User talk:Funkysapien~enwiki

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Your addition to List of unusual personal names

The reason I reverted your addition of Caius Julius Caesar to List of unusual personal names can be found in the introduction to the article. That introduction says: "The following is a list of people who have received media attention because of their name, or are otherwise widely recognized as having names that are unusual." Your reference demonstrated that this man exists and is notable, but it did not demonstrate that he has received media attention because of his name, or is otherwise widely recognized as having a names that is unusual. It is important that additions to this article fulfill that test; otherwise the article fills up with names that some Wikipedia contributor thinks are funny, but are not otherwise widely regarded as unusual. Additionally, your addition said something about the origin of his name, but the cited reference did not discuss his name. If you have a reference documenting media attention to Mr. Caesar's unusual name and explaining the origin of the name, please add the listing and the reference. (Additionally, note that en.wikipedia.org generally prefers references in English.) --Orlady (talk) 02:30, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

References in German are OK with me, but I can't speak for anyone else. --Orlady (talk) 13:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

On "origin of his name," I meant "how did he get this name and why?" (For example: Was Caesar a family name or did his parents change the family name to Caesar? Did his parents give him the name Caius Caesar or did he change his name?) Also, your edit said he was "named after the famous roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar." That is apparent from the name, but it would be nice if there were a reliable source saying that. --Orlady (talk) 14:49, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow, I find it mind-boggling that there are three generations of Caius Julius Caesar (your comment on my talk page says he actually is "Caius Julius Caesar II.", with with father being the first (his son is the third)). My own family has included men (now deceased) named "Gaius" and "Julius," so those parts of the name do not necessarily seem unusual, but these men did not have a family name of "Caesar." --Orlady (talk) 02:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Questionable deletion

It is inappropriate to delete an entire section without first "flagging" or "tagging" it and then discussing it on an article's Talk page. Especially when your justification for deletion "... well it is not in the appropriate section ..." is appropriate for moving but not deleting content. Do you require assistance with how to cut and paste in order to move content? I do not know the entire history of the article, and I agree that the Germany section ended up out of context - I am guessing that someone wrote the Germany section first and the other sections which threw it out of context developed around it? I moved the Germany sub-section to a more appropriate place under Construction where general design and construction are discussed. LeheckaG (talk) 18:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

I did consider the posibility of moving the section, but the problem is, that is is out of context in the entire article, not only the particular section I deleted it from. Please have a look at the first sentece in Overhead line. It clearly states, that this article deals with railway overhead lines, or catenarys, and specifically not with overhead power lines. The lines described in the deleted (and moved) section are exclusively overhead power lines, that is lines that are not above an actual rail track. even though those lines are used to feed electrical energy to transformer stations which in turn feed the catenary lines, they are still overhead power lines, and therefore completely out of scope for this article. (for clarification: The lines described are 110 kV lines. German railway catenarys carry 15 kV.) As for discussion on the talk page, I'm sorry to say, but I have never encountered an article discussion page where I got an actual answer to any question or request. So I gave up on discussion pages some time ago.

I don't know how to proceed now. As I said, the paragraph is out of scope. completely, for the entire article. Would you resist a move of this paragraph to Overhead power line, where it IMHO belongs? --Funkysapien (talk) 23:12, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

I will take another look at it; in the lead paragraph for the Crossing section there is some other mention of Germany. I will try to either split it apart into what actually belongs somewhere in the Overhead (catenary - although catenary specifically means a hyperbolic mechanical support cable suspending a level electrical conductor) lines article. Most? overhead systems use a single conductor without the hyperbolic catenary support. As you suggested another overhead or possibly a German railways article might be a better place ... I will look into it. My interest in the article is the U.S.-related parts - for instance the GCRTA in Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Ohio pieces. Posting on a Talk page is a bit of CYA, especially when deleting. My approach is to flag or tag question sections and post a comment on Talk, if no one has responded, then a delete might be appropriate. Likewise, when a major change occurs, I try to look at the Talk page and History. Overall, I agree that too much is said in that paragraph/section about the other infrastructure and not the actual overhead "catenary" conductor/supply lines. LeheckaG (talk) 01:38, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

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00:04, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

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13:04, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

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