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[edit] PBC

Hey Richard B, just wanted to explain that I coxed Peterhouse 1st VIII in the Lent Bumps of 1997, and spent four years at the college. It is never, ever referred to as Peterhouse College, so that's why I've removed it from the PBC page. Hope you agree. Budgiekiller 22:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

OK fine. Richard B 23:54, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of Statutory Instruments in the United Kingdom 1996

Do you really think your list of Statutory instruments in the United Kingdom 1996 can be turned into an encyclopedic article?? How?? Georgia guy 20:42, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I saw the article's Afd and found out that you are trying to convince Wikipedians how much sense it makes for your article to be kept. Who else does this?? Georgia guy 01:39, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't know. This is the first AFD discussion I've been involved with, so sorry if I'm going against conventions by putting a case forward. Richard B 01:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
Considering Afd is supposed to be a discussion about whether an article or list is to be kept, Richard's "convincing" is fine. It isn't a vote, wikipedia is not a democracy. Kurando | ^_^ 09:20, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
I noticed the work on the SI lists. You've saved me a lot of work on those. Now we just have to stop the AFD process from steamrollering all of your hard work. When considering that process bear in mind that we are talking about something that has become what many consider a cancer on Wikipedia. There are those who actually go round and nominate things just for spite. I don't know whether that was done for this list but some of the comments on the AFD section tend to make me think that might be the case. A lot of those comments are the typical ignorance that plagues AFD. For example saying that "by definition" SIs are non-notable! That's enormous ignorance at work, but such ignorance does not stop many of those on AFD. For what it's worth I've put an extended section into there rebutting a lot of the nonsense that has been spouted and pointing out that the nonsense is actually contrary to Wikipedia's declared deletion policy. David Newton 17:55, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Just to let you know, in case you're not aware, we've beaten the AFD nomination for the SI list from 1996. David Newton 15:16, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I've just seen that. A win for common sense. I've not been here that long (a few months) but already I've seen some perfectly good and reasonable articles get deleted, seemingly on the basis of momentum from the first couple of posts on the AFD discussion. Now we have to think about how we want the data on this article to be presented. Prob. best to discuss this on the actual article's talk page. Richard B 17:15, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I've been updating the SI pages again recently. At the moment I'm trying to get as many pre-1987 SIs in there as possible. I'm also trying to keep the 2006 page up to date (as it is manageable to update things each day as the things are published). Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. David Newton 23:06, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Discussion

Hi. I notice that you have previously voted or commented on the proposal to delete the List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1996 page. The debate about the delete proposal ended with no consensus. This is just to let you know that I have started a discussion on how to go forward from here. I am currently trying to define what the problems with the page are so that we can try to find a fix for them that stops short of outright deletion. If you wish to take part in the discussion, the new debate can be found here. Thank you. Road Wizard 23:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello again, I am just bumping this up your watch list in case you haven't spotted it yet. The discussion has already started about what to do with the List of Statutory Instruments pages, but as those who voted for deletion are the only ones to respond so far, it is a little one sided. As you are one of the principal editors involved in SIs, I would really appreciate your input in trying to find a solution. Given that the 1996 page barely scraped through last time with votes stipulating that change was necessary, I don't think it will survive another nomination for deletion. I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks. Road Wizard 01:03, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of Links

How did you manage to remove all those links from the List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1996 page so fast? You did in 8 minutes what it took me 2 hours to do on the rest of the list. I will be glad to hear your answer, as it will be a great help when we go on to removing links from the remaining pages. Thanks. Road Wizard 14:30, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

I created a spreadsheet - all of the links are in a certain format with a constant, or nearly constant length (although the format changes between some of the years), and you can manipulate the data pretty easily like that (by snipping bits of text i.e. the link part - and then adding the SI yyyy/nnnn). All I needed to do was drag it down, then paste into wiki. It's how the page was created in the first place. I've un-linked 1995 now. Do the rest of them need un-linking? Richard B 14:33, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
The rest of the pages will probably need unlinking at some point, but it might be worth waiting to see what comes of the discussion first. Thanks. Road Wizard 14:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

The Original Barnstar
Just came across your fantastic work on the May Bumps articles! the wub "?!" 17:32, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A50 Correction

You were right. The old A50 into Leicester is still there. In my time in this area the A50 has finished in Northampton since 1975ish. However I now find with interest it once extended to Hockcliffe, even further south.

