Talk:Jordanhill railway station

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Create redlinked articles, e.g., Glasgow Academicals (site down; Google cache) and White Rage Expand stubs for the other stations on the Argyle Line and related articles: Victoria Park, Glasgow; New Anniesland; Transport Scotland; Jordanhill School; Whiteinch Victoria Park railway station; Jordanhill Scots: Get a featured picture quality image of Jordanhill railway station Go to your local university and search the 1887 archives of the Herald for mentions Put up a commemorative plaque, Jimbo and/or Wikimedia UK host a ceremony with the railway line officials – Support such a commemoration here.

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Contents 1 WiFi 2 On which line? 3 This link? 4 Ugly footnotes 5 commemorative (blue) plaque 6 Ticket Machine 7 Electrification (Blue Train) Logo on Crow Road Bridge 8 One Millionth Article 9 Arnt this crazy? 10 Appearance on imagine

[edit] WiFi

Is there free WiFi at the station? I searched for "WiFi" but couldn't find anything. --James S. 01:15, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

• This is rampant speculation as I've never been there, but I wouldn't really expect a small unmanned station to have free WiFi? (And even in the large ones, you have to pay, in my experience.) -- Mithent 01:41, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Rampant speculation on my part as well, I'd be amazed if such a small station had wi-fi. However, the station could be located near someplace that is blasting out free wi-fi (a school or a park or...) If it is in range of wi-fi, it would be cool to host a wiki-meetup there. Attendees could sit and edit Wikipedia from "inside" our one-millionth article. (OK, from inside the topic illustrated by our one-millionth article) Johntex\^talk 01:47, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

No WiFi at Jordanhill, I'm afraid: [1] Nach0king 13:39, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that info about there being no wifi from the national rail service. However, it is still possible there is some spillover from a nearby internet cafe or office or house or something. Wifi signals generally don't understand property boundaries very well. Johntex\^talk 23:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I should be the judge of that ; ) Pacific Coast Highway • ^blah 00:53, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

And if there were such "spillover", using the network without permission would be illegal. --Happynoodleboy 19:19, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On which line?

The article currently says "The station is five stops and eleven minutes journey time from Glasgow Central." My question is, on which line? The station is on "the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line" - can you take either line to Glasgow Central and get there in the same time and same number of stops? Johntex\^talk 01:41, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

The station isn't actually "served" by the North Clyde Line; it's on the line but NCL trains don't stop there. I'll clarify that sentence. Nach0king 13:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This link?

Has anyone seen this link? That and the main page have a lot of detailed information, and a good non-copyrighted pic that could be stolen. - Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 22:09, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh, some wonderful photos of the station here. The site is a goldmine! - Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 22:13, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Hope you enjoyed your wikibreak, Calgacus. Yes, that's a great site (sorry to say, someone else had discovered it as the site is referred to in the references section). Anyway, I've added a link to one of their photos to the external links section. Also: which pic do you reckon is non-copyrighted? --A bit iffy 11:57, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I think it's [2] (from 1913). TZM^T (de:^T) 09:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ugly footnotes

This article is a good example of why footnotes are worse than in-line parentheticals in a hypertext-enabled presentation. Skipping over parentheticals is much easier than scrolling back-and-forth, up and down several screenlengths. --James S. 06:10, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

You don't need to scroll up and down, the footnotes have anchor links from the text down to the footnote and then back up to the text again. If you want to glance at a footnote one click will take you there and then a second click takes you back where you came from. Bryan 08:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

So? That's still two more clicks than it takes to scan past a parenthetical, or about fifty times the calories, I'm estimating. Footnotes are terribly inefficient. --James S. 08:05, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

So if you mean "two clicks" don't say "scrolling back-and-forth, up and down several screenlengths" instead - those words describe two very dissimilar activities. Arguing against footnotes by complaining they make you scroll up and down over several screen lengths to read them is disingenuous when you're not actually having to scroll up and down to read them. Bryan 08:34, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

For those who want to skip any in-line parentheticals, they have to move their eyes down to find the end of the parenthesis. It's also ugly in the text as a whole. I estimate the ugliness factor contributing to a loss of 100 calories and the finding-the-end-of-parenthesis-factor to be a loss of another 100 or so calories, so it is therefore very inefficient. 50 DKP minus! FranksValli 01:40, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] commemorative (blue) plaque

One day there shall be a plaque at the station commemorating it being the subject of the millionth article.... – Kaihsu 22:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Jordanhill commemoration. Daniel (‽) 18:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ticket Machine

First Scotrail has now installed more Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress machines at Scottish stations, following the success of the initial batch of 10 (including the Jordanhill one). When I next get the chance to check my definitive list of machine locations, I will update the two references on here with the correct number. (Not to mention getting round to writing the Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress article, as part of my "British railway ticket machines (computerised)" project!) --Hassocks5489 12:06, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

List of S&B machines checked; there are 37 at 26 different First Scotrail stations. Will update article accordingly now.

--Hassocks5489 17:12, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Electrification (Blue Train) Logo on Crow Road Bridge

Up until the early 1980's, the station name sign on the Crow Road bridge had the logo that was developed when the Blue Trains - Class 303 - were introduced. A picture of this would add to the article.

