User talk:Likelife/Archive 1



This is my Archive from April 2008 to June 2010.

London Buses route 212
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article London Buses route 212, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia’s deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add  to the top of London Buses route 212.  ‘’’Richard‘’’ ‘’’Ω6‘’’  ‘’’12‘’’  11:34, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Rename of St Pancras railway station
Greetings Likelife, thank you for your enthusiasm in contributing to Wikipedia. I noticed that recently St Pancras railway station was renamed to include "International" in the title of the article; The new title now does not match the article, or the opening four words. I have requested the move be reverted.

Please consider getting involved with an article, or asking on the article's ‘’’Talk:‘’’ page before making similar moves in the future—it can save a lot of work. Once again, thank you for being so willing to get involved. —Sladen (talk) 19:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ‘’moved back from User_talk:Sladen‘’
 * Hi there, St Pancras is now branded with International I know the station has been around for years I lived in Wellingborough, but what im saying is that the station is branded International by all train services and maps puls the tube. If the station is not an National & International station what is it just an National???Likelife (talk) 19:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Followed up on Talk:St Pancras railway station. Thank you.  —Sladen (talk) 12:48, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

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s-rail Service boxes
Hi, I noticed that you have been trying to improve the service box on the Derby station page. It appears you have been having trouble with the s-rail scheme. I will incorporate your changes into how the s-rail box should be - with the "rowsmid=2" etc. If you need help in the future with this leave me a note on my talk page and I can help you out. Thanks Year1989 (talk) 15:33, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

One-off Chiltern service to Bridgnorth
Hi. This service is not regular, so it is notable enough to be mentioned, especially in the services section. Thanks.  ‘’’ Oliver Fury, Esq.‘’’  message  • contributions  15:23, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Creating project Northamptonshire
Hi Likelife. I very recently  created a project WikiProject Worcestershire. For a start up project  it  might  help give you  some ideas. The main problem with counties like these is getting  enough members to  endorse the project. You may  need to  canvas the active editors and contributors to  existing  Northants articles. You can get  a list  of the articles from  the categories, and from  the article histories you  can single out whom to  post  a template invitation to. The Worcs project only  has very  few members, but  since it  was created they  have all  been very  active in  sorting  out what  needs to  be done, then setting  about  improving  the the articles. If you need any  help, don't hesitate to ask.--Kudpung (talk) 17:26, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Class 456
Yes it's fine to use my picture, thanks! best, Sunil060902 (talk) 16:38, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Northamptonshire
I was thinking about this the other day. Not only do I feel that it is a fantastic idea, but I would love to help. Hopefully it goes through okay! ReformatMe (talk) 19:18, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Likelife (talk) 12:50, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi ! A WikiProject Northamptonshire has now been created. If you wish  to  help out improving  articles relating  to  anything  in  the county, please don't hesitate to  go  to  the page and sign up!--Kudpung (talk) 13:37, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Oops! I didn't realise this was your page :)  Please don't  think I'm trying  to  usurp  your project - I'm just  helping  out by doing  a little canvassing  for it. In  fact  I've dropped this message on  a careful  selection  from all the active contributors to  the Northampton page already. You  can copy  and paste the message too, it  puts the icon  and the user's name in automatically. I  get  the users from  the history  logs, but  nhere's no  point  in  putting  it  on  the talk  pages of obvious troublemakers, or casual editors. I'll keep  a log  of what  I  am  doing  on  the project  page. --Kudpung (talk) 13:57, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Worcestershire
Hi! There is absolutely no  pressure on  you  whatsoever to  join  the Worcs proj. However, there are a couple of experienced editors there with a bit  of local  knowledge about your area, and running  projects, and they  are quite happy  to give you  a hand to  get  started :)  --Kudpung (talk) 16:33, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Northamptonshire
Hi ! A Top Priority article you have been involved with has many  issues and urgently needs improving. If you can help with these issues please see Talk:Northamptonshire, address the different points if you  can, and leave any  comments there. (This is a generic message. if it  has been placed on your talk  page inadvertantly, please ignore it.) --Kudpung --Kudpung (talk) 22:56, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Stagecoach
Hi Likelife! Corby Star and Connect  Wellinborough are brand names of Stagecoach, their parent  company, so  the Wikilinks were in  fact  OK. However, it's not a major issue, although you  may  want  to  put them  back in  if your are travelling  down that  road again  any  time soon.--Kudpung (talk) 11:58, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Wellingborough
Hi Likelife. Someone has gone to a lot of trouble to  include a very  interesting and detailed section  on  Geology. Unfortunaly, the section is totally  unreferenced. See: Talk:Wellingborough. Perhaps with your local knowledge you  can help  save the section  from  being  deleted. --Kudpung (talk) 21:25, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Overground as National Rail
Hi. You are right that Overground is National Rail but it is also being treated as a separate mode of transport within London with its own prices and branding. I think it is best to go back to the old previous/next template and use that consistently. It is better because it makes a nice heading with the Overground roundel logo on it. I reverted Stratford but I then saw that you have done some other articles too. I won't revert those until we agree what to do.

