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Proposed deletion of Violator (band)

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Doesn't meet notability requirements.

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Talkback

Hello, Tabletop. You have new messages at SchuminWeb's talk page.
Message added 05:26, 5 December 2009 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:26, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

by-election

you know... you didn't actually fix it... Timeshift (talk) 13:17, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Some of it is fixed, but not the party colour.

Buenos Aires, Colombia

Hi, I just noticed that you created the article Buenos Aires, Colombia with no information or references about it. The one link you have is to some rain collection website where it says that Buenos Aires is an hacienda i.e. a farmhouse of no notability or importance. Furthermore is not a town as you indicated but a farm.

Please delete or submit this article for speedy deletion. mijotoba (talk) 05:41, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles should not be based in presumed notability. Furthermore, the cited article, and the sources in that article are from a chatroom on an Australian website. It has no clear notability or importance, Buenos Aires is merely a route. It is not in Santander as the geotag indicates, the naming of the article is elusive, the article cannot be extended further, and it is based on a future project of renovation. Just because it exists does not automatically make it of encyclopaedic value. See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Starting_an_article#Things_to_avoid, they say an article should not be "A single sentence or only a website link" which this article is, "directory" "guidebook" or "crystal ball", which this article aims to be. mijotoba (talk) 08:21, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Afd on Daniel S. Razón

Hi, as a previous contributor to the Daniel S. Razón article, it may interest you to know that it is currently being nominated for deletion due to unnotability. You can find the Afd on this page Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Daniel_S._Razón. Thank you and Happy New Year! – Shannon Rose Talk 18:45, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Five Swedish feet

5 Swedish feet = 1435mm? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.102.47.215 (talk) 05:48, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Georg Stevnsen ? Tabletop (talk) 11:05, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
George Stephenson, an Englishman chose Swedish measurement. 121.102.47.215 (talk) 03:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
  • 3 Swedish Feet = 891mm
  • 1 Swedish Foot = 297mm
  • 5 Swedish Feet = 1485mm not 1435mm !!!!!! Tabletop (talk) 23:28, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Fallingrain Blacklisting

In the time since you were last active, Fallingrain has been added to the list of candidate sites for blacklisting from Wikipedia. As such, you should not be adding any new links to it at all, for any reason, as it increases the cleanup job before the blacklist entry is activated (this would make articles with fallingrain links uneditable). Orderinchaos 14:11, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

I honestly thought we have been through this before at some considerable length regarding Western Australian rail locations - they are problematic and unhelpful additions to anything to do with Australian railway locations - and the places exist and already have the info and you add a dubious external link? Please do not add SatuSuro 22:49, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

North America

  • Alaska should convert from 1435 to 1524 and electrification 25 kV 50 Hz alternating current
  • Canada and United States (except Alaska) should convert 1435 to 1676 and electrification 25 kV 60 Hz alternating current.
    • 1676 is a stupid choice of gauge for another reason, as it is too close to 1435 to allow "strong" 3-rail, dual gauge; 1828mm (6' 0") would be a better choice.
      • Spain has 1435 and 1676 dual gauge quite successfully. Tabletop (talk) 23:45, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
    • North America (and the Pilbara) uses very heavy and strong rails compared to other parts of the world, which makes it unnecessary to change the gauge.
      • Russia, Central Asia and Baltic States not North America uses very heavy and strong rails compared to other parts of the world, which makes it unnecessary to change the gauge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.102.47.215 (talk) 03:35, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Russia - Alaska - Canada rail link should be built
  • SUW 2000 (Variable Gauge Axle) should use between 1524 and 1676 at Alaska / Canada border and in Central Asia / Afghanistan area
  • Standard gauge is too narrow for Canada and United States.
    • Trains in United States and Canada cannot run as fast as either in Russia or India.
      • Not so. Russia and India are not particuloarly fast. All the real fast lines are 1435 gauge.
      • The heaviest axle loads are in the Pilbara.
  • Mexico should remain standard gauge
  • Guatemala should convert to standard gauge

121.102.47.215 (talk) 03:50, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

4-rail dual gauge

possible 4-rail dual gauge pattern
gauge 1 - gauge 2 - gauge 3
1000 - 1067 - 1,267 mm
1000 - 1067 - 1435
1435 - 1524 (1520mm) - 1829 (1828mm)
1435 - 1524 (1520mm) - 1945
1524 (1520mm) - 1676 - 1945
1524 (1520mm) - 1676 - 2140 (2134mm)
121.102.47.215 (talk) 03:50, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

confused

On Simandou, you put an existing albeit possibly defunct IIRC standard gauge railway. What does IIRC stand for? I can think of one, but it doesn't sound right. Griffinofwales (talk) 16:19, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

