User talk:Erebus555/archive

Commerzbank tower

I saw you edited the article a little bit so could you help me ectract some infrmation about the tower from the German wikipedia articule. I used google to translat, and It is a bit hard to read. I provided a link in the refrance. Could you help me out by doing the same with the Messtrum and DZ bank, also in Frankfurt. Alaskan assassin (talk) 03:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Constant deletion of Washwoodheath technology college

EREBUS.EREBUS.EREUBUS. if i go 2 every article you write which is uncited then im sure you will find some clever ecuse as to why it is correct

Feel free. Many of my older articles have uncited material in them, but this hasn't been challenged by other editors. If it is, then I will tend to add the material again with citation to support it. If I cannot find the citation, than I accept the other editor's decision and leave it be. - Erebus555 19:34, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, now I don't know what you are talking about. As an experienced editor, I do not go around deleting material willy nilly. Any removal of content is explained and justified. As far as I am aware, the information I deleted from the article you mention was uncited and by Wikipedia policy, any material that is uncited may be challenged and removed at any time. I intend on continuing to contribute and removing or merging material if Wikipedia policy allows me to. Please do not come along with sweeping statements next time when it is you who doesn't know what they are talking about. - Erebus555 19:18, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

revert on bham 8th June

rv it wasnt me!

honest!

UKbandit 15:29, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry! You misread the edit summary (which is automatic by the way), it said I reverted an edit back to what the page looked like when YOU edited it. It doesn't say I reverted your edit :-). - Erebus555 15:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

ah, doh! UKbandit 16:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

City of Birmingham Stadium

Hi. I've just read the City of Birmingham Stadium article, which you contributed a lot to - thanks. A lot of the references are to a digital brain page. Is it yours? I'd like to know where the stuff about the stadium came from. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 18:32, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

The digital brain link is not mine, sorry. I found the links to the images on a forum page about this development, and from my understanding, these were released as part of the development details - though I cannot find where from. May I ask why you were asking? - Erebus555 18:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Curiosity, and in search of more citeable references. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 19:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Second city Manchester/ Birmingham

Dear Mr Erebus,

Given that there is a current propaganda war from the grim mill town of Manchester to proclaim itself as the second city, even though it is ranked 8th by the office of National Statistics figures (2005) population estimates, I do not find it acceptable for the Birmingham page to provide credibility for these rediculous claims. I have therefore deleted and will continue to delete this reference to Manchester to provide balance to the Wikipedia article.

Unlike the Birmingham page, the Manchester page proclaims itself as the second city and carries no such reference to the fact that this is disputed by Birmingham. In the interests of fairness and balance I find this an unacceptable bias and will make amendments to rectify.

Kind regards

Prof Rob Right

If you read the Second city of the United Kingdom article, you will notice that the artticle explains that there is now several more factors used when it comes to deciding which city should be given the "second city" title. These include cultural, political and economical factors as well as the population figures you outlined.

For the Birmingham page to provide reference to Manchester shows it to balanced and not from one single point of view. The fact that this is cited too shows that it is a credible claim.

If you continue to delete this from the article, you will be starting an edit war between you and other editors. This means that you will eventually be blocked by an administrator for a time period decided upon by them. As well as that, you will find that other editor's efforts to give the article Featured Article status have been in vain as it is the subject of an edit war - as one of the criteria for featured article status states that it must not be subject to this.

Therefore, you should stop deleting such information from the Birmingham article and actually contribute to the Manchester article by adding that Birmingham is a rival to this. This would therefore balance out the two articles. - Erebus555 13:34, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Erebus555, if I understand your post at talk:Manchester correctly, you have removed a reference to Manchester from the Birmingham article because references in the opposite direction (for want of a better description) are removed - even though you think the article is improved by the cross-referencing. Forgive me, but it seems a bit odd to deliberately degrade the Birmingham article because of anything happening to the Manchester article. Regards, Mr Stephen 11:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I did this seeing as the editor on the Manchester article removed the reference to Birmingham per discussions on talk page archives. This led me to believe that such information added to the Birmingham article, therefore, must not comply with the discussions which have taken place. It maybe best to come to an agreement to whether these references to Birmingham and Manchester on the articles should be included, as I can see it touches a nerve with some editors. - Erebus555 11:44, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Maps

Hello Erebus555,

I'd be happy to produce a localised map for the city. This issue seems to have risen elsewhere in stopping UK settlement articles recieving GA and FA.

What I require is some source material; a few problems include do we use a Birmingham map or a City of Birmingham map, and how do we divide the map (by ward, or other kind of division)? If we use a Birmingham map, then where does its "official" boundaries end? What should be included on the map?

From memory, User:Fingerpuppet may be helpful here. Once we've sorted these, it wouldn't take me long to put something together. Hope that helps, Jza84 18:57, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

That map is excellent - give me a week or so and I'll see what I can do. With regards to the Birmingham article text, some of the content needs to be ordered according to the UK settlements guidelines on sections, (Geog, then Hist, then Demographics, then Landmarks, and then Transport etc are later sections. Administration should be Politics or Political representation, and Famous residents should be titled Notable Brummies) and I believe the infobox should be contiguous to bring it inline with the rest of the UK. Just some pointers!

I've got quite a few maps to make, but I'll make this one a priority. Jza84 21:07, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting the vandalism warning on my talk page. I've raised my concerns at the admin noticeboard, as I feel this is becoming a little targetted against me and that article, despite attempts for a compromise and engagement.

