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Talk:APTIS

message: I intend to do a huge amount of work on this article, along with the other TIS articles in the template at the bottom.  A few points to make here, mainly for my own benefit to remind me...
* First installation of production (non-trial machine): 27/10/1986, Didcot Parkway.  (Needs to be checked.)
* Final installation in terms of replacement of NCR21/NCR51: 7/1989, Emerson Park.
* Standard template with new image to be added. Done.
* Machine number range: 2000-5168.
* Important: APTIS remains at two windows at Upminster and the single window at South Kenton.  The South Kenton machine is not expected to be upgraded to Cubic FasTIS until mid-April 2007.  This is all entirely WP:OR at the moment, of course, until I get some sources (has only been confirmed verbally by T/O clerks).  South Kenton was removed before Upminster, despite previous expectations, and the c2c website confirms it with its story on 23/3/2007.
* Technical support for APTIS ceases/ceased on a specific date: source held by me for this, but I can't remember the date.
* The θ (magnetic stripe encoding) symbol.
* Ticket stock list: sub-article, perhaps? - Being done on one of my user subpages.
* Status codes - probably with a link to Concessionary fares on the British railway network
* External links to the old-ish Prototype APTIS, APTIS and APTIS 2000 here
Thanks to contributors so far, who have prompted me into starting to work on this after having put it off for ages!  Hassocks5489 13:16, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big project! 
Talk:James Stevenson

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This disambiguation page refers to "James Stevenson (illustrator)" but perhaps that should be "James Stevenson (author & illustrator)" if it is referring about the James Stevenson responsible for both the children's books (e.g. see: http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/jstevenson.html ) and for cartoons like:
 * http://www.askart.com/AskART/S/james_stevenson/james_stevenson.aspx
 * http://www.thecompletelawyer.com/volume2/issue1/article.php?pubid=5&deptid=16
 * http://www.loganberrybooks.com/sig-prelutsky.jpg
 * http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2005/05/happy_birthday_.html
 * http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/catalog/product.asp?cid=299&fid=22
I believe that these are all the same person, but I don't know if I can find enough to start a biograhpical page.  Perhaps the carolhurst.com article gives a few clues for starting points.
I also managed to find this capsule bio (from: http://www.ebscobooks.com/books/ProductDetails.asp?CatalogID=6304466) which says:
"James Stevenson (American illustrator, cartoonist, author of children's books)
Born 1929 in New York City, New York
James Stevenson is an author, cartoonist, and illustrator of picture books. He attended Yale University, after which he joined the U.S. Navy. He is widely regarded for his contributions as a cartoonist and editor at The New Yorker. Stevenson developed his first picture book -- a collaboration with his 8-year-old son called IF I OWNED A CANDY FACTORY -- in 1968. Since then, he has created such works as WE HATE RAIN! and THAT DREADFUL DAY, both of which feature his alter ego, Grandpa. This character entertains his grandchildren, Louie and Mary Ann, with incredible tales from his childhood. Stevenson has also illustrated the works of such authors as Jack Prelutsky and Charlotte Zolotow. James Stevenson was honored with the Christopher Award in 1987."
Perhaps some editor could take this somewhere...
Karora 09:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Hop on pop

message: I find it unlikely, having read the book and about the circumstances under which Theodore Seuss Giesel wrote it, that Hop on Pop has the subtext or meaning implied in this paragraph. If I am wrong, then the evidence for this should be cited in the article at the very least.
209.74.17.186 09:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Existential Odyssey" Paragraph is quite dubious
Talk:River Wantsum

message: How can a drainage ditch flow anywhere? it certainly cannot be a source river of another one! I have redrafted the article Wantsum Channel and suggest it makes perfect sense to call it the "River Watsum" there - the River Stour took over part of the original channel, so that the talk of the other two rivers joining it is nonsense. Peter Shearan (talk) 21:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Question
Talk:North Downs Way

message: Any general updates and improvements to the page are most welcome, particularly a picture or two - I do have some excellent photos but I am unable to upload them due to crown copyright, as there are lots of changes coming up to the North Downs Way.
There will be a new local strategy for the NDW in 2012, a new national funding agreement in early 2013, as well as a new website (the last two points affect all National Trails).  Sadly my time is rather limited, but if anyone would like to get in touch to lend a hand, please do so through the North Downs Way website contact form... or of course, in the wonderful verisimilitude of Wikipedia, just crack on with it!
Alex - National Trail Officer  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.239.252 (talk) 09:05, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: General update

