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Thanks for putting me right. I purchased this photo years ago in Teignmouth. I always thought that a pixie was standing against the fence in the foreground!! Computer magnification dispels that belief. I am glad you like the photographs of the last train - one (Heathfield) was wrong & is now corrected. I am writing an article on the Haytor Granite Tramway at the moment.
Rosser1954
There are a couple of places in these articles where you got your Wiki markup wrong:
=History=
should be
==History==
since headings are meant to start at the second level (the first being reserved for the page heading), and
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk| The National Archives]
should be
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk The National Archives]
since external links use a space to separate the target from the text, not a pipe. Still it's nice to see station articles that do more than describe the current train service. I'll tidy them up when I add pictures to them. --bjh21 11:11, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
I need some help with the expansion of this list. I hope to this will contain all the railway viaducts and bridges in the UK. Simply south 12:59, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I will move the page in accordance. Simply south 12:51, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Another editor has listed an article that you may have an interest in, South Devon Sea Wall Rail Incidents, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/South Devon Sea Wall Rail Incidents. Please look there to see why this is, if you are interested in whether it should be deleted. Thank you. -- Eastmain 19:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I was thinking "Cornish China Clay Mining" or "China Clay Mining in Cornwall" would be a good title for the main article (other potential names could be redirects), as it is the origin of the freight on the railway anyway, and in that capacity the article would serve as the "origin" of the railway articles (albeit created in the wrong order), almost like a start page where users can follow the process from the pit to the railway to the port, or back the other way. It would basically be the tree trunk from which other articles branch out. I was thinking that to coordinate our efforts we might want to start a wikiproject to perhaps encourage others to participate in areas needing attention? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this. ▫Bad▫harlick♠ 15:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Geoff - re your edit to Solihull - I have no doubt that you are right that the Cornish Riviera Express ran from Paddington and therefore not via Solihull. However...... as a 10 year old train-spotter, spotting from a bridge over the line just above Solihull station, we used to see Kings and Castles wearing the Cornish Riviera Express plate hauling long passenger trains out of Snowhill. It is possible that they may be been out of service or in transit but as a 10 year old the only way that I would ever have known of such a service was to see the trains themselves. Any explanations would be very welcome. Velela 14:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
This is fixed now... I put (non-[line]-breaking space) between the two words to prevent it from line wrapping there, and forxe the table's colun to be wide enough. By the way, when doing templates links using ((tl)), use curly brackets, not square ones :-) Tompw (talk) 14:45, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for putting the picture up on this page, I've always wondered what the station looked like during the Somerset & Dorset days! PiffPuffPickle 11:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Having added the list of stations from the 1957 leaflet from BR I intend to work through the links etc when I have the time. Please feel free to add comments particularly re the format; I feel that a single column would look simpler but leave a lot of white space and little content. The next job is to ensure that all links go to the stations not the towns - do you think that putting in red links for stations would encourage people to write more station articles? Britmax 22:13, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. I've made some modifications to your table of distance to the path on each railway station article and changed it to a template, Template:Swcp. Hopefully this will make it easier to maintain and ensure consistency across the articles. I've added Category:Railway stations on the South West Coast Path to the template so it doesn't need adding manually. Regards. Adambro 15:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Should i make the older template a redirect to this one?
Secondly, instead of the name Bristol railway stations, i think it would be beter called Greater Bristol railway stations as it does not just serve the Bristol area. Simply south 16:51, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
The Disused railway stations (Bristol to Exeter Line) article is definitely the way to go regarding closed stations. It should address the majority of concerns about their inclusion in WP. Do you think the article would cope with the addition of station photos?
Main reason for writing is that when I was proof-reading, I checked that Hele was correct (it was, but there is a Hele Bay in North Devon, isn't there?) and noted that that article referred to its railway station. So, I created an anchored link back to your article. And the thought struck me: shouldn't we do this for each of the stations mentioned?
My initial thought was that it should be the article creator who does this linking ( :o) ), but I've since realised that there's enough work to make it into a mini-mini-project for each page – it would be enough to have a talk page list of the stations to link and some means of indicating which had been done, and any editor could then work their way through the list....
Just a thought!
(It's surprising what these routemaps have unleashed, isn't it?)
EdJogg 13:56, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Just completed my proof-reading of Disused railway stations (Exeter to Plymouth Line).
Not many problems to fix, and just a few requiring consultation:
Keep up the good work! -- EdJogg 13:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
--howcheng {chat} 06:49, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello Geof.
I've just noticed a small inconsistency between the excellent route diagrams that you have created for the articles on the Atlantic Coast Line, Cornwall and the Cornwall Minerals Railway.
I've no idea which is correct. It is possible both were true at different times. But equally one might be a simple markup error with the rather fiddly graphics, so I thought I'd best point it out. Any thoughts?. -- Chris j wood 17:38, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes Hello, as a fellow member of the trains wiki-project, is it possible that you could give a run-through of the above article, as it is up for FA status. Any feedback you give would be gratefully received, and taken onboard on improving this article for FA status. Thanks, --Bulleid Pacific 12:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I see that you removed the 'Broad guage' cat from this railway - ISTR reading somewhere that the lines were actually a mix of guages at one stage, as at least one of the constituent railway companies used broad guage, but I can't recall or find out which one, off-hand. A couple of the stations look like they were once broad guage. I'm travelling for the next few weeks so won't have a chance to track down the reference, but you might want to keep an eye open for this. Best regards, Ephebi 08:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Have you seen the proposal to create a Somerset wikiproject at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals ?— Rod talk 17:51, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
I still prefer the old ones Mark999 13:38, 20 September 2007 (UTC) can i have a say in something Mark999 22:34, 20 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark999 (talk • contribs)
Hi, I've just realised that we have an article on the GWR Devonport railway station but not one on the LSWR station - would you be able to start one? The reason I'm asking you is that you seem to be highly knowledgeable and productive about railways. Thanks. DuncanHill 12:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
All done now – Devonport Kings Road railway station and Plymouth Friary railway station, with Railways in Plymouth as a bonus! Geof Sheppard (talk) 14:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
for consistent hard work on railways in the West Country DuncanHill 13:53, 16 October 2007 (UTC) |
Please can you leave them, its only 5 days and there are so many about, think it would be easier to leave them Mark999 14:19, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Your input would be very much appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways#S-rail redux. Thanks, Mackensen (talk) 17:27, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I see you are a member of the Cornwall Wikiproject. A proposal has been made to merge the Penwith Wikiproject into it. You can join in the debate here. Best wishes, DuncanHill (talk) 12:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Ummm.... this diff [1] - spot the deliberate mistake? DuncanHill (talk) 13:56, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Geoff, re: [2]. There you go, you really do learn something new every day. Thanks for fixing my mistake. Gwernol 14:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, I hope you are well. I asked a question at Template talk:Disused railway stations (Plymouth to Penzance Line), which I then thought would be right up your street - hope you can answer. DuncanHill (talk) 09:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
With the template mentioned above, i'm not sure what to do with it so i have left a note on WT:Rail. Simply south (talk) 21:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
A picture at last!! Thank you! EdJogg (talk) 14:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I would query your removal of Tiverton Parkway, Tiverton station and the Exe Valley line from the diagram here. My thinking was that in its previous form the diagram informed the uninitiated that the current Tiverton Parkway is neither the station in the town, nor on the site of the former junction station, and showed what the relationship of these railways was: and for very little diagram space used. Thoughts? Britmax (talk) 13:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Keep up the good work with this. I'm making proof-reading your changes a priority, as you make them, but only to a 'normal' level. Once we actually try for GA status it'll need a more serious proof-read, but you need a 'complete' article before doing that really.
