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Hi, how would you like to redraw File:Central Line extention to Uxbridge.png to be more similar to the partial diagrams at Category:Disused London Underground station maps? McDRye (talk · contribs), who drew most of those, hasn't been around for over a year. I suggest the following:

• draw the Central Line junction as a curve, not a 90° butt joint
• draw the horizontal Central line running beneath the Piccadilly, instead of above the Metropolitan, so that the abovementioned curve is in clear space
• eliminate the the thin white lines where the Central crosses the Met/Picc - these are present on the current Underground diagram, but only at that point and one other (where the Bakerloo crosses the Met at Kenton): most other line crossings don't show these white lines
• fix the spelling error in the filename ("extention" should be "extension")

--Redrose64 (talk) 18:44, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

I can do this, but it won't be until the end of the month as I'm busy in the real world at the moment.--DavidCane (talk) 09:12, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

This is a courtesy notification as I believe you are peripherally involved in the following AN/I thread.

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at WP:ANI regarding Valid use of alternative account?. The thread is "Is Sleuth21 using an alternate account properly?".The discussion is about the topic User talk:Iridescent. Thank you. --Senra (Talk) 14:14, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The discussion isn't on ANI - it's on AN, at WP:AN#Is Sleuth21 using an alternate account properly? --Redrose64 (talk) 15:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

On 2 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Mary's Church, Lenham, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that St Mary's Church, Lenham has a wall painting of St Michael weighing souls that is dated to about 1350? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St Mary's Church, Lenham.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:32, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

In some ways they do apply. However that list deals with historical stations that were never built or opened and anbandoned whilst these are currently proposed and approved. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:14, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Just to say Issue 37 is now available. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 15:46, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

The CRL website as well as a couple of news sources call it both names. I think we will have to watch this space on the final outcome. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:04, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

On 17 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Martin of Tours Church, Detling, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a carved wooden lectern in the 900-year-old St Martin of Tours Church, Detling, has been called "the finest medieval fitting in any parish church in the county"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St Martin of Tours Church, Detling.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Issue 38 is now available. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:50, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

On 15 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Scheduled Monuments in Maidstone, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the remains of moats, mottes and a moot are among the 27 scheduled monuments in Maidstone, England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Scheduled Monuments in Maidstone.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:09, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I want to try and commit myself to getting out the metros on time. I will not be able to do the March edition however. Could I ask you to do it? Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 23:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I've come up with another alternative image for the blurb - see no. 7 at User:DavidCane/sandbox2. I rather like it, actually. What do you think? Prioryman (talk) 23:23, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Very nice. I'd be happy with that as long as it is accepted for use on the main page, by the image checkers. What efforts have you made to confirm that the artist is truly unknown?

You might want to add some comments in the TFA request regarding the copyright status of the images you've added to the article. I seem to remember that the picture of the jetty was taken out during the FAC because I couldn't demonstrate for certain that the photographer was unknown or, if known, dead long enough ago for the image to be out of copyright.

A link to the The Graphic in the captions in the article and in the image details might be appropriate.

--DavidCane (talk) 00:35, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, I've taken out the pier image in that case. I've dug up the original hard copy of The Graphic from which the two images are taken; no artist is credited and they appear to have been drawn by a staff artist rather than one of the "guest" artists whom The Graphic regularly commissioned. There's no way of telling who that might have been and the publication itself is long extinct (having ceased publication way back in 1934). 00:43, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

That's probably all that's needed, if you put it in the information on the image pages.--DavidCane (talk) 00:48, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment about Bow Back Rivers after your assessment. I wondered if you had any further comments as to areas that might need attention before submitting it to GAR. I'm going to get someone completely independent to read it, as I find that often gives lots of clues as to what is not clear to the average reader, but any other suggestions would be gratefully accepted. Bob1960evens (talk) 23:04, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

I'll give it a detailed read over the weekend and let you have any thoughts.--DavidCane (talk) 23:21, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Much appreciated. Bob1960evens (talk) 10:09, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

I have had a go at addressing the issues raised, and have marked up the Comments prior to GAN page. I'm just not terribly convinced about maps though, for reasons explained. Regards. Bob1960evens (talk) 16:15, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks again for your assessment, as it made the actual GAR really easy, since most of the problems had been visibly addresses before the review started. It passed. Bob1960evens (talk) 07:44, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Glad to have been of help. It's nice to have a waterways article to add to the lists of GAs for WikiProject London Transport and WikiProject London. Are you planning anything else in the London area?--DavidCane (talk) 11:00, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