message: I'm putting these nice photos here. I think if they in the page is just reiterates that the page is lacking info. Perhaps when there is new text they could be readded. SuzanneKn 17:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: Notwithstanding the reference on the National Trails site  that was cited, that is not the highest point - not by a long way. Much of the route is higher than 172 metres - including quite a lot of Box Hill! Personal observation of the map leads me to believe that Botley Hill is the high point, though the route doesn't quite reach its high point of 267 metres, so I've put approx. 260 metres based on the countour lines - though I suspect it is slightly more than that and that the contour lines are slightly inaccurate.
(I am contacting National Trails to advise them of the error on their site.) StephenDawson 09:52, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Highest point

message: I have put navigation boxes along all villages that have sprung up below the North Downs along the (shortest) route, as far as I can, if anyone else would like to add any more then that would be appreciated, especially near Chilham. Adam37 (talk) 17:38, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Navi/Compass boxes along the route
Talk:Kruszwica

message: Who built the castle with this impressive tower? --188.99.28.183 (talk) 17:21, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish, Swedish or German Castle? 

message: Why is there no hint that there had been Germanic, Celtic and Baltic inhabitants in this region way before 7th and 8th century slavic invasion? 2001:9E8:AA8C:ED00:BD00:3761:526B:69CF (talk) 13:50, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population before Slavic Invasion
Talk:East Langdon

message: The article on Langdon, Kent claims that it is the same place. Can anyone confirm? 45ossington (talk) 09:22, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say no to that. East Langdon is just one of four settlements, all with Wikipedia articles, which are part of the civil parish of Langdon, i.e. West Langdon, Martin and Martin Mill. Langdon is the parish; East Langdon is a village in that parish... can be checked here https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ and its boundaries and settlements here https://www.google.com/maps/place/Langdon/@51.1689596,1.3018649,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47dea55e524a1407:0x50eae2da2ed61c0!8m2!3d51.1692277!4d1.3363073 or on OpenStreetMap as well if necessary. I think the claim that the parish is called East Langdon is probably from a bit of 'local knowledge' input... always unreliable. Acabashi (talk) 13:23, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: A very helpful and comprehensive response and I apologise for having apparently started a hare running unnecessarily. On the plus side, it has apparently led you to make great improvements to the Langdon, Kent article! Unless anyone shows good reason to the contrary, I withdraw my proposal of a merger. 45ossington (talk) 17:31, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger suggestion
Talk:Ightham

message: ^^^^^^^ Wewillwee (talk) 19:09, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can anyone confirm that Ightam school logo is a  cobnut as I got rid of my jusmper years agony
Talk:St Nicholas-at-Wade

message: As per pages for other villages in Thanet, this page has recently been vandalised.  I suspect this may be by residents of other towns or villages in the area as Monkton has also suffered incorrect information and defamatory comments.
St. Nicholas is officially a village, not a hamlet.  The recorded population was edited and halved by an unknown editor but the previously researched figure was cited.
Also, St. Nicholas has NEVER been part of Monkton/Minster.  These villages are each at least three miles from each other and were seperate identities from medieval times until now.  Fierce (but normally polite?!) independence may account for the vandalism.  For example, Monkton is a definite seperate village but is mistakenly assumed to be part of Minster (interestingly only by the residents of Minster).
Other edits which have gone unnoticed include the alteration of 'chapel' to 'torcher chamber' (sic), and 'in Roman times the channel was naughty'.  This is lower than the work of mischievous schoolchildren and should not be tolerated on Wikipedia.  
I am now watching this page and welcome whoever added the semi-protection.  Suggest other residents and conscientious Wikipedia editors continue to watch this page.
Stnickvillager (talk) 11:05, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Explanation for reversion to pre-vandalism page
Talk:Barnfield Pit

message: Now renamed
This site is now named the Swanscombe Heritage Park, and it would seem to be a much more informative article title than that now given. In reply to the query - how was barnfield founded - there are several articles which give that information - see eg www.groundwork-km.org/shp 
Peter Shearan (talk) 07:27, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Shorne

message: Panjigally (talk) 22:38, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

message: Assessment has always seemed to be a black art, so I welcome the opportunity to learn more. I agree the article is no longer a stub but I think it is still at start class. Northfleet is rated as start class, but I would personally rate it as C. But I see Shorne as significantly less developed. We must remember that there are 6 attributes that need to be considered- length is not one of them
Lets start with the description on the Kent quality scale 
 