Anyway, the reason for dropping by was to suggest that the history in the infobox should include a reference to The Grouping. Was there any change of status to the company at this point, or did it simply inherit a number of smaller railways? (The latter is all I am aware of, and I couldn't think of a 2-3 word description for the infobox!) Of course, it may be sufficient to mention the 1921 Railways Act at that point and be done with it!
EdJogg (talk) 14:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Done that – and I thought I had covered all the angles! I have left it alone for a few weeks so that I can come back to it with a fresh pair of eyes. I won't have much time for editing over the next couple of weeks, but then I think it will be time to give it a final push on to GA.
Not that I've been taking it too quietly. I've been working up Royal Albert Bridge and Plymouth railway station with an eye on GA status for both of them. Geof Sheppard (talk) 07:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
I see what you mean! I moved the two tables up to the top of their sections (in two separate edits) to get rid of the white space at the end of the sections. Wiki's 'history' treats each line of the table as a paragraph and got rather confused. I'll try to remember that if I need to do something similar in the future. Thanks for keeping an eye on this one - at this rate it will be Christmas before I get to the bottom of it all! Geof Sheppard (talk) 07:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Geof, Ages ago you did some great work on South West Coast Path & I wondered if you would be interested in helping with the Monarch's Way article. I've started using the talk page as a sandbox in the same way you did & any contributions would be great.— Rod talk 22:10, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
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Having seen the tweaks you did to this article after I passed by I'd say thanks for pulling me back to it, I'd forgotten to do a routebox. And why I didn't think of putting one of the pictures in the infobox I don't know, good idea. Could I ask, though, why you rounded off the dates in the infobox to years when both Butt and Karau have the same days and months? Britmax (talk) 14:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, I notice that you have contributed to many railway articles. I have drawn a map of the railways in Cornwall (for another project) which I have uploaded to my talk page. I would be very grateful if you could check the map for accuracy, add any comments if you want, and (once it is corrected) suggest suitable deployments. Please reply to my talk page. Best wishes, Andy F (talk) 11:55, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Geof, I have been working on the Transport in Cornwall page and today I have uploaded a substantial expansion of the article. As you have been a major contributor to the article, I would be very grateful if you would have a look at what I've uploaded. Please expand it and/or edit it as necessary; you can also leave comments and suggestions on my talk page, of course. I intend to add a section (which I am researching at the moment) about Cornwall County Council's transport policy and plans. Also, I feel the article needs further expansion of the sections on bus travel and air travel. Best wishes, Andy F (talk) 12:57, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi there - I've changed your edit at Dartmouth railway station. The naval college was originally BRITANNIA, but no longer holds the name - it was re-named to release the name for Royal Yacht. It's listed in the Navy List as DARTMOUTH BRNC. Only the ship's company - that is, the staff at the college - use HMS DARTMOUTH. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 00:54, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, hope you are well. I don't know if you have noticed it yet, but there is something wrong at Liskeard on the template - the red lines don't line up! As I have no idea whatsoever about how to fix it, I thought I should let you know. DuncanHill (talk) 11:22, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thumb|This illustrates the problem as I see it.
Thanks for Gribben Head, a landmark of my youth :) DuncanHill (talk) 04:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
hi Geoff, the coordinates for Mutley on Disused railway stations (Exeter to Plymouth Line) seem way off. DuncanHill (talk) 03:57, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
I noted your comment elsewhere. I have been catching up with a 'watchlist backlog' that built up over Christmas (I was busy doing non-WP things -- they do exist!) and pages that were subject to major or frequent changes tended to be put 'off-watch' until I could give them the time they deserve. The GWR, SR and LMS articles all fall into that category. (Sorry.)
Now, however, I am once more tackling stuff on my extensive ToDo list. But priority is usually given to articles in the process of GA or FA reviews. So, where are you up to with this article? How close do you reckon you are to submitting it for GAR? (I ask mainly to gauge how long I have to do my own review for you!)
EdJogg (talk) 09:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi...thought I'd ask you this as you'd be likely to know the answer, or where to find it quickly, and might appreciate a 5-minute diversion.
To cut a long story short, I've just added station links to Wilton, Wiltshire. I'm not sure that I've stated the correct names, since neither station yet has an article. There was a GWR station and an LSWR station (which would appear to have been called Wilton South). List of closed railway stations in Britain: W-Z lists them as Wilton North and Wilton South; but there appears to be no agreement on the maps as to what the GWR station was called - although the name 'Wilton' has been used, I've seen plain 'Wilton', 'Wilton North' and 'Wilton...(GWR)' in the links underneath.
