User talk:Op47

Welcome![edit]

Welcome, Op47!

I'm Hersfold, and I noticed that you haven't been welcomed yet, so I thought I'd drop you a note. We do have a lot of users, and are currently working on 6,818,360 articles, so things can be a little intimidating... but don't worry! We love to help out, and we'll try our best to make your stay here as comfortable as possible.
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What to do if you find a copyright violation[edit]

I think the difficulty in finding meta documents, be they copyright related or not, is one of the biggest failings of wikipedia and I'm not sure there's a simple solution to it. Personally I like the toolbox idea, given the importance of copyright but firstly I'm not sure how it could be done and second it would probably need community wide consensus. I'll look into it some more. The flow chart one also isn't a bad idea. I think part of the issue here is finding the time to do it. There's barely enough editors working on copyright problems to deal with the problems we get let alone look into this issue. I'm thinking what we may need is a discussion to work out a way forward. I'll think about trying to start one. Dpmuk (talk) 23:10, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Splits[edit]

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	For dealing with the Split requests backlog. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 02:02, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pleased to see that you have been tackling the Split requests, and also that you are discussing matters with the people who requested the splits - that's very good. I have been working on them for some time now (about two years I think), and it's great to see someone else take an interest. Wikipedia:Splitting, Wikipedia:Article size, Wikipedia:Summary style and Wikipedia:Content forking are useful guideline to consult when considering a split - as well, of course, as the basics like Wikipedia:Verifiability and WP:Notability. In general, when considering a split, bear in mind that there needs to be reliable sources which indicate some form of notability. Often splits haven't been done because the material that has been requested to be split isn't actually notable enough for a stand alone article. It may be that the material is appropriate as part of a parent article, or it may be that the material isn't important enough to be on Wikipedia at all, but nobody has yet got around to removing it. Sometimes it is difficult to know what to do, and I support the notion of you making a decision rather than simply letting matters slip by. I admire people who follow WP:Bold - that's how we make progress; however, we also need to check that we are not simply shuffling around a problem from one area to another. When you split Babes in the Wood murders into multiple articles, for example, some of those articles you created have questionable status - Babes in the Wood murders (Watton, Norfolk), for example, has no sources at all, and Babes in the Wood murders (Pine Grove Furnace) has a cite which doesn't mention the incident, though there do appear to be some sources available, even if not exactly reliable. It's worth considering where exactly to place the material - and if it is to be in a standalone article, to ensure that there is enough material to justify a standalone, and that there are an appropriate amount of reliable sources to establish notability. I'll be happy to work with you on Babes in the Wood murders, looking at how it was and talking through what could be done with the material. I think the comments on the talkpage are worth reading, as the article creator is aware of the problems. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 02:02, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I accept that when I started systematically sorting out the split tag issue that I may have been over enthusiasic and some items perhaps need to be re-visited. I have noticed that removing split tags has caused much less difficulty than splitting as requested. I noticed for instance that you reverted my split of Allers, as an example, and now I am of the view that such articles I would probably just de-tag. At the end of the day, I don't mind being reverted as long as an alternative solution is found. Regarding Babes in the wood murders, I think perhaps we should move the discussion to the talk page of that article. Op47 (talk) 23:21, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have no problems with over enthusiasm at all! I have more of a problem with the apathy and inertia that results in split tags being ignored for years and years. And the nature of the split request is that there isn't an easy solution - some people may (and do) disagree, and sometime mistakes are made. The nature of life is that mistakes are made - I would rather people were bold and made a decision, than do nothing for fear of making a mistake. Mistakes can be undone. The key is being willing to discuss, and to learn from all experiences. Having worked through several hundred split requests I have found that most requests are inappropriate. It seems that the nature of asking for a split in itself shows that people are unsure. And if a request has been lying around for more than 12 months with no action and no support, then it is likely to be inappropriate. However, each request needs to be studied - and some are really quite complex. The solution may not always be a new article - but may be a merge of the contentious material in a more appropriate parent article. Sometimes it is a case of removing or reducing the material. Sometimes a new article is warranted - and that sometimes means finding reliable sources. However, as you are finding, mostly it's a case of removing the tag, and leaving a reason. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 09:51, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have joined in the discussion on Talk:Babes_in_the_Wood_murders#Needs_splitting. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 10:06, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page moves[edit]

I may have been a little unclear - there are non-controversial and controversial page moves. I was referring to an non-controversial move as a "normal" move.

