User talk:Pterre
Monarch's Way
Hi, Ages ago you commented about the Monarch's Way article. I've walked some of it (N. Somerset) & thought about trying to improve it (along the lines of the South West Coast Path & would be happy to work with you on it - I've added some comments to the talk page.— Rod talk 22:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for your response. I'm adding the village & places of interest to the Category:Monarch's Way but I don't think trying to sort the category geographically is going to be easy (or particularly useful). I think the description, in order, should be in the article. This is why I've tried to start a section on the talk page about the area I know in N Somerset. If you could do a similar description including villages. places of interest etc for Hampshire and Sussex, from Mottisfont to Shoreham-by-Sea that would be great (referencing & adding photos etc where possible). I am thinking of contacting the wikiprojects along the route to see if others could help with their local areas.
- Sorry to hear about your health limiting your walking & hope you are able to get out there (with GPS logger - which I've never tried) when you can.
- Probably best to continue discussions about the development of the article on the talk page as others can then contribute (I've asked some of those who worked with me on South West Coast Path if they can help as well).— Rod talk 12:14, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Cats
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The Geography Barnstar
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| for your contributions to all sorts of articles around England and particularly the development you are doing on Monarch's Way — Rod talk 18:52, 29 August 2008 (UTC) |
Re: Port of London
Hi - the article I hope will include all, historic and modern, wharves and jetties and such. I was thinking along the lines of those which don't exist anymore or are no longer in use being in italics. Any changes/additions most welcome! David (talk) 17:15, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Re: River Dun
Gah - I'd forgotten about moving the talk pages around - thanks for reminding me! I've moved the talk page to Talk:River Dun, Northern Ireland, since - other than the request for a split - everything on the page relates to that river, and I've deleted the redirects, so the Talk pages for River Dun; River Dun, Berkshire; and River Dun, Hampshire should all now be redlinks. Grutness...wha? 00:26, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Ikazuchi class destroyer
Thanks for catching (and correcting) my error on the location of Yarrow. Cheers! --MChew (talk) 06:27, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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Enfield
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Digi-Comp I photo
Thanks for adding the photo of the original Digi-Comp I. Though the hardware was battered just a bit, I can see that one of your metal clips survived the years. I guess all Digi-Comp programmers had to improvise with rubber bands each time a clip broke from overclocking. Thanks again for resurrecting the fond memories. --Art Smart Chart/Heart 08:00, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Kingston A and B
I've been waiting for you to get to Kingston - glad to see you have made it - Regards Motmit (talk) 22:45, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thats a good picture but the copyright tag is a bit confusing. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of the chimney coming down, and the site is now just a block of flats. Regards Motmit (talk) 23:05, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Power Stations in London
I did such navboxes for each of the nine regions of England. The London navbox includes power stations within boroughs defined as being in the region London. Coryton, Tilbury and West Thurrock are all in the borough of Thurrock which, according to its infobox, is in the region London. Rye House and Watford are included in the East of England navbox because they are in the county of Hertfordshire, which is entirely in the region East of England. Littlebrook, similarly, is in the borough of Dartford which, according to it's infobox, is in the region South East England, so it's gone onto the associated navbox. That's what I followed when I was doing the navboxes anyway.
All of the navboxes could do with expansion and livening up in the way I did with Template:North East Power Stations, which has an image and a list of firms that have owned any power stations in the region. But it's not really important. On the other hand, I'm really pleased that you've took on the entire London region of power stations and filled in all those red links. I wish there was someone in every region to do similarly. Fintan264 (talk) 12:57, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Claygate
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Fawley picture
There's nothing wrong with your image, infact as a photo it's better because of the lighting, colour and composition. I just thought that the image I have switched to is clearer and displays a lot more of the station than any of the other images currently in the commons category. Also, landscape photos work better in the infobox than portrait ones, especially in stub/start class articles such as Fawley. If you feel your image is better suited for the top of the article, I have no problem with you reinstating it, however I think it may be best to crop the image further to make it landscape orientated. Fintan264 (talk) 13:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Geography of Somerset
Over a year ago you commented at Talk:Geology of Somerset that some of the article should be moved to Geography of Somerset, which was created yesterday, and there seems to be a comment that it is not needed because the info is in Geology of Somerset. Would you care to contribute tto the editing or the debate?— Rod talk 21:49, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
David Napier (marine engineer)
Hi, I see you started the David Napier article. I have some new facts that could improve it now, but I do not wish to get involved in editing. If you wish, I could give you the new facts for you to include. Are you interested? 213.114.146.142 (talk) 11:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
- I'm wary as someone with a similar IP address to yours (213.114.147.221) was messing up the article yesterday. If you have any genuine info with references that I can check I can add it. However I would encourage you to add it yourself. Pterre (talk) 14:55, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
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Meonstoke
Hi. I have expanded the article on Meonstoke. However, as I am new to this game, I thought I’d contact people who have contributed to the article as it now stands before I change it. My proposed version is on my user talk page. If you are interested, I’d welcome any comment, changes, suggestions. Thanks Gramorak (talk) gramorak 11:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Lea Valley
Hi Pterre. Thanks for your contributions to the above article. Well done.(Northmetpit (talk) 16:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)).
