User talk:B.d.mills

Hi B.D.; I've noticed that you've taken an interest in the WikiProject Melbourne. If you want, add yourself to the members list, we'd love the extra help. You might have noticed that a lot of the things we plan to cover simply haven't begun yet, like the parks and gardens, Mayors and Lord Mayors, landmarks, etc. If you're interested in Melbourne's suburbs though, check out the suburbs subpage and its talk page

Here are some WikiProject Melbourne articles which attract a high number of "page hits" but are only rated as Stub Class, or otherwise need additional citations or attention:
Suburbs:	Derrimut, South Wharf, Menzies Creek, Save Our State (Australia)
Landmarks:	101 Collins Street, 120 Collins Street, Bourke Place, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Mint
Events:	Melbourne International Festival of Brass, Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Great Bookie Robbery, Extreme weather events in Melbourne
Transport:	All of the stations on the Puffing Billy Railway need expanding or merging to the main article, especially the request stops which are just tin sheds
Sporting Clubs:	Caroline Springs George Cross FC
Streets:	Little Bourke Street, Hardware Lane, Hosier Lane
People:	Alannah Hill, Meek (street artist), Vexta
Institutions:	Eltham High School, Glen Eira Town Hall, Boxing Day Test
Venues:
Miscellaneous:	Collins St., 5 pm, Yarra Valley, Coops Shot Tower, Melbourne Talk Radio, Melbourne University Publishing, The Herald and Weekly Times,
Edit or discuss this list.

TPK 12:29, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC) (Talk)

Glad to have you on board! TPK 08:54, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

What he said. If there's anything I can help with, just yell. Ambivalenthysteria 09:42, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks guys, good to hear from you.

Regarding closed rail lines, two good sources of information would be rail enthusiast shops (such as the one near Spencer St Station) and the State Library of Victoria. I just added the East Kew line to the list from my personal recollection.

There are also a few closed tram and cable tram lines as well. We need a standard format for articles on these. B.d.mills 00:52, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

You were pretty close there. It's the Kew line, not the East Kew line (East Kew was on the Outer Circle, and closed much earlier). I've fixed that, anyway.

The State Library is a very good resource. Another place that's been suggested to me is the Prahan Mechanics Institute, which apparently has a good selection of rail books, including several by the ARHS. I did go to that shop near Spencer St, Railfan, once, but found the people to be profoundly unhelpful and uninterested in anything but the trains themselves. Ambivalenthysteria 05:00, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

As for tram lines, there is a list of discontinued routes at List of Melbourne tram routes, but these are mainly fairly recent. Maybe there needs to be a List of closed Melbourne tram routes? TPK 05:03, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)