User talk:Thundernlightning
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Hello. I have reverted your edit deleting the two historical sources I gave for Buckingham Palace. My reason for including these sources is that they massively amplify material that is on the official site and also contain much that isn't. In particular, they are interesting about the site itself and the Manor of Ebury. They deal with the ownership, transfers, architecture of the early houses - much that does not appear on the official site. They also have images that do not appear on the official site. They are important resources. As such, I would be grateful if you would please not delete them again. Many thanks. -- FClef (Talk) 16:48, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] LGW
Just wondering if you would like to comment at Talk:London Gatwick Airport#External links. Frelke 21:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sorry
Sorry, I didn't realise i had removed that link... I had edited out something else, and that link must have been in the middle somewhere. I agree... it is a relavent link. Greenboxed 00:45, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Hotels in lONDON.
you keep reverting a link to a commercial site, yet you are putting notes in saying that wiki isnt a directory, but you are infact condone it by adding this entry?
Please use tilds to sign your message. Being a commercial site isn't a reason to remove a link. That link was placed to credit the source of the table. The table was originally taken in its entirety from that website. Previous editors and myself have maintained that table and the credit. This is quite legitimate. Reference to a directory is to link every hotel straight to its main website. Clearly this would make it a directory and not a source of information. The correct way to address that would be to create a standalone page for the hotel and make it wikitable. Thundernlightning 10:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
The whole idea of wikipedia is to provide acurate user generated info, we are participating in this to allow wiki to have upto date relivent info, we do not enter rate info etc so no commercial gain, if you check the attached site and its traffic it is highly commercial. If you are talking about gradings etc you should be using the soure that actually sets the gardes in this case the AA, which you seem to deem as vandalism.
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i never accused or suggested you were making any commercial gain......i said wiki has STATED it is NOT a directory....by linking all listed hotels to their www page it becomes a directory...you simply need to make a wiki page for the hotel...link the hotels in London section to that page..then link out from the dedicated hotels page to the actual www site........the AA is not the only organisation that rates hotels and so their list is does not cover them all..
also i think that link would be best placed under a section about hotel ratings..but that isnt london specific...i also dont see anyway to pull up a list of London 5 star hotels via that link? How would you use it that way?
http://www.theaa.com/travel/accommodation_restaurants_grading.html
Thundernlightning 12:30, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
I agree about the aa link, so i have aked them if they have one to link to, but as stted you have other sources that rate hotels within the uk, who are they?
Karma1 14:02, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Karmal
the AA, English Tourist Board and RAC all rate hotels. Of course not all hotels have been visited by these organisations and so no one list from a single organisation will ever be comprehensive. The other problem is their lists depend on distance from the centre of a point, so you cant bring up a list of exclusively London hotels, which today would be anything within the M25 although the current lists includes airport hotels outside this area. Thats another point for debate too. But the links would be well suited to a specific section on UK hotels and how they are rated. Many people are still unaware that many hotels quote self ratings.
Thundernlightning 13:16, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
The RAC stopped rating about 2 years ago, leaving the AA as the sole offical agency giving star ratings. I agree that not all hotels will have been visited but in the case of 5 star hotels this wont be the case. A,os with 5 stars I doubt they would get away with sel rating
Karma1 14:37, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
The AA list 38 5 star hotels in London. One example http://www.courthouse-hotel.com Not listed on the AA website. Time limits me going hotel to hotel but clearly 38 rated hotels is lower than the number out there. You also have the problem of actually defining the London border, basically you cant. Thundernlightning 14:12, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
even more definitive is that the AA only rates hotels that pay to become a member of its scheme. Thus some chains such as the Hiltons or some individual hotels are simply not visited and remain self rated. So the AA is not a definitive guide to 5 star hotels and never will be. Thundernlightning 08:47, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hotels in London
Hi, was your last comment for me? --Chapultepec 21:56, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Never mind, thanks. --Chapultepec 10:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
