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Auckland Rail Map
Hi. On the page List of Auckland railway stations, I have made use of the file File:AucklandRailMap.png. The map looks like this:
 * NOTE: THE MAP NOW DISPLAYS THE VERSION AFTER VARDION EDITED IT, NOT AS IT FORMERLY WAS Akld guy (talk) 12:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)



The map is a little outdated, but I lack the skills to edit it. Things that need fixing are:
 * The Onehunga Line has been fully operational for some time. It is not a simple branch off the Southern Line at Penrose, but a dedicated route all the way from Britomart. It needs a purple line starting at Britomart and continuing south between the green Western Line and the red Southern Line, then continuing left of the Southern Line until it branches off at Penrose. At that point the dotted line should be made continuous to Onehunga.
 * "Planned Reopening of Onehunga Branch" needs to be relabelled "Onehunga Line".
 * "Suggested Underground Loop" needs to be relabelled "City Rail Link (CRL) under construction".
 * Parnell Station is nearing completion and needs adding just north of Newmarket station.

Perhaps you might oblige by editing the map. Thank you for reading. Akld guy (talk) 21:55, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you very much!!! The new pic is just what was needed. It seems though, that the caches haven't updated yet, as the old pic is still showing. Or can you suggest some other reason? Akld guy (talk) 02:01, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

I have managed to get the new version into service by doing a purge. That is done by inserting purge with 2 curly brackets on each side into the section where the call to the map file exists. It forces an immediate update of the cache. A further little ask: if you can spare the time, could you change the colours of the dots for the fare stages from gray to some other colour to distinguish them from ordinary stations? Also, Parnell's dot is larger than the other ordinary stations, perhaps giving it more significance than it ought to have? Many thanks again. Akld guy (talk) 03:43, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

That is very good work indeed!! Thank you very much. Akld guy (talk) 06:24, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Vardion. Would you please be kind enough to swing the names Westfield and OTAHUHU over to the other side of the Southern Line. Historically the Southern came into existence before the Eastern. The way those stations are named makes it look like the Southern Line joins the Eastern, whereas it is the Southern that is the older and more significant. Akld guy (talk) 18:32, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. I think nobody would disagree that that is an improvement. Akld guy (talk) 19:59, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

NIMT map
Hi again Vardion. The article North Island Main Trunk has a map that shows the NIMT route with coloured stages to show diesel and electrified sections. The map hasn't been updated since 2007, and the user who created it, Jorg Muller, hasn't edited since 2008. The map is here: .

Was wondering whether you would be interested in inserting Papakura station just north of Pukekohe station and changing the colour of the Auckland-Papakura section to red to indicate electrification. I'd also like different shades of red to differentiate between the 1500V DC section near Wellington and the 25KV AC sections elsewhere. Perhaps the current dull red for the Wellington section, and bright red for the higher voltage sections. Thanks for reading. Akld guy (talk) 20:03, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

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Westfield Railway Station has closed
Would you be kind enough to remove Westfield station from the map (above). I have no idea how to do it. Thanks for your time. Akld guy (talk) 06:32, 13 March 2017 (UTC) Also, all the black dots that represent fare stages need removing because there are no longer fare stages. Auckland has 13 fare zones, with some zone overlap areas. Akld guy (talk) 22:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and done the above, using Paint, but it doesn't look as good as it would if you did it with the proper program. Another thing that needs doing is renaming Boston Road station to Grafton. Akld guy (talk) 23:36, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Another thing: the fare stage stations are still shown in upper case. They need to be lower cased because fare stages no longer exist and the present state might mislead readers. Akld guy (talk) 20:37, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

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Auckland Railway Map
Hey, what font did you use for the station labels on the map? I was going to replace Boston Road station with Grafton but couldn't find the right one. VerySunday (talk) 04:37, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm watching with interest. I tried updating Boston Road to Grafton a couple of years ago, but Paint doesn't seem to allow sloping text and there's no way to fit horizontal text to the line. Akld guy (talk) 05:50, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello -- the font is Liberation Sans, I believe. Since I happen to have the original file on hand right now (which is not always the case), I've gone and uploaded a SVG version of it at File:Auckland_Rail_Map.svg. I don't know if it's any use, and the file is probably a bit messy, but it might make it easier for other people to edit the file when I'm not able to. -- Vardion (talk) 19:24, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. And If you want something a bit more powerful than paint I'd recommend paint.net It's an open-source photoshop, essentially. VerySunday (talk)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out. And thanks for changing Boston Road to Grafton. Akld guy (talk) 08:12, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

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Stay Behind
What source did you use to add the 3 stay behind operations for France? I could not find such a source. But that is interesting. 89.87.161.129 (talk) 15:55, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Sorry, it has been so long since I edited Stay-behind that I don't remember what sources I was using at the time. (I wasn't very good at recording that sort of thing, fifteen years ago.) I may simply have added them based on the references to them in the Operation Gladio article -- if so, the references seem to be:
 * Kwitny, Jonathan (1992-04-06). "The C.I.A.'s Secret Armies in Europe". The Nation. pp. 446–447.
 * Cogan, Charles (2007). "'Stay-Behind' in France: Much ado about nothing?". Journal of Strategic Studies. 30 (6): 937–954.
 * Cook, Bernard A. (2001). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia, Volumen 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 510
 * I'm certainly not an expert on the subject, however -- perhaps the mentions of them in Stay-behind should be removed until someone more knowledgeable than me can confirm things. -- Vardion (talk) 23:25, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

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