IIRC = If I Remember Correctly. Tabletop (talk) 03:27, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

That's what I thought. That shouldn't be in an encyclopedic article. Could you check that, and make sure? WP can't cite your memory. Griffinofwales (talk) 15:39, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Skelani

It's such a pleasure coming across people being helpful at Wikipedia! Thanks. Opbeith (talk) 22:40, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

And thanks again! Opbeith (talk) 23:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Treadle (railway)

Hi. Could you have another look at the edit you made to Treadle (railway), please, 'cos it doesn't quite make sense.

Cheers -- EdJogg (talk) 12:50, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Quite so! Fixed. Tabletop (talk) 13:22, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix, but having now read the other article, I'm not sure your fix was right, and I have adjusted it further! Also, purists might argue that the only similarity is that they are both flange-operated electrical switches, otherwise functionally and physically they are different. If I have got the wrong end of the stick, feel free to change it again. :o) -- EdJogg (talk) 13:50, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Source of the list of railway stations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Could you mention the source(s) of the List of railway stations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo you wrote? I have some other information, but befor changing or deleting, I would like compare the different references.--195.28.224.59 (talk) 06:15, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

From the maps. Tabletop (talk) 11:23, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Leon train crash

I believe you amended the entry for the Leon train crash in Spain within List of rail accidents (pre-1950)#1944 to include a possible alternative date of 16th January, with this citation, I have looked around and all other references quote 3rd January (including those in Spanish) I therefore intend to remove reference to 16th January and stick with 3rd January; I trust this is OK, Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 21:10, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't remember making such change. Tabletop (talk) 03:44, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Cement in Africa

I have nominated Cement in Africa, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cement in Africa. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. SnottyWong talk 18:49, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Keith Smith (engineer)

I have nominated Keith Smith (engineer), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keith Smith (engineer). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. (talk) 12:16, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing 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. Courcelles (talk) 21:03, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Sundance Resources Limited

I've done a bit of work on your Sundance Resources Limited article and nominated it for DYK, with your name of the creator, its listed under 23 June. Lets hope it gets through! Calistemon (talk) 09:28, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK?? Tabletop (talk) 10:43, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Did You Know? is the little section on the bottom left of the Main Page for the newest articles on Wikipedia. See also: Template talk:Did you know. Calistemon (talk) 11:17, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Model rail project

User:Sillybillypiggy/MRI

See Model railways.

DYK for Sundance Resources Limited

RlevseTalk 18:03, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Metallurgical education

An article that you have been involved in editing, Metallurgical education, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Metallurgical education. Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 17:59, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Stephen Angulalik

I notice that earlier you added a map to Stephen Angulalik, but the map you added would appear to be in Africa somewhere.

Whoops. These updates are not automatic or bot-driven. Tabletop (talk) 11:13, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 07:55, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Spelling corrections in quotes

With reference to Thomas Baltzar, please don't correct spelling to modern English unless you can verify that was the speling used inthe original, 17th century English spelling was not so fixed, both the words you corrected were spelt the "wrong" way in the source. David Underdown (talk) 16:34, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

You corrected the spelling in Protohistory of West Virginia [Spell peice => piece] taken from Wood's 1674 letter in quote. Now, no longer is it considered a direct quote. Some law officials question this practice of editing or modifying original quotes. You now have it as now a misquote. Because this website is not an academic environment nor a court of law, but, simply a Wiki article, I'll thank you for your assistance. Otherwise, I would have been reprimanded for letting one of my company clerks (secretaries) changing the spelling or teminology within a direct quote to be used in an official capacity. Thanks again for your enthusiasm and help, Conaughy (talk) 11:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

The following should of course not be corrected:
  • http:// addresses
  • Image addresses .jpg
  • File addresses .doc
  • proper names usually identified by initial capital letter. (Is Wahington DC correct?)
  • foreign languages
  • historical misspelling (but how many centuries does this go back?)
  • more than one plausible correction (payed => paid) or (actor payed role = actor played role)
  • words marked with "sic".

It is not possible to get this all correct all the time.

It would be helpful if there could be searchable keyword(s) such as:

  • [dubious discuss] or (doubtful) (3964) or
  • {{spellerr}} or (spellerr) (0000)

where by uncertain spellings can be marked for later attention, so the the observed misspelling is not lost.

