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2006

The S\St stations

Most alphabetical lists, including the Network Rail timetable, put stations beginning with St. as though it were expanded to Saint. I.e. St. Ives would come before Salford Central. Any objections to me moving them? --Tivedshambo 08:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Just to note, i have rearranged them now. I also agree with you. Simply south 21:54, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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Your media copyright question

Hi, I have answered your question at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions#Altering copyright messages. Angr (talk) 23:30, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Comma deletion crime

Please accept my humble apologies for deleting "your comma". It was done by mistake. -- Slowmover 16:11, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Maiden Lane railway stations

I was not really sure where to fit this comment on the talk page. It would have to mean rewording comments i think.

Anyway, i have gone ahead with the page move. Actually, as you added the info to the talk page, i couldn't ask you to add it to the main article, could i?

Also a query. If Maiden Lane was on the EWIDBJ railway, was that the same line before the current North London Line?

Simply south 11:45, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't have time to do this at present. However, feel free to cut and paste the information in (with appropriate clean-up). EWIDBJ became NLR on 1 Jan 1853 (Jowett again)--Tivedshambo (talk) 22:57, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I've finally had a chance to do something with this article - any comments welcome.--Tivedshambo (talk) 20:42, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I feel like i have been such a nag. I think what you have done is good. I was just not really sure how to reference things in this, especially books. Or is this similar to reports?

Simply south 21:10, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

207.166.8.2

The above user has been blocked for forty-eight hours in response to your request on WP:AIV.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  16:41, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Talk:ADARSH SAMAJ SAHYOG SAMITI

I sometimes go to bat for newcomers that post somewhat deficient articles; so often they are almost instantaneously shot down by trigger-happy new page patrollers. I saw your comment and those of User:Rklawton. Without knowing the full story of this article, it's refreshing to see two experienced editors exercising forbearance with a newcomer. I'll leave a note with some suggestions on the article creator's page. --A. B. 06:51, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

"ADARSH SAMAJ SAHYOG SAMITI" bites the dust:

We all thought this article was probably pretty marginal, but the way it was deleted seems a bit gratuitous.

--A. B. 17:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Adarsh Samaj

I've restored the page per the requests. My reason for the deletion was it does not assert any particular importance, is not wikified, and was titled in all caps (not a good sign for a "real" article). I changed the Speedy Request to a PROD and moved to a proper title. Staxringold _talk^contribs 19:16, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I see you've been editing this article since we got it saved on behalf of the newcomer, Adarshsamaj, that created it. If you believe in this article and its topic, then by all means keep at it. I notice, however, that the original author has made no additional edits (either to this article or any others), in spite of comments and suggestions on his talk page. At this point, you should not feel compelled to keep working on this "to be a good guy" or to "stick up for a newcomer". I've wasted lots of time in the past working on newcomers' semi-vanity or vanity articles, only to find they had no interest in ever adding to Wikipeida again, including the article I busted my butt for. You've certainly gone beyond the call of duty in your first efforts on his behalf and I am disappointed to see he/she has not bothered to reciprocate.

This is one reason I like the PROD process -- the author gets 5 days to show that he/she can make the article into something acceptable, even if not wikified or pretty. If they don't care to do this, then I lose interest. So I fight to get speedy deletes changed to PRODs, but I like to see the newcomer showing some "skin in the game"

That's my two cents worth and it certainly should not be viewed as criticism -- I very much respect what you've done.

--A. B. 18:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the above, and certainly don't intend to do any more to it. All I did was add some obvious links and put in the missing <references/> tag.

Also, bear in mind that the author is probably Indian, and possibly does not have regular internet access, so may not have seen the changes and discussion yet. -- Tivedshambo (talk) 19:41, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Good point re: access.

I just received an e-mail today from another guy for whom I had earlier gone to bat. He was asking me to more or less fix his stuff, prove its notability, etc. This was in response to an e-mail I had sent him 1-2 weeks ago.

See:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GBO Trusted Enterprise Award
• User talk:Pingfan

and then compare that with

• his own level of effort on Wikipedia

The whole experience left me feeling like a naive chump who'd wasted a lot of time. I'm much more selective of which new users I support and how far I go on their behalf. I still hate to see speedy deletions and tactlessly, brusque actions against the articles and their newcomer-creators, but I also want to see some follow-up on the newcomer's part.--A. B. 22:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

My revert on 2006 FIFA World Cup

Please explain why you reverted my edit to 2006 FIFA World Cup? It was a perfectly legitimate edit, and an important piece of information (the heading is tournament summary, not match summary) -- Tivedshambo (talk) 06:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I have determined that my reversion was in error -- sort of. When reverting users' edits, I don't have the opportunity to give a reason for the reversion. The addition you made to the article was unsourced. Though both you and I know that Brazil was one of (if not the only) favorite in the World Cup, it was unsourced, and had to be removed. Next time, please add some support before claiming that Brazil was the "favorite." Ian Manka Talk to me! 20:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Follow up - you claim that "Brazil were favourites" was uncited. They were number 1 seed (I must admit I thought this was in the article itself - I've just checked and it's on a linked page). Although this doesn't necessarily make them favourites, it is common knowledge. (I agree a reference would be technically required under the rules of WP, but if we did that for every minor detail in an article of that size, it would become impossibly large). Even so, if you thought that a reference was required, a {{fact}} tag should be all that is necessary, not a full reversion. Finally, can I suggest that where an edit is not obviously vandalism, you wait a few minutes before altering, as the original editor may be making changes (as I was at the time - putting the link to Brazil national football team, which incidentally also cited them as favourites). -- Tivedshambo (talk) 20:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Once again, my mistake. It was 2:35 in the morning here, and I was tired, but that is no excuse. I read somewhere that an editor should never edit when tired. Anyways, deepest apologies. No hard feelings? Ian Manka Talk to me! 21:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanation - don't worry about it ;-) -- Tivedshambo (talk) 21:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

user pages

Please do not edit my user pages without permission. Thank-you.

I do apologize for editing your user page without asking you first, but when you put {{stub}} on any page, it places the page in Category:Stubs. I am a stub sorter and I go through Category:Stubs all the time and sort them into the proper stub types. User pages are not articles and they should not have stub tags. It's fine to put an article on your sub-page in order to get it ready for the article space, but please do not put any tags on it, such as {{stub}} or anything like that. Again, I apologize for not asking first, but I was just doing my job. ~ Amalas rawr ^{=^_^=} 16:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

speedy deletion

There appears to be some confusion. The Wiki guidelines state that the hangon tag should be removed by the author, not posted alongside the speedy removal tag.

Can you please help me with my understanding of this policy?

Fossiltooth 23:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

You had removed the {{db-band}} tag, not the {{hangon}} tag. I don't know whther this was intentional, or just an accident on your part.-- Tivedshambo (talk) 08:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Pheasant

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Pheasant (chess), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Pheasant (chess). If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.

OK with me to delete - please note you can sign your messages using four tildes. ~~~~, jimfbleak 05:50, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry - my most common error. -- Tivedshambo (talk) 08:22, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, the tilde thing was a bit snide and unnecessary -we've all done it. I've added a comment on the article talk page. jimfbleak 05:38, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Lakeside Miniature Railway

Your edit summary: "Lakeside Miniature Railway is not a minimum gauge railway". Why not? I can't find any gauge listed, but photos seem to show it as less than 2 foot - probably 15". -- Tivedshambo (talk) 19:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

The distinction between a miniature railway and a minimum gauge one is that a miniature railway's locomotives are scale models of actualy prototypes, while a minimum gauge railway is a true narrow gauge line built on tracks of 18 inch gauge or less. In other words a miniature railway is a very big model railway and a minimum gauge railway is a very small prototype :-) I believe the Lakeside uses principally model locos, so should be listed in miniature railways article, not the Minimum gauge railways article. I hope this makes sense. There was some confusion as "miniature railway" was for a time redirecting to Minimum gauge railways, which was incorrect. I've fixed that in the last few days.

I hope this makes sense. Best, Gwernol 19:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Vanity page

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Geraint Johnes, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Geraint Johnes. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.

The subject (presumably yourself) may or may not be notable, but please read WP:VANITY and Wikipedia:Autobiography for guidelines. -- Tivedshambo (talk) 10:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

yes, but I think meets the guidelines for academics - Geraint—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Geraintjohnes (talk • contribs) . 12:10, 25 August 2006

Headblade

Hi

I am working on the headblade page and I obviously want to do it correctly. This is my first page. I cited the Time magazine article that named it the named it one of the best designs of 2000. I also moved the link for the company to the external link section and removed that it i the ultimate shaving razor and made it just a shaving razor. What else should I do. The otehr stuff I think is facts but I know that doen't mean you want them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Barry Barryfein 23:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The page seems to have improved a lot overnight - I don't think much else needs doing. -- Tivedshambo (talk) 07:20, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you - How do I get the message you put on the top to stop appearing about it being advertisement? Barryfein 22:46, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I see you've done this. I've requested external peer review for an outside opinion on the article. Incidentally, you must make sure the images used has the correct copyright tag, as it is currectly nominated for speedy deletion for this reason. -- Tivedshambo (talk) 16:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Laura Bush

I don't know what that list said, but see Michael Dutton Douglas. --Dhartung | Talk 20:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

John llewellyn Chapman

I hope I'm doing this correctly.

In reply to your question. This is my first article. I've done research in other technical fields "nothing published" and nothing on this scale. I know my article is smaill, in truth I didn't realize it would be published instantly.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jay45 (talk • contribs) .

That's the joy of Wikipedia - you are free to contribute anything, and all edits show up instantly. However, there are a number of guidelines laid down about the suitability of articles. I'm afraid to say that (in my opinion), you are not notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia. However, that will be for an Administrator to decide. I'll put some guidance notes for you on your talk page — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) 21:04, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

malcolm archer

at the risk of sounding like an idiot, i made no allogations in my article. although i should have.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Glasto-hippi (talk • contribs) .

Comment - you stated some negative speculation had been made in a national newspaper, though you did not state any further details, or give any source for this. I therefore removed your comments immediately in line with Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Remove unsourced or poorly sourced negative material — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) 05:25, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Umpqua Holdings Corporation

Hi Tivedshambo:

I am curious as to your objection to the page I created for the Umpqua Holdings Corporation. The information I have gathered for it has been properly referenced and linked to disambiguation pages and externals sources.

It is the first new page I have created; is there something else I need to do? I have tried to build the page off the template of the Citigroup reference.

Andrew Ruess 19:45, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

See my response on Talk:Umpqua Holdings Corporation — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  20:03, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the information and removal of the deletion tag. Wikipedia certainly has a great community, as seen through my newbie eyes. — Andrew Ruess 21:42, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

Thanks for the heads up about the speedy deletion tags, I'll be more careful in the future.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Punisher777 (talk • contribs) at 10:41 UTC, 12 September 2006.

So why are you still removing them? — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  11:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey Tived,

Two band pages I made less than 6 hours ago have been deleted. One of the bands, Dirty Brown Eye, had 2 major independent releases and toured with many signed major acts, meeting the criteria. The other band, Primer Black, has not yet released a record, but the artists in that band are from former noteable bands, which also meets the criteria. More work was going to be done on those pages, but now they are gone. I apologize for removing the speedy deletion tags, but after you explained to me how they work, I didn't touch them and now my work is gone. How can I go about retrieving what I worked on and getting these pages back up?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Punisher777 (talk • contribs) .

See Wikipedia:Undeletion policy. Can I point out that I didn't delete these pages - only an administrator can do that. You had plenty of opportunity to demonstrate notability - if you had put {{hangon}} on the pages it would have held them until you could have explained on the talk pages.

By the way, my user name is Tivedshambo, not Tived. Also, remember to sign your comments with ~~~~.

Absolute poker AfD nomination

Hi. I'd appreciate if you would read the talk page of Absolute poker, as well as my comments on the AfD page that you created. While I've never played on it, I am certainly aware that it's one of the major online sites. I'd appreciate comments on my talk page... I'm a pretty reasonable person and have fought a lot of wikiSPAM before. Please understand my stance. I agree that how it is now is spammish (hence why I put the advert and rewrite tags), but they do need to have an article (IMHO). Please discuss further. Thanks! --Storkk 22:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Just a thought: it might be non-obvious to find my antispam efforts just by looking at my last x# of contribs. Get the last 500, then search for the word "spam". There are more in the next 500 too. Cheers! --Storkk 23:05, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering if you would withdraw the nomination when you get a chance, after reading the recent comments on the AfD page? Certainly, the article you nominated was absolute trash, this is no longer that article. Thanks for any reply on my talk page, Storkk 23:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I'll review it tonight. No time now. — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  06:46, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Talyllyn Railway map

Well done on producing an excellent map and route description for Talyllyn Railway. I hope you don't mind, but I've made a couple of small tweaks to the route description. There are also a couple of minor errors to the map: Firstly the halt is Tynllwynhen (one word, without spaces or apostophe, or y before the double-l). There's a photo of the name board in "The Talyllyn Railway in Colour, page 112, if you have a copy. Secondly, Quarry Siding should have a capital S. I hope you don't mind these criticisms, as I know how much effort is required to producing maps. — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  17:31, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi Tivedshambo, thanks for your very kind words about my Talyllyn map. I'm trying to add maps for all the Welsh narrow gauge railways: you'll see them popping up as I get time to do them. So far I've got the Ffestiniog Railway, Corris Railway, Kerry Tramway and Hendre-Ddu Tramway done. I'm very glad you corrected and added to the route description to the Talyllyn article. I'm planning on expanding it further when I get time. Thanks also for the corrections to the map. I'll do another version incorporating these changes shortly. The Tynllwynhen spelling came from Boyd's "Narrow Gauge Railways in Mid Wales" which I suspect is a late Victorian version of the current spelling. I wasn't sure about Quarry Siding - glad you could correct me. All the best, Gwernol 18:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Further to my previous comments: coincidentally, I went to Tywyn today. I didn't have time to travel on the Talyllyn, but I did pick up a copy of the latest guide book. In that, they spell the halt with two words, i.e. Tynllwyn Hen. I suspect either is correct. — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  21:01, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I suspect its one of those names that has changed spelling considerably over time. I've got the updated Talyllyn map up (you may need to refresh the page to see it) and have also been working on some others - I particularly like the latest version of Corris Railway one. I'm jealous that you were in Tywyn - I was last there in 1999 I think. I'd love to get back soon, not to mention Corris. All the best, Gwernol 21:07, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the Corris map is very good. I hope one day the railway will be restored to cover most of the original route. They don't have much yet, but what they do have is well worth seeing. — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  21:22, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

I've been a member of the Corris Railway Society since 1978 and it always was my favorite railway. Sadly I haven't been back since they completed No. 7 so I've never seen steam at Maespoeth: I hope I can do so next year. My guess is they'll get the southward extension to Tan-y-coed completed in the next five-seven years. After that I could see a gradual extension south to Machynlleth, although re-bridging the Dyfi won't be easy. The line north of Corris to Aberllefenni is, sadly, unlikely to see trains in our lifetime though. Still, we can dream, can't we? Best, Gwernol 21:44, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of "Josh Iscovich"

What is the problem with my page onJosh Iscovich? He is an actor and has a SAG card. If there is something in particular you do not like about the article please let me know so I can make changes. Thanks for your time.

Peace, Theirishmav212

Three reasons.

1. The page was clearly an attack on him, rather than being written from a neutral point of view. You made personal allogations which you did not or could not substantiate.
2. The fact that he is an actor is not sufficient grounds by itself for notability.
3. The page has already been deleted once today for the above reasons.

 — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  20:36, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

You are right and I am sorry for the trouble. I now realize that wikipedia is a serious endevour someone has taken on. It is a waste of your time to be cleaning up my mess. From now on I will only contribute to wikipedia if there is a reason and if I belive the contribution has any substance or value. Once again I am sorry.

Post Script: The article was an inside joke and the joke is over.

Theirishmav212

Thanks for your refreshingly mature response to this. I've added a standard "welcome" template at the top of this page, which will give you some background to producing articles for Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy being a Wikipedian! — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  07:02, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Pikey corner

I've marked your article Pikey corner as "proposed for deletion" (prod) as I do not believe it meets the criteria for noteworthiness laid down by Wikipedia (see WP:NOTABLE). This will be for an administrator to decide when he/she reviews the prod, which will be in about 5 days time.

I'm also concerned that the article is unverifiable. Why is it called "Pikey corner"? I can find only one reference to this phrase in Google (see this link), and that is in a blog. Blogs are not usually accepted as citable evidence by Wikipedia.

Finally, does "Pikey Corner" refer only to Tescos, or any supermarket chain? If Tescos only, the article may be seen as advertising, which is also not acceptable on Wikipedia.

Please don't take these criticisms personally. As first articles go, this is a lot better than some. And perhaps there is a need for information about reduced rate shelves in the Supermarket article. But please don't refer to it as Pikey corner, unless you can produce evidence that such a term is widespread.

If you want to ask me anything more about this, need any other help, either respond below, or on my talk page. And Welcome to Wikipedia! — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  17:13, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

It is a commonly used phrase these days, generally referring to Tesco's, as they are the main supermarket chain to have a chilled reduced price food rack.

Oh, am not affiliated with Tesco's by the way. I guess I can change out the reference to tesco's imparticular.

I have asked people if they know what it means and 1/2 the people seem to know also what it is.

Its kind of a London Slang thing.

I was planning on linking it to supermarkets. How about I broaden it to all supermarkets, and then link it on the area?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jsb88 (talk • contribs) 11:10, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

It must be very localised, as I can only find one reference to it on the internet. Therefore I imagine it will not be considered notable enough for Wikipedia — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  15:48, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

twenty2product

very sorry if the entry appears as self-promotion, and i'm hoping you'll have some guidance to make it appear less so. i was sent email that there was an inactive link for us in the 'flux television' entry, and thought it was my responsibility to correct it. i also took the opportunity to set up supporting links w/ other wiki articles. re: satisfying the criteria for companies and corporations, i'd refer you to this link, an international list of publications not authored by twenty2product that feature the work of the company. if you still feel the article is best deleted, i'll make no more of the matter. best wishes,

Twenty2 14:36, 24 September 2006 (UTC)terry

I've copied your comments to the deletion discussion page at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Twenty2product. — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  15:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Pzazz tagged per WP:CSD#A7 ?

Hi... It seems to me this article makes an assertion of importance -- "[t]hey received a considerable amount of media attention in Ireland around April/May 2006, when they appeared on several magazines, national radio, and television" -- which should render it ineligible for WP:SD. Can I ask what your rationale for WP:SDing it is? --Rrburke 16:37, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps I should have Prodded it instead of speedying it, but at the time that I added the CSD to the article, I did not feel it met WP:BAND. One single in a relatively small country.

As WP:CSD#Non-criteria says, not meeting notability guidelines doesn't make an article a candidate for WP:SD. In fact, the notabilty guidelines are unrelated to an article's eligibility for WP:SD. As long as there's an assertion of importance, even an implausible one, the article has to be Proded or AfDed. --Rrburke 17:07, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Agreed - I'll be more careful in future. Incidentally, I think the prod can come off the article now, as there seems to be citation. — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) —  17:23, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

An admin explained it to me here: Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#Interpretation_of_.7B.7Bdb-band.7D.7D_etc.

--Rrburke 18:04, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

signing new articles

When we write up a new article are we allowed to sign the article using four tildes (Bradgouthro 17:22, 6 October 2006 (UTC)) or are we only allowed to use this in the talk pages?

Bradgouthro 17:22, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Only talk pages and other discussion pages should be signed. Articles are left unsigned. Hope this helps. — Tivedshambo (talk) 20:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

G. Chaldakov article - atherosclerosis

Hi, I have removed your autobiography tag, because I am not Chaldakov, you can see my profile. However I had the chance to listen some of prof. Chaldakov's lectures, and they have changed my vision of science. I have tried to clear the entry from unnecessary biography, and have focused on science, and his contributions on atherosclerosis. Everyone wants to be considered as important scientist, however it is impossible to run back the time. Even if there are now millions of scientists how work on atherosclerosis, they cannot be pioneers in the field, but just followers. Regards, Danko Georgiev MD 19:09, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

List of SMS abbreviations

The article now has an introduction and is above an abominable standard, so there is no need for RfD. Rintrah 07:40, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Accepted, but I hope you understand why I Prodded it. — Tivedshambo (talk) 10:06, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect Talk page

I have copied your comments from Talk talk:List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft/Guideline for inclusion criteria and format to Talk:List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft, as the former is an incorrect talk page, which I will nominate for deletion shortly. — Tivedshambo (talk) 17:06, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

The one you copied it into is also incorrect, as it is the main Talk page for the article, not the proposed guideline. The Talk page I created for the proposed guideline is the one that the standard proposal template points to. I guess one of us must be confused here. Crum375 17:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I think the page you're looking for is talk:List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft/Guideline for inclusion criteria and format. Talk talk:List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft/Guideline for inclusion criteria and format has appeared in mainspace, and now has a talk page of it's own. Yes, it's confusing, but I can move your comments and Zntrip's to the correct page if you like. — Tivedshambo (talk) 17:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I guess the problem arose due to the link created by the 'proposed guideline/policy' template. Yes, obviously it should to into the proper space, but not into the main article's Talk page. Thanks, Crum375 17:21, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm going off-net for a few hours now, but I'm sure some friendly admin can try to unravel this ;-)  — Tivedshambo (talk) 17:25, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

And as of now I am still not sure where the page should go, assuming it can't stay where it is. The link you posted in your message on my Talk page just points to the proposed guideline page itself, not its Talk page. Crum375 17:26, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I got your message about going offline - I just hope no one is going to delete the Talk page without finding the best new home for it. Crum375 17:27, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Mega

The article has much better sourcing than last time. -- Avi 13:54, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

It is the notability that I am questioning, not the sources. — Tivedshambo (talk) 13:56, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I roiginally thought so too, but other than the small group size (of which I am not a member by-the-by) I have come to think that it is notable. Further, a group focusing on a level approximately 600 times more selective than Mensa, for example, is bound to be much smaller. I do not think a speedy is called for for G4, because this is fundementally a different article, and I do not think a speedy is called for notability. If anything, the standard AfD should be used. -- Avi 14:01, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Gwernol's talk page

Hi, I'm not Gwernol but I don't have anything better to do at the moment so I thought I'd save him some work. When blocking IPs, admins have the ability to block registered users using that IP as well or just anons. My suggestion would be to put {{SharedIP|NAME OF COMPANY}} at the top of the IP's talk page so admins know it's a shared IP which is likely to have legitimate users. If you want I can put an additional notice at the top of the talk page to clarify that there are legitimate users on that IP and blocks to it should always be anon-only. -- Steel 22:05, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Done. Any additional clarification you can give would be appreciated. — Tivedshambo (talk) 22:15, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I've added that extra notice. Hopefully that's sorted everything out now. -- Steel 22:19, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks. — Tivedshambo (talk) 22:25, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

CAS GmbH

I am requesting assistance on why the page was deleted. The content on here that was originally posted was an exact copy (in terms of layout) of the Siebel Systems page, making sure that content was not presented in a manner that could be deemed advertorial. I then created supporting pages to communicate who the leading personnel are in the organization, what is they do and how anyone who had not heard of CAS could benefit from that information. I do work for CAS, and do have an interest in communicating who we are but the main point I find a little galling is that bigger companies are allowed to post without retriobution and yet smaller companies are not. I recognize that you do not want to become a Yellow Pages, that is understood, but at the same time you must have one rule for all parties. Either companies are able to list their site, industry, foundings and achievements or they are not. As you have let other companies post I am at a loss as to why my post was removed for almost identical content.

Please explain, your comments are appreciated.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by RazorBrades (talk • contribs) 22:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations). I understand that you feel it unfair that large companies can have articles when smaller companies can't, but that really is what notability is about. I didn't write the rules for Wikipedia I'm afraid. If you want to request the article to be undeleted, see Wikipedia:Deletion review. Another point to bear in mind is WP:Vanity. It is not a good idea to write about your own company, as it is very difficult to avoid bias.

By the way, please remember to sign your comments on talk pages with ~~~~. Hope this helps. — Tivedshambo (talk) 23:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

RSB, now SWML

What exactly in the engineering book of yours are stations like West Byfleet, New Malden, Earlsfield on? As in line. Simply south 22:48, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean the Engineer's Line Reference? According to the Quail maps it's BML - which covers the line from Weymouth to London Waterloo via Bournemouth and Basingstoke. Hope this helps. — Tivedshambo (talk) 16:57, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm guessing that means the Bournemouth Main Line, or something similar. I'm just thinking about a possible move on one line that isn't really official, i don't think. It is under Waterloo via Weybridge railway service. I just think this article warrants a name as a line. But extended to woking. It is not right now mentioned under the SWML. Simply south 22:53, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

More likely BourneMouth London - engineers don't have much imagination I'm afraid :-)  — Tivedshambo (talk) 22:56, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Just a query, what would you rename this to? Would "London Waterloo to Woking Line" be good? Simply south 23:17, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Seems reasonable, or possibly just "London to Woking Line". See Category:Railway lines of England for similar examples. I've just added this category to the article. — Tivedshambo (talk) 06:28, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I've put it on WP:RM anyway. Simply south 13:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Mark Dalton

I created the stub, and a few seconds later swift Wikipedia deletionists are already proposing to delete it. =D--Wormsie 11:48, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

You created an article with no evidence of notability or citations. What you said about him may be true, but equally it could be a libellous slur. See Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. — Tivedshambo (talk) 12:32, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Uhm, you did see, that the article name already implies he is a porn star? Therefore any Mark Dalton who is not a porn star will most probably not be offended by it. Anyway, I'm going to edit the page a little, see if it remains or if someone wants to remove it. I created the article because there were red links. I usually do that when I see a red link and know something of the subject.

If there are good reasons for the article to be removed, I suppose there's nothing I can do. But I hope otherwise, and personally dislike deletionism...--Wormsie 12:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

You provide no evidence that he's gay. Be that as it may, without evidence of notability I would have tagged the article the same regardless of any aspersions made. If you can provide evidence for notability and citations, place {{hangon}} on the page and discuss it on the articles talk page. Also, if it wasn't for new page patrolling, Wikipedia would be swamped with nonsense, libel and all sorts of other stuff. — Tivedshambo (talk) 12:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, saying that somebody gay is always a libellious slur. :-) I wrote "gay pornoraphic actor" because to my knowledge he has mainly performed in gay porn. Sure, that might be taken to mean that he is gay, but I was meaning to elaborate on that. Anhow, we'll see how the page turns out. Whether its deleted or not, I can think of it as an excercise for researching for Wikipedia...--Wormsie 13:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the speedy deletion tag as you have now provided evidence of notability. — Tivedshambo (talk) 14:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the message, pl. don't delete my lipsum pg.

Thanks for the message, pl. don't delete my lipsum pg. If you know Hinduism, I am creating a pg. namely "Krishnarpan" intended to pass on awards I receive. In a polite way on my user page, I have requested not to give me awards. However, I received one yesterday which I have transferred to this lipsum pg. named as "Krishnarpan". Krishna is our God. We put all awards at Thou's feet as the real receiver has to be Thou. Swadhyayee 11:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

This should be on your user page or deleted, not a Wikipedia article. — Tivedshambo (talk) 11:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Pl. give me some time. I thought I was doing on my user page. How do I do it?

Swadhyayee 11:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

It has been moved for you - see User:Swadhyayee/Lipsum — Tivedshambo (talk) 12:03, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Stubs

Hello,

Thank you for your stub submission. You may wish to note that it is preferable to use a stub template from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types instead of using simply {{stub}}, if you can.

Thanks! Ksbrown 22:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I use {{stub}} when I don't have the time or inclination to trawl through the hundreds of different stub templates trying to find something appropriate. As the general stub template directs to Category:Stubs, they can be easily found and rectified by someone (presumably like yourself) with more experience of stub sorting. Also bear in mind that I did not create the article in question, I merely wikified it and added the stub template. – Tivedshambo 12:26, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Your railway images

Hi Tivedshambo. I see that most (all?) of your railway images (for example Image:Tivedshambo 2006-03-05 Dolgoch.jpg) are tagged as GFDL but also with an additional copyright notice of your own making. This additional notice appears to contradict both the GFDL and Wikipedia's rules on image uploads. Specifically you cannot upload images to Wikipedia that can't be used commercially, as your additional license restriction seems to say. I am not an expert in this area but it seems that you have to either lift your additional restrictions or remove the images licensed in this way. That would be a great shame as you have added some wonderful pictures that greatly enhance the Talyllyn Railway article and others. Could you clarify this for me? Thanks, Gwernol 05:03, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

See User:Tivedshambo/Commercial images. I cannot accept other people or organisations making money from photographs which I donate for nothing. If this is unacceptable to Wikipedia, feel free to delete the photographs, but I am not willing to relax my terms of use.  – Tivedshambo 18:27, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

2007

Del Lagrace Volcano

hi tivedshambo. i am working on the article on del lagrace volcano. since there are some links in other articles to this name it seems at least a person not completely irrelevant. but i know i should improve respectively extend the content of the article! hermelina

Tag removed - though I see it the article has been deleted anyway - perhaps from lack of evidence of notability? – Tivedshambo 18:27, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

but why do they create links on this person in other articles if the person is so unimportant? s/he is actually very famous in the field she is working. what can i do if i want to keep the article without doing to much research on my own? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hermelina (talk • contribs) 18:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC).

Just ensure you include some information about what makes the subject notable - see WP:N for guidelines. Include links to other websites, preferably not just the subject's own website. Don't worry if it looks untidy - other users will help to improve the article. – Tivedshambo 20:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

sean hewitt

Hi, Sorry for any inconvenience caused with this article. please can you delete/tell me how to delete images Nino Sage.png, Shewitt.jpg and Shewittthumb.jpg as there is no point keeping them. Sorry again, Infernoradio 17:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

The easiest way is to edit the image pages adding the following tag:

{{db-self}}

(including the curly brackets). This will alert an administrator to the fact that you wish your own work to be deleted. – Tivedshambo 17:08, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Template talk:PotentialVanity

I'd like to propose deleting this template, as he word "vanity" can be considered defamitory (see WP:COI#Importance_of_civility). The template {{COI}} can be used instead. Anyone have any thoughts on this before I put it to WP:TFD? – Tivedshambo (talk) 14:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

You are correct, go for it. >Radiant< 12:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Owain.wilson's copyvios

Hey Tivedshambo, thanks for letting us know on ANI about the copyvios. I've deleted all the articles and rolledback the definitions he pasted into other articles. I think I've got them all. :/ Thanks for spotting them, tagging etc. All the best, Sarah 19:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Sarah. – Tivedshambo 20:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Free representation unit

Im not exactly clear why a train station is any more important or relevant then london's oldest pro bono charity. please explain.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dfutter (talk • contribs) 21:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

See the following:-

• WP:ORG - notability for organisations
• User:Mangoe/Railroad line and station articles - proposed guidelines for articles about stations.

If you feel your article is notable, feel free to resubmit it, but please include something to state why it is notable, even if it just emphasises the fact that it is London's oldest charity. Ideally, this should include relevent sources as evidence. – Tivedshambo 22:35, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Follow-up - as this article now has references and evidence of notability, I have removed it form the speedy deletion category. – Tivedshambo 22:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Gair o ddiolch (Mallwyd)

Thanks for the release of image copyright (Mallwyd waterfalls). I hadn't realised there might be a problem there, just quickly copied the low res image. Diolch yn fawr a hwyl, 'Anatiomaros' (cy.wikipedia). 88.111.218.158 14:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC) (just popping in - and out!)

Moulsford Railway Bridge

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank-you for your article about Moulsford Railway Bridge. I've tidied it up a bit to bring it up to some basic standards (known as wikifying). Do you have any more information about this bridge? For example, which line is it on, and is it still in use? Also, are there any external websites about it that can be listed?

By the way, to link to another article in Wikipedia, enclose the article in double square brackets, e.g. [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]. Don't worry about making mistakes - there's a lot to learn but I hope you enjoy your time on Wikipedia. If you want to ask me anything, leave a message here within the next few days, or on my talk page.– Tivedshambo (talk) 18:48, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the the comments and edits - I was midway through when you posted your comments, so apologies for having saved "live" before completion. I'm afraid I'm not aware of any external sites mentioning the bridge. I'll try and get a photo shortly.

Sciencebloke 13:10, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

stn art lrnk

Thank you for keeping a level head and making clear arguments. I've been at a loss for words, and my arguments for keeping this template have suffered. You've reduced my Wikimood to near-positive numbers! M0RHI | Talk to me 08:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Cross City

Great work adding the WP:TRAIL railway template to the Birmingham Cross-City Line, but would you mind separating the Church Road and Moseley Tunnels, as I'm not sure which is the camp hill line, thanks. Dannyboy3 21:45, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Done! – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Removal of part of talk page

It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Wikipedia talk:Railway line template‎. Please be careful not to remove content from Wikipedia without a valid reason, which you should specify in the edit summary or on the article's talk page. Take a look at our welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.  – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes I saw it in the history. I have no idea how it could happen. I just wanted to add a simple comment. HandigeHarry 13:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

It happened to me the other day, on the same page. I'll report it as a bug. – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

As you can see in the Edit summary, I edited a single paragraph, not the entire page. So how could the entire page be damaged? I am sure this is not my fault. HandigeHarry 13:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Fault reported on Wikipedia:Help desk. – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:59, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Access symbols

I appreciate your comment about the recent change. I was unaware of the ICTA's guidelines for the symbol, therefore I resorted to using the PD symbol Image:wheelchair.svg which is an entirely free image. I think it would be a good idea if you could cite the ICTA's policies on the image's page with a website or something so that we are all aware of how it can be used. If the ICTA allows usage of the symbol on Wikipedia despite its copyright, I think that that the PD symbol should be deleted as it is unnecessary. Unfortunately, that image is currently used in literally hundreds of articles, so a bot would be required if any changes were made. I think you should contact User:NE2 (creator of the PD symbol) about this so we can come to a consensus. I hope you don't feel that I was taking authority by removing the symbols, as I was only doing what has been done to all other articles which use the symbol. –Crashintome4196 21:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Midland Main Line template

Can I invite you to a discussion on the future of this template, and the possibility of creating two template from this one at Template talk:Midland Main Line. L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 18:09, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

International wheelchair symbol discussion

A discussion concerning how we should use International Symbol of Access on Wikipedia is taking place at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Use of international wheelchair symbol. You are welcome to participate. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 17:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:A_Walk_around_the_Snickelways_of_York.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:A_Walk_around_the_Snickelways_of_York.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ↔NMajdan•talk 16:16, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Done! – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:54, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Your question concerning the motorway-symbols

Hello, did you read my answer? You haven't replied, so I don't know. --MdE ^{talk (de) (en)} 18:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I did read your answer. I see the symbols have been restored to WP:TRAIL, and as they don't seem to be causing any further controversy I assumed the matter had been resolved. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:05, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Duplicates

Can you substitute on your subpages all svg-images for railwaydiagrams, which are duplicates, with the other one ? that will be nice. You can find them here. The filenames start with "BSicon" and contain the substring "STB" somewhere behind. Thank you. 84.150.215.245 12:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

They are there to show that they are duplicates - listed next to the alternatives. This is to help me locate and destroy the duplicates. (I'll add a column header to show this) – Tivedshambo (talk) 12:06, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I've commented out the section for the time being - it was only sandbox stuff anyway. – Tivedshambo (talk) 12:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Malcolm Pryce

I've reverted your edits to Malcolm Pryce - you have fallen (quite understandably) into the trap of assuming the other books you added are by the same author. However according to http://www.malcolmpryce.com/impostor.html there is a second author with the same name. It is possible that M.P. is trying to distance himself from his earlier work, but I can find no evidence of this. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:43, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi,

Thanks for the welcome, and correcting my mistake on the non-Louie novels! I did indeed fall into the Amazon.co.uk search on "malcolm pryce" mistake, and saw they were all Welsh based, so leapt to the conclusion they were the same author.

Your correction to the article is nicely done, anyway - the "not to be confused bit" and the link to the distancing from the other author.

86.144.170.33 20:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

How does the List of Merchant Navy Locomotives look now?

Hopefully I've cured some of the issues you have raised. Cheers.--Bulleid Pacific 13:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I've put the title in bold as per WP:LEAD, otherwise it's fine. – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:09, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Railway station coordinates

Hi,

I have just reverted a number of your edits, to railway station articles, where you have replaced coordinates with OSGB grid references. The use of coordinates ensures that the page is included in the Google Earth layer for Wikipedia. Using {{coord}} (which will soon replace the coor family of templates; and which is already used by the UK railway station template) to display them adds a Geo microformat; and coordinates are better understood, than OS references, by readers outside the UK. I have also edited your addition to the usage notes for the relevant template, because the use of coordinates vs. OSGB is not an "either/or" choice - both can be used, side-by-side, with no ill-effects. If you decide to re-add the OSGB refs., please do not overwrite the coordinates again. Thank you. Andy Mabbett 12:11, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. I've reinstated the OSGB refs as above. In the longer term, are there any plans to enable the coord template to handle OSGB refs? Or alternatively add Geo microformat to the existing OSGB templates? – Tivedshambo (talk) 22:19, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure that either would be practicable. Andy Mabbett 22:36, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

ECML templates

I am not sure which you would add to the notices on the article. There is both Template:East Coast Main Line and Template:ECML article. I am thinking of doing a "WCML article" template as well. Simply south 17:07, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I designed {{BS template}} to enable users to locate templates used within the article, therefore Template:ECML article applies in this case, as this is the one used within East Coast Main Line. Template:East Coast Main Line is used in other articles. These should have {{BS template|East Coast Main Line}} added to their talk pages at some point, but I haven't got round to that yet. – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Whilst we are on the subject of the notices, sorry Tivedshambo about my mistake earlier in editing the wrong template in order to try and get rid of the gap. I've changed the West Midlands template a bit more just now and it seems to have solved the problem. Adambro 17:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry - I assumed it was something technical but unrelated you were doing. I substed the {{info}} template to create it, but I didn't try to work out how the code works. – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Most of this was redundant code anyway, for options within {{info}} which are not required for this template. I've now removed it. – Tivedshambo (talk) 06:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Lee Valley Lines map query

Do you know the names of the junctions and distances of them on what i've updated on the map?

Also, There wasn't enough space to add South Tottenham railway station on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line to the same template as the junctions i've added are either side of this station. Do you think this matters? Simply south 18:39, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Could you add South Tottenham by putting it in vertically? Bring the line from Gospel Oak in, bend it west to south, add the station, then take it out north to east? The junctions will need rearranging around it. I'll have to look up the names and distances of the junctions - possibly next week now. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I have added the Junction names and i also redid Coppermill Junction. Simply south 11:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

By the looks of it, Canterberry has added the distances, at least on the Lea Valley Lines. Do you think they should be added for the GOBLIN? Simply south 13:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that would just be too confusing, as South Tottenham is also around the 6 mile post, but measured from Gospel Oak. As (I believe) there is only one train a day which uses this route, I don't think the distance matters. What I might do, though, is re-position the rows so that each station is at the correct position in relation to distance from London - at present the distances on the Chingford branch seem out of step. – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Do you think the Hertford East Branch should be added to this? A note about it is that it is its own separate line but also a continuation of at least the services of the Lea Valley Lines. It it also located in the Lea Valley. Simply south 13:53, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that discussion would be better on the relevant talk page - I'm neutral on that suggestion! – Tivedshambo (talk) 14:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Wombourne Branch Line

I've changed the map at the Wolverhampton end so that it shows the line heading to Wolverhampton Low Level, rather than High Level. Could you just check and make sure that it's OK? I've not edited one before, so it would be nice to know if I've done it correctly.

Also, I've added in the modern loop towards Bushbury Junction between Low Level and Dunstall Park. This loop was only built in the 1990s to replace Cannock Road Junction to the south in order that trains would not need to reverse - but it means that the track though Dunstall Park is still in use (if somewhat infrequently!). Fingerpuppet 11:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I've done some more tweaking, to show the parallel route into High Level, also the original curve from Low Level to Stafford. It could possibly do with some explanation that not all routes were open at the same time - e.g. that it was not possible to run from High Level to Wombourne as the High Level to Shrewsbury connection only opened (as far as I know) when Low Level closed.

Incidentally, the direct curve to Stafford must have opened before the 1990's as I travelled over it ona diverted service once in the late 1980's. – Tivedshambo (talk) 02:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The High Level - Shrewsbury line was open prior to 1968 - services originally ran to High Level before the opening of Low Level between 1849 and 1854 - though prior to 1852 (and the opening of High Level) the service ran to a temporary station just to the north of Broad Street. Additionally, GWR's Herbert Street Goods Station (parallel to Great Western Street) was just to the north of High Level.

