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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a 12:41, Mar 28, 2004 (UTC)
=Kitten=
Hi - are you a [http://pub106.ezboard.com/bthekittenthewitchesandthebadwardrobe36671 kitten] perchance 14:16, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC) :ooh ... not yet, but I ve just been having a read over there and might well become one! 18:31, 2004 Apr 9 (UTC) ::... and now I am! 17:32, 2004 Apr 11 (UTC)
=Edits=
Hi VW. In general it s considered better not to edit other people s contributions on Talk pages. I do understand that there is a bit of a special circumstance in that you had thought better of a piece of information and wanted it removed: I would happily have done this for you immediately if you had asked me. I am not upset by this but you should be aware that some people get very, very exercised about stuff like this on here. :) 08:34, 10 May 2004 (UTC) :Noted. I generally follow the policy - here, LJ, Geo or anywhere else - of always using the ident someone posts under in that place as the way I refer to them, no matter if I know an alternative (or even IRL), so your use came as a shock. 09:35, 2004 May 10 (UTC) ::Sure. I was just trying to be polite and sound reasonable (a losing battle probably!). No problem. 10:24, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
=Small World=
My, it is a small world, isn t it ;) [http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bmluser=abigailb abigailb/Morwen] 18:49, May 10, 2004 (UTC) :Yup. was just (unconnectedly) checking my friends and deleted some and added others ... -- 20:16, 2004 May 10 (UTC) ::I should point you at 21:38, May 10, 2004 (UTC)
=Lesbian Avengers=
Hi VampWillow. Cool that you are a Lesbian Avenger. If you want, could you check that article for accuracy/completeness Also, if you want your anonymous (IP address only in page history) edits attributed to your username, have a look at 17:55, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
:Hi. Took a quick look at the article and what is there seems fine. I do however have some early material in my off-line reference papers so shall search them out and update the page. :I doubt I ll go back and change the IP addressed changes for the simple reason I can t remember where they were! (and my IP changes every few days so can t do it that way either) but thanks for the thought. 01:01, 2004 May 3 (UTC)
=London meetup=
Normal user Are you implying that the rest of us are abnormal 
19:36, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
:definitely not! (I m very weird). I was actually trying to refer to being a user who has no wiki-op/admin/etc status -- 20:06, 2004 May 20 (UTC)
::I knew that already. I was just tring to be funny. The reason that there appear to be a lot of admins on the list is that most long term wiki addicts end up as admins. And it s these wiki addicts that end up wanting to meet each other. But there are plenty of normal weirdos coming anyway. It nice to meet you by the way, and I expect it ll be even nicer IRL 20:13, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
:::Have now just received an alternate invitation elsewhere that day. Why is it that summer weekends get just t-o-o busy ( rhetorical ). Anyway, if I make it there I shall be pleased to meet you too (and yes, I did rather realise it wasn t serious -- 21:01, 2004 May 20 (UTC)
=Real=
mea culpa ... it was only after I completed all the moves, relinking and dismbiguation page changes that I remembered (aka. realised) there was a move page option that could have been the first step in the process. According to the ref page on reversing cut&paste moves I d already gone too far and looking at the edit history it seems to be edits every couple of minutes by one user but it is still recorded against the 01:51, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
:note ... I got it right the next time! (I moved Guy to Guy (music group) on June 4) :: bounce ::
=UK/United Kingdom=
And its going to get worse with time. 12:45, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:O...M...G...!! who the f*** started that one off Maybe an Albums/Decade/Year structure, but that is just too unweildy ... methinks you are sadly right ... the point (I thought ... maybe I was wrong) to categories was to make it easier to find things that naturally form into obvious groupings, not harder. ho hum. -- 23:15, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Illustrative =
Concise and straightforward illustration at 12:11, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Thanks. That one is a very close approximation of the cross-section through the one I just made my morning coffee in! (definitely a design classic from Italy). Coffee is *very* important (lol), but other images will certainly come along -- 12:26, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Brent Cross =
