User talk:ClemRutter/Archives/2008/November

Cranbrook
Having a bit of trouble atm with IP editors removing the district from the lead. I reverted one removal recently, and don't want to fall foul of the spirit of 3RR. Could I ask you to do the honours and maybe add an edit note to the lead for the benefit of IP editors who aren't fully conversant with the MOS? Mjroots (talk) 09:28, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

✅ClemRutter (talk) 10:11, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Yeo Mill railway station
I've changed the coord to title only. Few if any station articles that I've seen have coords inline, and I think in general we're moving away from inline coords and seeking to standardise on infoboxes or the title. YMMV, of course. What is SS 84475 25952? And if I do not have a clue, how many other people will? Is it the single most important thing about the station after its name? Should it be where it is in the article? thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks Clem. I am with your permission going to zap the inline OS coords, in large part because they're delivered through the geohack tool which is linked from the title coord. I acept that this means a) users have to get used to the positioning of coords in the top right and b) have to know that egohack exists if they click on the coordinate. It also means that a useful coord no longer appears on the page, and so the page is less useful if printed and taken for a hike up Great Gables. It may be worth continuing to debate the question of whether it is desirable to give the OS coords in such a way as they would be printed in the article: but even so, I'd not want to put them inline for stylistic reasons that I admit are merely personal preference.


 * I confess I was unaware of OStoWiki, and so for the moment have no suggestions for its improvement.


 * I notice that you chose to force a DMS format. Although I'm with you all the way, again, I'm not sure whether that's a fine idea or not. I vaguely understand that the user is given the choice as to coordinate format preference (though I guess few if any users avail themselves of this facility). Suffice it to say that that's the first instance for format=dms I've come across. --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:52, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Etherow
Give me a day or two, I'll try and help out. Parrot of Doom (talk) 23:39, 30 November 2008 (UTC)