It's possible that the curve was added in the late 1980s - the 1990s date was dredged out of my memory - which is always a dangerous thing! Fingerpuppet 04:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Incidentally, is there a way of showing proposed stations on those routemaps - I'm thinking that Brinsford Parkway could be added to Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line, along with all the closed stations on that line. Fingerpuppet 04:33, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy

Hi

I have added a few suggested alterations to the article in square brackets. I hope this is clear. Rhion 18:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Primate clades Copyright infringement notice

Please see my comments in the article talk back. Regards, Mattjs 20:06, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

ISA

The ISA addition is not a consensus addition, and is at odds with Foundation policy. There isn't anything close to showing a consensus to using that image other than a discussion of flawed arguments and blind speculation. We do not change such an important policy based on that. -- Ned Scott 06:58, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Define "flawed". There were good and bad arguments on both sides, but the majority of arguments seem to be in favour. – Tivedshambo (talk) 07:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a democracy. -- Ned Scott 07:30, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

No, it works by consensus. When is the consensus not the majority? – Tivedshambo (talk) 07:32, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

By the way, please remember WP:3RR – Tivedshambo (talk) 07:37, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

"When is the consensus not the majority?" When it's a Foundation policy. Enforcing such policy appears to be exempt from the 3RR. -- Ned Scott 07:41, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is unfortunately in my opinion a tyranny of the majority so when you guys finish arguing I'd like an answer on my Primate clades talk back comments. I am in the enviable (and rare Wikipedia) position (indeed) of being in the wonderful position of a majority of one over there at the moment and so I am of course sensiblely endevouring to make the absolute most of it! ;-) Regards, Mattjs 19:27, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I can't help you I'm afraid, as I have no knowledge of Primate Clades, other than it's a copyvio. I tried reading it, but phrases like "molecular and morphological phylogenetic hypotheses" without explanation just made my brain melt.

As far as ISA goes, I've stepped back and left the bickering to others, then I'll go in at the end and try to pick up the pieces. Ho hum... – Tivedshambo (talk) 19:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Narrow gauge railway vs. Narrow guage railways

I hate to say this after all your hard work, but moving links from narrow gauge to Narrow gauge railway in various articles has merely swapped one redirect for another. The actual destination is Narrow gauge railways (plural). If you like, I'll be willing to change the links, unless there's some reason not to. Alternatively, could Narrow gauge railways be moved to Narrow gauge railway? At present, there seems to be an almost equal split, with about 100 pages linking to railway and 100 to railways.  – Tivedshambo (talk) 06:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that. Actually, I'm in the process of resolving this: the article should be named Narrow gauge railway (singular) per the manual of style. I'm going to move it there in a while, but in the meantime I'm continuing the redirect correction to the singular version. The original move to Narrow gauge railways (plural) was a mistake. Gwernol 08:03, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for Removing 'Plague' in my 'Wikiism'

I was a bit iffy on my Wikification of the Brij Bhushan Kabra article. Thanks for giving me the heads-up on policy. I had the impression that Wikification of material amounts to a paraphrase. And if I say outright that it's copypasted...so pardon my plagarism. I appreciate your work.Elliotb2 21:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway

Great article! I've updated the RBS template to try to show more accurately where it joined. As far as I can see (from your article and from this map) it left the existing Walsall-Wolverhampton line after it diverges from the RBS line. IS this correct? I've also tweaked the Oxley chord to show it going under the RBS line.

I think the line must have closed in the 1970s, not 1980s. It's shown in my 1970 rail atlas, but the first edition of the Baker atlas, published in 1977, only shows a short siding at Wolverhampton, and the line only going from Walsall to Birchills power station at the other end. – Tivedshambo (talk) 09:58, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words!

The RBS map looks much better after your alterations - thank you. The actual location of the junctions is very odd. The lines appear to run parallel to one another (in a four track arrangement) until the LNWR's Loop Line diverges to the south just west of Heath Town. However, there was no junction between those lines until they are virtually at High Level itself, which is why I placed the layout how I did. On a geographical reference, your map is more accurate than mine, although as the track layout was, mine is more accurate! Personally, I prefer your version - it gives a better idea to anyone learning about the line, and is how I've shown it on the article itself.

On the subject of the RBS map - how do you feel about adding all the closed stations to it?

As for the closure of the line, it happened in stages (which I really ought to correct the article with!) The line near to Bentley station was removed due to the construction of the M6 motorway, although the line at the western end to just beyond Wednesfield and at the eastern end as you describe remained open for goods traffic to the relevant industrial areas, though such traffic was light.

I also have more research to do regarding the station closures. Pretty much all available resources state that the stations were all closed by 1931, but I have A-Z type mapping from the 1960s showing certain stations (Wednesfield and Willenhall Stafford Street) as being open. It's all quite peculiar... Fingerpuppet 10:13, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any problem with adding closed stations. I've added some closed lines, and it gives a clear description of the smaller communities that used to have rail access. – Tivedshambo (talk) 23:12, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Probably a dead topic now but I thought I'd chip in and add that there's entire categories of closed railway lines and stations in Victoria, Australia, among other places. There's no problem with such articles existing so long as they're referenced. Orderinchaos 08:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

My Memory of God's Wonderful Railway

Hi, just read your aticle and glad to see you are working on this subject. There were four empty houses across from my school on Stourport Road in Bewdley which were used in the filming. I remember seeing them decked out in 1940's regalia. I was 18 at the time, my parents ran a caravan site in Northwood Lane, Bewdley, where the director and some of the film crew stayed. I was asked to be an extra in a small part of the film. I think the director's name was Caroline Sharpe, but I'm not entirely sure. Will look forward to seeing more on this article. (User:blackbrooke15 00:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC))

coord

I have attempted to explain what it all means at the coord talk page. Technical people (and I'm guilty of this as anybody) have a bad habit of dropping into programming jargon when discussing with each other, but this is important enough that I think it needs a clear explanation - so I hope I haven't insulted your intelligence in the explanation, as it was aimed at anyone who might be curious and wants to know whether or which to apply. For the record, I am using coord in any new work as it's clear that it's *going* to be fully accepted given time, and it is better than the old range. Most of my arguments on that page have been along the lines of making sure that it's done *right*. Orderinchaos 02:53, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Scarborough North Bay Railway

Hi - what are your reasons for deleting references to the Cleethorpes Light Railway in this article? – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I was under the impression that the North Bay Railway, was now operating seperately from the Cleethorpes Coast (a seperate operating company having been set up) - at least, that's what the leaflets I have been handing out at work for the past two months seem to imply! If that is not the case, I will gladly leave the article alone :) Svitapeneela 10:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll revert this page again - please do not keep changing it (whether logged on or anonymously). – Tivedshambo (talk) 23:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

As you will see - I have not altered it again "logged on or anonymously" since you originally warned me. I do not change anything anonymously - if the same IP address appears, it could be anybody who has access to SBC's shared network. Svitapeneela 15:47, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

If the anonymous edits weren't you then I apologise - I'd assumed they were as they made the same changes. I'll put a message on the IP in question and also on the article's talk page. – Tivedshambo (talk) 15:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Image licensing

I presume from this discussion that this is in general more restrictive than we allow. It is somewhat misleadingly named as a "GFDL extension" too, as it does not extend the rights granted by GFDL, but actually restricts them. For this reason, I propose that <includeonly>{{db-noncom}}</includeonly> is added to the tag. I thought it best I consult you before doing so, though. 81.104.175.145 15:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

This has already been discussed with an admin - see User:Tivedshambo/Archives/2006d#Your railway images. The conversation you discussed was when I had no commercial use at all - I changed this in light of that discussion. Please read User:Tivedshambo/Commercial images - I am not restricting use, just requesting that I am informed of any commercial use. This is similar to what User:Fir0002 adds to his pictures, many of which are featured including today's picture of the day, and I have seen no query about these. Incidentally, User:Tivedshambo/GFDL+ is a user page, not a template, therefore please do not make any changes to it with my permission. Many thanks. – Tivedshambo (talk) 15:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

I noticed this issue a while ago and it seems it has yet to be resolved. You have uploaded some very good photos that add greatly to articles but I'm afraid I must agree with the concerns raised, your GFDL+ licence is not valid. As Wikipedia:Non-free content says "we do not accept material [released under] a license exclusively for non-commercial usage". Comparing it to the notice used by User:Fir0002 is misleading as there is not a restriction of use of the image.

GFDL+ violates policy because is does not allow commercial use without permission. This means your images can be speedy deleted under CSD I3. I do not want to do this, nor do I want to see the images replaced by thumbnails. For these reasons I ask that you reconsider your opinions on licensing and remove the GFDL+ notice. I would suggest that GFDL on its own is offers enough protection against commercial use of your images. This is because GFDL requires that when the material is used a copy of the licence, a quite substantial document, must be included. This is likely to be too high a burden in most situations and so will greatly limit use of your images. Regards. Adambro 17:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

The above and your stated position of not relaxing the restriction being the case, I will make the changes. As an image copyright tag, it is still invalid regardless of its location. 81.104.175.145 17:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

I would ask that 81.104.175.145 does not make any changes whilst this discussion is still ongoing. My comments are not an endoresement of any such action. Adambro 17:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

From Tivedshambo's response, I'd say the discussion is pretty much over, don't you? 81.104.175.145 17:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting, Adambro. I've added some clarification to User:Tivedshambo/GFDL+ which will hopefully prevent further misunderstanding. – Tivedshambo (talk) 08:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry but your edits do not address the concerns I have raised. GFDL+ is a non-commercial licence because it does not allow commercial use without "explicit permission". I'm also slightly concerned by the restriction on editing the image. Again I would suggest it is misleading to compare it to User:Fir0002's note on his image pages. He does not restrict use of his images whatsoever beyond those restrictions of the GFDL. The note simply offers more relaxed licensing subject to negotiations. This note probably relates to the burdensome nature of the GFDL in using images in print media as I mentioned previously. It seems that Fir0002 considers that the GFDL is enough to protect his images, I would ask that you do so too. Adambro 09:24, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

This would certainly appear to be correct. That provision is to allow commercial publishers the option of printing the image unencumbered by the requirements of GFDL. Yours does not - it explicitly prevents commercial use under any circumstances without your explicit permission, which is very unwiki. If commercial use of "freely donated work" (which of course isn't "freely donated" if you are restricting its use) gets you down, you could go into the business of selling your pictures to commercial publishers. If the problem is as great as you suggest, you should have no trouble finding someone wanting to publish them. 81.104.175.145 12:47, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Please hold fire on this while I look into the options more closely. – Tivedshambo (talk) 12:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Chase Line.png

Hi - I see you've requested that this image is converted to SVG format. Do you know of any conversion software that can do this - either from the current PNG, or from the original Microstation DGN format (which can be exported as an AutoCad file if necessary)? I suspect it would be easier from Microstation or AutoCad, as these are vector based rather than the PNG raster based. I did find some Microstation to SVG software once, but as it costs over $500, I wasn't going to buy it!

The same conversion can also be said of the other railway maps I created - see User:Tivedshambo/Gallery#Diagrammatic railway maps – Tivedshambo (talk) 15:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't have any info on Microstation DGN to SVG conversion other than what I can google up in a minute or two. Converting from PNG automatically is not really feasible. It would probably be more reliable to reconstruct the route maps in Inkscape. One possibility you may want to consider is printing/exporting the DGN to postscript. Then the postscript can be converted to SVG with a tool like pstoedit (there are others out there, but that is the one I've been using). I hope this is helpful. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 17:53, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Hangon on image deletion

I'm hanging on as requested - I'm sure as someone who appears very knowledgeable about image rules, you can tell why these images are being removed? Neil ╦ 12:59, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

As explained above, I disagree with the charge of non-com. However, I've also said that I'll look into it. Unfortunately, an unregistered user has ignored me and tagged these images anyway. I'll give further explanation tonight - I'm too busy at present. – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I've asked the IP editor to hold off on tagging any more images til this is resolved - as far as can tell, you have two options - 1) Release the images under GFDL, and they can be kept (I'll gladly restore any that are already deleted) or 2) Insist on retaining a non-commercial licence over them, and they will all have to be deleted.

The current licencing status is "free, but any commercial use must be authorised by me" - this is not free under the terms of GFDL. Your images do retain protection under GFDL, but your "GFDL+" licence is a non-commercial licence. I'll check back in later to see what you say. Neil ╦ 13:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Please restore the images - I've struck out GFDL+ and will remove the tag in due course. I may request the images deleted myself and replace them with low-res free versions, but I'll need the originals so I can copy the information from them. Thanks. – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:14, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'll restore them post haste. Neil ╦ 13:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - I'll sort things out this evening. – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

All restored, I think, although I only did it by going through my own deletion log - if any were missed (ie, if another admin deleted them), let me know (here or on my talk page). Neil ╦ 13:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Welland Viaduct history merge with Harringworth Viaduct

Hi - I've performed the merger of the two pages. We have a special page, WP:SPLICE, for listing these things if you need another one in the future. Let me know if you have questions or need help! - KrakatoaKatie 03:15, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Is it worth listing WP:SPLICE in WP:RAA as I looked for a page like this without success? – Tivedshambo (talk) 07:02, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

As I said, Rutlanders refer to Welland Viaduct as Seaton Viaduct. The short one you mention is not prominent enough to warrant a name for most people. A quick google confirms frequent references to Seaton Viaduct (and a few to North Seaton Viaduct in Co. Durham). A firm early source for the title is this 1904 postcard [1] Ned de Rotelande 07:29, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Good reference - well found! I'll add a footnote to the page to avoid future confusion. – Tivedshambo (talk) 11:40, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps i'm taking this a little too seriously.......................................

Perfect contender on short run Butetown Branch Line (unless spiced up like other). Simply south 11:43, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Presumably you mean like Stourbridge Town Branch Line? I'll see what I can do... :-)  – Tivedshambo (talk) 11:48, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Done! – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:01, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Egyptian Association of Canterbury, Inc. (EAC)

I'm not too familiar with notability guidelines with respect to organizations, but Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) indicates that organizations are notable if they are mentioned in independent secondary sources. I Googled some of the organizations listed in Category:Non-profit organisations based in Australia (couldn't find one for New Zealand) and some appear to have the same degree of coverage, though Googling by itself may not necessarily be sufficient to determine notability. One of the sites that link to this organization is a NZ government site [2] if this helps at all. — Zerida 23:56, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

This may be the case, but there is no evidence of this in the article. WP:ORG clearly states "Ultimately, and most importantly, all content must be attributable". The only links stated are to the organisation's own website, plus a link to another Wikipedia page (which should not be labelled as external). If you can provide additional links, feel free to do so and remove the {{PROD}}. – Tivedshambo (talk) 07:23, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Re. [3]; any links I find are simply those that come up when you google the organization. As I mentioned, however, website links by themselves may not be enough to establish notability or lack thereof. It's a local organization that caters to a small community. But regardless, I don't think PROD is the proper channel to make that decision, so you may want to put it up for AFD if you feel strongly about this particular article. — Zerida 19:49, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I think it's borderline now, so I'm not going to take it to AfD. This is why I prefer PROD - it can act as a warning that the article may be deleted if action isn't taken, but it can be easily removed when things are improved. With AfD, the whole process has to be seen to the conclusion. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:07, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello Tivedshambo and Zerida, I strongly disagree with the following: 1- the notability of the EAC as it is indeed serves the Egyptian community in NZ and maintains a strong communications and contacts with the all levels of the NZ government plus many public and private organisations. 2- Indeed the links do not point except to the website, however its expansion is easy to achieve. 3- the claim that http://www.eac.org.nz/ola.asp is copyrighted is ABSOLUTELY FALSE. This link states the purpose and objectives of the EAC which are public domain provided in the publicly registered constitution of the EAC. Would you please help in rectifying the current blanking of the EAC article? Baher 11:44, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

All websites, including the EAC site, are assumed to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise on the site. This is not the case, therefore I totally agree with the copyvio tag. – Tivedshambo (talk) 14:39, 6 July 2007 (UTC)''

Done thanks! Baher 01:45, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Fishguard Harbour

When I said it was "irrelevant", I meant irrelevant to an encyclopaedia, rather than irrelevant to the station. 81.104.175.145 17:48, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

This is an important fact about the station and its locality, and therefore encyclopaedic. – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:52, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Precisely how is the presence of a 15mph speed limit across a level crossing an "important fact about the locality"? 81.104.175.145 18:15, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Because it affects the way trains use the station. It is unusual enough to be commented on. – Tivedshambo (talk) 00:00, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

But why is that relevant to the encyclopaedia? Lots of stations have such low speed limits across them (25mph at Reading, 15mph at Cardiff Central, 20mph IIRC at King's Cross). I wasn't aware that Wikipedia was suddenly a compendium of information for train drivers. 81.104.175.145 18:16, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you're right. I'm inclined to keep it for the above reasons, but I can't really get worked up enough to go to edit war about it. – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

erm..

Just to let you know.... Wikipedia: is not main namespace.... GeorgeMoney (talk) 05:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

My bad - I assumed CSD R2 applied to all non-user namespaces. Personally I believe it should, and I see this category is already being discussed for expansion. See Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#CSD R2. – Tivedshambo (talk) 11:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Need help formating a reference for article

Hello I found your username on the talk page for Fearns_Sports_College. I came across the article and was trying to help improve it. However, when trying to add a reference to a section I came across a problem. I am unable to get it to format correctly. If possible could you take a look at it? It is the only referrence for in the article, and it is a small article, so it shouldn't be too hard to find. I appreciate your help.WacoJacko 22:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, if possible, if you reply could you do it on my talk page. It is easier for me to keep track of that way. Thanks!WacoJacko 23:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for fixing the reference, I appreciate it!!WacoJacko 11:13, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Fearns Sports College

Also, do you think the Fearns Sports College article still needs the advert notice? It has been improved somewhat, and made to sound less like an advertisement. For example including results from the school inspection and also taking out any POV words/statements. I did not create the article, but originaly stumbled across looking for vandalism. However, I decided to try to clean it up a bit.(if you can call it that)WacoJacko 11:27, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I've responded on your talk page as requested. – Tivedshambo (talk) 19:04, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the help, I appreciate it!WacoJacko 11:47, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Miniature park

Hi. You have written a text at Talk:Miniature park which you propose for adding to that article. What's the reason you haven't added it yourself? -*Ulla* 20:37, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Because it was over a year ago, when I was new to Wikipedia, and I didn't know any better! – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Lampworking page - thank you for volunteering.

I have responded in the article's talk page. I am looking forward to your opinion. DrippingGoofball 01:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, are you busy with other tasks? If you are, please let me know, and I will re-post the 3OP request again. DrippingGoofball 14:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I've been awaiting a reply from Pschemp. If nothing more is forthcoming, I'll give my opinions later tonight (BST). – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for actually making the changes! I trust your opinion on the matter. I am leaving in 6 hours to fly across the continent to the Pilchuck Glass School for 3 weeks, YAY! So I won't have much time for the Wiki until I return. DrippingGoofball 02:07, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Wdogart.jpg

If the Amazon image meets the appropriate criteria, than replacement quoting the FULL URL to the amazon page as the source, with the current or extended rationale would seem to be a compromise position. I leave it to you todecide if doing so would fall within policy on 'fair-use' ShakespeareFan00 22:26, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Done – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to 3O

Hello there. I saw your post at DrippingGoofball's talk page about the 3O that you offered. If you have any questions about the 3O system or need assistance relating to it, you're welcome to ask at the project's talk page and one of us will be glad to help. Thanks for contributing to the project. Regards, Adrian M. H. 14:28, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes

Hello. I'm wondering whether you would like to peer review the article SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes in anticipation of submitting for FA status. Any feedback you give would be of great help and gratefully received. If you wish to do so, then this is the page for you to leave comments on:

• Wikipedia:Peer review/SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes

Also, I understand you are having a few problems regarding Fishguard Harbour. As a resident of that locality, I encourage you to continue your evident interest in Pembrokeshire's railway history. Cheers, --Bulleid Pacific 21:44, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Jonathan Bellman

I added the article, since I know him, and he's referred to with a potential link at New Musicology. Now, I'm not a veteran page creator, and perhaps the page I made for him was not in accordance with accepted protocols. But Bellman's work makes him significant enough for a page, I think. I'd appreciate it if you would comment specifically on how the page can be emended to make it acceptable.Judd 20:29, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Add evidence of notability. Bear in mind conflicts of interest if you know the person concerned – it may be better to leave the article to be written by someone with a neutral point of view – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I have edited to improve the notability quotient; and I'll touch base with the original citer (MSCuthbert) to see if he can add further.Judd 21:28, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

Thanks, you know I have to admit I make it up as I go along. I saw that that was an article, and I was like, "Shit!"; so thanks, much obliged. Do I delete that redirect or is that what keeps it a user page? þ 20:04, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

- Never mind I see you took care of it, thanks again. þ 20:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Pop princess closure

I redirected instead because it's practically the same as delete, except you are re-targeting for the convenience of readers. I could have deleted the article, but there were no objections to a redirect. Do you have one now? Sr13 06:58, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation - I'm not objecting, as I said I'm just trying to undertand the process better. – Tivedshambo (talk) 07:01, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Can you teach me how to redirect

Could you teach how me how to redirect. I see that I created a separate user page for my template; User:Mystic. I'll see if I can fix it myself. Thanks. þ 23:33, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

- It seems like we never end up having a two way conversation; and I always end up saying nevermind. lol. Anyway "nevermind", I fixed it. lol! þ 23:38, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Newark North Gate

Bus Picture → Will do, in a second.

Also, all i know was that it was there earlier than 1903, and it was probably LNER who owned it... ACBestAutograph Book 21:33, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Hwyl

Hwyl! Deb 21:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

RE: References header section.

Thank you for your reply. As far as I can tell, the header section contains information that has been repeated within the text itself, and as such, is referenced there. Having had a look at the example of a recent FA you gave me, there is only one footnote, which contains no reference material, and from looking at various FAs, there are few which contain references in the header section. Any further help to clarify the situation would be gratefully received. Thanks, --Bulleid Pacific 09:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply...

RE: SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes. I think I have added enough references to the header to break up the chunks of information. It also needed expanding a bit to take into account its place in British Railway history, which I have added also to the article itself with references. Is there anything else you believe should be added/removed from the article?--Bulleid Pacific 12:19, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Stourbridge Branch

I have responded to your query on both the Talk page for the branch and on WP:RDT. --Stewart 21:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Reply

Please stop adding {{db-bio}} to this article. I agree that the author should not be continually removing it, but there is a claim for notability here, therefore db-bio is not applicable. In future, if you disagree with the removal of the template, you can use {{tl:drm-speedy}} on the author's talk page. If you want to delete this article, I suggest you take it to WP:AFD instead. – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:27, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I did warn the user on his talk page; if he felt the article deserved to stay, he should have added {{hangon}} to the article, rather than removing the speedy template. I also fail to see how, exactly, the person in question is notable. ≈ The Haunted Angel 13:28, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I did not say he was notable, merely that there is a claim for notablity: ie. that he won a medal at the rowing world cup. Read WP:CSD#A7. – Tivedshambo (talk) 13:32, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Noted, and I have made an AFD claim. ≈ The Haunted Angel 13:33, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Kertész

Sorry - I mistook this edit as vandalism, as it seemed to be removing refs without reason. I should have checked the history. Please accept my apologies. – Tivedshambo (talk) 19:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Over- can be as troublesome as under-referencing .Circeus 19:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Re:CSD

Hi - what is your reason for this edit? – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:14, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

The page originally had no content as in it just contained external links which is grounds for a speedy deletion. So I requested it to be speedy deleted, but you managed to userfy it at the same time. So I deleted that csd as it was a userfied page. But the original page still had the links/external links so I requested that to be speedy deleted but then you redirected it so I deleted the csd from the redirect. And now I'm so confused I don't know if the last step was right or not. AngelOfSadness talk 16:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry - these things happen with edit conflicts ;-)  – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:28, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing up the mess :D. I guess we were both trying to do what was best with the article/userpage. Articles can have such strange titles and I guess that's why I didn't suspect it was a userpage. AngelOfSadness talk

3-way

Is it possible to design a 3-way station for WP:TRAIL? Simply south 22:10, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do, but it won't be for a few days I'm afraid. – Tivedshambo (talk) 07:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Cambrian Coast Line
Barmouth Barmouth Bridge Morfa Mawddach Fairbourne

I've had a first bash at creating a three-way station - see commons:Image:BSicon BHFABZld.svg. It looks ok at large size, but could do with improving when scaled down: see example to right. – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:36, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

That was the quickest few days i've ever seen :). Anyway sorry i've taken long to get back. I think it looks quite good so far. Btw, i also asked this at Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template#Rerequest and so maybe you could also place this there?

It also needs to be probably created for the other 3 directions and also with faded parts, as usual. Simply south 19:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I've been thinking about this - each side of a triangle can be open with open line with open platform, open line with closed platform, or closed line (consider Ambergate for example, which has all three). Each triangle can be in one of four orientations, and the whole set can be red/pink or blue/light blue. This gives 3x3x3x4x2=216 combinations. Apart from the length of time it'll take me to produce them all, how should we name them? – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:11, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I didn't realise. And also looking at the coding, unfortunately it looks like that would do to be in line. Therfore BHFABZ... Simply south 21:44, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Nice trial here. Anyway, i am feeling VERY bad as it would actually be coded ABZBHF... Simply south 17:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

welsh

On your user page in Welsh wikipedia, you maybe want "Ffotograffau Cymreig" instead of "Cymraeg". [4]

Boghandel 17:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Diolch - thanks! – Tivedshambo (talk) 18:36, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Passenger services on the Foss Islands Branch Line

Hi. Passenger trains on the DVLR definitely terminated at Layerthorpe, so didn't actually run on any part of the Foss Islands Branch Line at any time, as can be seen from your nifty diagram.

Talking of which, the line into the chocolate factory was beyond the Halt, as approached from the York/Scarborough line, rather than before it where you've currently positioned it on the diagram. It also faced the opposite way from that shown, and would have involved a reversing operation for freight coming that way, though not if coming from Foss Islands or the DVLR. And there was an elaborate railway system round the works, too - maybe you could put in a loop there!

Oh, and in my view the FI depot is the end of the FI Branch and should be part of the straight line on the diagram, and the link to Layerthorpe station and the DVLR should be a spur off to the right - the article is about the Branch, isn't it?

Best --GuillaumeTell 21:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I've done the best I can, though I suspect the Rowntree system will be too complex to add, even if I expand the diagram to the maximum 5 columns (see WP:RDT). See the Mitchells and Butler depot on Harborne Branch Line for a similar example. – Tivedshambo (talk) 22:10, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Google Earth screenshots

Howdy, I just wanted to point out that while Google Earth screenshots are released for use and the copyright itself is not the issue with Wikipedia; the licensing for screenshots includes the stipulation that they not be used for commercial use. Wikipedia does not permit images which come with a non-commercial clause. So basically, Google Earth images are indeed forbidden from use on Wikipedia; but just for a different reason. Cheers! --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 10:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

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Indiana University Kokomo Division of Education

I have made the necessary edits to the entry. Please note that this page is an encyclopedia entry which defines and provides a historical context for the School of Education at Indiana University Kokomo. It is not a marketing page, but instead a fact-based, historical encyclopedic entry.

--Dcantu 20:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but the whole page read like an advert not an encyclopaedia entry, and changing it from first person to third person did not change this. In future, please bear in mind What Wikipedia is not and Conflict of interest. – Tivedshambo (talk) 05:35, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Product development institute

Hi there,

I have created a neutral page for Stage-Gate Process and Product Development Institute both were tagged by someone at Wiki on "speedy delete". There is no blatant advertising. The article talks about the process of stage and gates which is used in over of 80% of new product development and secondly, in the New Product Development page created on Wiki - the reference from Dr. Robert Cooper is the research conducted is from the Product Development Institute. I was merely linking this Institute to have a page on its own. That's all...trying to add content rich to Wiki.

PLEASE tell me what I NEED to do to get something POSTED on WIKI.

I think i share the frustration of trying to get something posted on Wiki like countless others before me! ````SunilSunil Bechar (talk · contribs)

I've left a welcome message on your talk page - hopefully this will answer your questions. – Tivedshambo (talk) 18:01, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:London Midland Network ZP.svg

Image:London Midland Network ZP.svg I have altered the image to remove copyright. Let me know if this is enough? Or is more needed?

I was just meant to convert the original to svg, and I asked the requester to fix the copyright, but apparently he didn't. XcepticZP 07:49, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't think changing the colour is sufficient, as it still seems to be a derivative of this image. It will need to be redrawn from scratch, with a different layout as it is not a scale diagram. I'm willing to try and produce one, along the same lines as this image, but it may take me some time. Alternatively, route diagram templates could be used. – Tivedshambo (talk) 07:57, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

If you want to draw it, go ahead... It'll be time consuming, though! I, personally, only did it because it was a simple conversion. But, it's clearly more trouble than I expected! XcepticZP 11:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I have "sort of" fixed the copyright. However, I would be very grateful if the Graphics Lab could do more if it is necessary- it may not be. I can see how the image might still be a violation of copyright, but if enough colours were changed, and maybe a slightly different layout, it would be fine. I do appreciate that it is time consuming and I do thank you for your excellent work so far, Dewarw 17:28, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I hope that was an admin that removed that copyright thing from the image page? I'm glad the copyright is okay for now, a layout change is in the pipeline for this image. That would definately remove any copyright vios. XcepticZP 20:38, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I've copied this thread to the image's talk page for further discussion - please leave any further comments there. Thanks. – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:30, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Prod notification

I see you've added Sutton House Hotel as a link in the Erdington article. I've proposed this article (Sutton House Hotel, not Erdington!) for deletion, as I can see no evidence of notability about it whatsoever. – Tivedshambo (talk) 10:18, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree - does not seem notable to me. Aatomic1 11:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

SR Merchant Navy Class

Hello. I understand that you may be busy at this time, but I'm wondering whether you would like to review the article SR Merchant Navy Class, which is currently an FAC. Any feedback you give would be of great help and gratefully received.--Bulleid Pacific (talk) 15:29, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

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Redirects

Re: this edit:

Fair enough - I wasn't aware of that guideline. However, my personal view is that I don't like seeing unnecessary links to redirects - it smacks of carelessness as though the editor hasn't checked the link (though I'm occasionally guily of this myself.) In this situation, I don't see that Napolean will be developed into a separate article, except as possible a future disambiguation page in which case any links will need to be updated anyway. However I'm not going bothered enough to get into a revert war about it ;-)  – Tivedshambo (talk) 12:16, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Shambo. Yeah when I started out here, I'd always make sure it was linked to the "correct" article until I heard about that guideline. If you really prefer the exact link, go ahead and change it. But it's probably not worth getting into a hastle over. Thanks! Spellcast (talk) 12:21, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Tagging of Phil Rosser

I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on Phil Rosser. I do not think that Phil Rosser fits any of the speedy deletion criteria because There is a calim of notability (subject came 4th in large tournament). I request that you consider not re-tagging Phil Rosser for speedy deletion without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page.  – Tivedshambo (talk) 08:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

I didn't retag it for speedy, although I did place it up for AfD, at which point it was speedied anyway. You'll want to take that up with User:Caknuck. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 08:03, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

My mistake - I may have put this warning on the wrong user, though as it's been deleted I can't check the history. I won't contest the speedy, as it's almost certainly a hoax (no references in Google to Phil Rosser and tennis). – Tivedshambo (talk) 08:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Following that comment, I found the history in my cache - you did use the speedy tag {{db|CSD A7}}. – Tivedshambo (talk) 08:16, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I meant that I hadn't re-tagged it as speedy; when I saw that you'd untagged it, I wasn't about to retag it as a speedy deletion. Instead, I was taking it to AFD. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 08:18, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Reverting

Please provide some evidence that a separate railway line actually exists between Cardiff and Nottingham before reverting again. Consider this a {{uw-test1}}. Also please refrain from throwing around accusations (WP:AGF). 85.92.190.81 19:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

By the nature of your edits, you are quite clearly 90.203.45.244 and the warnings given there still apply. As far as your edits go, I am neutral on Cardiff Central to Nottingham Line, but arbitarily changing an article to a redirect is not the way to go about deleting it. Take it to WP:AFD instead. As for Stourbridge Town Branch Line, you have obviously either failed to read the discussions listed, or chosen to ignore them. Wikipedia works on consensus - if you do not agree with the consensus you will just have to put up with it. Further reversions without discussion will be taken as vandalism and dealt with accordingly. – Tivedshambo (talk) 19:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

2008

Re: Warning vandals

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. – Tivedshambo (talk) 18:21, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Yes - I've warned a few, in my time [5]. But I don't warn on every revert I do, partly because (especially with dynamic IPs) there doesn't seem to be a lot of point, and partly because, at times of heavy vandalism, I'm too busy clicking the rollback link. Philip Trueman (talk) 18:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

eTrafficJams.com

Hi - could I ask that when you leave a message for someone, as you did for Coren just now, that you append your message to the bottom of the page, rather than replace existing comments. Also, it helps if you sign your comments with ~~~~, which will automatically add your name and datestamp to the end. As far as your contribution goes, I didn't see the article in question, but if it was cut and pasted from anopther website, it would have been deleted for copyright infringement rather than for any notability reasons. Coren may have more to say on this matter in due course. – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

One,I didnt mean to delete the comments, I am new to this.

Two, I was still working on the webpage. I would save the information, and then adjust it. I wasn't even working on it for 20 minutes before you deleted it.

Three, eTrafficJams.com/GetUpdated.com is an internationally traded company on the stock exchange. They are one of the world's largest internet marketing companies. I think you are doing a disservice to Wikipedia, and labeled the article advertising. If that is the case then take down every company on your website.

Why is it fair for a large company and not a small to be listed on your website? Though this is not the case, I feel that wikipedia quickly pulled the trigger, without analyzing the content.

Furthermore, I seriously doubt eTrafficJams/GetUpdated would of contacted you about posting an article about their company.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Etrafficjamsseo (talk • contribs) 17:23, 10 January 2008

Firstly, I didn't delete it. Only an administrator can do this. Secondly, as I stated, the article was deleted for copyright reasons. I cannot make any judgment on the question of notability without seeing the article. However I suggest you read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for relevant notability guidelines, and Wikipedia:Copyright violations for information about copying material from elsewhere on the web. I'll leave a standard welcome message on your home page, which will give you furthe useful links. Please don't be dis-heartened - if you can rewrite the article in your own words bearing in mind the advice given, you'll have a far stronger case. – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Sandbox bug

Re this edit. Yes, the article I created is a direct copy of my sandbox, as this is where I drafted the article. I suspect a lot of articles are formed this way. Is it possible to adjust the bot to prevent warnings, if the source is a sandbox or other user page? – Tivedshambo (talk) 23:45, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I am aware of the bug where CSBot doesn't seem to notice that the original is a sandbox in userspace— the bug is being worked on, but might be related to a bug in the Mediawiki software (the software on which Wikipedia runs) itself— it would seem that the namespace where an article lives is misreported as the article space in some circumstances (apparently, only in cases where the sandbox article was cut-and-pasted as opposed to moved to is new article space location, but not nearly in all those cases).

I am trying to figure out a good way to work around the problem, in the meantime I realize it's a bit inconvenient and annoying, but I'll ask you to be patient and just go ahead and remove the tags. In the 6 months or so that CSBot has been operating, only about a dozen cases have been reported (and, strangely enough, most of those in the past month), so it's unlikely to be reasonable to suspend CSBot operation until the bug is found and mercilessly squished. — Coren ^(talk) 17:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply - hope you find a solution soon as it's a useful bot. – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Layerthorpe

Hi - many thanks for a very interesting and informative article. I know the area well, having commuted through it more times than I care to think about before I left York. My only criticism of the is that it is unreferenced - if you could add your sources this would make the article even better.

On an unrelated note, have you considered archiving this talk pages? 110 sections dating back nearly two years is rather a lot!

Thanks again for your contributions. – Tivedshambo (talk) 08:22, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for this. I've got some sources to add (notably the York Archaeological Trust fascicule on the Walls and Castles - great stuff) but wanted to put in some more on the C19 and on C20 slum-clearance. Sources are easier to add than inline refs, and I somehow assume that Layerthorpe is never going to be a GA or FA, so I'll get round to it soon. I'm also trying to work up an article on Drake - have you seen Francis Drake (disambiguation)?!?

Archiving - yes, another thing I haven't quite got round to, but you're right, Must Do It.

As for Layerthorpe itself - when we were househunting in York four years ago, we had some Layerthorpe/Heworth addresses, but, walking out of town, past the car-dealerships and the defunct Frog Hall, we thought "Do we want to have to walk into town past this?" The answer being no, we abandoned ship and went back for a few in the Black Swan. Now living on Walmgate: medieval church on exiting the building, W towers of the Minster come into view before Merchantgate, ten restaurants and three second-hand bookshops between here and M&S, 5 min to the Market, 10 min walk to the Minster, 13 min walk to the station, I've died and gone to heaven! Best, --GuillaumeTell (talk) 01:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

User:Tivedshambo/Information

The line about withdrawel makes the images non free and dirrectly contractics the wording of both licenses makeing the legal sitaution complex. The line about copyright notices is inconsistant with creative commons. Please remove them.Geni 17:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

As the copyright holder, I have the right to choose what copyright I apply to my images, and to amend that copyright if I see fit. For example, I may wish to change to GFDL 1.3, or whatever version may come out in future, if that version is compatible with WP or Commons. I have not seen anything either in Wikipedia or Commons, that states that I cannot do this. Therefore I cannot comply with your request. It is unlikely that I would withdraw my licence altogether, and I realise my images would be deleted if I did this. Incidentally, you will notice that I do not use creative commons - I use GFDL. – Tivedshambo (talk) 18:04, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Yuo do have that right but that is a right you partialy give up if you want to release something under a free license. Upgradeing to GFDL1.3 is an irrelivance since you can't under the terms of the GFDL stop that. As long as you try and retain these rights your images are not under a free license and will be remove from commons.Geni 19:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

If the consensus of the Commons community (rather than the opinion of a single user) is to remove my images, that is ok by me. Just give me sufficient warning so that I can reload my images here and on Welsh wicipedia. It'll be a shame, as some of these images are used by other projects. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:09, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

uploading images you know contravene wikipedia's copyright policy will get you blocked. Wikipedia's copyright policy per foundation resolution Resolution:Licensing policy image licenses are required to meet the requirements of Definition of Free Cultural Works that requires "freedoms should be available to anyone, anywhere, anytime" as you can see your text conflicts with the anytime clause.Geni 20:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Please do not make threats. To the best of my knowledge, I have never willingly violated policy of either Wikipedia or Commons. I am the copyright holder of all the images I have uploaded to Commons, and have released the images under {{GFDL-1.2}} - a valid tag in both projects. I have asked you to show me evidence that I have no right to change this copyright notice in future - so far you have not done this. Unless you can do this, please stop wasting my time. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:33, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Err I did see Resolution:Licensing_policy and you have not released under GFDL you have released under homebrew attempt at a modfied GFDL.Geni 21:26, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Please accept that it was not my intention to modify GFDL. I have raised the matter at Commons:Village pump#Copyright question, and removed some wording to the template, though I still do not believe this is strictly neccesary. – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:59, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

West Mids stations

Hi. Thanks for the note - still tweaking it at the moment. Finished the refs for now. It's a compromise, but if consistency is what is wanted it'll have to do until a better way is developed. I'm currently working on the table layout - although won't be able to do it completely on this computer (I'm at work) as it seems to display differently for everyone else! Only major change left (as far as I can tell) is the list of notes. I'll probably be at it for another 30 mins or so before I go home. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 22:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm about done for tonight - almost home time :-). I'm trying to work out if there is anyway to set the notes section up like the refs section, whilst keeping the two sections separate (the notes section has references!) - any ideas? I've made a note of which sections need photos - if I can I'll try and get out on Sunday with my camera to fill in some of the gaps. Regards, TicketMan - Talk - contribs 22:45, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll see if I can get Four Oaks for F tomorrow. Tivedshambo (talk) 22:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I like what you've done with the usage stats - looks much better.

Do you think it would be worth making the table smaller to get the pics on the right? If necessary, the 04-05 stats can probably go, especially as 06-07 stats can't be far off now.

Also, I'm wondering whether or not to merge each letter into one section, and make the resultant single table sortable - this would get rid of the repeated refs.