Hi I m afraid that Brent Cross Station is not within the Geographical and administrative area called the 14:09, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Hi ... I d gone by the markings on my OS 1:25000 map of the area, but have now been and looked at the official map (www.election-maps.co.uk if you didn t know where to find them) and you are indeed correct. My apologies! Have made a change; let me know what you think. btw. you added 1995 as the date for the new construction but I couldn t find a source for that and don t recall the works starting until some years after that. -- 20:36, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::I wasn t aware of [www.election-maps.co.uk]. 1995 was taken of the Brent Cross website. I think you are right. If I was to guess, I d say that it was extended in 21:21, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::Sorry to butt in here but given that their own site claims they started the last redevelopment in 1995 I d be tempted to go with that, and I feel that 2000 is certainly too recent. We ve been going there longer than I care to recall and it seems to me to have been in its current stable (ha!) state for some time. Bear in mind that Brent Cross distorts the normal passage of time anyway, and there are people wandering around in Fenwick s who still think it is about 1962. But I have certainly been trying to baggsy the nicest table in the new Italian cafe in the food court, the centre one where its balcony overlooks the way from the car park, for more than four years! :) -- 08:18, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:::After I finished laughing, you are so right about Fenwick s ... -- 11:44, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
=BBC4=
It s nice to see I m not the only one who watches TV and edits wiki articles as they come up. Tonight you are clearly watching BBC4. :) I can credit 00:50, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Drat ... caught out again -- 09:33, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
=Ken s pledge=
Can you document the one-term pledge I can t find anything that fits, but I can find that [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/817295.stm], which indicates that in 08:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Ah, having looked into this a bit more, this seems to be something from 08:56, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Answered before I d even read the first query! nice one! IIRC he said it when he first decided to run as an independent but I can trace it if you want. btw. Do you think it might be useful to put the results comparison I put on my LJ on the WP page -- 09:32, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::Definitely. 09:36, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::That link makes me slightly happier. However, I still don t believe he campaigned on the issue. The Guardian and BBC have archives going well back, so if is something he made a big deal about in 2000, then we ought to find it. ::I also note that [http://www.simon4mayor.org.uk/resources/sites/217.160.173.25-3fab6f002cc653.91847936/The+Blair+Mayor+Project.pdf] only contains the 1998 claim. 11:49, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:::I m on my way out now to a Delga meeting but will try to find other links when I return. I can locate other ones through LD links but was searching for non-party links. The Guardian one though says he campained on the issue in 2000 and I certainly recall him (with my a london voter hat on) doing so ... -- 12:05, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Old St tube =
Hi, saw your change to this. I thought that there was no surface buildings left, in fact I thought I d seen this claim somewhere I thought was authoritative (unless it was here of course!) I know the building you mean (I think - it used to say someone s dining rooms on it, or something Quite grand looking reddish building) and I don t remember thinking it looked - er - tuboid, but I d be interested to see what you can come up with. I might have a look too and see if I can find anything that helps one way or the other. :) (16:08, 13 Jun 2004 by Nevilley)
:yes, that s the block I mean. The dining rooms (such a lovely concept!) are a bit further along, but I m reasonably certain that two of the arches nearer to the junction with Old Street were the original station entrance. -- 15:14, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::ah yes. Slightly confused as usual, sorry. The Alexandra Dining Rooms (or something) are (were) in the next big building up the road, and the one you are referring to is the rather splendid thing called maybe Empire Hall () with a slightly unsuitable blue sunshade thing out the front. I wonder what the history of these two buildings is I m intrigued, especially by the dining room! Anyway, I am driving in to work a couple of days a week at the moment so I look at that d*mn building every time and think is it, isn t it what does VW know that I don t! and it s driving me nuts! Have you got anywhere with this yet I am SO SURE you re wrong that it actually hurts, but, of course, I cannot find a shred of evidence and equally naturally (a sign of the encroaching years) I can t remember where on earth I saw the statement that nothing remains! Doh! Have you tried Googling on Old Street Yeah, right, waste of time! Maybe I saw it in one of those old printed book thingies we used to have. Anyway, I m right and you re wrong so ner , but I m not changing the article back without some evidence, on the grounds that you haven t actually made it wrong in my eyes by removing that statement, but putting it back in would make it wrong in yours. However I challenge you to find the evidence and I bet you a drink you can t! :) -- 07:39, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
=Kingsway tramway subway=
