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Talk:Wheelchair ramp

message: The posts above are unsigned. This begins a new post (October 20, 2008)
I agree with the second comment above; there are several serious errors in this article.
First, the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the ADA Architectural Guidelines (ADAAG) do not apply to residential homes, only to public buildings.
Second, ADAAG does not allow ramps steeper than 1 inch rise to 12 inches run. Additionally ADAAG recommends making ramps as shallow as conditions permit, as shallow as 1 to 15 or 20, if possible.
Third, I am an ADA inspector and plan reviewer in the USA and have never found any accessibility code allowing steep 2:12 or 3:12 ramps for empty wheelchairs or for any other reason.
There are many other useful rules regarding wheelchair ramps that should be included here. Guidelines about handrails, overall length of ramps, sizes of landings, edge protection -- all these affect safety and usability.
The use of the word "cement" instead of "concrete" is incorrect. Other errors in usage and grammar also should be corrected and the overall sentence and paragraph styling should be edited, IMHO.
This is my first comment to Wikipedia. I am willing to rewrite this article but do not want to overstep. Any comments?
Fizmijit (talk) 03:13, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If there is a problem with the article, be bold and fix it. 69.88.160.1 (talk) 16:25, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment about incorrect information and poor styling 

message: I removed the incorrect ADA slope guidelines and replaced them with the correct ones.  I also noted that the ADA does not apply to residential construction.  I will try to keep working on this article as I am able to research it.  Jeremy Sheffel (talk) 13:16, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slope corrected 

message: Wheelchair ramps are covered by BS 8300:2009+A1:2010 (http://www.ihsti.com/tempimg/2A83A2D-CIS888614800295005.pdf), which gives a table for permissible ramps thus:  
Table 1 Limits for ramp gradients
Going of a flight/Maximum gradient/Maximum rise
10m 1:20 500mm
9m 1:19 473mm
8m 1:18 444mm
7m 1:17 411mm
6m 1:16 375mm
5m 1:15 333mm
4m 1:14 285mm
3m 1:13 230mm
Not exceeding 2 m 1:12 166 mm
No individual flight of a ramp should have a going of more than 10 m
or a rise of more than 500 mm.
If a series of ramp flights rises more than 2 m, an alternative means of
step-free access, such as an enclosed lift, protected from the weather,
should be provided.
The cross-fall gradient of a ramp should be not more than 1:50.
I hope this may be of help to anyone interested on working on this page Yevad (talk) 11:24, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK regulations
Category talk:Dukes of York and Albany

message: I didn't think this should be a sub-category of :Category:Dukes of York and :Category:Dukes of Albany since they are (correctly) sub-categories of the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland and none of the Dukes of York and Albany have ever been either. They were only in the Peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. - Heavens To Betsy 10:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Category
Talk:Tamba, Hyōgo

message: I deleted the following two sentences because they did not make sense: "Kaibara's sign is keaki tree. The tree is estimated to be a thousands years old." Can someone with knowledge of this, edit them and put them back in?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenjaminBarrett12 (talk • contribs) 20:42, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kaibara
Template talk:History of the Levant

message: Only a single link to Israel, but count this: Palestinian territories, List of Arab localities in Palestine 1948, West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem. Just an example of severe POV permeating this TL. ←Humus sapiens ну? 10:53, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You know, it's really funny how you can follow me around to different articles accusing me of POV pushing on the talk pages in severe violation of WP:AGF, and get away with this kind of bullying editing style. Part of the reason, there are so many Palestinian related entries has to do with how difficult it is to combine in one article all things Palestinian because of objections by editors like yourself to providing comprehensive information on Palestine. (Didn't you try to delete the template Palestinians when it was name template Palestine?) I agree that we could delete one or two of them which seem to be a little redundant, but did you have to assume that I put them there for some kind of POV purpose? Couldn't it be just to faithfully reflect the reality today and be in more detail than required due to my familiarity with the particular subject in question? Why so hostile? Tiamut 15:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't know you. I follow links. I suggest you concentrate on making NPOV encyclopedia and abide WP policies. So far you make clear that you are here to push POV. ←Humus sapiens ну? 21:27, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't know me and yet you know that I am here to push POV? Try to make statements that are at least internally consistent and it wouldn't help to WP:AGF. Thanks. Tiamut 11:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I made my conclusion based on a few of your edits that I saw from my watchlist. One example is at the top of this section. ←Humus sapiens ну? 11:46, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In that case, your tendency to quickly jump to conclusions about other editors and ignore legitimate explanations provided to you in response to your accusations is duly noted. Thanks for your contributions to this template. Happy editing. Tiamut 18:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled section

message: Currently links under the "Modern Times" heading link to country article. However, as this is a template about history it would be more useful to link to history articles, for instance, History of the State of Israel, History of Jordan, History of Syria and so on. Any opinions? --Victor12 14:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent suggestion. Done. -- Gabi S. 17:20, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern Times 