Anyways - I better get ready for work - 12 hour shift today, and Villa are at home so might even have to actually do some work! Regards, TicketMan - Talk - contribs 10:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Personally, I think the 04/05 figures are useful against the following year, as it indicates the trend (generally upwards) as well as the usage. On the other hand, I don't think the station code is particularly useful, so maybe that could go instead? Going out myself soon, but I'll do some more work on it later. Tivedshambo (talk) 10:55, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

To be honest thats why I originally added the 04-05 figures, to provide a comparison. Fair point about the codes - looking at it that way the code doesn't add much. I'll see what I can do. Regards, TicketMan - Talk - contribs 12:17, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Righty then - I've merged the individual tables into one, and made it sortable, which I think makes it more useful as it enables sorting by pax volume etc. I've got rid of the redundant code column, and changed the TOC to fit the new layout. Attempting now to place the pics to the right of the table. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 14:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Sussed out the issue with notes - they are now fully linked within the article, with help from WP:Village Pump. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 18:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for all your work on this article - I think it's almost there :-) TicketMan - Talk - contribs 20:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Pleased to be of help! Tivedshambo (talk) 20:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I should probably warn you I'm planning on having a go at improving List of railway stations in Wales next. Could be a big job... TicketMan - Talk - contribs 21:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Best of luck! Actually, I was wondering about creating List of disused rail stations in the West Midlands. Tivedshambo (talk) 23:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

That's also on my 'to-do' list, along with List of Midland Metro stops. Disused stations will take a lot more work however, as stations such as Sutton Town and Sutton Park, for example, are both missing from the West Midlands stations template, and neither have articles - at the very least they'll need stubs creating, or distinct sections within Sutton Coldfield railway station, and I suspect they are not the only ones.

List of railway stations in Wales is a new list which I think has potential, but I have a number of issues with it - all the station names are in caps for a start. I'm going to have a proper look at it tomorrow evening when I'm at work. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 12:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Talyllyn Railway liveries

Hi Tivedshambo. I reverted the edit you pointed out because it claims that 3 and 4 are currently painted in Skarloey Railway liveries, which is incorrect. However, your suggestion of a well-sourced section on the locomotive liveries is a good idea, especially as it would not just be about the Skarloey liveries but could also cover the Corris liveries that both 3 and 4 have appeared in, plus No. 1's current repaint into BR lined black, for example. Best, Gwernol 12:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Check the edit again. It clearly states currently for No 3 and previously for No 4. Tivedshambo (talk) 12:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Elephant House

Very reasonable call. Cheers. Tyrenius (talk) 22:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

signal box Penmaenpool.

Hi - has the RSPB centre at Penmaenpool now closed? It was open when I was there in 2004, but the status may have changes since then. If it has closed, do you know what has happened to the building? – Tivedshambo (talk) 11:32, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand that having modernised it at great expense and had a "grand opening" with Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas to do it, the RSPB decided they could not afford to keep it open. This was spring 2007. The building is still there. (Gailsllys (talk) 22:09, 1 January 2008 (UTC))

London Midland

Yawn. There seems little point leaving messages for this user: they're using a dialup connection with no fixed IP address. Not that they would take any notice anyway, it seems (they're not taking any notice of the talk page as it is.....). --RFBailey (talk) 06:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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Wikiworld title

Feel free. People give me and Signpost writers too much power; the Signpost is merely another page on the wiki, and any copyediting is welcome. Ral315 (talk) 17:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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WP:ACC

Hi,

Just to let you know that a new template has been created for one of the queries your answered to. Please see this to understand what I mean. The template explains about Capitalisation to the IP.

Thanks,

The Helpful One 11:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder - I'll try to remember in future. Tivedshambo (talk) 12:46, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Umm

Earthless.com you tagged for speedy deletion, which I dont dispute. Yet on Earthless you have reverted[6] the removal of earthless.com which isnt associated with the band, even warning the user who removed it[7]. I cant see what you are trying to achieve could you please explain? Gnangarra 15:07, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't recall what was in Earthless.com, but if you look at the other contributions of Drjonfrockit, it seems that he is trying to use Wikipedia as a platform to air his views about the ownership of the name [8], and making related threats [9]. I don't know whether his claims are correct or not, but obviously Wikipedia is not the correct place for this, and the previous edit he made to Earthless was reverted.[10].

As far as the removal of the link on Earthless goes, I had a look at the website, but could not tell whether it was related to the band or not (it gives the option to download podcasts, so it might well be). However, due to my concerns about the user's other edits, and the fact that he had left no edit summary explaining the removal of the link, I decided to play safe and re-instate the link. I left the standard level 1 good-faith template {{uw-blank}} on his talk page, which requests that removals that may be controversial should have some explanation.

Finally, I do not see any discrepancy between removing the article earthless.com and reinstating the link to it; as far as I am aware there are no rules that state that all externally linked websites have to be notable. Tivedshambo (talk) 17:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

speedy deletion of forbandet

Hi, i made the forbandet page, you nomined for speedy deletion. Could you explain why it should be deleted, more specific? Im completely new at starting pages. Iamlowlikeyou (talk) 18:01, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I nominated it for deletion as there was nothing in the article to assert why the subject was important. See Wikipedia:Notability (music) and Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#A7 Tivedshambo (talk) 18:06, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

nice

On behalf of viviparous lizards and newts everywhere, I'd like to thank you for being so nice! - Nunh-huh 02:36, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

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Speedy Deletion

Happy for you to remove the tag - I was looking at the criterion for text being unsalvageably incoherent, since it has obviously just been translated from Russian into English using a very bad translator. Am now PRODing the articles instead. If that fails, i will take it to AfD . Many thanks - Fritzpoll (talk) 12:17, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

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Tom MacDonald

Many thanks for your help with this. Can we delete Tom MacDonald (author)? All the links are now for Tom MacDonald (writer), so I don't think we need keep the author entry. As you'll know I am a new contributor, so I am not all clued-up yet on how things work. Thanks again for your help in saving good old Tom! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lepidus Magnus (talk • contribs) 16:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I've put it to Redirects for discussion - see this page — Tivedshambo_(t|c) 23:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Earthless.com

Hi I'm sorry for wrongly editing a wiki that I do not control, however.. I feel it is important to note that the band who assumes the name earthless is falsly representing their online presence by using my URL.

Their link to earthless.com is not merited and should be removed. I have asked them in several ways to cease using my web URL as their own.

Thank you for your patience and I have learned the required ettiquette for using/creating a wiki.

Please forgive my ignorance... but I do intend to retain earthless.com for as long as I can afford it.

Thanks!

I have the name trademarked and plan to keep it for ever.

-JFR —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drjonfrockit (talk • contribs) 06:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Understood, but please bear in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. External links are used where they provide citations for verifiable facts, or at least appear to, which was the case with your site. Feel free to carry on editing Wikipedia - it's open for everyone to edit. —  Tivedshambo  _(t|c) 07:45, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Re 'Welcome'

Dear Tivedshambo Many thanks for the welcome, I've been reading through some of the things you suggested (I had to print them off as would you believe it I don't actually have internet access from home, so have to wait until I can get to a computer at the local library!) I'm beginning to understand how things work a little better now, so hopefully it will help me to edit and create better articles - times is the perennial problem though. (Lepidus Magnus (talk) 12:40, 21 February 2008 (UTC))

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Re Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sól (band)

It seems that, like myself, no one saw the album nomination. So I am going to renominate it.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 15:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

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George Stamatis‎

Hi - I see you are trying to clear up this article at the moment, but you appear to be engaged in a revert war. Please be aware of the 3 revert rule, and try to keep a cool head. Thanks. —  Tivedshambo  _(t|c) 20:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool head?!? My head is going to EXPLODE!!!!!!WTF, is this person trying to drive me crazy??? Thanks, I will chill :) --70.109.223.188 (talk) 20:34, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

revote08

look at the post in the discussion before you revert, are you part of the fraudlent activity? Is that why you're leaving an advertisment for it up on wikipedia?

I am only concerned with what appears to be unreferenced and apparently controcversial claim. I have no knowledge of the the elections - if you canb verify your claim, feel free to add it, provided you can provide acceptible references. Remember, Wikipedia is not a soapbox. —  Tivedshambo  _(t|c) 11:11, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Re Wikipedia:Articles for deletion - Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club

No problem, Cheers --Badgernet (talk) 11:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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Talyllyn Railway

I'd love to see the TR article get to GA standard and I'm happy to help in any way I can. I have most of the books that are currently cited as "Bibliography" rather than "References". We should try to use these for inline citations where possible. The history section needs a significant overhaul and expansion, and we could really do with adding pictures of all the carriages. I can certainly help with expanding the article text. Sadly I don't get to north Wales very often, and haven't been to Tywyn in nearly a decade, so I probably can't help with pictures. But please let me know if there's anything else I can help with. Best as always, Gwernol 13:35, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I get to that part of the world quite often, as I'm only about three hours drive away, so I'm happy to get photos, particularly when a more intensive service starts. It's a good excuse for me to visit! If you get the chance, I'd recommend coming over next year, as the Corris Railway will be celebrating its 150th anniversary, and various reciprocal visits are planned between the two lines. —  Tivedshambo  _(t|c) 16:45, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I saw there were plans to have No. 7 running on the Talyllyn. I'd love to see that. I've been a member of the Corris Railway Society since the early 80s, so I keep in touch with developments there pretty well. I envy you your 3 hour trip - its a bit further from New York :-) On the TR article, I think there's lots of scope for improvement, and I was skimming through various books before work today. I'll try to get cracking on expanding the History and Preservation sections tonight, since there's lots of scope for improvements there. Best, Gwernol 17:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I've had a look at the Talyllyn Railway article. I can't see any problems with it going further to FA standard. My only little gripe is that the references are a bit repetitive, and that in my experience as a final-year student of History, several could be replaced with "ibid., page 45" etc. However, this is only a matter of personal taste, and that I don't really follow it myself on Wikipedia as it gets a bit tedious. It is also nothing that would seriously hamper its potential as an FA. Well done. I'm off to have a look at your comments on the N15 class now.

Regards, --Bulleid Pacific (talk) 13:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Bow Street

Dear Tivedshambo

I see you've added a photo to the Bow Street article - if I'd have known you were going to be in my neck-of-the-woods you could have called in at Pen-y-Garn for a cuppa! I was intending to go out later in the year to take a few snaps myself for inclusion, so am glad to see you've got there before me. Just a suggestion, but might it not be better if the photo was further down the page and the info box was at the top? As I'm still not sure about layouts I didn't know if there were any guidelines about this. Anyway see what you think.

Regards (Lepidus Magnus (talk) 12:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC))

Hi - I was thinking of letting you know that I was lkiely to be in the area last weekend, (I stopped in a B&B in Borth) but I was unsure when or if I'd be free. I'm in that area quite often, so I'll let you know next time I'm around. I've got photos of Llandre, Capel Garn and Rhyd-y-Pennau which I'll upload sometime as well.

The photograph is included as a parameter of the infobox, so the position is fixed. It could be included separately further down, though personally I think it's better to see at least one picture when you open a page. However feel free to move it if you think it would be better elsewhere. —  Tivedshambo  _(t|c) 15:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Tivedshambo

I see you’ve now uploaded the other photos like you said you would, which are great. I’m more than happy for the one of Bow Street to stay in the info box if that’s general practice. Do you know if there are any example pages for villages/towns on Wikipedia showing prescribed layout, section headings, etc? As I don’t have much time to trawl through page after page of guidelines, examples for me to simply follow would be best. Please do let me know next time you’re passing through and maybe we could meet up at Rhydypennau in the craft centre for a coffee? One question – what is the licence tag you’ve used on the photos? I’ve just tried uploading a picture on to my Commons account but am a bit confused at what to put. Would you take a look and let me know? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Blanche_Parry.jpg Many thanks.

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 16:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

See Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Infobox UK place to see examples of places which use that template, though there are many places that don't. It's a good standard to follow though, as it does standardise the layout.

I use a personalised variant of the {{Information}} template on Commons, which incorporates the GFDL tag. The licence you've got for the Blanche Parry image looks fine. Hope this helps. —  Tivedshambo  _(t|c) 22:51, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Tivedshambo

Many thanks for the link - I will try and look at the examples listed here to get a feel for a standard layout to follow. Thanks also for checking the licence for the Blanche Parry photo. I wonder if you could suggest a licence for some old photos I've scanned and that I'd like to put up on Wikipedia. I have asked for help at the following: Media_copyright_questions#Scanning_Old_Photos, but would appreciate any help you could give.

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 13:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

It depends how old the photographs are. If it's more than 70 years old after the death of the photographer, you can use {{PD-old}}. If the photographer is unknown, I think it's safe to assume that anything over 100 years old is public domain, (see Image:Talyllyn1904.jpg for example), but it's worth getting an expert to confirm that. If the image is more recent, you will need to get permission from the copyright holder. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 13:17, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Tivedshambo

Good job, its about time you went for an RfA. You should have asked me to nominate you - I'd have been honoured. Anyway, best of luck, Gwernol 16:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I saw this edit summary in my watchlist and thought you'd changed your mind :-) —  Tivedshambo  _(t|c) 12:00, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that :-) No change of mind here, trust me. Its going very well so far, I hope it continues on its current track. Gwernol 12:10, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Dolgoch

I've just patrolled this page, and added my oppose to the talk page. Druge was not very civil, was he? Mjroots (talk) 11:21, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Seems to be a vandal-only account. Ignore him. —  Tivedshambo  _(t|c) 11:34, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Seems to be a blocked vandal-only account! <g> Mjroots (talk) 11:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for your support. - J Greb (talk) 22:58, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

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flail mower

Thanks ! A very strange, but undoubtedly useful, beast:-) It definitely deserves to be included in WickedPedia. --Jotel (talk) 14:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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RfA - Toddst1

Hi Tivedshambo, thanks for supporting my RfA, which passed with 42 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutrals. Special thanks goes to my nominator, Kakofonous. I'm pleased that the Wikipedia community has trusted me with the mop and I take it very seriously. And thank you for the congratulatory note too! Cheers! Toddst1 (talk) 15:34, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

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Your RfA

Congratulations, your RfA has been closed as successful and you are now an administrator. Good luck with the mop! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Can I just add my personal congratulations. I'm very pleased to see you get the mop. I'm sure you will use it well and wisely. If you ever have questions, you are more than welcome to ask me. Very best, Gwernol 17:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Drat! I knew there was something i forgot to support. Good luck. Simply south (talk) 18:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Glad you'll continue working on Talyllyn Railway - we definitely need your help there. When I got the admin bit, I found it did interrupt my article building, and I've recently been trying to redress that with more article construction work. That said, admin work is important too - I'm sure you'll find a good balance. Best, Gwernol 20:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Zedla RfA

Sorry for the delay, just saying a quick thank you for your support and participation in my RfA which passed & closed earlier this week. Hope to continue earning the trust of everyone as an admin. – Zedla (talk) 03:17, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

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Deletion of my Wiki.

what was up with deleting my wiki? did i do something to you?

i specifically said it was under construction, and some jackass came along and deleted the whole thing. turns out it was you.

mind explaining why you just go around deleting other people's work?

Cavelero (talk) 16:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Answer left on your talk page. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 22:19, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Deletion of user pages

Thanks, that makes it a little bit easier.--CJ King (talk) 22:33, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

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GA on Talyllyn Railway

Hi Tivedshambo. I think we're finally managing to beat the Talyllyn Railway article into something approaching reasonable shape. I feel we should start thinking about a GA review for it. What do you think? I've added a few suggestions for improvements to the talk page. Is there any prospect of you being able to get to Tywyn and take a few photos in the near future? Best, Gwernol 17:10, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

New Admin

I see your a new admin, and as thus you seem to have misunderstood speedy deletion policy. I highly recommend that you take the time to review it. There were MANY pages created last night that should have been deleted and I noticed you took the tag off them. This is not an attack but rather a coaching session.Thright (talk) 17:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Which article are you referring to? —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:23, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I presume you are referring to Sam Buckman. You did not spedify a valid reason under WP:CSD. Also you seem to have deleted half the article before retagging it as empty. This is not the way to go about deletion. Take it to AfD instead. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:36, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Image talk:Skille scores.jpg

I was in the middle of a discussion regarding this image, and you've just deleted it (the discussion). Why? Mannafredo (talk) 16:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The image has been deleted (by another administrator) as "Blatant advertising" [11], so the talk page was redundant as per WP:CSD#G8. Note that adding {{hangon}} automatically logs the pags in CAT:CSD, even if no speedy tag has been added. If you wish to discuss the deletion of the image, I suggest you contact User:Jimfbleak who deleted it. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Follow-up: Just looked at the discussion and realised you weren't the uploader. To be honest, I don't think an orphaned talk page is the best place to carry out a discussion, as it is always under threat from WP:CSD#G8 as explained above. Best to discuss on a user talk page. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I nominated the image for deletion, and User:Jimfbleak obliged. Today, User talk:Ryanjcole asked the question 'Why was it deleted?' on the image's talk page - which doesn't seem wholly unreasonable. I was in the process of explaining things to him when you zapped the page. I've looked at WP:CSD#G8, and think the page should have survived due to the 'ifs and buts' of G8, especially taking into account the dates of the comments on that page. Ryan is now left with no answer to his question and probably a bad view of us all. I would suggest you've been a tad 'quick with the red pen' on this occasion, and that perhaps you could have explained G8 to us and asked us to 'go and play elsewhere' (on one of our user talk pages).

However, now that you're involved, I wonder what you think about all this. I think Ryanjcole (talk) is using wikipedia as his own personal gallery here and here. The first one, it seems to me, exists on wikipedia for no reason other than as a vanity page. As for the second one, does that guy really justify six images in his article (does he even justify having an article at all - I suspect it was photographer Ryan who started it as a vehicle for his images).

Things have moved on, see here and here. Ironically now, the image is back and the discussion page gone. Regards, Mannafredo (talk) 18:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I've restored the talk page while the page exists - You might like to raise the general issue of Ryanjcole's contributions at WP:AN. Apologies for breaking up you discussion! —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 18:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

AIV in Rfas

I appreciate that. That is one of my future goals. Could you please tell me how you got your neat signature? The tc bit, I mean! Do you have to sign all that after every edit? --Camaeron (talk) 19:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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Corpet-Louvet

I understand that a Corpet-Louvet metre gauge loco is/was preserved in the museum at Tywyn. If it is still there, can you get a photo of it please? If it is not still there, can you edit the Corpet-Louvet article to show its current location if known? Mjroots (talk) 15:19, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Is Cambrai the loco you're referring to? It's still in the museum - I tried to take some photos of it on Tuesday, but the light was wrong for it. I don't have any plans to go back there for a while, but I'll bear it in mind next time I'm in the area. See Narrow Gauge Railway Museum for the current stock-list. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 15:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Follow-up - Cambrai is the Corpet-Louvet - see [12] —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 15:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Further history of Cambrai can be found here. Mjroots (talk) 16:45, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Wimba Article

I'm not trying to advertise Wimba and I do not have any affiliation with the company. I am hoping to start an entry on Wimba because of it's widespread use in educational technology. I was trying to structure the article in the same fashion other web conferencing articles in Wikipedia on WebEx, Net Meeting, Web Huddle, etc... are written. Wikipedia is currently lacking any information on a number of major products and tools used across the nation in educational technology from k-12 to higher education such as Wimba, Respondus, Softchalk, Clickers, and ePacks.

How do I make specific requests for articles on these technologies? I couldn't find a specific category in the request entry area that fit these. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.216.167.211 (talk) 17:04, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not an expert on these technologies - you're best bet is to seek assistance at the village pump —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 18:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Wimba Article

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Huachenshan (talk • contribs) 21:11, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

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Tom MacDonald

gladly, last I did was to restore the original history of Tom MacDonald so it can be moved elsewhere. Agathoclea (talk) 14:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh gawd! What has happened here, all I was trying to do was correct a mistake I made when I first created a entry for him. It seems that the correct spelling of his name is without the capital 'D'. I did leave notes on all the discussion pages to this effect, but my attempts to put in redirects etc. have all been reverted. Hope someone can help! Lepidus Magnus (talk) 14:10, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry - think I've got it sorted. It's best to use page move rather than cut-and-paste to rename a page - that way the edit history remains intact. Problems arise when two admins try to chase the same article! —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 14:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help with this. I seem to unintentionally keep throwing a spanner in the works – my sincere apologies. Lepidus Magnus (talk) 14:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

LSWR N15 class

Hello, Tivedshambo. As you have previously reviewed some railway articles before, would you care to take a look at this one? I am sure there are a few improvements that are required before it is up for promotion. Thanks in advance. Best regards, --Bulleid Pacific (talk) 23:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

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Question?

Dear Tivedshambo

As you and Agathoclea seem to be keeping a watchful eye on me, I wondered if one of you could help me with a little question I have. I’d like to know if there’s any way of hiding the qualifiers you use to distinguish different entries with similar titles, i.e. Tom Macdonald (writer). If not, do you think you could ask someone at Wikipedia if it might be possible to create some kind of command text, such as ‘Title: hide qualifier’, that would do this? Obviously I appreciate the importance of these qualifiers, but I personally think that the overall appearance of pages would be enhanced if they did not actually appear in the entry heading. All of this may well have been mooted elsewhere of course, but as a relatively new user I thought I would just ask.

Regards

Lepidus Magnus (talk) 11:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

As far as I'm aware, there's no way of removing the qualifier in the title of an article. You can hide the qualifier in links by using pipes - i.e. [[Tom Macdonald (writer)|Tom Macdonald]] —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 13:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Tom Macdonald Photo

Dear Tivedshambo

I’ve just tried uploading a picture of Tom Macdonald, but I think I might have got it all wrong! Any chance you could take a look please? Sorry to put on you like this, but without internet access from home I don’t have much time to read page after page of instructions, so any help you could give would be most welcome.

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 12:32, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

The fair use rationale you gave is fine, but you uploaded the image at Commons, which does not accept fair use images. I've re-uploaded it in Wikipedia. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 13:10, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Tivedshambo

I’ve just got back from lunch and realised that I shouldn’t have uploaded it to Commons, so tried doing it on the main site and then found out you’d got there before me! Many thanks for correcting this. Do we just leave the other one until it’s deleted or is there anyway we can get rid of it? I’ve got a similar photo of Dewi Morgan, so now I know where to upload things I’ll try this too!

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 13:16, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

An administrator on Commons will delete it in due course. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 13:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks once again for saving my bacon (so to speak!) Lepidus Magnus (talk) 13:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:AIV

Just a question. At the moment, I'm not a sysop :( But, I try to help out as much as I can. Could I ask your opinion on something? No? Well, I'm asking anyway :-P. Do you think it's OK, if I review reports and comment on them, like reports that are not within the guidelines for reporting, such as I did here. If you think its not appropriate, I'll stop, but I just try to help wherever I can. Steve Crossin (talk to me) 10:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Please feel free to help - it makes our jobs a lot easier! See Wikipedia talk:Administrator intervention against vandalism#Non admin for a similar discussion that arose recently. Also, a good knowledge of AIV is almost essential for when you aar ready to apply for adminship. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 10:35, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

• Great, I'm glad to help out if I can. I feel I have a great knowledge on AIV, I've reported over 250 times, and every single one has been blocked . But, one other question. As I know, AIV gets backlogged, quite often. Maybe not right now, but it happens. I don't have the tools at the moment, and I don't want to be doing things I'm not supposed to, but would you think its OK if I check reports, and if it's clear that it's vandalism which needs to be blocked, maybe leaving a note for the admin stating so, possibly recommending a time? it's just a thought, I'm trying to get as much experience as possible, but I don't want to stand on anyones toes doing so. Steve Crossin (talk to me) 10:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Be bold! To be honest, you seem to have picked up in two months what it's taken me two years to learn. Carry on like this, and I'll soon be coming to you for advice! Carry on the good work! —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 11:02, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Aww, really? Nah, I know I've learned a lot recently. Someone nommed me for adminship about a week ago, but I declined. I'm just not ready yet. Two months? Has it been that long? Also, I'm creating a template for comments at AIV, it's similar to this one. You think that would be OK? Steve Crossin (talk to me) 11:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I suggest discussing it on the talk page —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 11:13, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

• I created the template before I got this message, however, I'll discuss it on the talk page. I can't see it being a real problem though, do you? But, if it's use is objected, then I wont use it. Your thoughts on it? Steve Crossin (talk to me) 11:23, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Talyllyn maps

Thanks for adding the scale to the railway map. I'll probably rebuild the original file with the scale on it, so I have it available for future changes. I'm not sure why you weren't able to load it over the original - it ought to wrok, though occasionally I've had trouble with this too. Nice work on the other map, by the way, its looking much better. Best, Gwernol 14:18, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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speedy deletion of Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge redirect page

I'm not married to my redirect pages, but I'm curious as to why this one was deleted. When I was looking for the page for the Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge, I typed it with a capital B on Bridge, and nothing came up, so I figured there was no article. It never occurred to me that the word "bridge" wasn't part of the official name. I think it would be common for people to make that mistake. Is there a specific policy against that kind of redirect page? Atkinson (talk) 17:46, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

You created the redirect as [Kubitschek Bridge] - i.e. with the full URL, instead of Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge which already exists. This does not seem to be a likely typo, so I deleted it in accordance with WP:CSD#R3 (see [13]) —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:54, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Move an Article

You declined the speedy delete on Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare and said it should probably be moved to wikiquote or wikibook, what is the process for doing this? IMO the article as it stands has no encyclopedic value at the moment thanks.BigDunc (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Start by taking it to WP:AFD, and suggest a transwiki move there. If consensus is to move it, then it can be copied into the relevant project before deletion from Wikipedia. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c)

Will do thanks for the swift reply.BigDunc (talk) 21:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Awarding Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Aprils fools day was a blast. Loads of users lightened up to have good old fashion fun. I want to thank you for taking part in editing this page in particular and even though I may not know you, embrace the same talk pages, or even edit with you in the near future, I'd like to award you this Barnstar for making Wikipedia a fun environment in which to contribute. Until next year. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk) 14:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

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Potters School Speedy

Fair enough. Given they put a hangon tag on it and said it was under expansion I'm inclinded to wait a while before deciding whether to start an afd or not. --BrucePodger (talk) 21:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

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Speedy Delete of Sparrows Hearne turnpike

You declined the speedy delete of Sparrows Hearne turnpike on the basis that redirects are cheap (agreed). I'd like you to reconsider because it's now been marked as an alternative spelling, which it's not. On maps it's HERNE, in the 1762 Act it's HERNE. It's never been HEARNE. I was going to make a point about it causing ambiguation with a real Sparrows HEARNE in Basildon but on investigation it appears that one's a typo too. Thanks. Bazj (talk) 08:40, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I've change it to a redirect from misspelling. The risk of removing it is that if someone who believes it is spelt with an "a" comes along, firstly they won't find it, and secondly, they may create an article with the wrong name, leading to having two articles running in parallel. Another reason for keeping it is that the article was around for some time with the wrong name, so there may be external websites and search engines that point to the redirect. — Pek, on behalf of Tivedshambo (talk) 08:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Bazj (talk) 14:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Pen-y-Garn & Rhydypennau

Dear Tivedshambo

I thought I’d just let you know that I’ve made some changes to the entries for Pen-y-Garn and Rhydypennau. Firstly as there is a village in Torfaen called Penygarn and a hamlet in Carmarthenshire called Pen-y-garn, I moved the original Pen-y-Garn to Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion. I’ve also changed the second element from having a capital ‘G’ to a small ‘g’, in line with the spelling used by the Ordnance Survey, who appear to have it listed as a ‘village’. I’ve also made the original page into a ‘disambiguation page’, and tried to make all the alterative spellings into redirects. As for Rhydypennau, there turns out to be an area of Cardiff with the same name, so again I’ve moved the original Rhydypennau to Rhydypennau, Ceredigion, made the original a ‘disambiguation page’ and any alternative spellings into redirects. At least I hope I’ve managed to do all of this! Perhaps you would be good enough to give it the once over to make sure?

Many thanks Lepidus Magnus (talk) 10:43, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I've made some minor changes, but most of your changes seem ok. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 15:13, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for checking things, I appreciate your input. Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 15:39, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

'ndrine

Wikipedia is now supporting incorrect spelling, excellent !!! The plural of 'ndrina is 'ndrine, which is explained here, but you rather keep the mistake. That will greatly increase the reliability of the project. I am afraid I am going to insist. - Mafia Expert (talk) 10:02, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I've left it in, as anyone who doesn't know the subject may well expect the plural to be 'ndrinas. This is a reasonable assumption to make, so it doesn't pass the criteria for speedy deletion. I'll tag it as a redirect from misspelling. If you want to delete it, take it to WP:RFD. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 10:05, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, thanks for taking care of Skypunch40 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Would you mind going through his contributions and deleting all his pages, if that's not what you're doing already? As an (inactive) admin, I know the occasional thanks makes RC patrol and vandalism cleanup more bearable, so thanks! Keep it up! 140.247.237.120 (talk) 22:20, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

 Done —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 22:22, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Protection of page needed

See here. Thanks. Enigma ^msg 07:04, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

 Done —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 07:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Talyllyn Railway maps

Hi Tivedshambo. I've managed to convert the three TR maps to SVG format. They look pretty good and are much smaller. There are a couple of issues. One the Template:Talyllyn Map is no longer clickable. Could you take a look at that? The other is that your request to the Graphics Lab is now unnecessary - I thought it would make sense for you to withdraw this if you're happy with the new SVG versions. Best, Gwernol 22:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

An easy fix for me - it just meant scaling up the co-ordinates of the imagemap. I'll need to do some tweaks, as it doesn't quite match up, but I'll look at that later. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 05:29, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

AIV

Sorry for the delay in responding (I just plain forgot). Thanks for the note. Skeezix1000 (talk) 11:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

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Corris Map

Hi Tivedshambo. Yes, I'm working on a new version of the Corris Railway map, which will be much more detailed and include local geography, in a similar style to the TR map. I'll be adding this as an SVG, now I have the tools to do the conversion. I hope to have this by next weekend. Best, Gwernol 18:23, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I look forward to seeing it! —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 18:25, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Signature Mix-up

Sorry about the confusion; I was having markup trouble and copied your raw text to grab the correct formatting for the article reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sahrin (talk • contribs) 00:29, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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NBR Page

Hi there, Just want to clear up a few things. I'm the webmaster of the North Bay Railway website, and have been discussing with the managing director the WIKI page for our website. Am not entirely sure what to reference throughs (not very good at WIKI I'm afriad), but the information on that page is incorrect. The CCLR has been associated with the line on a very informal basis, but the line has always been operated and owned by the North Bay Railway Company, since being taken over. What should I reference this to? The manager?!!!

Thanks Peter

I'm not sure what the best way is to "disprove" what appears to be a valid ref. My best advice is leave the article as it is for the time being, and I'll raise it at the UK railway project WP:UKT for advice. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:33, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Have just found a reference though: http://www.nbr.org.uk/aboutus.html to say who operates the line from the official mouth. Will update the NBR page with this reference. Thanks Peterbrynt (talk) 16:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

I've raised the issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK_Railways#Scarborough North Bay Railway. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:46, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I've altered the NBR Page for now with the reference, as although I can see that you are hesitant because it was in the railway press, it is on our official website, and direct from the companies mouth.... Will however see what they say on the railway group. Peterbrynt (talk) 16:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Your AWB edits

Hi Tivedshambo, please avoid making insignificant edits using AutoWikiBrowser as you have been doing (five examples: [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]; there are many more I could have shown you). By asking for approval to use AWB, you agree to abide by the rules stated at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage#Guide which states 'Avoid making insignificant minor edits', and your use of the tool has broken this. Further use in this way may result in your registration being revoked. Edits such as these do not improve the pages in a beneficial way (such as a spelling fix would) and use up capacity and sever space. Please consider selecting the 'Skip if no typos fixed' option to avoid making edits such as these. Please ask if you have any questions. Thanks, mattbr 19:24, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Firstly, I would question whether these edits are "insignificant". Removal of whitespace - yes, and I was skipping pages with just those changes. I must admit I wasn't aware that moving stubs/categories counts as insignificant, and I am forced to wonder why AWB insists on making these changes if it's own rules say they shouldn't be made. I'll raise this on the AWB talk page. I've just finished anyway, but will bear it in mind next time. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 19:35, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

As for the claim of "using up capacity and server space" - see Wikipedia:Don't worry about performance —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 19:40, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Those five edits in particular are insignificant, as are many of the other edits you have made, as they only have removed whitespace or underscores from behind pipes links or other very minor changes which provide no benefit to readers, and very little for editors. Moving stubs and categories is slightly less insignificant, but they don't really provide that much benefit to warrant an edit just making those changes.

The rules state that these changes shouldn't be made on their own, as there are other, much more beneficial changes you can spend your time in making , helping to improve the encyclopaedia for all. Two of these include typo fixing and fixing links to disambiguation pages, both of which AWB can assist you greatly in performing and help improve the encyclopaedia for readers, as well as making these small changes. AWB makes these changes, along with many other useful changes, as they help to tidy up the raw text of a page a bit when made in conjunction with other, more beneficial changes. The real benefit comes when the changes are made over many, many hundreds and thousands of pages, but there are many more other changes you could make at the same time which provide a real benefit to the particular article you have just edited.

I am aware of WP:DWAP, but AWB is a powerful tool that can help you make many edits in a very short period of time. If everybody who used AWB did this making very minor edits, then this would start to cause an issue. This is the reason why you have to be approved to use AWB, so that users have a grasp of Wikipedia policies and can make better use of the tool, in a responsible manner and not bring the whole site down.

Please let me know if you would like any help in getting the best out of AWB, or any pointers to the things you can do to help out. Thanks, mattbr 20:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, most of the time I find AWB to be so bug-ridden as to be virtually unusable. This is the first time for some time that I've got it working properly, basically by stripping it out of my system completely and reinstalling from scratch. I suspect this will last until the next time they try to update it, as it never seems to auto update itself properly. This is why I tried to make the most of it today, firstly with articles in my watch-list, followed by links from one specific article. As you will see from my edit history, I only use AWB on rare occasions (for the above reason), so I don't think you'll have much to worry about. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 20:49, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

What sort of bugs make it virtually unusable for you? Have you reported them to the bugs page? The devs do try and help where they can and it would help with the tool development if you could let them know what they are. There may be others out there with the same problem and the devs are more likely to fix them if you let them know they exist. Thanks, mattbr 21:05, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and so have other people, [19], [20], and yet the bugs, and the pointless necessity of having to update, still remain. To be honest, with respect to the "minor" edits, I think you are making a mountain out of a rather small molehill. AWB is merely a tool, as is Twinkle and various other editing add-ons. It does not give users any additional powers that they do not have anyway, other than speed, and I was extremely careful not to exceed "a few" (which I take rather strictly as three) edits per minute. I think the only necessity for vetting is to prevent it being used for vandalism. Whilst the edits I made were minor improvements, they are after all improvements, and Wikipedia is slightly better as a result. This is, after all, what we are here for. Incidentally, an indirect consequence of using AWB this afternoon was that I found several instances of vandalism in the articles, which I reverted manually (eg [21]). Had I not been using AWB, these would have been missed. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 21:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

FAC

Please see the FAC instructions which say that the FAC director (or delegates) will remove the nomination from the list, but the bot just does all the hard work of actually archiving it all. To emphasise, the bot did not close the FAC. Regards. Woody (talk) 12:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Vandalism by User:Tropicanmanofthesea

With reference to this - It is indeed vandalism, although somewhat subtle. The version of the article that is being pushed by this editor looks at first glance like a reasonable text, but it is in fact utter nonsense, and the page has been under attack in this way for three months. I assume it is all the same person, though it started as a series of anon IPs and the username was only registered yesterday. I have several times reverted the page to remove the extensive fiction that keeps getting added. I have put a note on the talk page pointing out some of the evidence that it is vandalism. The offending editor does not engage in that discussion, but simply keeps reverting. Next time I will give him one more final warning - and then where should I report it? Thanks. Snalwibma (talk) 11:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:AIV is for obvious vandalism only. If the content being added is a content dispute, you can try one of the various forms of mediation. Alternatively, if it is hoax material being added, try raising the matter at the administrators noticeboard for further advice. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 12:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Welsh learners' corner

Thanks for your support. Could be a while till I make time for much myself, but as I said in the Caffi there will be others out there too! — Alan^✉ 06:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

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AIV Talk.

Hmm, I thought I saw your name before, and then I saw this. Anyway, I replied to your comment here. Hope to hear from you soon. Cheers, Steve Crossin (talk) (anon talk) 22:08, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

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Talyllyn Railway

Glad to help - thanks for an interesting read, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:26, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Sunday (TV program)

Hi Tivedshambo. This article has serious problems. I have tried to get some attention to it without any response. What is the best way to get things like this fixed. --WikiCats (talk) 12:47, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

The best place to discuss it is Wikipedia:Copyright problems —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:19, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Tivedshambo. --WikiCats (talk) 06:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Sampford Courteny railway station

Is there such a thing as Sampford Courteny railway station? All indications are that there is not. You added it here. --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:43, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

A mis-spelling in my part - it should read Sampford Courtenay railway station. It still appears in the latest NR timetable [22], though as the Dartmoor Railway has just gone out of business, it may not see trains any more. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 23:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Excellent; thanks. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

124.188.195.152

Hello Tivedshambo, thanks for blocking 124.188.195.152. I think there was three of us doing reverts and we still could barely keep up :). Greetings, Bakabaka (talk) 13:17, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

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Template:GFDL-1.2

It's been properly tagged and relisted. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 06:19, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

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Template:GFDL-1.2-en

I saw you re-added an image category inside "includeonly" tags...would you mind moving the cat inside the {{image other}} template? This is part of the standardization effort at WT:IMBOX...thanks! Kelly ^hi! 14:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed reply! Actually, all you have to do is to place the image category inside the {{image other}} template. {{GFDL-self}} has an example of correct usage. What it does is prevent non-image pages from being included in the category. Kelly ^hi! 14:45, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done - let me know if this causes any problems. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:34, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Looks good, thanks! Kelly ^hi! 16:37, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikicookie

I am awarding you this WikiCookie for your constructive edits on Wikipedia--LAAFan 17:36, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - yum yum ;-) —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:UK railway maps

Category:UK railway maps, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Black Falcon ^(Talk) 00:40, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

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my article

yeah...... Why did you delete my article? I would like to know. I spent hours writing my article and why did you take it off wikipedia? e-mail me at (removed for user's privacy) or leave a message here.

Sam

P.S. I want my article back!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samschifo (talk • contribs) 03:39, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 03:47, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

It was not really advertising. It was a small business that i privarely own, and i just wanted to get the word out. I'm sorry if I blamed you personally, but I was kinda Poed that wikipedia took it off. I just lost all my origonal text. If it is possible could you e-mail me the origonal text so I can keep it for my records, or would that be out of the question? TY 4 the response

Sam —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samschifo (talk • contribs) 04:11, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

thank u for temporairorly posting my article, ive got it copied and saved. and also tnx 4 the advise, anymore advertising, (not on wikipedia ofcourse) and im gonna create a business e-mail account, so i dont really dive my personal anything, im not 2 conserned about sucurity right now, but i should be, and i will be in the near future, anywan tnx and good nIght! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samschifo (talk • contribs) 04:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

btw im a horrible speller! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samschifo (talk • contribs) 04:32, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Buzz Cason

You have deleted the Buzz Cason page because of copyright violations by another user. Would you please reinstate the older version of the page I had created one or two years ago. See page history. Thanks. Onefortyone (talk) 22:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

My mistake - I should have checked the history. I've restored it back to its final state - I'll leave you to sort out any copyvio. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 22:12, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Somastate Deletion

Please reconsider my article for speedy deletion. This band is great and to have an article written up on them is NOT affecting anyone. The great thing about Wikipedia and the internet is to give artists a chance to get there name out there when typed into search engines. Deftones or Nickelback or whoever aren't gong to appear in a real encyclopedia either. I reserve the right to have a little freedom! If there are any sources in need of citing to keep this page active, let me know. Thanks for your time. Darkrider11 (talk) 21:48, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

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thanks!