When a page has been discussed for a move before, and has not been moved or people have objected, one can consider it under the guidelines listed here: Wikipedia:Page_move#Before_moving_a_page (in particular items 5 and 6)

Under these circumstances it is best to follow the guidelines on Wikipedia:Requested moves. Basically a move template is created as given in the notes at Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Requesting_a_single_page_move, Wiki projects (such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland and Wikipedia:WikiProject Ukraine) are informed, and discussion can then start on if it should be moved and if so where to.

I hope this answers your questions. I am only concerned that the right Wiki projects get notice so that as many people as possible can be made aware of the intended move and hopefully join the discussion.

As a matter of interest, referring to Ukraine as "the ukraine" is not quite correct, similar to saying "the Poland" or "the Russia". Chaosdruid (talk) 13:18, 17 February 2012 (UTC) PS - when searching for wikipedia topics, rather than articles, you should put WP: in the search. For example, to search for move guidelines type "WP:move page" rather than just "move page". Chaosdruid (talk) 13:20, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting[edit]

Hello Silktork,

I see that you have finished the troublesome splits from last year. Very Good. Op47 (talk) 22:29, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes - there were some awkward ones there. I have been wondering for some time now if there should be a system in place for splits the same as for mergers - Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. Often there is no or little discussion so it can be difficult to find consensus, and when acting on a request either to do the split or decline it, there can be objections due to lack of input from others. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 08:42, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your help desk question[edit]

To your final question, I would answer no, but for the cricket article click here: User:Op47/August 2010 in sports/Cricket. Then substitute the name of each sport for any other articles you want to create, such as User:Op47/August 2010 in sports/Football.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recognition of Native American sacred sites in the United States[edit]

I moved your comment over to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 00:56, 28 November 2012 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

Recognition of Native American sacred sites in the United States found 27 November 2012. This article is someone's coursework. I found it by accident when doing maintenance. It is currently an orphan. Can you use it? if not then I guess it needs to be deleted. Op47 (talk) 22:21, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article seems completely notable but would be the scope of WP:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America. I can link other articles to it. -Uyvsdi (talk) 00:56, 28 November 2012 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

NPP[edit]

Hi. There is indeed a check list - it's also a fairly comprehensive tutorial. It's quite well known and I'm surprised you were told there wasn't one. It's at WP:NPP. If you need any help patrolling pages, don't hesiate to ask me on my talk page. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of pipeline accidents in the United States before 1900[edit]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

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	Nice job for all the contributions you make - I noticed that you put a lot of time into making lists and so forth. Thank you!! SarahStierch (talk) 01:04, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of film director and cinematographer collaborations[edit]

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Barnstar[edit]

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	For hardwork and dedication in clearing up Split requests. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 11:19, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted the remaining talkpages as requested. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 11:19, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thanks for your help..I just don't know what I'm doing, I wasn't trying to create faux notoriety for myself..or delete the speedy deletion header...or any other thing...it all was done completely out of sheer stupidity..and I shall stay far far away from editing wikipedia in future... Thank you.. xox Patricia Wells 19:39, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

List of hospitals in the Federated States of Micronesia[edit]

Hi, here you tagged the page as having no links to other Wikipedia articles. Did you perhaps intend to tag it with {{Underlinked}} or {{Orphan|date=January 2013|few=January 2013}}, or am I just missing something. Best. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 19:34, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback/Please sign your post[edit]

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Dear Op47: You tagged the WisCEL article as an advertisement. I don't have any connection with this group, but I am an educator, so I was able to read through the educational jargon. I have tried to edit the page so that it is more factual and understandable. Would you please check it again and see if you think it is now acceptable? Thanks —Anne Delong (talk) 23:01, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: List of arcade video games[edit]

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List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom: B[edit]

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Vandalism[edit]

