User talk:Andrew bannister

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Questions re LGI / Leeds NHS trust
Andrew, Do you have the names of the two trusts which combined to form the current one? (Was it East and West, or was that a previous version?!) Would be nice to have them both mentioned explicitly, with redirects from them.

And do you have any info about the name "The General Infirmary at Leeds"? I thought it was the official name, at some point in time if not today, but haven't got any sources which say so. You seem knowledgeable about the subject!

While I'm here, let me say "Welcome to Wikipedia, and I hope you enjoy editing". And you might like to add a few words to your "User page", so that it doesn't appear as a red link in edit histories etc - makes you look a bit more established. PamD (talk) 15:37, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Pam, I am new to all this so I hope I'm doing this right. I work in Communications at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals and do have lots of information about the various sites. The title The General Infirmary at Leeds is indeed correct, though seldom used. I will try and post some more information when I have the chance and yes I do know the previous Trust names and it is not simply East and West - they are far more convoluted. I'm not sure how to post references to support the material - a lot of what I have is in written (but non-electronic) form. Any advice? Best wishes,


 * We've just had what's called an "edit conflict" - you corrected your spelling while I was in the midst of a reply, but I've copied it and will now paste it here. It's worth knowing that if you're replying it's often helpful to indent it using ":" at start of line, or "::" for next layer, etc.  Helps make the layout clearer.


 * Hi Andrew. Even on your own talk page, it's helpful if you "sign" comments by adding  ~ at the end - it puts the date and time and your username.  As you work for the trust you need to watch out for WP:COI - "Conflict of interest" - but as long as it's plain verifiable fact you're adding (not "peacock" terms like "best", or removing anything controversial), it shouldn't be a problem.  There is masses of stuff to learn about WP, and it can get seriously addictive, but it's very satisfying adding to the mass of freely-available accurate information.


 * On citing hard-copy stuff: there are useful templates at Citation templates. There's also a gadget: if you go to "My preferences" (top right of page), and "Gadgets", and tick "reftools" under "Editing gadgets", then a new couple of buttons get added to the editing toolbar and help you to add references.


 * Good luck with it all! I've not been following you around, I just have some of the Leeds hospital pages etc on my "Watch List" (along with far too many others), so I get alerted to any changes in them.  You might like to make sure you've got all the relevant pages on your Watchlist (click the "Watch" tab), so you can catch any vandalism etc.  PamD (talk) 16:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Chancellor(s) Wing
All references in the text on the trust website, such as http://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/patients/aboutus/hospitals/st_james.php, refer to "Chancellor Wing" at Jimmy's, but the photo on the St James's University Hospital, Leeds page clearly shows the entrance labelled as "Chancellors Wing" (no apostrophe!). Did the signwriter just get it wrong, or has the official title changed over the years, or... ? PamD (talk) 16:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Pam, that's an interesting one and it's true that a certain amount of confusion exists. Within the hospital the title Chancellor Wing and Chancellors Wing (without apostrophe) are both commonly used. The latter is, as you say, reproduced on the external sign and also on internal signs in corridors, even though it is gramatically incorrect. I have been up to look at the 1972 plaque and that correctly says Chancellor's Wing. Ironically, no-one currently seems to use it in the correct format.

An interesting related point is why the Chancellor's Wing name was chosen in the first place - I suspect at the time the hospital management was trying to underline its new status as a teaching hospital by playing up the University link - that isn't widely remembered nowadays, and people seem to think Chancellor is another street name like Bexley, Beckett and Gledhow. Andrew bannister (talk) 12:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)