I'll ask at WT:UKRAIL. -mattbuck (Talk) 21:10, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
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British Rail and copyright
Do you know if works by British Rail are subject to Crown copyright? That is, should File:The Flying Scotsman (train) centenary poster.jpg be retagged as {{PD-UKGov}}? If not, then it is necessary to remove the image from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains per WP:NFCC#9. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:44, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not sure, but you could ask at WT:UKRAIL. On the grounds that the image is currently fair use I have removed it. -mattbuck (Talk) 07:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
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Bathampton railway station
Hi, I know it is a bit outside your normal area of station interest but do you have any sources about Bathampton railway station? It has recently been tagged as unsourced & you know a lot more about these topics than I do.— Rod talk 19:04, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oakley's Somerset Railway Stations ought to cover it, if I get a chance at work tomorrow I'll have a look. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:29, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
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