Hi! Thanks for blocking the latest of the "runtshit"-vandals, which have been harassing User:RolandR for ages. Don´t bother with warnings, (he must have been given hundreds of warnings by now) ..just block on sight, and add the template {{sockpuppet|Runtshit|confirmed}} on the user page. Anyway, thanks again, Huldra (talk) 12:10, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

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User:Kanabekobaton

Oh my shame. Thanks for pointing that out; complete over zealousness on my part, I've removed the warning and added an apology. Mallocks (talk) 22:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

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Template:Quote box - Problem

The template appears to have broken due to the removal of line breaks. It should appear like this:

{| cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="width:{{{width}}}; float:{{{align|right}}}; border: 2px solid #aaa; font-size:90%; padding:4px; margin: {{ #switch: {{{align}}} | left = 1em 1em 1em 0em | center = auto | 1em 0em 1em 1em }}; background-color: #f9f9f9;clear:{{{align}}};" |- |align="center"|{{{quote}}}<br>{{{source}}} |}<!-- Inserted from [[Template:Quote box]] -->

The carriage returns before and after the |-, and the one after |align="center"|{{{quote}}}
{{{source}}} are particularly important. This is because these are part of table syntax. Everything within the <nowiki></nowiki> tags should be copied verbatim from the edit window for correct line breaks, or copied from Template talk:Quote box/Sandbox. --SSBohio 19:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that - I cut-and pasted the page, rather than looking at your source in the edit box. Hopefully it should work now. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 19:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Worked perfectly, as far as I can tell. Thanks! --SSBohio 19:40, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Talyllyn

Cheers! It's probably worth someone checking that I haven't accidentally changed the meaning of anything during my copy-editing, I don't think I have but then I'm not especially familiar with the workings of railways. I leave that to my son :-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:23, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Per the instructions at WP:FAC, you (or the article talk page) should have been consulted before this FAC nomination; if you and Gwernol aren't ready for the nomination, let me know if you and I'll withdraw it until you are. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:32, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

wondering why you deleted entry 'halock' before i was able to include all of my references

i am not a professional wiki creator, so i am only able to enter some content and test how it looks. other companies have legitimate wikipedia pages and are not removed. please restore my entry so that i may complete it. the entry was halock thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Halock (talk • contribs) 22:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

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thanks for your reply, but one last question

can you explain how an entry like 'istalking' is not deleted, but 'halock' has been? i'm simply describing a company who has been referenced in articles, speaks to the local Chicago business community and does significant local charity work. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Halock (talk • contribs) 22:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

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FAC query

The nominator of LSWR N15 class hasn't logged on to Wiki since June 4; are you interested in taking over the nom, do you know someone who might be interested, or could you take it on together with Gwernol? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:17, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes I can do that, but please bear in mind that a) it's not a subject I know that much about, b) I don't have instant access to the printed reference material, and c) I have higher priorities (on and off Wiki), at least for the next few days. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 06:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Message from Darkrider11

Please reconsider my article for speedy deletion. This band is great and to have an article written up on them is NOT affecting anyone. The great thing about Wikipedia and the internet is to give artists a chance to get there name out there when typed into search engines. Deftones or Nickelback or whoever aren't gong to appear in a real encyclopedia either. I reserve the right to have a little freedom! Thanks for your time. Darkrider11 (talk) 21:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

No - as stated on your talk page, the article was deleted after discussion at AFD, and it is not acceptable to recreate it. Wikipedia is not a platform to promote your band. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 06:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

railway images

You're right: I've just looked at MOSIMAGES. I thought right-side were preferred. OK, I guess my comment is that there are rather a lot of images—high density leads to some that are close together (even on both sides at one point, I think). If you can reduce the number, fine; otherwise, no problem. TONY (talk) 13:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

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Rollback

Thank you so much for granting me rollback. I will not abuse it. Again thanks!:D--Xp54321 ^{(Hello!,Contribs)} 14:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

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Rollback

You mentioned "There are ways round it", referring to the "==" in my username. Do you know any? Thanks! AHRtbA== ^Talk 16:14, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for explaing :) AHRtbA== ^Talk 16:32, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for unblocking my account. Padishar (talk) 21:00, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

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Message from Aschroth

how do i get back what you deleted so that i can make shanges —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aschroth (talk • contribs) 18:13, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Which article are you referring to? You have no deleted contributions, at least from that user name. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 22:23, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Abergynolwyn railway station

Just a quick question on dates. Surely this, like most other heritage railway stations that were originally railway stations, had to have closed before it was reopened again for the heritage railway. Did it remain open throughout or could you give me the dates for its closure and opening, even if it was the same year? In fact, the same goes for the other stations on the line. Simply south (talk) 18:02, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

The line never closed, so in this case it is incorrect to give a closure and reopening date. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 18:00, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

D'oh!

Re [23]: My mi'stake - I'm fully aware of the difference between its and it's, but sometime's tho'se darned Greengrocers' apostrophe's creep in when you're not looking ;-) Keep up the good work! —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 07:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

No worrie's; happen's all the time. ;) Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 07:11, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

User:Tedmund

Hiya. Looking at a good sample of this editors contributions they seem mostly to be okay. I think it's worth keeping an eye on though, or perhaps a friendly heads up to him first of all, before removing the tool? If they then misuse it again it's gone. There's no formal process for discussing Rollback removal, which is probably for the best. Any administrator can add or remove the right. Personally, I'd take exactly your approach and just get another admin's input before making a decision. In the early days of non-admin rollback there were a few incidents taken to ANI and it all got a bit too hectic and drama filled (no suprise there!). Pedro :  Chat  15:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I've given him a friendly but firm warning - hopefully he'll get the point. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 15:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: User Temund

I got it don't worry.

Like I explained to another user why some of my edits may have gotten out of place was because of my internet and huggle. Lately I've been disconecting here and then unexpectedly. Some times when I make reverts someone else may have already edited. Thats also why I've been undo-ing some of my edits a lot lately.

But anyway I'll try keeping a look out more. Until I can get a better wireless I'll just watch out for vandilsim and page content removal more cautiously. I didn't relize wiki-pedia has been under so many vandlism threats. So I decided to help what way I can. Thanks for notifying me. (Your user page seems clean. You can delete this if you want *please read first :D*) Tedmund (talk) 20:47, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

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Wrexham & Shropshire route

Howdy, it really struck me how confused this new editor must be by all this. I cannot really grasp the train details (route/line/virtual route, you lost me at "hello"), but it seems like Mpvide65 would be a good addition to the wikiproject trains (which I think you are involved in).

It is probably really important right now to actually help him figure out how to contribute to it. If there is any way of salvaging his content, that'd be great, otherwise just some sort of pointer on what he should work on instead. JackSchmidt (talk) 17:25, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I understand your concerns, and I've been careful not to bite, but comments on Talk:Wrexham & Shropshire#Route Diagram made it clear that the map was too detailed for Wikipedia (and I feel contains a certain degree of speculation and/or original research). Since then, Mpvide65 has swapped the page between article and template space several times. Whilst this may well have been done in good faith, it is not an acceptable method of avoiding deletion, and I do not believe WP:BITE should be used an a reason to keep pages, simply because the originator is inexperienced. Having said that, inviting him to Wikiproject trains is a good idea, and I'll leave a note on their talk page shortly. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:38, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, to be clear, I think the TfD is obviously a consensus for delete. I just wanted someone to talk to Mpvide65 before it was deleted in the template space per the TfD, or speedy deleted in the article namespace as a recreation. Thanks for inviting him! I think he'll be a wonderful energy for the project, if someone would just show him how to use it. JackSchmidt (talk) 17:49, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Sandboxes

Do you want all 200 of your sandboxes deleted? It's not a problem, but if you do let me know, and it'll save you the trouble of having to tag them individually. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

YES! -- thank you. Plus the page "User:Douglas Coldwell/Sandboxes" that lists all the sandboxes by names.

--Douglas Coldwell (talk) 17:16, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/E & S Records

You forgot to delete The Early Years (Sara Evans album) which was also part of the AfD. (There are also three redirects to that page.) Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Chirps•Clams•Chowder)} 17:14, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

• Oh, I see, they wanted the album kept. Well, there are no sources for the album (it's not even on Allmusic), so could you by any chance speedy it per WP:IAR? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Chirps•Clams•Chowder)} 17:15, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Whoops - forgotten there was a consensus to keep it. I don't think IAR is applicable in this instance - you can always try nominating it under it's own AfD if you think it should be deleted, but as it's been cleaned up I'm not convinced it'll succeed. I'll update the original AfD to clarify matters. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:23, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Maxim nuked the album. I see no reason to keep it — had anyone bothered to look at the album they would've seen it was an unsourced substub with no chance of expansion. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Chirps•Clams•Chowder)} 17:25, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

The consensus on the AfD was to keep it, and I see no reason to go against that. It's not a brilliant article, but thats no reason to invoke IAR. I'll get Maxim's opinion on the matter. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:30, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Huggle use proof

Please check these recent edits,

(Sorry I'm posting url)

• User:82.34.3.148

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Funeral_for_a_Friend&diff=226057303&oldid=225661793

• user:Alai

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Funeral_for_a_Friend&diff=next&oldid=226057303

• User:Tedmund

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Funeral_for_a_Friend&diff=next&oldid=226057550

Alai's edit had been mixed with the IP user a few seconds before I made the reverted edit. I don't know wy Huggle reverted both edits. But I'm honastly pointing out that I ment to remove the random IP edit.

Can I suggest you check each revert individually, to ensure that you are reverting the right edit. Remember, whilst vandal fighting is important, it's not a race to see how quickly it can be removed. If a bad edit stays up for a few seconds longer, this is better than losing a good edit. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:22, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I actually did check. But at that moment huggle lagged after I clicked revert edit "to revert my edit" when I should have pressed undo. My internet connection is pretty good. I don't know why it lags. Sometimes I even have to exit and re-open it. I think huggle still has some kind of bug in it. But I don't fully know. I didn't make the program :(.

But honastly I can say I'm still at fault for not pressing the undo button instead.

I'll make up for it some how... Thanks for the feedback! Tedmund (talk) 22:04, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Sara Evans

I may have edited Sara Evans's article without knowing what I was doing. I have read the "rules" and am trying to figure everything out. The problem I am running into is people with more skills changing the "rules" on me. The only thing I am attempting to do is enhance Sara's page. Can you help?Jdbaxter (talk) 01:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

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Wrexham and Shropshire Route Diagram

Hi. I am upset that 'Wrexham and Shropshire (diagram)' has been deleted, but there is nothing I can do. However, I still would like a full explanation telling me why it was deleted. In my opinion, it showed useful information that other maps didn't. The W&S route uses about six different lines, and I feel that warranted a diagram. Please explain! Mpvide65 (talk) 17:53, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

The reasons where stated in the various deletion debates. Also see Talk:Wrexham & Shropshire#Route Diagram. My personal concern was that it appeared to be based on original research and/or speculation. For example, is there any documented evidence that trains are scheduled to run via Birmingham New Street rather than Aston-Stechford? (Don't answer that - this is just an example). As I've said before, don't let this deletion put you off - have a look at other railways that could do a route map, suggest it at the talk page, and if there's agreement to do so, go ahead and produce one! Good luck. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 18:33, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

In that case, how can you prove something that you know is correct when there are no third party sources supporting you. I know the route is correct from personal knowledge, but of course I cannot prove it. In any case, I still think the route diagram could have stayed, and that deleting it was wrong. Thanks. Mpvide65 (talk) 19:22, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Verifiability —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Template:RailGauge Conversion corrections

Please correct the conversions of the following templates as per List of rail gauges#Broad gauge railways, by gauge and country as follows

• 1664 (1664 mm = 5 ft 5½ in)
• 1668 (1668 mm = 5 ft 55⁄6 in)
• 1672 (1672 mm = 5 ft 5⅞ in)

See also the templates below, where the difference is taken into account!!!

• 1520
• 1524

The present situation is somewhat absurd. Peter Horn 23:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

1520 (1520 mm = 4 ft 115⁄6 in) from List of rail gauges#Broad gauge railways, by gauge and country Peter Horn 00:33, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I think the current situation exists because fractions in eighths (⅛, ⅜ etc) exist as single characters whereas 5⁄6 requires use of the {{frac}} template, use super- and subscript (not ideal in all browsers). Therefore distances are given to the nearest eight of an inch. As the difference between a sixth and an eight of an inch is only about 1mm, I don't think this is a problem. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 20:18, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

mistake in 2nd line, 3rd number, probably from my initial request |1668|1668mm|1.676|1.668m={{convert|1668|mm|ftin|0|lk={{#ifeq:{{lc:{{{lk|}}}}}|on|on|off}}|abbr=on}}

TrackConnect (talk) 18:40, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Seems to have been done —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 20:58, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Could you make a parameter for the following

Malaysia

• Dewan Negara (those indirectly elected only) |my-upr
• Dewan Rakyat |my-lwr

Philippines

• Senate of the Philippines |ph-sen
• House of Representatives of the Philippines |ph-hs

Singapore

• Parliament of Singapore |sg
• Legislative Council of Singapore (1948-1955) |sg-lc
• Legislative Assembly of Singapore (1995-1963) |sg-la

Rizalninoynapoleon (talk) 14:59, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't understand your request. Is this for some specific template? I suggest leaving your request on the talk page, with an {{editprotected}} tag. This will probably give you a faster response in general. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 15:07, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

William Nathaniel Jones

Hi,

I created a page today about this Welsh Liberal MP and businessman. I noticed you had deleted a previous article about him written by someone else because it infringed copyright on another website. I have tried to create a completely new page with its own sources. I have however cited the other website as an additional source although I have not quoted from it.

It's not likely that the new page is objectionable but I'd be grateful if you have any doubts if you'd contact me to discuss.

Thanks,

Graham Lippiatt (talk) 15:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC) Graham

• User talk:Graham Lippiatt

Looks perfectly ok to me. One minor problem - the first reference seems to be incomplete. Other than that it's fine. Thanks for your contribution. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

ok

The Jennifer Mui article is from a fictional GAME character, I need articles for Mercenaries 2 and im new to wiki so im not good at making articles —Preceding unsigned comment added by DarthSithMaster (talk • contribs) 19:02, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

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Copyright Violation Allegations

Hi, I am responding to your claims you made recently on my talk page. You may not be aware that I am the chairman of a rather large rail user group, and either:

1) Have explicit copyright rights from various organisations 2) Have contributed many images to various websites 3) Any images that are from copyrighted sources can be edited, (even if slight), to waive copyright protection

The majority of my images are self-taken photographs, and if you visit the image gallery at my website, www.mcrc.co.nr, you may find some of these images - that does not neseccarily mean that I have to provide evidence that they are my own work. Im sure you will agree that the majority of my images are of rail stations which are fairly hard to visit.

Am I right in assuming that Wikipedia is enforced in association with US Copyright Law and definitions?

S. Thomson 23:45, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

The images I deleted were clearly taken from copyright sites such as the BBC, and at the same low resolution used on these sites. If you originally took these photographs and own the copyright on them, may I suggest you upload the original high-res images instead. Further information can be found at Wikipedia:Copyrights. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 20:27, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Welsh Wikipedians' Notice Board

Thanks for moving my RfC. I hadn't even spotted there was a talk page, d'oh. I saw the Notice Board, so I pinned something to it. No malice intended. Cheers, Daicaregos (talk) 19:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Paper Trail (T.I. album)

Why do you keep threatning and blocking me? The song "What Up, What's Happening" was not produced by Danja, it was produced by Drumma Boy. How am I vandalizing anything if I'm allowed to edit pages. It doesn't make sense.

Bigant1892 23:56, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Bigant1892

After another warning for vandalism on Paper Trail following the block, he's done it again. You know what to do. —Do U(knome)? ^yes..._{or no} 06:00, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Oops. Didn't read the wikibreak tag. Sorry —Do U(knome)? ^yes..._{or no} 06:01, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

And he reverted his vandalism anyway so..nothing! —Do U(knome)? ^yes..._{or no} 06:07, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for station photograph

Thanks for adding a photograph to the Wylde Green railway station. Edward (talk) 20:31, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem - thanks for maintaining a list! —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 22:05, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Eritrean Railway Brakes

You say that there are no continuous brakes, however the picture of the tank wagon appears to show some brake hoses, looking more like vacuum brakes than air brakes. Can you explain the inconsistancy? Tabletop (talk) 09:23, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm - the photo certainly appears to be some form of through brake-pipe. Maybe continuous brakes were used in the past, or the wagons were provided with the equipment but it was never used. I can only speculate I'm afraid. The only thing I can confirm is that there's nothing on the passenger stock at present. I believe there is a book in preparation about the railway - this may shed some light when it's published. —  Tivedshambo  _{(t/c) (logged on as Pek)} 11:09, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

We will have to wait and see. Given the steep gradients, non-continuous brakes are a puzzle. Eritrea would be one of the few places in the world where this still happens. The cabin on the end of the tank wagon does suggest a brake-man. Maybe ER had working continuous brakes, but due to lack of maintainance they fell out of use and manual braking was introduced as a stop-gap!? Tabletop (talk) 04:15, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Suman Setty

Thank you for fixing that move. It's so frustrating sometimes to come across copy-paste moves and have to wait for someone else to help fix it! :) Thanks again, Somno (talk) 07:37, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

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PPR

Hey, was wondering if you had any further thoughts on Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Eritrean Railway. Cheers, --jjron (talk) 08:26, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Something I did wonder is whether it's worth uploading the original photo? The version I uploaded was slightly cropped, to remove some photographers in the bottom left, though I made no other changes. If you think this might be worthwhile, let me know. Otherwise I was just going to leave it, as it hasn't had a seconder. I hope to get a better camera after Christmas! —  Tivedshambo  _{(t/c) (logged on as Pek)} 08:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

At that filesize from that camera I'd say you've cropped without otherwise affecting image quality. I can't see what value the photographers would add, so (without having seen the original) I'd say the crop has improved it. Given that image quality is presumably the same, I can't therefore see much benefit in putting up the original. As I said at PPR I personally would support it at FPC with a preference to my edit; there are some issues as we've said at PPR, but FPC can be a bit of a lottery at times, so you don't necessarily know. If I had to bet I'd say it probably would not get through successfully largely due to sharpness, but it would get my vote. I'm actually half inclined to nominate it myself, but will leave it up to you. --jjron (talk) 08:00, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

I've now nominated it, with a link to your edit. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 12:57, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Geocoding of Eritrean Railway

Do you think you'd be able to Geocode your Eritrean Railway image? If you don't know how to do it you can just send me the latitude and longitude and I'll do it Noodle snacks (talk) 11:38, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

I didn't have a GPS with me on the tour, but I think I've found the location on Google Maps - see this link. This gives the coordinates of the viaduct as 15.350954, 38.983446 (presumably degrees North and East). The photograph was taken from the west side , from just off the road. If using my memory doesn't violate WP:OR, then feel free to add the information. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 22:10, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

• • The location looks like a good fit to me so I added the appropriate information to the image pages. You might want a look so you know how to do it from the information provided. Thanks Noodle snacks (talk) 22:42, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

December 2008

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from image pages that are marked for legal reaosons as blatant copvios. . Please use the {{hangon}} template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion. Thank you. Soundvisions1 (talk) 18:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Firstly, anyone except the page creator may remove a speedy tag. Seconfly, please familiarise yourself with WP:CSD#I9, which states "Images that are claimed by the uploader to be images with free licenses when this is obviously not the case... This does not include images used under a claim of fair use". —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 18:08, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I am going to be a dick on this issue - this is a blatant copyright vio which you clearly have no knowledge about. Please, yourself, read I9 - The more complete version of what you took out of context is "This does not include images used under a claim of fair use, nor does it include images with a credible claim that the owner has released them under a Wikipedia-compatible free license. This includes images from stock photo libraries such as Getty Images or Corbis." This also would include A.P. I am reverting your removals. Soundvisions1 (talk) 18:16, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I think you misunderstand what I9 is for (and I wasn't too sure at first which is why I nearly deleted it first time) - if the image had been taken from any copyright source and loaded with (say) a public domain tag, this would be a candidate for speedy deletion. However, Wikipedia (rightly or wrongly), allows use of copyright material under its fair use guidelines. Provided there is a valid rationale for free use, as there is in these cases, there is no case for speedy deletion. As you are reapplying the I9 tags, I'll raise the matter at WP:AN for a second opinion from other admins. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 18:26, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

"I think you misunderstand what I9 is for..." Pretty funny there guy (or girl). It is pretty well laid out and clear as to what i9 is to be used for, but I can understand how someone not familiar with copyrights and how press agencies/stock photo agencies work might assume that applying sticking a FUR on something such as these images would be ok and thusly removing a i9 tag because ti doe snot apply to "fair use" tagged images. Perhaps the "This includes images from stock photo libraries..." part is what is not being understaood. Thusly why I suggested you read L.A. Times v. Free Republic and "Dispatches: Reviewing non-free images" Non-free content criteria - Wikipedia-wide criteria. However in my "excitement" I left off the most pertinent item - Non-free content Policy - "Unacceptable use" - Images - 6. A photo from a press agency (e.g. AP), unless the photo itself is the subject of sourced commentary in the article. This applies mostly to contemporary press photos and not necessarily to historical archives of press photos. Soundvisions1 (talk) 19:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

AIV trubblez

Hey there! By some twist of fate, I blocked an IP you had declined to block at around the same time (here). How do you wanna proceed? Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 17:40, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

As the user was not currently active, I saw no need for an immediate block, though a short term block probably won't hurt. However, I see you've gone from a 24 hour block to 1 month in a single step [24]. This seems a bit harsh, especially as it's a shared IP. Perhaps you could reconsider the length of the block? I'm shutting down now, so I'll leave it to you. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 17:46, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, the repeated nature of the vandalism seems to signify that this is the same person disregarding repeated warnings - I feel that justifies the length. However, if you feel it's too long, I guess we could step down to a week or such?

In other news, I also blocked this reported vandal due to the vandalism-only nature of the account. Just letting you know since you had commented on the report. Cheers! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 17:49, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Have a Barnstar!

		The Original Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for beating everybody on Flickr to uploading a photograph of 60163 Tornado in her brand new colours. MickMacNee (talk) 01:02, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I had been worried about the article looking extremely wrong once this day came around. Thank you. MickMacNee (talk) 01:02, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - glad I could help! —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 11:46, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

"Stale" reports at WP:AIV

This edit caused a substantial delay in blocking Bigguy03. Please keep in mind that vandalism from a named account never goes stale ... that concept only applies to anonymous editors.—Kww(talk) 01:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

For future reference, WP:AIV is for "obvious and persistent vandals and spammers only". Suspected sock-puppets such as Bigguy03 (who had not been given sufficient warning against vandalism at the time) should be reported to WP:SSP. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 15:48, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Eritrean_Railway

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Eritrean Railway - Tivedshambo 2008-11-04-edit1.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Wronkiew (talk) 08:59, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Maiden Lane

I've moved the coords inline. --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:53, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Peer review for List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock

Hi, I just peer reviewed List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock following WP:WIAFL as you wish to make this a featured list. If you have any questions about my review, don't hesitate to drop me a line! DARTH PANDA^duel 01:41, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

2009

Translation tags

Hi. Please help me understand why you are removing all the "translated" tags from articles I have translated from de.wiki. Surely it is useful to know the origin of the article and that is the purpose of the tag? Bermicourt (talk) 01:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for the explanation. I will switch to the new tag on the discussion page. Bermicourt (talk) 12:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

St George's school in Switzerland

Dear Tivedshambo How observant you are! congratulations. I am working for St George's School and they have asked me to insert the school in Wikipedia on the same basis that other private schools in Switzerland can be found in Wikipedia. I think it blatantly honest to use the approved data on the school website, don't you? I am also planning to insert a recent article on the role of education within globalisation written by the school's headmaster, Mr Ilya Eigenbrot, and to be published in Marcket.ch next April. Please give me your normal email address and I will send you the copy of the article. Please advise how to insert St George's on your website Thanks and kind wishes for a happy 2009 Sixtine Crutchfield s.crutchfield-tripet@st-georges.ch —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixtine (talk • contribs) 14:43, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm looking into this as it's shown up on OTRS as Ticket:2009010710017282. Stifle (talk) 16:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:51, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Train / railway stations (Commons)

Responded on my page (on Commons, not the one at right). Cheers Ingolfson (talk) 13:26, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Also, in addition, I suggest that you could place a hidden <!-- COMMENT --> in the "railway station" type subcats to prevent people like me from acidentially requesting it again. I suggest placing it hidden because it will be of no interest to 99.9% of all users (who aren't going to propose moves) yet would have stopped me from making the requests. Cheers, Ingolfson (talk) 14:01, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Request for help with new posting

Hello Tivedshambo,

Yesterday, I attempted several times to post an article about Akimbo, a notable American rock band.

Sorry for my ignorance. I don't know how to include information that would satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for "notability".

According to the guidelines for articles about musicians, the subject of the article must have been written about in major publications, had tour schedules posted, have published several recordings on notable independent labels, etc. The band has achieved all three of those requrements, and I've made mention of these facts in the article.

I'd appreciate it if you could take the time to explain what more needs to be done to make the article worthy of publishing.

Thanks,

Aaron

I've raised the matter with the administrator who deleted it. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 16:47, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

"Akimbo" deletion

It had been deleted a couple of times before as looking like a typical NN band article and at first glance, that's what it looked like to me. No wikis, "Myspace" tone, etc. Upon looking at it again, there is some notability established further down the article. I was doing a lot of NPP last night and this one may have gotten by me. I'll fix it. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:53, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for sorting that. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 18:54, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for handling my user permissions request!

Hey, just thought I would stop by and say thanks for handling my user permissions request. I really appreciate it. :D Iridescence talk • contrib 19:11, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

File:Bhaskarawheel.gif

[25] I had a username change. Can you delete it please? –Capricorn42 (talk) 13:37, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks –Capricorn42 (talk) 13:41, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

So you did - I hadn't spotted that. Done. —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 13:42, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Notability of Jim Emery

Hi. What evidence of notability did you see in Jim Emery? I can't see it myself. The article has already been speedied once today for notability. andy (talk) 15:58, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

WP:CSD#A7 reads "An article about a real person... that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant." There is some evidence for notability here, in that it states he interviewed a notable person. This may well be insufficient to pass WP:N, but CSD A7 is "is a lower standard than notability." I suggest you consider taking this to WP:AfD instead. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:02, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Railways

Hello Tivedshambo - I am sorry to bother you, but can I ask you your opinion on something before I go raring off and again butt heads with user User:ŠJů? Said user has just "Seecat"ed a number of categories like Category:Railways by country / Category:Railways and subcats like Category:Railways in Germany. He has effectively "sneaked in" an inofficial move of the contents of these cats to "railway lines"/"railway lines by country".

And that after he just recently fought pretty bitterly with me to keep pre-eminent such categories like "Heritage railways" when all I wanted to do was place a concept category above them! Inconsistent of him to now try to remove "railways" cats, but then I sometimes I do wonder whether he appreciates the distinctions between the terms fully. I have done my own mistakes, but at least mine were (mostly) with fully open-for-discussion move proposals and merge proposals rather than this way through the back door.

Now apart from the fact that I believe such changes should be discussed, I am also asking whether that is something that we should support at all. A "railway" could be either a company OR a railway line. A "railway line" is a much more specific thing. By moving all the companies categories into the subcategories, I think we are lumping things incorrectly.

Sorry if this constant wrangling is frustrating you as much as me. But I wasn't going to go off after ŠJů without sounding off others this time. Ingolfson (talk) 06:26, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, the above all applies to Commons, didn't notice I had been redirected to your Wikipedia page. Ingolfson (talk) 06:43, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I've left a message on his talk page - I see another user has already reverted the changes. I've also fixed my sig (a leftover from the days when I only visited Commons to upload) —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:49, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Suspect additions to Bow Street, Ceredigion

Dear Tivedshambo

Somebody has been very busy over the past day or so on the Bow Street, Ceredigion entry. Initially someone called Weblog00 put up some things about the Bryn-y-castell being a “gatehouse” and having an “accompanying coach house” claiming there were “deed of title records and archives held at the National Library of Wales”, all of which sounded rather odd to me, so I reverted this only to find it promptly resubmitted with the comment “There are archives at Nat Lib which indicate the age & use & deeds elsewahere”.

I then asked if a reference to this material could be added, whereby someone (presumably the same person) using the IP address 91.84.205.45 simply put “NLW & RCAHMS” and then claimed that “You should easily be able to view several old (eg; 15th cent) maps at NLW and RCAHMS”. I think it highly unlikely that I am going to find old maps from the 1400s which would show Bryn-y-castell, and further this individual seems to have confused the RCAHMW (The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales) with the RCAHMS (The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland)!!

This same individual has also now removed the comments on Cock and Hen Street and Thread Needle Street, even though these come from a published source, and says that “Having been raised in Bow Street I can't recall anyone using these name for any lane. The cited author discussed several issues with locals, include myself prior to publication”. I don’t know if it’s just me but all of this seems rather suspicious, and I wonder if we have someone here deliberately trying to undermine the authority of Wikipedia’s entries, or someone who genuinely thinks they know something but can not justify their beliefs? I wonder if you could look into things, as I lack the experience to directly challenge this particular contributor. Many thanks.

Regards

(Lepidus Magnus (talk) 10:48, 30 January 2009 (UTC))

Having seen the same earlier edits I have reverted. Regards,  Badgernet  ₪  11:19, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for looking at this Badgernet. Like I say I can’t make out if we do have someone who is actually from the area but simply can’t back up their assertions with facts, or someone who is deliberately making things up? Either way a lot of it sounds rather odd to me, and as for Cock and Hen Street and Thread Needle Street - I don’t see any reason to doubt Eddie Jones on this, and last time I spoke to him he confirmed that these were what the lanes were known as locally. Perhaps it is merely a question of these names now dying out with the older generation, but others I have spoken to are also familiar with them, such as Lord Elystan Mogan (though he called it “Thread and Needle Street”). If there were any maps of the area going back to the 15th century that would be quite a find, but I don’t think there would be any and they would probably not be at the RCAHMW (let alone at the RCAHMS). If this individual can back up what they are saying then that would be really interesting, and could well add to the article, but I really don’t know if it is genuine or not. Maybe you and/or Tivedshambo could keep an eye on this one? Many thanks

Regards

(Lepidus Magnus (talk) 12:31, 30 January 2009 (UTC))

Looks like our friend is back questioning the content of the existing article and adding his own unsubstantiated remarks. I really can’t make out what’s going on here – there is evidence that Rhyd-y-castell pe-dates Bryn-y-castell. I have personally seen the map that was noted, and the references for which has now been deleted by this person. I also recall seeing rentals that clearly showed the name change from one to the other. All of this strikes me as very strange behaviour, but I don’t know if you’d call it vandalism?

Regards

(Lepidus Magnus (talk) 13:57, 30 January 2009 (UTC))

I'm inclined to assume good faith on this at present, as I don't know enough about the subject to assume otherwise. However, there is quite a bit of original research involved here. I'll leave some comments on the talk page later. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 15:14, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I too would like to believe we are merely dealing with someone who thinks they know what they are talking about, but who simply cannot give actual references to back up their beliefs. If it is vandalism it is quite sophisticated – claiming to be from the area and being acquainted with one of the cited authors (but at the same time deleting the reference to that author’s work?), as well as adding comments that cannot be quickly substantiated or refuted. It is also odd that they keep jumping to change different aspects of the article, and making wild claims about deeds at the NLW and 15th century maps at the RCAHMS! They certainly seem persistent is putting up their views, I just hope that they are genuine. Anyway, like I said before given my lack of experience I’d be grateful if you’d keep an eye on things.

Best regards

(Lepidus Magnus (talk) 16:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC))

Dear Tivedshambo

Thank you for putting up something on the discussion page for this article. I have also now made an appeal to Weblog00/91.84.205.45 there to help by referencing his comments. I see you think he has actually been to the NLW, if that is so then he should be able to specify his sources. But the fact he seems to have confused the RCAHMS and the RCAHMW suggest to me that he is merely presuming the existence of material; such as 15th century maps of the area. If he can add to our knowledge of the history of the area then that would be good, but I’m afraid he is simply deleting things because he has no actual knowledge of them himself. Whilst I cannot personally counter his assertions about Cwmsymlog, Iwan Wmffre would not appear to agree with them. No doubt we will see what his reaction will be, but I just hope he doesn’t keep deleting things because he is merely unaware of something.

Regards

(Lepidus Magnus (talk) 13:43, 31 January 2009 (UTC))

WIlliam_Thomas_(activist)

Curious why this article was deleted. Thomas is rather well known. He appeared in a movie and in a Tom Clancy novel, as well.

206.51.197.11 (talk) 22:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)D

I deleted it as an uncontested proposed deletion. There was little evidence of notability in the article, which didn't mention any movie or novel connections. if you think you add the notability requirements, let me know and I'll restore the article for you. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 22:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Derived page

Oooppps!!! I didn't realise I'd done that. I was trying to create a similar template on another Wiki to tag articles that have been copied and/or modified from en.wiki to comply with the GFDL rules. I didn't realise I was back in English Wiki - it was a genuine mistake. But it does explain why I thought I'd lost my changes and had to re-enter them! Thanks for picking up my mistake and correcting it! And thanks for all the other work you've done on my Wiki articles. Bermicourt (talk) 14:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I'll delete the resulting shortcut as an orphaned sub-page. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 14:17, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

An editor's displeasure with my crop of his PD pic

Can you offer your thoughts on this matter? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 18:01, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

North Woolwich Old Station Museum.

It is closed - I phoned them. See my talk page... Gordo (talk) 15:06, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the delete of my subpage. --♪♫The New Mikemoral^talk_contribs 23:26, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

File:Yorkshire Museum of Farming Logo (190x200px).gif

Please delete the above image that I uploaded, as it has been replaced by a png version there is no need to keep it. :) Richard Harvey (talk) 17:26, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

 Done —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 17:35, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Changes made by SmackBot

Hi, thanks for your message, SmackBot makes a number of changes that are available to all WP:AWB bots - in general these provide a number of non-controversial minor improvements.

The issue you raise is related to these, and has already been fixed by the developers of WP:AWB.
Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 16:43 25 March 2009 (UTC).

Epileptic Gaming Wiki

Hey, I'd just like to know your reasoning for deleting the Epileptic Gaming page

I second that. Why was this deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.241.142.26 (talk) 00:01, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, can I have a good explanation for why this was deleted?

I demand an appeal for this wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.16.134.118 (talk) 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Epileptic Gaming —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:23, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

OK so those were the reasons that the article originally posted in 2007 was deleted. This was a total remake of that article, had far more sources and was far more in-depth than the previous one, and yet it was still deleted? What more did it need? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.112.119 (talk) 16:41, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I'll have another look at the article, comparing it with the original version, and get back to you... —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:47, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I've had a look and I agree with your appeal that it is significantly different to the original version, so it doesn't meet the speedy criteria WP:CSD#G4. I'm also slightly concerned that the user who nominated it for speedy deletion has made no other edits. I will therefore restore the article. However, I'll have a word with the original deleting admin, to get their second opinion. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Further to the above - I've just had it pointed out to me that the AfD mentioned above was from 2007, and not a couple of weeks ago as I'd originally assumed. My fault - sorry for the inconvenience! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Cut & Paste Move of Newmarket and Chesterford Railway

What have you done?

With another editor we have worked on grouping together many articles about this line, added references, we have put together a route map diagram, researched the stations, my collaborator (meant in the best sense) has grouped together the Newmarket stations, in short, we are trying to pull this all together, we have put in links on related articles, checked links, sourced and added new references. When I made this move I considered it carefully; I checked the links and because one was a redirect to another, and there were not many links to either, decided this was the easiest way to go.

Please tell me you have not destroyed our good work. Your (I assume automated) message on my talk page sounds a little sinister that you have "fixed the problem". That is what we have been working on all night together. SimonTrew (talk) 05:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Phew I see what you've done now, moved the history. Thanks for that. I must admit I hadn't thought of that, which is a bit stupid since deliberately earlier in the day we moved (copied) out of user talk into article talk once it became clear it was better placed there. So, thanks, I'm glad nothing's lost. You scared me for a minute. SimonTrew (talk) 05:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem - sorry if the standard message seemed a bit bitey. I'll have a look at the template page and see if I can get it toned down a bit. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:28, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Redirection needed

Please redirect

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_66_song

To

(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_66_(song)

For some reason, the URL cannot be copied properly with european character sets, and we got the (1) instead, which has no content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.121.44.57 (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

 Done - the trick is that redirects are internal links, not external links, so the code should read

#REDIRECT [[Route 66 (song)]]

See WP:REDIRECT for more information —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 22:38, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Randy Norman

Hi there. Could you please outline to me why you think this article met A7? I was just editing to decline it when I realized you deleted it so I wondered why you think the sources in the article where not enough to fail A7. Regards SoWhy 20:02, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I felt there was no indication in the article itself that led to any evidence of notability - all it said was that he does his job, and who he's worked for. However feel free to revert if you think there's something in it worth salvaging. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:07, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I would have thought that being mentioned here would be enough to indicate that he might be important or significant? SoWhy 20:17, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

It says he's a recruiting director - that to my mind is just a job title. However I admit it's not my field of expertise. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 22:07, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Oops:FPCresult template

Thank you for implementing the category. However, I forgot to place a slash on the second <includeonly> tag. It should read </includeonly>. Can you fix that? Thanks, ZooFari 21:32, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Should have spotted that myself - fixed now. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:35, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you much! ZooFari 21:42, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Bhadra River article.

Hi,

The below article was deleted with the following note.

Badhra River From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This page has been deleted. The deletion log for the page is provided below for reference.

Log removed due to spam blacklist - see [26]

But we own the website gdptemples.com and my email id is admin@gdptemples.com so there should not be any copyright issue for the articel. can you please undelete the same.

Thanks and Regards, Rajeev Hegde Secretary

For Sri Sharadha Industrialist Association, GDP Temples, Kalluru Mandali, Shimoga. 59.178.204.88 (talk) 06:40, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi - your webpage states All rights reserved. Wikipedia requires that all content is freely available under the licence GFDL 1.2 or any later versions. This means that it can may be used on other websites as well, including commercially. If this is acceptable, could you consider changing the text at the bottom of that page, to release it as GFDL, or alternatively as public domain. Note that there may be other concerns to be addressed about the suitability of including the page on Wikipedia - for example conflict of interest and notability. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:05, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

User:DeLaughterDO

Hi there,

i notice that also placed a warning template on this users page for blanking out the page where i'd requested administrator intervention against him for removal of content! I was hoping for some help from the administrators on this, as he has gone through a number of articles i'm involved with, and others, and gone for mass removal of content, much of it cited, without explanation. I don't want to keep reverting in case i call foul of 3RR - do you have any advice or are you able to put a temporary block on the user? OwainDavies ^(about)_(talk) edited at 08:56, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm inclined to think this is a good faith content dispute, rather than deliberate vandalism. The blanking of the vandlaism report is unwarranted, but could be duw to lack of knowledge. I suggest discussing the issue on the article's talk page. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 09:22, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for your opinion. Would you just have a quick look at the revision history of emergency medical services as an example, if you have the time, as i think thats a good example of what looks to be simple vandalism (especially as his edit history says 'recategorisation', which is about the only section he hasn't changed!). If you still think this is good faith, then i'll happily take your opinion and keep trying to work through it, but he's not being very open to discussion - his talk page comment was (and i'm paraphrasing, but not much) 'i'm a doctor, and i know more about this than anyone else). OwainDavies ^(about)_(talk) edited at 09:56, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I've given them a short term block. Still trying to aassume good faith, but as they are repeatedly removing content from other similar articles as well, I'm beginning to wonder. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 10:16, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm grateful for your time in looking at this, and i can see why you want to assume good faith (of course in line with wikipedia policy). Do you think it's appropriate for me to restore the content from the affected articles? I'm thinking especially those i've reverted twice already, as i don't want to be in breach of 3RR. I am a little confused by this user, as their edit history is very short, but I didn't tell him (and i don't think there was a bot notification either) of his listing at the administrator page - he just knew to look there, which makes me suspicious (maybe its my overaactive imagination!). Thanks for your time OwainDavies ^(about)_(talk) edited at 10:21, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

3RR Allows you to revert up to three times, it's the fourth time you need to worry about. Reverting vandalism does not count as a breach of 3RR anyway. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 10:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help - i was concerned in case i was mistaken and this was genuine content dispute rather than vandalism. However, with the ongoing sockpuppet issue, which i believe you've contributed to, these do seem to be bad faith edits after all. Thanks for your help OwainDavies ^(about)_(talk) edited at 12:03, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Hornby merge proposal

Hi Tivedshambo, I support your proposal. Not only for the reasons you mention, but also because Hornby's website says the company used to be called Hornby Railways and now "Hornby Group Plc", so that's the correct name (at least, the "previous" one!). Cheers, DPdH (talk) 05:05, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Block templates

Hey there! Just wondered if you you realised that if you pipe |sig=yes at the end of the template your signature will be included within the template rather than having to add it on after, so {{subst:uw-block1|time=whatever|sig=yes}}. Personally, I think it looks tidier, but it's not a big thing! --GedUK  09:02, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Didn't know that one - thanks! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 09:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

NP :) --GedUK  09:53, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you very much for archiving my talk page, Tivedshambo, you've been a great help! --Scoobycentric (talk) 07:36, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

btw i just noticed that you added different info into that archive that you created for me, which is understandable because i tried to make a subpage for my old discussions and therefore i typed archive:1 which re-directed all of my info to an allready existing archive page. My intention was to create a seperate subpage and add the current discussions of my talkpage in the archive, the current material is completely unrelated to me. --Scoobycentric (talk) 07:41, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for taking action in blocking My Bot. Sorry for the inconvenience. alphachimp 20:07, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for fixing the translation template on the Virunum and Teurnia talkpages. So simple and yet... Anyway, there'll be never an end for my 'life-long learning' -- Marschner (talk) 11:54, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem ;-) —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 11:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

May 14 TFA

It looks like Raul ended up scheduling my article, street newspaper, instead of Talyllyn Railway. Sorry about that—since mine had some wiggle room, I had kind of hoped that the Railway article would get May 14 and mine could be bumped to the 15th or 16th. If you think he'd be willing to remove one of the queued items from the 15th and 16th, you're welcome to ask him if he could move my article back a day or two and replace it with yours (although it looks like there's only about a 10-hour window to get that done); otherwise, best of luck in getting yours featured on another day. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 13:16, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I think it's unlikely to change now, as Raul's scheduled a couple of weeks ahead (including another UK railway article), and he states he doesn't like changing the queue. Not to worry - there are other dates I can request, and I'll get the one-year point soon. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 14:18, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Infobox Heritage Railway

The List of British heritage and private railways is irrelevant to heritage railways outside of Great Britain. Please see my remarks at Template talk:Infobox Heritage Railway#Adapt this infobox. Peter Horn 00:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

This post needed tweeking. Peter Horn 00:17, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

More tweeking. Peter Horn 00:19, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello again, I put an additional comment under the same section in the template talk page. Peter Horn 01:43, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello once more, thanks a million for your help, see my comments at Template talk:Infobox Heritage Railway#Adapt this infobox. Peter Horn 15:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

LAZER helmet article deleted

Hello Admin. Recently i created an article here about lazer helmets. and this has been deleted.