Hellow SilkTork, I am sorry to trouble you. This year, I have had to remove the same hoax from Nescafé 3 times. Is there a case to be made for having the article protected in some way and if so, who would be the best person to approach? Op47 (talk) 21:43, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Nescafé article does experience occasional low level unhelpful edits from IP accounts; however, the article also benefits from edits from IP accounts, so blocking all IP accounts from editing the article at this stage would be inappropriate. I have tracked down the IP account responsible and blocked it for three months - see User talk:94.192.35.21. Even though it appears a static account, unused by anyone else, and it has made inappropriate edits a year apart, and also to the Crow article, we don't generally issue long term blocks on IP accounts, especially for such low level disruption, so three months is the most I can dish out at this stage. It is possible that the person behind the account may do it again next year from the same IP account - if so, let me know, and I'll give a longer block. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 23:12, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of List of symphonies by Robert Schumann for deletion[edit]

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Splitting articles[edit]

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I have been trying to split some very long lists e.g. List of arcade video games. When I have seen similar lists, there has been a navigation template at the bottom of the page. I have followed suit. Someone has obviously a different view and moved the template to the top of the page. Since these things take a lot of time and there are a lot to do, I would like to develop some kind of policy/process so that there can be no argument (as far as that's possible). How should one go about this? Op47 (talk) 14:59, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:List of arcade video games is the best place to start a discussion; If that fails to go anywhere, then WP:3O and WP:RFC are other options. --Mdann52talk to me! 16:20, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Perhaps I should have been clearer above. I know about RfCs for individual articles. The problem is that WP:CLN which is is a guide line gives no guidance on the formatting etc. of nav boxes, but rather it refers to WP:NAV, which is an essay rather than an official guideline. I would like to have a clear guideline/standard for nav boxes. The reason is that at present there are about 100 articles that require to be split up like this. It would be an enourmous pain to have to raise RfCs on each one. How do I go about (e.g.) making WP:NAV policy? Op47 (talk) 12:39, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If this edit is what you refer to: That's not a navbox but rather a customized table of contents (note that the page doesn't have a "true" table of contents any more).

If you want to elevate WP:NAV to a guideline, you should have a look at WP:PROPOSAL, but I wouldn't be surprised if the consensus turned out to be that we don't need to elevate it. Turning it into a policy is bound to fail - not even the Manual of Style itself is a policy.

What I would suggest instead is to discuss the issue at WT:WikiProject Lists, the talk page of the relevant WikiProject. The people over there should know how we commonly format lists, and what has turned out to be consensus in the past. Huon (talk) 13:25, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of radio broadcast frequency articles[edit]

Quite simple, the templates that held spaces for the pages existed long before I decided to fill them in. It's already been decided that radio stations are inherently notable and other frequencies have station lists. Japan IS the only country currently that uses F.M. broadcasting on 76-90Mc. instead of 87/8-108Mc. or 65-74Mc. (old OIRT allocation) so 76.5F.M. would only have stations in Japan listed on it. It has as much right to exist as other station lists.Stereorock (talk) 18:38, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

87.9 exists as 87.9 FM already. 87.9 MHz should redirect to that. I will check it later. Thanks!Stereorock (talk) 20:57, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Arya Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire)[edit]

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Signing talk page comments[edit]

Op47, please don't forget to sign your posts on talk pages. I added two signatures on Talk:Nutation. RockMagnetist (talk) 17:31, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Lycos[edit]

Thanks for your advice. But I would like to get the opinion of other editors before escalating to admins. Perhaps you could contribute something to that Talk page? --Macrakis (talk) 00:59, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Arrayán (TV series)[edit]