I haven't forgotten about the Birmingham map (see I'm not a raging Manc! - well not even a Manc at all!), I've just had a few county maps to roll out first that I'd comitted too. Thanks again, Jza84 18:28, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:G_Force.gif

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Re: Second city of the United Kingdom - Request for Rational Debate

As a recent, and possibly significant, contributor to the Second city of the United Kingdom article, I'd like to direct your attention to this edit on the Talk Page regarding a Request for Rational Debate on the subject of the article. All the best. Sprigot 15:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Map making software

Hello, and sorry for the delay in responding!

I'm still in the middle of a backlog for infobox county maps which I'm trying to roll out asap. I do still intend to aid in other projects like Birmingham however.

I use a package called Adobe Illustrator CS. It's an industry-standard graphics software package, which I think produces much higher quality vector images (< see the article if you're not as much of a graphics-nerd as I) than other image-making software.

I also complete my images in Adobe Photoshop CS before uploading them to Wikipedia. I have a degree in Visual Arts and I think it's needed to use Illustrator as it's a little tricky for new comers.

It's a real shame that this package is being downloaded illegally and anonymously through p2p networks like Shareaza.com and is avaliable to anyone with an internet connection. If you happened to buy a copy however, I'd be more than willing to share how I create maps in more detail.

Does that help? Jza84 00:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

That's very helpful, thanks. It seems then that it might not be for me, despite usually teaching myself as I go along with most software. So I think I'll just leave it all to you - you are the expert in this field after all, by the sounds of that degree! Happy editing! - Erebus555 09:50, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Armada Towers

A tag has been placed on Armada Towers, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Luke! 15:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Green Lakes, Dubai

Green Lakes, Dubai, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Green Lakes, Dubai satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Green Lakes, Dubai and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Green Lakes, Dubai during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Luke! 16:39, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Emirate Park Towers prod

My apologies for not using the most recent version as I must have been viewing another version when adding the notice. Luke! 16:46, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Derbyshire

Hello! I've noticed you said that WP:Derbyshire would be a good idea. The project now has 5 (maybe 6?) supporters, and so I've created a temporary page within my User Space. Please expand it, and then we will move it over. I'm currently working on a logo, Userboxes, Talk Page Banners etc, and a few adminy pages, assessment, template, stub etc. It's at WP:Derbys if you want to expand it. Thanks, Bluegoblin7 17:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Pennine Waterways links

There is a discussion about the appropriateness or otherwise of some links that have been added to a number of pages, and subsequently removed. As you are a member of the project, you may wish to comment at

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Waterways#Pennine Waterways Links —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayalld (talk • contribs) 14:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

blocks of flats

Do blocks of flats have separate pages on the wiki? What sort of page should Samuel Vale House, Coventry be included in. What is the correct term? "block of flats", "tower block" or "apartment block". Snowman 17:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Firstly, we refer to them as tower blocks if they are above 6 storeys in height. Below that, they can be called blocks of flats. Tower blocks have their own individual articles, as do large blocks of flats. The article you asked about would be called Samuel Vale House, although, if there was an article already by that name, then the article name should be Samuel Vale House, Coventry. A reference to it should be made on Samuel Vale House. The wiki really wants as much info as possible. The main info that users have is the number of floors, location (down to road name if possible), height in metres and date of construction. If you had all that information then the article would look like: "Samuel Vale House is a 17 storey tower block on X Road, Coventry. Completed in 19xx, it is xx metres tall." We also have categories as well just to keep it all organised. The style is very similar, or possibly equal to, that of Wikipedia. Hope that helps! - Erebus555 18:48, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

The categories in wikicommons refers to "apartment blocks", and as far as I could find "Category:Towers in the United Kingdom" also contains monuments. I can not get started with the categories on commons for residential tower blocks at the present time. I new category structure might need building, or have I missed something. Snowman 19:01, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, are we talking about wikicommons or that UK Housing Wiki that's linked to from my userpage? I'm getting confused or maybe it's the alcohol getting to me. - Erebus555 19:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

The wiki is the en wiki, and wikicommons is wikicommons where the image has been uploaded to. Snowman 20:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, sorry, I got confused. I am not too sure in which category the image should be placed, to be honest. May I suggest asking User:DWaterson as he seems to have more experience and knowledge of Wikicommons. Sorry again. - Erebus555 17:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

WPGM New Monthly Newsletter

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WikiProject Derbyshire October Newsletter

The WikiProject Derbyshire Newsletter Issue I - October 2007 Got any suggestions? - Add them here

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Member news The project currently has 10 members. However, it could increase by YOU telling others about the Project!

This Month's Achievements! We have NO unassessed articles We have a live portal We have lots of project pages There are over 200 tagged articles

Monthly Challenges Create a welcome message for new and prospective members. The Portal is now live, so please keep nominating and voting for the relevant articles! Try to invite more members to this project. As much as a streamlined team is good, the more editors we have the broader the range we can cover. Nominate for next month's collaboration Created by Bluegoblin7

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Church of St Barnabas, Erdington

Hi - I'd welcome any local knowledge you have about this church and Thomas Rickman, as I see you edited that article recently. According to the Birmingham Mail, the stained glass windows were designed and installed in the late 19th century by Thomas Rickman, and various sources state that the church was to have celebrated its 150th anniversary next year, giving it a date of construction of 1858. However this does not tie in with the dates in the article, 1776-1841. Can you shed any light on this anomaly please? Were there perhaps two architects with the same name? – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Well firstly, I can't see how Thomas Rickman installed stained glass windows in the church during the late 19th century when he died in the early to mid 19th century. The information I have found is a bit sketchy but can be pieced together. The actual church appears to have been built to a design by Thomas Rickman (or possibly Rickman and Hutchinson, which was the name of his practice) in 1822-23. In 1858, a district chapelry was assigned to the church under the name "The District Chapelry of Erdington". I currently have two book sources stating that the church was built in 1823 and just the one for the district chapelry statement. I hope this clears things up! - Erebus555 17:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

EDIT: I have also found that the church was consecrated on July 23, 1824. - Erebus555 17:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up. A sad loss to Erdington - I could see it burning from the station yesterday morning. Hopefully they can rebuild something from it. – Tivedshambo (talk) 18:14, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Why now?