Please, after reviewing shoei, Schuberth, Suomy ... and if you really want to help me, tell me :

• what makes the above articles notable?
• are these pages based on companies' official website ONLY for refference? they didnt use any other sources, isnt?
• what makes all the above articles more important than article i tried to create?

To make my article based on reliable sources, i tried to add infos from sharp.gov.uk , which site many other articles here in mainspace use as reference,which is an official goverment UK site! But before i complete it, even i have added an {halt} tag, article deleted!

As you can see, nobody has written about shoei, Schuberth, Suomy,showing that outside of itself and Wikipedia, people have written about it extensively, showing that both above articles and companies are NOT notable, but these articles are here!!! Isnt?

I could add refferences that my lazer_helmet article is about a notable company, many more reference than other helmet manufacturers i mentioned, but article deleted!

Or dont you think sharp.gov.uk , goverment UK organization is notable?

Or even Motorcycle_News? As and admin, you can better than me find out how many articles point to this newspaper as a refference! just see this lazer helmets - MCN about lazer helmets

Does the above articles have external sources like mine?

Furhtermore, when i search for "lazer", wikipedia seems not to work, and guide us to use "laser" instead..Seems not to understand difference betweem 2 words, obvious cause there isnt such an article in its database, do you agree?

Please kindly after all of what i mentioned, if you still think article is about a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subjectact, act in a way you think is most fair. Thanks. (talk) 15:56, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

After reviewing, I've restored the article as it does make some claim of notability. However, it does still require independent references (a brief mention in MCN is not enough I'm afraid), and I've tagged it as such. I've also tagged the other article you mention in the same way. I've added a link from the Lazer disambiguation page to make it easier to find. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 17:11, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Everything perfect admin! I ll add what asked the following 3 days when i have more time. Thanks Tivedshambo! :) Psikxas (talk) 00:17, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism by a user you previously blocked

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/218.186.12.230 The user with the IP address 218.186.12.230 has repeatedly vandalized. He seems to be targeting someone. Please take care of this problem. - Cyborg Ninja 19:44, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Pattern seems to be different to before, so I'll have to assume good faith and take the view that it may be a different user. I've warned them, and will monitor their edits. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:01, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

They're not attacking anyhone in particular right now (looks at the dates more closely), but they vandalized pages all the time before that spat of harassment. - Cyborg Ninja 20:21, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Malvern station

Hi Voice of Clam/Archives! An article you have been involved with has been tagged by its parent project as being in need of a little attention or further development. If you can help with these minor issues please see talk:Great Malvern railway station--Kudpung (talk) 14:08, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Reference this, thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for, though I can no longer remember why.  :) I'm sure I'll have use for it in the future. Cheers! //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 16:31, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Re File:Eritrean Railway - Tivedshambo 2008-11-04-edit1.jpg

Hey, yeah, no problem with me. As far as I'm concerned it's your photo, regardless of any edits I may have done, so in my books you can license it as you wish. Cheers, --jjron (talk) 12:58, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Boulton pix

Thanks for the offer. I will give it some thought. What the article needs most, I think, are pictures of stuff Boulton made, other than the coins and the steam engine. However, museums tend to look askance at taking photos of their exhibits. I'd be glad for any ideas though.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:37, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Independent Order of Vikings

Uh, sorry, but why exactly do you feel reluctant to speedy delete this? Its eligible under A7, and there aren't any sources to improve the article. Fingerz 07:06, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

If this was a new article, I'd have deleted it. But it's been around for six years (longer than most articles on Wikipedia), presumably from a time when the notability requirements weren't as stringent as they are now, and that makes me reluctant to delete it without at least some discussion. It's a borderline case, and other admins may have made an alternative decision, but my view is to be a little more lenient for cases of "grandfather rights". If it's been around for that length of time, another week won't hurt. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:15, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Additional, if it makes you feel better, I don't think it was a bad call, and technically you're correct about it meeting A7. I see you're looking at admin coaching, so this disclaimer may help you if anyone queries any incorrect CSD nominations. Good luck! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:28, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I've got no problem prodding it. It's not hurting the project, but I just don't see it being improved into anything useful to visitors. If the prod gives someone else time to find a source, then I suppose it's worth it. Thanks for the good luck wishes, Fingerz 07:30, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I'll afd it, there's obviously better chances for discussion there.Fingerz 07:31, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Chrisbot

Yes I think that's a very good idea. I've had two people ask before so I think I'll start doing that now. Thanks. ChrisDHDR 12:28, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Ideate

I don't think you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ideate correctly. On Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2009 July 1, the article name appears outside the closed discussion. -WarthogDemon 23:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that - my fault. Fixed. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:43, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: CONT icons in other projects

Yes that has been taken into account; most wikis have few enough links that they can be removed by hand but at ca.wp, the only other place where the CONT icons have caught on, Crisbot is going thru the normal approval process. ChrisDHDR 15:39, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Pigion

Hi there. Your doing a good job looking after the Pigion on Wicipedia. One suggestion (after reading the pry lludw article - maybe we could select articles which dont have red links. Nearly every single one in some of them are non-existent links, which is really bad pr for Widci. Just a thought. Thanks again... a diolch. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 21:45, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi - thanks for your comments. I think you're getting muddled between Pigion and Erthyglau newydd (new pages), which is generally updated by Deb. I wouldn't put pryf lludw on the main page as an article in it's current state - as you state it has a lot of red links, and it really isn't long enough. Ideally, I'd only put featured articles up front, but there are only two at present, and people will soon get tired of reading about slate and Tom Pryce! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Talyllyn Railway

Hi,

Just wondering why you undid my changes adding youtube links to the Talyllyn railways page? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talyllyn_Railway) These were made with permission of the owners and I have just received permission to link a few more.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinjifuller (talk • contribs) 17:51, 27 July 2009

See the comments I left on the article's talk page —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:58, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Northamptonshire

Hi Voice of Clam/Archives! A Top Priority article you have been involved with has many issues and urgently needs improving. If you can help with these issues please see Talk:Northamptonshire, address the different points if you can, and leave any comments there. (This is a generic message. if it has been placed on your talk page inadvertantly, please ignore it.) --Kudpung --Kudpung (talk) 23:35, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Eritrean railway photo

Hello I am an author from England, currently producing a historical railway atlas of Africa. I am looking for several suitable photographs, and wondered if I could use the wonderful photograph of steam loco with a single coach on the viaduct. I am looking to use this either on the book's front cover or on the first page. Hope you can help! Yours faithfully Neil RobinsonNeilrobinson543 (talk) 07:32, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome to use the photograph for any purpose, including commercially, provided it is clearly attributed to me. For printed material, I would prefer this to use my real name. I've tried to email you with more information - let me know if you don't get it. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 12:01, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Biagota & translation template

I just recently find that article on english wiki and I realised that it is nothing than a translation of czech article. I saw in a history you removed translation template. When I looked at the elder version, in the list of templates bellow was translation template was as "Template:S-ttl" which sounds me strange. At first I thought it was used some old and now don't using template so I looked for another translate template (and there is my mistake I did not look at the name and only on the syntax) which I used there (the article is just a translation, i worked on the original). Few seconds later I find some bot move it to a discussion page (then I finaly realised I used the same template which was there before). To tell the truth, I really don't understand what it means, why it was moved (by bot or you) to a discussion page (what meaning it has there)? Why it is deprecated template? And which one is the right one?
I am asking you, because you did year ago the same thing like that bot and I don't want to use discussion-page of some bot.
--Niusereset (talk) 15:35, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

The {{translated page}} template should only be used on the talk page of articles, not on the articles themselves. Wikipedia cannot use itself as a reference. This was agreed during the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 December 11#Template:Translated. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 15:45, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I did not know that. On czech wiki it is normaly used on the article page and it is consideret as fairness to put it there. It is not mentioned as a reference but as info about the fact, that article is just a translation from other wiki. Czech wiki endeavour to not by just translation and by this is stated this article is not exactly what we want, what cs-wiki is about.
Thanks for explanation.
--Niusereset (talk) 16:25, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks.--VMAsNYC (talk) 19:57, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Troublesome user

Hi Tivedshambo, and thanks for ridding us of user Cumshotseverywhere. Could I alert you to the fact that a user who looks like a dead-ringer for that person has just popped up at the same article with a different, if less offensive name. The entry does contain worrying aspects ("Jew me,").

Would you mind keeping an eye on this issue? Thanks so much. TONY (talk) 14:30, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Already blocked ([27]) - but let me know if you spot similar vandalism. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 14:35, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! TONY (talk) 14:37, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Tivedshambo,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Eritrean Railway - Tivedshambo 2008-11-04-edit1.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 15, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-09-15. howcheng {chat} 06:11, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I've left a note for Jjron, as he did the digital tweaking necessary to bring this up to FP standard. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:22, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. --jjron (talk) 07:35, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

thank you

thank you for unblockeing me--Dcheagle (talk) 19:49, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Jeremy Bolwell

Hi,

I'd like to ask for some friendly advice. I have only recently happened upon the above user, through a series of overlinks made to the 'Kettering' article recently. Having reviewed Mr. Bolwell's talk page, it appears that this is not the first time this issue has come up, and I notice that you were embroiled in it previously. You therefore seemed like a good port of call for advice.

I have asked Mr Bolwell to stop overlinking (or at least have been baffled by why it continues), and I have had no real reply. Indeed, there seems to have been a spree of overlinking yesterday, including circular links (obsessive-compulsive personality disorder), and many other links which are of questionable value to say the least.

I don't want it to look like he's being bullied by me or anyone else (an accusation which seems to have been previously leveled against people), but I do feel this frantic overlinking is detrimental to the articles in question, and Mr Bolwell shows little sign of stopping. Of course, there are far worse things he could be doing, and I'm quite sure that his intentions are quite noble, but it does seem to be getting out of hand a little (if yesterday is anything to go by).

Your advice would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Fortnum (talk) 12:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd suggest raising this at WP:ANI, to gain the general consensus of opinion from administrators. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:40, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with the HTTP vandal

Is it best to keep undoing vandalism like that, and leaving messages on their talk page or just leave it and come back later to tidy up? --Alchemist Jack (talk) 12:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd be inclined to revert and leave standard messages, then if they continue to vandalise they can be reported and blocked. If you leave it, they may go away with the impression they can get away with it, and go on to vandalise other pages. I've semi-protected the template for a couple of weeks - if vandalism returns after this let me know or request further protection at WP:RFPP. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 12:19, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

And should I increase the warning level each time? --Alchemist Jack (talk) 12:30, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Definitely. If the vandalism is particulatly blatant or offensive, you can go direct to a final warning with {{subst:uw-v4im}}. If they continue to vandalise after this, report it at WP:AIV. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 12:51, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Opinion submissions

Thanks for pointing that out. Here's the place: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Opinion.--ragesoss (talk) 21:36, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

About that IP user you just blocked...

I went to probe a bit further and noticed that User:66.76.66.195's hostname:vandal.van.sprnet.org, I wonder if this mean something? Correct me if I'm wrong. --Dave1185 (talk) 18:32, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not the best person to ask. I use the internet, but don't claim to understand how it works. I don't trace IP's, I just block 'em :-) Seriously, you could try asking at WP:AN —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:51, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

• Perhaps, you could help me bring this matter up to the attention of them? IMO, your words carry more weight than mine. --Dave1185 (talk) 19:12, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done - see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Vandal hostname?. Please feel free to add your knowledge to the discussion. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 19:31, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks, and I've done the rest. --Dave1185 (talk) 20:51, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Polanski Article

There is a potentially serious problem with the Polanski article. It appears that a large section was lifted from the Honolulu Sun Times without correctly attributing it. Further, the two links that I checked do not reflect to the text, and the HST article appears to be the source of the information for many of the "current" links. I am concerned that the failure to attribute might actually cause Wiki harm. Please check the link I posted (and if I screwed that up, my apologies. I am a newbie). In fifteen minutes of fact checking, three significant errors have been identified, two of which concern the article itself, the other with erroneous information passed along in Talk.Oberonfitch (talk) 01:09, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:34, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

determining IP address of logged in users

Hello, and thanks for unblocking us here at the Bentley School. How do I determine what IP address a register user was connected to when he/she made a particular edit? History pages only show IP address for anonymous users. Thanks. Fredwerner (talk) 22:33, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

fyi - we're trying to determine whether the vandalism that resulted in our IP address being blocked was actually done on campus or by someone who was careless about sharing his login info with people off campus.Fredwerner (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:45, 8 October 2009 (UTC).

The simple answer is that you can't tell the IP of a registered user. This is hidden for privacy reasons. You could try requesting a CheckUser investigation, but I'm not sure if this is within their scope or not. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:36, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Many Thanks!

Thanks for reverting the latest attack on my user talk page. Highly appreciate it!! Jusdafax 04:16, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Always happy to help :-) —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:30, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Snowdude1492 appealed, please unblock.

Hello, again. Thanks for the IP exemption, but I'd really like to see the whole IP block removed, as well as the indefinite block on user:Snowdude1492. He has appealed his block, but no one has replied yet. On his contribs page, he's only edited on page other than his own user page: Oxyhydrogen. He basically tried to insert the same material several times. The first time, he cited a youtube video of a newscast. A bot undid that, and I explained to him why youtube videos aren't reliable sources. So he found a legitimate reliable source for the same info, re-inserted the text with the legit source, and THAT edit was tagged as vandalism by User:Arthur Rubin, who failed to AGF. That tag seems completely unjustified, as the edit was adding substantive, relevant, appropriate material, and properly citing a legitimate reliable source.

Please remove the blocks. Thanks.Fredwerner (talk) 19:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I see the block has already been overturned. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:59, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

User Airtran371

Hey - I saw that you blocked this user. His apparent socks AirTran660 and Editor800 have been up to the same thing. Could you take a look? Thanks. Jasepl (talk) 20:44, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

I suggest raising this at WP:SPI or WP:ANI - sorry, but I won't have a chance to look at it till tomorrow night at least. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:11, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

User Prasanth4wiki (talk) 12:17, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Hiii- I am creating a page eyches about my company. I saw many companies have created their information pages on wikipedia. Please don't remove this page eyches--Prasanth4wiki (talk) 12:17, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but the article does not meet out notability guidelines, and is written like an advertisement. Also, you appear to have a conflict of interest with the subject, which is very strongly discouraged. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 14:16, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

RE: Block Appeal

Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 16:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Thank you for granting my request. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 11:19, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Geva Alon post

Hi I wanted to know why you removed the Geva Alon post and if its ok if I would start a new one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.173.25.86 (talk) 15:32, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I deleted it [28] as it was a copyright violation. You're free to create a new article in your own words, but be sure to explain why the subject is notable. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:05, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

I would very much appreciate if you would grant me rollback permission. I had thought about putting a new request in, but had put it off. Thanks!Thatguyflint ^{Talk to me!} 16:46, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 17:10, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Rollbacker permission

You have to ask locally for this permission, since it is not active at the moment, you have the Rollback feature since you're in the administrator group. Please confirm again at meta RfP page, when and if you're ready to have your sysop bit removed. Thank you, M/ (talk) 22:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Confirmed on Meta. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 23:10, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

I have granted you rollback after seeing your post on meta. Cheers, NW (Talk) 23:31, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Infobox Heritage Railway

Can you add the following into Template:Infobox Heritage Railway: "Logo", "caption_logo" and "caption_map"? Peter Horn User talk 00:12, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Useful for the Peak Rail article. Peter Horn User talk 02:11, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

You'll have to request it on the template's talk page - use {{editprotected}}, plus a detailed description of the change you require. I've recently relinquished my admin status to concentrate on article writing for a while, so I cannot make this change myself. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:39, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I posted Template talk:Infobox heritage railway#Helston Railway Preservation CompanyPeter Horn User talk 21:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

indie rock bands

Hey, a while ago you left me a message on my talk page about deleting a redirect page for List of indie rock bands. I don't remember what happened, but based on what you said, it sounds like I was acting nonsensically. Thanks! :P Mac Davis (talk) 18:39, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

2010

Miniature Schools class?

Further to the discussion which is now archived at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways/Archive 15#Miniature Schools class?, I stated:

• 30958-30999: unused

This should read:

• 30958-30960: allotted to the three 1937-built Diesel-electric shunters during construction; they were delivered as SR nos. 1-3, and became BR 15201-15203.
• 30961-30999: unused

Just thought I'd complete the story a bit. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:59, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Tables in MOS - update

Hiya. This is an update to a discussion we had last September, which I've just archived: User talk:EdJogg/Archive 7#Tables in MOS

Since then, a bullish anon editor has queried my use of this policy (that every link in a table should be linked). It turns out that it now only applies to sortable tables (see Wikipedia:Linking#Repeated links), as the wording was revised in January this year.

So, I thought you ought to be aware that your recently-acquired knowledge now has a caveat!

Cheers -- EdJogg (talk) 16:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Pardon?

Sorry, what was this about: [29] ? --BozMo talk 15:32, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea! I looked at the change earlier - I can only assume I clicked on roll-back my mistake. My apologies! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:27, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Fiat Tagliero

Generally speaking, I remove uncited information from articles. After all, we need Wikipedia to verifiable and having a large unchunk of totally uncited, unverifiable text in an article essentially makes us look bad. In cases where the article already has a number of sources and we just need to add sources to verify the information, I tend to add maintenance tags. Anyway, I wish that the information the building provided was cited, as it is a very notable structure. Good luck expanding it!--TM 15:05, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but re-adding unverifiable information is considered vandalism. The editor I reverted claims that he is a walking encyclopedia for Asmara and that editors should let readers decide what is true and not without regard to sources. Besides, any information which is challenged has to be verified. By deleting the unsourced info, I obviously challenged the accuracy of the large clump of uncited text. We do not need online sources, but we do need actual sources. Until any real sources for the information are provided (on or offline) the info does not belong on Wikipedia.--TM 16:06, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Biting

I have not bitten anyone; Yohannesb made ridiculous comments and I was refuting them. I asked him to read Wikipedia's policies before continuing to edit; he then purposefully re-added unsourced information because he considers himself an expertt about Wikipedia's policies. Perhaps I could have been a little nicer in replying to his comments, but you are incorrect in threatening me on this issue.--TM 18:42, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Saying "who cares what you know" is not a way to welcome newcomers, particularly those who may not have English as their first language, and would generally be considered biting. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:47, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

His claims to being "a living book" and his showing of total contempt for Wikipedia's policies "Is everything that is in a book true?" as well as his blanket re-adding of challenged information led me to believe that he needed something more than "read a policy" in order for his disruptive edits and comments to change. Anyway, this has absolutely nothing to do with his alleged nationality or mother tongue.--TM 18:56, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Conflict news

Hello! The article The Klan (Belgian band) is attacked again. Greetings Raoniz (talk) 02:04, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

This is not an attack, but a request to delete the article in line with deletion policies (with, it must be said, good reason). —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:14, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Locations

There are some pictures of the most well known destinations so with lesser known places there is a great chance that there is no picture currently. Other than places there are almost zero free pictures of people. So anyone remotely notable is a sure hit in that almost certainly yours would be the only picture of them. So instead of giving names of locations, any statue other than Heroes' Square is probably a good find and if there is an event or anything with people like a session of Parliament, you could take pics of the individual MEPs, if you can get in or something it's likely to be the only pic available. Hobartimus (talk) 08:55, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Falls of Cruachan derailment

Your crystal ball is on form. Line not expected to open until Monday, 8 days after the accident.

I'm getting a little tired of MMN's continual badgering of those at AfD who hold the opposite view to his. Not 100% sure where to raise this though - there's ANI, WQA, RFC to name but three. Mjroots2 (talk) 06:15, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it was getting annoying, though I don't know if he was breaking any "rules" as such. In cases like this, a request or comment on their talk page should be the first response (you may have already have done this - I haven't checked) —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) (logged on as Pek) 21:38, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Additional - I've left a comment on his talk page myself. I'm unlikely to be logging on again for a couple of days, so if the disruption continues, consider further action. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) (logged on as Pek) 06:45, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

This is the second time in as many days I've felt my ears burning. Roots did go to ANI in the end, and without specifically mentioning me, he got his answer - to sample JohnWBarber, "Editors who are simply uncomfortable being contradicted are on the wrong website. We can't really limit discussion to asking questions, because making points that undermine another editor's rationale generally needs to be done with positive statements". Now, if he wants to make this a personal issue about me, to allege I am somehow making my arguments in a negative way, then of course its ANI for one incident, or RFC/U if he is detecting a pattern. And as his only concern seems to be shutting me up in this one Afd, and I dont think he has actually been following me around at Afd, then it's probably ANI. But that's jsut my two cents, you two are supposed to be the admins who know all this procedural wonkery, I am just a lowly peon who apparently knows "nothing about nothing", to quote the great man himself. Anyway, enjoy your holidays wherever you are TS. MickMacNee (talk) 14:44, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

I think I ended that comment too early. To clarify - MjRoots needs to learn that there is a difference between being robustly challenged, and being badgered, which also came out at that ANI post. There is disagreement as to how far you can depart from an accepted policy before acceptable POV becomes unnacceptable fringe views. There is also disagreement as to exactly when repetition turns into disruptive badgering, but again, as someone in that ANI pointed out, repetition sometimes becomes a necessary evil when, as happened in that Afd, you get the impression some people are simply not reading the nomination rationale, or are latching on to one part of a recent comment and thinking that encompasses the entire debate. MickMacNee (talk) 14:58, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Karanacs (talk) 17:18, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Blocked

I'd like a more detailed explanation as to why as was blocked or as to why my articles our repeated edited and deleted besides the fact that you have a problem with them.I'm not adding my personal opinion these are facts that I've carefully gathered from the internet and cited and referenced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrsamgary (talk • contribs) 03:14, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

I blocked you as, despite repeated warnings, you persisted in removing entire sections of text without explanation (e.g. [30], [31], [32], [33]. This is not adding facts that are "carefully gathered from the internet and cited and referenced" as you claim. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:24, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Template:Educational assignment

Hi, thanks for updating the template. Can you add "<noinclude><!--NOTE: Please add interwikis and categories to [[Template:Educational assignment/doc]].-->{{Documentation}}</noinclude>" to the bottom of the template after the final "}}" so that I can create a documentation subpage? — SMUconlaw (talk) 07:28, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

 Done —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:31, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

That was quick! Thanks. — SMUconlaw (talk) 07:32, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism from 95.133.226.150

I marked this as {{Resolved}}, which in hindsight was a wee bit rude of me ;-) Should have used {{Done}} or something... anyway, I'm always happy to be reverted if you feel it's not been resolved. TFOWR 12:27, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't consider resolved to be an inappropriate response once it was done - thanks for your help in reverting this vandal. (Sorry, I meant to thank you earlier, but I'm busy at work at present). Ho hum - back to the grindstone :-) —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 12:33, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Your unblocking

I f you unblock some one and they immediately violates your unblocking restrictions then you should clearly escalate the length of the block as a further violation and not simply replace the 24 hour block. Off2riorob (talk) 15:51, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Let me know if you want to comment or I can take it to a noticeboard for review, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 15:53, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

I've given them a fresh 24 hour block, rather than re-imposing the original, so in effect it is escalated. I didn't feel a longer block was warranted, as it is not meant to be punishment. As the user is already being discussed in an Arb-com case, I don't really want to drag him through ANI or similar as well, unless its really necessary. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 15:59, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

He should get escalated to a week and you need to take more care with your administrative actions, as well . Your first mistake was the unblocking and your actions have gone downhill since then. Are you involved in editing the topic under discussion? Off2riorob (talk) 16:05, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

I have no involvement with the topic under discussion at all, nor any prior involvement with that particular user (as far as I can recall), otherwise I would not have got involved. You are making some serious allegations against me - in what sense have my actions "gone downhill"? What is your involvement with the topic, and that user? I note that you are not an administrator, so please leave the choice of block length to those of us who have the experience to do so. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:12, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

I have as much experience as you, likely more...downhill...you unblocked a user on a 24 harmless block, he deserved it and you unblocked him and after you did that he immediately repeated a violation and so your unblocking was revealed as a good faith mistake and then you only gave him a replacement same block after he had re-violated and the trust you gave him, one week would easily be corr3ct and actually the whole issue would have been better if you had not done anything. Off2riorob (talk) 16:50, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Looking at your past history, and seeing your current vendetta against another administrator [34], I will not waste my time carrying on this conversation. Please find something more constructive to do. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:57, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

My past history is what is part of my experience and I can be well proud of it, and I am. Also do not accuse me of vendettas as I care less for such irrelevancies. Don't put out and point the finger at your accusers, reflect in a good faith way about your actions. Your admin actions in this case were poor, and helped no one at all, your inability to accept that is the actual issue. When admins make bad calls and attempt to deny it or ignore it and point the finger at other users and issues uninvolved with their actions it is a worthy constructive cause for wikipedia to point it out. Off2riorob (talk) 17:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC

Thanks for the original unblock

And apologies for getting you sucked into the maelstorm of race and intelligence issues. Fun, isn't it? ;-) And I get to deal wit editors like Off2riorob on a regular basis . . . David.Kane (talk) 23:03, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

And thanks to you for your understanding. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:22, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

STATicVerseatide1

Hey just wanted to thank you for blocking User:STATicVerseatide1 as he was doing nothing but trouble by vandalizing my page, trolling and impersinating me. So again thanks :). Red Flag on the Right Side 05:42, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

No problem! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:47, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Umm you might want to block User:24.156.17.6 too as he was doing the exact same thing that STATicVerseatide1 was doing today, yesterday which I think defenatly indicates a sockpuppet. Red Flag on the Right Side 05:50, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

If it's the same user, they should be auto-blocked, but I'll keep an eye on them. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 08:18, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Editprotected requests & Microformats

I noticed you've fulfilled a handful of editprotected request related to microformats, and mentioned that you didn't know much about them. You may be interested in reviewing Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Microformats and holding off further editprotected requests until the matter is settled. –xeno^talk 15:55, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

As I've stated, I know nothing about microformats, therefore I don't think it would be appropriate for me to comment. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:14, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

I just wanted to bring it to your attention, as it may shed some light on the subject. Cheers, –xeno^talk 18:15, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

HI

Why do u delete my johntoturn..... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.110.110.222 (talk) 04:33, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Because it was clearly nonsense, verging on an attack page, rather than a serious article. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 04:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Template:Singles

May I draw your attention to discussion at Template talk:Singles#hAudio microformat of the recent {{Editprotected}} which you kindly carried out on my behalf. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 23:40, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

As I stated above, I'd prefer not to get drawn into the debate. I'll be happy to continue updating templates for you, when and if there's consensus to do so, but I'm not in a position to judge myself. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:27, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Template:Tasks

Huh. Some transclusions of {{Tasks}} are still showing a link to RFE. And my browser cache empties every time I shut down. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 18:19, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Can you point to an example? It could be the server cache that needs clearing - try making a null edit to the page in question. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 19:59, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Talk:List_of_finance_topics. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 20:23, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Looks ok to me - expand links to Wikipedia:Writing better articles, a valid essay, rather than the historic Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:35, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Then why does the What links here for RFE still show it as linking? Template lag? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 22:12, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Found it, in {{bizetasks}} [35]. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:44, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

User:Gmund10/Büttenpapierfabrik Gmund

Hi, Tivedshambo! The User asked me in the german Wikipedia for help. The article is now in main namespace, so it don't need to be in the user namespace.--Johnny Controletti (talk) 08:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, my German isn't good enough to translate that. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:34, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

And i have problems with my englisch to declare it. The speedy delete was a wish of the user:Gmund10! Please reset your change.--Johnny Controletti (talk) 17:26, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, the request will need to come from User:Gmund10's own account. Incidentally, I sense a conflict of interest here. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:04, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Dear Tivedshambo,
I'm user Gmund10 and I'm actually not really able to explain it either...but I'll try.
I'm the author of "Büttenpapierfabrik Gmund" it is now online in a german and english version on wikipedia. When the german version was moved to go online, two days later the articel was deleted from my account, because wikipedia doesn't like duplicates or so?
Now I'm just wondering that nobody deleted the article from my account so far...
Maybe you can clearify it.
Thank you for your effort!
Best regards, --Gmund10 (talk) 14:05, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the request - now  Done —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 14:31, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Good morning,
thanks, that was quick ;-)
Have a good day,--Gmund10 (talk) 06:19, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

IP Exemption

Hi Tivedshambo, thanks for the IP exemption. Aclarado (talk) 07:51, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Dudley Watson

I've stubbed Dudley Watson and restored the unref BLP tag... the sole source given was basically an attack page by a disgruntled sheep farmer that was in conflict with Watson and the unions. Considering the contentious nature of the claims (and indeed the contentious nature of the work that Mr. Watson was involved in), I think we need to insist on high quality sources (and sourcing) here. Gigs (talk) 15:52, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Seems reasonable to me. If, as you say, the source was just an attack page (I admit I didn't have time to read it in full), then it fails WP:RS. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) (logged on as Pek) 19:07, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

MMN @ ANI

Thanks for your kind words. I'm not going to get stressed over it. More admins will be aware on MMNs behaviour now, and hopefully there will be greater scrutiny of his editing. I don't agree with the early closure, but will not pursue that to avoid further drama. Mjroots (talk) 19:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Just a heads-up, MMN has taken me to RFC over my raising the issue at ANI. Mjroots (talk) 08:49, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Just got home from a long weekend break. I had about 3 hours sleep last night, and a long journey today so I'm really not up to making any comments at the moment. I'll look at it tomorrow. zzzzz  —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

How is this personal?

I don't understand? How was that a personal attack, when it wasn't directed at a person?-- Avazina, an Unreconstructed Southerner

It was clearly aimed at a group of people. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:27, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Clare Adamson photo copyright

My former agent Clare has e-mailed me to confirm that it is alright to use the photos of her from her old candidate website. I would be happy to forward this email to you to support the copyright claim. Cheers.MekQuarrie (talk) 20:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Don't email it to me - fill in the consent form and send it to the OPRS team at permissions-commons﹫wikimedia.org —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:44, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. Appreciate your time.MekQuarrie (talk) 20:48, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks a lot for granting roll back back rights.i hope to use it as per wiki guidelines.Thank you once again.LinguisticGeek 08:37, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Russbot

I saw your query/comment to R'n'R. An explanation as to what it is up to can be found here: User_talk:R'n'B#link_edit_to_Udi. Whether that convinces you to restart it is up to you! --John (User:Jwy/talk) 05:53, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Regarding Hindi Imposition page

Hi,

This is regarding the redirection of the page Hindi Imposition (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindi_imposition&oldid=386682273) to Hindu Nationalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_nationalism). There are 3 reasons given for this redirection:

1)The article has very little content

2)It may not meet Wikipedia's neutral point of view requirements

3)It could easily be included in Hindu Nationalism

While I completely agree with reason (1) and partially agree with reason (2), I totally disagree with (3).

Hindi Imposition in India refers to the initiatives by the central government of India to popularize Hindi language through various measures. Many states in Indian republic have protested against. For eg : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hindi_agitations_of_Tamil_Nadu

Hindu nationalism refers to social and political initiatives to define a Nationhood based on spiritual and cultural aspects of the Indian sub-continent.

Hindi Imposition and Hindu Nationalism are totally different topics. Hence I would strongly suggest to delete the redirect and the original page and request the authors to compose the article more systematically.

regards

skbhat --Skbhat (talk) 14:53, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I would suggest you're better off discussing this with User:Bearcat, as they imposed the protection. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:43, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Regarding the protection of "Hindi Imposition" page,I could not finish up updating the page with all details.I created the page and added some links. We still have a lot of content to add and before that the page got redirected and so protected now.

Please read below the difference between Hindi Imposition and Hindu Nationalism.

Hindi is a language in India and HindU is a religion.

There are 22+ recognised National languages in India.One among them is Hindi. The history of Hindi Imposition dates back to 1950's when India was created.When India got its independence from British,it was a union of different states all of which had different languages.SO the government wanted to enforce a single language across the country and made that language as Hindi. There were widespread protests and demonstrations in Tamilnadu,Karnataka and other southern states opposing this imposition of Hindi. We want to detail the happenings of all these years and present a neutral opinion.

HindU Nationalism is a topic related to religion and no where related to language.

Please unprotect it and give us sometime to update the article.We can review it after it is updated and if we still feel it is related to HindU nationalism,we can redirect it.

Thanks Gautham —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yasu srk (talk • contribs) 23:11, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

See my comment above. If this is unsuccessful, try dispute resolution, or WP:ANI if you think that that myself or Bearcat have acted improperly. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:51, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Russell Fuller

can you reinstated the page russell fuller - i have references to add - i am new to this and learning my way - sorry for not doing correct —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattdsport (talk • contribs) 17:39, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Restored to User:Mattdsport/Russell Fuller - see comments on your talk page. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:03, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Russell Fuller

Have added 2 references and why this person is notable to the page russell fuller as suggested. could you please make live again —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattdsport (talk • contribs) 10:58, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Richard Connelly

Can you please reinstated the page richard connelly so I am can references and why notable —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattdsport (talk • contribs) 11:10, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Brian Welsh

That's not edit-warring -- that's way-beyond-3rr by a COI-afflicted editor. No block for the only real problem editor? I can take it to 3rr/n if necessary... Nomoskedasticity (talk) 20:47, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

As the user is a newbie, who may have a valid WP:BLP point (I haven't looked at this dispute in detail), I'm inclined not to impose 3RR sanctions at present. I think it would be better to see what the outcome of the WP:BLPN discussion is first. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:57, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Heeelp!

Hi,

I've just been reading the discussion on the Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari entry, and I'm a little confused. How would i...

a) Boost the school's 'importance' and remove us from stub class

b) Why are individuals demanding that the entry is translated?

No ideas, since I only dib in and out of wikipedia periodically, although, seemingly I am the only one that has added any content of note.

Help!

Ian —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.11.29.226 (talk) 23:39, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi - to answer your second question first: My comment that it needed translating was based on the article's first draft, which looked like this. Someone didn't realise that the first line was Welsh, and tagged it as nonsense. Obviously thanks to editors like yourself, it's now improved beyond the stub status, so I've changed the class to Start (see assessment criteria). This gives ideas about how to improve it - in this case more references should be provided to back up some of the information, such as the former pupils. I suggest asking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools for further help. And that, I think, answers your first question as well. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 11:57, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

By Souvalou

I did read that. And very very very very carefully. I really think I want to be an Administrator.--Souvalou (talk) 21:02, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Deletion

Yes, I would like for it to be deleted it myself. Perseus, Son of Zeus (talk) 14:58, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

I assume you're refering to this -  Done —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 15:14, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

The Godfather

All edits by a block-evading sock (in this case an IP sock of a long-blocked editor) are themselves vandalism. These latest edits are part of a long-term pattern of POV-pushing, block evasion, personal attacks, vandalism, and plain disruption by an editor who could not deal with no getting his way. If you look at the history, you will see a series of attacks early last week, which led to two IPs being blocked. This is an extension of that same pattern of vandalism. He has always attempted to claim that The Godfather is a thriller; the issue has been discussed at length, consensus was against him; coming back now and adding two refs which are not reliable does not change the situation. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 15:53, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Please see the contributions for 201.68.206.194, a sock of Pé de Chinelo. Thanks. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 15:59, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

WP:AIV is for Blatant vandalism only. Content disputes should be resolved as per WP:DR, and socks reported at WP:SPI —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:06, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

proda

I had some expiring BLP expired prods for which I was looking for sources. Foir a few I found them, but you had already deleted them. I restored the ones I think have a chance of notability & I thought ought to let you know. (this is not criticism, I'm only reasonably sure about the first of them.)

1. Meri St. Mary .This isn't really my subject field, & I didn't do a comprehensive search, but the info in the sf bay times article seems impressive -- and I just noticed while putting it in-- it wasn't obvious-- but the source was actually in the article all along.
2. Stiaan van Zyl, seems to play professional first-class cricket, & has refs for it.
3. Siddharth Chandrasekhar There was in fact a source in an earlier version of the article. -- I am not quite sure of notability here, & Ive tagged it accordingly

 DGG ( talk ) 04:14, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

No problem. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:22, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Bathgate railway station

Hi. Can I draw your attention to this discussion, which could do with a railway-minded admin to sort things out? Thanks, --RFBailey (talk) 23:22, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy response! --RFBailey (talk) 06:07, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Trouble House Halt

Re this edit - you're quite right, of course. I now have a problem. The convention seems to be that if a station was first opened before 1923, we put it in Category:Former (pre-grouping railway) stations (such as Category:Former Midland Railway stations); if first opened in 1923-47 period, we put it in Category:Former (post-grouping railway) stations (such as Category:Former London Midland and Scottish Railway stations). But I don't know the equivalent for a station first opened in or after 1948. Any ideas? --Redrose64 (talk) 17:22, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm - Category:Railway stations opened by British Railways perhaps? There's plenty of those. That still leaves the problem of post-privatisation. Might be a cue for another lengthy discussion at WT:UKRAIL. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 19:37, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Douglas (locomotive)

Most of the content is a straight copy-paste from [36]. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 22:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

A reivsion deletion action you did

I was looking back at revision deletion actions done at the deletion log, anfd I can't understand the reasin for this action. While you were correct in deleing the page under CSD G10, the page's deletion log contains none of the degrading material. Any reason for this action? עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 13:29, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

As I recall, it was a page I deleted in a hurry, and forgot the golden rule of not quoting any of the material in the summary, so that it did appear in the deletion log. I'm fairly sure I flagged this up for oversight at the time, but for some reason it didn't get done. When I was looking through my own deletion log recently, I came across it, and as we now have the ability to remove log entries (something we didn't have in 2008), I did it myself. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 13:50, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake, I thought I had sseen the page name was hidden, I see I was wrong. If you look at my recent log eentries, you'll see why I just noticed that now. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 13:54, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

No problem. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 13:57, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

My page

Hi I'm Bina Shah, the author of the Bina Shah wikipedia page. I was making edits to the page - updating with recent information - and you blocked me for vandalism. How can this be reversed, please? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.186.97.184 (talk) 06:12, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

I cant find any reference to User:Bina Shah - it appears not to have been registered. When were you blocked, and what message appears when you try to edit? If the account is still blocked, place {{unblock|reason for unblocking}} on your user talk page. Also please note the following:

• You should not be editing anonymously if your account is still blocked, see WP:Block evasion
• Ideally you should not be writing about yourself - see WP:Conflict of interest

I'll look into this further tomorrow evening, but at present I'm on an unsecured network so I'm unable to use my admin privileges. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) (logged on as Pek) 22:37, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I still can't find which account you're referring to. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:55, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Sir Haydn (locomotive) & Edward Thomas (locomotive)

Orlady (talk) 06:08, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

{{Expand}} templates RfC

Since you have recently commented on the type/color of one or more "expand" templates, could you express your opinion in the centralized RfC on this issue? The discussion is currently fragmented between various template and TfD pages, which makes a consensus on this issue difficult to form. Thank you, Tijfo098 (talk) 08:44, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Recategorisation

Hi, re this in particular but also several similar instances: why should the page not be in Category:London, Midland and Scottish Railway locomotives? It's an article dealing with a whole class of LMS loco, not a specific preserved loco; and not every member of the class has been preserved. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:25, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

My bad - I'd moved everything from Category:Preserved steam locomotives of Great Britain to (for example) Category:Preserved London, Midland and Scottish Railway steam locomotives, which is a sub-cat of Category:London, Midland and Scottish Railway locomotives, but I didn't take into account that there were classesof locos involved here. Personally, I think the preserved locos categories should really contain only specific locomotives. I'll sort it out when I get the chance, but I'm off to bed now. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 22:47, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Why did you deleted Aetherborn ?

