Talk:Vine Street, London

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Sorry friends, as the nomination for deletion, among other things, shows: this is not the most prominent Vine Street. Vine Street in Hollywood (think Hollywood & Vine) is. I will rename this article. Alexander 007 20:30, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

There are two Vine Streets

Right, this needs addressing, and fast. There are two streets under the name "Vine Street" in London. The one this article talks of is the very short thoroughfare near Piccadilly Circus, in Westminster.

There is, however, a Vine Street near Tower Bridge and the road called Minories and Mansell Street and Goodman's Yard. This is a longer road, and surely the one depicted in the board game?

Any replies would be gratefully recieved, as I am confused as to why it is the tiny Vine Street which is being written about here. 86.158.164.15 (talk) 14:47, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Vine Street, W1 (e.g., the one in Westminster) is the "correct" one in terms of the Monopoly board. Other than the initial five places which are in the (then) suburbs, and the railway stations, the roads on the British monopoly board form a coherent route around Westminster. Look at the relative positions of Bow Street, (Great) Marlborough Street and Vine Street and things become clear. – iridescent 15:38, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Etymology

It would be nice to have something on the etymology of the street name bearing in mind its use to purport that grape growing was performed in London at the time of the naming.

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Vine Street, London/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dr. Blofeld (talk · contribs) 17:21, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Lede

• Shorten "From the 18th to 20th century, it was home to Vine Street Police Station, originally a watch-house, but later one of the busiest police stations in the world, where the Marquess of Queensberry was charged with libel against Oscar Wilde. "

Done. As I believe it is official Wikipedia policy to mention Oscar Wilde as often as possible, we can't miss him out! Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:08, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

History

• Should The Vine be italicized?

The pub? Don't think so, The Angel, Islington and Lamb and Flag (Oxford) aren't Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:08, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

• "The station closed in 1940 alongside Marlborough Street Magistrates Court" -do you mean "along with" rather than "alongside"?

I do indeed, the station can't exactly grow legs and move to the Magistrates Court Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:08, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Events

• "the station was believed to be haunted by his ghost" -was?

I think in this context I used the past tense because the station has closed, though the building is still there - what do you think. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:08, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Have there been any recent ghost reports of it? If so it should be "is" I suppose.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:21, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

I'm not sure if Russell Grant's blog counts as a reliable source, but there's nothing to say the ghost policeman has definitely gone, so "is" it is. (In your face Clinton). Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:20, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Haha! I suppose it also depends if Grant visited to comminucate with one of them and sat on one of the ghosts with his fat arse. You'd think that alone would be enough to scare the ghosts off, him just being in the room would be an effective exorcism ;-)!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:28, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Knowing how little can really be written about this tiny street you've done very well I think!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:28, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Wait, wait, we forgot a junction list! Here you go!

Vine Street
feet	metres	Junction
0	0	Fishworks, Swallow Street
66	20	Piccadilly Place
131	40	I can't see, some pillock has parked a Ford Transit on double yellows in the way

Aaah, that's better.... Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:45, 8 March 2016 (UTC)