Why have I suddenly got a message from you, saying "welcome to Wikipedia" etc?

I've been contributing for many months now, why have I just got a welcome message from you?

Yours, puzzled,

WikiReaderer 15:43, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

OK then

Thanks. Thinking about it, I never did receive any welcome... :( That's OK WikiReaderer 15:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

WPGM Newsletter - November 2007

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester/Newsletter/December 2007

Rudget _{Contributions} 17:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Derbyshire November Newsletter

Bluegoblin7 11:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Pinhay Bay

Hi, Way back in Dec 2005 you created stubs for Pinhay Bay & Pinhay Cliffs stating they are in Somerset. I was trying to do some clean up for WikiProject Somerset & was going to merge them (I put merge tags on a couple of months ago) but I can't find any record, map or whatever for Pinhay Bay or Pinhay in Somerset - the only ones I can find are in Devon - do you have any other sources which say there are sites of this name in Somerset - or could we edit the article to put them in Devon?— Rod ^talk 21:07, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Means of contacting W Mids editors?

I haven't done any wikipedia stuff for say, 3 years, and don't recall how any of it works, nor can I devote the time to re-learning. Do people have contact forms for sending/receiving messages? I want to pass along some information in the hope someone will add it to one of the Birmingham pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dglp (talk • contribs) 16:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, welcome back to Wikipedia, firstly! One way of contacting a Wikipedia editor is through the way you just contacted me - their talk page. However, if the message you want to give them includes personal information then it may actually be better to send them an email. The way to do this is go onto their userpage and on the left hand menu, click on 'Email this user'. Not every user has this option as some wish to keep their email address private. After clicking on this, you can enter the message subject and the message itself. These are the two ways of contacting an editor that I know of.

Of course, as Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, you can add information to an article yourself. If it is not of a written standard that Wikipedia likes, other users can simply edit this to comply with WP:MOS. Remember, any material added to an article should be cited with web or book references (see WP:CITE for more). Happy editing! - Erebus555 19:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Ayn Rand1.jpg

Image:Ayn Rand1.jpg is up for deletion (no source). See Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2007 November 27#Image:Ayn Rand1.jpg. I don't think you'll be able to help, but just in case... --- RockMFR 07:36, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Extragratis

An article that you have been involved in editing, Extragratis, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Extragratis. Thank you. --Explodicle (talk) 21:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Willis Building

I know it was a long time ago, but I thought I'd drop you a line with a random fact - DYK that the same architects also designed The Gherkin building? Literally 1/5th of a mile from the willis building. Hencetalk (talk) 12:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Fosters and Partners are prolific architects are quite in demand so this fact doesn't surprise me! But I suppose you can have too much of one architect sometimes. Anyway, thanks for the fact! - Erebus555 (talk) 18:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Upolu Point

Good job on Upolu Point. —Viriditas | Talk 13:16, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Blake Basin

You created the article Blake Basin but the article contains no assertion of notability and may be eligible for speedy deletion under WP:CSD, Article criteria 7. I have tagged the article with {{subst:dated|notability}}, but will hold off on tagging it with a db tag for now.--CastAStone/^/(talk) 23:09, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Kingstanding

I have read WP, and see no reason why this content cannot be added. I'm sorry if you find it offensive in anyway, but the information is valid. It is available on the web, it is not libellous or malicious, it is in the interests of public information. Feel free to report as you wish. You should read the WP section on censorship. Also, the note stating that if you do not wish your articles to be altered, then do not write them. The possible reasons for people removing this section are extremely dubious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilovekimp (talk • contribs) 23:13, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

The content is non-notable. It is nothing to do with me finding it offensive, and neither do I claim to own the article. I didn't even write the article. That is all. - Erebus555 (talk) 15:38, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Pype Hayes

It looks like you live near to me in Pype Hayes. I’ve also had it up to here with officious Wikis and unjustified blocks]. Perhaps we could get together some time. That type of trouble has put me off lexicography. Barbara Shack (talk) 22:55, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

sado

u do this to have fun?????? why did u edit the panthers site when it is true that they rubbish and shouldnt be in the bbl —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.32.119.24 (talk) 19:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Because it was opinionated and does not represent a neutral point of view. Also it was poorly written and unreferenced. If you wish to edit properly, then register an account and read the help pages into how to write an article or to edit articles to Wikipedia standards. Thanks for the encouraging comment. - Erebus555 (talk) 19:30, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

City Centre Core

You edited, Birmingham City Centre and commented that the City Centre Core is not the same as the old city centre. Please sort out the City Centre Core article.Barbara Shack (talk) 08:17, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

User:Oosoom

I’ve tried to edit User talk:Oosoom several times. Each time I get blocked and get accused of adding spam. There are no links in my comment. I’ve had no trouble with other Wikipedia edits. There’s been the same trouble with my computer at home and with an IT Centre computer on a totally different network. It looks like the problem is with Wikipedia computers. My comment wasn’t important but the blockage is. I fear anybody who tries to contact Oosoom from any computer network will get the same trouble. I mentioned the "Floozie" several times. Perhaps the computer mistook that for porn spammers. I was discussing the floozie in Victoria Square.Barbara Shack (talk) 15:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Refer to the fountain by it's official name - "The River" - and see if that works. If it doesn't then I'll have a go myself. - Erebus555 (talk) 21:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Birmingham in the war.

