User talk:Joshii/October 2007

RE:Barnstar

Woah! I'm flattered. Thank you very much. Rudget _{Contributions} 14:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that's me alright. I should really be doing my Oliver Twist coursework, but I got bored. Rudget _{Contributions} 14:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Manchester map

Hello there And-Rew! Thanks for the contact, both here and about the climate figures (to which I think I may have found a source). I hope all is well!?...

In short - I do very much intend to produce a map for each borough of Greater Manchester, and (like I've produced for Oldham) ones for the major towns. Manchester of course is a priority map to produce. I'm currently trying desperately to produce county maps for the length and bredth of England for use in Template:Infobox UK place - I have about 15 to go now (it's been a hugh feat!). Anyway, I'm waffling... please take a look at the Oldham article (some parts are quite terrible, but I'm working on it), specifically the geography section and see what you make of the map there, and we can take it forwards.

On climate figures, I seem to have stumbled upon Yahoo! Weather which gives some basic figures. Other towns are avaliable too! Get back to me if you can, -- Jza84 · (talk) 20:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

It is possible that the map of Oldham is distorting somewhat - probably with it being a .jpg (I normally save my maps as .PNG and not sure why I have not this time). A new one for Manchester would be in PNG format. So, would you be happy for a map of Manchester in that style? I also think the Geography of Manchester section is lacking somewhat - it is very breif. We will need more text in that section anyway to stop the image/table crowding in the section. -- Jza84 · (talk) 22:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I agree that we need more about the regional status of Manchester. I think material from the North West Regional Development Agency might help support that. None-the-less, I will endeavour to complete a local map of Manchester asap!!

On another note, I know you've been heavily involved with further the Manchester article, but I seem to remember you posted you had Rochdale links somewhere. Any plans to futher that article's material?? Once I've got Oldham up to GA/FA I intend to work on Rochdale and Milnrow where I too have links. -- Jza84 · (talk) 13:15, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

LOL. You're feeling for Rochdale are quite clear! I do understand though - it is sometimes very difficult to write about smaller places in Greater Manchester as they are either quite banal or run-down grot spots with no real economy, landmarks, culture etc, and little literature exists about them in the present since the demise of the cotton mills - Oldham and Middleton have been quite a challenge in this respect! I really don't know how people with tackle Salford! It just seems a shame that Manchester gets all the attention! -- Jza84 · (talk) 13:33, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I felt a little like a teacher being asked to look for corrections! But not to worry, I changed a little bit of the wording in the sandbox page you'd created along with some new internal links. It's all in the second paragraph. Let me know what you think? I think you did a great job though! -- Jza84 · (talk) 20:00, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, there's nothing on Manchester's built environment, land use, topography or geology yet. I think writing about these would enable us to expand the section enough to hold a borough map. I'm wondering where we might find material about this. Any ideas? -- Jza84 · (talk) 21:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to pester you again!... I just noticed that, from your userboxes, we have Photoshop skills in common amongst other interests! I was wondering if you had Adobe Illustrator skills as well? Eitherway, what do you say to aiding in redrawing this image (based on this lovely crest)? I'd love to be able to get it upto this standard but not sure I have the skill. -- Jza84 · (talk) 23:07, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Ahhh, that's a shame! Would've been nice to have done a collaboration on that! Not to worry!... -- Jza84 · (talk) 13:13, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Welcome, again!

I wasn't sure if you were aware we had the following?

Hello! Thank you for your recent contributions to Manchester. Given the interest you've expressed by your edits, have you considered joining WikiProject Greater Manchester? It is a group dedicated to improving the overall quality of all Greater Manchester-related articles. There is a discussion page for developing and getting tips on impoving articles, as well as in-house specialists to support you along your way. If you would like to join, which we hope you do, simply add your name to the list of participants. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page. We look forward to working with you in the future!

This one acts to get people to join however, rather than what I think you meant as having one that welcomes and thanks those who have just joined. Regardless I think it needs a tweak in terms of cosmetics (like a black line around it??). Any thoughts! -- Jza84 · (talk) 13:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I think something's wrong with the coding of the above welcome message - I'll have to take a closer look. This project is really, REALLY taking off now I think. I can't imagine how we worked prior to it!... Anyway, I'm aiming to have a full day on WP:MANC duties rather than editting articles. I've brought down the amount of unassessed articles and will continue to do so.

In the meantime, my thanks go to you for creating the assessment grid! It's a great tool for measuring how well we're doing (purely in terms of grading articles). With this, I should imagine you'll be the first to recieve the Barnstar of Merit for contributions to the Greater Manchester WikiProject! Thanks again! -- Jza84 · (talk) 14:52, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I think this is what you had in mind, right?...

Hello, Joshii/October 2007, and welcome to Wikiproject Greater Manchester! Thank you for your generous offer to help contribute. I'm sure your input will be much appreciated. I hope you enjoy contributing here and being a Greater Manchester Project Wikipedian! As a project we aim to have all our articles comply with the various editing policies and guidelines. If you are contributing to an article, it is good practice to ensure that it's properly referenced with reliable sources, otherwise any contentious content may be removed by another editor. A good starting point for articles about settlements in Greater Manchester is the WP:UKCITIES guideline. If you have any questions, feel free to discuss anything on the project talk page, or to leave a message on my own talk page. Please remember to sign all your comments, and be bold with your ideas. Again, welcome, and happy editing!

Feel free to give it a tweak! -- Jza84 · (talk) 22:14, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Rudget RfA

Dearest Supporter,

Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed unsuccessfully with 39 supports, 15 oppose, and 1 neutral. I would have liked to gain some experience of being an admin, but it wasn't to be. At least I gained some valuable time there and will use my knowledge picked up to my next candidacy. I would like to say once again, thank you for voting and I hope to see you at my next request be it a nomination or self-induced, I hope I don't get as many questions! Rudget _{Contributions} 09:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Manchester

Hello again! Would you be so kind as to take a look at User:And-Rew/Manchester, where I've made a few changes! -- Jza84 · (talk) 00:29, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Centre of Manchester

Hi, Thanks for the reply aboout the Cathedral being the centre of Manchester. I suppose that's reasonable even though it's not very central. If anything you would think the Town Hall would be a more likely candidate - although logic doesn't always count for much. Richerman 11:09, 30 October 2007 (UTC)