Can you shed any light on this? EdJogg (talk) 13:54, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
You did not restore a lost [citation needed] tag. You added a back dated tag to a completely new piece of information (the original contribution was incorrect). That the Coombe token machine is unstaffed is not in doubt as it is in a small locked hut by the side of the track (as stated elsewhere in the article) which is seldom (if ever these days) used. In any case you can go and see for yourself, if you travel the line. 86.133.11.175 (talk) 10:41, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
This discussion has been moved to the Looe Valley Line talk page. Geof Sheppard (talk) 12:44, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
I note you have added London to Penzance Line to a number of articles. As all this does is redirect to Reading to Plymouth Line (there is support for this article to be split) and the fact that London to Penzance is just one route by one TOC (I don't see anyone suggesting Birmingham to Plymouth Line even though that is as much a route as London to Penzance is) I find this a bit pointless. ZoeL (talk) 00:45, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Geof. I just noticed your comment on the above image - I agree completely that it's a likely copyright violation; and I have tagged it as having no evidence of permission. Just to let you know that talk pages of images generally aren't great places to draw attention to this kind of thing - they tend not to be watched by anyone. If in future you run into problems like this, you're better-served asking at media copyright questions. That way you're likely to get a quicker response. Thanks! ~ mazca t|c 22:29, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Did the Ross and Ledbury company actually build the Dymock to Ledbury section or did they have troubles before that stage. And was the Dymock-Ross section ever built? Eldumpo (talk) 17:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for correcting the route box for Codford. Is there a style guide for which box to use or is it just something you pick up as you go along? Scillystuff (talk) 17:59, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I'm having a bit of a purge on a number of websites which are setup to sell photos. Most are owned by the same person and are peppered across Wikipedia, mostly as external links but occasionally as references. --Simple Bob (talk) 15:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi as someone who knows more about railways in south west England than anyone else I know, would you have any time to take a look at Transport in Somerset a new article by a new editor, which could do with some help?— Rod talk 12:49, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your edit to Transport in Somerset. I was just adding bits from it to the town articles & noticed Taunton "double deckers were sold to Leamington". I presume this is Leamington Spa but it links to a dab page so I thought I'd better check with the expert.— Rod talk 14:20, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Thought you might be interested in WT:UKRail#Line usage. Simply south (talk) 17:09, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello, you added a cleanup tag to the article Chard Branch Line, I've found one or two minor issues with it which have been fixed, but can't see why the article has been tagged. It seems a fairly good article in comparison to many...
A message has been left at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Trains#Chard_Branch_Line requesting help - so it would be useful if you could clarify general what work needs doing on the article, either there, or on the articles talk page. Thank you.83.100.251.196 (talk) 00:03, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I see you've moved Broad Clyst to "Broadclyst" as per the locality, although my copies of Butt and Clinker both indicate that it was only ever known as Broad Clyst. Could you please either revert your change or let me know where you have found the alternative name. Many thanks Lamberhurst (talk) 20:50, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Do you have a copy of MacDermot, E T (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway.? It was used as a reference for Bridgwater railway station#Somerset Bridge but without a page number & I've just reused the info on the bridge on River Parrett which we are working on nominating for FA (again). I can image them asking for the page number & I don't have ready access to the book. If you had it & were willing to look up the page no that would be great.— Rod talk 07:57, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geof, I just came across one of your articles at newpage patrol, and was surprised to see that an editor who has been contributing articles since 2006 hadn't already been approved as an wp:Autoreviewer. So I've taken the liberty of rectifying that. ϢereSpielChequers 17:24, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, just a quick note to say hallo and tell you that, after an absence, I'll soon be editing Cornwall and railway articles again. Meanwhile, I've started work improving this article Leamington_to_Rugby_line and I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have, either on the article's [page] or on mine. Best wishes, Andy F (talk) 08:15, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Thank you Geof for reverting the merger of Rail Ale Ramble and Rail Ale Trail. Let's hope that now user:SilkTork will now think about the difference between a set of geographically fixed entities and the concept of a tour to a number of variable geographic locations... Best regards, --Weydonian (talk) 22:23, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, I've written a new article about Angarrack viaduct to separated references to the viaduct from the article about Angarrack village. The new material references John Binding's book (see page 106) and also links back to your Cornwall railway viaducts article. I'd appreciate you giving the new page a quick look. Andy F (talk) 08:47, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, hope you are keeping well. I just noticed that Doublebois station is shewing in red not pink on Template:Disused railway stations (Plymouth to Penzance Line). DuncanHill (talk) 10:23, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Can I ask for your help with sorting out my confusion with stations & lines in Yeovil. I put the article up for GA & the reviewer said "The article vaguely states that in 1853 Yeovil was "connected to the rest of Britain via railway", yes but what railway company?". I've tried to do a paragraph (middle of the history section) including Yeovil Pen Mill railway station, Yeovil Town railway station & Yeovil Junction railway station with their various lines & dates of opening etc, but I've confused myself, so if you could clarify it (& possibly add some references) that would be great.— Rod talk 15:59, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, thanks for fixing the Doublebois icon on this. Just noticed another which is red but should be pink - Chacewater. I'm pretty sure all the others are right. DuncanHill (talk) 13:21, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
I shifted and updated info on the naming of this class into a table because the GWR 3031 Class already has a table, and is much more readable that way. It condenses the information and makes it more accessible. The only significant change is shifting the order from being an alphasort list to ordering by year (retaining alphasort within year unless info is available which were the first built). This way the list takes up less space and the information is more accessible. I was drawn to this when there was some disagreement as to where the names of the GWR 3031 Class came from, as the names themselves were wikilinked to inappropriate pages. I went to some length to re-work the information in the table to avoid WP:OR and inaccuracy - specifically by pointing to the previous class where the name had been used, and which would indicate the origin of the name there. I am now working on the 0-6-0 broad gauge class, as some of the 3031 Class names were derived from there also. I would like you to consider that transposing this information into a table improves the article, and thereby the encyclopedia, and that by ordering by year the connectedness of the names in time becomes more apparent (without being drawn attention to, which would be WP:OR). As an alphabetical list, it does not serve the reader well. Mish (talk) 17:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geof, how are you? Thanks for sorting the lead on St Blaise – it now reads more clearly and looks cleaner.
I'm not sure if it's up your street but you might have some comments on this discussion: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cornwall#Updating_parishes_and_local_councils. Best wishes, Andy F (talk) 13:41, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Great Western Railway you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:33, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geof, how are you? I realise that East Anglia may be the wrong end of the country but I thought you might be kind enough to cast your well-informed eye over a new article I've added – Railways in Ely. Thanks and best wishes Andy F (talk) 20:20, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, I feel the lead to this article is too short, rather bald and does not summarise adequately (to quote WP:LS it should ... serve both as an introduction to the article and as a summary of the important aspects ... and ... be able to stand alone as a concise overview of the article...).
