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User:Sillybillypiggy/Vandalism space‎, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Sillybillypiggy/Vandalism space‎ and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Sillybillypiggy/Vandalism space‎ during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:21, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

I would like to point out that a vandalism page is reccomended at the user page degsin centre.sillybillypiggy^{talk to me} ^sign! 15:15, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

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The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 26 - July 2010)

May - June 2010 | August

London Transport News

For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times)

Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list

July

New safety measures announced for safety with cyclists around lorries

New cable car system announced in the Thames Gateway area

Southfields stations becomes step-free

Fewer delays in cars being held up by traffic lights

June

Bus crime lowest in six years

Early closure of Northern Line cancelled

Exhibition at Aldwych until July 9th

More air-conditioned Underground and Overground trains on their way

New electric vehicles with special livery to distinguish them join the taxis

Hammersmith & City and Circle to close between 24th July and 15th August for upgrade work as well as works to do with Paddington station and Crossrail

Rotherhithe tunnel to be southbound during weekend closures

New Digital Countdowns to be trialled telling people how long they have to cross the road

Deaths and serious injuries on roads half that of a decade ago in London

Improvements such as maps, signs and timetables as well as flags showing "River Buses" for commuter boats and "River Tours" for tourists to be introduced

Motorcycles to trial using bus lanes

First docking station for cycling scheme installed on the Capital's streets

Information from TfL to be used for commercial gain freely

TfL is not to occupy the Shard

Bank, Charing Cross, Earl's Court, Green Park, Holborn, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Victoria are to reduce energy usage for the 10:10 campaign

£700 million set for Victoria Underground to be redeveloped as contract is awarded

A new police task force has been set up to deal with stolen or damaged bicycles

New Chief Executive Officer for Tube Lines

A new set of poems are on display on London Underground trains

The southern roundabout at Elephant& Castle will be removed by October and converted into a signalised junction

The North London Line fully reopens are completion of upgrade work

Member News

Both Alzarian16 (talk · contribs) and Sillybillypiggy (talk · contribs) joined us in April, bringing the total number of participants to 81. A very warm welcome to them.

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

Three articles were promoted to Good Article status in June and July. One also gained featured article status in June. Well done to everybody who worked on these.

The portal went through a candidacy for featured portal with not much luck. The areas of the portal are becoming more active with the the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems has started to be updated again but with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter. Did you know is being improved. The portal has had a new selected biography section added to bring it up to standard. Please vote at Portal:London Transport/Vote.

As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

Please also could people submit suggestions for DYKs or does anyone want to do the next issue?

This month's selected image

Ruislip Lido Railway's 12-inch (300 mm) gauge locomotive "Mad Bess" hauling a passenger train.

This month's gallery of images (selected by User:Simply south)

Notice to military personnel crossing Albert Bridge
Tie arch bridge crossing Regent's Canal
Under the Dollis Brook Viaduct arches
A Routemaster bus in 2002
Curling Bridge in Paddington Basin, built in 2004.
A fuel-cell bus on London Buses route RV1
First generation DLR in 1987.
A bike in floodwater around Richmond Bridge
A London Underground 2009 Stock arriving at King's Cross St Pancras tube station.
A 1938 London Underground Stock special passing through North Ealing tube station in 2008.
London City Airport near the O2 Arena and London Docklands
Wheelchair racers in 2010 London Marathon

From the editor

If you think there is anything else i have missed, please drop me a note or leave a message at The Metropolitan's feedback page. Also if you feel you want to do an edition, again leave me a message.

Again i would like to state this newsletter is looking for anyone willing to do an issue. This is especially for August as i am going to be too busy. I may not be able to do September either. Please help.

I have also had to give less detail on some reports as the Article Alert Bot is currently down.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) - (Editor and Distibutor)

Improving Wikipedia one edit at a time!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

Featured Articles & Lists

FAC/FLC

Good Articles

GAC

Underground Electric Railways Company of London

A
None

Other assessment notes

Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet and Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station were promoted to Good Article status in June and Westminster tube station in July. Congratulations to all people involved. Waddesdon Road railway station gained featured article status in June. Again well done to everybody who worked on these.

Underground Electric Railways Company of London is a Good Article candidate

All articles have been assessed of their quality and importance to the project. Well done to everyone on the assessment.

Other announcements

Tyw7 requests help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

MRSC requests help with improving North and West London Light Railway and West London Orbital

For a list of the most visited pages related to this project see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages.

requested to be updated

New guidelines have been proposed for railway accidents. Please see WP:RAILCRASH.

Major discussions arose over the notability of many London bus routes, which resulted in some routes being kept and some being deleted. Please leave your comments at WT:LT#London bus route articles and WT:BUS. This has essentially ground to a halt.

Another discussion as well as straw poll has been on whther the frequency of trains per hour should be added. It appeared there was no consensus.

New usage data has been given by TfL for the London Underground for 2009

A small discussion talk places regarding which project banners should be placed on London Underground navboxes.

Did you know...

that at 44 tons, the locomotives of the Central London Railway's first underground trains were so heavy that they shook buildings as they passed 60 feet below and were scrapped after three years?
...that bus company London Country North East lost over £5 million in less than two years of existence before it was split up in 1989?
...that the Underground's architect Charles Holden and LPTB Managing Director Frank Pick were both sons of drapers?
...that Blackfriars Underground station (opened 1870) pre-dates the main line station by sixteen years?
...that the Westway, the West Cross Route and the East Cross Route are the only parts of the GLC's 1960s plan for the London Motorway Box that were built?
...that prior to the transfer of most of the route to the Central line in 1947, the Fairlop Loop saw circular services running from Liverpool Street to Stratford to Ilford to Woodford to Stratford to Liverpool Street?
...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it?
…that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train?
...that Greenford station has the only remaining wooden escalator on the London Underground?
...that There are only two tube stations which have all five vowels in them - Mansion House station and South Ealing station.
...that the Docklands Light Railway rolling stock is capable of travelling 100 km/h (62 mph)?
... that after World War II, designs of the London Transport brand were simplified to reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs?
... that that the London Underground's Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was built so Londoners could get to cricket matches?
... that at 44 tons, the locomotives of the Central London Railway`s first underground trains were so heavy that they shook buildings as they passed 60 feet below and were scrapped after three years?

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You nominated this as an article lacking sufficient context to identify the subject. At the time you nominated it [1] the first sentence of the article was "Swarth Group is a private equity company[1], owned by Israeli investor Shaul Shani" which clearly identifies the articles' subject. Please be more careful with your CSD nominations in the future. Thanks. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:59, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

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I feel that I should tell you User:Example can't sign your gurstbook for two reasons: 1, it's an account designed to be used in examples so is not operated and 2, it's blocked. Thanks, Rock drum _Ba-dum^Crash (Review me) 17:00, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

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