- Hi there, thanks - I hope some others will add to this - it needs to be distinctive from the River Lea article. I have to remember to add a section about the geological history. Pterre (talk) 19:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
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Re-Brentford Dock
You made a great start and I've added a bit more today, along with some more sources. Good luck Pterre!Wipsenade (talk) 11:24, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Parade, Edmonton
Hello! I'm writing an article about Kate Marsden in Russian Wikipedia and I'm quite confused with her place of birth. It's stated as Parade, Edmonton here; but what the heck is that Parade? I cannot find it on maps. Should be a street or an area, probably. Maybe you can help me to discover the place of her birth? Also, I've found a Marsden Road in Lower Edmonton and I wonder if it's name is related with Kate Marsden or her family... --Zooh (talk) 18:14, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Edward, from the 1861 Census I think this is a parade (row of shops etc with flats above) in Silver Street, Edmonton, London N.18. The census pages before the Mardens show houses up to 19 (odd), Silver Street (south side), and the pages after show Tanners End, which is around where Tanners End Lane N.18 is. I'm afraid I don't live in Edmonton any more, but from Google Streetview I don't think the Parade is still there. Hope this helps. Pterre (talk) 20:23, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
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Edmonton x2
Normally a 'disambiguation' link would cover for items with multiple similar wikilinks.
Since only 2 (not multiple) Edmontons come up when searching (and I have come across both in Wiki search over the years), and since the second Edmonton is directly linked to the original Edmonton (not just a coincidence/random name for the second Edmonton), I had tried to get around disambiguation and multiple Edmontons with a short line in the open.
Was not implying any direct confusion on the names - just the fact that both come up in the searches. Was planning to put a similar short sentence in the lead of Edmonton Canada, creating a link to Edmonton UK earlier in that wiki article.
Perhaps - rather than the words I used a few minutes ago, could use a simpler line in the UK lead: "Edmonton is the name source for the capital city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", with a single wikilink for the entire phrase "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"?
This also give a little more 'place of pride' to the original Edmonton.
Will now wait to hear your comments/suggestions before any other edits. Thanks.
Jmg38 (talk) 20:07, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
- I really can't see that it needs any link - at least not in the lead paragraph - maybe lower down? Pterre (talk) 09:30, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
- How about: Gives credit to the many uses of "Edmonton" (much more than my original/narrow "Edmonton x 2" thought!) in the wikiverse.Jmg38 (talk) 03:46, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
TEMPLE MILLS
You left a question on this page back in 2008. You are absolutely right - this was the site of the wagon works! There seems to be general confusion between Stratford TMD, Stratford Works (loco and carriage) and Temple Mills wagon works which I am endeavouring to understand and post. Any help or comments gratefully received. Do you know what is on the old wagon works site now?--86.136.190.131 (talk) 20:25, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Pterre, Just to let you know I have reported User talk:87.115.163.24 for his edit warring at the 3RR Noticeboard here. Not only for his actions at Edmonton but also at Slough, Abingdon and other pages relating to boundary changes. Might be worth adding a comment there id you have a moment. Thanks Tmol42 (talk) 14:44, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Middlesex
For a town planner, you are badly informed.
Middlesex exists. I know. I was born there and live there. Only the council was abolished in 1965. By your logic England doesnt exist because it doesnt have a parliament.[1]
Middlesex has a athletics league [2]
Middlesex has a university [3]
etc, etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.65.214 (talk) 11:43, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
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Wytch Farm
Hi - I would like to use your photo "Wellsites M and F, oil wells on the Goathorn Peninsula in the Wytch Farm oilfield, Poole Harbour, Dorset, from the north-east " for an article I am writing for GeoExpro magazine. I am working on the basis of the Creative Commons Licence that you are happy for me to do this, provided it is attribited to you, which I intend to do - "Pterre" - unless you would prefer a different attribution. If you have any concerns, do let me know, thanks. Rama226 (talk) 13:02, 15 March 2014 (UTC) PS it's a great photo!
- Yes that's fine, help yourself. Pterre (talk) 15:40, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you Rama226 (talk) 06:45, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello. Thank you for creating Custom House, City of London. Would you be interested in helping me expand Sugar Quay please? I have started a stub under construction.Zigzig20s (talk) 21:33, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
- I am sorry, I am not really capable of continuing to help on this.
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