Hi Op47. Thank you for your work on patrolling new pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I'm just letting you know that I declined your deletion request for Arrayán (TV series), a page that you tagged for speedy deletion, under criterion G5 because the criterion you used or the reason you gave does not cover this kind of page. The creator of this page is not, and was not at the time of the article creation, blocked or banned Please take a moment to look at the suggested tasks for patrollers and review the criteria for speedy deletion. Particularly, the section covering non-criteria. Such pages are best tagged with proposed deletion or proposed deletion for biographies of living persons, or sent to the appropriate deletion discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 16:04, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise, the article XERC-AM which you tagged for deletion a few days ago was clearly not a candidate for a speedy deletion. It's important to underline that deletion is not a goal in itself, but a process to weed out bad material from Wikipedia. --Soman (talk) 16:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure I understand why this article "was clearly not a candidate for a speedy deletion". WP:A7 says that an article about an organisation that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant should be speedily deleted. I could not see the claim of importance or significance. If I have missed something then I would like to understand. I am not intrested in deleteing articles per se as you imply, but rather I am intrested in the quality of the encyclopedia and would wish to "weed out bad material from Wikipedia." According to the standards given, that appeared to me to be "bad material" and I therefore chose to ask for it to be weeded out. You would have noted that the originator of the page that Thrduulf was referring to had in fact been banned/blocked at some point for marking pages as reviewed and yet failing to mark the bad ones for speedy deletion. I would therefore, not dare to not mark pages that apparantly come under the criteria for deletion. Op47 (talk) 16:44, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't a rule that all unreferenced material on Wikipedia should be deleted. If you read the available text at XERC-AM, it states that it is a radio station founded in 1946 in the Mexican capital and still operating. On basis of that info, it is clear that it isn't an unambiguous candidate for deletion. Speedy deletions on basis of notability problem are to be reserved for unambiguous cases. If you are in doubt, PROD and AfD are the apt templates. Candidates for speedy deletion for lack of notability would be applied for clearly frivolous entities. --Soman (talk) 17:57, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am glad unreferenced material is not to be removed. If that were the case then there would be very little left. The check list on WP:New Pages Patrol says that if a page meets a criteria for speedy deletion then mark the page for speedy deletion. I did read the material available and I saw 67 stations in Mexico(many red links), all identified only by call sign. I saw no indication as to why this radio station was notable among this 67. A search on a well known search engine gave nothing either. I am sorry, but I was in no doubt that this was a "frivilous" entry. I may be mistaken, but I do not see why it should be clear. Is it that anything in the Mexican capital is notable? Is it that any firm started in 1946 is notable? Is it tha fact that its a radio station? More importantly, the way I did things there was a second opinion. If I just let a bad article through, then there is no way to know. Op47 (talk) 10:22, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good afternoon, My user is User:Mminetti Please do not delete my Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority page as I was only doing the test message in my sandbox and I was testing my user name switch by using the move command. My page should not be removed, as I have very little work left on the page and am close to moving it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.14.164.3 (talk) 17:09, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Closure of split discussion at Organized crime in Chicago[edit]

Hello. Thank you for your contributions. I am an active member of WP:CHICAGO. I noticed you recently closed the split discussion at Organized crime in Chicago with the reason "No support for split." However, the discussion did include some support for a split. The discussion was closed with only the view of one editor, the editor who started the discussion, who clearly favors the split. I would respectfully request the closure be backed out and the template restored. Once the discussion is open I would like to add some addition thoughts and try again to foster broader discussion and consensus on this problematic page. Thanks again. Hugh (talk) 16:42, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Take to talk:Organized crime in Chicago Op47 (talk) 22:50, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of foreign Ligue 1 players[edit]

Hi. If I hadn't realised that ligue is a French word, I would not have known immediately that these lists concern French football. Perhaps it might be an idea to include the country, France, early on in the introduction/lead. regards, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:48, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Template:Stub to tagged stubs[edit]

Please stop adding {{stub}} to articles alreadyt containing stub tags (any te4mplate aendifng with "-stub". It serves no purpose - {{stub}} is intended to be replaced by a better stub tag, and in these cases, it's already there. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 05:33, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you![edit]

Thank you for the advice. I am still new and doing my best to learn. The reasson I tagged the page again was the original tag is from august 2013. I tought I should remind the author but if its perferable to only have one kind of tag at a moment I will not tag thesame tag on thesame page. If you notice anything more please let me know as I said I am doing my best to learn.

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Nomination of List of Mad issues (1952–59) for deletion[edit]

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Copy Help page discussion for reference[edit]

Appealing results of discussions[edit]

If someone closes a discussion and you don't agree with their concensus, who should you appeal to? (assuming the discussion with the editor doesn't achieve the result you were hoping for) Op47 (talk) 18:27, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Op47 - Challenging a closing lists where editors can have a close reviewed. If you are referring to this close, the split request was posted 6 July 2013, there was only one reply, and you closed the discussion 10 January 2014 as "No support to split page." There was no consensus to split and closing the discussion had the benefit of removing the split tag from the article.[1] -- Jreferee (talk) 15:35, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Odd Tag on Heimskr[edit]

