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Re: File:Gordon Highlander steam locomotive.jpg

The permissions statement was sent in to us in October. For reasons I do not understand , it was closed with a notation that it had already been handled. I think it is as simple as an oversight. I reviewed the permission statement and it looks fine, so I added the OTRS permission template to the image.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 14:53, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

I doubt that you care why, but I think I figured out why it wasn't handled properly. It was in a queue intended for upload requests, and the reviewer noted it had been uploaded, so thought nothing more needed to be done.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 17:07, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

File:Bogside.jpg

Good news, I tracked down the permission for File:Bogside.jpg. The name of the file uploaded was stirling dunf5.jpg, which doesn't fully explain why it wasn't handled, but it now is. Looking into others.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 17:05, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

File:"Glen Douglas" with RCTS Railtour.jpg

This was one mostly my fault. I don't know whether you care about the details, but the editor works with a number of copyright owners. The copyright owners send in permission statements, naturally referring to the names of the images they assigned. They do not upload the images. The editor uploads, and naturally uses image names which make more sense in Wikipedia. This can lead to challenges, as in this case when I received a permission statement for a file called 2026 62467 Largo 1.7.58 and didn't know how to connect that with the Wikipedia/Commons file name. It was originally sent to us 16 months ago, I've learned more about how to find files, so think I can handle such situations now.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 17:31, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Two more

We did not have permission on file for these two, or at least not permission I could find, but I wrote to the copyright holder, and permission has now been filed.

Macduff_Railway_station

Qualifies as pd, see Commons:Village_pump#Copyright_status_Macduff_Railway_station--SPhilbrick (Talk) 12:17, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

John Mcintyre photos

There are 4 left in your list, identified as authored by John Mcintyre.

I did not find anything in OTRS with that name. I did poke around and found that name on some photos at this site.

I've attempted contact, as of now, haven't heard back.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 12:21, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

A new Macduff photo

As a part of my discussions with one of the copyright holders, he also supplied this photo:

File:BM1K_MACDUFF_GENERAL_VIEW_PROBABLY_LATE_50'-EARLY_60'S_N._FORREST_GNSRA_COLLECTION.jpg

which may be of interest to editors working on rail related articles.

OTRS pending--SPhilbrick (Talk) 12:38, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

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Newcastle and North Shields Railway inflation

My concern wasn't with the inflation calculation, but with the wording "today" which gives no context to readers about when the figure is correct to and no indication to editors that the article will need updating in the future. Thryduulf (talk) 07:41, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

I understand your point and I'm thinking about a {{Inflation-year}} template (like the {{Inflation-fn}} one) so the year can be updated when the inflation figures are updated. Edgepedia (talk) 07:46, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

That template sounds like a good idea. Probably best to apply it like {{Inflation-year|UK}} to allow for the inflation figures for different countries to be updated at different times. Thryduulf (talk) 10:12, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Like this? However, perhaps this would raise another problem with people complaining the figures are out of date? This is covered on the inflation template talk page (Template_talk:Inflation#Updating the inflation formula for 2013?). Edgepedia (talk) 18:06, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Well done

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Great North of Scotland Railway to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA you may have helped to write) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at the requests page; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,335 articles in Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. Bencherlite ^Talk 10:13, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Photos OTRS

Sorry not to respond to your message earlier but I have been away from Wikipedia for several months. I think the 2 images you mention are now OK. Great article on GNoSR.

Alanyoung2154 (talk) 13:08, 25 October 2013 (UTC) 25 October 2013

London Underground Roundel

Hi Edgepedia, my apologies for the editing. I was attempting to edit the page once, however I received repeated errors from my browser which prompted me to continue clicking "save" several times. Little did I realise that it was in fact updating each time. I have posted my thoughts on the talk page and reverted the page pending discussion. Good day. EzykronHD (talk) 17:50, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

reverted template:pronunciation needed

Hello, I noticed that you just reverted my edit which showed the syntax for the template pronunciation needed. I realize that I may not have included the syntax in the ideal layout, however I do think it should be restored to the article in some fashion or another. The reason I feel it is necessary is because I myself spent a long time trying to figure out what the syntax is when I needed the template for another article, and had to go to edit the article to figure out what the syntax was. Please let me know your thoughts on this matter — Preceding unsigned comment added by GrassHopHer (talk • contribs) 15:52, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

I've answered at template talk:pronunciation needed Edgepedia (talk) 17:32, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello

hey there,Edgepedia. kinda got your message,but i think you got a point. i should really do some editing on that one. send me a message if you know what i mean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superdude122 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for Comment

A request for comment has been started on an issue you have been discussing at Talk:Doctor_Who#Tables.Blethering Scot 21:28, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