message: The template gives undue weight for history of Judaism in this region, either this or it should also make mention of other civilizations. Some examples from Jordan: Ammon, Edom, Moab, 'Ain Ghazal,...Makeandtoss (talk) 11:22, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Judaism
Talk:William Cornwallis (died 1614)

message: "The earliest extant manuscript of this work, which may date from the late 15th century, was dedicated to Cornwallis's "worthey frende Mr John Donne".[7]" - he wrote at least eighty years before he was born? -- 92.24.143.29 (talk) 19:07, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Date error
Talk:Rick Sternbach

message: I don't really think the editor made a good judgment call deleting the link to an interview conducted today with Rick Sternbach. Your reason of "not covering anything new" is not sufficiant and I think you should put the link back. It is current, addresses Star Trek XI and certainly not hurting anyone. Someone looking for information about Sternbach would probably like to read an interview with him and there are no other links to interviews. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.142.11.26 (talk • contribs) 11:13, March 4, 2007
: Please read Wikipedia:External links. AlistairMcMillan 17:04, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rick Sternbach Interview Link
Talk:José Ber Gelbard

message: The article writes:". He also gave a new boost to exports by unilaterally lifting the Cuban blockade and selling one billion dollars in good to Cuba, including US-branded cars manufactured in Argentina (which the US had to accept after a threat to close all US car factories in Argentina)."
Well, these sells weren't sells, but in fact, they were donations to Fidel Castro. The article also doesn't tells that Argentine economy was in a terrible shape, during the rule of this bad man. Please, I don't support the Proceso, but Gelbard was terrible. Economic crisis, inflation, lack of products,etc. were the rule during 100% of Gelbard's rule. Gelbard wasn't worse than Peron, but he was terrible.Agre22 (talk) 13:47, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Donations, not sells
Talk:Gihon

message: Why does this article say "A location put forward by Ken Ham is that the Gihon river no longer exists, due to topographical changes caused by the Noachian Flood" when claiming the river no longer exists isn't putting forward a location? Primal Groudon (talk) 03:34, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ken Ham
Talk:Newton-le-Willows railway station

message: The original station opened in 1830 as described in the entry for Newton-le-Willows. Calvert's 1835 print (mislabelled 1825) shows what appear to be small buildings with signal posts either side of the track just beyond the Legh Arms and before the bridge (looking from the east). AF Tait's view from the south shows that the southern building was still in place in 1848 (it is also on the OS map of 1849) and that its length was roughly the same as a span of the bridge, i.e. about 30 feet, longer than might be supposed from Calvert's print. The embankment meant that it had to have a supporting storey which appears in both prints.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by CastWider (talk • contribs) 09:41, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening
Talk:Eccles railway station

message: on the metrolink page it says....... Eccles railway station is 200 yards (180 m) away, on Church Street.
on here it says 400m  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.241.34 (talk) 15:20, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Talk:Hough Green railway station

message: #The article needs to be expanded.
#It should make use of sections.
#References and Citations are crucial for wikipedia, and so these must be added as the article is expanded. Make sure that as many as possible are "in-line" citations.(See WP:References, WP:V, and WP:CITE for guidance.)
Peter I. Vardy 16:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment Report

message: Can anyone supply opening date of the station..?Steamybrian2 (talk) 18:45, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: May 1874. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:46, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening date
Talk:Widnes railway station

message: #The article needs to be expanded.
#It should make use of sections.
#References and Citations are crucial for wikipedia, and so these must be added as the article is expanded. Make sure that as many as possible are "in-line" citations.(See WP:References, WP:V, and WP:CITE for guidance.)
Peter I. Vardy 16:09, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment Report 

message: Not sure "citations" are necessary for factual information about whether a station has 2 platforms and a car park etc, since these can
be directly observed.
Exile 20:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well the opening date and the reference to the architectural "style" could and should be referenced.Pyrotec (talk) 20:15, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Homeward Bound" was actually written at Ditton Station as the article says. Ditton Station was on the outskirts of Widnes and the commemorative plaque was originally displayed at Ditton. When the station closed in 1994 the plaque was moved to Widnes. Rickedmo (talk) 19:02, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That you cannot verify the references is not a reason to remove content. Many if not most refs cannot be verified unless you have the source to hand. The sources here seem like good ones, and they are online, though behind paywalls, eg  and .--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 21:23, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ditton Station in Widnes is on the Liverpool to London line. The Widnes station in the article is on the Liverpool to Manchester line. If Paul Simon was to catch a train to London, he would certainly have headed to the correct railway station, Ditton station. The article should be corrected. Steved1973 (talk) 15:02, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Did Ditton have a direct service to London? It was a small station, so I doubt it; so a traveller to London would have had to change trains at least once. Possibly at Runcorn or Crewe; another possibility is to travel in to Liverpool Lime Street and then get a fast train to London. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:59, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Ditton Junction Station did in the 1960s have a service direct to London Euston. This service was withdrawn in the 1970s. As for the size of the station, Ditton had 6 platforms where Widnes only has 2. It is very likely, or common sense in the 1960s to go to Ditton station to catch the train to London. 92.9.37.192 (talk) 17:43, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Paul Simon and Homeward Bound
Talk:Manchester United Football Ground railway station