  • doubtful is a real word and will match distractions.
  • spellerr is a contrived word and ought to only match the doubtful spellings.

Tabletop (talk) 23:51, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Transport naming consistency

You moved at least one Transport page (Venezuela). Your move is mentioned at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_September_9#Category:Transportation_in_Venezuela. Maybe you like to vote on category consistency. TruckCard (talk) 13:23, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Falling Rain

I noticed that you intentionally removed Falling Rain from external links on Kehar. It used to be used quite widely in Wikipedia; is it no longer considered reliable? - Fayenatic (talk) 09:03, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

The population figures in FR are apparently rubbish and Wiki should not access such stuff as it gives false credance. Personally, I think that the FR maps are useful, as they display three scales simultaneously. Tabletop (talk) 10:14, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Steel in Africa for deletion

A discussion has begun about whether the article Steel in Africa, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steel in Africa until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 06:21, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Scool is spelled S-c-o-o-l.

Your attempts to correct the townland name Scool have been reverted. The name of the townland is Scool. Please check spellings before deciding they are wrong. Double-checking your assumptions is a simple thing to do online. You can see on this map that the correct spelling is Scool. Scool is not the English word school; it is an anglicisation of the original Irish name Cnoc an Scúmhail (pronounced scool) meaning "hill of the declivity". --O'Dea (talk) 23:09, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Most of the 20 odd scools were indeed misspelled schools. Also schoools. If scools is part of say a .svg it is not changed, if the .svg is spotted. Tabletop (talk) 11:31, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

You deleted citation links to fallingrain.com in 23 different a great many articles without explanation on the 24th and 25th of September 2010. I was about to begin repairing your vandalism but I ask you to do it; why should I do this work? You should not have deleted those links. Some merely need <ref> and </ref> fixes and others merely need the new links to be substituted, as the old ones have changed very slightly. Some of the deletions you performed were subsequently adjusted by a bot, but still need to be fixed, as in the case of Mizak where the link simply needed to be changed from http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/1/Mizak.html to http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/01/Mizak.html (I fixed that one). You could have found this out simply by following the link instead of destroying it. You make bad edits to articles because you dive in blindly without checking anything. I will look at these articles at a later point; if they have been left as they are, I will report you for vandalism. This is the list of articles you changed which need to have the FallingRain link fixed:

--O'Dea (talk) 23:34, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

I notice you have been deleting many FallingRain links at least as far back as July (I became tired of checking before that). Why do you not include meaningful edit summaries that explain your rationale, if you have one? del FR is insufficient and opaque. --O'Dea (talk) 23:47, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Fallingrain

Others have determined that Fallingrain links are unsuitable for use in Wiki due to incorrect population statistics, and should therefore be removed. I have been removing such links in accordance with this determination.

There used to be a topic Fallingrain which explained the advantages and disadvantages of this link, but this was deleted by yet others as something unsuitable as a topic on wiki.

Personally, I think that the 3 level maps of Fallingrain were useful, as explained in the deleted topic, however this is apparently overridden by the statistical issue.

If Fallingrain is useful, then the Fallingrain topic should be restored.

When Fallingrain was still an approved link, my edit summary was FRMap, which matches the more recent Del FR summary.

Tabletop (talk) 00:25, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

If it is thought that the source is unsuitable for some reason, you are still obliged by Wikipedia rules of good practice to make your edit summaries meaningful, particularly where another editor cannot infer your mindset. It is almost effortless to create this text: "Deleting FallingRain link deemed by some to contain inaccurate data, and thus unsuitable for Wikipedia", then copy that to your clipboard and paste it into every summary. It takes only seconds. Can you provide evidence of this unsuitability determination you mentioned? --O'Dea (talk) 00:37, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Orderinchaos says it is blacklisted.
I can only see him claiming it is inaccurate; he does not mention any blacklist. On another note, I request that you keep this discussion intact by keeping it all here on your talk page since this is where it began. You can alert me to your comments here by posting {{talkback|Tabletop}} at my talk page. I am deleting your comments on my talk page as unnecessary duplication. Thank you. --O'Dea (talk) 01:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
See: FR Blacklist].
The remarks at Orderinchaos's page are actually by Dr. Blofeld. I am going to read your link now, or at least I will scan it: it is horribly long. But please don't forget about the necessity of good edit summaries: they are vital. --O'Dea (talk) 01:06, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Chudleigh