Hi - Kingsway tram subway and the strand underpass are the same thing - the strand underpass was built from half of the tram subway. They don t need to be separate articles. 17:22, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Not at all the same thing! Linked, certainly, but they have different intents, histories and futures (working on that now) I would suggest, especially as one is public (tram) transport and the other is private (car) it would complicate matters to mix them together. -- 17:31, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::Nice rewrite. I agree they should be two articles for lots of reasons - suppose for example we can get a pic for the Strand Underpass, that would look much better as the main pic for a split article than tucked away in an integrated one. And in linking from other articles, which may well happen, it s much better if we ve got two separate destinations. ting ting! Move along inside there please! Any more fares :) -- 19:53, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:::Thanks ... more a delete all and insert job really, but quite an enjoyable task as I ve always been interested in transport history. Many thanks, btw, for catching loads of typos - much appreciated! -- 20:44, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::::You re most welcome. :) -- 23:28, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
There s a rather good page with pics here - http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/kwupass.html - which I have linked where relevant. Almost incredibly this bloke DID see some remains of the Aldwych station underground, despite it having a road shoved through it, so I have updated that article accordingly. Fascinating stuff eh Oh and I m glad you liked the pic, I nearly got splattered taking it! :) -- 07:39, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Yes, I ve seen whole sets of pictures from parts of the old tramway. So far as Aldwych (T) station is concerned I believe some platform level stuff may remain but I was trying to ensure people didn t wander down the tunnel on foot to see stuff that isn t there! ps. When I ve taken pictures from that area I ve crossed at aldwych and walked down the reservation ... much safer
::Indeed, and thanks - you are quite right re safety and I have reworded the bit I added to the article to try to take account of this and make it very clear. I certainly agree that we don t want people wandering down there to have a look ... ... not a good Road Safety Moment! -- 09:50, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Loch Ness Monster =
See reply on 18:25, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Northern Heights walk July 4th =
I wondered if you knew about this - someone just mailed it to me. Guided walk along the track, see http://uk.geocities.com/royjohnson_nlts@btinternet.com/nhw2.htm - sadly I can t go but it sounds interesting. Apparently the bloke has written a book about it too. -- 11:20, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Interesting! I ve walked the track a few times (I live very near and feel it should re-open if possible to relieve pressure on the northern line) but can t go on that date either (and to pay a fiver seems wrong somehow! It is only a single-zone journey 12:24, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:: (re fare) -- 13:41, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= World cities =
Hi VampWillow. I ve been moving pages from 20:19, 2004 Jun 17 (UTC)
:The term World Cities seems to be sued by the media as a description of about 20-30 major cities worldwide; the ones they always have in some list or other on quality of life or number of international banks or somesuch. Seemed to me a sensible categorisation to have available therefore. (dup d to 21:03, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Markup =
elements cross-posted : Err, whut I assume you re talking about 15:29, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::Er ... I went by your name and that summary. Maybe it is just I keep finding pages with spaces after headings that I m seeing them everywhere!. Info-boxes are, of course, an entirely separate mess -- 17:47, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Ilford =
Good job, merging the two articles. I completely missed it on [Talk:Ilford, London|the Talk: page] and it hadn t occurred to me to do it myself, despite the , London suffix pissing me off. Thank you! :o) — 20:18, Jun 20, 2004 (UTC)
:Thanks! I was checking a totally different link then realised something didn t make sense. Although Ilford (film) was known world-wide (:: ponders if FP4 and HP5 should have entries ::) all but a couple of the links were actually for the town. I ve been removing quite a few superfluous , London suffixes tonight too. -- 20:24, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Old Street Challenge =
Hi VW, I am very disappointed that you have not yet taken me up on my bet! :) (See Old St Stn up there ^ somewhere.) Have you had any luck with this topic yet I had an email back from a transport history guy who thought there were no original buildings left but could not cite any source, chiz chiz. He did have some slightly more complex argument about where the emergency stairs come up - apparently they come up in the present station and because they are unlikely to have been moved this perhaps points towards the station still being in its original location, he tells me. However this is not proof. It also occured to me that the roundabout was of course not there originally, so if the station was (as many [but not all!] are) at the road junction, it might have been quite central on the present roundabout, whereas the red building is a little way up the road from where the junction would presumably have been. (All this is assuming the road alignments have not shifted too much so the roundabout is pretty well centred on the old crossroads - hmmmm I wonder if this is a safe assumption See for example http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/map_c7u.html ) However this too is not proof! I m still working on it ... regards, -- 08:39, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