Pencefn 20:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] One Millionth Article

Less than an hour ago (11:03, 25 November 2006) I added the following short section to the article:

English Wikipedia Milestone

This Jordanhill railway station article is unique in having been declared (in March 2006) English Wikipedia's 1,000,000th qualified article, "a remarkable showpiece of parallel collaboration."

Three minutes later [(11:06, 25 November 2006) User:Geni (Talk | contribs), cf. history] removed it with the edit summary "rv that isn't significant."

There is a banner near the top of this talk page proclaiming the very significance which the rv'er denied.

It is not mentioned on the article page. I think it should be. Because I do not wish to get into one of those notorious petty rv-scuffles with anyone, any time, anywhere, I dispute here that near-instantaneous removal and seek support for its inclusion, rather than restoring the section immediately. Athænara ✉ 11:51, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

It's significant within the Wikipedia community, which is why it's prominently noted on the talk page, which is part of the community rather than directly part of the encyclopedia. However, when it comes to inclusion of such facts in the main article, this should be based on the significance of the facts to the world in general, not just to Wikipedians. Due to the recent prominence and popularity of Wikipedia, facts about it sometimes do meet such a standard of notability, meaning that a total ban on self-references wouldn't make sense; however, that doesn't mean that all trivia of interest to Wikipedians is automatically notable in articles not directly related to it. *Dan T.* 12:08, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Not only that, it has nothing to do with the station itself. If a notable plaque of the event manages to be placed at the station the plaque could be mentioned, but otherwise any mention of it being the million article should be at Jordanhill railway station (wikipedia article) Which would probably be deleted within minutes of creation anyway. EnsRedShirt 12:15, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the removal from the article text as that information is data about the article and not data about the station. Until we have meta tabs for article metadata, the talk page is the place for information about the article. Slambo (Speak) 17:51, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I would not have protested, even as mildly as I did, had Geni's removal not been so brusque, crude, and deliberately provocative:

(1) unfactual edit summary ("that isn't significant")

(2) time frame (3 minutes)

Thank you, Dan T, EnsRedShirt, and Slambo, for addressing my concern so reasonably. –Æ. ✉ 23:31, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

At the risk of sounding inflammatory (which is not my goal), I see perfect justification for both of your points. The edit summary was factual, as it was removed due to insignifigance. Perhaps a better word would have been "relevant", as in "rv not relevant", but I think we can agree that irrelevant things are insignifigant to their topics. Secondly, time frames should not be seen as insults. Wikipedia moves very quickly. I personally do RC Patrol quite frequently, and those changes are made within seconds of the initial change. Three minutes would seem to indicate a fair deal of thought, or else someone watching over the article. Erich Blume 18:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Reply to Blume: As Dan T, EnsRedShirt, and Slambo clarified, significance is not in dispute. Three minutes indicate not thoughtfulness but reflexive retaliation. Weasel words and spin do not ameliorate insult. –Æ. ✉ 23:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Editors would be quite justified reverting the edit within seconds. There have been long discussions archived above which have already formed the consensus that the Wikipedia article should not be mentioned in the article. It is therefore a straightforward act of policy. Three minutes is enough to thoughtfully verify that there hasn't been any change to the situation. You can be excused for being unaware of this consensus (although I would have wondered why this hadn't been introduced to the article after eight months) but considering your knowledge of Wikipedia policy it would have been nice of you to have assumed good faith. BigBlueFish 09:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

As it would also have been had Geni courteously assumed the same and been factual in the edit summary (e.g., "rv, topic belongs on talk page"). I considered the matter closed after thanking Dan T, EnsRedShirt, and Slambo for their quite reasonable replies the same day, but some keep worrying at it anyway. –Æ. 11:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arnt this crazy?

• Do you guys think anyone in a right mind would type in "Jordanhill railway station" in search box of encyclopedia when they going to use Jordanhill station for first time or for any other reason? Very good article, but idea is sick. TestPilot 00:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
• You read it and even took the time to comment on it, so perhaps you're crazy along with the rest of us. :) Bryan 00:43, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
• More likely he would type in Jordanhill, and in it find a link to Jordanhill railway station. Anthony Appleyard 23:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Appearance on imagine

The appearance of Jordanhill station on Imagine seems notable enough to be included. The bloke who created the 1,000,000 article even got an interview! 172.142.252.56 00:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Per earlier discussions we've had about coverae related to the 1,000,000th article, most coverage (including this) is about Wikipedia predominantly, and the article about Jordanhill station secondarily; little of it has anything actually to do with the station itself. JDoorjam Talk 01:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Although, if this coverage has caused the station itself to be featured on TV, it might have enough notable relation to it to be featured. *Dan T.* 01:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I would have to agree with the above point - if because of wikipedia someone is Interviewed on national tv about his views on Jordanhill railway station and the words jordanhill railway station therefore appears in The Times' TV guide then it seems notable enough for inclusion. If anyone saw the interview it was as much about the station as wikipedia! Francium12 16:09, 7 December 2006 (UTC)