message: Could you settle on one name used throughout the page? Currently the page title, article lead and Infobox each call the station a different name. WatcherZero (talk) 00:00, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I've harmonised them, taking the article title as base: this is because the article title matches the National Rail Enquiries information page. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:01, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarify name 
Talk:Melian

message: Melian (Middle-earth) → Melian
Originally under the title "Melian" an article on Middle-earth character was placed (rated top-importance in M-e context), now relocated at Melian (Middle-earth). Yet there were no sufficient reasons for moving: the Middle-earth character is the only entity called simply "Melian". Currently the only other disambiguated topic is an adjectival formation of Milos, a city in Greece, which also appears in Melian dialogue. Otherwise "Melian" appears only in Luis Melián Lafinur and in names of several other persons mentioned aroud Wikipedia but unlikely to have separate pages:
*Michaela Melián, member of FSK (band)
*Sara Melian Gabriel, "a well known spiritualist from India" or so Jack Parsons article says
*Salvador Melián - mentioned in history section of Liga Paraguaya: Primera División
*Melian Stokes, a characater in Pugs and Peacocks by Gilbert Cannan
*Juan Carlos Melian, member of Vital Information jazz group
*Deborah Melian - mentioned in credits section of Jah Kingdom album
*Daniel Sarmiento Melián - in BM Ciudad de Almería handball team
*Jackson Melián, member of All-Star Futures Game
*Florence Stawell, or in full Florence Melian Stawell
*Tyr et Sidon, ou les funestes amours de Belcar et Méliane by Jean de Schelandre
Supposingly the Middle-earth character would be the most probable to be searched by a user and should be given the main namespace, with Milos and Melian dialogue in hatnotes; alternatively Melian (disambiguation) can be created, but only if separate articles on aforetime mentioned topics are written. Súrendil 18:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move
Talk:Knotty Ash railway station

message: The title of this article is incorrect, as there never has been a railway station named Knotty Ash.
On 1 December 1879, the railway station was opened with the name of Old Swan & Knotty Ash.
On 1 November 1888, the station was renamed Knotty Ash & Stanley.
Xenophon Philosopher (talk) 10:09, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect title of Wikipedia article
Talk:Ince & Elton railway station

message: As a member of trains project, felt that following various revisions, met all 6 criteria required for B class rating. Still remains low importance as only a local rail station. May possibly be increased as it does serve one of the largest oil refineries in Europe, but would advise an admin to review that.
S. Thomson 22:16, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry. Its probably better than Start class, but I don't agree that it is B-class, so I've made it C-class. It has no history pre-Beeching closure, apart from an opening date which is unreferenced. It is poorly referenced; there is no mention of the company that built it, or the historical line that it served; the only mention of the line that it is on appears in the station info box (and in the rail line box - and this box does not usually appear in the station article).Pyrotec (talk) 07:51, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rating

message: please ensure u place all assessment comments on the specfically designated talk page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.247.201 (talk) 01:00, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ASSESSMENT COMMENTS
Talk:Stanlow and Thornton railway station

message: I do not have a Wikipedia account and didn't want to edit the article myself as I would spoil the lay-out and order. I thought it would be better to let somebody who knows what they're doing to do it!
I am also the owner of the photograph on the article (I originally uploaded it to the Geograph project), so I'd like to thank whoever placed it on here. Thanks!
I'd just like to say that there is a public entrance to the station. The footbridge from which I took the photograph leads down onto a slip-road just off the main through road (Oil Sites Rd) and is open for public access to the station.
Thanks,
David Quinn.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.90.204 (talk) 10:29, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to concur with the poster above. Oil Sites Road is still open to pedestrians and cyclists (there's even a special path marked out for them). It is only motor vehicles not having business at the refinery that are banned. I visited with a friend today and we reached the station on foot with no problems. While standing on the platform we were visited by a Shell security guard who wanted to know what we doing there. Once he confirmed with us that we had no malign intent, he was on his way. We were very conscious of security cameras tracking our every move whilst there! Rhmeuk (talk) 16:49, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor Error in 'Public Transport Interchange' Section. 

