Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2012-01-20 Thread Nev1
They said no and were courteous enough to explain why, so persisting is unlikely to change their mind. The best thing to do would be to abandon the idea, but if you feel strongly about it at least wait a few months before trying again. Nev1 On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2012-01-20 Thread Roger Bamkin
Suspect you are right Nev, although Andy is helping with Monmouthpedia where we will have 1,000 codes and the local council are helping us! I anticipate that wwe have changed some peoples minds this week about which media is important. Roger On 19 January 2012 17:13, Nev1

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2012-01-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 19 January 2012 17:13, Nev1 nev1onwikipe...@gmail.com wrote: They said no and were courteous enough to explain why, so persisting is unlikely to change their mind. The best thing to do would be to abandon the idea, but if you feel strongly about it at least wait a few months before trying

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2012-01-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 17 December 2011 00:06, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I learned today that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station was the one-millionth English Wikipedia article so I've boldly written to Transport Scotland to see if they'd be interested in putting a (blue)

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2012-01-19 Thread David Gerard
On 19 January 2012 12:16, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:    ScotRail has been delivering a comprehensive station re-branding    programme which began in 2008 and will be complete in 2014.    There are Brand Guidelines in place for this programme which aims    to simplify and

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2012-01-19 Thread Charles Matthews
On 19 January 2012 12:23, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 January 2012 12:16, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: ScotRail has been delivering a comprehensive station re-branding programme which began in 2008 and will be complete in 2014. There are Brand

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2012-01-19 Thread David Gerard
On 19 January 2012 12:35, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 19 January 2012 12:23, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Does any other station in Scotland have plaques, and are ScotRail eliminating those as well?  [[WP:DEADHORSE]]. Sorry, I didn't mean in relation

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2012-01-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
I've blogged about this here: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/transport-scotland-scotrail-plaque-jordanhill-station-millionth-wikipedia-article/ On 19 January 2012 12:16, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 17 December 2011 00:06, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-29 Thread Richard Farmbrough
Adding a note about a putative plaque might make a nice millionth edit for someone. :-) On 19/12/2011 20:09, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 19 December 2011 18:02, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: Can we ask the UK board to consider offering to fund this? It is my intention

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-29 Thread Richard Symonds
Andy, Do let us know when you get a reply from them! Richard On 29 December 2011 17:28, Richard Farmbrough rich...@farmbrough.co.ukwrote: Adding a note about a putative plaque might make a nice millionth edit for someone. :-) On 19/12/2011 20:09, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 19 December 2011

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/12/2011 00:06, Andy Mabbett wrote: Folks, I learned today that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station was the one-millionth English Wikipedia article so I've boldly written to Transport Scotland to see if they'd be interested in putting a (blue) plaque on the station,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 19 December 2011 13:26, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 17/12/2011 00:06, Andy Mabbett wrote: I learned today that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station was the one-millionth English Wikipedia article I millionth article approximately? No. There's a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 19 December 2011 03:14, Mickey Conn mickey.c...@gmail.com wrote: There was such a plan at the time - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Jordanhill_commemoration. Despite a lot of discussion (on the talk page), it seems it never went anywhere. I'm a believer in the JFDI way of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread Richard Symonds
Articles are being deleted and created all the time, so even if it's not /entirely/ accurate, it's as close to the 'one millionth' article status as we're ever likely to get. At the very least, a plaque could get some recognition in the local press. -Original Message- From:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread Gordon Joly
On 19/12/2011 14:48, Richard Symonds wrote: Articles are being deleted and created all the time, so even if it's not /entirely/ accurate, it's as close to the 'one millionth' article status as we're ever likely to get. At the very least, a plaque could get some recognition in the local press.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread WereSpielChequers
Can we ask the UK board to consider offering to fund this? Then make sure we get a photo on Commons WereSpielChequers On 19 December 2011 15:20, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: ** On 19/12/2011 14:48, Richard Symonds wrote: Articles are being deleted and created all the time, so

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread steve virgin
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants Sounds like a great idea to me - apply here Steve From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of WereSpielChequers Sent: 19 December 2011 18:03 To:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread Fae
If one makes a fuss over the article it needs a bit of improvement. The best part of it is the accident in 1980 when several people were seriously injured, the rebuilding plans sound odd, surely they would need to have got underway by now if they finish in 2014 and the section In the area looks

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 19 December 2011 18:02, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: Can we ask the UK board to consider offering to fund this? It is my intention first to suggest that the rail com[any/ies involved, or Scottish Trasnport, might do so. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

[Wikimediauk-l] Proposal for plaque marking that Jordanhill station was subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article

2011-12-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
Folks, I learned today that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station was the one-millionth English Wikipedia article so I've boldly written to Transport Scotland to see if they'd be interested in putting a (blue) plaque on the station, noting that fact, and featuring a QRpedia code