“Man sagt, dass Großbritannien ohne die industrielle Kapazität von Birmingham den Krieg wohl verloren hätte.“
It is said that without the industrial capacity of Birmingham Britain would have lost the war.
I found the German text in German Wikipedia, here Below the text is my translation. You reverted it before I had time to write the reference. I don’t know if the German text is accurate or not. Therefore I wrote “perhaps decisively” I added the German text accidentally. It was in the word document I used.I've added the reference to the discussion page. Barbara Shack(talk) 17:29, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #13

Number 13, February 2, 2008

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of January 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Cyclone Gene formed on January 26 over the open south Pacific Ocean. It drifted southward, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Gene on January 28 as it moved across the Fijian archipelago. There, it brought heavy rainfall, which caused the worst flooding in several years. Half of the country was left without power, and the cyclone killed seven people in Fiji. The storm turned southwestward, developing a cloud-filled eye and quickly strengthening by the end of the month.

Other tropical cyclone activity

• One tropical cyclone formed in the Western North Pacific Ocean west of The Philippines, which was analyzed by Japan Meteorological Agency as a depression; it tracked southwestward and did not significantly affect any land areas.
• In addition to Cyclone Gene, Tropical Storm Elisa and Cyclone Fuma occurred in the South Pacific ocean during the month, along with three tropical depressions.
• The only tropical cyclone in Australian region during the month was Tropical Cyclone Helen, which struck Australia.
• Four tropical cyclones, three of which named, existed in the Southwest Indian Ocean during the month. The most notable was Cyclone Fame, which caused twelve deaths after striking Madagascar.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The January member of the month is Ajm81. A tropical cyclone editor since he first joined in October 2005, Ajm81 plays a vital role in the project. Unlike other editors, who mainly edit articles, Ajm81 maintains and updates the track maps across the project. We thank Ajm81 for his timely contributions, and may he have some well-deserved downtime after the last tropical cyclone report is released.

New and improved articles

• There were six new pieces of Featured content : 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, List of storms in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, List of North Carolina hurricanes (pre-1900), 1983 Atlantic hurricane season, 1988 Atlantic hurricane season, and Hurricane Lane (2006)
• New Good articles include: Hurricane Cleo, Hurricane Gracie, 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane
• New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Danielle (1980), Hurricane Elida (2002), Cyclone Elita, Cyclone Indlala
• New non-storm articles include: 2006 central Pacific cyclone, List of United States hurricanes

Main Page content

• Entries from 8 articles: Hurricane Ava (1973), Cyclone Inigo, Hurricane Greg (1999), Hurricane Henri (1979), Hurricane Kenneth (2005), Hurricane Elida (2002), Cyclone Elita, and Hurricane Naomi (1968) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during January.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
FA	30	31	33	33
A	9	8	9	9
GA	106	109	112	114
B	78	82	86	99
Start	212	211	208	214
Stub	5	6	6	3
Total	440	447	454	472
ω	3.02	3.01	2.98	2.98
percentage Less than B	49.3	48.5	47.1	46.0

Wikiwork and 1000 articles In January 2008, the WikiProject began using a system called Wikiwork, or ω. It weighs the overall quality of the project's articles, and a lower number means a greater total quality. The weighed ω, as used above, is a relative number that can be used to compare groups of this article. As of this publication, the relative ω of the project is 3.404, corresponding to between Start and B class. However, when limiting it solely to storm articles, the number drops to 2.98, which is slightly better than B class. During the month, a new statistics page was created.

Additionally, during the month, Mitchazenia pointed out that we received our 1,000th article with the creation of Cyclone Elita.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:Erebus555-contrib

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Green Lane Masjid

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Green Lane Masjid, 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 {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. 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 {{db-author}} to the top of Green Lane Masjid. EmmetCaulfield (talk) 08:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

West Midlands (region)

I would be grateful if you would check the login tourism link at the bottom of the "West Midlands (region)" page. I deleted, because I thought it was spam, but now someone has put this link back again. Opinion needed. There may be other instances of this link on other pages. Snowman (talk) 19:06, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:User webcam

A tag has been placed on Template:User webcam requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 22:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Salford

Hello there! Just thought I ought to let you know about the new List of tallest buildings and structures in Salford article. I believe (from memory) you have an interest in this field and might want to take a look/ammend accordingly. Hope that helps, -- Jza84 · (talk) 13:55, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Coventry

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Coventry was started today with a basic project page. How can it be incorporated on the West Midlands wikiproject page? Are you going to propose a project for Birmingham? Snowman (talk) 21:06, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

On the West Midlands WikiProject page, it may be an idea to create a subsection called "Sub-Projects" or something along those lines. Beneath it, you can link to the Coventry WikiProject and give a couple of sentences on the scope and goals of the project.