This is a note to let the main editors of Baker Street and Waterloo Railway know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on March 10, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 10, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) was a British railway company established in 1893 that bored an underground "tube" railway deep below the streets of London. Construction began in 1898, but was delayed by funding problems that included the collapse of its parent company through the massive fraud of its main shareholder Whitaker Wright. In 1902, the BS&WR came under the control of American financier Charles Yerkes who quickly raised the funds to enable the line to be completed. When opened on 10 March 1906, the BS&WR's line served nine stations and ran completely underground in a pair of tunnels for 5.81 kilometres (3.61 mi) between Baker Street and its southern terminus at Elephant and Castle. Extensions took the northern end of the line to the Great Western Railway's Paddington terminus by 1913 and to Watford by 1917, with services covering a total distance of 33.34 kilometres (20.72 mi). In 1933, the B&SWR and its parent company, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, were taken into public ownership and, today, the railway's tunnels and stations form the London Underground's Bakerloo line. (more...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

		The WikiProject London Barnstar
		Congratulations on your excellent work in getting Baker Street and Waterloo Railway to featured article status and onto the Main Page today. Prioryman (talk) 09:17, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't get back to you. Thanks for covering the previous edition.

With each new year comes a new design. On the plus sides it takes out some of the repeititiveness with article assessments and that. Also looks simpler.

However, I think acknowledgements of new people, requests and other-project related comments should still be kept in. These can easily be fixed however. I wonder how we can go back to that practice before of encoraging other people to have a go at designing the newsletter.

Thanks again for covering the March edition on short-notice. Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 00:06, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

I took out the new people, requests and other comments sections only temporarily. There weren't any new people this month to report on (although a new one arrived the following day), the request section and comments section were both out of date.--DavidCane (talk) 00:46, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough on the latter and the former were added back. The April edition is now available. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:19, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of the article List of London Underground stations know that it will be appearing as the main page featured list on April 30, 2012. You can view the TFL blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured list/April 30, 2012. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured list directors The Rambling Man (talk · contribs), Dabomb87 (talk · contribs) or Giants2008 (talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured list. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch.^™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 16:21, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on my tube map project. I will get in touch with Ryan (McDRye), but since he has not responded to many of his recent messages, I'm not sure if he will respond. If you have any contact information of his, that would be a great help. Thanks again.

Vishnu

Definitely not a "Start Class" article. It is well written and provides all the info one could reasonably want, with the exception of a list of the 1,000 craft. Many of the major craft are linked to articles. A list may follow. Would you mind reassessing it, please? Amandajm (talk) 04:01, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi, just to let you know that I've just listed this article for FAC after a brief run-through after I returned from a period away. Edgepedia (talk) 21:34, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:London Underground Tube Stations & Rolling Stock has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Simply south...... flapping wings into buildings for just 6 years 11:25, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

On 22 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, England, contains memorials by John Michael Rysbrack and the Culpeper needlework, a 17th-century embroidered funeral pall? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/All Saints Church, Hollingbourne. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:03, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

On 5 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article All Saints Church, Ulcombe, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the churchyard of All Saints Church, Ulcombe in England contains a yew tree claimed to be more than 2,000 years old? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/All Saints Church, Ulcombe. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 01:51, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I addressed the concern. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 02:59, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi David, I noticed your article on Milgate House and wondered if you might possibly be interested in a similar project. I have curated Wormshill for some years and, despite being a very small village, managed to get it to FA back in 2008. I would love to add some more detail to it but my research skills and access to resources is limited and I have pretty much exhausted those avenues open to me. However, if you do fancy a new project (and I notice you, like me, have ties to the area), it would be great if you might look at Wormshill Manor House (a.k.a Court Farm). Much of the village's history is tied to the manor and a bit of flavour around that would be brilliant. Helpfully Michael Nightingale who used to live there (and whose family still owns it) was a passionate historian and so I suspect there may be rich pickings if you know where to look! Not to worry if not, and keep up the great work on Wiki Dick G (talk) 10:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

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Hi DavidCane, thanks for all your hard work on London topics on WP. I've recently reviewed your Frank Pick article at FAC and look forward to helping see it through the process with you.
I'd like to ask you a favor as well. Since we both have biographies at FAC, would you be willing to do a review of my Eusèbe Jaojoby article? He's the most popular musician in Madagascar (there are a couple of nice audio clips to listen to while reviewing!) and if this passes it will be the first Malagasy musician article to reach FA. Cheers, Lemurbaby (talk) 07:50, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I'll have a look--DavidCane (talk) 17:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)