WHY ? ¬¬ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.122.230.95 (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Because the article failed to show why the band was in any way important or significant, and therefore it met the relevant Criteria for speedy deletion. I suggest you read WP:MUSIC, and though it seems a bit harsh, Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Yankees1987

Regarding your block on Yankees1987 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), based on a simple duck test of them adding Catholic cats to generally the exact same article, they have previously been editing as 99.63.26.63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) and warned and blocked on multiple occasions for the exact same BLPCAT ignoring behaviour. Thanks. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 13:29, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out - I'll keep an eye out and if he/she continues violating without making any useful edits, I'll block them indefinitely. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 13:32, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

No problem, based on previous history I doubt you'll have long to wait. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 13:53, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Not long at all. IP already blocked for a month, FYI. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 13:28, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Istanbul

An article that you have been involved in editing, Istanbul , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going to the article and clicking on the (Discuss) link at the top of the article, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. İnfoCan (talk) 20:41, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Reactions

Just wondering if you had had any feedback on the site I created for a magazine called Reactions? It's been deleted, but I thought it was fairly neutral and followed a precedent set by other publications with Wikipedia pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hfasken (talk • contribs) 08:32, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

You can see the closing admin's comments here. I suggest you try WP:Deletion review, as generally it's not considered good form for one admin to overturn the decision of another without consensus. I'm not going to be around for a couple of days, but if you need a hand, let me know and I'll see what I can do when I'm back on-line. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 09:53, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Somewhere in the World

Hi there, need your help on the Somewhere in the World (song) article. User:75.4.229.246 keeps adding the iTunes chart on the article but I have removed it a few times because it is not a valid chart on Wikipedia according to WP:BADCHARTS. I've discussed this with the user but he/she won't listen and keeps reverting my edits. Can you block the user? ozurbanmusic (talk) 22:05, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm not prepared to block one side over a content dispute - I suggest you seek further advice at WP:AN. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:36, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

AIV

Fine, I didn't warn them. That still doesn't mean that their edits are useful to Wikipedia or that they should be allowed to edit unhindered. The IP address is clearly in use by the SAMJOOSSS account, and both have been used to insert false information under the guise of presenting it as real information. This either falls under the "Sneaky vandalism" banner as what is vandalism or the "Misinformation, accidental" banner as what is not vandalism. Either way, to prevent the project from having false information live for over two months because no one realized what was happening is bad for the project and the account and IP should most definitely be blocked so they cannot be used to repeat these mistakes in the near future.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 11:13, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in replying, but I've been out battling the weather to get the last minute Christmas shopping :-)

Sneaky vandalism is really outside the scope of WP:AIV, which is really an emergency stop for vandals who are disruptive at that present moment. If a vandal is not active at that time, it is better to use WP:AN, or possible WP:SSP if sockpuppetry is suspected. Bear in mind three things:

1. Most admins will be unaware of the problem, or the subject matter in hand, so for example if a user repeatedly the result of the 1957 tiddlywinks world cup, it won't be immediately apparent if the is vandalism or correcting incorrect data. Also bear in mind that that user may be acting in good faith, and they have sources which disagree with the sources in the article.
2. If a user is swapping between multiple accounts and/or IP addresses, blocking one account that was last used two days previously is unlikely to have much affect.
3. We do give warnings for a reason. Blocking should always be a last resort, not the first line of defence; preventative not punitive. After all, some vandals do go on to be good editors. Even if you suspect the user has been warned elsewhere, we have to assume good faith that it may be a different user (AIV is not SSP).

These points are summarised in the header of WP:AIV, and hopefully this will help you understand why they're there. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:42, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Smart Children

hello I am a new user and I was writing about Smart children. Can you help me with that? I am the owner of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ht10ssi (talk • contribs) 18:17, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

• Firstly, write it in your own words. Pages copied from other sites are copyright violations, and will be deleted. This doesn't just mean copying it and changing a few words - the method I use is to read an article two or three times, close it and then try to summarise the important points from memory. Then re-read the source to make sure you haven't missed anything important. Add references back to the original source so that your text can be verified.
• Secondly, make sure the subject you're writing about is notable. The subject should be discussed in independent sources as well as the subject's own website. You should use these sources in your article, so that a neutral point of view is displayed.
• Thirdly, if you are directly involved with the subject, e.g. you're promoting your own theory, I would strongly advise you not to bother. Editing with a Conflicts of interest is strongly discouraged, and often leads to articles being deleted. Instead, you can request that an article be written for you.

If you want more help, you can try going through the steps at WP:Tutorial and WP:Starting an article. Hope this helps, and good luck! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:38, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Block Exemption;

Thank you for your time Tived.Koncorde (talk) 19:19, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

2011

orphan fixed

Hello Tivedshambo,

I added links to the Novacam Technologies, so that it is no longer an orphan page. Is it up to me to remove the orphan page notice? I'm relatively new to Wikipedia editing, so could you help me out here? Do I 'undo' that box or should someone else do that?

Thanks, Arelle1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arelle1 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

You can remove it - there's no restriction about who can remove maintenance tags once the problem's been addressed. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 19:57, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

RE: Smart Children

Hello,

Thank you very much for your message. I have edited the page again hopefully this time is ok. I am having some difficulty referencing the articles can you please help me?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ht10ssi (talk • contribs) 21:48, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Herbert McLeod

Can you have another look at Herbert McLeod? I changed the first sentence with the alternative birth dates and birth places.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Stone (talk • contribs) 22:14, January 21, 2011

It looks ok to me, and throws up nothing in AWB. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 23:17, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

AWB error

Just wanted to let you know — in this edit, you changed a link from the specific Bloomington, Indiana to Bloomington, a disambiguation page. Nyttend (talk) 14:39, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

That's not the case - it changed [[Bloomington|Bloomington]], an unneccessary pipe, to [[Bloomington]]. The link to the disambiguation page was already there - see [37] (the link in the infobox). —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:41, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Hmm...obviously my error. Sorry to have bothered you. Nyttend (talk) 05:58, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Template:Sockpuppet

Hello! Regarding this template, maybe the default "contributions" evidence also should have the urlencode template? In other words, in the "Special:Contributions/{{PAGENAME}}" part of the code, before "{{PAGENAME}}", add "{{urlencode:", and add "}}" after "PAGENAME". Currently, if the account name starts with a wiki syntax symbol, the evidence parameter must be specified, otherwise the mess is still there. HeyMid (contribs) 21:40, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Could you put the revised code in a sandbox, then let me know and I'll copy it (or re-request with editprotected). Thanks. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:44, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Done. HeyMid (contribs) 21:48, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

 Done - hope it works now. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:57, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it does! :) Thanks. HeyMid (contribs) 21:59, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

More editnotices

Fancruft pops up on most of the Percy Jackson-related articles. If you don't mind, would you create the ones below with the same content as Template:Editnotices/Page/The Lost Hero?

• Template:Editnotices/Page/List of characters in the Camp Half-Blood series
• Template:Editnotices/Page/The Heroes of Olympus
• Template:Editnotices/Page/Percy Jackson
• Template:Editnotices/Page/Annabeth Chase (character)

Thanks!

--Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here 20:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

(Note: the fancruft additions aren't as often on these pages, just enough to spark some "warning" notices.)

All  Done —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:30, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

For Template:Editnotices/Page/The Heroes of Olympus, would it be appropriate to change the editnotice to this? (there is continued speculation about the next book in the series).

--Perseus8235 17:47, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done. Glad you got your account problems sorted out. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 19:31, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Broken?

Can't stay logged in as User:Perseus8235! This is Perseus, Son of Zeus. Will verify on talk page. --173.49.140.141 (talk) 16:26, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

York Racecourse railway station

Hi. Someone added some b&w images of steam trains passing the racecourse station, or what was left of it, to York railway station. It would be nice if they could be moved to a short article on York Racecourse railway station, but first we need to know when the station opened and closed. I've done some googling (see Talk:York railway station) but only came up with a few vague reminiscences, and the few railway books that I possess (including one which has details of the dates of Yorkshire station closures - Haxby, Copmanthorpe, etc.) don't help. If all else fails, I could try the local history people at the central library, but I thought I'd try you first. All leads gratefully received. Best. --GuillaumeTell 22:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm - I can't say I've heard of a station there, and none of the rail maps I've looked at show it. It may have just been a horse dock, but I'll cross-post this to WT:UKRAIL to see if anyone else knows anything. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 10:33, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. The images I mentioned above

• 
• 
• 

show the platforms and have a bit of detail about the station - passenger trains stopped there only on race days. --GuillaumeTell 12:11, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank You!

		The Featured Sound Main Page Proposal Voter Barnstar
		I was truly humbled by the overwhelming community support for the recent proposal to place featured sounds on the main page. The proposal closed on Tuesday with 57 people in support and only 2 in opposition. It should take a few weeks for everything to get coded and tested, and once that is done the community will be presented with a mock up to assess on aesthetic appeal. Finally, I invite all of you to participate in the featured sounds process itself. Whether you're a performer, an uploader, or just come across a sound file you find top quality, and that meets the featured sound criteria, you can nominate it at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Featured sounds is also looking for people to help assess candidates (also at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates.) Thanks again for such a strong showing of support, and I hope to see you at featured sounds in the future. Sven Manguard Wha? Adam Cuerden (talk) (X! · talk)

Inform editors of poll

As I have already mentioed on mjroots talk page - see User_talk:Mjroots#Renaming_proposals_-_UK_railways - it's normal to leave messages on the affected talk pages when discussion potential changes.Sf5xeplus (talk) 13:06, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

This is a poll, not a vote, merely trying to determine the general opinion, and not to change anything (yet). As the poll comes after a length discussion to which all interested parties have already contributed, I see little point in wasting my time or other peoples in telling them about something they can read for themselves. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 14:19, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Well it's not clear how they will know it exists unless they are watching the project page - but if you think it's not necessary..Sf5xeplus (talk) 15:23, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Permisssions

Are you planning to get back to User:Chris1834's rollback request? I'm satisfied by the answer, and will grant it if you have no objections. Feezo (send a signal | watch the sky) 21:18, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm neutral - I'm not going to decline it, but I'm still a little uneasy. Maybe a reminder that rollback is for vandalism should be sufficient. Feel free to grant it if you wish. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:49, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I've granted it, with the reminder. I'll keep an eye on how they use it for a while. Cheers, Feezo (send a signal | watch the sky) 21:57, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Why was Torycreek deleted?

Just curious as to why the log says user "Torycreek" was deleted.Torycreek (talk) 17:47, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry - your user talk page (and those of a number of other users) were attacked by a vandal yesterday adding false {{unblock}} requests. Rather than having to edit each one to remove the request, I deleted all the new pages (such as yours) en mass. Deleting your talk page like this does not delete the user, and therefore you are unaffected by this. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Corris No.9

Thanks for referencing the photo, but it is a battery-electric not a diesel. RGCorris (talk) 16:14, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Explaining

When you protect a page, could you explain more? At least in the protection log. It's that you didn't explain for Richard Trevithick. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 22:10, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

My bad - I forgot to set the reason in the drop-down box (though I did state my reasons on the talk page). I tried to add a reason retrospectively, but as I wasn't changing the block itself the software ignored me. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:33, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Blocked user somehow vandalising my userpage

Help! A blocked user vandalized my userpage, and I cant figure out how to use the admin noticeboard. User is User talk:Mariolosers and is supposedly blocked but is still editing. illogicalpie 00:19, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi - looking at that user's contributions and block log, it seems that the vandalism occurred up until 23:20 UTC yesterday, which was the time that the block was imposed. I don't think there's any problem here, but for future reference, the admin's noticeboard is WP:AN, and for immediate problems (i.e. stuff that needs to be acted on urgently), WP:ANI. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:27, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Thomasappleyard

Thomasappleyard (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

• FYI, I ran a trace about the university IP address (User:124.184.179.214, city/place of origin is Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) he claimed was blocked is in fact not afflitiated with any colleges out there in Australia, the hostname is CPE-124-184-179-214.lns17.cht.bigpond.net.au while the ISP is obviously BigPond. Also, Nick-D has stated that Gloriousrevolution (talk · contribs) and Premier (talk · contribs) are highly likely to be the same person(s), my trace of Premier's IP address (User:124.184.224.64, city/place of origin is Mortlake, which is a suburb of Sydney) is also not afflitiated with any college, the hostname is CPE-124-184-224-64.lns11.cht.bigpond.net.au.  Looks like a duck to me --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 12:09, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Now making legal threats, so unlikely to be unblocked anyway. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 08:46, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Template talk:RailGauge

Hi Tivid
Please see Template talk:RailGauge#530 mm - 21 inch and Template talk:RailGauge#Gauges between 1 ft and 2 ft, perhaps you can help. Peter Horn User talk 00:27, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

I've made some changes - see comments I made on the talk page. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 08:41, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Edits on 2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule page

Hello! I'm completely new to Wikipedia so thanks for editing this article. I think I addressed the orphan issue with the page but I'm not sure if I did it correctly and don't want to remove the Orphan box until I know for sure. I basically went to three related articles and added links to the page, two of the pages referred to the rule so I re-worded and provided the link. Does that qualify? Thanks! User:Elsnthesea 19:27, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Looks ok to me - I've removed the tag. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:33, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject UK Railways in the Signpost

WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject UK Railways for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 16:36, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Railgauge

See User:Tivedshambo/railgauge-1, User:Tivedshambo/railgauge-2, User:Tivedshambo/railgauge-3, and User:Tivedshambo/railgauge-4. The ones without any listed are not transcluding the template directly, but are calling another template which transcludes it (e.g., {{VRLocos}}, {{Infobox rail standard gauge}}, ...). Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 05:24, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

That's just what I wanted - many thanks! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 06:07, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your review!

Thank you for your review of Fusakichi Omori. I appreciate the changes you made, because I'm still learning the ins and outs of the format. Unfortunately, I haven't found a wiki lint picker which works on Mac. Do you perhaps know one? Ellin Beltz (talk) 20:33, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I've got to admit I've never used a Mac and don't know much about them. You could ask at WT:AWB if there are any plans to write a version for that machine. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:38, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Response to your moderation

I posted a response to your moderation of my amendment to the Aberystwyth article on my Talk page I'm new to Wikipedia so I'm not sure if you would have seen it or not, so I thought I ought to post it here again.

I don't agree with you reverting my change. I have stated my case in detail on my Talk page and I look forward to your response. Frank poulankh (talk) 10:02, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Looking again at the edit I made, I see that my edit summary was rather bitey and probably inaccurate, for which I apologise. (I don't remember the circumstances in which I made the edit, so can't give you an excuse.) What I should have should have made clearer in my summary, and welcome note to you, is that external links should not generally be used within the body of an article (other than for citations) - see Wikipedia:External links for further details. Your edit added the external link, whereas the other links in the section are internal links to existing Wikipedia articles. If The Lowland Hundred meets the criteria for notability for bands, then feel free to create an article on them, and you can then include it in Aberystwyth as an internal link. Apologies once again, and happy editing! —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 10:49, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I will do as you suggest. I think the Mojo article I posted qualifies the band for an article under #1 on the criteria for notability. Frank poulankh (talk) 14:57, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Looks good to me. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:40, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Page Name Change

Tivedshambo,

Thank you for your comments. I am having an editing problem with wikipedia. I created the page "Christopher Schmidt" and other users have made changes to it so it can not be deleted. I need to simply change the main heading of the page from "Christopher Schmidt" to a new name of "Riley Schmidt" How do I do this? Thank you so much.

Riley Schmidt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schmidtworldwide (talk • contribs) 14:54, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

As the page Riley Schmidt already existed as a redirect, this was a page move that could only be done by administrators. I've now done this, and left Christopher Schmidt as a redirect. Could I ask you please to read the pages WP:COI and WP:SOCK - if you are Riley Schmidt, then you obviously have a strong conflict of interest, and editing this page is strongly discouraged. Also, you seem to be editing from two different accounts, which is not allowed if you use them misleadingly. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 15:32, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

He has already explained this on User talk:Logan as an accident. I think we can assume good faith here, as there is no sock puppetry involved (there has been no pretense that the two accounts are owned by separate people). As there has been no substantive contributions to this page other than by Riley Schmidt himself, I think we can safely delete this as a G7. Catfish Jim & the soapdish 14:26, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

There has been at least one other significant edit by another person, see [38]. Also, I don't think Schmidt wanted the page deleted entirely - I think he wanted the page with the old name deleted, possibly to recreate at the new name (though I'm speculating here). I agree that there was no intention to use the accounts misleadingly, but as some admins can be a bit over-zealous at times, I though a friendly warning was valid.

good eyes

Thanks for this  :) Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

And as I just saw the discussion above my note... Yikes. He's no relation of mine, I have never heard of him, and in looking at his career (the author's probable COI aside), his article looks to be a candiate for deletion as either non-notable or as an unsourced BLP. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:06, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I did wonder if there was a connection at first, but quickly ruled it out :-)  —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 21:10, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Zero-ground

Hi Tivedshambo. Regarding the declined speedy at Zero-ground, I believe the author is actually promoting products or services by the company of the same name: Zero-ground. Best, Meph^talk 06:07, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Whilst the article may be only about one product (which to my inexpert eyes appears to be notable as it is mentioned by multiple independent sources), I don't consider it is blatant advertising. At the revision when I declined the speedy, there was not even a link to the zero-ground.com website - a spammer would have plugged the link first and built an article around it. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 11:03, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

OMG!!!~this wikipedia, really is cool and tricky... I just spent 30 minutes (and the last of my intelectual...writing u a defense letter of the page u saved from speedy deletion... Long story really short now, I am a EE, I have made one wiki page before, and decided to turn my academic paper on our solution to "High frequency ground currents" HFGC into a wikipedia page... It was not hard 2 paraphrase the solution (Using massive quotations form established sources)...

The problem with this is that there is no wikipedia page on HFGC's, which would have a place for all of the alternatives solutions, we proposed in our problem... Being new to wikipedia, I thought (stupidly) "oh ill just make a page that collects OUR ACADEMIC the sources and explains there proprietary technology...(I spent quite some time trying 2 see if it was notable, un-biased... etc. clearly i thought it was acceptable) This page seems to be advertising b/c of the lack of alternative solutions, I believe I mentioned 5 of them in the page, Which not any of them had a page of their own either zero-ground background... This page, I believe when it is investigated by an expert in EE, will be noteworthy and adequate As a solution to the problem of HFGC's... Sorry about the elipses, i dont have any energy left, its sleep time for me... I also disclosed any bias i may have, from when I was a kid, and it was me that made the article (so obviousely that makes me bias, a little)... The sources are ALL valid Z1623752 (talk) 11:44, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Question

Why? Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years 22:37, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Answer

Why not :-) —Optimist on the run (the admin formerly known as Tivedshambo) (talk) 04:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Wilbert Awdry image

Hello there,

I'm the Features Editor of the Church Times (UK) and I would like permission to use your image of The Revd William Awdry and the locomotive on the Wikipedia page, please. We are producing a piece to mark his anniversary. Thank you.

Mal;colm Doney — Preceding unsigned comment added by Church times (talk • contribs) 16:09, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome to use it - see email I sent you.—Optimist on the run (the admin formerly known as Tivedshambo) (talk) 16:21, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Question

So my page got deleted because it was deemed "unimportant". What makes something important. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JaChris91 (talk • contribs) 11:34, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

See WP:Notability (bands).—Optimist on the run (the admin formerly known as Tivedshambo) (talk) 07:57, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

dear sir

dear wikipage,, i've made a page on a celebrity named jonny james but u've deleted it, wud u help me please recreating that page, actually he's gonna be one of the best pop stars. u've deleted the page cuz of references, he's well known on Facebook and Myspace, actually he's a third generation jeffree star :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amrbasha101 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to be a page that I've deleted, but I suggest you read the answer to the comment above. If this person does become a notable pop-star, there will be plenty of people writing about him. If he's only known on Facebook, etc., and not covered in any reliable sources, he's not considered notable I'm afraid.—An  optimist on the run! 20:57, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Rescuing Andy Morgan

Hello, Optimist on the run …

Since you declined my WP:CSD nomination of Andy Morgan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), and I lack the motivation at this moment to put lipstick on a pig, I have flagged it with the WP:FLAG-BIO protocol … also, someone should initiate a dialog with the article's creator if there are going to be any constructive improvements to it. :-)

Happy Editing! — 70.21.24.28 (talk · contribs) _{03:28, 20 July 2011 (UTC)}

Seems reasonable. I don't know if the article is a "keeper" or not, but I didn't feel it met the strict criteria of WP:CSD#G7, as there was some evidence of notability.—An  optimist on the run! 12:27, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

excel beats article

im looking to create an article for the music producer/artist Excel Beats .. when i began to do so an error message popped up because apparently someone previously tried to create this article. Please help Thank You

Brian W. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flavawood (talk • contribs) 04:02, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

What error are you getting? You seem to have created Excelbeats without problem, though I see it's up for deletion.—An  optimist on the run! 07:16, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Rollbacker

Thank you for granting me rollbacker rights. I hope to become admin someday, and this was the first step. Thanks again and happy editing! pluma Ø 16:14, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

PS: How do you get the "This user has rollbacker rights on the English Wikipedia" userbox? pluma Ø 16:18, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

I don't know - if you look at my user page you'll see I don't use them! I suggest finding someone who does and copy theirs.—An  optimist on the run! 21:56, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Vale of Rheidol Railway

Hi there,

Would you be able to look over the Vale of Rheidol Railway page at some point as it could do with updating. I'm very impressed with your efforts on the Talyllyn Railway article.  Willsmith3  _(Talk) 19:58, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Ideally I'd like to get all the Welsh narrow-gauge articles up to FA standard. Whilst I'm dreaming, I'd also like world peace and to win the lottery! Seriously, I don't have a lot of time to work on Wikipedia at the moment, and what I do do is mainly administrative. Can I suggest making a request at WT:UKT instead?—An  optimist on the run! 20:03, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Woodhead electric railway.png

A tag has been placed on File:Woodhead electric railway.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:17, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Why tell me? It's not one of my images.—An  optimist on the run! 17:22, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

See below.—An  optimist on the run! 08:16, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Welshhighrailmap.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Welshhighrailmap.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:50, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

I see why you've tagged these now. No objection, though it seems to be a change in the criteria of CSD F2. I'll raise the point on WT:CSD.—An  optimist on the run! 08:16, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WRJames

Template:WRJames has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. U-Mos (talk) 17:33, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Permission request

Hello

I would like permission, please, to use your photograph of Rev Awdry with the train Peter Sam to accompany an article about Rev Awdry we have going in our December issue of Best of British.

Please reply to <address removed>

Thank you.

Caroline Chadderton Editor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.136.137.254 (talk) 08:30, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

No problem - I'll be in touch.—An  optimist on the run! 09:14, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

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Corris No.5

Visited the Talyllyn in 1983 and in 1990. Details can be found in John Bate's "Chronicles of Pendre Sidings". RGCorris (talk) 11:45, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - citation added.—An  optimist on the run! 15:28, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

The User Benjamin9832 asked for his page to be blanked to cover up the fact that he has been warned not to engage in edit-warring

User:Benjamin9832 recently removed a comment I placed that warned him not to engage in provocative edit-warring behaviour and then asked you for permission to blank his page to remove all evidence of such a warning and previous evidence of edit warring. He did not argue with me, but he did create a confrontational atmosphere on the Fascism article, taunting a user he is antagonistic to, User:Bryonmorrigan, to revert an edit and thereby break a 3 revert rule and be potentially banned from Wikipedia. This is the confrontational taunting statement from Benjamin9832: "Here is a real reference for you :-) Go ahead, revert and get reported Both Benjamin9832". This user and Bryonmorrigon have engaged in confrontational, ad hominem behaviour towards each other and other users - both should receive a warning about their edit-warring.--R-41 (talk) 02:45, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:User pages#Removal of comments, notices, and warnings. It is quite acceptable to blank your user talk page, subject to certain conditions that don't apply here. The warnings are still in the page history (which is why such pages aren't generally deleted). An optimist on the run! 06:44, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Unblock?

You accepted my unblock request. But I have to say that leaving the genre blank in a new infobox as one of the unblock conditions that you gave me isn't fair, because if I did do it anyway, I wouldn't change the genre that I inserted. My second thing that I wanted to say is that I blanked my sandbox page. AND IT HAD GENRES IN IT. But the reason why I blanked it wasn't because I wanted to change the genre. It was because I DIDN'T WANT THE PAGE ANYMORE. So does that second thing count as not following conditions that you gave me? Ian Streeter (talk) 20:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Common sense applies here - no-one's going to block you for clearing out your own sandbox. But overall, you're safest by ignoring genres altogether. Yes, you may feel they're wrong, and there are things I've disputed in the past and didn't get the "right" answer, but we just have to accept that Wikipedia isn't perfect. At the end of the day, it's not worth arguing about, let alone getting blocked for. Try finding a completely different subject that interests you to edit. An optimist on the run! 21:27, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

But if I insert a new genre for a new infobox, I WILL NOT CHANGE IT. It's not really about changing genres. It's about adding a new genre and then not changing it. Ian Streeter (talk) 21:35, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

I deliberately set tough limits in order to protect you from any future criticism or arguments, e.g. about whether you chose the right genre for a new article/infobox or not. Trust me - one line in a box is not worth losing sleep over. An optimist on the run! 21:45, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

By the way, if you want your sandbox deleting (instead of just blanking), let me know, or you can tag it with {{db-user}}. An optimist on the run! 21:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Isn't it okay if I only insert genres for a new infobox and nothing else? Because even I don't think it's fair that I don't get to do it. Ian Streeter (talk) 00:04, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

As I stated above, you should avoid the topic altogether. This is a condition of your unblocking, which you accepted at the time. An optimist on the run! 12:50, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Can't I just DO IT? Because SERIOUSLY. I WOULDN'T CHANGE THE GENRE AFTER I INSERTED IT. Ian Streeter (talk) 21:09, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

No. You are getting tedious - please consider this conversation at an end. Further comments will be removed. An optimist on the run! 21:13, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Corris loco photo query

The photo is probably Corris loco No.1, as it has the higher and flatter cab carried by that loco. The scene is at the original Machynlleth Station. The date is wrong; it is probably in the 1890s, as the two carriages shown did not exist in that form before 1890 and the loco driver, Richard Pattison, joined the staff in 1886. RGCorris (talk) 12:43, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the info - I've put a request up to get it renamed to remove the year. An optimist on the run! 23:23, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Mehran's Reuest for rollback

Over here Salvio is considering Mehran for rollback but wants community input as well as your since you were the one who denied the request so I though I'd inform you. --Kangaroopowah 18:14, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Request of Block

There is an IP Adress on wikipedia that continuously is blanking pages and vandalizing (especially airport pages). I really need you to block him because he won't stop. The IP address is... 72.230.135.24 (talk). Thanks so much! Cali4529 (talk) 00:34, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

They haven't had sufficient warnings to justify a block at the moment, but I'll keep an eye on them. In future, you'll get a far quicker response by reporting vandalism at WP:AIV. — An optimist on the run! 05:41, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

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My fault - I meant to check for dabs, but got distracted. Now fixed. — An optimist on the run! 10:49, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

"On this day" section of the Main Page

Hello! Today is Gaudete Sunday in Western Christianity. Please add this to the main page immediately. Thanks! 24.165.221.155 (talk) 18:41, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

For future reference, please direct such requests to Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries.An optimist on the run! 10:43, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Deleted image

Zoe8.jpg was removed in error - unambiguous CC BY SA licensed image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill-jones/6500209975/in/photostream RE-uploading shortly. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Underbelly02 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

The image has been declared to be a copyvio, and therefore should not be reuploaded. An optimist on the run! 10:43, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Declared in error. Am trying to get the image re-instated - you deleted a perfectly fine CC licensed image -- licensed by its author (not myself) no less, who now has to deal with needless permissions email hassle w wikipedia because of your utter inability to discern a violation from a non-violation. Very irritating. User:Underbelly02 —Preceding undated comment added 21:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC).

As I have stated before, I was not involved with the deletion debate. Please stop taking it out on me. This conversation may be considered terminated.  An optimist on the run! 21:40, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Name change

I saw a comment of yours at Talk:Main Page, clicked to your user page, and then couldn't figure out why I didn't recognize the name of admin. I hadn't realized you'd been renamed (in May, no less). I like the new name quite a bit. :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 18:00, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - despite having used it for several years, I was never that keen on Tivedshambo. The new name was a toss-up between Optimist on the run and Voice of Clam.  An optimist on the run! 08:13, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

What's wrong with talking seafood? Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 18:00, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

It might get attacked by the penguin...  An optimist on the run! 18:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Holgate Windmill

Hope you get some decent weather for a photo. Any up-to-date photo showing the mill with all five sails on should go in the infobox. Have a good xmas! Mjroots (talk) 19:13, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Undeletion

do you have the original post of Triple Six Gun Squad, it was basically a satire and i didnt think it would be taken off so quickly i wanted to show my friend — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hp4lyfe (talk • contribs) 19:45, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

This is a serious encyclopaedia, not a place where you can show off satire to your friends. I suggest you try a social networking site for that.  An optimist on the run! 21:45, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

2012

Rev Del

Hi. Could you please rev del these set of revisions? They contain phone numbers. — Abhishek  ^Talk 14:46, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done  An optimist on the run! 14:48, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but sorry there's more: [39], [40], [41]. — Abhishek  ^Talk 14:54, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm a little busy at the moment - try WP:ANI.  An optimist on the run! 14:58, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Per ticket:2012010310012975, I removed the revisions. Regards, AGK [•] 22:44, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Re:Template:Vandalism-high-risk

Re:Template:Vandalism-high-risk

I thought that it may pass as "disclaimers in articles" Bulwersator (talk) 08:08, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

No more so than the many maintenance templates that clutter articles. I'm inclined to feel it's not necessary, but I don't think it's a candidate for speedy deletion. Sorry.  An optimist on the run! 08:15, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of Sahi Software

Hi Optimist, A page on Sahi_Software was deleted a few days back. It was marked as a dead OS project. Sahi is a very alive project and a fairly popular tool for web application testing. Would you please undelete the page? Or let me know if I can do anything to convince you? Thanks, Narayan Narayan Raman (talk) 05:48, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done as a contested proposed deletion.  An optimist on the run! 06:27, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

It's non-notable though. No coverage. No reference period. Marking for deletion. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:29, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

You're probably right, but per WP:DEPROD, I didn't really have a choice.  An optimist on the run! 06:33, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Category:Robot

Hi

Can you tell me why the category was deleted please? I cannot find any deletion discussion, though I am sure there would probably have been one ;¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 03:36, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

It was created by Danim (talk · contribs) on 30 October last year, and tagged it for deletion as {{db-self}} (WP:CSD#G7) a few days later. You can recreate it if you feel it's necessary, but it's probably redundant to category:robots. See deletion log.  An optimist on the run! 05:57, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the info - if I need to follow up I will contact Danim :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 20:11, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Re File:Moulin de Maintenay - 2011-06-23.jpg and User:Bulwersator/Echo/Images/Rivers

Is it watermill on Authie? (see de:Authie (Fluss)) Bulwersator (talk) 08:01, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Looks like it - go to [42] and zoom out. I wasn't aware of which river it was at the time, I just happened to see the view when I was cycling past and thought it worth stopping for.  An optimist on the run! 08:08, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the Barnstar. I've actually been a bit lazy this last month, but I have been fairly keen over the last year to get some content into the Staffordshire, Shropshire and West Midlands entries - particularly for the more interesting settlements with long histories and ecclesiastical importance. So I have spent quite a bit of time on Penkridge, Brewood, Badger, St Peter's (Wolverhampton), etc. Hoping to do something for Tettenhall, Claverley, some aspects of Stafford, perhaps Gnossall, soon. Thanks again. Sjwells53 (talk) 10:08, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Corris Van 6

Hi there!

Just seen your latest picture of the Corris van 6 on the Talyllyn - As it happens I was the Guard of that train - wish I'd known you were on it!

 Willsmith3  _(Talk) 17:27, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah - you probably clipped our tickets! These two photos were taken of the same train. You're probably in a couple of other photos I took of it - email me, and I'll email them to you if you're interested.  An optimist on the run! 22:55, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Undelete

Can you please undelete User:Ctjf83/Iowa? Thanks, CTJF83 22:51, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Looks like someone already has.  An optimist on the run! 06:01, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Alt account permissions

Hi Optimist, I was looking at various account permissions (here) and noticed you'd granted all but sysop rights to your non-secure account Pek the Penguin. Are all these necessary? In particular, (IPBE + account creator) and edit filter manager seem problematic, as Pek the Penguin seems by definition to be for use when you can't be sure your password won't be sniffed. Could you think about removing account creator and edit filter manager? Regards! Franamax (talk) 21:49, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. I rarely use account creator and edit filter on my main account, let alone Pek, so I’ve removed these. I added IPBE as it’s more likely I’ll be using Pek from an unsecured network, e.g. hotel wifi etc, which is more likely to already be IP blocked. The notice on User:Pek the Penguin is there to make sure the account is blocked if it is compromised, so even if it is used to circumvent an IP block, it shouldn’t do much damage.  An optimist on the run! 17:15, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Article Dr. Mahanambrata Brahmachari

Hello Optimist on the run, this editor User:JAGADBANDHU has moved it's own user and talk page to article Dr. Mahanambrata Brahmachari. This is fairly a new account created over 2 weeks back. The article fails Wikipedia:Notability (people), also has no sources and references and there seems to be a possible Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. I therefore request you to take appropriate action as soon as possible. Thank you. TheGeneralUser (talk) 13:52, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I had already tagged the article for speedy deletion before. It has been deleted now :). TheGeneralUser (talk) 13:56, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Ok. I don't think there's a case for taking action against the user at this stage.  An optimist on the run! 15:51, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I wasn't asking for any action against the user, i was actually requesting for the page to be speedily deleted. The matter has been solved. TheGeneralUser (talk) 09:52, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For all your hard work on Wikipedia :). TheGeneralUser (talk) 13:13, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Mark Ivan Morales

Under John Zungaroo Campbell there is a link to Mark Morales, great grandson of John. The link then takes you to the WRONG Mark Morales.

The correct entity is: Mark Ivan Morales who appeared in numerous Broadway shows including "SUNSET BOULEVARD" <ref The Really Useful Company> with Glenn Close with cast album of the same, and "CATS" <ref The Really Useful Company>. Mr. Morales also worked with the great Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins in the 1980 revival of "West Side Story" at the Minskoff Theater - also on Broadway. Movie credits include, "In The Line of Fire, Deadly Revenge", and "Crackers" <ref IMDb>. Television credits include recurring roles in "As The World Turns" and "One Life To Live", "Divorce Court", and "Cop Rock".

Please make the proper correction so the link from John Zungaroo Campbell reads Mark Ivan Morales and the corrected link takes you to the above.

Thanks so much for your time! Mark Ivan Morales — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcomarcoco (talk • contribs) 15:06, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Can you provide me with full url links for the references please?  An optimist on the run! 16:05, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

chaser brand deletion

hi,

I created the page Chaser Brand which was just deleted by you, as was my user account. I did not intend it to be an advertisement, I was intending it to be an information page on the company, a la "apple store" or "the gap". I guess I published too soon? I literally cut and paste the bio from our web site and was writing our history and other sections when I received the email saying it was deleted. I do not want to upset the wiki-mojo Gods in anyway, so how do I get in your good graces so that I can publish an information page on our company?

thanks for your time and apologies.

Phil — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaserbrand (talk • contribs) 23:58, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Your first article.  An optimist on the run! 00:04, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary

Wishing Optimist on the run a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 10:21, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool

Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:27, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

It's not something I use I'm afraid - I've removed the right.  An optimist on the run! 20:35, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Corris Railway - closeness to Talyllyn and Cadair Idris cf Talyllyn Railway

As the crow flies, Corris Station is nearer to Pen-y-Gadair (the peak of Cadair Idris) than Abergynolwyn Station is, and also to the nearest point of Talyllyn Lake. The only part of these attractions that is closer to Abergynolwyn than Corris is the Pen-y-Bont Hotel at the south-west end of the Lake. RGCorris (talk) 16:37, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

You may well be right, I haven't measured it. Please note it wasn't me who claimed the TR was closer - I simply fixed the grammar.  An optimist on the run! 17:13, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the speedy delete.

VanIsaac_WS^contribs 01:06, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:Japanese era

Some years back, you were the last person to successfully adjust the list of eras here, and my recent attempt to make what seemed a simple change resulted in pain from naivete. Would you be able and willing to take a peek and apply some clue to my head? The changes that I made (visible in history) throw an expression error when transcluded indirectly from 1577. The error was something like an operand error, and mentioned "年", which I presume is coming through via Template:Year in other calendars/Japanese. I had assumed that the last table was just a fixup converting article names into display names, but ... is there somewhere else that needs a change at the same time? Did I blow a white space issue? Enquiring minds wanna know.  :) --joe decker^{talk to me} 21:20, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

I don't see any immediate reason why it shouldn't work - what faults is it giving? If you can't fix it, I suggest trying the Village Pump for advice.  An optimist on the run! 21:33, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you kindly for the check. I just figured it out, I didn't need to know I needed a corresponding change at Template:Nengo. *Forehead* Ah well. Have a great week! --joe decker^{talk to me} 23:53, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thanks for your contributions. SwisterTwister talk 20:40, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks :-)

Question about sosick.org

I am doing some research about SARS and found a reference to Wikipedia page about sosick.org. It seems you deleted the page. I am not a wikipedian & do not know the process for this action, nor am I here to criticize.

I wonder how I can learn the reason for the socick.org page's deletion, could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.75.62.40 (talk) 05:06, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

It was deleted as it consisted solely of the line "this is a page which updated the residents in hong kong what was happening. It is a very informative website which was very informative", and was therefore tagged for speedy deletion under criteria A7, as it did not indicate how the subject was important.  An optimist on the run! 05:39, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Fiat Tagliero building / Eritrea

Greetings:

We are interested in your photo of the Fiat Tagliero building to accompany information about gas prices in Eritrea. You had requested that contact be made before we proceeded to do this. If you have other requirements, about crediting or otherwise, please let me know.

The Christian Science Monitor is a daily international news organization and nonprofit media entity publishing news daily on the Internet in a web-first format, in a weekly magazine, and in a daily .pdf digest. It is read by many business and government leaders as well as a global audience. Many thanks for considering this.

Sincerely,

Leigh Montgomery — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.203.116.65 (talk) 19:34, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi - thanks for the request. You may use it for any purpose, provided it is shown as CC-BY-SA and attributed to me - if you use it on the web the easiest way is simply to link the photo back to the source on Commons.  An optimist on the run! 21:31, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Frank Natale's page

Your own body is a constantly evolving dance...

The article that was posted was a summary/biography of Frank Natale who was a well documented visionnary and great contributor to this world... with cited sources and referals to several sites talking about him including the Franknatale.com website... I had discussed directly with him about creating a wikipedia page... Now that he has passed away, Please re-instate, and contribute rather than eliminate important history...

Thanks in advance,

I wish you a life full of Dance and dances full of Life...

Pierre Mathieu — Preceding unsigned comment added by Biopierre (talk • contribs) 12:22, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

I deleted it as it was a clear copyright violation of this page. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. If you want to rewrite the article, please do so in your own words rather than breaching other people's copyright.  An optimist on the run! 13:15, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

2012 Miami cannibalism incident

Hi - I think you were trying to edit this page whilst I swapped them over as per the talk page request. Your edit may have been lost - sorry about that. If it was a significant change, let me know, and I'll see if I can recover it.  An optimist on the run! 05:49, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for the notice. Thanks also for tending to the rename of that page. My edit was very minor, and it was indeed lost in the process. That's OK. I later went in and fixed it. Thanks again! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:19, 1 June 2012 (UTC))

ahanl14

hi it has come to my attention that you reported my page as unsuitable.. can i just say that i recieved permission from each person listed and the acticle is actually a mock-history of myself for the enjoyment of my friends and I. i would greatly appreciate if you were to withdraw your complaint as it does not fufill satisfactorly the reason given for it's delete your truly anastasia hanley-davison — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahanl14 (talk • contribs) 11:27, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a serious encyclopedia, not a place for you to amuse yourself and your friends with insulting mock articles.  An optimist on the run! 12:06, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Deleted article "Persian Toon"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Toon says that you deleted the article. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Persian-Toon/284428284967846 with 1,400 likes refers to this article. I would just like to know what stood in the article since all information I can get about it in the web are in Persian. How can I find the text of the deleted article? --88.78.119.6 (talk) 19:36, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

I've restored Persian Toon as a Contested Prod. However, the notability is still doubtful, and it may still go to AFD. See also my comments in the next section.  An optimist on the run! 09:15, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Myth of Soma MMO page deletion.

You pushed this article for deletion and the article was deleted. Myth of Soma is an MMO which now only exists in China as the EU/NA counterpart has ceased to exist. As far as I know this is still suitable grounds for an article, especially for an MMO which has circulated the internet for around 10 years. For the EU/NA counterpart only fansites still exist, and those are few and far between.

