Talk:Cotswold Line

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Cotswold Line was nominated as a good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (March 19, 2007). There are suggestions below for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

Line or railway

In common with many articles with the suffix Line this article seems to think that it is synonymous with railway. The term Line is one used by the railway marketing people to sell the services running over particular routes. The railway lines (NB small 'l'!) over which the present-day Cotswold Line trains run were: Oxford-Worcester, part of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (first Act of Parliament 1845); which took over the (Worcester and Hereford Railway, to become the West Midlands Railway in 1860). Latter amalgamated with the GWR in 1863. Peter Shearan 08:54, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Mea culpa! The first part of my comment above still holds good, but I hadn't read lower down the article which shows exactly what I have said above. Nevertheless, I have amended very slightly the opening statement: it isn't a railway! Peter Shearan 09:00, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wolvercot Junction or Wolvercote Junction

Wolvercot seems to be the traditional railway spelling and it is still in use as in the SRA Strategic Plan 2003 (pdf). --Cavrdg 2 July 2005 21:23 (UTC)

Good Article Nomination

Good evening (GMT time); I have reviewed this article on 22:54, Tuesday December 31 2024 (UTC) in accordance with the Good Article (GA) criteria. I have concluded that, in my opinion, the article has failed one or more categories and is therefore denied GA status. In order to provide constructive criticism, I have below listed one or more of my reasons for failing the article, beside the relevant criteria title; this should be taken as advice for improvement, rather than a list of reasons for failing.

Well-written: Passed
Factually accurate: Pass
Broad: Pass
Neutrally written: Pass
Stable: Pass
Well-referenced: Fail — the article contains insufficient references, or if the four provided are, they are not cited for certain statements. Important information such as the #Route section are not made easy to verify. Use of inline citations is highly recommended - I know of no Featured Articles that do not use this format of citing sources.
Images: Pass

My condolences to the lead editors - your hard work has been informally recognised; just keep it up, and do not be disheartened!

Feel free to renominate the article when the above improvements have been made, or alternatively seek a GA Review or discuss my decision at my talk page if you believe I have been misguided.

Sincerest regards,
anthonycfc ^[talk] 21:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Inaccurate statement

From the lead: "The Cotswold Line is an 86.5 mile long railway line running from Oxford to Worcester". No it isn't: that's the distance to Hereford. The distance to Worcester is 57-58 miles, depending on which Worcester station you mean. 81.158.1.233 (talk) 00:19, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mickleton Halt

The "Mickleton" link on the route map is pointing to Mickleton Station on the Tees Valley Railway. It would be better if it pointed to Mickleton Halt railway station, although that page does not yet exist. Is there anyone who understands how the stnlnk parameter works and can fix this?Bruern Crossing (talk) 06:28, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted. Have changed Mickleton to Mickleton Halt. Lame Name (talk) 07:33, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mickleton Halt link

Created a stub for Mickleton Halt railway station but the link from this page, although working, still shows as page does not exist. Unable to figure what needs tweaking to rectify. Lame Name (talk) 09:40, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delay made the gauge narrower?

Some of the text is "The Act required the line to be built to Brunel's broad gauge [...] in but delays, disputes and increasing costs led to its being completed as standard gauge."

I suppose I see what is meant, but it seems a bit odd. Shall I change it?

Afterbrunel (talk) 19:20, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]