(as found comment at Zeehan railway station) - Please - if you are going to adventure into the realm of proposed and crazy rail projects that existed between 1880's and the 1920's in Tasmania - either a separate list article about 'Proposed rail schemes' - and please do not pollute existing articles with all that - otherwise the good example of a separate article for a scheme would be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western_Railway_(Tasmania) - which is the quality required for each of what is probably about 40 separate proposals in that era to be anotable free standing article. Otherwise talk pages of railway stations are not the place for thje information - the number of really crazy proposals like the Chudleigh one do not in most cases deserve separate articles as they died a natural death - despite parliamentary approval SatuSuro 03:18, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Note that I did put the Chudleigh item in the talk pages rather than the main article, on the basis that it was tentative.
If you do create a stub or two - here is a category http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Proposed_railways_in_Tasmania - please - in WP:AGF if you do not have many WP:RS - alert me and I can offer you some help - if you ask for it - however if you create some stubs like some of the south australian and western australian ones from a year or so ago I am more likely to put them up for Afd - please if you find a few why dont we jointly create a list rather than scattered info? SatuSuro 03:56, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania has a sub-topic Proposed but not constructed for still-born proposals, and that could be a good place to also mention the Chudleigh Zeehan Railway. Currently only the ZGWRT is listed. Tabletop (talk) 05:11, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Excellent - I must try to find the lists I have - I know there were 10 or major proposed that never happend - and I think the rest (30 or more) go through country in Tasmania that even up to now have no roads even... - thanks for pointing out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railways_on_the_West_Coast_of_Tasmania#Proposed_but_not_constructed - probably will get some more into there soon... SatuSuro 09:57, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

International Racquetball Federation

I deleted that page (three years ago!) because the text was copied from another website in violation of copyright. There is absolutely nothing stopping you from writing a new page at that title. Hut 8.5 10:42, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Kisumu

I saw that you contributed to Kisumu, I was wondering whether we could work together to update the Kisumu page which currently reads like a travel brochure, which is very undeserving for a leading town in East Africa. If possible could you constructively help me make it better, I am hoping to get together a work group of contributers to help out so that it is something close to the Nairobi page. I will be working on this for the next week or two, if you have some spare time I will be glad if you could help me open up Kisumu to the world. Thanks!--Krator1 (talk) 22:29, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Some questions about rail articles

Nomination of Railway stations in the United States for deletion

Spelling corrections

Spelling correction for pervious

List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways

Railways

More railways

Metric Calendar

Provincial

Proposed deletion of Ivela Falls

License tagging for File:Coupler AAR Indonesia 1067mm gauge.JPG

Iceland

Brazil

Maps

Mozambique Railway

Proposed deletion of Firenze (organiser)

Blanche Charlet Article.

Proposed deletion of Chandragupt Institute of Management

Trivial edit

Proposed deletion of Steam World

Nomination of Steam World for deletion

Nomination of Railway stations in Burundi for deletion

Nomination of Railway stations in Niger for deletion

Nomination of Railway stations in Yemen for deletion

Nomination of Railway stations in the Central African Republic for deletion

Nomination of Railway stations in Guinea-Bissau for deletion

April 2011

Loading gauges in Eritrea

Proposed deletion of Railway stations in Mongolia

Crawford Notch image

Possibly unfree File:ERTMS logo.jpg

Spelling corrections in image names

Ouse Valley Railway

Railway station layout

Break-of-gauge

Railpage.com.au

Gosford vs Gosford railway station

An answer

Eritrean Railway loading gauge

Thank you!

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Dennis Rader

East Perth railway station

Nomination of Railway stations in Bhutan for deletion

Nomination of Railway stations in Kuwait for deletion

Speedy deletion nomination of Narrow Gauge Down Under

Proposed deletion of North–South Corridor Project

Washington Natinals

Re: Rail Maps

List of companies and cities in Africa that manufacture cement

Your opinion please

New Page Patrol survey

Bint Allayl

Re: railways in Benin

Re: Angola Rail Map

st. david

Please stop

Proposed deletion of International Association of Public Transport

File:Crossing Loop - Main & Loop Working.jpg listed for deletion

File:Diamond Crossing Dual Gauge Double Line.jpg listed for deletion

File:Island Platform with Centre Turnback Siding MPL.jpg listed for deletion

File source problem with File:Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Fast in Centre.jpg

File source problem with File:Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Platforms in Centre.jpg

File source problem with File:Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Slow in Centre.jpg

File source problem with File:Four Tracks Paired by Use.jpg

File source problem with File:Four Tracks Paired by Use SIS.jpg

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