I am actually glad that you have proposed the Coventry WikiProject and managed to get it through to creation as I had initially suggested creating one for Birmingham. However, after discussions with other editors, the decision was taken to propose and eventually create the West Midlands WikiProject. So, hopefully, the creation of the Coventry WikiProject will give enough justification for the creation of a Birmingham WikiProject. However, at the moment I am quite busy and don't have the time at the moment to create a Birmingham WikiProject. - Erebus555 (talk) 21:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Your encouragement is appreciated. You could mention a possible Birmingham project in the "Sub-project" section on the WMP page. Snowman (talk) 22:03, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #14

Number 14, March 1, 2008

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of February 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Cyclone Ivan

Cyclone Ivan formed on February 7 and subsequently executed a loop to the west-southwest. Encountering favorable conditions, it strengthened to attain peak winds on February 17 before striking northeastern Madagascar. It degenerated into a remnant low pressure area as it crossed the island, and briefly re-organized into a weak tropical depression before dissipating on February 22. Ivan caused heavy damage in Madagascar, leaving 190,000 people homeless and causing over 83 deaths.

Other tropical cyclone activity

• In the South Pacific ocean, Cyclone Gene persisted from the previous month; a tropical depression also occurred in the month.
• Tropical Cyclone Nicholas was the only named storm during the month in the Australian region, which struck Western Australia. Two tropical lows occurred during the month, the latter of which later formed into Tropical Cyclone Ophelia.
• Four storms occurred in the Southwest Indian Ocean, including two from the previous month and the aforementioned Cyclone Ivan. Cyclone Hondo became the strongest cyclone worldwide in the month, and after becoming extratropical it regenerated over ten days later about 1750 miles (2800 km) to its west-northwest.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The February member of the month is RattleMan, for his lasting dedication and continual support of the project. During February, the user worked on improving the timeline articles for the previous season. RattleMan often updates the sections on storms in season articles, and helps to maintain the southern hemisphere articles.

New and improved articles

• There were 6 new pieces of Featured content : Hurricane Felix (featured picture), Hurricane Isis (1998), Tropical Storm Alberto (2006), Hurricane John (2006), Tropical cyclone, and Hurricane Isabel (featured picture)
• New Good articles include: Hurricane Gracie, Hurricane Ava (1973), Hurricane Flossy (1956)
• New storm articles include: 1935 Yankee hurricane, Hurricane Ginny, Cyclone Agni, 1917 Pinar del Río hurricane
• New non-storm articles include: List of North Carolina hurricanes (1950-1979)

Main Page content

• Today's Featured Article: Hurricane Isis (1998) appeared on the Main Page in the Today's Featured Article on February 15
• Entries from 3 articles: Hurricane Naomi (1968), Hurricane Darby (1992), and Hurricane Hernan (2002) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during February.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
FA	31	33	33	36
A	8	9	9	8
GA	109	112	114	123
B	82	86	99	96
Start	211	208	214	216
Stub	6	6	3	6
Total	447	454	472	485
ω	3.01	2.98	2.98	2.96
percentage Less than B	48.5	47.1	46.0	45.8
percentage GA or better	33.1	33.9	33.1	34.3

Improvements During the month, a total of 15 new articles were added, though the net increase in start or stub articles was only three. The highest quality set of articles for a basin is for the Eastern Pacific Ocean, of which half of its articles are either a good article or better; all of its retired storm articles are good or better. However, the basin has a lower total number of articles, and the Atlantic basin has a higher overall total of good articles.

There is a drive to increase the number of featured topics, which is located on the project talk page.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #15

Number 15, April 5, 2008

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of March 2008.

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Storm of the month

Cyclone Jokwe

Cyclone Jokwe was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since Cyclone Favio struck in the previous year. The tenth named storm of the 2007-08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Jokwe was first classified as a tropical depression on March 2 over the open Southwest Indian Ocean. It tracked west-southwest, crossing northern Madagascar as a tropical storm on March 5 before intensifying into a tropical cyclone on March 6. Jokwe rapidly intensified to reach peak winds of 195 km/h (120 mph), before weakening slightly and striking Nampula Province in northeastern Mozambique. It quickly weakened while paralleling the coastline, though the storm restrengthened as it turned southward in the Mozambique Channel. Late in its duration, it remained nearly stationary for several days, and steadily weakened due to wind shear before dissipating on March 16.

The storm caused minor damage in northern Madagascar. In Mozambique, the cyclone affected 165,000 people, and left at least sixteen fatalities. Cyclone Jokwe destroyed over 9,000 houses and damaged over 3,000 more, with the heaviest damage in Angoche and the Island of Mozambique in Nampula Province. The storm also caused widespread power outages and crop damages.

Other tropical cyclone activity

• There were no named tropical cyclones in the South Pacific ocean, though a tropical depression developed near Vanuatu in the third week of the month.
• Late in the month, Cyclone Pancho developed in the Australian region, reaching peak winds of 90 knots. In addition, Cyclone Ophelia lasted from late February through early March.
• In addition to Cyclone Jokwe, there were two named tropical cyclones in the Southwest Indian Ocean; Cyclone Kamba became an Intense Tropical Cyclone over open waters, and Tropical Storm Lola formed and dissipated near Mauritius late in the month.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The March member of the month is CapeVerdeWave, whose first edit was to a tropical cyclone article, back in January 2006. CapeVerdeWave has been a steady and active member of the project, writing several articles on Category 5 hurricanes as well as working on the often forgotten older hurricanes. The user also has contributed to some older season articles, and recently helped update the project after the recent hurricane re-analysis. We thank him for his continued dedication.