Finally, you stated the page felt more like an 'advertisement'. While I can appreciate how you yourself feel it sounds, this was not the case. It was written purely from memory and personal experience, which most of the MMO articles on Wikipedia are - and even those may be seen as purely advertising also. I suggest reverting of the articles deletion.

As for 'could not find suitable information' (apologies if this is not your exact quote on the deletion page) I refer you to:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?sugexp=chrome,mod=14&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Myth+of+Soma http://web.archive.org/web/20040707082129/http://www.mythofsoma.net/

And there are many more resources for information. I'd also like to point you to the articles at Game Network and Legend of Mir which are pages which are linked to the Myth of Soma page - Game Network being the publisher and Legend of Mir being another game published alongside it, both games featured a weekly television show with hosts during the games lifespan.

And my final note, just because you don't know about/have played/haven't watched something, does not mean it does not necessarily exist or warrant an article. Sephz0r (talk) 22:30, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

I've restored Myth of Soma as a Contested Prod. However, the notability is still doubtful, and it may still go to AFD. Please note that I did not "push this article" for deletion; it was nominated by User:MuZemike. I deleted the article as the PROD had remained uncontested for seven days.  An optimist on the run! 09:18, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Removal of Rollback

Hi Optimist. Earlier last year you granted me rollback rights, however I would now like to voluntarily give up the tool so that I can focus on content creation. Thanks. -Cntras (talk) 02:36, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi

How do I make an article so does not get deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antboy450 (talk • contribs) 13:22, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

See WP:Your first article (though I'm puzzled as to why you're asking, as the only articles of yours I deleted were ones you tagged for speedy deletion yourself).  An optimist on the run! 15:58, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

creating the last deleted article

I want to create an article (named Gunvant Thakor) (with same information) which Wikipedia deleted last time so what can I do to create this article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiggythakor (talk • contribs) 14:29, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Please do not recreate the article with the same content, otherwise it will only be deleted again, and repeated attempts to restore the article may lead to sanctions being taken against your account. As explained on your talk page, the reason for its deletion is that it was the biography of a living person without any reliable sources. See Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people for further information. If you can find some reliable sources (which must be independent of the subject), you are welcome to try writing a new article on the subject. You may find the article wizard a better way of creating your article.  An optimist on the run! 16:25, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar thanks

I'm glad you appreciated it - thanks for the bauble, which I shall hang with pride on my Christmas tree this year. Best wishes, Bencherlite^Talk 07:13, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Well done for adding the last photograph of a station in Wales

Thanks for adding the photograph of Garth (Bridgend) railway station. Edward (talk) 08:14, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem - I was in the area yesterday, so thought I'd take a trip out to get this one! Optimist on the run (talk) 09:40, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Rollback approval

Thanks for granting me access to the rollback feature, I didn't have to wait long before I could try it out, thanks to users like Human614, who you just gave the boot to. Keep up the good work, and thanks again! -- Patchy1 12:27, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

bug in Coord template

Please look at this bug report. Thanks, —Stepheng3 (talk) 06:11, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

TheGeneralUser (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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2013

AWB Citation editing

Hi. Your AWB editing at [43] italicized various website names in the citations. As far as I know, website names should not be in italics, so please do not italicize them. --Odie5533 (talk) 03:04, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi - that page uses the parameter |work = foo, which is italiced by default (see Template:Cite web#Examples). Consider using the publisher parameter instead.  An optimist on the run! 07:40, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

It is italicized by default, but if you then put the site name in italics in the parameter it will render without italics. In many cases the publisher is not the same as the work, so I don't think it should go in the publisher parameter. --Odie5533 (talk) 07:52, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

How you use the template is up to you, but AWB will strip the italic quotes away by default. I'll try to skip this page if I run over it again before it hits the main page, but bear in mind that other people using AWB may do the same thing.  An optimist on the run! 07:55, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey Optimist on the run. Thanks for the check over the Kachin Conflict page but your edits also deleted some important information that I had found and wanted to keep there (e.g. that the Arakan Army is also an armed group fighting there, and that the U.S. dept. of state and the UN have commented on the use of airstrikes there). Also some of the sources from the reference section were also lost in your cleaning so I've just undone everything and I'll go back now and make the spelling changes and things like that that you added. Thanks for run by! Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hazelmelba2 (talk • contribs) 08:20, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't see that the edit in question (before/after) removed any information from the article. It merely cleaned up a duplicate ref, fixed a spelling error and cleaned up a couple of minor spacing errors.  An optimist on the run! 08:55, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Belated Happy New Year with a Toast!

	Here's a toast to the host Of those who edit wiki near and far, To a friend we send a message, "keep the data up to par". We drink to those who wrote a lot of prose, And then they whacked a vandal several dozen blows. A toast to the host of those who boast, the Wikipedians! - From {{subst:TheGeneralUser}}

~TheGeneralUser (talk) has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!

Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding {{WikiScotch}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Message received at ~~~~~

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Thanks

Cheers for fixing that! Yunshui 雲‍水 11:22, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

No problem!  An optimist on the run! 11:29, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you and...

Thanks for your explanation of DMY versus MDY. The only problem is, the pages I worked on back when I started got tagged "Needs to be Day Month Year" even though the articles I started on were within the U.S. I wrote the editor who changed dates in the article and they sent me to the page about dates, saying that the top format is preferred (e.g. "9 September 2011"). So, with that as direction, I have been doing it that way for nearly seven years. Yesterday was the first time ever that anyone said the opposite and/or reverted my work to the opposite. I'm astonished because I have watched dozens of editors (and bots) change MDY dates to DMY over last seven years, this is the first one to go back the other way. In this part of the U.S. DMY format is standard. I do not know about the rest of the U.S. or some old manual of style, but the local articles are for the most part done with DMY. If a date is putting MDY some bot or European editor goes through and changes them or tags "needs DMY" and leaves. This bothers me because I really don't want to see endless date fiddling for no reason other than some U.S. chauvinism on an old school date format. I would feel the same way if someone were arguing that all U.S. articles should have inches, feet, pints, gallons, ounces, pounds, rods or chains instead of metric measure - or worse, that they always had to appear first in the "convert" template! That would be hopelessly old fashioned! Thank you for letting me know, now I'm feeling frustrated again about Wiki and that people will be wasting hours of effort piddling around with the order of dates and extra commas, potentially creating typographical errors in facts, instead of cooperatively working on more substantive aspects of the project. Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:12, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Going back (Adminstats)

Remember your request to have me disable the block to non-admin accounts on TParis' talk page. There is now a work around to restoring adminstats to your alternate account. Simply give it the account creator flag and Cyberbot I will re-enable adminstats for that account. A recent change has now allowed me to add the accountcreator group to the task for the ACCers, such as myself, who wish to keep track, on wiki, of how many accounts they created, which is allowed per bot policy.—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 03:51, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Good idea! Thanks for the suggestion.  An optimist on the run! 07:44, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Please bear with me as I try to fix this. For some reason, your alternate account isn't updating and I noticed a few other's too.—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 13:39, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

And somehow I just broke the entire script. :P—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 13:41, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry - I realised you were working on it when Pek's user creations shot up by ten million! I've taken the stats off my use page for the time being, but you can still see them at User:Optimist on the run/stats. Thanks for trying to fix it.  An optimist on the run! 13:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Since I have to go somewhere, and because willow won't let me kill the task, I have temporarily disabled adminstats before it starts going about blanking pages. The script should be fixed now, but I won't run it until I have time to supervise it. :P—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 13:48, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia Error

I was just wondering if I was the only one facing the problem of Wikimedia Error when editing WCML South. Also on that note, do you know of any icons that can simplify many of the Bakerloo features? I love the limitations of RDT. Simply south...... catching SNOWballs for just 6 years 15:46, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't think that works as it looks like the Bakerloo is in tunnel under the Watford DC which is not what happens. I wonder if this should work better. Simply south...... catching SNOWballs for just 6 years 20:47, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Kensal Green North Shed Queen's Park Bakerloo Line Kilburn High Road South Hampstead Chiltern Main Line North London Line File:BSicon vSTRe.svg Watford DC Line (right) Chalk Farm Camden Chalk Farm London Euston Euston tube station, Northern Line and Victoria Line

That might do, though I'll see if there's a way of getting rid of the double dog-leg south of Kensal Green. An optimist on the run!   20:54, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

The dog leg is because there is no horizontal mixed traffic junctions. Simply south...... catching SNOWballs for just 6 years 21:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

I've used a bit of overlay magic on it. An optimist on the run!   21:33, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Regarding opting out wikilove messages

Hello there, I see you asked in the wikilove talk page if there is any way to opt out to these kind of messages, based on your question I've created this {{Template:NoWikiLove}}. Regards Eduemoni^↑talk↓ 06:54, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Nice idea, but unfortunately these "header" type notices hide my links in classic skin. Thanks anyway. An optimist on the run!   08:34, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

I can add parametrization in which you determine the margin or the position of it, if you want me to do so, just leave a message here. Regards Eduemoni^↑talk↓ 15:27, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

To be honest, I don't think I'm likely to use it. It's only a request, rather than a method of blocking out messages, and my fears that it would turn my user pages into a sea of "likes" seems to have been unfounded anyway. Or maybe it's simply that nobody loves me ;-) An optimist on the run!   15:40, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Just a comment, if you say that nobody loves you, then nobody is actually going to love you. Regards Eduemoni^↑talk↓ 03:10, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

You're quite right. Comment redacted per WP:NSA. An optimist on the run!   06:47, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Guy Macon

Hi Optimist. After you posted on my talk page this morning, I replied to you and assumed the matter was put to rest. But then, amazingly, instead of just moving on, Guy Macon inexplicably came to my talk page and posted this harrassing comment and edit summary. I then replied, explained that I saw no reason to pursue the matter any more, and asked him politely to "please not post on my talk page again".

However, I just discovered that he ignored my request by using the guise of striking his prior comments so that he could post this harassing edit summary. I of course reverted it. I'm sure he will say something to the effect of "Well, I didn't actually post on his talk page; I just struck my comments".

So he reported me for my WP:SHOUT-based removal of his bolding, you took care of it by posting a note to me, I replied by telling you that "I will be more delicate in handling comments that I feel are shouted or uncivil", and that should have been the end of the matter. Yet he chose, not once, but two times after you and I resolved the matter, to come to my talk page and post his mocking comments and edit summaries. There's no doubt in my mind that his purpose in doing this was so that his two condescending edit summaries would appear on my talk page's revision history page for others to always see.

Also, please note that he posted this message in the AN/I thread two minutes after posting his second message on my talk page.

I feel that his actions are a clear violation of the harassment policy, which says that "trying to display material the user may find annoying or embarrassing in their user space is a common form of harassment" and that the "policy is aimed to protect victims of genuine harassment which is meant to cause distress to the user, such as repeated and unwanted correspondence or postings".

I think you'll agree that he should never have come to my talk page in the first place (after you had already handled the matter), and especially not the second time after I asked him nicely to stay away. Obviously, he wanted to cause me distress. Apparently, his filing a report at AN/I and then you talking to me about it wasn't good enough for him. He had to come to my talk page and unnecessarily provoke me instead of just moving on and leaving it in your hands. Based on all this, I would respectfully ask that you please issue some sort of sanction to him for this harassment violation, and make it clear to him that he is not to come to my talk page again. I would also ask if you could please delete his two comments from my talk page's revision history. Thank you. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 21:48, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Raised at ANI, as I'm too tired to look at it tonight. An optimist on the run!   23:11, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Denbigh Hall railway station

Hello! Your submission of Denbigh Hall railway station at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 01:58, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

During the article you said there were no other images available of Denbigh Hall of that time. Well, I have found one and also someone on Flickr has a modern image. I don't know about the copyright though. Flickr and National Railway Museum. 13:22, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi - thanks for finding that old image. When I've got a bit more time I may upload it as it'll obviously be PD-old. I'm hoping to get down there, hopefully next Saturday, as I've been wanting to visit Bletchley Park for some time, so I can kill two birds with one stone. As far as the article goes, I think the final paragraph is correct: whilst there are contemporary images of the bridge, I doubt there are any of the station itself. An optimist on the run!   18:30, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

As for the DYK, I've added a suggestion and Ning-ning has made two others (moved from UKRAIL). Simply south...... catching SNOWballs for just 6 years 19:08, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Golf

Just a note, as I don't consider it worth reverting. Oxford and Dictionary.com both give a verb form as well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:31, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

I must admit I looked it up in Wiktionary after I'd changed it in case it was an obscure form (or is it American usage?) - you're right. I've never heard it in that context before though, and it just looked wrong to me. An optimist on the run!   06:38, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

• Possibly American, which would mean "play golf" is better for the main page. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:46, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

• That seems correct. Nobody would argue the accuracy of play golf (although, personally I'd never use it). I tend to say I will golf, I am/was golfing, I golfed yesterday, do you want to go golfing?, etc. Ryan Vesey 07:03, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

The article itself says Sark was not large enough for a golf course - this seems to be the least ambiguous/Engvar way of phrasing it. An optimist on the run!   07:11, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

• That would be fine, I think. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:23, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Denbigh Hall railway station

The DYK project (nominate) 08:07, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Notability

I think you are missing what notability actually is. A notable subject will always be notable, short stub or FA length article. Notability is decided by sources which exist beyond articles and "now meets criteria" isn't true, it always met criteria but it hadn't been expanded. Just you haven't the experience as a researcher to look beyond articles as they are at the time and what could be added to them with sources. A kind word of advice, if you come across an article which you think is questionable always look in google books. Ask the editor to expand it or try expanding it yourself using sources you find.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:28, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I didn't say the article wasn't notable - I said there was no evidence of notability. For some classes of article, this would have met speedy deletion criteria - though not for films, which is why I added a PROD instead. Normally this would have gone one of two ways - either an attempt to improve the article, or Wikipedia would have been rid of a worse-that-useless (IMO) one-liner stub. As it was, your de-prodding, with only the vague explanation "I don't do PRODS" and no evidence that you intended to improve the article, left me with no option but to take it to AFD. An optimist on the run!   20:40, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

In that case you've made an error of judgement, we don't delete notable articles. That the article is lacking when sources exist is not a valid deletion rationale. If you want an editor to expand it, if you showed them some respect and simply asked if they could try to expand it you might not have wasted your time with prods and AFDs.I knew what the result would be as soon as I saw your prod.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:48, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I stand by what I said above - as the article stood at the time I came across it [44], there was not the slightest hint of evidence that the film was important in any way. You stated in the AfD that it was by a notable producer, yet this was not mentioned in the article. If it's important, why didn't you mention it when you created the article? Why do you expect other editors to run round finding sources for your articles? Try hitting random article a few times (which is how I found this article) - you'll find that Wikipedia has too many one-line articles that are little more than definitions. I'm not a deletionist, but I don't believe these give a good impression of Wikipedia to an average reader. Better (in my opinion again) to delete them, preferably uncontroversially as a prod, and if necessary recreated by an editor who's willing to make a bit more effort in creating the article in the first place. I've found from experience that too often requests to expand or clean-up an article just fall on deaf ears. I apologise if that doesn't apply to you, but you must admit a quick prod in the back (pun fully intended) had the desired affect. I appreciate you have a different opinion to me, but please allow me to have mine. An optimist on the run!   21:06, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I agree, all should be expanded into fuller articles, but I don't think short stubs are the biggest content sin. Worse to me are those long bloated ones with no sources and haphazard poorly written material making them unreadable. At least short stubs are clean and ready for anybody to be expanded. Let's face it, most wikipedia articles are inadequate!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:42, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

National Rail stations without a photograph

Thanks for all your work on adding photographs to station articles. You finished it. Well done! Edward (talk) 06:54, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

In fairness, it was a joint effort between myself and Signalhead, as he got Priesthill & Darnley, and therefore deserves his share of the credit. It was that log that prompted me to go out and get the last one. An optimist on the run!   07:31, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Hobbit

I'm assuming your merge request on Hobbit was a joke right? GimliDotNet ^{(Speak to me,Stuff I've done)} 08:27, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Given the date, what did you think it was? I appreciate you might not have a sense of humour, but did you have to spoil everyone else's enjoyment of it? An optimist on the run!   20:15, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

A pie for you!

Just a thank you after my grumblings and the effort you have made with the usage templates. Simply south...... eating shoes for just 7 years 17:18, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Tasty! Thanks :-)  An optimist on the run!   18:34, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Skins

You may find this of interest. DS (talk) 21:35, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

... the fixes aren't complete yet. Still tinkering and adjusting; I honestly hadn't considered that particular detail. Let me check. DS (talk) 13:39, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Adminstats

Yea. Sorry I was updating Peachy and inadvertently restored my bot to an old state. I fixed It now. Adminstats will continue to function for you alt account.—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 20:33, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Fixed the template issue. I saw this when you were tinkering around with your stats.—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 11:27, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks - I could see something was wrong somewhere, but couldn't trace it. An optimist on the run!   11:36, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Yea. I don't know why the template decided to break all of a sudden like that. Nothing changed but it consumed the leading whitespaces just before the template.

Retiring?

I was just wondering why you were considering retiring? Simply south...... eating shoes for just 7 years 20:53, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Because of this. I've got so used to Classic skin, I find I just can't use any other. I may get used to Vector in time, but I don't know if I can be bothered to be honest. It seems the devs don't care what us mere mortals think. An optimist on the run!   21:27, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I heard you could export the skin theme somewhere and then apply it as a custom theme to your account.—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 23:04, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Nevermind. They removed the custom skin option.—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 23:06, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Please understand I'm not trying to be a WP:DIVA about this - I think it's likely that I'll do more work off-wiki (such as preparation of station usage tables etc.), and upload them as and when. An optimist on the run!   07:20, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The Monobook Skin is somewhat similar. I'm pretty sure if you took some CSS, you can restore it back to a very similar Skin.—cyberpower ^Chat_Offline 23:05, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I've been applying some stuff to my vector css/js which fixes some of the problems, but makes loading each page noticeably slower. Although I've been considering retirement for some time, I probably won't - despite everything I'm too addicted :-) An optimist on the run!   11:27, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Hah. LOL. Same here. I can go on a Wikibreak, but I could never retire. Especially, since I just started a new Wiki that needs to be developed first.—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 11:46, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Flanders and Swann's Slow Train

I've just run across your splendid table of stations in the article. I am filled with admiration and mad with envy! Tim riley (talk) 20:14, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Glad you like it :-D  — An optimist on the run! (logged on as Pek the Penguin) 22:08, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Deleted Page

Hi you deleted a page in my sandbox, and I understand that it was offensive to its subject but it was just a joke among me and my friends. We had no intention of publishing it and I was wondering if it is possible to get the article back. I wouldn't continue to edit it on Wikipedia, but i would like to finish it in a word document. I understand if you can't, and I have no intention of replicating the deleted article on Wikipedia if you can't get it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thisismyfifthaccount (talk • contribs) 12:45, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

I deleted it, as you say, as it was offensive to its subject and against out Biography of Living Persons policy. As such, I will not retrieve it for you. Wikipedia is a serious encyclopaedia, not a place for you to write jokes for your friends. An optimist on the run!   21:22, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

My intentions weren't to discredit Wikipedia as a serious encyclopedia, and the reason I used it for this task were because I liked the format. As aforementioned, I only want it back so I can finish it in another place. At the time of writing I did not realize that an unpublished article in a sandbox was subject to Wikipedia's guidelines and was wrong to not look into that. I am only asking for you to do me a small favor and save me the task of attempting to rewrite the passage word for word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thisismyfifthaccount (talk • contribs) 02:04, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, no. If you wish to denigrate your school and teachers off-Wiki you are free to do so, but don't expect me to assist you. If you want to appeal the deletion, you can do so at Wikipedia:Deletion review. An optimist on the run!   06:36, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

RFC on TFA images

Dear Optimist on the run, you may be interested in a discussion that I've started at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article#Request for comment - images in TFA blurbs. All views welcome. Bencherlite^Talk 16:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Mysterious nowikis

Hi, re this fix, please report the problem at WP:VE/F... or tack another report onto those that are already there. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:11, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

I think this is due to the new WYSIWYG editor being cleverer than I gave it credit for - apparently you can't type wikicode directly into the new editor. Some time I'll get round to learning how to use it, but in the mean time I've disabled it. An optimist on the run!   05:31, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Adminstats

Sorry. I switched operations to labs due to toolserver's instability. Labs does not yet let us access deleted edits.—cyberpower ^Chat_Offline 14:06, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:N en

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Dayna listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Dayna. Since you had some involvement with the Dayna redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 01:51, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikivoyage

Hello Optimist on the run, look to m:Wikivoyage/Logo announcement and m:Wikivoyage/Logo 2013. thank, you welcome. FrankyLeRoutier (talk) 09:43, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm aware that WV has a new logo - however my user sub-page is a snapshot of the main page as it was at the time, when it still used the old logo, and therefore I'd like to keep it unchanged. An optimist on the run!   10:35, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Adminstats

By the way. Labs now has deleted edits so adminstats are once again accurate.—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 22:38, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas! :-)

Happy Yuletides!

Merry Yuletides to you! (And a happy new year!)

~TheGeneralUser (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hi Optimist, Wishing you a very Happy and Wonderful Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a great time with family and friends :-) Best wishes. ~TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:39, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

2014

COM:FR

Hi, could you provide an example of where a bot used this in an edit-summary? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 12:40, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

See [45] for an example (piped as File renaming criterion #1). I think the bug is now fixed, and edit sumamries now link to Commons, but short of inventing a way of editing old summaries, I don't see any alternative which avoids redlinks in the summaries. Optimist on the run (talk) 13:05, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Much appreciated. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 13:18, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

I've copied my post above to the talk page of the redirect, to aid anyone else with the same query.Optimist on the run (talk) 15:11, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi

It was just a wellcome on dewiki. --Itti (talk) 22:10, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Some TFA birthday cake for you

	The TFA birthday cake award
	For spotting the unannounced 10th birthday of "Today's Featured Article", please accept a small token of appreciation. BencherliteTalk 21:56, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Mmmm - Tasty :-) I added the reference to WP:TFAO (which I created as a new shortcut). Optimist on the run (talk) 22:37, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Incidental edits

I just now I saw your April 10 edits in module:RailGauge/data: [46]. They surprised me, because it looks more like a sandbox trial (while the module has 13,000 transclusions; such edits load the job queu unnecessary), and it was not talked or asked on the talkpage. Given that it took admin rights to do so added to the surprise: I may suppose that you know why protection is there. Next time, please come to the table. -DePiep (talk) 02:38, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

WP:PERF.  — An optimist on the run! (logged on as Pek the Penguin) 14:06, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Talyllyn Railway

Hi, you added this article to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 5, but it's already featured on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 14 and per the rules, it can only appear once a year. Which day you think is better? I think July 5 is a better choice myself. —howcheng {chat} 07:02, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi - didn't know about the once a year rule. Agreed that 5 July is better, but don't put it in for tomorrow. I need to check the validity of the claim (although it's sourced in the article, it may be dubious). Next year will be the 150th anniversary; I'll come up with a better hook by then. Optimist on the run (talk) 07:19, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Thread

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Disambiguation link notification for August 4

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Fixed. Optimist on the run (talk) 11:37, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Linking countries

I've reverted your unlinking of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Tiefencastel derailment article. This is because the UKGBI is not the same as the United Kingdom. Apart from when linked by flags, I tend not to link to large modern countries in articles. I do link to historic countries. Mjroots (talk) 17:59, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Apologies - I hadn't spotted that it was a different link to the usual. Optimist on the run (talk) 19:38, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

No worries, just though I ought to clarify. Mjroots (talk) 20:17, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Wilbert Awdry

Sorry for not explaining myself on my Wilbert Awdry edit. I was going by the overcategorization guideline, and not categorizing Awdry as a subtopic of his works. It should probably be like Category:George Lucas, which contains Category:Star Wars as a subcategory, not vice versa. Trivialist (talk) 18:37, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Deletion

Hi why did you delete the page an insignificant harvey? It is a full length feature film (93 minutes) and it meets the guidelines for a notable film, as it was reviewed by most major publications and also released on TV, in theatres, and online internationally? Please let us know what other information you might need? --Vitality Media (talk) 18:25, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

@Sapok: It was deleted as an uncontested WP:PROD. I see it has been restored. Optimist on the run (talk) 21:55, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

2015

City of Adelaide (1864)

As you are a previous editor of City of Adelaide (1864), you may be interested in the Style Proposal on Talk:City of Adelaide (1864)
ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 22:13, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

No, not really. One edit, nearly eight years ago? Just how many users have you spammed about this? Optimist on the run (talk) 22:29, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Next meetups in North England

Hello. Would you be interested in attending one of the next wikimeets in the north of England? They will take place in:

• Leeds on 12th April 2015
• Manchester on 26th April 2015
• Liverpool on 24th May 2015

If you can make them, please sign up on the relevant wikimeet page!

If you want to receive future notifications about these wikimeets, then please add your name to the notification list (or remove it if you're already on the list and you don't want to receive future notifications!)

Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:53, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

@Mike Peel: No. Please remove me from your spam list. Optimist on the run (talk) 07:51, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

My Userpage

I signed up for wikipedia a long time ago, though I don't recall making any edits. I tried to make one, but I failed at doing so.

Now that I have an understanding of how wikipiedia and other wikis work from working on various projects, I'd like to come back. However, my talk page has a notice saying "Mass deletion of pages added by JMJ1985" which I am confused about, and also states to contact you if I'm creating a page with similar or the same content as before. Am I allowed to create this page? I don't see why I shouldn't be, but it doesn't hurt to make sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by King kolton9 (talk • contribs) 00:24, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

@King kolton9: - hi, welcome back to Wikipedia. I've searched through the logs, and found that in April 2011, JMJ1985 (talk · contribs) went on a vandalism spree, adding fake block notices to several innocent users, including yourself. The quickest way to deal with this was for me to mass-delete all the talk pages he created, which resulted in the deletion message you got on your page. You can see the pages I deleted in my deletion log (see logs for 7 April 2011). The message regarding recreating a deleted page is a generic page applicable to all deleted [ages, and in this case there will be no problem with creating a new talk page for yourself. Hope this helps! Optimist on the run (talk) 11:48, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

We really need administrator attention at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. CLCStudent (talk) 20:43, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

@CLCStudent: WP:ANI is probably still the quickest way to get admin assistance.  — An optimist on the run! (logged on as Pek the Penguin) 07:24, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:57, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

@MediaWiki message delivery:, @Mdann52:, please remove me from whatever spam list I'm on this time. Optimist on the run (talk) 14:00, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Already done - this was a one-time notification, so you're already off the list. Mdann52 (talk) 14:02, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Two times it appears. Please stop. Optimist on the run (talk) 16:28, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Poem

Its probably pretty rubbish (the poem, not your photo) but thanks. Simply south ...... time, deparment skies for just 9 years 17:34, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

2016

Will you please answer?

My questions from my unblock request were valid, no? Will you please answer them? 75.162.211.81 (talk) 05:45, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Your behaviour since your block expired has been in violation of WP:BATTLEGROUND and false accusations of vandalism (e.g. [47], [48]), therefore I feel my decision not to unblock you at the time was justified. Optimist on the run (talk) 07:54, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

How was my Kesha edition supposedly a "false accusation of vandalism," according to you? And that was actually one of my questions: supposed "false accusations of vandalism." Why is it "okay" for them to falsely accuse me of vandalism, then? What about my other "them vs. me" questions that you haven't yet answered? 75.162.211.81 (talk) 10:39, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

I didn't answer your questions, as I was reviewing your unblock request, which is not the place to air your grievances. As you chose to concentrate on that, rather than reflecting on your behaviour, I gave you the standard {{decline reason here}} response. (I see you added further questions in the middle of my response, but that is not the best place to make them obvious). As for the false accusations of vandalism, I have given you an example above. If you have any criticism about the actions of any administrator (including myself) I suggest you raise it civilly at WP:AN, though I would strongly recommend you to concentrating on improving Wikipedia instead. Optimist on the run (talk) 21:28, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Then you're not very good at understanding what people are saying, "optimist," because:

1. I did reflect on my behavio[u]r and state that I would make a better effort like the appeal guide says to do. Did you not notice my FIRST sentence there?

2. I wasn't using that as a place to "air [my] grievances." In addition to fulfilling the standard appeal format as given by the guide, I was using those questions as a way of showing why the blocking was wrong and should've been undone, but then to also have my questions answered. So why won't you answer the rest of them?

You showed me what you thought was a "false accusation" of vandalism, but you did not explain why you thought that was such. What is your logic on that, especially as compared to the false accusation of vandalism that escape orbit and frowny face were giving me?

Happy 120th birthday to my state, Utah, today, January 4th, 2016! --Mike, 75.162.211.81 (talk) 20:20, 4 January 2016 (UTC).

I have already given my answers, which should be clear. The only thing I'll add is that I did read your first sentence, and considered it insufficient to warrant an unblock. Now please drop the stick. I will not involve myself any further in this debate unless another administrator requests it. Optimist on the run (talk) 21:33, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA

	Hawkeye7 RfA Appreciation award
	Thank you for participating in and supporting my RfA. It was very much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:59, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Glad to give my support. Sorry that others seem so unforgiving. Optimist on the run (talk) 21:26, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Recreating 'Shushank Mainali'

Hi there, With due respect to your decision to delete the previous article for Shushank Mainali, I am recreating the article now with accordance to the guidelines and suggestions received on course of the deletion. I had been away and since I received very little information about the figure, previous article seemed to be floating away from proper specification and lacking references. This time, too I am not writing a lot about the figure but maintaining quality before quantity. So, please suggest me if the new article again requires some reviews and corrections. We are contributing for the proper information flow about Nepalese movie fraternity. Thank you. --Kpaudel969 (talk) 02:38, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

@Kpaudel969: You are welcome to recreate the article, but note that all articles about living people must have at least one reference to a reliable source, otherwise the article will be deleted again. Note that self-references to Wikipedia are not considered a reliable source. Optimist on the run (talk) 18:24, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

A page you started (Charles Edwin Spooner) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Charles Edwin Spooner, Optimist on the run!

Wikipedia editor Slashme just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

This looks really good!

To reply, leave a comment on Slashme's talk page.

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I can't take credit for this - full reply left on your talk page. Optimist on the run (talk) 20:56, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out - I've copied this note to HZH's talk page as well. --Slashme (talk) 21:01, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Changes to article Suman Shetty

Hey there, I see you have undid a revision on the article Suman Shetty which was proposed for deletion. After doing my research and checking reliable reference sources I have added back the Wikipedia:PROD tag, as the article causes confusion between the two surnames. The redirect doesn't really help and it would be better if it was deleted right away. Do let me know what you think. Thanks! Have a great day.. --PageImp (talk) 15:41, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

@PageImp: - firstly, WP:PROD specifically states "PROD is only applicable to mainspace articles, lists, and disambiguation pages; it cannot be used with redirects, userspace pages, templates, categories, or pages in any other namespace." (my emphasis). Secondly, a prod that is contested for any reason should not be restored (see WP:CONTESTED). If you feel the redirect has no value, then take it to WP:RFD, but first, consider the number of articles that link directly to this redirect. I won't contest deltion at RFD, but it need to go through the correct procedure. Optimist on the run (talk) 15:49, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

@Optimist on the run: - The redirect has no value. I will try to unlink the articles from the redirect and then take it to WP:RFD. I am kinda new to Wikipedia so was unaware. Again, Thanks for helping me out! Cheers --PageImp (talk) 16:13, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

No problem - it's an easy mistake to make! Optimist on the run (talk) 16:23, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Suman Shetty listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Suman Shetty. Since you had some involvement with the Suman Shetty redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. PageImp (talk) 17:43, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Noted. I'm neutral. Optimist on the run (talk) 23:06, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Talyllyn Railway rolling stock

Are you able to update the "Visiting Locos" section with info regarding the three Fletcher Jennings locos that starred in the recent Gala ? Admittedly "William Finlay" is staying put at Tywyn and will be placed in the NGR Museum this winter, while "Townsend Hook" was only on stationary display, but "Captain Baxter" was in steam giving footplate rides on a short length of standard gauge track, similar to the way "Prince" and "Russell" had operated. RGCorris (talk) 15:33, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

I fully intend to, but just haven't got round to it yet. I need to upload some photos of the event as well. Optimist on the run (talk) 16:00, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Signalling

Better signalling enables trains to run closer together. This means more trains can run on the same track. I can provide diagrams if you wish. Britmax (talk) 07:47, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

@Britmax: I'm fully aware of headway, however spending vast sums of money providing extra capacity when there aren't the trains available to use it is a waste of time. Describing signalling in the UK as deficient is incorrect, firstly by the implication that it may be in some way unsafe (and we have one of the safest railway systems in the world), and secondly it is sufficient to handle the trains available. Indeed, the simplest solution to alleged "overcrowding" is to increase train length of existing trains, which has a minimal affect on headway. Optimist on the run (talk) 09:33, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, your familiarity with this was not apparent. They didn't have much of a capacity problem before they tried to make one Pacer do the work of an eight car train (as I'm told happens). Britmax (talk) 09:44, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

model railways

hello, i am trying to update articles on model railway examples of certian engines but someone keeps taking down my sources saying they are not reliable, my question is can i use Suppliers websites such as bachmann who features news articles about there releases and other supplier websites aslong as they focus on the news aspect? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teabagishere (talk • contribs) 07:35, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@Teabagishere: They're not ideal, but better than nothing. Forums are definitely not a valid source however. The best would be a review in a recognized journal such as Railway Modeller. (I don't usually buy model railway mags, so I don't know if it's been reviewed or not). Optimist on the run (talk) 07:39, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

thank you for replying, Railway modeller is not an online publication which makes it incredibly tricky but sources like bachmann do publish what they are producing, especially when it comes to models in the development stage, such as with the LNWR coal tank, however there are no reviews or articles talking about it which is why i have to used forums and Producer pages in the past however these just get shot down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teabagishere (talk • contribs) 07:43, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Coiq

Template:Coiq has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:15, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

New York Methodist Hospital

Hello! checked out the Help section and read that the best way to talk to someone about company page updates is to reach out to an editor familiar with page. As you were one of the admins to block our hobbyist harasser, I thought I ask you. Please forgive any missteps. I work in the public affairs office of the New York Methodist Hospital, and NYM will be going through a major rebranding soon, and due to conflict of interest issues, I know that I cannot do the updating myself (right?). However, I want to make sure that that editors (non-affiliated) are notified so that our page is at least up to date. I also want to mention that our page has been a point of contention for a certain (recently unbanned)individual. Can someone please advise the best way to go about this? thanks 143.104.225.142 (talk) 15:52, 9 November 2016 (UTC)143.104.225.142 (talk)

Croydon tram crash

Fifty-one were taken to hospital, seven made their own way to hospital, giving 58 injured. Mjroots (talk) 06:22, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

@Mjroots: The lead states 51 injured. Since this is referenced I assumed this was the correct value (I haven't checked the ref itself). The two figures ought to be consistent. Optimist on the run (talk) 06:32, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Global block status?

Hi, I'm hoping to learn more about the global block to my account. It was a compromised password, I assume, as I certainly didn't make the 170 or so edits attributed to my account. If you would mind heading over to meta, to help clarify what's what, that would be awesome, thanks! -- 198.96.114.20 (talk) 13:18, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

hi

Hello! I'm LegoBen201714, a new Wikipedian. I just happened to see your inputs on the Wikipedia main page, and I admire your sense of optimism! I suggest you check out my user page, and let me know what you think. LegoBen201714 (talk) 20:23, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

2017

Nomination for deletion of Template:Tram symbol

Template:Tram symbol has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.

Marina Joyce

Can you take a quick look at this article? You recently deleted it and it has recently resurfaced. The article's subject is still clearly not notable. Thanks. 172.56.38.31 (talk) 01:56, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

I deleted it as an uncontested PROD, therefore it can be restored or replaced without issue. The article seems to meet notability guidelines, though I see the point of the AfD nomination that it fails WP:BLP1E, though not enough to swing me either way in this case. Optimist on the run (talk) 21:15, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Cambrian Line

Optimist, I think that if you look at the article's sources, and at other reliable sources that you can find via your web search, and via news and books search, you will agree that a clear majority of sources use lowercase line for this. If you get a chance, take a look; and if you agree, you can ask for it to be moved back, and save the hassle of an RM. Up to you. Dicklyon (talk) 18:56, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Never mind; since Andy wants caps, too, we'll need to discuss. Dicklyon (talk) 19:34, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

I don't see that there's anything to discuss. This is a clear-cut case of being the proper name for the line, rather than a descriptive title. Optimist on the run (talk) 19:41, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

I will be arguing that since sources usually don't cap it, neither should we. Per MOS:CAPS. Dicklyon (talk) 03:31, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Corris Railway

The length of line was extended over the weekend just past. What is the "Quail map" you refer to ? RGCorris (talk) 09:26, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Railway Track Diagrams, Book 4, published 2013. I'm willing to accept that it's been extended over the weekend if you say so, but there's nothing on the Corris website about it, and given the recent IP vandalism of the article I thought it better to revert as a good faith edit until there's something to reference. Is this an extension to passenger services, or just track laying towards the next station? Optimist on the run (talk) 10:18, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

This is an extension towards the next station, at the south end of the running line, but will not carry passengers for the foreseeable future. I expect photos will appear on the website shortly. Passenger services extended a short distance into the original site of Corris Station in 2016 and will be running into the south platform at Maespoeth in 2017, again a little further than in previous years when they have terminated at the north platform. I don't know who changed the length shown but it may have been a good faith edit based on the above information RGCorris (talk) 11:27, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

@RGCorris: It's

• Yonge, John; Padgett, David; Szwenk, John (August 2013) [1990]. Bridge, Mike (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 51D. ISBN 978-0-9549866-7-4.

This book (and others in the same series) are known as the Quail maps since editions prior to 2005 were published by the Quail Map Company, for example:

• Yonge, John (October 1990). Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: London Midland Region. Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-900609-74-5.

but the Corris Railway does not appear in that edition. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 12:04, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, but obviously a 2013 book is not up to date with an extending railway project. RGCorris (talk) 12:09, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Well, we do have a policy on verifiability - is there a more recent reliable source available? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 12:17, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

I am seeking to have it officially measured from buffer stop to buffer stop, and when this is done we will add the info to the railway's website. RGCorris (talk) 12:28, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

As there will no doubt be further incremental extensions until the railway reaches its next passenger station, I think the best thing is to leave it as 58 chains, and I've added a note to state that this is the length of the operational railway. Optimist on the run (talk) 12:50, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Planar transmission line

New hook. Please take a look. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:06, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Rheidol (locomotive)

On 8 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rheidol (locomotive), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rheidol, a former locomotive on the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales, was originally called Treze de Maio, after the date that slavery was abolished in Brazil? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rheidol (locomotive). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rheidol (locomotive)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 12:02, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Harling Road accident

Your e-mail has been read and is understood. Mjroots (talk) 17:04, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Cat-a-Lot approval list

Where would one go about proposing such a thing, or seeking out support? I'm not quite prepared to yet...there are a couple of concerns with the tool I have...but it's honestly long surprised me that such a powerful tool is so easily accessible to so many people. Even if I have it myself. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:15, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) is probably the best place to propose it. However, as it seems to be a js-script that's hosted on Commons, I don't know how easy it would be to limit its use on en-Wiki, or even if it's possible at all. It may be worth finding out if it's feasible at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) before putting it forward as a proposal. Optimist on the run (talk) 16:16, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, that's exactly my concern. I wonder if there's some way it could be forked over here for control...I have a list of tasks to get to, but I'll add this one to it and try to ask around in a day or two. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:19, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Ping me if you propose it, as I don't watch those pages. Optimist on the run (talk) 16:22, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Will do. If I don't get to it in a week or so, please feel free to remind me - I'm a tad addlepated at the best of times. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:23, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Did you ever do anything about this? Optimist on the run (talk) 18:57, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

No, I got sidetracked and forgot about it, as I usually do. Thanks for the reminder - I'll pop over there tonight and ask a few questions. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:13, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Here we go. Would've had it up sooner, but I may or may not have fallen asleep after dinner, so... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:35, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

And thanks for helping me sort out my disordered thoughts. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:26, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

File:New Zealand TW-17.svg

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:35, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Please unblock my ip address

hello, I want to edit on wikipedia bangla version. my friends are create so many Wikipedia account from my computers that's why my ip address are blocked. I promise you, I will never do that again. I will be a successful editor in bangla Wikipedia. thanks & regards. ---- Ah.rabbi (talk) 15:52, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

@Ah.rabbi: I fail to see why you're requesting unblocking, as you seem to be able to edit anyway. If you need to make further unblock requests, please use the {{unblock}} template on your talk page. Optimist on the run (talk) 17:20, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Optimist, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! And I'm amused that both an Optimist and a Pessimist supported me :) ansh666 22:30, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ansh666: clearly I was optimistic that you'll make a good administrator, whereas another user was pessimistic about the future of Wikipedia should you fail Optimist on the run (talk) 22:51, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ansh666: I'm just glad to see that you passed your RfA, now get to work!! haha. SparklingPessimist ^{Scream at me!} 23:12, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Repair coord

Template:Repair coord has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 18:31, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

"no attacks please"

Just to let you know, this wasn't required. I assume Jenks24 is an Australian and as such, that kind of banter between he and me is fine as far as we're both concerned. In other words, it was a joke. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:11, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: Agreed, I'd assumed it was ([49]). But the "insult" wasn't just aimed at you, and talk:Main Page is read by many people, not just editors. Optimist on the run (talk) 14:25, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

regarding Francesca Marie smith

Hi, she actually voices helga pataki On hey arnold!