More detailed criteria
The article meets the six B-Class criteria:
* B1:The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. The use of either < -ref-> tags or citation templates such as  is not required.
 Rule of thumb 1 per paragraph- and one eachtime a wow fact is introduced
* B2:The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.
Tomonomy, Governance, Geography, dickie birds, geology, industry- military herige and history in general
* B3:The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.
 Sort Of! There is too much missing to tell
* B4:The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it certainly need not be "brilliant". The Manual of Style need not be followed rigorously.
 Looks OK
* B5:The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.
 It fails on the relevance of the images - the old guard don't like too many pictures as it destroys the display on a smart phone. All imagtes need an alt= text for the non sighted reader describing the contents of the image.
* B6:The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.
 It is lacking too many sections and appeals mainly to lovers of vernacular Kentish architecture.
I was looking today at Chadderton- which has reached FA- it does show what we are aiming to achieve.
I did some work years ago on Higham, Meopham, Frindsbury and Strood- and looking at them now they are tired and tatty, and need reworking. So anything I have just said really applies to most of the work that I have done too. --ClemRutter (talk) 13:41, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment
Talk:Marden, Kent

message: Professor John Wells, who is an expert on this kind of thing, states on his blog that the village's name may be pronounced . A commenter suggests that "the Kent Marden is etymologically different from others and forms part of a set of Kentish names with -den which are stressed on the last syllable". Can anyone confirm or refute this, preferably with some source which will allow the incorporation of verifiable information into the article? Thanks. Old Man of Storr (talk) 06:29, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: As a Kent native, I can tell you that the normal pronounciation is Mardn, with the emphasis on the first syllable and the "e" silent. Mjroots (talk) 20:43, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: I have done some work on the page to deal with the tags and missing references, but also a restructure to hopefully make it easier for other editors to expand or add new topics. Marden has enthusiastic local historians chroniclers. I hope they will step in.Ed1964 (talk) 04:21, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  2022 restructure
Talk:Martin Mill

message: The entire section about the harbour was lifted verbatim from "The National Trust Langdon Cliffs, Walk No. 3 Brochure". Although this was credited as "excerpts taken" in the external links, I can't see that this text is public domain, so have cut it. --McGeddon (talk) 14:57, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Good spot. Rsloch (talk) 14:59, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violation
Talk:Nippers

message: Are nippers to be encountered more in one place than another? That is, is Nipperhood a worldwide phenomenon? If not, or if so, I think the article ought to reflect that. Also, a history of Nippers (and perhaps etymology of the term) would be in order. OK?—Strabismus (talk) 23:38, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geographic specificity
Talk:Hollingbourne

message: ==John Gower connection==
While researching John Gower, I discovered a possible connection between Gower and the village of Hollingbourne. (The Septuanus land transfers were controversial in the 14th century).  The reference is:There is a Mannor in this Parish called Ripple, which had Owners of that Name; for in the thirtieth of Edward the first, Rot. Esc. Num. 91. I find that Richard de Ripple held this, and other Lands, which he had in Lease from the Priory of Christchurch at his Decease, but it only gave him Sirname, and then left his Family; for before the latter end of Edward the third, it went from this Name to Sir William Septuans, and he enjoyed it at his Death, which was in the forty third year of Edward the third; and transmitted it to his Son William Septuans, who not long after conveyed it to John Gower, in which Name it lay couched until the Raign of Henry the fourth; and then it was alienated to Brockhull, a Cadet of that Stock which flourished so long at Calehill, and here it continued for many Descents in this Family, until the Beginning of Queen Elizabeth: and then Henry Brockhull dying without Issue-male,
 
If this can be corroborated, it would be worth including in the article.Rdmoore6 (talk) 13:24, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Talk:Horsmonden

message: ==Pronunciation==
Can someone confirm this is pronounced Horms-den? I may add it using the IPA but I am from Maidstone proper so need confirmation from a local! 92.40.57.67 (talk) 14:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

message: 'Horsmonden is home to 8 cricket teams, 4 men's sides and 5 youth sides.'
Am I just bad at maths, or have I missed something?   ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ talk 10:20, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Cricket

message: I have just added a few new bits of information and provided sources. Will revisit this later. RE: Above, not sure but it says that on their website also! 86.162.99.158 (talk) 13:58, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaned up article 
Talk:The Swale

message: Any objections if I re-write the un-referenced Etymology section? The etymology given in Ekwall's Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.) and Mills, A.D.'s Dictionary of English Place-Names (2nd ed.), both published by OUP, is very different to that currently given in the article. Ekwall's version is "swirling, rushing river", and Mills' is "rushing river" - though Mills' simplified version (in a simplified book) is probably following Ekwall. Also, I would normally expect to find the etymology either in the article's introduction/lead or, more often, in a section on "History" - in this case, I would suggest removing the section "Etymology", and merging the info into the "Geography" section. For that matter, the Geography section could be re-named "History", since that is what it seems mainly to deal with - your view may differ, etc.! Cheers. Nortonius (talk) 10:00, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology
Talk:Southfleet