I have a suggestion to make it more explicit that these lines are part of National Rail and also to make the list look better. We could update the templates so that the National Rail logo is added to the National Rail listings and also to the Overground one in addition to its roundel. That is how Overground itself brands the station signage. Does that sound OK to you? --DanielRigal (talk) 10:01, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Template:Anglophone states
An article that you have been involved in editing, Template:Anglophone states, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. &mdash;  .`^) Paine Ellsworthdiss`cuss (^`.   10:36, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

St Pancras
In order to prevent an edit war, I have started a discussion, on the St Pancras talk page. Btline (talk) 20:08, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Category:Railway stations served by East Coast (train operating company)
Hi there. We probably don't need to include the "(train operating company)" part so I'd propose that we rename this category to Category:Railway stations served by East Coast. I'd ask if you think that would be okay? If so, I am prepared to make the required changes using my bot account to avoid having to manually update each article. Regards. Adambro (talk) 14:22, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Great North Western Railway


The article Great North Western Railway has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * There was a flurry of news articles in late September following a press release by Alliance Rail which suggested they had submitted proposals to the ORR but nothing else has emerged since nor have any details of applications appeared on the ORR website. I propose this is deleted until, or if, anything more concrete emerges such as an ORR application, particularly when the service is planned not start for four years and the reports of a dispute with Grand Central cast further doubt about the likelihood of this getting off the ground.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing  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. I've also proposed that Great North Eastern Railway (Alliance Rail) be deleted for the same reason. Regards. Adambro (talk) 16:59, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Great North Eastern Railway (Alliance Rail)
I have nominated Great North Eastern Railway (Alliance Rail), 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 Articles for deletion/Great North Eastern Railway (Alliance Rail). 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. Adambro (talk) 15:21, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Lifelike, much  as I  support your work on  the encyclopedia, especially  your initiative on  Northants, I must unfortunately agree with the proposal  for deletion of Great North Eastern Railway. See my  comments on  the debate page.--Kudpung (talk) 00:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've commented on the issue of Alliance Rail and support a merge of the articles and to have infomation on Alliance Rail itself. Likelife (talk) 10:43, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Northamptonshirre, Worcestershierre, Warwickshierre, and Everyshierre
Hello ! A non-British user seems to be attempting to  suggest that the Brits are not  pronouncing  their own British  place names  correctly,  and appears to  believe that  it  is a policy of Wikipedia to  instruct  the Brits, through  the use of the IPA, how British English  should be pronounced. He/she also seems to be of the  opinion that it is Wikipedia policy to regard British English by default as a rhotic  language, which it is not. Some British Wikipedians are trying to avoid an edit conflict and have requested my support. I have added my comments to the debate the non-British user has  has started in  defence of his/her multiple, WP:BOLD? changes to IPA pronunciations of British place names. As a professional linguist I accord every version  of English  its own particular merits and  my  position here strictly concerns the way in  which  the IPA is interpreted and applied in the Wikipedia, and how the current policy may need to be changed through a truly representative consensus. If you would like to  help  resolve this issue,  please see User talk:Kudpung and User talk:Lfh to  get  the background. Maybe you could then chime in with your views on the subject at Wikipedia talk:IPA for English. Thanks. --Kudpung (talk) 18:54, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

News
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The WikiProject WORCESTERSHIRE Newsletter No. 1 - January 2010

(Archived here.)
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Welcome to the first WikiProject Worcestershire newsletter
If you are not  yet a member of the The Worcestershire project, you  are probably receiving  this because you  have significantly  contributed to  one of our pages. Now is the time to consider joining - it  might help you get some assistance on a page you feel particularly attached to it. Someone once asked on the project page if they  could get  a newsletter. The Worcestershire project only has a few members and they  most  probably  have the project  pages and major articles on  their watchlists, but  here goes anyway...

