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[[Image:India railways1909a.jpg|thumb|250px|''General map of railways in India as of 1909'']] | |||
Welcome to the '''Fibiwiki Railways Project'''. The aim of this project is to improve the Fibiwiki content and coverage on Railways in British India. If you would like to join the project please add your name to the [[FibiwikiProject Railways/Members|list of project members]]. | |||
== Templates == | Many of the railway pages have been created already and are now waiting for information to be added about operations, traffic, stations, staff, apprentices, colonies, institutes, schools etc. For a list of pages aleady created go to the [[:Category:Railways]] page. | ||
== Infobox Templates == | |||
Please use the following Railways Infobox template when creating Railway pages. Using these templates helps us to provide a consistent appearance to the articles within our project. | Please use the following Railways Infobox template when creating Railway pages. Using these templates helps us to provide a consistent appearance to the articles within our project. | ||
* [[Railways Line Infobox]] | |||
* [[System Railways Infobox]] | |||
For examples of these Infoboxes and a commentary, please click [[How to interpret this infobox|here]]. | |||
==== Template Guidelines ==== | |||
These guidelines apply to all infoboxes. | |||
# Most of the fields in each infobox can be left blank if desired. | |||
# If adding an image, do not infringe copyright. If in doubt, don't. | |||
# Internal and external links (eg linking a station name to a location article) can be very effective. | |||
== Station Names == | |||
Where possible or appropriate, the names of stations and other railway establishments should be standardised either (preferrably) with one of the several ''Alphabetical lists of station names'' published at various dates by the Indian Railway Conference Association (IRCA) and to be found in the India Office Records at the British Library (V/25/720/49-59) or with those place names in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] (available online at [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ Digital South Asia Library]). If necessary, a redirect can be made to an article from an alternative name (see [[Help:Editing]]). | |||
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Revision as of 00:12, 19 October 2009
Welcome to the Fibiwiki Railways Project. The aim of this project is to improve the Fibiwiki content and coverage on Railways in British India. If you would like to join the project please add your name to the list of project members.
Many of the railway pages have been created already and are now waiting for information to be added about operations, traffic, stations, staff, apprentices, colonies, institutes, schools etc. For a list of pages aleady created go to the Category:Railways page.
Infobox Templates
Please use the following Railways Infobox template when creating Railway pages. Using these templates helps us to provide a consistent appearance to the articles within our project.
For examples of these Infoboxes and a commentary, please click here.
Template Guidelines
These guidelines apply to all infoboxes.
- Most of the fields in each infobox can be left blank if desired.
- If adding an image, do not infringe copyright. If in doubt, don't.
- Internal and external links (eg linking a station name to a location article) can be very effective.
Station Names
Where possible or appropriate, the names of stations and other railway establishments should be standardised either (preferrably) with one of the several Alphabetical lists of station names published at various dates by the Indian Railway Conference Association (IRCA) and to be found in the India Office Records at the British Library (V/25/720/49-59) or with those place names in the Imperial Gazetteer of India (available online at Digital South Asia Library). If necessary, a redirect can be made to an article from an alternative name (see Help:Editing).