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WikiCup 2011 October newsletter[edit]

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:44, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

USRD newsletter[edit]

Volume 4, Issue 3 • Fall 2011 • About the Newsletter

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Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

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2011 WikiCup participation[edit]

It was good to have you on board this time around- we hope you enjoyed the competition! In case you are interested, signups for next year are open. Thanks, J Milburn and The ed17 20:44, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

November Metro and notice[edit]

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
(Issue 36 - November 2011)
September 2011 | January 2012

Five years as a project in September! Yay!

In September, WP:LT was interviewed by Signpost

London Transport News

November

Mayor drives first New Bus for London off production line
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots join last leg of month-long Games themed walking relay
Northbound Blackwall Tunnel safety improvements completed more than a year early

October

Revamped service information boards make journeys easier for customers to plan
Transport for London leads the way with new Quantity Surveying apprenticeships
Dial-a-Ride offers new NVQ in Customer Service
Tube Lines sets green standard as double winner
More services on TfL's London Overground from December
New Tube Poems remember war dead and reflect on quest for peace
London Underground bridge between Ravenscourt Park and Hammersmith wins Small Civil Engineering Project category at the British Construction Industry Awards for its replacement in one weekend
Tramlink rewarded for helping restore Croydon
Oyster pay as you go to be extended to national rail stations between Liverpool Street and Hertford East
Transport for London acquires Tube Lines' bonds
Victoria Tube station escalator work completed three months early
Real-time bus information now available anytime and anywhere
Greenwich Pier gets roof and lighting in time for London 2012 Games
Final Jubilee line upgrade cost vindicates decision to end PPP says TfL
Half a million London employees now signed up for 2012 travel advice, TfL tells Assembly and borough leaders
Mayor secures Emirates Airline as private sponsor for pioneering new Thames crossing
Two thirds of bendy buses converted and major savings being made
150 million year old stone for new Green Park Tube station
London Overground upgrade named project of the year at Rail Awards
Guide dogs to be allowed to use moving escalators for the first time ever
250 London schools take part in London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic torch walking relay

September

Following a meeting at Acas today London Underground (LU) has received confirmation from the trade unions that they will be recommending acceptance of LU's four-year pay settlement
Safer Travel at Night: TfL warns of dangers of unbooked minicabs as new students arrive in London
Almost eighty per cent of passengers in favour of proposed changes. Removal of weekday Kensington (Olympia) service will allow five additional trains on Wimbledon branch during morning peak. New timetable will be introduced in December 2011.
Green wall for Edgware Road Tube station to trap harmful pollution
Operators urged to take action now to meet tougher London Low Emission Zone standards to improve air quality, or risk fines
Chart toppers Rizzle Kicks team up with TfL to help reduce teenage road casualties in London
New Docklands Light Railway extension an instant hit with passengers
New London 2012 Games travel 'hotspot' info to help businesses plan ahead and avoid transport disruption
Tour of Britain, the UK's biggest professional cycle race, returns to the Capital
Mayor confirms fares increase for 2012 to support unprecedented £12bn investment in London's transport network
LU reaches agreement with drivers' unions over Olympics and Paralympics working arrangements
Latest figures confirm trend of long-term improvements in Tube performance
New bus routes to serve Stratford and surrounding area
New online postcode data released by Transport for London (TfL) at the inaugural 2012 Freight Forum meeting will help firms plan and manage deliveries during Games-time
2011 Great River Race occurs
Mayor announces Olympic Park electric charging network, creating air quality legacy
North Acton station wins Underground in bloom gardening competition.
Businesses urged to plan for paralympics too.
Mayor of London and Transport for London act to save 812 PlusBus route
Transformation of Green Park station nears completion
Transport for London secures further improvements to coach parking
No more bendy buses on route 73
New Oyster system to help customers pay the correct fare
'Plan for Paralympics too' businesses urged

For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times) Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list

Project News

Articles

Frank Pick was promoted to Good Article status in May
Charles Holden and RAF Northolt were promoted to Featured Article staus in May
London Necropolis Railway and London Necropolis railway station were promoted to Good Article status in June
The Featured Article 1910 London to Manchester air race was added to the project.
List of works by Charles Holden was promoted to Featured List status in August
London Necropolis Company was promoted to Featured Article status in July
- Aldwych tube station was promoted to Featured article status in September
There are currently 2,804 project pages; all have been assessed for quality and importance. If you see a new article on a project topic which is not rated, please add the banner to the talk page and assess it.
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was put on a peer review.
British Airways has been put on Good Article Review.

Portal

The portal has now been automated by DavidCane (talk · contribs)
It was also promoted to featured portal status in July

Requests

Haynestre (talk · contribs) has requested comment on London General Omnibus Company
WhisperToMe (talk · contribs) has requested photos of various companies across London including airlines.
Tyw7 has requested help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock
MRSC has requested help with improving North and West London Light Railway and West London Orbital
Lifelike (talk · contribs) has requested more info be added to rail line infoboxes
Usage data has been published on National Rail stations by the DfT. The recent 2009/10 includes Oyster usage.
File:Thames tunnels.svg (below) requires updating (leave a note here explaining what needs doing)

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Other

Discussions within the project were the Signpost interview, categorisation of railway station openings, a look back at the project over five years in terms of assessment and some templates for deletion.
Other project related discussions included train and station identification, use of symbols in infoboxes, RDT symbols, airport railway stations.

Members

Newest member: Trivran (talk · contribs) joined in September. Welcome to them.
Number of participants is 80

Editorial

Editor: Simply south (talk)
Many, many apologies for not having an April edition but here is the May edition. Does anyone fancy doing June?
It is sad to see that Kbthompson (talk · contribs) passed away in mid-December 2010. Condolences to his many family and friends.
All suggestions to improve the newsletter are welcome at feedback page or User talk:Simply south

Best Articles

Featured

Good

Featured topic

Wikipedia:Featured topics/Brill Tramway

Featured portal

Portal:London Transport

Recently promoted to Featured Article or Featured List

Recently assessed as Good Articles

Featured Article candidates (FAC or FLC here)

None at present

Good Article candidates (here)

None at present

Most visited pages

For a list of the Project's most visited pages, see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages

Gallery

This month's gallery of images (selected by Portal:London Transport)

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Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 01:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, I also found it hard to edit your page as there were so many barnstars and other symbols in the way. Maybe you could shorten these to an userbox? Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 01:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, okay. I've never had that complaint before! Usually just clicking on the tab opens a new section. I don't have any barnstars or symbols on my talk page, just a few transcluded pages. I might redesign next year though. Matthewedwards : Chat 02:06, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I meant all the barnstars showing links to the featured articles and that at the top of the page. Barnstar refers to an award or the star in general. Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 10:50, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Give the new image on List of James Bond films is now public domain, can you please remove your oppose now? igordebraga ≠ 03:27, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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