This year has got off to  great start  with  the promotion  of Malvern, Worcestershire to Good Article status. The GA review process was particularly strict and demanding, and a good thing too, because it sets a benchmark for the quality to be targeted for other articles in  the project, even if we do  not  intend to  reach  GA with  them. Furthermore, and probably most important, this particular review clearly demonstrated what can be achieved with teamwork, and it puts the page on a par with  biggies such as Manchester,  one of the Wikipedia's flagship English settlement articles. Anyone can go ahead and create an article, and some articles have a major contributor, but it would have been impossible for Malvern to have been promoted without the extraordinary collaborative effort of a dedicated few, spread across three continents in very different time zones, and sometimes tripping over each other at all times of the day and night  to  get  the article up  to  snuff.
 * Great news for 2010!

Since the Worcs project was founded   barely  seven months ago on  8 June last  year, in  addition  to  the creation and maintenance of  the project  pages themselves. a lot of work has already been done by  the Worcs project  members, including the creation  of stubs for most of the missing  settlements  in  the county, creation and improvement  work on  Malvern Water, creation  and expansion  of articles on important  schools and one or two biographies in  the county, and general repetitive tasks such as keeping spam and vandalism  at  bay.
 * Recently founded

All the members of the project have their own specialised fields of interest of course, such  as French wine, schools, Lancashire, the Malverns, cricket, Magnetic Resonance Imaging,  busses, castles,  waterways, or Spike Milligan. However, they all have a common denominator somewhere that  brings them together in  Worcestershire. The Worcestershire project mainly concerns settlements. Perhaps after the success of Malvern, the immediate priority now is to  improve the articles that  really  ought  to  be the flagships of the project, namely  Worcester, and Worcestershire. These two are, sadly, some of the articles in the worst state. They have been created long ago and expanded over time by  a great many  shingle-edit authors and IPs.
 * Experts!

A possible suggestion would be to take one of those rather shoddy  pages, probably  Worcester, the county  seat, or the project's eponymous article Worcestershire and do  a Malvern job  on it. Such a concerted piece of teamwork  might  even earn the project  another major GA - and we now know it  can be done!
 * So wotnow? (pun)

Meet up
An attempt at a meet up failed last year - mainly  either because some of the most active members of the project  live in  other countries, or the timing  wasn't  quite right. We can have another attempt in  April, when Kudpung  will  be back in  Malvern for his dad's 90th birthday, and hopefully  this will coincide with  a home trip  to the UK for GyroMagician.

Talk
The place to make your suggestions and dicscuss it all is  HERE - be sure to have the page on  your watchlist!

'''Would you like to join the WP:WORCS?? Please enter yourself at WP:WORCS! - new editors are always welcome!'''

Happy Wikying, all the best  for 2010, and special thanks again all round for the efforts of  the Malvern taskforce, and to everyone else who  has contributed to our articles. Currently there are two featured articles in Worcestershire.
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Priority Articles
The top priority articles have been identified as probably being:

The number has been kept deliberately low to give us a fighting chance of improving them to at least GA status, so we can concentrate our efforts on these first. Priorities are not set in stone and if you would like to discuss changes, please join in at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Worcestershire.
 * Worcester • Worcestershire • Bromsgrove • Redditch • Kidderminster • Pershore • Malvern College • Malvern St James • Droitwich • tenbury Wells and the suite of former QinetiQ establlishments: * TRE • RSRE • DERA

