Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Greater Manchester/Archive 3

message: Can someone have a look at this article?? I'm not exactly sure how to fix it and all advice is appreciated! --Solumeiras talk 19:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you elaborate a little as to what you mean? Do you mean how would you go about furthering the contents of the article? If so, WP:UKCITIES is probably a good page to review. -- Jza84 · (talk) 20:05, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

text: There are a few inaccuracies in it, which I'll attempt to correct. Parrot of Doom 23:44, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Partington, Greater Manchester]] 

message: I see the recent creation of  and I am going to use this instead of the writing on the white background for the Newsletter starting November 2007. Just thought I should tell you! Regards, Rudget Contributions 09:38, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me!... But I'm biased! -- Jza84 · (talk) 10:47, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newsletter Icon 

message: I think we need to make a proper welcome message for new members! As somebody stated above we do not greet our new members and although sending a copy of the newsletter is great I think we need a proper welcome. I think the EU Welcome Message is very nice and it would not be hard for us to make one. I am posting here first to get ideas of what we want it to say/what images to use etc. to save the embarrassment of the Wikipedia ad! Thanks in advance for your comments. └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 21:50, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I too like that welcome banner (I'd seen it elsewhere), and like the idea of encouraging our userbase to grow (to think we were all editting solo prior to this project is quite amazing looking back!). As part of this banner idea, I'd been considering (re)drawing a Greater Manchester WikiProject logo which could form part of this and a whole host of other Project related material. We're currently using a poor quality low res copy of the Greater Manchester County Council coat of arms. The new logo I have in mind would take elements from this, but also some of the official Wikipedia graphics. What does anybody think? -- Jza84 · (talk) 22:13, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Great idea! We really need a logo, probably make the project more memorable and seem much more professional. Maybe the more artistic of members should make proposals for a logo? └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 22:19, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll come clean.... I have a BA in.... Art and Design. I'm thinking of a splice between the shield part of the GMC arms (the ten united golden castles), and the Wikipedia jigsaw design you see in the very top left hand corner. Just my idea though.... I wouldn't really want to see the GMPTE double M logo or just a map of Greater Manchester though!!!! -- Jza84 · (talk) 22:30, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds great! Can't wait to see it if you're willing to produce it. └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 22:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I already changed the article banner to use your logo and personally I think it looks great! This project is really coming a long way! └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 03:10, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK! Well, that's that then! If we need any other graphics, or these need a tweak! Gimmie a shout! I'm going to try to find a use for the 2-lions icon somewhere. Perhaps just as a unique icon for the mainspace? Glad they are well recieved! -- Jza84 · (talk) 10:47, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

text: A very nice job, and done so quickly too! --Malleus Fatuarum 12:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. Incidently, does any body know where I might find a nice high quality version of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service crest? The best I've found seems to be this one. -- Jza84 · (talk) 13:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Wow to your new county COA! Some great work there! Very well done! └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 00:59, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Without meaning to go OTT, I've added two additional images we could use. The first is the barnstar (use is obvious), whilst the second currently has to obvious use but could form part of our material at some point down the line. That's it for now, but if any other material is needed, please feel free to give me a shout! -- Jza84 · (talk) 16:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well we still need a borough map of Manchester! I know it is probably more boring that making all those great images but I think it would be a great addition to the Manc article. └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 02:59, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cold hearted people... 

message: OK, I've lost several hours sleep for this, but I just had to draw these! The following are images which we could use as part of our ever developing WikiProject:
Image:BoM-GM.png|Proposed Barnstar of Merit medal for/from Greater Manchester WikiProject participants. 
Image:WP-GM-LOGO1.png|Proposed project header icon. Logo based upon the arms of the former Greater Manchester County Council. Lion (tagged with an FA award) is piecing together the parts of the crest to see all ten golden towers of Greater Manchester.
Image:WP-GM-LOGO2.png|Proposed icon as previous version, but flanked by two lions. The second lion (tagged with a GA award) is supporting the crest. The two lions represent our lasting co-operation and collaboration with each other as a team.
Image:Greater Manchester County Council Arms.png|At long last (!), we now have this free-to-use version of the Arms of Greater Manchester County Council which is allowed in templates. It's been added to our "stub" template.
Image:GM-BARNSTAR.png|Proposed Barnstar for outstanding contributions to Greater Manchester related content.
Image:WP-GM-LOGO3.png|Proposed additional icon for use with Project related content.
Positive, negative, constructive or other forms of feedback or further ideas are very welcome. -- Jza84 · (talk) 02:29, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I already changed the article banner to use your logo and personally I think it looks great! This project is really coming a long way! └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 03:10, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK! Well, that's that then! If we need any other graphics, or these need a tweak! Gimmie a shout! I'm going to try to find a use for the 2-lions icon somewhere. Perhaps just as a unique icon for the mainspace? Glad they are well recieved! -- Jza84 · (talk) 10:47, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

text: A very nice job, and done so quickly too! --Malleus Fatuarum 12:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. Incidently, does any body know where I might find a nice high quality version of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service crest? The best I've found seems to be this one. -- Jza84 · (talk) 13:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Wow to your new county COA! Some great work there! Very well done! └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 00:59, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Without meaning to go OTT, I've added two additional images we could use. The first is the barnstar (use is obvious), whilst the second currently has to obvious use but could form part of our material at some point down the line. That's it for now, but if any other material is needed, please feel free to give me a shout! -- Jza84 · (talk) 16:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well we still need a borough map of Manchester! I know it is probably more boring that making all those great images but I think it would be a great addition to the Manc article. └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 02:59, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed project imagery

message: Hello fellow WPGM members! I'll have to break the bad news first, unfortunately. So, here goes. I won't be able to deliver the newsletter for November because of the extreme amount of work I have got and an unfortunate case of the flu. My ETA is around 10th Novemeber. However, the good news is, that this project is moving at rocket speed pace and so I'll be able to comment on many new characteristics of the project and so will hopefully be able to distribute a well-informed newsletter. Thanks everyone for the support on the last edition (which was a bit uninformative!) and I look forward to working with you in the future. And one last thing, I've set up a new archiving system here, I'll let the archive bot add 15 sections to each archive, as any more would be mind-boringly long and arbitary breaks are a must do!, and then after that I'll set up a new archive. Regards, Rudget Contributions 16:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newsletter Delivery 

message: I would like to propose that we add some text to the welcome template to say something along the lines of; 
“all editing should be done within the wikipedia editing policies. A list of some useful policies can be found on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester  page under the heading “useful Tools”.  If you are contributing an article, it is good practice to ensure that it’s properly referenced from the start, otherwise any contentious content may be removed by another editor. A good starting point for articles about British settlements is the UK Cities guideline document".   Richerman 15:14, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds pretty good to me! └and-rew┘┌talk┐ 16:26, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wecome template 

message: :Image:Greater Manchester County Council Arms.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is  other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot (talk) 06:56, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Greater Manchester County Council Arms.png

message: :Image:Greater Manchester County Council Arms.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is  other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot (talk) 06:30, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Greater Manchester County Council Arms.png