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Welsh devolution referendum, 2011[edit]

Do we need the absolute numbers as well as the percentages? I was thinking of changing the table to add columns in order to tidy it up, but it would be more in line with past practice - Welsh devolution referendum, 1997 - simply to use the percentages. Views? Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:00, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not knowing the first result was looking at how close it could be but with the results coming through I would tend to agree to remove the figures! --User:madscotinengland Madscotinengland (talk) 12:07, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK - I'm very impressed by the speed with which you're putting the results up! Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:17, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Joys of paternity leave with and waiting for baby to come! Something to help the day go by! Any changes you do make, especially with formatting to make it more athestically pleasing would be very much welcome! Madscotinengland (talk) 12:20, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm out this afternoon, so I'll leave it in your capable hands for the time being. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:24, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much - enjoy your afternoon out and about! Madscotinengland (talk) 12:26, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Red Nose Day 2011[edit]

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I liked the majority of your improvements to the page but that seemed unnecessary and your change to the presenters list overly complicated. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oracle 45 (talk • contribs) 09:52, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the feedback - in all honesty I've had very little to do with the presenters list - it was moved from the main Comic Relief wiki so not sure about it to be honest! it's looking like quite a good article now though - lots of people contributing valuable suggestions Madscotinengland (talk) 09:56, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Ways to improve Balgray railway station[edit]

Hello, Madscotinengland,

Thank you for creating Balgray railway station.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Reviewed during NPP. Pretty clearly does not meet wp:notability. The SNG explicitly says that rail stations are not presumed notable and so must establish notability under GNG. Suggest merging into the rail line article.

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I have sent you a note about a page you started[edit]

Hello, Madscotinengland. Thank you for your work on Balgray railway station. North8000, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thanks for your wqrk. Pretty clearly does not meet wp:notability. The SNG explicitly says that rail stations are not presumed notable and so must establish notability under GNG. Suggest merging into the rail line article.

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North8000 (talk) 21:46, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@North8000: If you compare the rest of the line, there is a rail station page for each train station. For that reason, all articles along the train line need to have the consistency applied. This was acknowledged by other commenters. Madscotinengland (talk) 18:52, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That just means that any others that don't establish GNG should be merged or deleted. That aside, why not spend your time developing/building a nice article on the overall line, including sections on the stations? Instead of investing your time on articles whose existence violates wP:Notability. Either way thanks for your work! Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 13:30, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]