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ah four ~ okay thanks. Bjrobinson 12:59, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• It's not meant as criticism, it's a standardized message ({{welcome}}) we give to new users :) Punkmorten 14:51, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Rapid Transit

Glad to hear you're also interested in working on the rapid transit article. I'd say we should figure out what actually counts as "notable" (off the top of my head, the world's first subway system, first to run electric vehicles, most riders per day, stuff like that) and put everything in chronological order. That might actually entail a full rewrite. The most important thing, I'd say, is sources. I don't have much experience with the citation format on Misplaced Pages, but I plan on looking up the proper way to do it and trying to find some good sources to use while editing the history section. Not sure exactly when I'll be able to get this done (maybe this weekend) but yeah, that's my plan of attack. Foxmulder 19:02, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Help wanted with Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom

Hi, I've recently been expanding Town and country planning in the United Kingdom quite a bit and have started a subcategory called . I've really written up a bit of a skeleton for this area of planning. The planning acts, the new planning structure, PPS's, all those bloody new abbreviations LDF,LDD,RSS etc.etc. So far the majority of it are stubs and I was wondering if you might be interested in lending a hand in some way. Most of the articles so far are pretty dry statements of fact(I think) and could do with some context, structure/re-structure, debate, proof reading etc.etc. I'm a complete novice at Misplaced Pages and sure there's a heap of no-no's I've committed (Posting direct to talk pages?!?). Please let me know if your interested or not. Many thanks Russ --Mcginnly 14:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:NrGorge.jpeg

Thanks for uploading Image:NrGorge.jpeg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Misplaced Pages because of copyright law (see Misplaced Pages's Copyright policy).

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Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Image legality questions page. Thank you. Shyam 22:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Fixed, i made it very clear that I had permission to upload form the creator, your pettiness makes me mad >:( Bjrobinson 11:30, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Pictures in the main Milton Keynes article

It is really good to have a town planning expert coming in to look at and improve the Milton Keynes article, but I'm afraid I have a problem with the pics you addded - more precisely, where you put them. These are good pics, but they are really in the wrong place, because they don't help to clarify the text in the adjacent paragraph. The fountain in (not near) the centre doesn't really say anything about the urban design process; Midsummer Boulevard is not a grid road. They are fine for the Central Milton Keynes article, so I'll move them there. If you disagree, drop me a note at user talk:Concrete Cowboy to say why.

Please don't let this discourage you from improving the text. It still contains a fair amount of opinion that could to with being based on accepted sources. Better still, if you can find or make copyright-free pictures (including drawings) that would illustrate the adjacent text, that would be great. --Concrete Cowboy 09:49, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Feedback appreciated! See my response on CC's page Bjrobinson

I'll repost them in the Central Milton Keynes article, which is better. If you are taking pics again, that's great, but try for something that illustrates the what the text is saying. --Concrete Cowboy 23:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

hello

Hello Ben, glad to see you are also alive and well, hope life is treating you well. Looks like you have figgered out how to make user boxes :-) If you are ever in Manchester (were me and Kim are living) give us a shout.--JK the unwise 07:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Architecture Wikiproject

Hi, many thanks for all your architecture and planning edits. I was wondering if you might be interested in joining Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Architecture. It's currently the umbrella project for issues relating to planning (All though there is talk of establishing a unique planning wikiproject). Also we've been revamping the Architecture Portal and nominations to Portal:Architecture/Selected picture candidates and Portal:Architecture/Selected article candidates will always be welcome. --Mcginnly 10:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)