message: Hi, was more referring to the fact that Oil Sites Road was shut from the public, and as there is no bus service there, or has ever been one, it is more or less inaccessible anyway. Regardless of that, I have revised the article to meet your concern, but I fear an administrator will decide to add a 'source required' tag which other than the notice of intent to close the road is going to be rather difficult to reference.
In terms of the picture, I do not know who has uploaded that, but I will revise the copyright to reflect your name, and your permission that the image is released freely.
Thanks for using Wikipedia, and get an account with us!!
S. Thomson 22:10, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply to David Quinn
Talk:Nymphotomy

message: Please do not remove the notice from pages you created yourself. Auroranorth (WikiDesk) 11:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for reminding me. I've added a  tag: this article is currently in the process of being written -- nymphotomy/nymphectorm  are specific terms for genital cutting, which can be applied both in the context of labiaplasty and in the context of female genital mutilation. This is a valid stub on a verifiable topic which can be expanded into a more detailed article later, and I'll provide references in a moment, if you'll let me. -- The Anome 11:35, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Would you please now unprotect the article, so it can be expanded? -- The Anome 11:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The page is not protected and never has been.  Auroranorth, please stop tagging this for delEtion as it does not meet the criteria.  Discuss! —Moondyne 11:53, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speedy deletion
Talk:Wigan Wallgate railway station

message: Did this change happen?
The loss of Bolton service proved unpopular with many regular users of the line and so Northern (Arriva Rail North) agreed to modify the timetable so that the current service to Wigan N.W from both Manchester stations will be diverted to run to Wallgate and onward to Southport from the December 2019 timetable update. Services from Leeds and Blackburn via Atherton will henceforth terminate/start here (except on Sundays, when the service runs via Atherton to Blackburn) Maurice Oly (talk) 23:14, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Services
Talk:Upton railway station

message: Re : that row in the WTT is the "timing load", that is to say, the type of train that was used to determine how quickly the service should proceed from one point to another. It is not necessarily the type of train that will normally be found on the service. For example, on several services originating at Manchester, the timing load is shown as 142, even though a 150 may often be used. The timing load indicates the slowest type of train that could operate the service and still keep to the timetable. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:07, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class 153
Talk:Kirkby branch line

message: I think it was only to Liverpool to Wigan but I can't find a reference for either.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 15:55, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Likewise.  I have removed that unreferenced part during today's expansion.  Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 16:20, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Liverpool to Bury

message: Rename article to Headbolt Lane branch line? Isufferfromlag (talk) 10:22, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Have Merseyrail started referring to it as that? If not, I'd be inclined to keep it the same. Headbolt Lane is still in Kirkby. LicenceToCrenellate (talk) 10:30, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The station on merseyrail's perspective is "Kirkby Headbolt Lane" in fairness, but as far as I'm aware national rail just refer to it as "Headbolt Lane", and since this article is from the non-merseyrail perspective, shouldn't it be named accordingly? Isufferfromlag (talk) 18:08, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headbolt Lane
Talk:Benin City

message: These sections still need some work. The Edo People section is a bit confusing, the Education section is an unncessary list of schools (it can be deleted, as far as I am concerned) and the Culture section is vague in places. Xcia0069 (talk) 15:01, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edo People, Education and Culture sections still require work
Talk:Barton-on-Humber railway station

message: The article states:
:: the now-closed Albright & Wilson chemical works (later taken over by ICI) a mile or so to the east had a rail connection up until closure in 1988[3] and received regular trainloads of ammonia & phosphoric acid from the company's plant near Corkickle in Cumbria
Can this be double checked - reasons:
*Didn't ICI have an ammonia plant at Immingham, next to the Fisons plant they supplied.
*Didn't the Barton plant have Phosphoric acid production on site (after around 1980).
*Shouldn't that be "Marchon Works at Whitehaven" not Corkickle
?
Prof.Haddock (talk) 19:52, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Freight
Talk:Habrough railway station

message: I notice the platforms are "staggered" ie. not opposite each other but are located on either side of the level crossing - the up on one side abd the down on the other. isn;t this a bit unusual? Silent Billy (talk) 22:30, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It is unusual, although not unique. When I used Habrough station in about 1989-91 there was no footbridge; I don't think there is one even now. Habrough is the junction for the Barton-on-Humber branch, so passengers from the Doncaster, Retford or Lincoln direction wishing to travel onward to Barton (or vice versa) need to change platforms, by using the road and therefore the level crossing as well. Where a level crossing is close to a station, the rule is normally that the gates or barriers may not be opened until the train has passed through: consequently, if the platform was in rear of the l/c, the barriers would be held down until the train had departed. However, by placing the platform in advance of the l/c, the barriers may be raised as soon as the train has arrived. If the platforms were opposite each other (let's say on the Grimsby side of the road), and the trains were timed to arrive at the same time, the passenger from Doncaster would be trapped on platform 2 until the barriers lifted - which would only happen after the Barton train had left platform 1. By staggering them, the trains arrive, the barriers lift, the passengers cross over, the trains depart. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:16, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Platforms