User talk:Mtpt/RepliedTo

The template
I've added other stations now and i am constantly looking for ways to improve this Simply south 20:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Just to say, i wasn't intentionally basing it solely on the Merseyrail lines. I was just covering city centre stations, junctions etc etc etc. Simply south 21:12, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

See Template talk:Merseyside major railway stations for reply. Btw, are you going to apply it to your other Merseyrail template, just wondering ? Simply south 18:43, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

UK stations box
Hi, you've been replacing the UK stations box on loads of Merseyrail station articles with the northern line box. Whilst the northern merseyrail box is a good thing the UK stations box is still very much valid, merseyrail is still part of the British rail network, ie covered by National Rail and maintained by Network Rail and the UK stations box/list includes stations on all networks including (eventually) Northern Ireland railways and heritage railways so these articles should still have it. By all means add more boxes to the articles but please don't remove the UK stations box whilst doing it. --Achmelvic 22:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject UK Railways
Hi Mtpt. I see you are are now a participant in the above. I joined some few week back, since I had long discovered the terrible mess that the categorising of railways in UK had achieved. Hence the long list of them! I then awaited some further feedback in the hope that we could move on towards sorting it out. Nothing happened, in spite of several messages left with User:Achmelvic, who declares himself as the "starter" of the project. I am wondering if it has all become too much - I wouldn't be surprised! Peter Shearan 06:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Template:London stations
Hi, Just saw your edit to the London stations infobox which I think is an excellent idea. May I suggest that the list should be limited to just the London area National Rail stations, tube stations and DLR stations which are included on List of London railway stations and List of London Underground stations. This would make the list more relevant to the general subject matter of the article that contains the infobox and would be a more useful search tool for a reader looking at a one London station to find another. Using your lead, I have prepared a draft for comment in my sandbox. I have also put a note on the discussion page for the template. DavidCane 00:37, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi again, I have made a revision to the proposed template in my [User:DavidCane/sandbox|sandbox]] to incorporate the full National Rail list although it is getting a bit cumbersome. If the discussions regarding combining all of the station templates that you pointed me to decides that that is the way to go, perhaps the London station specific lists can be optional and be controlled by a "flag" to be shown only when needed. DavidCane 22:21, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

The big one
Not yet implemented etc. There are templates of stations in other cities. I thought i would have a go and create a template covering all London railway stations. After much sorting i have. Anyway, could you have a look at it and tell me what you think? Also, could you sort out the layout, reduce the font size etc etc etc, and generally make it look like, For example:

OR

?

One thing to note about my template is the SIZE of the whole template. Eeep. I know in the past i have said that size does not matter so much but even i find this template to be a big exception

See Template:London railway stations.

Simply south 21:46, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Hopefully not as short-lived
Or split, or merged, or deleted etc.

Me and my rail templates.

I have created one that is not large in size. It incoporates 3 UA, as shown in the title. It focuses on Bristol, Bath and the surrounding areas.

heritage rail templates
I notice you replace all the hardcoded links box with the template in the category. The reason I changed to the hardcoded link box is that it removes the problem of Category:Heritage railways in Wales linking to itself as a sub-category...

On the other hand the center aligning text looks better, so i will do the same with the England template. Our Phellap 21:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC) Can i have your opinion etc on this?

I think i have included the relevant categories although others can be added or removed.

Template:Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire railway stations

I have not yet implemented this one. I am sure this one will work. Hopefully.

Simply south 20:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

One small thing
Just to note. Sorry, but i am finding the writing in the many templates too small and hard to read. I do not want to sound bad. Otherwise, the formatting of the templates is very good.

Simply south 21:05, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

heritage rail infobox
Good idea about infobox. Other suggestions: original gauge, preserved gauge, year of major extensions once preserved. (e.g. on the Glos-Warks. Gotherington (2000), Cheltenham (2003)).

With the heritage rail templates I have remove the category from the template and added it instead to all the articles. That prevents the categories linking to themselves. Our Phellap 22:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

The template is really good. The only thing I would add is the option to add more events to the preservation history, e.g. if the line has had several extensions over a few years.... Our Phellap 14:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

heritage rail infobox
I was looking at the template again, and thought that the background colour for the subheadings is difficult to see. It might look better with a more visible, but light colour eg. #adcdef (shown below). Our Phellap 22:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I have implemented this template using Corris Railway as a trial to gauge reaction. Our Phellap 14:57, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

The big one (again)
You know i created the template Template:London railway stations. I have now decided it should be deleted.

TfD nomination of Template:London railway stations
Template:London railway stations has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Simply south 22:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:StBenetsFromStGiles.jpg
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Proposed change to UK stations infobox
See Template talk:Infobox UK station for my proposed way to standardise the formatting of stations that have names in more than one language (e.g. English and Welsh names). Thryduulf 22:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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A new Oxbridge user box
Mtpt...I am currently in the process of writing a user box for all of the colleges that are part of Oxbridge. This template is meant to replace your current college template. Please take a look at the work in progress and comment on it. My main concerns are college abbreviations and color choice. I am using scarf colors for the colleges. Thank you. - LA @ 17:53, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Join us?
Hello there ! Following a period of consulation, the WikiProject Merseyside is now up and running. It is a user group dedicated to improving all content related to Merseyside, including the city of Liverpool.

As you are a member of Category:Wikipedians in Merseyside, I extend this opportunity for you to join our project and get involved. Hope to see you there. :) --Jza84 | Talk  14:01, 9 September 2008 (UTC)