: bit puzzled as I m sure I posted a reply here earlier today, however the interweb seems to be behaving a bit odd at the moment so I shalln t get upset about its disappearance... I m happy to accept the bet (even if I am wrong!) but if anything the presence of the emergency stairs being within the present station might actually benefit my assertion as with other stations (eg. Camden Town iirc) they are not always integrated with the station. In my map collection there was a very old and highly detailed one of Hackney which, iirc, included Old Street,, but it has gone AWOL at the moment so I shall have to keep searching for evidence (one way or the other). -- 15:08, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::Thanks! :) -- 18:31, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:::I found a picture! - see the article talk page. I was bored in Kentish Town for 30 mins on my way to a meeting so popped in to the library and it was almost the first book I picked up. I am going to see if I can see the original and maybe get a copy although goodness knows what the copyright situation will be and whether they d let me use it. I can email you a lousy scan of my copy of the pic if you like but I don t want to post it here given the low quality and the copyright question. Regards, -- 09:23, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Gambling =
Thanks for the deletion of the advertisement in 00:25, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Seems fair enough to me; links (imho) from WP should be primarily to other informational sites and not be primarily linking-as-advertising. -- 00:29, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Samois =
Hi VM -- The source for SAMOIS being disbanded and then replaced by a group called The Outcasts is Gayle Rubin in From the Past: The Outcasts from the newsletter of Leather Archives & Museum No. 4, April 1998 as quoted on Datenschlag s time line at http://www.datenschlag.org/dachs/dachs1980_1989.html (in German). Gayle goes on to say that the Outcats disband in 1997. Seems we have a conflict of good sources here, or Pat is including the Outcasts as Samois. Should we put in a couple of lines with both versions until we figure out which one is right
:BTW, I can t seem to find an entry for Pat Califia or Patrick Califia, which I find hard to believe. Do you know of any reason I know he s pretty sick (at least his web page http://www.patcalifia.com/ says so), but shouldn t there be an entry Cheers
::I d been meaning to start an article on Califia for some time, so have made a first stab at one at 10:41, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
That doesn t tally with the bio linked to from his official site[http://www.suspectthoughtspress.com/califia.html], which happily says He came out as a lesbian in 1971 . 11:59, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:See talk page on Patrick for response and further discussion... I m also going by the books too. -- 12:02, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::I just love the part about Canada. Nice article! 23:42, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)
:::ahuh ... When Macho Sluts first came out in the UK it was in a sealed wrapper (with a free badge/pin) and the shops that did stock it (few) would only sell it to women. It was, I beleive, an import problem here too. Thanks! -- 23:49, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
= Willow =
Hi VM -- Was looking at the discussion on the 21:49, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)
:ahuh ... I have a large piccy of her up on my wall (and at my age too!) but yes, there was also quite a bit of BDSM in BtVS and Angel too .. nice, isn t it! -- 22:40, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
::And while I was up when I should have been in bed, I created a stub of an entry for 23:31, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)
:::For that you need an excuse There was, of course, also a second episode with, uh, me in too of course Will take a look at it in the morning ... -- 23:38, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
On a similar note of I can t quite do it myself , I ve just created a stub entry for 00:49, Jun 23, 2004 (UTC)
=Compliments, and a question=
Hi Willow. Not sure our paths have crossed in detail, but I d seen you around and liked your editing style, so I had a look through your contributions and was again impressed with what I saw. Would you be interested in adminship And would you have any objection to my nominating you -- 13:30, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
(in order Hi 2U2, have noted you too (and keep being reminded of the elk in the opening titles to Northern Exposure !), thankyou, yes, no - I would be happy to accept - thanks!. -- 14:09, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Done - awaiting your acceptance. Good luck! -- 14:30, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
=Counting=
Are you going to keep that up forever ;) 14:27, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Why not! It is nice to set oneself a challenge occasionally (like four new articles a day when editing) so one needs to keep track. Given that I have all my records, tapes, CDs, books, DVDs classified and indexed it is the sort of person I am! ;-P -- 14:31, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)|
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