So I have expanded and re-written the lead but I'd like you to take a look at it before I insert it in the article - it is at User:Andy F/Sandbox2
Best wishes and keep up the good work Andy F (talk) 07:50, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
Can I pick your brains again? I've been doing some work on List of museums in Somerset and I'm hoping to get this to WP:FL at some point in the future. There are various heritage railway museums in the list & I wonder whether these deserve their own articles or should be added as a sub head within the station article & red links direct there. What do you think? Currently:
Any thoughts appreciated.— Rod talk 08:28, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
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Do you have a copy of Oakley, Mike (2006). Somerset Railway Stations. Bristol: Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-904537-54-5? if so could you look up a page number for me? It is used as a reference on List_of_museums_in_Somerset (No 160) for the claim "This structure now houses a recreation of the interior of the S&DJR signal-box at Midford. A second signal box is used as part of a signalling display in the yard and was formerly used on the S&DJR at Burnham-on-Sea." - if you could help that would be great as this book is not available in my local library.— Rod talk 16:44, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi again, After you previous help I'm trying to get some more Somerset articles to GA standard & noticed several have books supporting claims about railways & stations but lack page numbers:
Any help you could offer with any of these would be great.— Rod talk 09:08, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geof,
I am new to this. I would like to ask your advice. My 2nd Great grand father worked for many years between 1850s and 1880s on the Railway based in Crediton. There is a slim chance that he is one of the people on the North_Devon_Railway_Creedy_at_Barnstaple picture that has your name by it. Might you per chance have a high quality version of this picture?
Best regards Jeremy —Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiReseach (talk • contribs) 08:32, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
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(help)). Which man do you think is your relative? Geof Sheppard (talk) 12:58, 2 September 2010 (UTC)Thanks for taking the missing pictures to complete the set. I know the gallery looked a bit odd before, but I thought it wouldn't be right to not have a complete set of planets.
The new Bathpool image is useful for showing the size of the plinths, which isn't really apparent from the other pictures. When you do manage to get a picture of the other Neptune, it would be worth moving this pic into the article body for that purpose.
I take it that the stainless steel plaque has been removed from the plinth, which is a shame. Do you know if the Council is aware of this vandalism?
(One day I'll actually manage to schedule my summer holiday journey to allow me to visit the Space Walk. It hasn't happened so far!)
EdJogg (talk) 13:25, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geof, I've noticed that you've added loads of great pictures to Somerset articles & I've reused some of them on Portal:Somerset which I've been trying to improve - hope that's OK. If you have or know of others which would be suitable for the Portal:Somerset/Selected picture section could you let me know or add them? Also I've been working my way through Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Somerset and wondered if you might have any suitable photos for those articles which are missing them?— Rod talk 09:34, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, You are right about the Trident ref. I went too quickly & found both ALX & Quantock within it but it doesn't actually support the claim "including an Alexander ALX200-bodied Dennis Dart" - I will remove it & put Citation needed back- if we can't find a ref to support it perhaps we should take it out. I'm working my way through the Somerset cleanup list - any help appreciated.— Rod talk 15:37, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, You might want to look at these pics for Lynmouth Lifeboat Station.— Rod talk 14:33, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Nice work on the lifeboats and BARB articles. I've been thinking about creating the latter for ages and I'm very happy to see you do it. --Simple Bob (talk) 15:17, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Dear Geof, I hope you don't mind that I undid this revision. I see what you meant, but I don't think it quite works either as (to some eyes at least) it has the potentially odd effect of having a missing person turn the lights on. On the other hand it would be horrendously clunky to have some formula like "... who was to go missing ..." or whatever, anticipating the disaster ... hmmm. It is giving me a slight headache trying to see a good clear and concise formula for this - what do you think? Cheers, DBaK (talk) 11:44, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Geof. This is a bit hit-and-run, I'm afraid. (Page was on my watchlist having added the TWP banner or the GWR navibox, or something, way back.)
Just about to 'unwatch' page and noticed the entry for Caliban. All the other names in the class relate to animals/mythical monsters, but you have noted this one as a sword (actually links through to Excalibur!), yet 'Caliban' is a Shakespearean monster, which would seem the appropriate meaning. Any thoughts? (BTW none of it is referenced.) -- EdJogg (talk) 12:52, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello! One of the refs you have added here gone red (named ref with no defenition). I guess you care, and hopefully can find time to re-add it. Thank you, --ElComandanteChe (talk) 22:33, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
After several years of discussion the consensus was to split the Reading to Plymouth Line article into three articles - Bristol to Exeter line, Reading to Taunton line, and Exeter to Plymouth line. The split has now been done, though fairly crudely as I am not an expert on the subject. It will need an expert eye to look at it and smooth out the edges. SilkTork *YES! 15:19, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to work on the DYK. I have added second citation to article which supports statement in hook and mentioned at nomination page. Hope that is acceptable. I have a question, if you don't mind, to which you may know the answer. The map image: Project Map from Gateway Project appears to be a Google-made map, used in official Gateway Project announcement website (represented as Amtrak w/ senate.gov url), which then it appears have been downloaded to Flckr. What do you think are the rules regarding its use? Thanks for your help Djflem (talk) 22:29, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know if you have West Somerset Mineral Railway on your watchlist? Another editor has added some tags eg Clarify (0-6-0ST "Atlas" Sharp Stewart), By whom (LNWR 1873) & Prose (for the list of engines). I was wondering if you could look at & help out with any of these as you know more about such topics than I do (or ever could)?— Rod talk 14:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi I didn't know if you had spotted an issue raised about the wording of the hook at Template talk:Did you know#Open top buses in Weston-super-Mare which is stopping it appearing at present?— Rod talk 17:19, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Geof, your DYKs above are ample evidence of your suitability to help the NRM. As usual there will always be probs with releasing images but I have met 3 NRM staff who want to work with us and two (3?) of them just need some assistance. We plan to hold a meeting there around June 22 which you may like to attend as well. As you are not close then can I suggest that I put you in contact with these people. If you could "adopt them" and look over their edits then I think they will make a useful contribution and I'm sure you will get an inside track on this interesting work. T|hey intend to write a lot of articles about railway based paintings, but the first hurdle is to learn how to edit. Wikimedia UK (Who raise money and pay for Wikipedia etc~) are enthusiastic about the NRM and we really appreciate your off er of help. Do write on my talk page if you need any assistance to make this work. Thanks again Victuallers (talk) 14:01, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Thats very good news Geof, I have asked Tagishsimon if he will contact the NRM as he appears closest. There appears to be four editors interested. Yourself, Tagishsimon, an archaeology person, and Zeyi who is a former UK board member (maybe). As I said we are very keen for this to happen and your background looks very useful. I'm hoping that by the time of the meeting we have started to work together. The NRM contact is Mark Green, their web manager Victuallers (talk) 21:41, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi again. On my regular review of the cleanup listing for WP Somerset, I noticed that, about a month ago, you added citation needed tags for edits (by an IP) on Bishops Lydeard railway station, Norton Fitzwarren railway station and Taunton railway station. The edits all seem to imply through trains on the West Somerset Railway to Taunton. Having done a bit of looking I'm unable to find any evidence, but wanted to check with you as you have more expertise than me in this area. If there are no plans or sources for this should we just revert back to the version before the IP edits?— Rod talk 19:11, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
It's 10 'til 4. You'd be welcome to turn up at whatever time you choose. Numbers are limited, but you're clearly #5 on the list. It would be helpful to know if you will come, lest we save you a place when you cannot turn up. I'll do some more write-up on the shape of the day, in the next 24 hours or so, but in short, GLAM type presentations in the morning, and we drift into who knows what in the afternoon. --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:31, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Geof Sheppard. I see you are attending the National Railway Museum event on Wednesday. I just thought I should let you know there is a meetup event the night before. Sorry to repeat this if you already know, and I hope you have fun on Wednesday. —Tom Morris (talk) 19:38, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You're in a better position to check this edit than I am.
