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Hey there! I've just added some content on the "umbrella" and other works to accommodate the Victoria line. Is that adequate for the article to reach FA? Do you mind helping me to rephrase some sentences as it is too technical for me to rephrase them. Thanks :) VKZYLUFan (talk) (Mind the Gap!) 04:17, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hi! Really enjoyed your work on this. I recently managed to get down to the station on one of the Transport Museum tours and have some photos up here - I'll probably move some over to Commons shortly but if there are any in particular you think would be useful for the article, please let me know. Andrew Gray (talk) 15:34, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
- You have some very interesting pictures there. It would be great if you could upload some of them to commons showing what changes were made for the shelter (such as the hand-painted signs, the damaged ceiling, sinks) and some that show the station's condition now (the view along the tunnel to the platforms and shots of the trains going past).--DavidCane (talk) 16:06, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
- Done! commons:Category:Down Street tube station. I've put a gallery of half a dozen representative ones in rather than try and work them into the text, but please feel free to do what you wish with them... Andrew Gray (talk) 20:36, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Andrew. Looks like an interesting place to visit. I see from your Flickr that you're also been below ground at Aldwych tube station, did you do that on the same tour or a separate trip?--DavidCane (talk) 22:49, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
- Separate trip (was back in 2013) but from the same program, the "Hidden London" tours that the Transport Museum run. They're expensive, but worth it if you have an interest, I think. Andrew Gray (talk) 17:26, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
- Done! commons:Category:Down Street tube station. I've put a gallery of half a dozen representative ones in rather than try and work them into the text, but please feel free to do what you wish with them... Andrew Gray (talk) 20:36, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hello DavidCane: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 16:49, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
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- Thanks.--DavidCane (talk) 13:53, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
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DYK for Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)
On 16 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that London Underground stations Paddington and Paddington are about 400 metres (1,300 ft) apart on foot, but over 20 kilometres (12 mi) apart by train? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)
On 16 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that London Underground stations Paddington and Paddington are about 400 metres (1,300 ft) apart on foot, but over 20 kilometres (12 mi) apart by train? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Ineligible prod for Albert Hall tube station
I see that our serial hoaxer has been at it again with their articles for pipe-dream stations. However, one of the articles that you WP:PRODded, Albert Hall tube station, was not eligible because it had been prodded before; see lead of WP:PROD "it ... may only be placed on an article a single time" and WP:PRODNOM item 3 (first bullet) "confirm that the article is eligible for proposed deletion by checking that it has not previously been proposed for deletion".
Accordingly I WP:DEPRODded the article, but this will not prevent you from filing a WP:AFD. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 15:46, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks Red. I'll do that later.--DavidCane (talk) 15:56, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
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When you add stations to the template, please also update the documentation so that I don't have to clean up after you. Your coöperation will be appreciated. Useddenim (talk) 13:29, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)
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London terminals
Just a quick head's up, I've created a mini-project User:Ritchie333/London termini, as having tackled the four former LNER terminii for the Monopoly mini-project, I've been nudged to do all of the other mainline stations as well. I see you've been feverishly working on the Paddington tube articles, so hopefully we're all moving things along in the right direction. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:33, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Ritchie, the monopoly good topic was an inspired effort and I congratulate you on achieving that. I wish you good luck with getting all the mainline terminals up to GA standard. London Paddington was, I think, a GA at one point and I did think about doing something to bring that back to GA to make a mini Good topic with the two tube station articles (if they get through their GA review). Unfortunately, I have very little reference material for mainline services as my interest has mainly been on the history of the tube, so I haven't done anything with it. I can help with bits on the tube for the other stations if you would like.
- Are you planning to include former terminals like Holborn Viaduct, Broad Street, Bishopsgate or Bricklayers Arms (which we don't even have a proper article on)?
- At the moment, some of the mainline station articles are combined mainline and tube station articles whereas others have separate articles:
Station Combined or Separate Victoria Combined Paddington Separate Marylebone Combined Euston Separate St Pancras Separate King's Cross Separate Moorgate Combined Liverpool Street Combined Fenchurch Street n/a Cannnon Street Combined Blackfriars Combined Charing Cross Separate London Bridge Combined Waterloo Separate
- The decision is tricky as to which is the correct approach. Personally, I would like to see separate articles wherever appropriate. Of the ones that have combined articles now, I feel that Victoria and Liverpool Street should have separate articles for the tube as they have separate station buildings and entrances that are external to the mainline station. The others with combined articles are all substantially combined stations,so probably need to stay the way they are.--DavidCane (talk) 23:09, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
- To be honest, I'm not sure what scope I'd go for, as it really depends on what source material I can get hold of. I definitely want to do Broad Street, as out of all the seriously mainline stations, it's the only one that actually closed, which not even Marylebone managed (and both Charing Cross and Cannon Street have been for the chop at one point in both their histories). Having looked through some books, I think Holborn Viaduct is definitely worth doing as well, though I've got this nagging feeling we could merge it with City Thameslink and get one really good article, as though they aren't geographically in the same place per se, they serve the same traffic and purpose. However, if you're going to include one or two historic termini, that does open suggestions about doing all of them, like Nine Elms.
- You can't really get anything at all from online sources, except maybe the odd history snippet from a Google Books preview, and the London Encyclopedia doesn't devote very much attention on the stations at all, certainly not compared to the streets. Alan Jackson's London's Termini seems to be the best of the bunch, being very informative and detailed about all sorts of facts and figures, (contemporary reports show that John Betjeman was annoyed as he was going to do a similar work in London's Historic Railway Stations but got beaten to it) but it only goes up to 1984 - fortunately (at least from an article writing and sourcing point of view) London stations have been mostly starved of investment between then and the internet age starting in the late 90s, so there's not too much needed to fill the gap. There are other various other specialist books based on the various lines, which occasionally dip into the stations, but they tend to inconveniently stop right at the point the company stopped, was bought out, or otherwise changed circumstances.
- Liverpool Street was done as part of the Monopoly project, and for the GA review there we decided to keep the integrated tube article. I realise there is a separate history of sorts, as it was originally called Bishopsgate, but because most traffic to the tube station is heading for the mainline, it does make sense to follow the existing convention. I personally would follow the standard guidelines for spinoff articles and only create a breakout tube one if it begins to dominate the mainline article too much, and even then include a basic summary.
- Anyway, hope progress on the tube articles goes well - I have seen you cover quite a few new and get them up to GA, so I think we ought to be able to collaborate and share sources one way or another. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:33, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)
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Your GA nomination of Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)
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