<div dir="auto">Good timing. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I've been doing a lot of work recently to locate pages that the United Kingdom community are responsible for. The next step is renaming, and I/we would love to lose the words 'WikiProject'.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As to naming pages, I was stuck on 'United Kingdom/Railways" Vs "United Kingdom Railways" Vs "Railways in the United Kingdom".</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Is the wiki going with "United Kingdom xyz", that is no '/' prefix and subject last?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Jez</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 3 Aug 2019, 13:24 Andrew Hain, <<a href="mailto:andrewhainosm@hotmail.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">andrewhainosm@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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The page “WikiProject United Kingdom” had the prefix removed for a while in the past but it was changed back. I would be happy to see your project continue here.</div>
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The pages<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Power_networks/United_Kingdom" title="WikiProject Power networks/United Kingdom" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"> WikiProject Power networks/Great BritainWikiProject Power networks/United Kingdom</a> are part of an international
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<a id="m_3598385238853105985m_-8929346175073877786LPUrlAnchor561718" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Solent" style="text-decoration:none;color:var(--themePrimary)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">WikiProject Solent - OpenStreetMap Wiki</a></div>
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Description. The "Solent" area of Central Southern England isn't a county as such, but is arguably worth having its own WikiProject as it is one of the better mapped areas in the UK outside of the large cities.</div>
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<div id="m_3598385238853105985m_-8929346175073877786divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> dcapillae <<a href="mailto:dcapillae@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">dcapillae@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 03 August 2019 12:44<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a> <<a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Talk-GB] Removing "WikiProject" prefix</font>
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<div class="m_3598385238853105985m_-8929346175073877786PlainText">Hi,<br>
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I am Daniel, from Spain. I would like to change the name of the wiki <br>
pages related to the United Kingdom mapping project to remove the <br>
"Wikiproject" prefix according to the pages name conventions [1].<br>
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The name of the pages related to the United Kingdom mapping project <br>
would be "United Kingdom" (name of place) instead of "Wikiproject United <br>
Kingdom", as recommended by the wiki conventions. It is a change that I <br>
have already made in United States [2], Canada [3], Spain [4], Australia <br>
[5], New Zealand [6], South Africa [7], and all Spanish-speaking <br>
countries [8] on the Wiki. The pages of Israel, Denmark and Philippines <br>
have also been renamed.<br>
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Many pages of the UK mapping project have already been renamed. Only a <br>
few remain. I could make the necessary changes. All pages with <br>
"WikiProject" prefix will be redirected automatically. There will be no <br>
broken links in any case. I'll make sure everything works correctly, <br>
just like now.<br>
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Do you like the idea? There was already a discussion in the wiki about <br>
this subject [9].<br>
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Thank you for you attention! Greetings from Spain.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Daniel<br>
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[1] <br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wiki_organisation#Pages_naming_convention" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wiki_organisation#Pages_naming_convention</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States</a><br>
[3] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada</a><br>
[4] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ES:Spain" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ES:Spain</a><br>
[5] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australia" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australia</a><br>
[6] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_Zealand" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_Zealand</a><br>
[7] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/South_Africa" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/South_Africa</a><br>
[8] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Spanish_speaking_countries" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Spanish_speaking_countries</a><br>
[9] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:WikiProject_United_Kingdom" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:WikiProject_United_Kingdom</a><br>
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