New members

Southern Illinois SKYWARN Milk's Favorite Cookie Somerset Squall Stormtracker94

WBOSITG Jj137 Joan97

New and improved articles

• There were 6 new pieces of Featured content : Typhoon Paka, List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States, Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America, List of retired Pacific typhoon names (JMA), Tropical Storm Vamei, and List of New York hurricanes
• New Good articles include: Hurricane Beulah, Hurricane Ione, Hurricane Isidore
• New storm articles include: 1945 Southeast Florida hurricane, Hurricane Fox (1952)
• New non-storm articles include: Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Florida, List of North Carolina hurricanes (1900-1949)

Main Page content

• Today's Featured Article: 1933 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page in the Today's Featured Article on March 27
• Entries from 1 article: 1917 Pinar del Río hurricane appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during March.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
FA	33	33	36	38
A	9	9	8	8
GA	112	114	123	130
B	86	99	96	91
Start	208	214	216	211
Stub	6	3	6	9
Total	454	472	485	487
ω	2.98	2.98	2.96	2.94
percentage Less than B	47.1	46.0	45.8	45.2
percentage GA or better	33.9	33.1	34.3	36.1

Project News: Updates on the Best Track - Atlantic and North Indian Ocean, and more
In February, the Hurricane Research Division released its reanalysis for the Atlantic Ocean from 1915 to 1920. Highlights include the addition of eight storms, as well as the removal of one storm. The winds in the 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane were increased to 130 knots, and the 1916 Texas hurricane was increased to a Category 4 hurricane.

According to an email sent to the India Meteorological Department, there will be an online version of the North Indian Ocean best track from 1877 to 2006, scheduled to be released in two months; it is unknown if it will cost money to access.

In unrelated news, the project was featured on the Signpost; Mitchazenia was interviewed, and talked about the past, present, and future of the project.

At the end of the month, there were five different Featured content candidates (FXC's) by five different editors; two were featured article candidates, two were featured list candidates, and one was a featured picture candidate. The have been a few times in which there were four FXC's from four different editors, most recently in February and early March of 2008.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

{{Ofsted}}

Hi - as requested, I've created {{Ofsted}}, so {{Ofsted}} will now give you:

Ofsted details for unique reference number 51359. Warofdreams talk 01:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, it is very much appreciated! It will be very useful on something I am working on! - Erebus555 (talk) 15:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #16

Number 16, May 3, 2008

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of April 2008.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

Storm of the month

Typhoon Neoguri on April 17

Typhoon Neoguri was the earliest tropical cyclone on record to strike China. It formed on April 13 to the east of the Philippines, and once entering the South China Sea, environmental conditions allowed for quick strengthening. Neoguri attained its peak intensity of 150 km/h (90 mph) as it approached the island of Hainan, though rapidly weakened due to unfavorable conditions. The system made landfall in southern China on April 19, causing three deaths and moderate damage totaling over ¥296 million (2008 RMB, $42 million 2008 USD). The typhoon left 40 fishermen missing in the South China Sea.

Other tropical cyclone activity

• A weak tropical depression formed near New Caledonia in the South Pacific ocean early in the month, and another tropical depression developed in the basin later in the month.
• Two named storms formed in the Australian region during the month, including Tropical Cyclone Durga, which was the first ever cyclone named by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tropical Cyclone Rosie co-existed with Durga for much of its duration.
• Cyclone Nargis developed in the North Indian Ocean late in the month, and reached its peak intensity early in May; further details will be covered in the next newsletter.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The April member of the month is VOFFA. Though not officially a project member, VOFFA is an important user to the project, having maintained and updated the talk page archives on tropical cyclones worldwide; activity includes adding warnings and discussions for all storms. The user is particularly active during the off-season of the Atlantic basin, when article activity on tropical cyclones typically declines.

New members

Chetblong Qst

Cyclonebiskit Pilover819

New and improved articles

• There were six new pieces of Featured content : Cyclone Elita, List of North Carolina hurricanes (1900-1949), Tropical Storm Barry (2007), List of North Carolina hurricanes, Lists of North Carolina hurricanes (FT), and Image:KatrinaNewOrleansFlooded edit2.jpg
• New Good articles include: Tropical Storm Fay (2002), 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, 1939 California tropical storm
• New storm articles include: Hurricane Ileana (2006), Hurricane Madeline (1998), Hurricane Lester (1998)
• New non-storm articles include: Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak, Timeline of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season

Main Page content

• Entries from 9 articles: Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Alabama, Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Georgia, Cyclone Jokwe, Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Mississippi, Tropical Storm Arthur (1996), Cyclone Gamede, Cyclone Glenda, Hurricane Cosme (2007), and Typhoon Neoguri (2008) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during April.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
FA	33	36	38	40
A	9	8	8	8
GA	114	123	130	131
B	99	96	91	103
Start	214	216	211	208
Stub	3	6	9	9
Total	472	485	487	499
ω	2.98	2.96	2.94	2.92
percentage Less than B	46.0	45.8	45.2	43.5
percentage GA or better	33.1	34.3	36.1	35.9

Project News
There is discussion on the status of articles on non-notable storms in the Merging page of the project. Comments are welcome.

A Wikipedia traffic counter was launched earlier this year. In the month of February, the article on Hurricane Katrina was viewed just over 200,000 times, making the article the 496th most viewed article on the English Wikipedia during the month.

During the month, Hurricane Camille was demoted from GA status, continuing the trend of good articles degrading in status on notable storms; other occurrences include the FA removal of Cyclone Tracy and 1900 Galveston Hurricane. If anyone has any ideas how to fix the problem, feedback and ideas are appreciated.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for being part of the Tropical cyclones WikiProject

Good luck elsewhere within wikipedia and life. Thegreatdr (talk) 13:37, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Accessdates

There is no need to replace assessdates as you did on "Woodway Park School and Community College‎". Accessdaymonth and accessyear are used on some FA's and sometimes it is written in scratch format; it is clearer which is the day and which is the month. I understand that the wiki MOS specifies that no particular ref style is preferable as long there is consistency. Snowman (talk) 16:11, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Big Brum

Today I attended a meeting in meat space, (Offline). The speaker said that Big Brum was originally a fire tower. I added that to the article with “Citation needed”. Please check.