If the edit is incorrect, it may indicate that additional explanation is required. -- EdJogg (talk) 14:02, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Geof! I know that I am free to share (to copy, distribute and transmit) your works published at Commons due to free lincences. And I want to upload you photos of buses to the BUS TRANSPORT united photo gallery, but administration of this site requires the consent of the author to publish his photo there. If you agree, just write about it here or you can register yourself there and spend uploading from first-hand. Yours sincerely, Sidik iz PTU (talk) 08:36, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Geof; please don't move the ((commons cat))
to the lead section, as you did here: it goes against MOS, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#External links where it states "InterWikimedia links to other projects (except Wiktionary and Wikisource) should only appear in this section." Although it may fix blank space issues in Internet Explorer, it can cause other problems with other browsers: in Firefox, for example, if forces left-aligned images down the page so that they no longer appear in the sections to which they are related. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:38, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Do you have any sources relating to the Devon and Somerset Railway? The article has been tagged as needing additional citations and I don't have anything suitable, so I thought of you.— Rod talk 10:28, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi thank you for your help! I will put a short paragraph on the new route, and add more to services but not do the service box chip123456
I missed the ((mergeto)) tag. I guess all of us who worked on the article did. I offered some reasons why I thought the the merger of Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboats to Arun class lifeboat was a bad idea. Geo Swan (talk) 07:51, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi & happy new year, a couple of new articles Paulton Halt railway station & Paulton Radford and Timsbury Halt railway station in Somerset on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway have recently been added. They contain some uncited claims & bits seem to be more about the railway rather than the halts themselves. Would you be kind enough to take a look at them?— Rod talk 10:20, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi there,
I noticed that you removed details on the route from the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway article, but it wasn't entirely clear why. That information should almost certainly be included in the body text, and so I have reverted for the time being. If you disagree, feel free to message me or discuss on article talk. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 15:03, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Re this edit - although I can see why you are put surplus images into commons, why did you change the infobox image? In some of the other stations you have been working on the images (such as Plockton) the new infobox image may be better, I can not see this as the case in Kyle. --Stewart (talk | edits) 16:25, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
((infobox GB station))
I normally use |imagesize=x265px
which makes them the same height as the default width of a landscape format image. This does tend to give broad white margins, but I think that's preferable to an in-your-face image. Compare an old version of Reddish South railway station with the current version. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:08, 6 January 2012 (UTC)sorry if i dont do this right, not sure where the + sign is you mention. i notice you removed william crotch from taunton residents. someone already did this twice, why is that? he has after all spent more time in taunton than anywhere else, being buried in bishops hull churchyard. but even if posthumous residence weren't good enough, he also lived in taunton for several years before his death, as is clear from a cursory google search and as it actually states in the wiki article on him - this fact has never been removed there, what sucks about my addition? cheers PhilosophyofLaw (talk) 19:12, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Geof, re this edit: please note that per WP:FOOTERS, stub templates go after the categories, but before the interlanguage links. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:38, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
I noticed this edit to Nailsea and Backwell railway station, which I rewrote a few days back. I find this ordering rather illogical. Surely the most important thing about a station is the description, which provides a context for all that follows, and the current service pattern. Then history and future become relevant. I was going to rewrite Parson Street in the same style next, having done Flax Bourton and Long Ashton, but I got a bit stuck on some LA details about quite when it was open. -mattbuck (Talk) 14:35, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry but I just do not buy it; Gardner did not have an engine suitable for horizontal mounting in the same weight class as the Perkins H6:354 or the Leyland O:400. The SC had a Gardner 4LK, but there was never a 4HLK, which is one of the reasons the SU used a Leyland-Albion powereplant, the 5HLW was out of production and would have been too heavy; I'm interested where you get the idea of a Gardner powered LH from?
Stephen Allcroft (talk) 15:44, 1 June 2012 (UTC) Stephen Allcroft
Apologies then, at least that ghost seems laid now. Stephen Allcroft (talk) 10:59, 7 June 2012 (UTC) Stephen Allcroft
The Original Barnstar | |
Thanks for the editing you have done on the Felixstowe Branch Line page. Davidvaughanwells (talk) 19:30, 1 September 2012 (UTC) |
I've been doing some editing on Birnbeck Pier in the hope of getting it up to GA standard. I see you've edited in the past, particularly related to the lifeboat station. Would you be willing to take another look and see what else you think needs doing to the article?— Rod talk 09:50, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Geof - one of my mother's friends subscribes to Modern Railways and sometimes passes them on to me after he's read them. I've just received the January 2013 issue. Flicking through it, I see on p. 36 a photo of a row of BRUTEs - credited to "Geoff Sheppared" [sic]. I guess this must be you, because the pic looks the same as File:BRUTEs at Newton Abbot market.jpg. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:28, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello Geof
I have noticed that In the past you created a similar template for Cornwall, as the one above. There is a discussion going on here about an attempt to delete this useful template which is in its early stage of development. you may be interested in this discussion and wish to give it your comments to reach a consensus.Cheeseladder (talk) 13:33, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Geof,
I am quite simply breathless each time this matchless photo of yours (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helwell_Bay_4160.jpg) comes up on my PC as a background image (I rotate the images every 30 minutes). An impeccable photo!
