User talk:Chris j wood/2009

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Speedy deletion of Reading Hockey Club

A tag has been placed on Reading Hockey Club requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a club, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guidelines for people and for organizations.

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Proposed deletion of Reading R.F.C.

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Reading R.F.C., suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

No indication, other than longevity, of why this club is notable. Lacks significant coverage outside of the local references here.

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Speedy deletion of Taylor's University College

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LU list FLRC

I have nominated List of London Underground stations for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks, where editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Simply south (talk) 20:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

re: Your Message

Hi Chris, I've left a response to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69^talk 17:25, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Churchill Forge Mill

Hi Chris, It has been suggested that an article on Churchill Forge Mill be merged. Please see: talk:Churchill Forge Mill --Kudpung (talk) 12:10, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

River Derwent

You've been doing some great work on the River Derwent page. Thanks. Hogyn Lleol (talk) 19:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Chris j wood/2009. You have been invited to join WikiProject Derbyshire, a WikiProject dedicated to improving the Derbyshire-related articles on Wikipedia. You received this invitation due to your interest in, or edits relating to River Derwent, Derbyshire. If you would like to join or just help out a bit, please visit the project page, and add your name to the list of project members. You may also wish to add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Derbyshire/Userbox}} to your userpage.

I see you have been doing some great work recently to the River Derwent article, so perhaps WikiProject Derbyshire maybe of interest to you :) I hope to see you around sometime soon. Regards, Schumi555 22:20, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evesham

Hi Chris j wood/2009! An article you have been involved with has many issues and urgently needs improving. If you can help with these issues please see Talk:Evesham#Last call for Evsham, address the different points if you can, and leave any comments there.--Kudpung (talk) 13:37, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moving river articles.

Please do not move UK river articles as you have been, WP:RIVER clearly states the previous titles are acceptable for UK rivers. Jeni ^(talk) 17:31, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I don't read WP:RIVER that way. It says:

If different rivers with the same name exist, use bracket-disambiguation (e.g. Vils (Danube), Turiec River (Váh), Bistriţa River (Siret), Colorado River (Texas)).

and

Always use parentheses for the disambiguator for U.S. and Australian rivers, not a comma. For example Indian River (Michigan) not Indian River, Michigan which is actually a town. (New Zealand and British rivers have used the River, place format. For example River Wye, Derbyshire.

The first quote is pretty definitive. Given that, the first sentence of the second quote is actually redundant, but probably there because of the cultural propensity of North Americans to use commas in this way.

The bracketed third sentence does not say anything about acceptability, but is simply a note pointing out that we have previously got it wrong in some cases.

Whatever the reading of WP:RIVER, which I agree could be better phrased, the fact is that even before I started moving articles, UK rivers were named with an ugly mixture of comma and bracket disambiguation. I felt this needed tidying up, am relatively ambivalent as to which form is better, so took my lead from WP:RIVER, which I think fairly clearly indicates a community preference for bracket disambiguation of rivers.

However I will temporarily stop moving articles, to give you time to reflect and (if you wish) propose a clarification to WP:RIVER. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 17:46, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that WP:RIVER pretty clear as it is, there is certainly no consensus for the mass moving of articles as you did. The comma disambiguation is much more in keeping with how UK places are disambiguated. Jeni ^(talk) 17:53, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very disappointed that you chose to revert my changes before contacting me. It isn't as if this was vandalism, rather than a disputed reading of a WP style guideline, which most emphatically is not clear. Also you claim there is no consensus for what I was doing, but consensus (or even lack of it) needs more than two people. If there have been previous discussions I was unaware of, please point me at them. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 18:13, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have now proposed a change to WP:RIVER to clarify this issue and establish a consensus. You can see it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rivers#Correct ambiguity in naming section. Please comment there. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 18:47, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Loftus, West Yorkshire

The article Loftus, West Yorkshire has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

See talk page. There is no evidence that this place exists; the nearest is Lofthouse, in Wakefield. If someone finds it, it can be recreated.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Rodhullandemu 23:05, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of University of Reading Science & Technology Centre

I have nominated University of Reading Science & Technology Centre, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Reading Science & Technology Centre. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 22:55, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reading railway station

Hi, you did this edit way back on 31 March 2005 - do you recall where you found the info about the temp station at North Forbury? If so, please add ref to, or amend, Reading Southern railway station. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:17, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm out of country with only occassional internet access at the moment so I've only just caught up with this comment. Back in 2005 I was still learning how to use Wikipedia, and I obviously hadn't got to the 'cite everything' bit yet; I'm not even that sure that WP had. I can picture in my mind the page of the book I took that from, but I cannot remember the name. Should be able to find it again once I get home, but that won't be until mid-December. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 21:28, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Any luck yet? --Redrose64 (talk) 17:12, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hello mate

hi there, i've been to Reading. very beautiful town. i've made some pictures if you'd like to share :)  A M M A R  18:38, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]