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WikiProject Greater Manchester February Newsletter, Issue XIV

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DYK for Old Punch Bowl

On February 4, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Old Punch Bowl, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 12:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

The missing queue

Thanks for sorting out the problematic queue at DYK yesterday. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 13:12, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome, Hassocks. Glad that I could help. Take care. --PFHLai (talk) 15:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ifield Water Mill

On February 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ifield Water Mill, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass 16:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ifield Water Mill

On February 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ifield Water Mill, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass 22:49, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Tomáš Kraus at DYK

Fixed the problem. Punkmorten (talk) 09:34, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Ifield Water Mill

Great article! A couple of comments though, would the article be better titled as Ifield Watermill (similar style to Rolvenden Windmill and others). Also, I think the article would benefit from a description of the machinery in a similar way to Draper's Mill, Margate and other windmill articles. Mjroots (talk) 15:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

We agree that this is a brilliant article. So interesting and we would have never found it if it hadnt appeared on DYK. Look forward to visiting the Mill later this year. Thanks. --Charles (talk) 11:04, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Signature shenanigans

Hey Hassocks, thanks for your message. I tried fooling around with some stuff in my signature to (hopefully) make the unicode fonts display less horribly for browsers that don't have them installed. Sometime when you're on your work computer can you take a look at this message and let me know if it's still not working? Thanks, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 21:32, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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Awesome! thanks for checking it out for me! rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 11:38, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

GAN for New England Quarter

I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:01, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Caps

Thanks for the note. I edited the template, so now both lowercase and capital forms of New/Expanded work. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 23:51, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

New articles

Just wanted to congratulate you on another high quality Crawley article! It's really great to see your work coming together. Have awarded a much-deserved barnstar - which I'll let you resize as you see fit, since I've not the faintest idea how one goes about it! P.S. Have added a photo of St Mary Mag church in Bewbush also! Tafkam (talk) 10:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For continued high quality contribution to the Crawley family of articles. Tafkam (talk) 10:32, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Moved here accordingly. Will put small version on the userpage. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!)

Further congrats on the mammoth task of working you way round town. It has been said that much of Crawley was designed on the 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' principle of navigation: why waste time painting out roadsigns to defend against Nazi invasion, when you can just design the place to be completely incomprehensible to outsiders in the first place! Sadly I don't have photos of any of the other locations mentioned.

What are your thoughts on including mentions of the chapels at Gatwick? Not really within the town, but within the borough. Tafkam (talk) 12:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes - that seems like the most sensible approach to me. Tafkam (talk) 13:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Which edit notice would you prefer?

The only thing left to do to make the transition from {{DYKsug}} to {{NewDYKnom}} is to get in everyone's face and tell them to use the new one. So I've been working on a new edit notice that would alert people to use the new template; at the same time, though, I've been trying to make the sample template in the edit notice easier to use. Could you take a look at Version A and Version B and let me know which one you think is easier to understand and more useful to people who might want to copy-and-paste the example when they're nominating? (I know they both look kind of huge right now, but keep in mind the first three lines or so are mostly the "newsflash, it's a new template!" part, and after a week or two they would be removed and only the instructions would be left.) Thanks, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 22:55, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

reliable source

Hi Hassocks5489, I'm really worrying about my DYK nomination now. I believe both the article and the hooks are interesting. May I please ask you why you believe that my source # 6 (MacKillop, James (2004). A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198609671) is not a reliable source? May I please also ask you what part of my hook you find not reliable - the one that talks says that Elez Yeun is said to be the gare to hell, or the one that says Archangel Michael saves the souls? Thank you for your time.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Offshore oil and gas in the United States

On 18 February, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Offshore oil and gas in the United States, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:09, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for St Cosmas and St Damian Church, Keymer

On February 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Cosmas and St Damian Church, Keymer, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 11:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

St Cosmas and St Damian Church, Keymer

• You inspired me and I have had a stab at the church, it's very basic at the moment, could you see if you have any info to expand it?

Many thanks. Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 15:45, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

• No problem, I'll get a photo tomorrow. Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 21:47, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
  • Photo completed. Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 11:20, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Great work on this article, thanks very much. Good to see Hassocks Parish Council website used as a ref as I do much of that website. Best regards.Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 16:19, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
      • We're on Did you know well done. Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 12:50, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Crawley Hospital

Hello - I'm not sure where you got the figure of 143 from, but it doesn't sound too far from the truth. I'm not sure how hospital beds are defined in such statistics but it seems that the local trust, including the larger East Surrey Hospital, has only around 500 beds [1][2]. A document by the West Sussex PCT dated April 2008 seems to suggest just 74 beds at Crawley, plus the Urgent Treatment Centre[3](PDF), as does their website[4]. It seems that services are not what they once were at Crawley! Certainly I'll try to look in on the neighbourhood articles when I can! Tafkam (talk) 13:17, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Churches and places of worship in Crawley

On February 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Churches and places of worship in Crawley, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 23:45, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Folkestone White Horse

On 21 February, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Folkestone White Horse, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 11:09, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Tapsel gate

The Tapsel gate article is very nicely done and is an enjoyable read. Thanks for bringing it to Wikipedia. --Boston (talk) 16:43, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

• Fascinating article, I must pop down to Pyecombe to see it. You state :- They can be opened easily, in either direction, with a small push; they are therefore much easier to negotiate. Why is it do you think that they are so rare then? Regards Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 17:08, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Church of the Transfiguration, Pyecombe

On February 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Church of the Transfiguration, Pyecombe, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 18:54, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Strines Reservoir

On 27 February, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Strines Reservoir, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 08:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)