I am sure it will not be a problem on the Commons licence (or with you), but I intend to post it with full description and attribution to a Trainz (Railway Simulator) forum.
Forum - Mainline - Trainz Discussion - Prototype Talk
under the thread
Thread: Post your Steam Train Locomotives!
and wanted to let you know. I hope to get other (virtual) railway modellers using other photos of yours as sources (for buildings, coaches, locos etc.). (I know several are actively modelling routes in the south-west of England at the moment) and there are always more GWR and LSWR/SR locos and rolling stock coming out (freely available for download) to a higher and higher standard. So your photos would be most helpful, so I will give links to your 'commons.wikimedia.org' pages.
Had you ever considered joining the Trainz community and modelling yourself?
Anyway, truly excellent work! Well done.
Peter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterWise9 (talk • contribs) 00:46, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I have nominated Template:Lifeboat Stations in Suffolk for deletion. As you were a particpant in the previous deletion discussion, you may wish to express your opinion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 August 14#Template:Lifeboat Stations in Suffolk. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 13:25, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello Geof Sheppard
I have tagged text which you added to Mersey-class lifeboat article on the 2 December 2010. The text in the article matches that in [4]. If the Text you added back then was in fact cut and pasted from that site it will be in copyright violation and will need to be removed or re-written in your own words. You can always reference the page as the source of your work. Assuming good faith, your text may well have been copied and placed in the Newcastle Lifeboat info website, in which case it is not a problem, you can leave the text and you can remove those tags.Billhob (talk) 16:20, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know if you spotted it but a "clarification needed" tag has been added to West Somerset Railway. The sentance is "A single-line section ran from here, utilising what had been the Up Relief line, to Williton" (particularly "Up Relief line"). Does it make sense to you? Is there any way to improve the wording for non specialist readers?— Rod talk 11:11, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
Hey friend, no offense, but it took me 30 seconds to find a reference for the info you deleted from the Fowey article. Richard Apple (talk) 21:08, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
What is it you do not like about my edited starting an image gallery for Tyne-class lifeboats? My intention was to include other images as and when they become available.Cheeseladder (talk) 18:55, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
Geoff,
You have done a lot of good work on railway histories, well done. You have recently deleted from the list of stations on the South Devon, the stations opened after the SDR amalgamated with the GWR (or was absorbed by it). I see exactly what you mean, and some situations like this jar considerably. I should mention that this list on the SDR is not my doing, so I'm not being defensive, But:
A difficulty, is the question as to what the home for that detail is? In most of these railway histories there are a couple of separate articles, 1) a scholarly history of the original railway company, and 2) an article about the present-day railway line. Of course the geography of these may not coincide, e.g. Exeter and Crediton versus the Tarka line.
Usually no 2 includes present day passenger services (rarely freight), present-day stations, current traction types etc. These pages are mostly of interest to modern traction enthusiasts, and usually include a very cursory summary of the history.
This seems to leave stations opened, say, in the 1920s and 1930s without a home. I tend to feel that it is proper to put them in option (1), but of course with a note saying "Opened by GWR in 1923" etc etc. I am hoping to expand the SDR article further and I was planning to make that kind of alteration when I come to it.
Incidentally, what do you think about Exeter SD and Plymouth being "joint"? If it's not splitting hairs too much, I thought these were owned by the B&E and the SDR respectively, not jointly, and working arrangements were agreed granting access (for a fee) to the SDR and the Cornwall Rly respectively.
Interested in your comments. Afterbrunel (talk) 19:42, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
You wouldn't by any chance have a copy of either of these books:
They are both mentioned on Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve in relation to Portishead Railway, but without page numbers. If you have copies could you look up the relevant info, as I'm hoping to get the article to GA standard?— Rod talk 13:24, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Geof... Been a long time!
Could you please try casting your mind back to an edit you made five years ago? :-)
To help you... In List of British Railways shed codes you created the section on Locomotive Allocations, way back in 2010 (see diff here).
It includes this sentence (my italics):
I can't decide what you intended to say here. As-is, it would make sense if you mentioned either the 309 diesel-hydraulics, OR the 74 Westerns, but not both; or else there is some text (or an apostrophe?) missing between 'locomotives' and '74'. Either way it's a bit hard to read at present.
Is this still correct?
I know this isn't a huge deal, but I bumped into it while using the page for reference, which I do rather more than editing these days.
Cheers -- EdJogg (talk) 08:40, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi again, I wondered if the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway falls into your area of interest? As you have much better knowledge & sources on these sorts of articles than I have, I wondered if you could take a look and see if you could add any references (or any other changes needed) to address the banner at the top of the article saying "This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources."?— Rod talk 09:19, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Geof, Can you help with the references on Open top buses in Weston-super-Mare which I believe you have done most of the work on? Curtis, Martin; Walker, Mike (2007) is cited several times but no title for this book is given (although other sources by Curtis are given) - do you know further details?— Rod talk 18:31, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
I don't know if the Heart of Wessex Line falls within your area of interest? If so... it has a banner saying that it needs inline citations and, as you know the sources much better than I do, whether you could add some?— Rod talk 20:39, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Do you have any sources about Bathampton railway station? It has recently been tagged as unsourced & you know a lot more about these topics than I do.— Rod talk 19:06, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
I have been discussing with User:DavidAHull nominationg West Somerset Mineral Railway for GA. As you have done significant work on the article I wondered if you had any thought about anything else which is needed to meet the good article criteria or anything else you think needs doing before a nomination?— Rod talk 19:02, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for these page numbers, I guess you've been busy since I posted here. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:47, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
I see that an ALX400 bus in Devon General livery isn't really enough for you. I'm very, very sorry! Gwrhst (talk) 17:24, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
I added a photo of yours to this article. I captioned it with info you added to commons, but it doesn't exactly match the info in the last paragraph of the article (e.g. railway name). I'm not familiar with this. Could you make whatever clarifications/corrections are appropriate and add a source. Thanks. MB 01:10, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi just can't but notice you changed that Newton Abbot ticket barriers where reintroduced in 2017, yet before this the station was open plan, and they where installed for the first time in 2017. Just thought you should be aware of this to avoid any confusion.146.198.36.221 (talk) 21:23, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
I notice that you replaced the infobox image of Filton Abbey Wood station on 23rd December 2018, removing the existing image from the article. Can you explain why you think the new image is an improvement? RedSquirrel (talk) 11:49, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
The view from the footbridge remains higher up the page in the description page, although that too was taken on an overcast day.
Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:39, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
Could you please correct what looks like a typo in the date "was replaced on 1 July 1981" at Plymouth Friary railway station? Jamesday (talk) 15:14, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Eureka! That adds up now. Britmax (talk) 22:13, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Geof. Darren Scott here. I edited the information for the Severn class page, I added myself as a citation, but you removed it. Along with some of the ownership details. As skipper and management agent for the vessel I can assure you the information is correct. Can I ask why you saw fit to remove the information. My email is theeileenmay@gmail.com Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.30.150.240 (talk) 21:43, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
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— Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello Geof - please see Template talk:Lbc#Italics. Thanks, Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:10, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
How was this a "swing bridge"? I've never found much on the bridge, and there's not a great deal on the site to look at, but I can't see how it can be described as a swing bridge? [5] Andy Dingley (talk) 16:48, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
hello you undid my edit saying there's no citation on the livery the picture says all in my case and ive seen the loco recently in the same livery so there fore its in the livery I cited in a result ive changed it back please visit the sdr to actually see the livery in person thanks Motodragon2044
hello Geoff the cite was the same as before I just put it back to how it was ive seen it in the livery as I helped paint it !!!!!!!! thank you Geoff so please don't make things complicated. I would never cite something wrongly I do recall you citeing wrongly in the past do I not ? anyway im out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Motodragon2044 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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On 16 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Taunton bus station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Taunton bus station, built in the 1950s, was described as "a rare survivor" just five years before it was closed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Taunton bus station. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi
Why have you messed up the Rolling stock of the Bodmin and Wenford Railway page by reverting it to a out of date and incorrect stock list which for the people who will read that page will make no sense.
I am a member of the bodmin railway and that is why I updated the stock list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clay Wagon Project (talk • contribs) 18:09, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
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You'll like this one! First it says he was born in Devon, then a few lines down that he was born in Norfolk. [6] Bmcln1 (talk) 19:50, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, I see you have changed the 59/1 image to show the "current" livery, believe it or not both images are the same livery, but the picture of 59 104 is a lot more saturated and the lettering, ARC, on 59 101 is not readable from the angle the photo was taken. I suspect we need a better photo if we can find one,. Regards Murgatroyd49 (talk) 14:47, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Something else, I see in your recent update you refer to the locos having the number painted on the left hand cabside. The photos show they carried cast numberplates, as did the other 59s. Regards. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 17:23, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Are the brackets part of the name of Totnes Riverside? The station's signs don't appear to use the format neither does the operator's website. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Totnes_(Riverside)_railway_station&diff=766668839&oldid=766668195
https://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/our-stations/
After a google search the only reference to them I found was wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave F63 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Geof, I went round the houses a bit on this but did not want to lose the sensible edition of the closure section and repositioning of the Famous Guests section. Springnuts (talk) 19:36, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
I saw that you reverted the opening date of heritage usage of Plym Bridge Platform on the template, stating no other stations had dates shown. That is because none of the other closed stations on that branch line have been opened by the heritage railway and the reason why you will note the open station icon is shown now against it.
Please be so kind as to reinstate the information that you reverted, please.
Xenophon Philosopher (talk) 07:42, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
That information is already shown in the section of the body text matter of the Wikipedia article on the Launceston and South Devon Railway. I just thought by entering the reopening information of Plym Bridge Platform on the line template, it would be the same as has happened on other line templates where reopenings had taken place.
Xenophon Philosopher (talk) 19:27, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing. I reverted a couple of the images changed by Chong Yi Lam. Might be worth look at his/her other contributions as there were some bizarre choices. 10mmsocket (talk) 18:41, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know that this edit removed an anchor to the "BFK" row of the table. Please make sure to preserve any occurrences of id="foo"
in tables, they are almost always redirect targets. Happy editing, Paradoctor (talk) 18:57, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Geof, I see you reverted how I separated out the hatefully vague "Description" section into facilities etc - is there a reason for this? I think it works better as "description" is incredibly vague. Indeed, for a couple of weeks now, I have edited almost all the articles in the south west of England to get rid of all of the "Description" sections! Still a lot to do though! Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 05:55, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
See https://www.southwesternrailway.com/travelling-with-us/our-trains/class-158-express-sprinter
Recognise the header image on the page? See the credit at the bottom. 10mmsocket (talk) 16:23, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
I had to check back on several railway station articles you edited after I added to train company categories. While I do question the verifiability of some of the category and service additions, I only added what I knew based on what was serviced according to SWR's and other train company's timetables, despite how rare some lines are used by them. Thank you for any follow-ups you may have made. Jalen Folf (talk) 05:31, 22 July 2022 (UTC) |
FYI, the station is actually getting a rebuild. The platforms have been extended, slightly raised, and resurfaced; new lighting and loudspeakers have been installed, and a new lift and stairs go in later this year too. The new sea wall is just a part of the works going on. --AlisonW (talk) 19:56, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
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It was not just the 769's which were rejected, it was also the 230's which make it two fleets rejected, so it should have a table.
Hi Geof, you're our broad gauge expert. According to MacDermot (1931) pp. 521-2, 549 also RCTS pp. B36, C62-3, the six Bristol & Exeter 0-6-0 nos. 77-82 built 1867-68 for the standard gauge included five that were converted to broad gauge in 1870/71 and reconverted in 1875. None of these three books show which five these were - do you know which one was always standard gauge? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I see that you have completely removed the mileages for stations on the Falmouth and St Ives branches on the grounds that they are irrelevant as there are no through services
. However, there have been through services in the past (by detaching coaches from Penzance services, such as the Cornish Riviera Express), and if they introduce IET-type trains with three-car portions, there could conceivably be through services in the future. Also, the stations still have mileposts - including 312+1⁄2 at Falmouth Docks, and 325 at St Ives. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:27, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
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Hi I want to discuss the edit just reverted on the Looe Valley. I think the information is citable, as the Sectional Appendix shows the method of working for each section in the table A,and the special instructions supply extra information. Techie3 (talk) 22:02, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Please message on my Talk page. Need help, advice, discuss. MartinOjsyork (talk) 08:54, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
I've spent a lot of time recently working on lots of RNLI / Lifeboat fleet pages, bringing them up to date, deleting dead links, and making sure they are all very similar format. Very much appreciate your input correcting the minor errors I have made, but I'm not too happy to see you have changed all the formatting for Oakley and Brede Class lifeboats, making it nigh on impossible to work out how to update in the future. I'd really rather you undo all your reformats please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ojsyork (talk • contribs) 15:15, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi Geof, given you added the passenger volume table over at Falmouth Docks railway station, you may be interested in the discussion at the above link. Thanks, Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 14:04, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Geof. Tell me, I've tried to be very respectful updating Lifeboat pages. Might change the fleet table layout so they're all the same, but basically, I'm adding stuff and doing corrections. When you've finished destroying all the lifeboat table formats, making them impossible to update, and changing ALL my text and formatting just because you don't like it, are you going to do the updates? I'm sure we would be better off working together constructively rather than pissing each other off. Ojsyork (talk) 15:25, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Oh - ref Lists of Honours. These days, Thanks on Vellum and Framed Letters are nearly as important as medals, as few medals are issued these days. Its difficult to know where to draw the line; when I started, some stations had relatively few, but then you find one with loads, and feel obliged to continue etc. Regarding content, I was badly shot down regarding Copyright, so I'm avoiding all conflict by not adding details.