Other priorities: These lists will help:
 * The recommended priority by kind is for creation/improvement of complete articles is:
 * 1) Places in the county
 * 2) Schools in the county (Particularly susceptible to  vandalism - please keep  them  on  your watch lists if possible).
 * 3) Transport in the county
 * 4) Notable buildings/objects/geo features/AONB/Heritage sites, etc. in the county
 * 5) History in the county
 * 6) Industry & Commerce in the county.
 * 7) People in the county - NOTE: These all need the Worcs project  banner adding  to their talk pages, and assessing.
 * 8) County related articles about things not actually in the county, and/or other related projects.
 * All Worcs related articles by ABC
 * Worcs related articles by type.
 * All Worcs related articles about people by ABC
 * List of all Schools in  Worcestershire
 * List by Class & Importance: Page 1 All categories except people (not yet  tagged with  WP banner)
 * List by Class & Importance: Page 2 All categories except people (not yet  tagged with  WP banner).

New Aims
Specific aims for the project are:-

The watchlist to keep an eye on changes to the project's articles so that vandalism and spamming can be removed as quickly as possible. Some of our articles need their infoboxes completing.
 * Monitor
 * Infoboxes

Please remember that the list of stubs needing expansion is always in need of attention. Please take a look and see if you can help. One small edit, such as adding a reference section and reference, to an article each session would make a big difference. If you   re uploadiing  an image, be sure  it has a correct FUR, and that  you  have preferably  already  created a link  on  the page where you  want  it to  be.
 * References

Please be careful when performing articles moves and check if anyone seems to be in the middle of doing the same thing. If he, she, or they are, stop and have a chat about it. Otherwise you may  be unintentionally duplicating or reverting each  other's work. This is particularly important  if an article is currently under a  GA review. Images may be deleted if they have an incorrect FUR.
 * Moves, merges, and multiple edits

Guidelines

 * How to write about settlements
 * How to write about counties
 * How to write about rivers
 * How to write about people

Imprint Written by User:Kudpung, WP:WORCS Based on an original layout & content by WP:YORKS '''


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Oundle
Hi, Could you take a look  at  the IPA spelling  of Oundle. I think it's wrong -  but  I  might  be wrong. When i lived in Corby  I was often  in  Oundle, and I  seem  to  femeber well how it  is pronounced. Let me know what  you  think. Cheers. --Kudpung (talk) 08:39, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes I think its correct, but you may need an other opinion as im not very good with writting IPA spellings. I do remember people calling it Undel and Oundlel though. Likelife (talk) 15:45, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Quite simple really, the IPA as shown would give the pronunciation as OundEl, whereas I remember it as Oundl'  -  what  do  you  think?--Kudpung (talk) 15:52, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes I remeber it as Oundl'.Likelife (talk) 15:54, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, this was another edit of mine actually! I added, again based on WP:IPAEN, which calls for  at the end of words, e.g. "kindle" would be .  Some people write it without the , for example John C. Wells, so it wouldn't be wrong to take it out, it just wouldn't quite match the key anymore. Lfh (talk) 11:58, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you  for pointing  that  out. If it's good enough for Wells, then it's good enough for me, and  is what  is being queried here in  Oundle. I think that  accurate IPA spelling in the encyclopedia is more important  than the convenience of  'matching a key'. I realise that  ultimately, the  key  may have to  re-written for  accuracy, but  that's a task for the author(s)  of the IPA article. In the meantime, it  might  be the better solution to  base the IPA pronunciation of british place names on  Wells's interpretations.--Kudpung (talk) 22:55, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Humber Coast
Your comment was moved to WP:Articles for deletion/Humber Coast and City Railway. Adambro has also asked you a question there. Simply south (talk) 20:33, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I commented back, thanks.Likelife (talk) 20:52, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

St Pancras railway station
I have just reviewed the St Pancras station article for which you are one of the top five editors. This article is currently rated as a B class article, but would, with a little work to add a few citations where I have marked, almost certainly pass a Good Article Review if nominated. I have started a discussion at Talk:St_Pancras_railway_station. --DavidCane (talk) 01:49, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Metro
Another issue to be addressed is, please could people indicate in the next month at the feedback page or on my talk page whether they still want to recieve issues of the metro. A lot of newsletters seem to be going to redundant pages. Simply south (talk) 20:13, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Shepperton Branch Line
You hv just added an infobox to this article, What now happens is that the route map is fouled up (at least for me). The distance column seems to want to put m and ch on separate lines with the result that most elements of the map are separated by a blank line. The template viewed by itself is good.--SilasW (talk) 17:48, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