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Gaunless Bridge

Hi, I see you're working on S&DR topics. I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have on Gaunless Bridge. Even more so if you have a photo of it, re-erected at York. Thanks Andy Dingley (talk) 16:26, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm working (slowly) through Allen's North Eastern Railway ... There's few things at York, North Road and Shildon I want to see ... but sadly that won't be until after Easter. I'll see what I can dig up about the bridge. Edgepedia (talk) 16:29, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I put Gaunless Bridge up for GAN, which you might be interested in taking a look at. I'm inclined to withdraw the nomination though – it looks as though (as far too often) GA means dumbing it down too much to leave a worthwhile article. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:27, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

New proposals at Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2014

Hello. Several new proposals have been submitted at Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2014 since you last commented on it. You are invited to return to comment on the new proposals. Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:14, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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Kenneth Horne

Many thanks again for all your input in a very positive and helpful PR. For better or worse I've moved Horne into FAC, should you be interested in commenting further. Thanks again. - SchroCat (talk) 23:42, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

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February 2014

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Feedback needed on using special characters

Hello. Thank you so much for using VisualEditor. Having editors use it is the best way for the Wikimedia Foundation to develop it into the best tool it can be.

While we always welcome general feedback (please report any issues in Bugzilla in the "VisualEditor" product or drop your feedback on the central feedback page on MediaWiki.org), the developers are especially interested right now in feedback on the special character inserter. This new tool is used for inserting special characters (including symbols like ₥, IPA pronunciation symbols, mathematics symbols, and characters with diacritics). It is intended to help people whose computers do not have good character inserters. For example, many Mac users prefer to use the extensive "Special Characters…" tool present at the bottom of the Edit menu in all applications or to learn the keyboard shortcuts for characters like ñ and ü.

The current version of the special characters tool in VisualEditor is very simple and very basic. It will be getting a lot of work in the coming weeks and months. It does not contain very many character sets at this time. (The specific character sets can be customized at each Wikipedia, so that each project could have a local version with the characters it wants.) But the developers want your ideas at this early stage about ways that the overall concept could be improved. I would appreciate your input on this question, so please try out the character inserter and tell me what changes to the design would (or would not!) best work for you.

Issues you might consider:

Do you normally use a character inserter? Which character sets are useful to you? Should it include all 18 of the character sets provided in the wikitext editor's newer toolbar at the English Wikipedia, the 10 present in the older editor toolbar, or some other combination of character sets?
How many special characters would you like to see at one time?
- Should there be a "priority" or "favorites" section for the 10 or 12 characters that most editors need most often? Is it okay if you need an extra click to go beyond the limited priority set?
- How should the sections be split up? Should they be nested? Ordered?
- How should the sections be navigated? Should there be a drop-down? A nested menu?
The wikitext editor has never included many symbols and characters, like ℗ and ♀. Do you find that you need these missing characters? If the character inserter in VisualEditor includes hundreds or thousands of special characters, will it be overwhelming? How will you find the character you want? What should be done for users without enough space to display more than a few dozen characters?
Should the character inserter be statically available until dismissed? Should it hover near the mouse? Should it go away on every selection or 10 seconds after a selection with no subsequent ones?
Some people believe that the toolbar already has too many options—how would you simplify it?

The developers are open to any thoughts on how the special character inserter can best be developed, even if this requires significant changes.

Please leave your views on the MediaWiki feedback page (your regular username/password works there), or, if you'd prefer, you can contact me directly on my talk page. It would be really helpful if you can tell me how frequently you need to use special characters in your typical editing and what languages are important to you.

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Thank you

Just wanted to thank you again for your comments on the Peer Review for New Brunswick Theological Seminary. As I go forward with the article, looking toward FAC in a few months, I'll address your suggestions and comments over the next few days now that the PR is closed. I appreciate that you took the time to help me improve the article.--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:36, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

FA congratulations

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Stockton and Darlington Railway to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at the requests page; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,311 articles in Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. Bencherlite ^Talk 08:01, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Very tardily joining the chorus. So glad to see this fine article at FA. At your service for peer review of any more articles, which I hope there will be. Tim riley (talk) 20:34, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks @Tim riley:. I've had to take a break for a couple of weeks, but I'm now back and have just (re-)opened a PR for Robert Stephenson, if you're interested. Edgepedia (talk) 12:20, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

It will be my pleasure. I'm peer reviewing Babe Ruth at the moment (do look in if you are even faintly inclined), and will turn to Stephenson as soon as I've done with that. Looking forward to it. Tim riley (talk) 19:07, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

RailGauge tamplates on Robert Stephenson page

Dear Edgepedia,

On 13 april I replaced conversion templates by RailGauge templates and yes, by mistake, I also replaced two templates not concerning railgauge (as the converted non-gauge values were equal to specific rail gauges).

During my partial revert I left the two non-gauge conversions intact. Is there a reason for not applying railgauge templates to this article, contrary to other railway-related topics?--Aaron-Tripel (talk) 13:38, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Aaron-Tripel, I've started a discussion on the article talk page. Edgepedia (talk) 13:39, 19 April 2014 (UTC)