Excuse me, Op47, but I don't think it matters if redirects are linked to. These rules only apply to regular articles, I believe. Also, the redirect is already up for deletion, and there is really no need to review it at the present time. Please take this into consideration. Nedgreiner 03:35, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Transparency International India[edit]

Hello, regarding Transparency International India. It's not eligible for speedy deletion because it was created before Iraag (talk · contribs) was blocked, so to qualify, the edit must have been made while the user was actually banned or blocked. A page created before the ban or block does not qualify. Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 21:09, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

August 2014[edit]

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Speedy deletion contested: England national football team results (1872–99)[edit]

Hello Op47. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of England national football team results (1872–99), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. Thank you. Good afternoon (talk) 13:30, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. --Good afternoon (talk) 01:31, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RfC United States same-sex marriage map[edit]

I opened up an RfC for the U.S. same-sex marriage map due to the complicated situation of Kansas: RfC: How should we color Kansas? Prcc27 (talk) 12:21, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:List of albums containing a hidden track Header[edit]

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City Creek Centre Controversy[edit]

Following your recent quires with the City Creek Center article, I would like to make the appropriate changes you feel necessary. Is your concern with the small 'public sentiment' paragraph or another source that has been removed? I rewrote the entire article, a while back however, it was mentioned that there was controversy however; I was advised to remove that because it was said to be a 'not notable' attack on the development with no reliable sources. I was forced remove it (I am not sure if that info deleted is what you are talking about), nevertheless if you give me the sources I would be more than happy to to put it in the article. thanks again Wrightie99 (talk) 22:41, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Moti Nagar (Hyderabad)[edit]

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DYK nomination of Karymshina[edit]

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Merger discussion for Radar imaging[edit]

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Solastalgia and Glenn Albrecht[edit]

I note your change (2011/12) where you felt that the Solastalgia article should not be merged into Glenn Albrecht, because Glenn Albrecht was not notable enough for that. I'm confused as my first impulse today was to start proposing that same merge. Do you remember why the reverse merge wasn't done/proposed/started?

It really looks to me like this is barely worth one article much less two. As you say he's notable only for the word and stance, and the word's notability is so far still connected with his "I like it and I coined it". The passage of time has not improved that impression. Rather, he seems to be in further ferment, so he and his words need a solution. How do you still feel about merging these two 'articles'? Shenme (talk) 04:30, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shenme, It is too long ago to remember why I did not merge the articles. Probably, I was not bold enough. I think we should keep Solastalgia and merge Glenn Albrecht because judging by the article, Albrecht is mainly notable for inventing the word. Op47 (talk) 22:39, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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VEI[edit]

VEI is for eruptions, not volcanoes: see the definition. 86.134.138.217 (talk) 12:17, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The category is for volcanoes, not eruptions. See the category Category:VEI-8 volcanoes for example. Op47 (talk) 16:27, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Relationship of Luminous Flux to Luminous Intensity[edit]

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Wootton Bassett Spad[edit]

Hi there, you just altered an edit I made over the driver's actions. I don't want to get into an edit war with you over this.

There are two fundamental issues that need to be hammered home about this SPAD;

1) In order to prevent the train stopping after an AWS brake demand, the driver released the brakes by isolating the AWS. (WCR traincrew had a history of performing this dangerous and forbidden procedure).

2) Isolating the AWS ALSO isolates the TPWS (because they share a master control unit)

Ok so you've altered He overrode the AWS brake demand to He isolated the AWS using the isolating cocks used for maintenance.

I can see your point, you've taken the literal path but it doesn't explain to the reader why.

What I suggest incorporates both ...He released the brakes by operating the AWS isolating cock

Will we be able to reach agreement/compromise on this ? Cheers, Dr Sludge (talk) 13:44, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mount St. Helens[edit]

Recently added Mount St. Helens back to Plinian eruptions, but then saw you had removed it. It seems like you know something about the subject - do we have a source for MSH as a non-Plinian eruption?, or that a Plinian eruption cannot involve or be precipitated by a sector collapse? All I can find is sources calling it Plinian, but haven't looked very hard at all. If there is a good source for that and we remove it again, it may be helpful to add some material to both the MSH article and to the volcanic eruptions articles for the sake of clarifying what's what. MSH is, after all, the best-known eruption in a major contributor country, is commonly labelled as Plinian, and will continue to come up. 65.188.193.250 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:13, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]