The British version of the board game Monopoly features locations in London and is the standard board in the UK and several Commonwealth countries. The places have become familiar to millions around the world and tourists to the capital try to visit them specifically, while locals attempt pub crawls involving all the locations.
- Contributor(s): Ritchie333, Dr. Blofeld, Anarchyte, OcarinaOfTime
In summer 2015, Dr. Blofeld asked me if I fancied working on Piccadilly, which ended up with us getting it to good article status. We then had a go at Park Lane, at which point I thought, "wouldn't it be a good idea to get all the places on the Monopoly board up to GA?" We had a few initial problems; Vine Street had narrowly survived AfD, Pentonville Road hadn't even been written, and I wasn't sure if I'd have enough source material for tackling the better-known landmarks such as King's Cross station and Trafalgar Square. Still, several people chipped in to help and 21 months later it's all done, so here is a good topic for you, hopefully in name and in spirit. Enjoy! (Homage must be paid to Tim Moore for the basic concept, whose book "Do Not Pass Go" was mined extensively for all articles here. -- Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:22, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support. Ritchie333 and everyone involved has done an amazing job at getting all these articles to GA. Anarchyte ( work | talk) 23:16, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Must be a Bank error in their favour, but definitely collects two-hundred sovs with this. — O Fortuna semper crescis, aut decrescis 16:12, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support it's very kind of Ritchie333 to include me, but I merely tweaked the list and reviewed two GAs, so I'm removing myself as a nom, and thereby allowing myself to vote in support of this featured topic candidate. I want to see mainline stations of London next. The Rambling Man ( talk) 03:47, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support. This is a truly impressive set of articles. Well done! -- Coemgenus ( talk) 13:18, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support My concerns that this is a trivial categorisation is overcome by the sheer number of affected articles. Jclemens ( talk) 03:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
- At risk of being sent to Jail without passing Go or collecting £200, may one ask about Go, Community Chest, Income Tax, Chance, Jail/ Just Visiting, Electric Company, Free Parking, Water Works, Go to Jail, and Super Tax? Piped as appropriate. 213.205.198.67 ( talk) 16:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
- One may, and my response is none of those are actually locations in London per se (and indeed Community Chest has never been a London "thing" full stop). The original draft of the project did have things like
Metropolitan Police Service,
London Electricity Board,
Metropolitan Water Board (London) (and
M25 Motorway for "free parking"), and I mulled over whether to do the utilities in particular, but ultimately concluded they were a bit too arbitrary a choice for what is a list of visitable streets and properties. The main list article does specifically make a point of not including these terms. Horses for courses, anyway.
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
16:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
- I figured you might say the topic is London locations, not squares on the London Monopoly board. I suppose it becomes a question of defining the topic appropriately. As you say, horses for courses. In any event, a significant achievement, so well done.
- One may, and my response is none of those are actually locations in London per se (and indeed Community Chest has never been a London "thing" full stop). The original draft of the project did have things like
Metropolitan Police Service,
London Electricity Board,
Metropolitan Water Board (London) (and
M25 Motorway for "free parking"), and I mulled over whether to do the utilities in particular, but ultimately concluded they were a bit too arbitrary a choice for what is a list of visitable streets and properties. The main list article does specifically make a point of not including these terms. Horses for courses, anyway.
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
16:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support very funny :) Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 03:19, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Good work! Kees08 (Talk) 20:02, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support This is an amazing well-researched and well-written topic, across the board. Well done! -- haha169 ( talk) 11:30, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support - one word "wow". That is a lot of Good Articles and it seems to cover the full topic, as explained above it's not all squares on the board, but all locations. MPJ -DK 00:35, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support hilarious and downright amazing work you've done here. igordebraga ≠ 06:24, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
@ GamerPro64: I think this is pretty much a slam dunk. Kees08 (Talk) 14:54, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
- Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic. - GamerPro64 00:35, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
The British version of the board game Monopoly features locations in London and is the standard board in the UK and several Commonwealth countries. The places have become familiar to millions around the world and tourists to the capital try to visit them specifically, while locals attempt pub crawls involving all the locations.
- Contributor(s): Ritchie333, Dr. Blofeld, Anarchyte, OcarinaOfTime
In summer 2015, Dr. Blofeld asked me if I fancied working on Piccadilly, which ended up with us getting it to good article status. We then had a go at Park Lane, at which point I thought, "wouldn't it be a good idea to get all the places on the Monopoly board up to GA?" We had a few initial problems; Vine Street had narrowly survived AfD, Pentonville Road hadn't even been written, and I wasn't sure if I'd have enough source material for tackling the better-known landmarks such as King's Cross station and Trafalgar Square. Still, several people chipped in to help and 21 months later it's all done, so here is a good topic for you, hopefully in name and in spirit. Enjoy! (Homage must be paid to Tim Moore for the basic concept, whose book "Do Not Pass Go" was mined extensively for all articles here. -- Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:22, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support. Ritchie333 and everyone involved has done an amazing job at getting all these articles to GA. Anarchyte ( work | talk) 23:16, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Must be a Bank error in their favour, but definitely collects two-hundred sovs with this. — O Fortuna semper crescis, aut decrescis 16:12, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support it's very kind of Ritchie333 to include me, but I merely tweaked the list and reviewed two GAs, so I'm removing myself as a nom, and thereby allowing myself to vote in support of this featured topic candidate. I want to see mainline stations of London next. The Rambling Man ( talk) 03:47, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support. This is a truly impressive set of articles. Well done! -- Coemgenus ( talk) 13:18, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support My concerns that this is a trivial categorisation is overcome by the sheer number of affected articles. Jclemens ( talk) 03:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
- At risk of being sent to Jail without passing Go or collecting £200, may one ask about Go, Community Chest, Income Tax, Chance, Jail/ Just Visiting, Electric Company, Free Parking, Water Works, Go to Jail, and Super Tax? Piped as appropriate. 213.205.198.67 ( talk) 16:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
- One may, and my response is none of those are actually locations in London per se (and indeed Community Chest has never been a London "thing" full stop). The original draft of the project did have things like
Metropolitan Police Service,
London Electricity Board,
Metropolitan Water Board (London) (and
M25 Motorway for "free parking"), and I mulled over whether to do the utilities in particular, but ultimately concluded they were a bit too arbitrary a choice for what is a list of visitable streets and properties. The main list article does specifically make a point of not including these terms. Horses for courses, anyway.
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
16:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
- I figured you might say the topic is London locations, not squares on the London Monopoly board. I suppose it becomes a question of defining the topic appropriately. As you say, horses for courses. In any event, a significant achievement, so well done.
- One may, and my response is none of those are actually locations in London per se (and indeed Community Chest has never been a London "thing" full stop). The original draft of the project did have things like
Metropolitan Police Service,
London Electricity Board,
Metropolitan Water Board (London) (and
M25 Motorway for "free parking"), and I mulled over whether to do the utilities in particular, but ultimately concluded they were a bit too arbitrary a choice for what is a list of visitable streets and properties. The main list article does specifically make a point of not including these terms. Horses for courses, anyway.
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
16:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support very funny :) Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 03:19, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Good work! Kees08 (Talk) 20:02, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support This is an amazing well-researched and well-written topic, across the board. Well done! -- haha169 ( talk) 11:30, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support - one word "wow". That is a lot of Good Articles and it seems to cover the full topic, as explained above it's not all squares on the board, but all locations. MPJ -DK 00:35, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support hilarious and downright amazing work you've done here. igordebraga ≠ 06:24, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
@ GamerPro64: I think this is pretty much a slam dunk. Kees08 (Talk) 14:54, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
- Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic. - GamerPro64 00:35, 17 May 2017 (UTC)