Talk:William Rees Jeffreys

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Did you know... that William Rees Jeffreys was a cyclist who became the first secretary of the Road Board, the forerunner of the UK's Department for Transport?

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The result was: promoted by Rlink2 (talk) 18:08, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that William Rees Jeffreys was a cyclist who became the first secretary of the Road Board, forerunner of the UK's Department for Transport? Source: Reid, Carlton (2014). Roads Were Not Built For Cars, p.134: "The overarching roads body finally became a reality in 1909 with the creation of the Road Board.... The first secretary of the Road Board was former cycle tourist Rees Jeffreys ...."
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Created by Paul W (talk). Self-nominated at 12:31, 25 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Eligibility is good (long enough, created in last week), article quality is good, source checks out. I don't think the hook is particularly fascinating - what about the incident where Jeffreys told Churchill that saying British roads were the best in the road was "political dope"? That'd draw more eyes. If you can find a better source for that, I think it'd be great. Ganesha811 (talk) 14:02, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What does the text after Jeffrey's name refer to?[edit]

In the beginning paragraph, the article introduced him as "William Rees Jeffreys HonMTPI CIMechE " which just appears to be gibberish. Is this a broken pronunciation guide? There must be a reason nobody has removed it yet.

--192.77.12.11 (talk) 04:54, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not gibberish or broken pronunciation. I believe these indicate honours Jeffreys received: Honorary membership of the Town Planning Institute (now the Royal Town Planning Institute), and a similar honour (Companion) from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. I will see if I can dig out sources for these. Paul W (talk) 08:35, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I note another editor has since deleted the postnominals. Paul W (talk) 20:55, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks. I dont' know if those abbreviations are standard, but perhaps they need clarification in the article? ::192.77.12.11 (talk) 09:38, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If I can find sources about them, I will reinstate them in the article. Paul W (talk) 13:15, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]