Template talk:Railway lines in the West Midlands

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R-B-S in the commuter line section?

It is part of the WCML so should be mainline surely?

Worley-d 00:04, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree so change it. Simply south 00:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway

I've added the original operating name of this railway to the disused section - the old Midland Railway route from Wolverhampton to Walsall via Wednesfield as confusingly it was known when open as the Walsall - Wolverhampton Line. Unfortunately it's a different animal to the current line of that name, so it doesn't match all the other lines in name. Hope that's OK with everyone! Fingerpuppet 17:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Layout and standards of these templates

Editors may be interested in the debate currently ongoing at Template talk:Railway lines in South-East England over the layout, classification and geographical scope of these templates. Pickle 16:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

v-d-e version

test (minus cats) Pickle 17:40, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

old version (mius cats) Pickle 17:41, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Railway lines in Central England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line     Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line     Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line  Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line     Cherwell Valley Line   Chiltern Main Line  London-Aylesbury Line   Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line  Trent Valley Line   Welsh Marches Line   Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line
Commuter lines:	Birmingham-Walsall-Rugeley "Chase" Line   Birmingham-Stratford Line    Coventry-Nuneaton Line   Cross-City Line   Erewash Valley Line  Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line   Northampton Loop Line   Robin Hood Line  Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line   Walsall-Wolverhampton Line
Rural lines:	Cotswold Line   Crewe-Derby Line   Derwent Valley Line   Leamington-Stratford Line    Marston Vale Line   Nottingham-Lincoln Line   Nottingham to Grantham Line    Oxford-Bicester Line   Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line
Freight and disused lines:	Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line   Bumble Hole Line  Harborne Branch Line   South Staffordshire Line   Sutton Park Line   Wombourne Branch Line    Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway
Heritage:	Severn Valley

Looks good to me. My only concern about v-d-e is that it contravenes Wikipedia:Avoid self-references, but the practice is wide-spread so I don't think it should be a problem. – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Good point, I'm not sure if there is a way around it, or whether it falls within the exceptions at Wikipedia:Avoid self-references or if its a good case for WP:IAR. I like v-d-e, as you can get at them to edit them and you can "hide" it if you don't want it in the way. Pickle 19:07, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I see the previous template had an "edit" facility anyway, so you haven't made it worse. Incidentally, I prefer it centre-justified, but that's just my personal view. – Tivedshambo (talk) 19:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Ohh right, on that, i think the "v-d-e" or "edit" are vital to make Wikipedia editable by anyone, the whole purpose of this site. On the alignment, I'm somewhat undecided as to what works, but it was left align before so I'm trying not to rock the boat too much. Pickle 23:22, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Nice work - I like the new version. I would say that I prefer the left-aligned version, though. Fingerpuppet 08:52, 25 May 2007 (UTC)