Barrie Hughes

If you fancy looking at SABRE's original 1922 road list, you'll find the original desinations and waypoints of every 1,2 & 3 digit A-road in the original road numbering. Interestingly, the A50 originally went only to Leicester, then was extended to Hockliffe in the 60s, then lost the Northants to Hockliffe bit, then lost the Northants to Leicester section later. Richard B 21:28, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bumps articles

Well done on the work you've done on the Bumps and Boat Club articles. Looks like you've got the bulk of things done, but if you ever find you need a hand with updating these or whatever in the future, I'd be happy to help out. Robotforaday 11:15, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of rowing blades

Have you see this page? --evrik 17:25, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

No I haven't, but I can add to it quite a bit when I get time Richard B 18:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minor Planet Numbers

I've seen that you've been rather vigilant in adding information on all the minor planet numbers to many objects. I'm curious as to the validity of these assertions. I've stated on the Talk:Pluto page that I don't think the MPEC is notable. Do we have other information besides the MPEC that says that 2003 UB313 really has the desigination of that number? (please reply on my talk page) McKay 03:24, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, We got it discussed and taken care of on Talk:Pluto. Thanks McKay 13:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roads in the United Kingdom

Richard,

On my talk page you made a tentative suggestion about setting up a Motorways Project. Would a more general UK roads project be something you would be interested in joining? I am in the process of categorising all the roads into constiuent nation and counties, but many of the pages remain a mess that needs sorting out! Some of them have been directly lifted from SABRE and some are just one line descriptions. The US highways seem to be well organised, ours are not!

Regan123 16:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, now that you've improved most of the m'way articles - most of the A-road articles are probably most in need of improvement! Richard B 08:27, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Richard. Have you come across anyone else who might be interested in forming a project? There are a couple of people I have seen who have been editing that I could contact. Regan123 23:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SVG Blades

Hi Richard

Both Commons:Image:Emmanuel Rowing Blade.svg and Commons:Image:Jesus College Cambridge Rowing Blade.svg were invalid xml (missing </g>.) I have fixed them for you. p.s. you can use Mozilla Firefox to view the SVG to check it before you upload it.

Gary van der Merwe (Talk) 09:06, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blades with diamonds

Hi Richard.

Would you say that my design for Christ's College Blade is correct? I.e. is it correct that the top and bottom diamond are completely visible?

What about Pembroke College and Sidney Sussex College ?

Gary van der Merwe (Talk) 09:12, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the Emma & Jesus blades. They looked ok when I tried in Adobe viewer. I believe your Christ's one is pretty much correct.
Christ's is the one in the foreground in this photo
Pembroke is roughly how I've depicted it, with half of the diamond cut off at top and bottom of the blade (although I've got the diamond facing the wrong way, oops). See this photo (colours slightly washed out on the bowside blades).
Sidney are I think similar to Christ's, but with smaller diamonds, see hereRichard B 12:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject: Rowing

I've noticed you're an avid rower, and thought you might be interested in joining the rowing project I just started: Wikipedia:WikiProject Rowing. It seemed to me rowing was a big enough category to warrant a project of its own, and a lot of the articles could do with some work. At the moment I'm trying to recruit some members and add the project template to all the articles. Just add your name to the member list if you are interested. --The Spith 17:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Motorway Zone Map

Hi Richard. I have been putting your excellent A road zone map onto the road list pages. It got me thinking about whether or not we should have one for the motorways as they have a distinct set of zones. I am probably being cheeky here, but would it be possible for you to draw one if you get five minutes? My drawing skills are fairly poor and I couldn't come close to the quality on yours. Cheers, Regan123 00:18, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I do have one somewhere. I'll see if I can dig it out.Richard B 00:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for joining the Cheshire WikiProject

Just a quick note to thank you for joining the Cheshire WikiProject. I hope we can all make the project become a good one, producing high quality articles which reach Featured Article status. Please feel free to help out if you are able to and want to.  DDStretch  (talk) 17:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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