I haven’t abandoned Wikipedia. There were threats to stalk me online. |’ve decided to phase out use of my real name. I started a second Wikipedia account with a different username. I’m not trying to hide this from the admins. Checkuser will find my second account easily.Barbara Shack (talk) 18:48, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Big Brum was never a fire tower and wasn't designed to be one either. The original plans for Big Brum by Thomason clearly show that it was intended to be a clocktower. It may be possible that the speaker was actually referring to the clock tower at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall as this was a fire tower before becoming a clock tower.

It's good to see you're still around! There have been many Birmingham editors who appearing, do a raft of edits and then disappear again and I was starting to think that you were one of them! - Erebus555 (talk) 19:04, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm Proxima Centauri 2Barbara Shack (talk) 08:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Birmingham City Centre

Why doesn't Google give prominence to the article on Birmingham City Centre that you helped to develop? I think that article is better than many commercial websites that are on the front page of Google. It could be worth taking that up. Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 19:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC

Can Google be persuaded not to put commercial interests first? Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 18:42, 23 May 2008 (UTC) )

Google doesn't have any control on what comes up on a search, unless it is a dangerous site and they are asked to remove it. Wikipedia's evergrowing popularity could mean that some people, who are searching for information on Birmingham City Centre, will refer to Wikipedia first before searching on Google. Plus, when they search Google for Birmingham City Centre, the article for Birmingham is still within the top 10 returned results. - Erebus555 (talk) 11:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

GAR debate on buildings under construction

You are an editor of Chicago Spire with at least 10 edits on the article. There is currently a debate regarding the propriety of whether buildings under construction should be eligible to be GAs at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)/1.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Co-ordinates

Do you understand the co-ordinate display system - I see our enthusiastic geo-locator is on an enforced vacation. If you look at Dorridge there are two overlayed co-ordinates, and I am not sure how it has managed that. Thought you might have seen this before or could point me in the right direction. Dogbiscuit (talk) 00:36, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry, when you see something like this on an article, it means that there are two sets of coordinates somewhere in the article. As there is an infobox, that means one set of coordinates are in that. Those should remain as they actually help put the little marker on the map. The other set of coordinates are usually found at the top of the article (which in this case they are not) or at the bottom of the article in the External links section (which they are here). They are usually in a template beginning with 'coor'. Just remove this from the article in the edit box and it will be sorted whilst having no detrimental effects to the quality of the article. I will remove the coordinates from the Dorridge article just so you can see what to do! Hope that helps. If not, feel free to ask again! - Erebus555 (talk) 19:59, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Consider me taught to fish! Dogbiscuit (talk) 11:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Trump Chicago now at FAC

Since you expressed an opinion recently at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)/1, I thought you might want to contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago).--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Erdington

Hi - I've just created a category for Erdington - see Category:Erdington. I've put in a few obvious articles, but any other suggestions you have would be welcome. Do you think articles like Gravelly Hill Interchange should be included, or would you consider that outside the area? I like the article on Lad in the Lane by the way! —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 19:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the comments on the Lad in the Lane article! I felt it was necessary to get rid of some red links in the Architecture of Birmingham article. As for the category, I think it is a good idea. I think the category should cover the scope of the Parliamentary constituency/ Council constituency to avoid confusion over the boundaries. This would mean including Stockland Green and Kingstanding and would also make the inclusion of Gravelly Hill Interchange possible. Also, I think an article for the Highcroft Hospital is due. There is a lot of information out there and the sub-section is only going to get bigger! Might be worth creating an article for Erdington Hall too - although, I don't know how much information is available on the net about it. - Erebus555 (talk) 19:59, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Wolverhampton

Thanks for taking a look at this article and fixing citations etc. I'm slowly going through it sorting it all out (and adding detail where appropriate), so your recent work on that is really helpful! It's getting closer to being a decent article, but there's so much of it that's unreferenced that it's quite a big job. Fingerpuppet (talk) 09:46, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that a lot of work had been done to it since I last looked at it! It is looking good so far! Soon, the article will need subarticles - especially for transport and history. - Erebus555 (talk) 13:00, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

New Articles

Hi - just to let you know I've made a start on a couple of articles that are in your "Articles I Want" list - Island House (Birmingham) and Bassetts Pole. Also, I've been coming across a load of your stuff in Google Earth recently (well, for the last few years!) - keep up the good work! Booglamay (talk) 14:00, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I was looking at your talk page. "Handsworth station", was opened 14/10/1854 as Handsworth and Smethwick railway station. It was renamed Handsworth station by BRB; and it closed on 6 March 1972. The station listed as "Handsworth station" on the Wikipedia:WikiProject West Midlands/Article requests, appears to be Handsworth Wood railway station. Possibly it is Handsworth Wood station that you are wanting, not Handsworth?Pyrotec (talk) 19:02, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Aah yes, I think it would be Handsworth Wood station. When I wrote that, I wasn't as familiar with Birmingham's defunct stations as I am now! There are a few things I could do with fixing, thinking about it now! Thanks for bringing that up! - Erebus555 (talk) 19:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome....

...and for updating my schools page :) --Stuartjmanton (talk) 18:28, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Help me out on The Sway DaSafo Article

Hey Erebus,

Just thought you would be useful helping me out with The Sway DaSafo article. Please could you add a section called collaborations, detailing Sway's past collaborations with other artists. Also it would be helpful for you to add a "This is My Demo" section, which would hold info about the album. P.S: I'm sorry this notice has been a bit out of the blue, but as you occasionally edit Sway's Wiki & have some knowledge I thought this could be a good task to help me on.