On 2 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Newquay Lifeboat Station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that with an inclination of 1 in 2.5, the slipway at Newquay Lifeboat Station was one of the steepest in England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Newquay Lifeboat Station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Newquay Lifeboat Station), 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.
—Ganesha811 (talk) 12:02, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Geof I don't wish to be at War. I haven't got the time or the patience. So I need to say a few words, in the hope that things improve?
You would think someone with a vested interest in lifeboat pages would be pleased that someone comes along and doesn't just nit-pick, but does something positive.
Adding Station Honours is a positive. I got badly shot down for copyright when I started, despite the coding on the RNLI pages saying they are to be freely distributed, so I now stick to the absolute bare bones. I have come up with a format which may not be conventional, but it works for me. Its clear. And easy to read. | You may not have noticed, there is a logic to it. All the medals from one service are grouped together. Changing it upsets all the format. I can live without the BOLD, but don't create bullet points on bullet points. You may say it isn't to Wiki standard, but that is only a guide. Wiki also states, There is no wrong way! The only person upset with my formatting is You!
You may realise by now that I'm serious about my updates. I try to go along with what went before, being really careful not to be too heavy handed, but also rejig some pages to keep a level of consistency.
I don't understand ....why you feel it necessary to change everything I do, often within hours? I find it incredibly insulting. I've changed some of the fleet tables to match some of the others, usually adding missing data as I go, so that they are all the same style. The same style you have done with Port Isaac and Newquay, with the ON and OP numbers first And then out of the blue, just for Plymouth, you revert back to the previous style, with the dates first. Is it just to make a point because I'd set it up? I don't understand why you need to do that??
I don't understand... your inconsistency? You tell me that its important to you for a certain format for assistive readers, but then you're not consistent. You do half a page, and forget the rest. The work you did on Norfolk and Suffolk Lifeboat is absolutely all over the place??? And its REALLY difficult to update - I'd guess you struggle with it like me.
I don't understand why you find it necessary to tag every line to an individual page link of the LBES Handbook. (and for goodness sake, let me send you a new one). Tagging every new line with a 2010 reference is really quite ridiculous, and Who Cares? You end up with a whole page of one line tags in Reference, which looks stupid.
And I don't understand the need for sortable tables, esp when they are only a few lines. Is it just because you can?
I don't understand why you don't stick to creating new pages, because you're bloomin good at that (apart from you living in 2010!!)
MartinOjsyork (talk) 20:41, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
If I'm reading your list correctly, in the last week (16-22 February), I have edited 6 of these pages, only one of which you had edited this week. To complain about me redoing Teignmouth more than four weeks after your last edit does not seem reasonable. As I've said before, there is no time limit set for when people can edit but surely a whole month should be okay? You complain if I don't edit a page for five years.
So let's look at Torbay Lifeboat Station more closely. Your edit was mainly to change Lbc templates in the tables of lifeboats to the better Lbb template. This is exactly the sort of thing that I have been doing as I work through the local lifeboat stations. Yes, I changed the order of columns (as explained earlier in this thread) and made them sortable, but I did not change your templates as you had saved me having to do it. While I was reviewing the page I also updated the citations to make sure they use the Sfn template.
I would have done all that when I reviewed the page whether it was last week, next week or next year. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:28, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
It isn't just mobile phones. Lots of computers have smaller screens too, and different browsers can display things in unexpected ways. I regulary use two different screen sizes and different browsers and even scrteen readers. If I spot something that doesn't display the way that I expect, I look closely at the way the page is written to understand why and fix it if possible.
If I delete a 'no wrap' template it will be because there is another one in the column that is better placed. We shouldn't generally need to of them in the same column. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:59, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
I've looked at Norfolk and Suffolk-class lifeboat several times and can't see any error.
This is what it looked like when it was formatted as a single row, but which was nonsensical to a screen reader:
ON | Name | Built | In service | Principal Station | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
663 | John and Mary Meiklam Of Gladswood 1921– Agnes Cross |
1921 S. E. Saunders, Cowes |
1921 1921–1939 1940–1941 1941–1952 |
Gorleston No.1 Lowestoft Dover Relief fleet |
Sold October 1952. Last reported as workboat Wimp in Aden, 1955 |
This is how it looks now, with separate cells for each date and station:
ON | Name | Built | Builder | In service | Station | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
663 | John and Mary Meiklam Of Gladswood | 1921 | S. E. Saunders | 1921 | Gorleston No.1 | Renamed in 1921, the name was later transferred to ON 670.
Sold October 1952. Last reported as workboat Wimp in Aden in 1955. |
Agnes Cross | 1921–1939 | Lowestoft | ||||
1940–1941 | Dover | |||||
1941–1952 | Reserve fleet |
The two names are clearer and it still has the four stations. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:59, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
ON | Name | In service | Station | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
663 | John and Mary Meiklam Of Gladswood | 1921 | Gorleston No.1 | Renamed in 1921, the name was later transferred to ON 670.
Sold October 1952. Last reported as workboat Wimp in Aden in 1955. |
Agnes Cross | 1921–1939 | Lowestoft | ||
1940–1941 | Dover | |||
1941–1952 | Reserve fleet |
Watson instead of 46ft 9in Watson ??? Is there not a specific 46ft 9in Watson page that your link should be pointing at??? MartinOjsyork (talk) 15:24, 1 March 2024 (UTC)