British English place names
I see that  the American campaign against  the British pronunciation  of British place names, by  British  Wikipedeia authors and British  citizens has been relaunched. I think this campaign is deceitful and goes against  an admin's remit. I might not  be so prepared to  let things rest  this time round, especially  as the editors concerned are  oblivious of the sensitivities they may  be affronting, and even though  I  am one editor  who  abhors opening  cans of worms. I may  call an RfC and will  look  forward to  your support. --Kudpung (talk) 13:24, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for letting me know, could you give me a link to where the campaign is taking place please.Likelife (talk) 16:06, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Kwami the American, admin, and quasi claimer of authority on  all things IPA, who  has never even been nto the UK has started again  putting final /r/ in the IPA transcriptioins of names of British counties, starting with Worcestershire (again), herefordshire, and warwikshire (again). This kind of editing is called 'disruptive' and is inadmissible when done by  an admin. who is supposed to uphold Wiki  policy.--Kudpung (talk) 16:23, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * BTW - I've tried to explain  this away  to  myself as good faith, but I  can't, so in order to  defend the issue, I  have to  risk  getting  myself accused of not  being  of good faith. I  probably  won't really  escalate it, because I'm  more interested in spending  my  time wrting  good articles, but  I  hope to have made my  point to  those concerned. You  might  like to  see the long  response to  Kwami  on my  talk  page.--Kudpung (talk) 05:01, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Kudpung (talk) 16:58, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Notable people: Wellingborough
I've gone through all  the people listed. These are the dubious ones, but only  really  because their home articles either do not  respect  Wiklipedia criteria for notability and/or the articles are not  sourced. In the case of the unsourced BLPs this is very bad news as the articles should be deleted after warning the creator. Articles about footballers are notorious for flagrantly  disobeying  the rules, and nobody  seems to care. If I  were the major contributor, and I  wanted to  get  the Wellingborough  article up  to  snuff for a B rating or a GA, I would have to  accept  that  these entries would have to  go. I'll leave it  up  to  you. --Kudpung (talk) 14:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The only mention of Christopher Hatton  is that  a school in  Wellingboro is named after him.
 * Perry Lawson article has no sources.
 * Edward Mannock's only claim to  Welly fame is that  he is listed on  a war memorial.
 * Trevor Benjamin 'grew up' in Welly -  not  sourced.
 * Stephen Elboz unsourced BLP
 * Jim Murray (writer), mentioned but not  proved.
 * Brian Hill (referee), vague mention in an unsourced BLP
 * William Garne did nothing more than dying in  the town. Totally unsourced.
 * Jamie O'Neill (snooker player) totally unsourced BLP
 * Bill Perkins (footballer) totally unsourced.
 * Charles Webb (footballer) played just one season  for Welly -  does that  make him  notable?


 * Thanks for that I’ve removed some of your suggestions and I have found refs for some of them here. It is now in paragraphs, but I feel its not perfect. Likelife (talk) 17:44, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Kudpung (talk) 21:38, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Wellingborough
What do  you  say  we work on this really  hard and get  it to  GA? It  would be a first  for teamwork  of the Northants project.--Kudpung (talk) 23:08, 25 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes of course the Northants Project does need some credit and it would be great to get Wellingborough to GA. After this, I think Corby really needs to excel. Likelife (talk) 15:48, 26 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I see you've promoted Wellingborough. Did you check  everything off on the Wikipedia checklist? I'm  pretty sure that with still  some inline tags in  the Iron ore section it  won't  pass B class. Some of them appear to  be OR, and may best just cut  out.  If we can get  issues like that  fixed, we can start  looking at  polishing  it  up for GA.--Kudpung (talk) 18:45, 28 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Its a great section, but I will remove the second paragraph with no refs in Iron Ore. I have tried to find refs in the past but couldn't find anything good for this section.Likelife (talk) 20:41, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * It's sad when that happens, but  it's often the only  solution. Maybe there is something  in the local library. Local  libraries often have copies of privately  published works of local  interest. Such works are not generally  listed on the Internet. I've asked someone now to take a good look  at  the article and point  out  any  glaring  issues, prior to it  being  nominated for GA review.--Kudpung (talk) 22:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I(ve asked a frined who is also  an admin to  have a quick check on  the current  state of the article before we nominate it for GA review. See his comments here: Talk:Wellingborough. Could you  check some of these items out, and put  this ✅   (✅) template against  them if they  have been successfully  addressed? --Kudpung (talk) 02:52, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

