Talk:Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

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Was does "end of the 2000s" mean? 2999? 2099? 2009? HistoryBA 00:20, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Since we are talking about canal resoration being defiate is a bit hard.Geni 20:44, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Currently the canal is estimated to be opened by 2010, although its very likely to take longer than that Parrot of Doom 20:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

If people require images, please go to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Manchester%2C_Bolton_and_Bury_Canal Parrot of Doom 22:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gaythorn

I am uncertain if the Gaythorn images are of the MBB Canal, or the Rochdale canal. Gaythorn street is certainly by the MBB canal, but I have also found references to a Gaythorn/Gaythorne on the Rochdale canal. I have a feeling that there may be a Gaythorn that no longer exists on modern maps, on the Rochdale canal in the centre of Manchester (near Bugle Street). Can anybody help? Parrot of Doom 16:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

After cycling down there the other day, I'm pretty certain the Gaythorn images are all of the Rochdale Canal, so I've removed the links. Parrot of Doom (talk) 23:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image links in Coordinates tables

Hi Parrot of Doom. Your linking to the images for each coordinate is somewhat unusual. I have changed the first one, Bury Terminus, to show how it is usually done if you don't want the actual image to appear, i.e., put a colon before the image name inside the double brackets. This allows for backward File links navigation when you look at the image page (image on Wikipedia), or the corresponding check usage tab if the image is on Commons. If you just link the image with [http:...] then there is no way to see where the image is used. If you have a reason for preferring your approach then I'd be interested. By all means put it back, or ask me to, when you have seen it.

I have also moved the kml tag to be just after the tables of coordinates, where it would most easily be associated with them. It has typically gone after the External links section in other articles but this place would seem appropriate here. If you think the coordinates are dominating the article too much then they could be put into collapsed collapsible tables. This approach is used on BCN Main Line. Best wishes. Oosoom Talk to me 14:59, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

By the way it can take a while (days+) for link-backs to appear in Commons Check usage as it runs from a periodic scan of the database. Oosoom Talk to me 15:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - the reason I did the links that way was because I didn't know how else to do it :) I tend to figure things out as I go along, so I'll use your example and correct the other links. I'd very much like a collapseable table especially as I've just done a map template for this canal [Template:Manchester%2C_Bolton_and_Bury_Canal_map]. I feel the article needs much more information of the written variety, the trouble is I don't want to plaguarise anybody else's work. Parrot of Doom 11:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
I've made the Coordinates table collapsed. If you prefer it can have an initial state of un-collapsed. Oosoom Talk to me 13:15, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
For some reason it requires 2 clicks to reveal Parrot of Doom 15:09, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
It works with a single click for me. Oosoom Talk to me 16:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Odd. I'm on Firefox (latest version) and it needs 2 clicks. The 'show' button moves between clicks :/ Parrot of Doom 23:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)