Thanks Dirtyharry1994 (talk) 08:13, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I think the collaborations section should go in the discography article, as most collaborations produce a single at least. Also, I don't think there is any need for a This Is My Demo section considering there is already an article on it! The problem with expanding the article is that there are very few references out there on the internet at the moment. So, whatever is put on the article usually ends up with a Cite tag. As it stands, I think the article is fine at the moment. Until the release of the Signature LP, I don't think it can be expanded much further as there will be a lot of hype when the album is released. The discography article is in need of expansion though. A section on singles released by Sway needs to be included and may be a section on tracks that he has produced - if there are any. - Erebus555 (talk) 15:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Ariel Motorcycles

As part of the Motorcycling WikProject I am working though all the missing articles and stubs for British Bikes and sorting out all the manufacturers with an infobox etc. I've just replaced your redirect of Ariel Motorcycles and linked it as main to the section in Ariel (vehicle) - when you have a moment please will you have a look at how the two can fit together more comfortably? I considered removing the list of models but I suppose it doesn't matter, as I found what must be the definitive list on the Australian web site. Cheers Tony (talk) 16:53, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've gone through the article and fixed some bits and bobs to do with the structure and style. I've incorporated the link into the lead of the article, although I am still convinced it could be better placed. It might be best to refer to the editors at the Motorcycling WikiProject who will undoubtedly have more experience than me with articles in this particular field! Happy editing. - Erebus555 (talk) 17:23, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

It seems User:Pigsonthewing has done a bit more work to the lead and the link seems to be incorporated better now! - Erebus555 (talk) 17:26, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Motto of the day

Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:23, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Spooks

Check out WP:SPO merge proposal. 20:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Birmingham Redevelopment Scheme

I have raised some concerns at Talk:Birmingham Redevelopment Scheme#Rename and repurpose?, to which you might like to respond. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 15:55, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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Promotional material or not?

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Tony Hatch article - split into three big sections

Hi, I've split the Tony Hatch article into sections, as you suggested on the discussion board, though not as many as would have been necessary from a "visual" point of view. I did not want to re-write the article in any way (since I know virtually nothing about the subject), so I had to make do with the opportunities for splitting which the current article offered. It is some form of progress, at least. I had hoped that you might find the time to replace my crappy section titles, for I failed to come up with useful ones.

Regards,

Otto von B (talk) 02:59, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Worcester and Birmingham Canal

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Hey

Hey, just a quick hello from a fellow Skyscraper forumer. Been updating some more of the Birmingham University page with some additions to your own comments.

Cheers, Simon (feltip) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spfelton (talk • contribs) 01:09, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

Commons account hacked?

Hi Erebus555,
could it be that your account on Commons has been hacked? Though I don't know anything about your work here and little on Commons, todays actions of your account on Commons were so strange (compared to your earlier uploads) that they raised alert. From your account an explicit image was uploaded over an existing high-profile image of Stockholm, therefore guaranteeing wide distribution. Your comment would be welcome. --Túrelio (talk) 15:23, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I have not used my Commons account for quite a while. I have no idea what happened there; those were certainly not my edits. I'm very confused and concerned as to how the person got my password so I have changed it.

Thanks for pointing out what had happened though, I'll keep a closer eye on it over the next few weeks. Thank you. - Erebus555 (talk) 17:05, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Best would be to immediately try to change your password on Commons. If you can't log-in with your old one, you'll know for sure it has been compromised. --Túrelio (talk) 17:20, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I have changed my password for my Commons account now, and for this account as both passwords were the same. It seems all the malicious edits were just to that particular image and nothing else has been done. - Erebus555 (talk) 19:09, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

The "problem" image (versions) have been deleted. However, in case you want to have totally removed the edits themselves from your user edit history, you would have to ask one of our oversighters. --Túrelio (talk) 21:43, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

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"Birmingham" or "West Midlands"?

Hello Erebus555
I wondered what your thoughts were on the naming of various articles for districts of Birmingham that use a distinguisher to differentiate them from other places of the same name elsewhere? I only ask because I recently noticed that Nickyl had created a new article about California in Birmingham, but that he had done so under California, West Midlands. Whilst I’m far from being anywhere near an expert when it comes to Wikipedia’s name conventions, I was under the impression that the distinguisher should be the principal area, which in this case would be Birmingham. Consequently I moved the page to California, Birmingham, so that it would then be consistent with neighbouring district articles such as Quinton, Birmingham and Northfield, Birmingham (I have also similarly moved Woodgate, West Midlands to Woodgate, Birmingham for the same reasons). Looking at Category:Areas of Birmingham, West Midlands I see that there are 20 district articles that use “Birmingham” as a distinguisher, and 8 that use “West Midlands”. I therefore wonder if, for the sake of consistency, it might not be best to move the 8 articles that have “West Midlands” so that they have “Birmingham” instead? Knowing you are an active member with an interest in all things Brummagem, I would be grateful to hear you thoughts on this? Many thanks, best regards (Lepidus Magnus (talk) 12:51, 17 September 2010 (UTC))
P.S. Here are the 8 current “West Midlands” article:

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• Hamstead, West Midlands
• Handsworth, West Midlands
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• Sheldon, West Midlands
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Proposed deletion of Alaban

The article Alaban has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Cannot verify that this place exists. Does not appear in governmental sources nor in maps

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 07:53, 13 January 2024 (UTC)