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Some quality issues, examples below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=West_Midlands_Passenger_Transport_Executive&diff=338734306
The £2.3 billion figure is an "estimate", and I can find no evidence that it was derived from studies. If someone can show how or where this figure was "calculated", please do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=West_Midlands_Passenger_Transport_Executive&diff=338750732
Different line of business. So no real risk of confusion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=West_Midlands_Passenger_Transport_Executive&diff=338733400
Given that Network West Midlands is little more than than a name and a visual identity, I'm unclear as to why the description of NWM graphic design, and its similarity to 'Preparing for Emergencies', was cut down.
I have just reworked the introduction to the article, which was placing too much empasis on the former PTE (Centro). There had been a sentence regarding TfWM's policies and budget being set by the Transport Delivery Committee of the WMCA. This may be worth keeping, but can first anyone confirm: is this committee actually a separate entity? I was under the impression that TfWM, which combines the functions of the old PTA (ITA) and PTE, is in fact the Transport Delivery Committee of the WMCA? P M C 08:58, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
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The top of this article currently contains the Network West Midlands logo. This is a big part of what TfWM does, but it isn't everything (roads, for example). I think in addition to (or instead of) the NWM logo we also need the TfWM logo at the top of the infobox.
An example of this logo can be seen here , to the left of the main WMCA logo. I assume the TfWM logo is copyright, but can we get a fair-use copy from somewhere?
My suggestion would be to have only the TfWM logo at the top of the infobox and to move the NWM logo to a thumbnail box somewhere in the article, with a caption along the lines of " 'Network West Midlands' is the name used by TfWM to brand public transport services in the West Midlands". P M C 09:10, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Per earlier discussions on this page, I have re-established West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive as separate article, so that it can be properly covered as an historical entity, leaving this article free to cover TfWM and public transport in the West Midlands as it is today and into the future. This seems very much to be the right approach, as there are such clear distinctions between the two bodies (as discussed above).
I have put the page at West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, rather than Centro, because:
I have changed the redirects for WMPTE, Centro, WMPTA and WMITA from this page back to West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. There may be some others that would better point to the PTE article than here, but I couldn't see anything else obvious in the list of redirects to TfWM.
I will shortly go through and remove anything historical from this article that pertains only to the PTE to avoid any unnecessary duplication between the two articles.
The PTE article is more or less the same as this article was up until the creation of TfWM, other than I have made the necessary changes to the language and phrasing so that it is purely historical. There is however plenty of room for expansion of the PTE article, as there are lots of things it does not currently cover that I think it should, for example:
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Petecollier ( talk • contribs) 11:59, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
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Some quality issues, examples below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=West_Midlands_Passenger_Transport_Executive&diff=338734306
The £2.3 billion figure is an "estimate", and I can find no evidence that it was derived from studies. If someone can show how or where this figure was "calculated", please do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=West_Midlands_Passenger_Transport_Executive&diff=338750732
Different line of business. So no real risk of confusion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=West_Midlands_Passenger_Transport_Executive&diff=338733400
Given that Network West Midlands is little more than than a name and a visual identity, I'm unclear as to why the description of NWM graphic design, and its similarity to 'Preparing for Emergencies', was cut down.
I have just reworked the introduction to the article, which was placing too much empasis on the former PTE (Centro). There had been a sentence regarding TfWM's policies and budget being set by the Transport Delivery Committee of the WMCA. This may be worth keeping, but can first anyone confirm: is this committee actually a separate entity? I was under the impression that TfWM, which combines the functions of the old PTA (ITA) and PTE, is in fact the Transport Delivery Committee of the WMCA? P M C 08:58, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
References
The top of this article currently contains the Network West Midlands logo. This is a big part of what TfWM does, but it isn't everything (roads, for example). I think in addition to (or instead of) the NWM logo we also need the TfWM logo at the top of the infobox.
An example of this logo can be seen here , to the left of the main WMCA logo. I assume the TfWM logo is copyright, but can we get a fair-use copy from somewhere?
My suggestion would be to have only the TfWM logo at the top of the infobox and to move the NWM logo to a thumbnail box somewhere in the article, with a caption along the lines of " 'Network West Midlands' is the name used by TfWM to brand public transport services in the West Midlands". P M C 09:10, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Per earlier discussions on this page, I have re-established West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive as separate article, so that it can be properly covered as an historical entity, leaving this article free to cover TfWM and public transport in the West Midlands as it is today and into the future. This seems very much to be the right approach, as there are such clear distinctions between the two bodies (as discussed above).
I have put the page at West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, rather than Centro, because:
I have changed the redirects for WMPTE, Centro, WMPTA and WMITA from this page back to West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. There may be some others that would better point to the PTE article than here, but I couldn't see anything else obvious in the list of redirects to TfWM.
I will shortly go through and remove anything historical from this article that pertains only to the PTE to avoid any unnecessary duplication between the two articles.
The PTE article is more or less the same as this article was up until the creation of TfWM, other than I have made the necessary changes to the language and phrasing so that it is purely historical. There is however plenty of room for expansion of the PTE article, as there are lots of things it does not currently cover that I think it should, for example:
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Petecollier ( talk • contribs) 11:59, 28 June 2016 (UTC)