Talk:Gordon Stephenson

Speedy deletion

The man is the most important figure in urban planning in Western Australia, he is in some way responsible for all planning decisions taken in Western Australia. His Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle, 1955 was considered the bible of planning in Western Australia for around 30 years. He is more than worthy of an article. check the reference for a list of his achievements Hossen27 13:30, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely notable. Refer the 1955 Metropolitan Region Scheme for Perth and Fremantle. Stephenson's scheme has become the blueprint for town planning in the Perth metropolitan area since then.

I will remove the notice but the article does need some more references to confirm his importance. —Moondyne 13:38, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

All done. —Moondyne 23:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

January 2008 additions

I've added lots of stuff, but I'm fairly new to wikipedia editing, so no doubt some of my formatting etc is a bit out. The page still needs some tidying up- especially the references/further reading sections. I'll try to get around to it.—Preceding unsigned comment added by SDavies (talk • contribs) 12:03, 21 January 2008

Thanks, good work. —Moondyne click! 03:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Possible improvements

It would be good to be able to add a photo. I'm not aware of one that's available or whether it could be used. Also, it would be good to include an image of the main plan from the 1955 report: [1] which could also be used on the Metropolitan Region Scheme page. Again, I'm not sure about copyright issues.—Preceding unsigned comment added by SDavies (talk • contribs) 12:03, 21 January 2008

The public domain rules possibly allow these[2], specifically under Table 2, Row L. Published before 1969 and 50 years after year made (1955+50=2005). Therefore, those maps could be uploaded as public domain and tagged with {{PD-Australia}}. —Moondyne click! 03:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Is there any way of getting a copy of the S-H Report? I've looked on the Planning Commission website and couldn't find it. The maps page you linked to has a PDF that shows the five buildings initially proposed for the Dumas House site (http://www.wapc.wa.gov.au/Region+schemes/Metropolitan+Region+Scheme/1955+Atlas/Downloads_GetFile.aspx?id=1017) and it would be good to have some text to accompany that. Thanks! Somno (talk) 01:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I've not seen one on-line. No doubt Battye Library has a copy. —Moondyne click! 01:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Darn, I was hoping to take the easy way out. :) Somno (talk) 02:03, 27 February 2008 (UTC)