User talk:Gherkin30

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1 WP:LT
2 Welcome!
3 My concern about your username (SwissRe)
4 Welcome to Wikiproject ELCB
5 WikiProject ELCB update

[edit] WP:LT

Welcome!

Hi, and welcome to the London Transport WikiProject! We're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of London's transport system.

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There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask another fellow member, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around!

— Unisouth (talk • contribs)

14:55, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome!

Hello SwissRe! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! matt br 16:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] My concern about your username (SwissRe)

I noticed your username, and am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's username policy as it resembles the name of a company (Swiss Re).

I'd appreciate learning your own views, for instance your reasons for wanting this particular name, and what alternative username you might accept that avoids raising this concern.

You have several options freely available to you:

If you can relieve my concern through discussing it here, I can stop worrying about it.
If the two of us can't agree here, we can ask for help through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, such as asking for a "third opinion", or requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Admins usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
If you decide to just go ahead and change your username, it is possible for you to keep your present contributions history under the new username: simply request a new name here following the guidelines on that page, rather than creating a whole new account.

Let me reassure you that my writing here means I don't think your username is grossly, blatantly, or obviously inappropriate; such names get reported straight to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV), or blocked on sight. This is more a case where opinions might differ, and it would be good to reach some consensus — either here or at WP:RFC/NAME. Please reply here or on my talk page if you have any questions. Thank you, matt br 16:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

It's OK, it takes a little time to get used to all the different things around here! You can change your user name to whatever you like (as long as it complies with Wikipedia:Username). A suggestion of maybe Gherkin30 (combining the building nickname and the address)? Anyway, whatever you choose, just fill out a request at Wikipedia:Changing username when you're ready and a bureaucrat will change it for you (they're usually pretty quick). Let me know if you have any questions in the future and I'll see what I can do! Happy editing, matt br 10:56, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Wikiproject ELCB

Welcome to WikiProject:East Lancashire Coachbuilders!

Thank you for joining the project. I hope that you will be able to make a positive contribution to our effots so far.

However, as you have probably noticed, the articles have not been improved as much as I thought would be able to do. This is mainly because the East Lancs website (http://www.elcb.co.uk), which said the new look website would be finished eairly in the new year, still hasn't been, so only basic details of current and past products are available.

This hasn't stopped Unisouth and I from progressing on with things though, as my user subpage shows.

Here are some pages you may want to read: