[WikiEN-l] Jordanhill railway station Commemoration

[SJ]

On 3/2/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay at bigpond.com> wrote:
> > From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org
> > [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Moreau
>
> > It has been expressed by many users that the Wikimedia
> > Foundation should contact the authorities in control of the
> > Jordanhill railway station, and request a plaque be placed at
> > the station, in commemoration of the 1 millionth English article.
> >
> > If you agree with this concept in principle, you may put your
> > username here.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jordanhill_railway_station/C
> > ommemoration
> >
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> > 5 unreverted mainspace edits, at the time of signing.
>
> I fear that the plaque would be promptly vandalised...

There could be instruction on the side, in small print, regarding how
to deal with vandalism... and a little 'rollback' button

> But I have to wonder about the reaction of the railway administration and
> whether they might think we are taking ourselves a bit too seriously. It's
> only a website, after all.

And the Library of Congress is only a building...

...with 118 million items and 500 miles of shelf space.

SJ