Zman19964 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:21, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Block

As an administrator, can you please block this IP address, as he is vandalising today's featured article continuously. Thanks! Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 22:53, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

@Super ninja2: For future ref, occurrences like this should be reported to WP:AIV as a specific admin might not be available. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 00:17, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

2018

IP to watch

The block on User:94.114.208.146 has expired, and it seems they have become active once again, removing all of the previous unblock requests. Might want to keep an eye on this one. I don't think they're done, yet. Boomer Vial^{Be ready to fight the horde! • Contribs} 00:48, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Widr Favonian Pinging other involved administrators, since Optimist is offline currently. Boomer Vial^{Be ready to fight the horde! • Contribs} 00:55, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

@Boomer Vial: IP blocked for continued abuse and block evasion. In future you'll probably get a quicker response at WP:ANI. Optimist on the run (talk) 07:45, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

 Noted Thank you, Optimist. :) Boomer Vial^{Be ready to fight the horde! • Contribs} 21:53, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

OSTree deletion

why did you delete it? It is referenced on other pages in Wikipedia, but I do not have the time currently to rephrase the original. I am not connected to that project in any way, so "self referenced" is wrong. I gave a pointer. see also: User_talk:Joe_Roe#Page_deletion:_OSTree Treutwein (talk) 11:47, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

@Joe Roe: I deleted it as a proposed deletion that had been uncontested by anyone for seven days. I've restored it per WP:REFUND. Optimist on the run (talk) 18:00, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

@Treutwein: I think this was meant for you. – Joe (talk) 18:33, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

My bad - sorry about that. Optimist on the run (talk) 19:19, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Treutwein, your article on OSTree is sourced ONLY by a reference to its own manual. How is that not self referenced? Cabayi (talk) 19:32, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Could you keep the discussion on the atricle's talk page please. Thanks. Optimist on the run (talk) 20:03, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Irakli Bagrationi (Born 1982)

There was the mistake in past article...there is birthday of Irakli Bagrationi was indicated as 1981. I have corrected the date, and the article has disappeared.Besides this, I have created the new article, but it is in drafts and not published. Please assist me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SuleimanL1982 (talk • contribs) 16:55, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Try asking at Wikipedia:Teahouse. Optimist on the run (talk) 19:44, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Bot

I'm not sure if you are the right person to contact about this but the MediaWiki message delivery bot is posting triple messages to everyone about the latest TAFI article. Take a look at my talk page for an example. Regards.--BabbaQ (talk) 00:20, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Nothinbg whatsoever to do with me - I'm puzzled why you think it would be as I have absolutely nothing to do with either the bot or TAFI. Optimist on the run (talk) 05:19, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Question

I had asked in the edit summary, but obviously that page wouldn't be the place to reply. I'm just curious why the layout of an IP user talk page is of importance to you? Thanks - wolf 17:57, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. O Still Small Voice of Clam (formerly Optimist on the run) 17:59, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Doh, already deleted bacause I had posted here. The request was from the page history. Are you saying it shows as an active request? Not sure why... it had already been replied to as declined. But then a different editor deleted it becasue of the profanity, which is wp:not a reason to delete. Hope this helps - wolf 18:04, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

@Thewolfchild: It wasn't because of the profanity, but because of the open unblock request. As I asked on your talk page - where was the text you added from? O Still Small Voice of Clam (formerly Optimist on the run) 18:32, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Template:POTD protected/2018-11-13

Hi, thank you for improving my "fits" wording; I agree that the WP:ERRORS comment makes sense. "Fits" was the first improvement that came to mind when I read the original caption, which informed me that the building houses 45000 people (really? where do they all sleep?), and "fits" is my natural way of expressing the concept. Nyttend (talk) 02:44, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Bomberswarm2

Looks like I conflicted with you in checking this one, but since I'm about as certain as I can be that Bomberswarm2 ≠ Drowningseagull, I had already started lifting the block by the time you got to AN. Yunshui ^雲_水 11:02, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

So I see - thanks for your input. O Still Small Voice of Clam (formerly Optimist on the run) 11:02, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Not so much "input" as "unilateral decision"... but I figured I'd let you know about the timing so you didn't think I was ignoring you - I didn't see your AN message until after the block was undone! Yunshui ^雲_水 11:04, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm not the fastest typist on the block! O Still Small Voice of Clam (formerly Optimist on the run) 11:06, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

2019

Your use of {{Bots}}

I noticed that you currently have {{Bots|deny=MediaWiki message delivery}}[[Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery]] at the top of this page. I wanted to let you know that, currently, your invocation of the bots template does nothing. However, the template was recently edited to allow users to use it to opt out of mass messaging, using the code {{bots|optout=MassMessage}}. I just thought you might want to know, since that could replace your current use of the template, as well as eliminate the separate need to manually add yourself to the category. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 11:07, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks - updated. O Still Small Voice of Clam 11:16, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

@DannyS712: it's just occurred to me - you could use MediaWiki message delivery to message everyone in Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery about this new change. Oh, hang on... O Still Small Voice of Clam 11:21, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

@Voice of Clam: No, but you could use a bot (eg autowikibrowser) or a user script (something based on User:DannyS712 test/append.js) to let them all know. Should I? --DannyS712 (talk) 11:23, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Try a few random users first and see what response you get. O Still Small Voice of Clam 11:26, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

@Voice of Clam: I meant that as a joke... --DannyS712 (talk) 11:27, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Re:

brunodam makes thousands of edits (today I locked 12 accounts, plus several IPs), mixing up misuses of sources, promotion of his crappy blogs as sources, copyvios on a large scale but, above all, a grotesque ultra-nationalist POV which causes him to add pure hoaxes. Persistent harassment and more than ten years of weird legal threats are nothing compared to a pure disruption which doesn't leave much room for a treasure hunt of the a single non disruptive edit among thousands. --Vituzzu (talk) 21:22, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Can you please tell me where this cites a "600mm railway built by Italians in Mersa Fatuma's port"? I wasn't even able to find the port in the map where railways (and their gauges ofc) aren't recognizable. --Vituzzu (talk) 21:27, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

@Vituzzu: The ref is a pdf of a large document in Italian, which I don't speak. I don't know if it includes the information or not, but am happy to AGF that it does. Incidentally the IP that added the ref has not been blocked, nor as far as I can see have they been linked to any blocked or banned account. O Still Small Voice of Clam 22:26, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

AGF with a LTA? Obviously there's no point in blocking a dynamic IP used six months ago, hence I didn't. Honestly I cannot understand all this AGF towards a long-term abuser opposed to the ABF towards a steward. I don't expect to be unconditionally trusted but, at least, you may spend some seconds in considering I'm both an Italian native speaker and able to checkuser on hundreds wikis, so there may be a reason in reverting twice the addition of a ref by a sock. --Vituzzu (talk) 22:44, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

List of railway stations in Eritrea has been on my watchlist for a long time. When I first saw the edit in question in August last year, I wasn't sure whether it was correct or not, but as I had no evidence otherwise, assumed good faith. I still see no evidence whatsoever that 65.15.45.249 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) has any connections with a banned user - they have only made two edits, one of which is linked above, and the other is this - an unexplained removal of a talk page comment. Probably not a good edit (I haven't investigated the context), but no reason to link them to anything else. Hence no reason to remotely suspect LTA, and therefore my assumption of good faith was justified, and still is unless you can demonstrate otherwise. O Still Small Voice of Clam 22:59, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

I've been telling you this as a checkuser. Anyway here below you got your confirm. --Vituzzu (talk) 15:46, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

@Vituzzu: - please try and see things from my point of view. Until you mentioned it in your posts above, I had no idea that you were a steward or checkuser. Indeed, for some reason your user rights page shows the boxes unchecked (perhaps this doesn't taken into account global permissions, I don't know). So when a user I hadn't heard of reverts a good edit by removing a photo I became suspicious. I looked at your contributions and saw that you were reverting many such edits in quick succession, without explanation. In my opinion the photo enhanced the article, so after careful consideration, I restored it (no other useful photo being available). Later on you reverted another edit on the same article by removing a ref as described above. I checked your talk page and saw that another editor had already queried your reverting, so I left the polite warning on your talk page as an administrator. This was not in any way intended as ABF, and I apologise if it came across that way. Bear in mind that I was still not aware that you were a steward or checkuser. I only became aware that you were a checkuser in your final comment above. Do you see where I'm coming from? O Still Small Voice of Clam 18:01, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

FYI, Voice of Clam. In the last years I have written more than 130000 posts in Wikipedia and I have never created damage to this nice encyclopedia. Years ago I was blocked forever by an Italian admin only because I "hinted" to the need to get help from an attorney, because offended by the false accusations of using 3 different accounts together. That's all my crime....and there it is no possibility of "redemption" in the Italian Wikipedia, that is ruled by admins like Vituzzu (who is receiving many critics: please read http://www.wikivelieroorg/ in Italian or http://manmer2.blogspotcom/ in English - he has blocked both websites, but you can read them if you put a point before "org" in the first and "com" in the second). This Vituzzu never, never, never allows me to defend what I write: he -abusing the power of his stewardship- is always erasing some of my posts (like he did yesterday, erasing one fourth of what I wrote in the last 5 months) and offends me writing that I use & do "crappy blogs as sources, copyvios on a large scale but, above all, a grotesque ultra-nationalist POV which causes him to add pure hoaxes. Persistent harassment and more than ten years of weird legal threats". Of course he never allows me to remember him that all these accusations are lies and that I am ready to demonstrate it! I am a graduate "summa cum laude" from an Italian university (that has published some of my researches & essays) and I have a MBA from a USA university: he is the ONLY person who attacks continuously me and what I write. Finally, the map has clearly indicated the potassium railway, but -OF COURSE- he cannot enlarge the map in order to see Mersa Fatuma…………………..Sincerely, BD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.108.239.96 (talk) 02:53, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

PS: I am adding an enlarged map that I have created of the railway (that -OF COURSE- Vituzzu "wasn't even able to find the port in the map"): File:Mersa-fatuma-map.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.108.239.96 (talk) 03:06, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your understanding.BD

A kitten for you!

having to deal with Tony May

Don't be afraid to be creative (talk) 16:11, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Anti vandalism bar for you

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thnx for sticking up for me!. 217.123.76.65 (talk) 23:05, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

No problem - thanks — O Still Small Voice of Clam 08:16, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Keep clam

Saw what you wrote then went to check on the grapevine and sure enough I saw all the s... that has happened. Just want to say this to you.... take it easy. Cheers~! Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 19:47, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@Dave1185: Keep clam... I like that idea; I may have to use it (watch this space). Incidentally, I hope you don't mind but I've changed the header of this section. I've no intention of hiding my previous usernames, but there is a reason why I don't use them on Wiki projects any more (nothing to do with recent events). Thanks for the milkshake! — O Still Small Voice of Clam 16:28, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

• Oh my word, did I just started a meme? *roflol* -- Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 19:28, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

• I feel inspired! ;) -- Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 19:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Recommended reading on 3 July

Franz Kafka: Das Schloss
... about about alienation, unresponsive bureaucracy, the frustration of trying to conduct business with non-transparent, seemingly arbitrary controlling systems ...

Franz Kafka today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:13, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Precious

train songs

Thank you for quality articles about such as Slow Train (2006) and Great Little Trains of Wales, for improving articles such as Rheidol (locomotive), for welcoming new users, for templates such as Template:Corris Railway and categories such as Category:Pages translated from Estonian Wikipedia, for project work around railways, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2241 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:29, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

ANI notification

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Tony May and persistent criticism and belittling of other editors on British railways. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:21, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

I have no idea why, but ...

Dr. my eyes still see "Calm". Must be my brain trying to convince me of a frame of mind I should aspire to. Either way - welcome back to the corps. — Ched (talk) 20:13, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

@Ched: It comes from an amusing typo I once saw in the lyrics of Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 20:59, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

User page update?

Hi! Just a heads up that your user page is now a little outdated :) — MarkH21 (talk) 21:43, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Well spotted - updated. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 23:36, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

2020

socca

https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSoccaFed/ this deserves page just like wmf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.143.71.197 (talk) 00:47, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

they too https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFootball7/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.143.71.197 (talk) 01:34, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

This has nothing to do with me. Try requesting an article. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 08:48, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Your username

Hi Voice of Clam

Just thought I'd share something - every now and again I see a comment or contribution by you, and each and every time it happens I end up singing the hymn which it's presumably named after, in my head, for the rest of the day (but with the deliberate typo in as well). ☺ Which is no bad thing, because it is a hymn I like a lot. Cheers, and all the best  — Amakuru (talk) 22:27, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

@Amakuru: - glad you like it . I saw it as an accidental typo in the lyrics of the hymn once, and it stuck in my memory. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 08:35, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Wynne Melville Jones

Hi! No evidence of notability according to you ([50]). Wynne Melville Jones is well-known in Wales: cy:Wynne_Melville_Jones, [51], [52], [53]. Yours, --Llydawr (talk) 12:26, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

@Llydawr: - feel free to create the article, then add the link. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 12:38, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Revocation of email access together with talk page access

Is there really evidence of email abuse (did they really abuse the email function) that you have revoked email access such as you have done with this and this. And for every blocked user that you have revoked email access, is there really evidence of email abuse (did they really abuse the email function) in order for them to lose this privelege. I will feel bad if they have lost email access without evidence of abuse. --46.211.77.16 (talk) 16:51, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes, for various reasons that I am not willing to go into publicly. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 18:50, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Corris loco ID

You refer to Fuller Vol.1 page 120 for your contention that the loco in the photo is No.3. I cannot see anything on that page that brings forth that conclusion. Could you elaborate ? RGCorris (talk) 13:30, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@RGCorris: My mistake - it's page 130. The photograph is reproduced on that page and clearly identified as No. 3, with rivet-counting reasons. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 14:14, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Glandyfrdwy or Glanddyfrdwy

I think you're right; Glan is feminine singular, and therefore causes a soft mutation. Fortunately I've not created a page for the halt yet, but I'll make it Arhosfa Glanddyfrdwy. Lesbardd.

On MurderFS

Hello and good day to you.

Would you consider undeleting the page MurderFS, which (I assume) was a redirect to ReiserFS? You deleted it in 2008 as an attack page (aimed at Hans Reiser, a suspect in a murder case at the time), which was a perfectly valid and necessary decision. However, some time afterwards the fellow confessed to committing the act, so the page probably can no longer be construed as an attack against his character.

It seems that even today, the MurderFS moniker is occasionally used in informal contexts to refer to ReiserFS. In fact, that's how I found out about the redirect page having been deleted. I saw people using "murderFS" in a chatroom discussion and tried to find out what it was with a Wikipedia search. While it's not a highly popular term, and though ReiserFS itself has become largely irrelevant, I think there could be some minor value in having the MurderFS page restored. --Veikk0.ma 02:33, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

@Veikk0.ma: You're correct, it was a redirect. I'm reluctant to restore it without discussion, as the term isn't used in the target article, and I cannot find a reliable reference to the term with a quick Google search. I suggest taking it to WP:DELREV for wider community discussion. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 07:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Um yeah Veikk0.ma I've never heard that term before and when I saw the section title my first thought was a fictional or "in-game" "file system" that either intentionally or through a flaw caused robots or industrial machinery to kill people. Note to self: Make that game or write that book. Unless the term is widely used in reference to the actual filesystem that has a totally different name, I'd send it to RFD on WP:UNDUE grounds if it came back. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:51, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

I just realized your nickname isn't what I thought it was

All these years my brain has turned it into "Voice of Calm". Consider registering that account as "blocked doppleganger" to avoid someone actually using it. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:46, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Not strictly necessary, as it's close enough to another account name (not mine), but created anyway. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 12:14, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

User:UKIPteen

Are you by any chance at allcan enable talk page or email access for this editor as it has been 9 years of these being revoked. Just interested to know. --93.78.29.3 (talk) 15:54, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Are you connected with this user? If not, why are you asking? — O Still Small Voice of Clam 16:26, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

I have no connection with them. Why did they lose email access? Just interested to know. --93.78.29.3 (talk) 16:40, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

To prevent abuse. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 17:05, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

2021

Nomination for deletion of Template:French-railway-routemap

Template:French-railway-routemap has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 15:50, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Irish-railway-routemap

Template:Irish-railway-routemap has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 14:12, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@AlgaeGraphix: No objection from me again. Are you also planning on nominating {{UK-railway-routemap}} and {{Australian-railway-routemap}}? Both are still in use at present, but I'm happy to help convert them to {{Railway-routemap}} if you are. I don't know if there are any others. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 18:43, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

No to {{UK-railway-routemap}} (at the present time), as it has unique options and approximately 1,300 transclusions. I hadn't considered {{Australian-railway-routemap}}, but at slightly more than 100 transclusions I guess it should be next. Your offer to help is appreciated. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 19:10, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

I've proposed its replacement at Template talk:Australian-railway-routemap. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 20:50, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@AlgaeGraphix: I've replaced all transclusions of {{Australian-railway-routemap}} if you want to nominate it for deletion. At present I haven't replaced links to it in see also sections, etc. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 17:05, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Denbigh Hall and railway map

I can live with a compromise that has the MK railway map in the article but collapsed – but I can't get collapse in the template to behave as it should. It is either never collapsed or always collapsed. Can you see what I've done wrong?

btw, putting the the map at the end of the article is mobile friendly. I don't see any issue with the references not being full screen wide, or have I misunderstood your point? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:41, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

It may be mobile friendly, but it isn't laptop friendly (1920x1080 pixels at 125%). The text from the references overlaps onto the map. I'll have to look at the collapse method later, as it isn't working for me either at present. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 20:04, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

It's because {{Routemap}} doesn't take collapse as a direct parameter. [edit at 22:15, 13 February 2021 (UTC) - yes it does,I just misunderstood the documentation] — O Still Small Voice of Clam 20:07, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for trying anyway, at least it shows that I didn't just trip over my own shoelaces.

I'm using an 11" screen laptop, and don't get the overlap? But yes, I agree that it is rather big but always assumed that this is 'feature' of {{routemap}} to make the 'small print doubled lines' legible.

Is the MK template in any way different in principle from e.g., {{Bristol railway map}}? Is there a generic problem? I guess not or you would have seen it before... --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:18, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

I suspect that the reason for the overlap you are seeing at Denbigh Hall railway station is because the article had {{reflist|2}}, which maybe with some browsers forces two columns, irrespective of environment? I've changed it to a simple {{reflist}}, are you still seeing the fault? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:41, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

I've fixed the collapse problem. The collapse parameter in {{Routemap}} collapses the box if it is set to any value, so collapse=no is meaningless. It should work ok now. Your fix for the references seems to be ok, thanks. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 22:15, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Str gtr str

Template:Str gtr str has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. User:GKFX^talk 15:16, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:ASCII code

Template:ASCII code has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. User:GKFX^talk 12:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

WP:REDNOT

Re this change to your user page: can you please use #ifexist statements or something similar to prevent transclusions of nonexistent templates, per WP:REDNOT? That user subpage is causing 6 out of the 100 entries in this daily report. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:49, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: done, but in future please discuss any user page issues with the user before attempting to rectify them. You solution would have prevented POTDs scheduled more than two days in advance from being transcluded. Please bear in mind that just because a page appears on a bot-generated report, it doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem - my mainlinks page is used for AWB to generate a list of articles that will be linked from the main page within the next week, and is not designed for human readability, so red linked templates aren't an issue here. Also see mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions#ifexist_limits regarding over-use of #ifexist. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 06:40, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:57, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Talkvandal

Template:Talkvandal has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Did Q28 make a mess today? 03:18, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Joyous Season

I wish that you may have a very Happy Holiday! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Hogmanay, Festivus or your hemisphere's Solstice, this is a special time of year for almost everyone! May the New Year provide you joy and fulfillment! Thanks for everything you do here. Huggums537 (talk) 19:51, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Coffee/Holidays}} to your fellow editors' talk pages.

Listing of Template:GB station usage at templates for discussion

Template:GB station usage has been listed at templates for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 22:19, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Listing of Template:GBsta-u auto at templates for discussion

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2022

Draft:Christopher Mizzell‎

I flagged this as an attack page since it names two individuals other than the author who may well greatly object to being named in this way. It may be simple teenage angst, but it may not be. Regards  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   18:29, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

They may object to being named, but it doesn't attack them directly. Whilst it will obviously be declined, it doesn't meet any speedy criteria, IMO. See the essay WP:NDRAFT. — Voice of Clam 18:35, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Category:User-created public domain images without user-name has been nominated for discussion

Category:User-created public domain images without user-name has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

When you warn the wrong user

Plip!

It's okay, we all make silly mistakes sometimes. There have been many cases where admins have accidentally blocked accounts for vandalism. Don't worry about making mistakes, as long as you don't delete the main page. :)2601:647:5800:1A1F:CC8C:A172:8294:A7DC (talk) 19:19, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

My bad - I deleted the attack page and blamed the wrong anon user. I'll take the trout for that — Voice of Clam 19:21, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Administrator activity policy update

Hello, Voice of Clam. This message is to let you know about a change to the administrator policy:

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work. — xaosflux ^Talk 20:31, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Explosions on 21 April 2022 in Afghanistan

Hi. sorry, you deleted the Explosions on 21 April 2022 in Afghanistan and linked it to the 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing while we just were discussing deleting or keeping it on the talk page. M1nhm (talk) 09:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

I didn't delete it, I merely redirected it to another article that covers the same topic but was created earlier. The original article is still in the page history, and can be added to 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing if necessary. — Voice of Clam 09:56, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Follow-up, as the change I made was the result of an uncontested PROD, you are welcome to revert it back to the original article if you want. — Voice of Clam 10:42, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

I mentioned it before on the talk page : ... the 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing just only targeted one of 21 April 2022 explosions in Afghanistan while several separate explosions occurred in different parts of Afghanistan on the same day. I think, all events are important, large or small, major or minor and must be addressed. Each of these events caused of killing tens of civilians including children and women. Now can we revert the Explosions on 21 April 2022 in Afghanistan? M1nhm (talk) 12:53, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

As it was a PROD, you could have removed it at any time, as stated when you were notified about it. As the article wasn't deleted you are free to revert my change. — Voice of Clam 15:31, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

APPLICATION FOR MENTORSHIP

I am looking for a mentor. I wanna go through a course under your tutelage for a period of time that you determine for a counter vandalism course and/or a course on proper page creation. After which I will be given rollback and new page reviewer privileges. I'm reaching out to you because I wanna do this the proper way. It will be a honor to learn. Cheers Amaekuma (talk) 07:51, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. — Voice of Clam 08:49, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi! Would you happen to know the horsepower of the old TR tamper?

Specifically, the Matisa one. I haven't been able to find that out anywhere, and I felt like you, a TR volunteer, who likely had experience with it, might know, or at the very least, would be able to ask. Also, could you fix its section formatting (it looks off compared to the other ones in sold locomotives)? Thank you very much - 108.48.97.70 (talk) 22:06, 17 June 2022 (UTC).

I've fixed the table format - I'll see if I can find any referenced material about the Matisa. — Voice of Clam 06:59, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

That's great to hear! - 108.48.97.70 (talk) 13:10, 18 June 2022 (UTC).

No information either in the Rolling Stock book or John Bate's own book, which are the two most likely possibilities. As the tamper was only designed to propel itself, plus possibly a lightweight trolley, the HP was probably never measured. — Voice of Clam 21:31, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Angelo Rossi (musician)

You deleted Angelo Rossi (musician) without a AfD. Please restore to my sandbox. Send me a message on myt talk page when you have done so. Trackinfo (talk) 05:32, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

 Done — Voice of Clam 09:01, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Battle of the Saints (cricket)

Hi, It seems like you deleted Battle of the Saints (cricket) page. Is there any way I can get the content of this page? Killswitch 125 13:09, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi Killswitch125, it was deleted as an uncontested PROD (reason "Non-notable inter-school match which fails WP:NCRIC and WP:GNG. Largely based around WP:NOTSTATS.") If you are contesting this, I can restore it per WP:DEPROD, otherwise I can restore it into your name space if you prefer. Let me know. — Voice of Clam 13:25, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

If you restore it per WP:NOTSTATS, what do I need to do to keep the article from being removed in the future? Because the stats in that page are just cricket scores, and the only thing I can do to explain them is to link external references, and perhaps add more explanation from a high level to explain the rivalry. Killswitch 125 13:52, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

To be honest, I don't think the subject of this article has much hope of surviving an AfD if I were to restore it, as it does not seem to be notable. You can ask at WP:CRICKET for further advice, but the best I can suggest is that I move it into your user space. Do you want me to do this? — Voice of Clam 15:06, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Yep, let's move it to my user space then. Thanks! Killswitch 125 15:43, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

 Done - moved to User:Killswitch125/Battle of the Saints (cricket). — Voice of Clam 16:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

A small thank you

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For all the excellent work you do cleaning up railway-related articles. Your contributions are appreciated. 157.131.122.202 (talk) 00:48, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks — Voice of Clam 08:28, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Another good example: [54]. Thanks again, 157.131.122.202 (talk) 04:55, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

PRODs

Hello, Voice of Clam,

I just wanted to thank you for regularly checking out articles that have been PROD'd. There's just a couple admins (you, me, Explicit and sometimes GB fan) who seem to remember that PRODs exist out there and it's good to have a few different people covering this area of the project and making sure to review articles and files that have been PROD'd and ensure that they are deleted (or aren't) according to guidelines.

By the way, every time I see your username in a deletion notice, I want to ask you about it. There's a joke in my family that at my brother's job with a U.S. county public information department, there was once an emergency protocol PowerPoint presentation they all had to attend and the director mistakenly wrote in big letters on a slide, "It's important to always be CLAM!" So, we often say to each other, "Just be clam, already!". I'm sure your name has nothing to do with staying clam in a crisis but I still smile every time I see "Voice of Clam". Thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:35, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Liz. You're half right with the name; it actually comes from a misprint I once read on a hymn sheet for the final line of Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. — Voice of Clam 22:24, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

I've now included the derivation on my user page. — Voice of Clam 08:12, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Note

Hey, Voice of Clam,

I thought I'd alert you to an annoying new troll we have that is impersonating you. What they like to do is go to blocked editors' talk pages where they have posted an unblock request and decline their request, insulting them in the process and signing your name as the admin who responded. You can look at the page history on User talk:Albwiki001 to see some examples of their work. I don't know why they picked you but it is confusing the blocked editors and you might be getting more pings than usual when it takes admins or editors a while to go and revert this vandalism.

I hope you are otherwise having a good weekend! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:37, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

@Liz: thanks - I suspect it's all connected to the sockpuppetry at User talk:Judication. I'm keeping my eyes on it. — Voice of Clam 08:39, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Malabar Singh Thapa

I noticed you deleted the article Malabar Singh Thapa. It was prodded during a period that I was disconnected from Wikipedia. I'd ask that it be undeleted, as notability is easily verified (see here regarding his appointed as cabinet minister http://archive.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/03/23/newly-appointed/ ) -- Soman (talk) 11:43, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

@Soman: Undeleted per WP:DEPROD. Please address the issues that led to it being nominated for deletion, otherwise it may fail a WP:RfD. — Voice of Clam 20:02, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks. Actually, the current version of the article already includes referenced info that he was a member of national parliament, thus easily passes WP:NPOL. --Soman (talk) 20:09, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Biscayneer & Monarch

Hi Voice of Clam, First, I obviously noted that you deleted several pages. Please keep in mind that the xxxx (ship) pages are ship indexes, and not articles, or DABs. Like Lists, they have a lot looser rules. There are many List pages that are all primary sources and none of the items on the list is notable. If you look at some of the HMS xxxx pages, they are replete with red links that will never become articles because as you go back past the late 18th century we find less and less info. Sometimes all we have is evidence of existence, and sometimes we may find that in 1754 the vessel captured a French privateer. It is costless to add that info, even if it is not enough to create notability for a ship article. It is also a good place to park some info that is more obscure so that if someone does create the article, they can readily find the info. Furthermore, the British Admiralty was very good about not having two serving vessels with the same name, but occasionally, for instance, a vessel launched in England and a French prize taken in the Caribbean might bear the same name, at least until the Admiralty found out and mandated a name change for one or the other. At the time the French navy had no such scruples and so it is not uncommon for two or more serving warships to all have the same name. With merchant vessels the situation is even more chaotic. Frequently many vessels with the same name coexist. It requires a lot more info to help someone that gets to the ship index page to determine that this Biscayneer is not that Biscyaneer, or this Monarch is not that Monarch, and is not HMS Monarch. (I have found people who have assumed that all British ships are HMS xxxx.) And then there are the vessels with the same name, launch year, and launch place. I don't know who the reader is (historian, local historian, genealogist, person interested in whaling or the slave trade, Wikipedia surfer, or ...). I just try to provide info that helps them follow their interest or answers a question they have, or helps them realize they need more info than WP has. Second, WP is a 21st century network, not just a 20th century book transferred to the cloud. The articles, lists ship indexes, DABs, etc., are the nodes. The links, categories, and the like link the nodes. As Elon Musk would insist, the value of a network depends on the number of actual nodes. So would someone surfing WP, following their curiosity from one place to another. If an article is not notable, declare it a stub. About 2-3 weeks ago an editor found a book published in 2022 and with a few sentences from that book turned a not notable article I had created in 2021 into a notable article, with links to some other WP articles as well. Had my article not existed, it is not at all clear that the editor, who knew nothing about ships, would have created the now notable article. Furthermore, stubs can be improved. I have found several cases of stubs that were nothing more than a listing of voyages the vessel made transporting convicts to New South Wales, without even inline citations. I have been able to find convict voyages to Tasmania, migrant voyages, whaling voyages, other items of the vessel's history, etc. Readers of WP are probably not going to feel delight that we have a page on Paris, or Sydney. (Our article will frequently be more badly written, and less professional than that in a book.) However, a genealogist tracking their ancestry may be delighted to find that we have the vessel that brought their ancestor, and to know a little more about that vessel. Some stubby articles are straight transfers of material in public domain and we can enhance them, improving them incrementally. There was one case, some years ago, where I found a DANFS-based stub. I built it out, adding info from before the vessel's entry into the US Navy and her history after the Navy sold her. Another editor found what I had done and created a DYK that garnered over 100K views. My point is simply that stubs, and lists, and ship indexes facilitate articles starting, growing incrementally, or even not growing much, but switching from non-notable to notable. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 17:13, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

The articles were deleted as expired WP:PRODs. You are welcome to request undeletion at WP:DEPROD, or you could have removed the PROD tag at any point before they were deleted, as was detailed on your talk page. However I strongly suggest you consider the reasons they were proposed for deletion, otherwise they may be nominated for WP:AFD. In particular see WP:INDISCRIMINATE. — Voice of Clam 17:37, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Voice of Clam: I was not contesting the deletion, though I would request that you transfer the deleted articles to my namespace so that if I ever find material that makes them notable I can restore them. My first point above had nothing to do with the articles being deleted. I was pointing out that ship indexes are not DABs and play by different rules. I was hoping to encourage you to undo your mistake. Acad Ronin (talk) 11:37, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

These "ship indexes" seem to have the purpose of linking to ships that are unrelated apart from the name. As such, they appear to be nothing more than disambiguation pages, and therefore should follow the guidelines at MOS:DAB. I see you've reverted my changes, but I'm not going to get into an edit war about it, as I simply don't have time this weekend. However I'll raise the matter for discussion next week. — Voice of Clam 18:50, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Ignore that - I 've just found and read WP:SIA, a guideline I'd not come across before. You're right and I'm wrong, so I apologise. It just shows that even after 16 years of editing, I still have things to learn. I'll deprod the ship articles to your user space later when I have time. — Voice of Clam 19:34, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Articles restored and moved to User:Acad Ronin/Monarch (1804 ship) and User:Acad Ronin/Biscayneer (1783 ship) as requested. — Voice of Clam 09:39, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks. And I will try and restrain myself from creating non-notable articles. (Almost always they are the result of my gathering info while trying to figure out which Biscayneer or Monarch is which, and then not excising judgement.) I hadn't realized how much they offend some editors. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 11:46, 12 November 2022 (UTC).

AfD Baresa

Hi - I found one of your photos and wondered if you can help us discuss the AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baresa, Eritrea? Thanks. JMWt (talk) 17:10, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Left comments on AfD page. — Voice of Clam 18:14, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

2023

DYK for Railway with a Heart of Gold

On 12 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Railway with a Heart of Gold, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the documentary Railway with a Heart of Gold has actual footage of a derailment captured whilst the filmmaker was attached to the side of the train? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Railway with a Heart of Gold. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Railway with a Heart of Gold), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

AIV

Hey Voice of Clam, I'd loaded WP:AIV just before your comment and worked through the backlog — if I'd seen your comment I wouldn't have blocked Rhoudes. Apologies! — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 08:59, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

@TheresNoTime: No problem - I was in two minds whether to block or not and decided not too at this point, but I can see why you did. — Voice of Clam (talk) 09:22, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Redirect from Judeo-Marathi

Hi Voice of Clam,

I noticed you made a redirect from Judeo-Marathi to Marathi in April. I see that you cited the fact that Judeo-Marathi didn't differ significantly from Marathi. I think that your redirect raises important questions about how to categorize Jewish language varieties on Wikipedia.

The criteria for calling a language variety "Judeo-X" differs from typical linguistic criteria (see the introduction to Languages in Jewish Communities, Past and Present, Benjamin and Benor, 2019). Currently, the convention is for all language varieties to have their own page, regardless of linguistic criteria. For examples, see Judaeo-Papiamento, Judaeo-Piedmontese, and others on List of Jewish diaspora languages. This is the convention among researchers who study Jewish language varieties.

But, you make some important points. Perhaps we shouldn't adapt this convention for Wikipedia. It might make sense to use a linguistically informed system for determining whether a variety merits a distinct page. In this case, the remaining varieties can be moved to a single page. In that case, I believe that Wikipedia editors of Jewish history and Jewish sociology pages should be given time to create such a system.

In the meantime, I believe it makes sense to keep the Judeo-Marathi page to ensure consistency across pages. (Personally, I was surprised by the redirect when I tried to find the page just now given the existing conventions.) I'm happy to work on improving the Judeo-Marathi page should the redirect be removed.

All the best, _{too_much} curiosity (talk) 19:32, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

@Toomuchcuriosity: this is not a subject I have any knowledge of at all I'm afraid. The reason I converted Judeo-Marathi to a redirect was because it had been nominated for deletion as a WP:PROD, and I took the view that it was better to redirect it to an apparently related article than deleting it completely. Before redirecting, the article looked like this. You are welcome to revert to that version and remove the PROD tag if you wish to contest it. Also pinging Saimdusan who nominated the article for PROD, and may know more about the subject than I do. — Voice of Clam (talk) 22:33, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! I will discuss it with Saimdusan. _{too_much} curiosity (talk) 01:49, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the pings. I have seen your message and responded to it on the talk page for the Judeo-Marathi article. Hoping we can iron this out in a way that makes sense. saɪm duʃan Talk|Contribs 10:06, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Need help on Swati tribe article

Dear admin I found your talk page from recent active admins and I wanna explain a issue regarding a propaganda on our tribe. I am leader of Swati tribe from Pakistan and We speak Pashto. Around 60-70% of our tribe Speaks Pashto and we strictly follow Pashtun Culture but there are some users which you can see in edit history of that page like Sutyarashi. They were trying to prove Swatis of Hindu races like Dardic. They are very much active on our tribe page and edit immediately whenever I or anyone made changes. I provided them a lot of reference but they said these references belongs to Colonial era i.e Written by British Government which are not acceptable on Wikipedia then I provided references from old books and then they said It should be publish by a good publishing company. Then I open their reference through which they were trying to change our origin and on the same page there was mentioned Swatis are maybe arabs which was totally opposite to their citation text. Then he agreed with me on his talk page and then I provided him the reference from the current research of Hazara University in which Swatis are mentioned as Tajiks and which is correct research according to Wikipedia rules and he accepted too this but still he didn't write tajik on page and again find some references in which some Dardic tribes were refered as Tajiks but Swatis are not mention in that reference. I checked. But Still they trying to impose that on page again and again and not writing Tajik Or Pashtun but Dardic without any reference Please I need help. I don't know much how to use Wikipedia but please save us from their propaganda. Khan Of Naral (talk) 11:18, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Suggest salting of that attack page

If attack pages keep being made, maybe add the name plus Walgreens to the title blacklist so that any page made will be rejected, I doubt any Walgreens manager is going to be notable enough for Wikipedia, at least not as a manager. I'm avoiding naming the person being attacked here to WP:DENY Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 07:54, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

I've got the page on my watchlist. Salting the page could just mean they recreate it with a slightly different title. I don't think it's worth making a change on MediaWiki:Titleblacklist at present - if it becomes long term abuse then I will suggest it (I don't have the Regex skills to do it myself) — Voice of Clam (talk) 08:47, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Copied from...

Jack Coventry Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:35, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Can I please have a copy of the now deleted page.Fleets (talk) 16:27, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

@Jimfbleak and Fleets: Resored to Draft:Jack Coventry — Voice of Clam (talk) 18:26, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks, much appreciated.Fleets (talk) 11:32, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

December music

December songs

story · music

Thank you for having written Main Page history manually! Some are missing from former periods, could you perhaps do those also? Two red links on my user page, and usually it concerned other days before and after as well. - Today's story is about Maria Callas, on her centenary. - Aaron Copland died OTD. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

I've just done today's history, and can go back and do some archives manually, but it's more complicated than doing it on the day. It means going back through the history of template:ITN to get a copy from the right day, and also the number of articles count will be wrong. If you let me know which days you want I'll do those as a priority. — Voice of Clam (talk) 19:47, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

That would be so sweet! The two dates mentioned above are 25 June and 21 November, for the (reviewed) TFA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:13, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

It may be a bit longer than anticipated - WP:DYK is causing issues as well as WP:ITN. But I'll keep working on it in my spare time, and see if I can simplify the process as much as possible. — Voice of Clam (talk) 16:21, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: - not forgotten about this, but very busy IRL at present. It won't be for another few days at least. — Voice of Clam (talk) 08:22, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Take your time. - My story today is about Michael Robinson, - it's an honour to have known him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:35, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

I've raised a couple of queries on WP:VPT to see if there's a way of getting round a couple of technical problems. They're not insurmountable, but I just want to find out if there's an easier way of doing what I want to do. — Voice of Clam (talk) 16:42, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for doing that! - Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:19, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

2024

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Rail transport diagram images

A tag has been placed on Category:Rail transport diagram images indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:07, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

No objection from me - I think this dates from before the time when images were routinely hosted on Commons. — Voice of Clam (talk) 07:30, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

PROD files

Hi, Voice of Clam,

I know you handle PROD articles and I'm hoping that if you are active tomorrow, around 20:00 UTC, you could delete some files that I had tagged. As the editor who tagged the images, I'm "involved" and can not delete them myself. I know you usually delete articles, not files, but I thought I'd post a note that if you are around the project tomorrow, maybe you could take care of them. Hope all is well with you! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I'll have a look when I get the chance. — Voice of Clam (talk) 07:12, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Can't find any expired PRODs, files or otherwise, unless I'm looking in the wrong place. Suspect someone else has already been in to clear up the backlog. — Voice of Clam (talk) 22:03, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

This IP

I thank you for doing a good job at blocking him to prevent further vandalism. However, there's just a slight correction. It's an IP address, and the template that was used is "You have been blocked", but the correct one is "Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked". 35.141.142.199 (talk) 14:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

I just used the standard {{uw-vblock}} template - if you feel the wording can be improved suggest it on the template's talk page. — Voice of Clam (talk) 21:05, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Additional comment - I see there is an "anon=yes" optional parameter for that template, but where the anon edits are clearly coming from the same user I don't feel it's necessary, especially for a short block. — Voice of Clam (talk) 07:41, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Vasa (ship)

I have come up with a different approach to the problem your edit [55] was made to solve (as I understand it). I think my edit summary explains my thinking. I was wondering if you agreed with that thinking.

Just curiosity – clearly if there are any issues this needs to move to the article talk page. ThoughtIdRetired _TIR 19:09, 3 May 2024 (UTC)