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re Burnsall images. Thanks for interpolation of my image with the existing. As stated in my Edit summary, I opened a gallery as I will be adding in the next few days pictures of the village illus. of the stub: notably of the church. So I'll reinstitute the gallery. I'm staying briefly in the area, am a photographer as well as a contributor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alethe (talk • contribs) 21:08, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I have already raised a bug report on JIRA but got the title wrong, so he should pick it up. Are you back to normal or still attempting to harvest? Not got much done as I have attracted attention from Grawp. Keith D (talk) 15:33, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Keith. The existing reference has other information, even though they appear to have made a mistake on the type of screen it is, so I'd go for option B I think. I'm not sure how, can you? Thanks. Beve (talk) 14:16, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
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A Cite template for references to material in the (UK) National Archives
Keith,
I have been slowly working on the comments you made on the Whitby and Pickering Railway article. Some of the references I am adding need to cite material produced (and in some cases published) by the early railway companies or reports by Railway Inspectors; all of which is held in what is now The National Archives although I still think of as the Public Record Office. I imagine some similar problems may arise when referencing material in other similar institutions in other countries, perhaps even the Library of Congress.
So far in different articles I have tried Citation and Cite Book but neither really meet my requirements, trying to fit the necessary information into them gives a rather 'klunky' feel. Neither template (to my knowledge) supports quoting things like volume and minute numbers when referencing company minute books
Is there already a more appropriate cite template that I could use ? Or could a suitable new template be created, if so further consultation with possible users would be needed to ensure it covers all required fields. I doubt my very limited experience of template writing would be adequate for this task - are their others who might take it on ? (and is there a more appropriate place I should have raised this?).