message: I have tidied up the section on its local governance, and taken out some of the section on the Gravesend West Branch (which had been lifted completely from the Southfleet Parish Council website). There is no article as such but that entitled Fawkham Junction does. There isalso a very disappointing article on Springhead, which I have just discovered, which makes nothing whatsoever of its importance as a Roman settlement! Peter Shearan 07:23, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes made
Talk:Sutton Valence

message: ‎Ukiws, I've reverted the addition of large numbers of images again - it is worth looking at WP:NOTIMAGE, among other pages, for the background to this. Five images in a section with only five, stubby paragraphs, for example, simply creates what is called a "sandwiching" of text between the large number of images, all of which are simply images of local pub signs, and not mentioned as being exceptional in the text. Hchc2009 (talk) 22:30, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image volumes... 

message: In this article I read that East Sutton CP is a neighboring parish. But in the Article on East Sutton I read that the inhabitants of East Sutton are included in the civil parish of Sutton Valence. To my Continental brain, that looks paradox. Ordnance Survey shows an "East Sutton Road", but it doesn't show a place name "East Sutton" in any scale.--Ulamm (talk) 21:27, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sutton Valence and East Sutton
Talk:Borstal, Rochester

message: ... have been an ancient village, but today it is, for all intents and purposes, part of the built-up area of the Medway towns - a southern extension of Rochester. This article gives no indication of that. Peter Shearan (talk) 11:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: OK, it might ...
Talk:Hawkinge

message: I removed this non-insightful comment from the main article as it wasn't relevant to Hawkinge and it didn't have a reference - hearsay doesn't have a place on Wikipedia. JTA 16:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dogging spot

message: I am trawling the Shepway articles at the moment - hence the rewrite. Wiki suggestions (see How to write about settlements) are to include references with the text, and not to have long lists of external links. There are also suggestions of what to include in such an article. One thing that has been missed is the third tier of local government - the parish council. Hawkinge is both a village and a civil parish: it is possible that other settlements come with the latter boundary - perhaps Selsted? - but that is something I am not aware of. Perhaps a local editor knows if that is so? There also is an opening for stuff about local clubs (sports particularly). I have asked for citation on the "commuter" statement, since that is always a difficult thing to show: where do they commute to? Finally I have suggested that the separate article about Old Hawkinge be merged here: that is precisely what has happened in reality, and there seems little chance of it being anything other than a stub? Much better to have a proper paragraph here. Peter Shearan (talk) 13:58, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite & merge proposal
Talk:Cowden

message: is it really cow-DEN, with the stress on the 2nd syllable? kwami (talk) 05:34, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is. I added the pronunciation to make this clear. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/places/villages/audiotours.shtml.Lonegroover (talk) 21:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, that's just something people mess up a lot. kwami (talk) 02:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was born there, and it's definitely cow-DEN 194.247.82.75 (talk) 10:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  pronunciation 

message: I've tagges this article as ir reads like a narrative, not an encyclopedia. Mjroots (talk) 09:16, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Tone of article

message: Parts of this article read like they came from this site, though it's not clear which is the original.Autarch (talk) 12:27, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There's still work to be done on dealing with the issue, but having rewritten some of the prose, there's less of it.Autarch (talk) 12:56, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible WP:COPYVIO 
Talk:Diggerland

message: After having checked a number of random fairground attractions within the categories that are listed in this article, such as Amusement parks in England and Amusement parks in New Jersey, I have come to the conclusion that a list of rides and/or drives with descriptions and/or images seem to be common. Therefore, I have reverted the removal of this list on the Diggerland page. I would also remind all contributors to please keep a civil tone. Asav | Talk 15:45, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: There's been nothing but promotional editing from everyone related to Diggerland so it's understand when one eventually gets a little pissed off with it!, That said you are right the rides are displayed everyone so I've reverted myself but have removed the images. –Davey2010Talk 15:52, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As the images do not have any valid license information at this time, they cannot be used. If you have any factual corrections or objections, please mark the statements in the question with , so that they may be resolved. Thank you. Asav | Talk 16:12, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion of rides and drives
Talk:Greensand Way

message: Here are some photos that I have moved here. I think the page needs more content before these are put back in. SuzanneKn 18:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wouldn't worry about it too much, it's all part of the process. What would be nice, seeing as it's named after the Greensand Ridge is a pic of the hilly bits as the main photo - Leith Hill or somewhere. 86.31.54.114 (talk) 09:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos