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Chiswick

Could someone with admin powers temporarily protect Chiswick? MRSC (talk) 12:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Done but for three days only. I'm reluctant to protect a page like this for a long duration; this is just the kind of page where drive-by anons are most likely to have something useful to add. – iridescent 13:21, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. That should be long enough to put off 86.178.87.131 (talk). MRSC (talk) 16:09, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Photo opportunities during summer holidays

Just as a heads-up, quite a few public buildings like Buckingham Palace are open to the public during the summer holidays. This could give you access to photo opportunities for articles like Waterloo Vase which are otherwise inaccessible. Anyone fancy it? And of course the annual Open House event on 18-19 September is another good opportunity to get to places you normally wouldn't be allowed into.

Another area I've noticed we're weak on if anyone wants to have a little project, is on historical images of Category:Former buildings and structures of London like defunct stations / Category:Disused railway stations in London and historical events in London like the subcats of Category:Crime in London and Category:Disasters in London (I hadn't heard of the London Beer Flood before <g>). A lot of them are probably unillustratable, but if anyone fancies having a dig around for out-of-copyright images, you could probably do quite a bit of good in that area. Le Deluge (talk) 17:55, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Category:Sydenham, London

Nominated for deletion. MRSC (talk) 07:34, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Category:Transport architecture in London

I'd appreciate an informed eye looking over Wikipedia talk:WikiProject London Transport#Category:Transport architecture in London this thread at the London Transport subproject. TheGrappler (talk) 21:46, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Old St Paul's Cathedral/archive1

Hello, I've put the current GA Old St Paul's Cathedral up for peer review, and thought somebody with a London architectural interest might be the best candidate to assess it. Thanks! Bob talk 20:07, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello, this is currently an FA candidate, but I suspect it probably won't pass this time around. However, I wonder if anybody at WP:LONDON has a copy of this book and might be interested in helping out? Bob talk 20:49, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

GLAM-WIKI:UK Conference

Just thought I'd drop a line here to point people to the forthcoming "GLAM-WIKI:UK" conference being held on the 26&27th of November, run by the UK Chapter at the British Museum: http://glamwiki.org/ You'd be very welcome to attend! Keynotes include Sue Gardner, Cory Doctorow and Kenneth Crews (director of the copyright law center at Columbia University). If you would like to present something, please contact me directly. Sincerely, Witty Lama 10:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Photo request

Who wants to take another photo at Heathrow Airport?

This time the photo request is about The Compass Centre, which is the BAA Limited head office. According to the BAA contact page, the Compass Centre is on Nelson Road, on the northern side of the airport.

While we already have photos of it, they all have British Airways markings. I would like a shot of the building with BAA markings. If none are on the building, then please photograph the building anyway and upload the photos of the building without markings. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:58, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

{{reqphoto|in=London}} and Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in London are your friends (hopefully) - I've added it. As an aside, I'm working on taking photos of all the articles in Central London - I've taken most of the ones I need, it just takes a looong time to process them, not least because I usually end up doing some work on the text as well. It's a nice little job for the winter though. <g> Le Deluge (talk) 16:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Paddington Waterside

As an example of why it's taking me so long to upload my pics, I ended up expanding Paddington Waterside from a 1-para stub to a 23kb potential GA. Even then there's more to write, but I've just about had enough of it now. I'd appreciate a second set of eyeballs on it - and there's lots of associated articles that could do with expansion, not all of them appreciate that Waterside is the overall regeneration plan, whilst Paddington Basin is just one project within that masterplan. Le Deluge (talk) 20:33, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

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WikiProject cleanup listing

I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick (talk) 19:33, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Infinity Club

The article Infinity Club has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

a search for references found no published (gBooks) references to this night club, fails WP:N and WP:V

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Camden

This is going to come across as pointy. Camden Town is often referred to as just Camden and yet repeated attempts to add this have been eventually reverted. *sigh* Why? Simply south (talk) 22:03, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Kbthompson - Sad news

Kb died on December 10. If you leave a message on his talk page, his family will see it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:25, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Museum of London paid internships

This might be of interest to some here who are a) between 18-24, live in London, interested in GLAMs and are on school/university break in the new year. It's not specifically a Wikipedia thing, but potentially could have a Wikipedia angle to it if a Wikipedian was awarded the gig....
The Museum of London is offering two paid internships for their "stories of the world" project:

"The Museum is looking to take on two interns to be part of the Stories of the World: London project, part of the MLA’s national Stories of the World programme, one of the major projects of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. In this project the Museum is working with young people aged between 14-24 to explore the theme of place through Roman history and its legacy today. It will involve working as part of a team and representing the voice, views and aspirations of young people in 2010.

The role will involve exhibition planning, events management and youth engagement work. You will take part in a wide range of duties including helping deliver creative workshops, planning a festival of events and exhibition research and development. An interest in working in the museum/arts/heritage sector is necessary. Strong creative, organisation and communication skills are vital to this role. An interest in London and its history and its ability to engage young people is important."
For young people aged 18 – 24
£7.85 per hour /35 hours per week

8 week placement starting Monday 31st January 2011.

Unfortunately there is very little time before the deadline closes: 31st December.
Check out the full details at their facebook page if you are interested: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150699278312205&ref=mf

Merry Christmas, Witty Lama 02:01, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of London 2012 Olympic youth ambassadors

The article London 2012 Olympic youth ambassadors has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A search for references found no published (gBooks) references and only a few online mentions, fails WP:N and WP:V

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Talk:Douglas Bader/GA1

Douglas Bader is being reviewed for GA listing. It has been put on hold for an initial 14 days to allow issues such as prose, inline citing and detailed coverage to be addressed. It is not clear why the article has been tagged for your project - as this appears to be an error, the tag will be removed after 14 days unless notified otherwise. SilkTork *YES! 16:40, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:People from Blackheath

Category:People from Blackheath, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:07, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit-athon at the British Library

Hi all. I'd like to invite you to the Wikipedia Edit-athon that Wikimedia UK is running at the British Library on the 14th and 15th January! We'll be able to access the resources of the British Library, guided by the expertise of its curators, with the joint aim of improving the content on Wikipedia that is relevant to the British Library's collections. At the same time, you can celebrate Wikipedia's 10th birthday with fellow Wikipedians, whilst making Wikipedia even better. Spaces are limited, though, so if you're interested please sign up soon! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:15, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

River Lea and Lee Valley Park.

Please see my request at WT:UKW#River Lea and Lee Valley Park. Simply south...... 16:32, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh and see Talk:River Lee (England) for the main move request. The previous discussion was never concluded. Simply south...... 16:23, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
That's not the end of the Lea moves. See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 February 2#Category:Weirs of the River Lee. Simply south...... 23:43, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Angel

I am also proposing the move of Angel, London to Angel, Islington, as the latter full title is commonly used when it is not shortened to London. See Talk:Angel, London. Simply south...... 20:41, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

checkY - moved. Le Deluge (talk) 21:17, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

London photo requests

Would someone mind photographing the following?

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 09:08, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

It would help your requestees considerably if you ordered things geographically and found postcodes for everything - you're talking about a heck of an area, Heathrow is 20 miles or so from central London with some of the worst traffic on the planet in between, so it's unlikely the same person would be doing both groups, let alone throwing in Wimbledon etc. I can do the Picadilly ones at some point - it's harder at this time of year since you lose the good light for photography by 3-3.30pm and I tend to be doing this after other things IRL, but I should be able to do them at some point in the next few months. You might want to look at Paddington Waterside for Kingfisher, I did photo Sheldon Square but I don't know which one 3 is, there's no obvious signage. I've a couple of other pics that I've not uploaded. I might get round to Wimbledon some time in 2013 at current rates, no chance of me getting out to Heathrow even if you paid me <g>... To be honest, WP:BERKSHIRE might be a better bet for the Heathrow stuff, although that project doesn't look terribly active, I guess you might get lucky with WP:UKGEO. Le Deluge (talk) 21:10, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your suggestions! How about this? I reordered things by their London boroughs, and I'll entered addresses to find more postcodes
The idea I had in mind with these requests is maybe different people within London do different requests according what is convenient to them, like one guy in the center does the stuff on Piccadilly, while another guy closer to Uxbridge does the stuff in Hatton, Heathrow, and Uxbridge.
I'll also post the Hillingdon requests to Berkshire just in case, and I'll see if UKGeo is willing to take some of these requests.
If it's convenient, if you want you can wait until there is more sunshine.
WhisperToMe (talk) 23:01, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
From what I can tell, 3 Sheldon Sq is the building on the left of File:Sheldon-square.jpg - and I don't have any better photos of it, as usual I was losing the light and it was wrong for no 3. I doubt I'll be in that neck of the woods for a while. Le Deluge (talk) 12:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi guys! I wonder how many of these have been done yet... WhisperToMe (talk) 05:18, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Imperial College tomorrow

For those who haven't got it on their watchlists, there's a recruiting drive at Imperial tomorrow - see Wikipedia:CONTRIB/Imperial. Looks like a Wikipedia society could be happening there, which would be a useful place to coordinate with the South Ken museums, and a possible model for other unis? Le Deluge (talk) 21:17, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Yobbo

The article Yobbo has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This is just a dictionary definition, and WP is not a dictionary

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Book

I have created a book, it is available at Book:London. Feedback would be appreciated. - Talk to you later, Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 17:00, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Urgent photo need of Gaddhafi house in Hampstead Garden Suburb

 Done If anyone lives anywhere near Hampstead Garden Suburb, the article Topple the Tyrants could use a pic of the Gaddhafi house currently occupied by the activist group Topple the Tyrants. There's a pic on Al Jazeera's blog[1] at the 5:54PM slot showing a banner raised there. If anyone can snap a pic of the occupied house, that'd be awesome. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:37, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Wow, taken care of already by a UK wikipedian! MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:13, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

London Underground

...is currently a being reviewed - all help with any sources to fill the article with citations would be insanely appreciated. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

New article

Hi there, 1944 Ilford rail crash is a new article, if anybody can help out, please do! Totnesmartin (talk) 15:29, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I added the external link as a reference and fixed the appearance of the external link. (this diff) Darigan (talk) 13:15, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Several London photo requests

Hello! Would anyone mind photographing the following?

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 05:47, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Murder of Julia Martha Thomas featured article nomination

Murder of Julia Martha Thomas, about a notorious murder in London in 1879, is currently going through a review for featured article status (see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Murder of Julia Martha Thomas/archive1). The article is covered by this WikiProject; if editors are interested, please feel free to leave comments on the featured article candidates talk page. Prioryman (talk) 13:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

A1 road (London) is going through a GAR

Details here: Talk:A1 road (London)/GA2. SilkTork ✔Tea time 00:40, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Category:People named for London

Category:People named for London at Cfd. Chesdovi (talk) 11:12, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Openhouse

This year's London Openhouse is happening on 17/18 September - it's a good opportunity to take some interior pics of notable buildings, as well as just being an interesting opportunity to nose around places you're not normally allowed in to! Le Deluge (talk) 20:44, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Itsu head office

The chain Itsu has its registered office in Chorley, North West England.

But this...

implies that Itsu's head office is in London

So how can I find out where it is? Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 14:49, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

[2] suggests head office is at Dorland House, 18-20 Lower Regent Street. I don't think a head office is necessarily the same as the registered office. Pterre (talk) 16:36, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Companies House give Itsu's registered office as Dorland House, London Alex Muller 19:04, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
That's interesting, since the company website says that Chorley is where the reg. office is http://www.itsu.com/ - It seems like Dorland House is where the head office is
I am and was aware that the registered office isn't necessarily where the head office is
Thanks for your help :)
WhisperToMe (talk) 11:46, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Photo request

Anyone here with a camera who can get to the British Museum? More than a year ago, someone was trying to find an image for the Little Thetford flesh-hook; their comments are in the final section of Wikipedia:Media copyright questions/Archive/2010/June. To quote the original author, the hook "is currently at the British Museum, East London warehouse. Arrangements can be made to see (and therefore photograph) the item by emailing the collections enquiries (see BM website) and marking it for the attention of the curator Bronze age collections. Quote object reference: 1929,0415.1; id: 814326." I'm sure that the original author will long have forgotten this question, but I'll appreciate it if someone can photograph it and then tell me when you've uploaded the photo. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 22:58, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Central Mosque Wembley

This has been nominated for deletion within 3 hours of creation. The article needs work, but I am sure that it can be saved. Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Central Mosque Wembley. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:17, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Harold Pinter

I have nominated this article for the WP:MAINPAGE for 24 December, the 3rd anniversary of his death. Comments at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests would be appreciated. Jezhotwells (talk) 02:43, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Occupy London

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Occupy London#Initial statement. -- Trevj (talk) 00:11, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:London will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in London's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 21:22, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Question about Iberia House, Hammersmith & Fulham

About the Iberia House at 10 Hammersmith Broadway London W6 7AL Reino Unido

Does it still have the Iberia logo? I'd like somebody to take a photo of it, but I hope it still has its Iberia logos

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 19:19, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Greater London

Letting you know that I have made some changes to the lead that shouldn't be contraversial but I might have left the section a bit long because of not wanting to remove any of the original information from that section.

Ceremonial Counties

I also removed the description of the Greater London Lieutenancy as a ceremonial county. I am not wanting to stop WP calling the region this as it is useful for the sidebars but GL is still not technically a county. There is not common usage of this term for GLL and the only sources I could find to support the claim at all used the term because of WP. Therefore this claim should not go into the lead unless there is a change in status. Tetron76 (talk) 18:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:HighBeam

The newspaper (and other stuff) archive Highbeam are generously offering up to 1000 free accounts for their service to Wikipedians with more than 1000 edits to their name. No catch, you just sign up by Easter Monday at Wikipedia:HighBeam.Le Deluge (talk) 13:56, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedian in Residence - British Library

Hi all!

I've just started as the Wikipedian in Residence at the British Library; I'll be here for six months, until the end of October. I'm still in the process of settling in and meeting with people here to discuss possible projects, but if you've any suggestions for collaboration, please do let me know.

We've currently got two events in the calendar:

and I hope we'll be able to organise more community events this summer along the lines of the past backstage tours and editing sessions. If you'd like to be notified about further developments, either drop me an email or sign up to the participants list here.

Thanks, Andrew Gray (talk) 14:56, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

WP London in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject London for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 04:57, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Infobox image for London article

A discussion is underway on the talkpage of the main London article concerning the infobox image montage. Surprisingly at present only myself and one other editor are participating. It would be good to have some other editors' input. Rangoon11 (talk) 21:14, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Category:London Borough of Sutton sub-categories

The sub-categories of Category:London Borough of Sutton, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, have been nominated for possible renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the categories' entry on the Categories for discussion page. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:36, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Note that this discussion has begun to consider whether a new format should be applied consistently to similar categories for all the London Boroughs. It would be good to have more input. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:13, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

An overhead view of Trafalgar Square?

I think an overhead view could add to Trafalgar Square. I halfheartedly added a photo of the square's model from Legoland Windsor in lieu of the real thing. Do any Londoners feel like taking one from the top of a nearby building? Or you could use the Wikipedia helicopter. :D ʝunglejill 19:34, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

London borough council stubs

Hallo, while stub-sorting I came across an early stub for Bexley London Borough Council, upgraded it a bit, realised it was missing from {{Local authorities in London}} and added it, realised several other boroughs were also missing and added them, and then realised that creating near-identical stubs by copying and adapting Bexley was going to be a labour-saving way of getting those redlinks turned blue, and went on to create stubs for Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Kingston (that one might need to be renamed?), Richmond upon Thames and Southwark (treated Bexley as a template, changed the various occurrences of borough name, located website and got the URL right, checked that links worked). They each have a link to the appropriate council/borough website, and a "See also" to the local elections page. Local experts will want to enhance and expand them, but I hope the bulk creation of this batch of stubs to fill in the redlinks in a hierarchy will be acceptable to you London experts! PamD 14:50, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

How does this differ from the London_Borough_of_Bexley? The name Bexley London Borough Council is incorrect as well. Secretlondon (talk) 19:47, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Agree with SecretLondon - there are well established articles staring "London Borough of ..." and a related template {{tl:Governance of Greater London}}. IMHO, the Bexley London Borough Council article and others like it should redirect to the relevant "London Borough of..." article. Paul W (talk) 20:30, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
I think that Pam has in mind the creation of a set of articles similar to Camden London Borough Council. -- The Anome (talk) 06:44, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Not so much the "creation" as the "completion" of a set. I just found the Bexley stub, found the template listing similar articles for most but not all of the London borough councils, and created stubs for the missing items in the set - most of which, like the Camden article, seem substantial long-existing articles. PamD 07:36, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Perth requested-move notification

A requested move survey was started at Talk:Perth_(disambiguation)#Requested_move, which proposes to move:

Background: There was a previous requested-move survey which ran from late May to mid June. There was a great deal of controversy surrounding the closure and subsequent events, which involved a number of reverts and re-reverts which are the subject of an ongoing arbitration case. There was a move review process, which was closed with a finding that the original requested-move closure was endorsed; however, the move review process is relatively new and untried. — P.T. Aufrette (talk) 03:42, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Help with categorising

File:TheShardLondon20120708p17.jpg

Hi, could anyone possibly help me identify the building in the foreground in the adjacent picture? I'm not from London and not sure where to ask, here seemed the logical place to get a quick informed reply. Regards, Mtaylor848 (talk) 10:33, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It's the Cottons Centre, an office development. Paul W (talk) 08:27, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Cheers. Mtaylor848 (talk) 17:35, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Olympics

With one week to go before the Olympic games begin, additional editors to help improve the main 2012 Summer Olympics article along with other associated articles are going to be needed over the coming weeks, so hope people will be able to give some time to take a look and help. Thanks BritishWatcher (talk) 21:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

GA Review of Serpentine (lake)

Serpentine (lake) is up for GA review. Chris857 (talk) 18:01, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Picture of the Embassy of Ecuador in London?

The Embassy of Ecuador in London is currently in the news, but we don't have a picture of it, and web searches have failed to come up with anything with a suitable license. Would anyone be interested in taking a photo and adding it to the article? It should be pretty easy to spot, as it will have representatives from the entire world's media camped out on the pavement outside. Thanks, -- The Anome (talk) 23:36, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Two events next week (10/9 and 13/9)

Hi all,

Since the watchlist notice went up later than I'd hoped, a quick note to let you know about two events organised for next week - a workshop and tour of the Writing Britain exhibition at the British Library on Monday 10th, and a tour of the Shakespeare: staging the world exhibition at the British Museum on Thursday 13th.

The BL tour is at 6.30 pm, so it should hopefully be possible to make it after work; the BM tour is at the unorthodox hour of 9 am (!) so it may also be accessible to people with slightly flexible working hours. If you can make one or both, please do sign up - it'd be great to see you there! Andrew Gray (talk) 20:14, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Where is Petticoat Lane?

Is Petticoat Lane in East London, or East Central London, or what? Advice from experienced/knowledgeable editors would be welcome at Talk:Petticoat Lane Market. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 16:17, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Parts of London relocated

All my personal opinion only, of course. I'm a little concerned that Justgravy is it seems to me on a quite large-scale campaign to change the description of where parts of London are; often, but not always, moving things into Central London that were previously (in some cases stably and for many years) described as West London, East London or elsewhere. I feel that they seem to be applying some novel personal beliefs to this, using Tube zones amongst others to try to codify and enforce their own view. If you look at their edit history you should be able to see what I mean. Some of their work is undoubtedly good but I don't see them working assiduously to achieve consensus and to co-operate with other editors, and to be honest I would have thought that in the case of a big campaign to "correct" the encyclopaedia it might have been worth bringing it here, or somewhere, first to try to reach consensus and agree some definitions, rather than doing it piecemeal and then having to fight off individual editors when it is queried. They don't use edit summaries all that much so it slightly has the look of a stealth campaign, though I am sure this is not deliberate. I would be very grateful if experienced London editors and/or admins could take a look at this and perhaps reassure me that there is no problem, or whatever. I seriously hope that the editor does not personally feel attacked over this, and if they do then I apologize - that is not my intent. I am concerned not to offend, but I am am also concerned over what to do where I feel that the encyclopaedia may be being - albeit in a rather limited and local way - adversely affected.

Caveats:

  • I might just be completely wrong and their edits perfect, and I just need to move with the times and update my own definitions and perspectives. Fine! If you have no anxiety about this and you are happy with the the changes, then that's great, I will be happy. I just need to hear it from some other editors. I don't want someone turning round next year, deciding they don't like these changes, and saying "blimey, when did this all happen?"
  • I don't have the time or energy to pursue this much myself so, I am very sorry, but I am doing the Very Bad Thing of saying "There's a problem" then hoping that someone else will fix it. Sorry, but I think/hope that this approach is marginally better than thinking there is a problem and doing nothing at all about it.
  • For personal reasons I have no wish to interact further with this user, which would anyway make me a bit hopeless for helping sort out the situation (if - see above - there is indeed anything to sort). Sorry.

Thanks and best wishes to all DBaK (talk) 08:04, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for identifying this. I've had a look into Justgravy's edits, and while I actually agree with a couple of the changes - e.g. to Kensington* and Southwark-related areas - that doesn't excuse him from having to find citations. I am also concerned at his aggressive edit summaries and talk page comments. Consequently, I've just issued him a formal warning not to make any further edits of this type without having citations for the changes. — Hex (❝?!❞) 09:52, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
* I've had to update my own definition on this point. I grew up in Kensington and at the time it was always west London; now various sources agree that it's central London. — H.
Thanks very much. I'm sure that it will be very helpful. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 09:54, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Look DBaK and H truce, I never meant to offend you or anyone else, I have been told my opinions are very strong and can cause offence, but I do not mean it! Maybe Travelcard Zone 1 is a bit vague a definition but what about The Mayor's CAZ? or The London Congestion Charging Zone (i.e. inside the inner ring road) including the old zone that got removed? These are probably the best boundaries that we have for Central London! And wow H you grew up in Kensington... your family must be minted! But that's beside the point, I got it even worse, growing up in Bromley I was always told that it was Kent but now I accept that it is very much a part of Southeast London (if you take out Croydon it is the biggest town in Southeast London)! At least with west, central etc. it is still London, London and Kent are chalk and cheese! Justgravy (talk) 13:23, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
The issue here is this: you can't just go around changing things because you think or know something is so; you need to cite sources for the statements you make in an article. If you change a fact ("X is in Y"), you need to specify exactly where you got that information from, in the form of a citation - just mentioning it in the edit summary isn't enough. Our guide to types of sources is important here. If it's from the London Plan, for example, you need to find where it says so, and cite that page in the article, next to the statement that you are making. This is called verifiability, and it's one of our three core content policies.
If you see something in an article that's wrong (and uncited), but you can't find a citable source to contradict it, bring up the issue on the article talk page; don't just replace the offending material with what you think is right. Hex (❝?!❞) 15:22, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Personal Experience with Brick Lane Market?

I'm a student at Cornell University working on a class project to improve/expand the Brick Lane Market article. I've personally never been to the market (another member of my project group has) but if anyone here who knows about the market wouldn't mind taking a look at our proposed additions, that would be much appreciated. Thanks! Joey236 (talk) 20:35, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Edited with correct link! D4n2elle (talk) 02:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for everyone who helped. The project is done and the final article is up here! Feel free to make improvements. D4n2elle (talk) 05:25, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

East London restored from the Phantom Zone

I just discovered that our article East London had accidentally been vanished (as opposed to varnished, which it could do with a bit of). So, I've unvanished it. See Talk:East London for details. — Hex (❝?!❞) 12:34, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

CityofLondonCollege1883.jpg

image:CityofLondonCollege1883.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.131.79 (talk) 03:55, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

FAR

Greetings! I have recently nominated London congestion charge, an article under this projects purview, for review. Interested editors are welcome to comment at the review page. Thank you. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:24, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Excalibur Estate, Catford

I was wondering if anyone could acquire some photographs of this to illustrate the article I want to write. I live over 200 miles away so it is unlikely I am going to get the opportunity myself. Cheers, Mtaylor848 (talk) 09:05, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

By way of expansion, there's some time pressure on this one. It's Europe's largest estate of prefabs which are currently being emptied ahead of demolition, they intend to preserve 6 of them but it won't be quite the same. Unfortunately I don't have the pleasure of the South Circular very often, I'm not likely to be out that way for a few months - anyone? Le Deluge (talk) 23:29, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Railway station articles: lists of bus routes

Please see discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject London Transport#Railway station articles: lists of bus routes. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:38, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

To "The" or not to "The" - move request

Please see Talk:The_Wallace_Collection#Requested_move Johnbod (talk) 04:56, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Image tagged for deletion

Hi. I saw on the late Kbthompson's talk page, that someone has tagged this London image for deletion. I thought I'd let you know, in case anyone wants to save the image: File:BlackEagleSitePlan.jpg -- Ssilvers (talk) 10:51, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Photo requests

Hi! Would anyone be interested in taking some photos? Here are some photo possibilities in London:

If you decide to take any of these, please let me know! Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 18:07, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I've got a not-particularly brilliant one of the CAA office, and may well have long-range ones of some of the others in central London, particularly the old bits like Bedford Square, but I'd have to have a dig through a few 1000 photos to find them.... Le Deluge (talk) 23:29, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Le Deluge! Has it been uploaded yet? WhisperToMe (talk) 18:38, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm in Wimbledon quite often, I'll try and get Square Enix. — Hex (❝?!❞) 10:44, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! WhisperToMe (talk) 18:38, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedian in Residence: Natural History Museum

Hi all,

The Natural History Museum in London is advertising for a Wikipedian in Residence, working jointly there and at the Science Museum next door; it's a paid post for four months, and applications are open until 10th February. I've worked with Ed Baker at the NHM to define the scope of the program, and it looks really promising - there's some real opportunities for interesting projects here. Details are available on the National Museums site, and there's some details about other upcoming UK residency programs here.

Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested, and feel free to get in touch with me if you've any questions. Thanks, Andrew Gray (talk) 11:57, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Category:Watersports in London

Category:Watersports in London, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:52, 3 February 2013 (UTC)


Category:People from Barking and Dagenham (district)

Category:People from Barking and Dagenham (district) and 30 other subcats of Category:People from London by borough, which are within the scope of this WikiProject, have been nominated for renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:14, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Commercial info? Copyvios?

Your project may want to look into this user's contributions, which seem to me to be adding commerical information from a blog, which may also be copyvios. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:11, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Cockney

I think that the Cockney article is due a re-evaluation. I think that the C rating seems harsh given the precise description of Cockney speech. In my opinion, the phonetics used there are no worse than those on the article for Received Pronunciation.

The article is rated as "mid-importance", but it has not been reviewed since 2010. Would anyone care to review the C rating? Epa101 (talk) 21:18, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

I know that this is a little bit late but I have had a quick look and I think that C is quite fair. The rating is not always just about content but also the style and a lot of other things. There are plenty of references missing including whole sections (e.g. Famous Cockneys, typical features), is the spread of Cockney limited to the UK, there is OR, is there any modern revival etc. Please also see WP:MOS. Simply south...... catching SNOWballs for just 6 years 16:26, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

King's Reach Tower

I see King's Reach Tower has been rebranded South Bank Tower and there are some more details on what the developer CIT are planning for the tower. Maybe the wiki for King's Reach Tower can be changed to South Bank Tower? (http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/king%E2%80%99s-reach-reborn-as-south-bank-tower/5051083.article & http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/6668) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.217.117.14 (talk) 16:14, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Snow Hill

I can find quite a few things named Snow Hill in London which centre on a small area between Farringdon and Blackfriars, such as Snow Hill police station, the various historical Snow Hill railway stations and Snow Hill Tunnel. What I was wondering was, what is Snow Hill? Is it an area or a hill? Is it something of historical importance? Simply south...... catching SNOWballs for just 6 years 16:08, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

This isn't really the place for this kind of thing, but - Snow Hill is a small street, which probably has fame beyond its merit because it's a pretty name and one of the three City police stations is on it. The tunnel runs under it, the station was on it. It is a bit of a slope but I guess it was originally a knoll on the side of Ludgate Hill, on the side of the valley of the River Fleet. The topography round there has been manipulated by man since the Romans built their city walls along the Fleet, and it's further complicated by the building of Holborn Viaduct. I suspect it was originally notable as being big enough to build some kind of defensive tower that was distinct from the main fortifications on Ludgate Hill like Montfichet's Tower, but these days it really is blink-and-you-miss-it.Le Deluge (talk) 18:13, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Snow Hill. — In Stow's time Snore Hill. The origin of the name appears to be unknown; but I take Snore to be that of the early landowner, probably Snorro, a Scandinavian settler; one of the unwept, unhonoured, and unsung, carent quia vate sacro. One daring old antiquary has it Sore Hill, and attributes the name to the labour and pain of the ascent, as indeed was the case until the construction of the viaduct ; for which what better testimony can we require than that of Charles Dickens in "Nicholas Nickleby"?

— Habben, F.H. (1896). London Street Names: their origin, signification, and historic value, with divers notes and observations. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. p. 198.
Make of that what you will.... — Hex (❝?!❞) 09:48, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kingston Hospital Radio

The article Kingston Hospital Radio has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable - radio for the hospital only. No secondary sources and nothing establishing notability.

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FAR

I have nominated The Apprentice (UK TV series) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 17:10, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Problems

I feel that John Dee has problems that make it no longer worthy of FA status. Please see discussion here. If these problems are not addressed, I will take the article to WP:FAR. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:00, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Images of London

Hi all of you, I am currently living in London for while so I'd like to let you know that I am available take images per your requests. If you need some photos for some special articles (or you know about some important event which will be hold in London), please just let me know per my talk page and I will do my best get images for you. Especially I am able easily take images in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham area and/or in the city center.

Also, if you have time, you can help with better categorization/description of already uploaded images on Wikimedia Commons. All help will be really welcome :) Best regards --Chmee2 (talk) 11:27, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

User:WhisperToMe periodically comes on here with requests to illustrate mostly company articles with their offices, most recently here - there's two on the Hammersmith Road and he often has requests for airlines out towards Heathrow. I've got photos of pretty much every article inside the Circle Line on my hard disk waiting to be uploaded (it's a lot more fun taking the photos than processing them!), but I don't often get west of ~High St Kensington. If I were you I'd concentrate on the western suburbs which get less attention than the centre - one good way to look for inspiration is to use Google Maps with the Wikipedia overlay, and/or this tool (unfortunately its database of missing pictures can be over a year out of date, and it counts photos in templates as meaning an article is illustrated). Neither are comprehensive, but if you take a list of 100 or so from Z-man's tool and plot it on Google maps, then switch on the layer of all Wiki articles, you can get a good idea of what's needed. Even the articles that do have photos are usually worth going to, I don't count low-resolution Geograph images, nor photos taken under grey skies - places just look much better if the sun is shining. April is the absolute best time of year for urban Wiki photography in the UK - the trees still have no leaves so you can see bits of buildings that are otherwise obscured, but photos are nicer when there's flowers out and a better chance of blue skies. Le Deluge (talk) 16:53, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Another thing I do as and when I see them, is to take photos of any buildings with blue plaques I see when I'm out with my camera, to end up on the articles of the relevant person - there's a map here and various lists available online - there's 21 in H&F for you to start with! Le Deluge (talk) 17:00, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for you reply! I am trying do it similarly as you and waiting for blue sky ;) but it was quite complicated in last weeks. The map and your note about "blue plaques" is really good and useful issue. I will make a map of targets close to my place and try to cover them.
I visited Hammersmith Road just last day and at least I photographed "by coincidence" one of office requested by WhisperToMe (see image during my way from Brook Green area (St Paul's Girls' School - unfortunately it was against the sun) to Margravine Cemetery. There is about 500 photos yet in the category from my several trips and I slowly add them to local articles.
If you have more suggestions, feel free to share :) Regards --Chmee2 (talk) 20:59, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

PS: One image of statue from Marble Arch is aspiring to Feature image status at Wikimedia Commons. Feel free to share your opinion/comments/criticism if you'd like to! Regards --Chmee2 (talk) 07:50, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

File:CityofLondonCollege1883.jpg

File:CityofLondonCollege1883.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 03:57, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

FAR

I have nominated John Dee for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 06:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

London Stone

The London Stone article is currently labelled "rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale". That was certainly true if you look at the version of a couple of years ago, but a number of people have put a lot of work into it since, and the current version is detailed and fully referenced - it's even got some new pictures. I'm new to Wikipedia - still struggling with markup and templates, let alone the etiquette and hierarchy - and I've no idea what the appropriate method is for asking for a review to get it moved up the scale. Advice, please? - John O'London (talk) 15:43, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi John - in my experience, it usually happens whenever somebody just gets around to doing it, which may not be often in a quiet project. I've just upgraded it to a B; it's looking good. Generally speaking, I see nothing wrong in upgrading the rating of an article you've been working on yourself, if you're confident that it meets the description of a better grade on the quality scale. — Scott • talk 11:37, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, Scott. Is there anyone in WikiProject London who would be willing to suggest improvements? I think I've done as much to it as I can. I'm not sure how meaningful GA and FA status are! - John O'London (talk) 14:51, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Yep, although the theory of ratings emphasises someone else doing it, in reality it doesn't really happen and for sub-GA ratings it's fine to do it yourself, but there are grey areas where experience helps. GA and FA are quite a big deal, personally I take GA more seriously as that's the one that says to our readers "this is roughly equivalent to a Britannica article", and it can be as much work to do (say) 4 GA's as a single FA, but a)once you're in the groove and have all the sources to hand, it can be relatively easy to push on to FA and b)some people like the kudos of it. Certainly the WP:Good article criteria and WP:Featured article criteria and the links therein are well worth a read. One obvious failing of the current LS article is the intro - it needs expansion and eg we don't need to know the material of the surround, but the material of the stone should be in the intro! See WP:Manual of Style/Lead section. More generally, the article has a common failing of something that has been written by different people and is trying to stick to what the references say - it ends up a staccato list of facts rather than a coherent encyclopedia article. It's not easy to get the balance right between readability and respecting the references, but it could do with a bit of a copyedit. Like most things inside the Circle Line I've got some better photos somewhere, I'll have a look through my hard disk when I've a moment - but today is too good an opportunity to waste, it'll probably be the last of the sunny weekends with no leaves on the trees, so I'm off out taking photos! Le Deluge (talk) 09:07, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the comments on the intro, Le Deluge - I'll see what I can do. Copyediting is beyond me - I have problems with the markup. 'Respecting the references' - I'm still a bit worried by the 'no original research' rule and, quote: 'Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources. If one reliable source says A, and another reliable source says B, do not join A and B together to imply a conclusion C that is not mentioned by either of the sources.' Since most of the sources themselves come to different and wildly improbable conclusions, one needs a polite way of saying 'they're all wrong; we don't know what it is, or why it's so important!'.
GA 'roughly equivalent to a Britannica article' - not sure that's always a recommendation given that Britannica gave us Margaret Murray's deeply-flawed article on witchcraft and kept it in print from 1929 till 1969!!!
Photos - I've got quite a few recent photos myself, tho' I can't guarantee their quality! (eg teh modern building in all its various recent guises, close-ups of the surround and grille and the inscribed plaque on top etc), what is really needed is a copyright-free photo of it in situ before the War or a good 19th-century illustration, close-up of the stone rather than the usual view of the whole church; and a copyright-free detail from either the Museum of London's copperplate map or the 'Agas' map showing it in the 16th-century.
Thanks again for your interest. -John O'London (talk) 15:17, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Funicular / Inclinator / Inclined Lift ?

There is a Requested Move discussion at Talk:London_Millennium_Funicular#Requested_move. Members of this project might have like to contribute, as they've probably got the Reliable Sources to hand. (I've been surprised not to be able to find mention of it online in info on wheelchair travel in London etc, but I may have been looking in the wrong places). PamD 06:29, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

London Borough infoboxes and the 2011 census

The infoboxes on the articles for London Boroughs need updating with data from the 2011 census. The ethnicity sections especially they currently use 6 year old data. The way to change it involves changing the template for all the infoboxes I think it reads the data off a file, I would make the changes myself but I don't know how . Eopsid (talk) 20:05, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Articles missing coordinates

There are currently 275 articles about things and places in London that are tagged using the {{coord missing}} template, indicating that they could usefully have geographical coordinates added using the {{coord}} template. For a full list, see Category:London articles missing geocoordinate data. If anyone is interested in adding these coordinates, you can see fuller instructions on how to do so at WP:COORD. Thanks in advance, -- 10:06, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Grosvenor Group

Hello,

I understand that you are the editor for the Grosvenor Group page. I work for the company and noticed that there are a couple of facts that are out of date. They are: - Number of offices: we now have offices in 19 cities around the world - We now have three regional investment and development businesses: Grosvenor Britain and Ireland, Grosvenor Americas and Grosvenor Asia Pacific

If this information could be updated it would be much appreciated.

Many thanks Sorrel 194.203.81.11 (talk) 14:33, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Institution of Civil Engineers editathon

Interested editors are invited to an editathon event at the Institution of Civil Engineers, in London, on 19 July 2013. See Wikipedia:GLAM/ICE. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:59, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Censing Angel, Westminster Abbey, London.png

image:Censing Angel, Westminster Abbey, London.png has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Hello,
Please note that Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article was scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
Delivered by Theo's Little Bot at 00:06, 5 August 2013 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team

"London buns"

I've never heard of London buns, never seen London buns, find the claim that they were the buns served at the Chelsea Bun House preposterous (since aside from Hot Cross, the Chelsea bun is probably the best documented sweet-bread in history thanks to the Royal Family's scoffing of the things), and find the idea that anyone in Chelsea would choose to give one of their products a name associating it with the oiks downriver even more preposterous. If I'm wrong, head on over to Talk:London bun#I'm very sceptical that this has any connection to London and correct me. – iridescent 19:29, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Please help get London ready for the start of the Wiki Loves Monuments competition on 1st September

In September the UK is taking part for the first time in the international photography competition Wiki Loves Monuments. Participants will be invited to submit pictures of listed buildings of significant importance (grades I or grade II*), as recorded by English Heritage. The main external website for competitors can be found here, and you can leave a message there if you have queries about competing. Do please join in, and let people in your local area know of this excellent way in which both existing and new Wiki users can help improve the encyclopaedia by contributing photographs of local listed structures. What about organizing a local Wikimeet to attract new people?

In preparation for the start of the competition on 1st September there is still work to do, and we would like to ask for the help of members of this wikiproject. Your local and expert knowledge will be invaluable in ensuring that the lists of eligible buildings are up to date and correctly formatted. If you look at Listed buildings in the United Kingdom you will see how many structures are included. If you then follow the link to Listed buildings in England, you can get to the detailed lists for your area. Alternatively have a look at the WLM planning table. Can you help to ensure that the lists for your area are up to date and well presented?

Some of the lists have been semi-automatically generated from data provided by English Heritage. These use pre formatted templates (eg EH header) which will make it much easier for competition participants to upload their photographs to Commons as an automated process. Please don't change the template structure, as we need to ensure that the templates are properly compatible with the WLM standards that are in use worldwide. The format will allow a bot automatically to collect the information and to put it into the international Monuments Database.

