Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the London Underground/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 18:18, 12 September 2009.

Timeline of the London Underground

 * Nominator(s): DavidCane (talk) 03:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

This timeline provides a chronology of significant events in the history of the development of the London Underground. By containing links to the events listed, it forms a valuable hub for exploring the wider field. DavidCane (talk) 03:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Support (Disclaimer - I added some of these). It's such a sprawling subject that a full list of station openings, renames and closures isn't desirable, and I think the balance here is just about right. Ought it to mention the ending of freight services and the MR spur to Smithfield Market, which played such an important part in making the two systems viable back in pre-automobile days? – iride  scent  19:39, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Station opening dates and name changes are, of course covered by the List of London Underground stations and Closed London Underground stations articles. I've been looking for a closing date for Smithfield goods station and the best I can find so far is sometime in the 1960s. As you say, I think that it's worth mentioning the freight services operated over the London Underground as it's seen purely as a passenger network today. I'll continue looking for a Smithfield closure; I suspect it is sometime around the date of the fire which destroyed the Smithfield Poultry Market. --DavidCane (talk) 23:22, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. The link issue is not a dealbreaker. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Date formats (in the references) are mixed; some are DMY while others are YYYY-MM-DD. I can fix this easily if you indicate which you want. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:26, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Personally, I would prefer all dates to be in the DD-MM-YYYY format and would set it this way except that it seems to be standard for the "Retrieved on" date to be presented in the ISO format, hence publication dates of The Times articles are in DD-MM-YYYY and the retrieved on dates are the ISO format.--DavidCane (talk) 23:21, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The reference dates now all follow the DMY format. I don't think there is any guideline on which format to use, as long as the refs are consistent. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That looks great.--DavidCane (talk) 22:37, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Support, comments resolved, can't find any other issues. --Jpeeling (talk) 22:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
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