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 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 >> - after all, the article has 22 other-language versions. > > I have at long last received a reply from Transport Scotland. It's a > splendid example of bureaucracy in action: > > I have discussed with ScotRail your proposal to install a plaque > at the station to mark the one-millionth article on Wikipedia about > Jordanhill. We do not wish to take this forward. > > 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 unify all station branding and this includes the > removal of information from third parties. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