The data still needs the attention of local editors:

  • The "title" may need wikilinking to a suitable article name (whether we currently have that article or not). If there are several buildings in one street all of the wikilinks point at an article about the street; however each entry has a separate line in the list.
  • The "location" column looks and sorts better if just the parish or town is included (& wikilinked).
  • The "date completed" column sometimes has eg "C19" for 19th century, and "C1850" for c. 1850 when the date is uncertain - these need to be corrected manually.
  • The "grid ref & lat & long" (which is occasionally missing) may be given to 8 characters — only 6 (grid ref) or 5 (lat & long) are really needed.
  • Clicking on the "list entry number" should take you to the data sheet for that entry on the English Heritage database which can be checked if needed for details.
  • The image column should have a picture added if we already have a suitable image on Commons. (N.B. if you are going to be taking photos yourself for inclusion in the competition don't upload them until September)
  • References may be added according to normal WP practice.

For further information, please see Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United Kingdom.

If you have any queries, please post them not below but on the Organizers' help page on Commons.

Anything you can do to help improve these lists will be much appreciated.

--MichaelMaggs (talk) 06:50, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Hampstead School

Those of you in London may have heard about the controversy involving the blog criticizing the Hampstead School. It is now worthy of attention due to the national UK-level press coverage. Please ensure it remains in the article. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:36, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

List of public art in the City of Westminster up for Peer Review

Hi, I'd welcome comments on the List of public art in the City of Westminster (which I hope to submit to FLC) at its peer review here. Thanks, Ham 10:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

London Wiki

...on the Wikia platform.

Relevant contributions welcome - including 'topics below the radar' for WP. Jackiespeel (talk) 13:53, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

British Library "Mechanical Curator" image collection

A week ago, the British Library posted a million free images online, scanned from over 50,000 mostly nineteenth-century books. There are some real gems there for anybody interested in London, including the complete set of images from Thomas Hosmer Shepherd's Metropolitan Improvements (1830) or Augustus Pugin's Views of Islington and Pentonville (1819), as well as, for example, all the original Sherlock Holmes illustrations.

One initial issue with the collection is that it has been very hard to search, as the BL has been hoping people will crowd-tag it. But Commons now has a full list up of all the titles that were scanned, and is starting to work up a synoptic topic and subject index to them (though it's still at a very very early stage).

The section for London is one of the more complete of them (or perhaps that should be: less wildly incomplete). I've added books I could find with "London", "history" or "Thames" in their titles, which gets the ball rolling, searching down to books with about 15 to 20 images in them. But there may be much much more still to find -- for example, books on particular places, or perhaps a book presenting half a dozen high-quality plates of just the thing you're interested in. So the full collection is well worth an explore.

There's a project page on Commons with more details about the collection, and important information about how Commons would like them tagged if you do bring over images to put into articles. There are still quite a few issues with the collection -- for example, images don't currently come up in page number order (losing any natural groupings), and many are still sideways up; but these will surely start to get resolved as people put their minds to it. The full texts of all the books are also available for download as in pdf from (click the 'more' link in the description on the right hand side of each image for a link); and are also supposedly available to read on-line on the BL website (though I've never yet got that work). So it really is quite an amazing release of content.

The real key to making the content accessible is going to be building up the subject index. So if anybody's finished all the mince pies on Boxing Day and is looking for something to do, can I cheekily suggest this for consideration. The synoptic index really is still very vestigial for most of the world so far, so all the content that can be added to it would be really really useful. Jheald (talk) 16:55, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Expansion of history needed for Japanese community of London

Would someone mind adding more info about the history of the Japanese settlement in London to Japanese community of London? See if Natsume Soseki is mentioned in them? WhisperToMe (talk) 11:09, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Hackney Wick

Just been browsing the Hackney Wick and it's horribly out of date. The Present Day and Future sections both describe the Olympic 2012 development (never mind the games themselves!) as a future event. Not an area I know much about at all (hence my browsing), but could do with some attention from a local expert or two. Grunners (talk) 20:56, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes. That area has gone through quite radical change very recently. MRSC (talk) 14:07, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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Help identifying a London street, 1902

Can anybody help me to identify this London street please? I'm working on an article for the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Part of the coronation procession through the City and Southwark was delayed until October, so if this street is in either of those areas, it was taken in October. If it's in the West End, it was in August. It has the look of Eastcheap or Cannon Street about it to me, but I can't be certain. Thanks, Alansplodge (talk) 01:50, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

There's a Lyons Corner House right of centre. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:49, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
@Alansplodge: Eastcheap and Cannon Street are far too narrow.... That said, given that the procession was from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, and the width of the street, I suspect that it may be Victoria Street. Unfortunately Victoria Street is unrecognizable due to post-war rebuilding.
Cecil Hepworth made a series of short films of the procession, which, unfortunately, are now lost. However, their titles offer a clue to the route. Whitehall is on it, which is certainly wide enough, but largely not built up as much as in this image, which has more of a West End level of density. — Scott • talk 13:21, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Bridge in/near Perivale needs identifying

This bridge is described only as "Perivale"

This bridge is identified as a listed building in London. I'm cleaning out that category on Commons moving everything into subcategories based on borough and grade of listing, however this bridge - identified only as "Perivale" - has me stumped. It looks like it's over a canal (Grand Union?) but I can't find that there are any listed bridges of this scale near Perivale. Thryduulf (talk) 11:52, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Another shot
It's "Piggery Bridge No. 12", carrying Manor Farm Road. I've renamed and categorized it based on the categories in this other photograph. I don't think it's actually listed. — Scott • talk 12:16, 24 February 2014 (UTC) See, we don't disagree on everything!
That would make its coords 51°32′23″N 0°18′17″W / 51.5398°N 0.3047°W / 51.5398; -0.3047 --Redrose64 (talk) 12:26, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks both of you. Thryduulf (talk) 13:54, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Near Tooting Bec

Another image to identify please, this one likely is or was a church, the description is just "Tooting Bec" and claimed as listed. Thryduulf (talk) 21:04, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Turns out this is the New Testament Assembly Church, St Peter's, Tooting Bec and not a listed building. Thryduulf (talk) 21:25, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Marratt and Ellis Opticians. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:09, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

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