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It depends on the "gag" doesn't it? The point is that it could be a huge, howling error. I would say there is a lot of more trivial stuff in that article.
And even if something is not notable to you, it may be to say .... New Zealanders or Jewish people? Grant | Talk 11:00, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I was wondering why you added three more years/events pairs to {{
Infobox GB station}}
... then I found
this. Is that level of detail really necessary? I usually confine such entries to opening, renaming and closure dates. --
Redrose64 (
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We're hosting a series of WP-themed events at universities around the UK; round 1 is Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds. Would you be interested in helping out? Shoot me an email if so and I'll explain the details. Ironholds ( talk) 18:22, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
What about the Turkish locomotives ? Did you even read the edit summary, or look at the changes to the article. Thanks for nothing. That was a pointless revert. Sf5xeplus ( talk) 20:46, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
I know you have been here a lot longer than me, but may I ask why you reverted what may have been a good faith (albeit unreferenced) contribution with no explanation and flagged it as a minor edit? It's against WP:MINOR which states "any change that affects the meaning of an article is not minor, even if the edit concerns a single word". I know there's an exception for blatant vandalism, but personally I'm not convinced this was. Cheers, DubiousIrony yell 00:49, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Matt. I did some combining in the Stop and examine article with the fortnightly Rail and monthly Railways Illustrated magazines. Admittedly a little wobbly in execution. Bests. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc ( talk) 02:18, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I see that you've
re-added info that has previously
been removed. I won't revert you: but I can see the objection, because there must be dozens of routes that TOCs (present and past) have operated, but no longer do. Very few railway stations carry such information where post-privatisation TOCs are concerned. BTW the {{
disused rail insert}}
is inappropriate because there is still a service by another operator over the same lines - the correct template would be {{
Historical Rail Insert}}
. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 19:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Mattbuck, I saw we were in disagreement over the images on Intercity Express Programme, so I raised the matter here. My rationale is these are non-free images provided by the preferred bidder for a train that hasn't been ordered yet. The image was released two years ago, and specfifcation of the train as changed since then. I can't see how this image "its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." and thus fails WP:NFCC#8. Please comment there. Edgepedia ( talk) 06:29, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
-- Redrose64 ( talk) 21:38, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
I note you have removed the "operated by ScotRail" category from the Class 334 et al images.
Although First ScotRail is the current operator, the 334 were operated by (NX) ScotRail and the 318, 314 were also operated by BR Scottish Region. -- Stewart ( talk | edits) 14:47, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
I think the best way around this is to create gallery pages for each individual unit if you want to find them that way, combined with categories if there are lots (say >=10) photos of a particular unit. Thryduulf ( talk) 11:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Matt - just letting you know that there's a discussion taking place in the Spock article regarding the "Spock Principle" (specifically deletion of the quote from the Texas Supreme Court ruling). If you'd like to comment, you can find the discussion at Talk:Spock#Spock Principle Edit War. Thanks. -- Jake Fuersturm ( talk) 08:11, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Matt, re
this edit - is it really Volume 671?
The Railway Magazine, which has been going for 114 years, is now up to vol. 157, but
Rail has been going circa 30 years, so I wouldn't expect a volume number higher than 31 (or 61 if the volume number changes twice a year, as it used to do with The Railway Magazine). Surely |issue=671
would be nearer the mark. --
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Hi Mattbuck, you may remember asking (Feb 2010!) on its talkpage for predecessor/successor fields to be added to Template:Infobox racing car. I have added them. -- de Facto ( talk). 06:30, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
{{ Thameslink}} has got over-bloated with irrelevant information to the Thameslink services that the template is used. For example the {{ Midland Main Line}} gives the historic details of the line route of St Pancras. The purpose of this template is to illustrte the Thameslink service. Historic information, and other routes (for example London Overground stations) are covered elsewhere. -- Stewart ( talk | edits) 20:46, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Okay yeah, I see that the other pages have been merged. It's that Janitor (Scrubs) happened to be on my watchlist. As for the actual merge, I see no point as wikipedia is not printed out on paper. Reub2000 ( talk) 15:12, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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I'm sure your gallery removal project is very worthy and all that, but simply removing a gallery with all its contents may do more harm than good. Whilst it satisfies an objective, simply deleting all gallery content along with the gallery seems arbitrary and not conducive to good relationshps between editors. Is there such a hurry? Why not tag articles you want to amend with a two week warning or the like? Here's hoping you're not one of those snarling Wikipedians. hjuk ( talk) 22:01, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello Mattbuck, I have contested your PROD of the Colonel Phillip Green article. However, I agree, this character doesn't meet the notability guidelines. I have proposed that the relevant content be merged into List of Star Trek characters (G–M). If you are interested, the discussion is located here. Best, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 22:25, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
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Social impact of thong underwear is up for deletion ( Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Social impact of thong underwear) again. Will you take a look? Aditya( talk • contribs) 05:49, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
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That is a pretty stupendous (and road free!!) RDT. What is the light rail south of Tamworth? It's not labelled. NtheP ( talk) 21:02, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
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Please don't edit war, I've left a message on the talk page. Please discuss there. Information needs to be verifable by reliable sources. That's essentially a rule. I'm happy to accept different options, but it must pass Wikipedia:Verifiability - is there some problem with Hitachi Class 395? Mddkpp ( talk) 02:29, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, but I have reported you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring - I have given various links showing that the names I used are valid, you haven't done that for "British Rail Class 395" and as far as I can tell there is not a consensus at WP:UKRAIL. You also seem to be ignoring WP:VERIFY. Mddkpp ( talk) 02:46, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
now the notation in the article is no longer consistent. Would it be OK to revert your edit for now, and then perhaps restore the Nevanlinna definition after Pym1507's version stabilises?
Thanks a lot, Sasha ( talk) 23:42, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I see you reverted one edit by 86.175.37.60 but not the others. Can the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways#Road bridges in RDTs somehow be closed with a firm decision? If I close it, I'll be ignored by the IP. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 18:54, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
WP:TVPLOT says we can use the episode as a primary source for plot. This is how all articles about TV shows, films, books, etc work. I grant you the plots could do with trimming, but your complete removal of them is nothing more than vandalism. - mattbuck ( Talk) 05:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
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Only by reusing {{ rws}} at the moment, whih will still work with the stn parameter. I haven't worked out how to make the two templates (i.e. {{ UKsta-u}} and {{ UKsta-u A}}) into one and more technical. Simply south.... .. going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 15:43, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
"None were" is actually gramatically wrong. It is OK in colloquial speech but in an encyclopaedia we are supposed to be using correct English, which is "None was".
Also, I don't see how a "service" can catch fire. A service is an intangible abstraction. The service is not the train, it is what the train performs. It is only a physical entity, in this case a train, that can catch fire. -- Alarics ( talk) 13:26, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
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Ah yes, that works too, thanks for your message. I had actually played with a number of different solutions in preview mode, but with the reference being shared, it seemed at best that I could only swap out one error message for another. I have no idea why the use of onlyinclude hadn't occurred to me this session. Regardless, I'm just happy to see that it has been tweaked to a perfection level that satisfies us both. Have yourself a great day Mattbuck, stay well, and happy editing! :) -- WikHead ( talk) 23:58, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
I have started the review, and thought I would drop you a note, as it is a while since it was nominated. Bob1960evens ( talk) 16:50, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Well done - Parson Street railway station has also passed. Bob1960evens ( talk) 15:01, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
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