An ever later Metro
Simply south (talk) 23:48, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

April Metro
. Simply south (talk) 21:31, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

ELL opening
Do you have a source to show when it is opening? Simply south (talk) 19:29, 8 April 2010 (UTC)


 * . Also ask User:MRSC as he made the same 15 April date on Haggerston, I'm not sure was he got his source from.Likelife (talk) 08:51, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Wellingborough
Hi Likelife, Wellingborough has had a detailed peer review and all points addressed. I think  we should now go for GA. Would you  care to nominate?--Kudpung (talk) 22:00, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Kudpung (talk) 16:00, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Worcester
I need your help. There is a heavy  discussion on the Talk:Worcester page about  the intrusive final  /r/ in  British  English  place names again. If you have time could you read the whole thing? I don't care if you don't  come out in favour of my  opinion or that  of the editors who share it and whom  I have been asked to  support, but  I  do  wish the discussion  were more evenly  balanced and without the personal  attacks. If you can  contribute directly, please do, otherwise you  are welcome to  discuss it  first  on my  talk  page. Thanks a million.--Kudpung (talk) 16:11, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Kettering
I think  you   are most  certainly   right  about  kettering  being C class. It's probably also close to B class. I haven't verified qll  the references but  thyey  are certaqinly  displaying in  a very clean list. BTW: How about now nominating Welly for GA?  --Kudpung (talk) 03:18, 6 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry about Welly it's now nominated. I'm not very good on Kettering, but I still would like to get Kettering to GA soon and show what WP Northants actually works. Likelife (talk) 16:03, 6 May 2010 (UTC)


 * OK. Let me know as soon  as a reviewer has accepted to  do Welly, and I'll  help  you  get  it  through. Kettering  can wait -  after all, on the Worcestershire project  we still  only  have one GA for the moment, but  it would be good if all  the midlands counties could have at  least  one GA. It  will help  in our appeal  to  have the correct  pronunciation  shown for our counties for one thing.--Kudpung (talk) 01:27, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

May + June Metro
Simply south (talk) 21:16, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Kudpung (talk) 13:37, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
I've started having a look  at  what  needs to  be done. see my first  edits, and see my  comments embedded ion  the review notes. Kudpung (talk) 04:16, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wellingborough
The article Wellingborough you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Wellingborough for things which need to be addressed. Pyrotec (talk) 13:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Likelife, on the review page be absolutely  sure to  put a ✅ template next  to all  points the reviewer has made as soon  as they  have been addressed,  it  will  look  like this: ✅, and to add your signature. This will  avoid any  unnecessary  duplication  on my  part. We  only  have 7 days to  clean up  and unfortunately  I  happen to  be just  very  busy  in  real  life this coming  week and may  not even  have an Internet  connection  for two  or three days while I'm  in  the jungle. Some of the items may  require you  to  do  a trip  to  a local  library if you  can. --Kudpung (talk) 00:57, 12 June 2010 (UTC)


 * There's not much  more help  I  can provide at  this stage - you're the local  expert. Do please have another look at  the list  of things to  do if you can  because time is running out.--Kudpung (talk) 20:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I've done what I can. If I were reviewing  it  I  would probably  pass it  at  this stage, after all  it's not  a FA. I  feel that while some comments have been helpful, others  have not  been particularly  encouraging. Let's see what  happens. The only  loss if it  fails will  be one of enthusiasm ;) --Kudpung (talk) 21:15, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you very much for the GA "sticker" but if you don't mind I will remove it as Wellingborough was improved to GA by you and Kudpung among others. All I did was a bit of cosmetic shuffling to an article I noticed in the GAN list when I added Astley. Congratulations on achieving GA status and I hope you contribute many more. :-)--J3Mrs (talk) 19:56, 27 June 2010 (UTC)