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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Darwen Holdings, aiming to improve each East Lancashire Coachbuilders, Darwen Group and Optare article to its very best If you are interested in participating, please visit the project page.

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Contents 1 Archive 2 WikiProject Darwen Holdings 3 Navboxes 4 Templates 5 Optare Prisma 6 East Lancs Kinetec+

[edit] Archive

To reflect on our "new start", with the inclusion of Optare to the project, following the Darwen Holdings takeover of them, I have archived all the discussions we have had so far. These can of course still be seen on the link on the right. -- Arriva436^talk 21:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Darwen Holdings

Right, Unisouth has changed the name of the project, and now we can get started!

This is what has been done so far:

• This project renamed.
• The member template changed.
• The talk page template for identifiying our articles changed.
• It has also been added to all Optare articles.
• The Infobox Darwen Holdings bus renamed to its current title of "Darwen Holdings".
• Project logo has been changed.
• Template for articles has been updated.

Thanks to Unisouth for doing most of this! -- Thanks, Arriva436^talk 22:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Navboxes

Also, I see that Unisouth has changed the article template so that Optare products should continue to have this template and Darwen Group buses this template, which I agree with. Merging them would in my opinion make the Navbox way too big! -- Thanks, Arriva436^talk 22:09, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

As this project has gone quite for a bit (the loads of bus related stuff coming at the same time has gone, now we have to wait...), I thought it might be a good idea to bring this to your attention:

Firstly, UNI^|SOUTH has recently created this image to go onto Template:WP Darwen Holdings. If anyone could remove the white background I'm sure he would appreciate it!

The main reason for this post is about this template. It is the latest version, showing all the new images etc. However, two similar templates currently exist. This one (Template:WP ELCB) and this one (Template:WP Darwen Group), I have made redirect to the newer version, so that the transclusions display the new version too.

The question is, do we update all the pages to the new version, then delete the other template, or do we leave it as it is? Arriva436^talk 18:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I think it is best to copy the WP Darwen Holdings template code onto the WP ELCB template page thus all the articles tagged with both these templates will have the same template style. UNI^|SOUTH 19:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I have sort of done that in redirecting them to the newer template, in that they all display the correct version. I was just thinking that it would be easier to keep one version updated, rather than 3! Arriva436^talk 16:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, a have gone on all the pages with the "WP Darwen Group" template and changed it to the newer version, so now "WP Darwen Group" is no longer used. Can I get it deleted it if no one minds? Only 7 pages used this template so it wasn't much of a problem. Now we have two... Arriva436^talk 17:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Well then in that case, simply put {{WP Darwen Holdings}} on the old template pages then when WP Darwen Holdings gets updated they all will! Then if that don't work we will have to get a bot to replace all the tags! UNI^|SOUTH 17:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

OK then. I will slowly go through all the pages using the old template and replace it. it should be easy enough, and then we will have one standard template. Arriva436^talk 18:28, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Y Done!! I have now replaced all examples of the old templates and replaced them with the new. All that needs to be done now is for the templates to be deleted. I have tagged them, but it has to be seven days before they go! Arriva436^talk 10:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

All gone now - we have one, standard template. Arriva436^talk 12:01, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Optare Prisma

While I'm at it, can anyone find any more info they (or I if there's a link) can add to the Optare Prisma pages, it's a bit blank at the moment, and probably wouldn't be seen as notable. Arriva436^talk 10:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] East Lancs Kinetec+

I have finally managed to get a picture of one of these, the Kinetec+ with Reading Buses. Only a handful of article now need images, nearly done! Arriva436^talk 12:09, 30 May 2008 (UTC)