User talk:Mallard4468a4

May 2008

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for taking the time to write the GWR 4900 Class 4942 Maindy Hall article. However, it does not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new articles, and has, as a result, been marked for deletion. Please do not be disheartened by what may happen to it. Just continue to edit Wikipedia and add articles which are suitable for an encyclopedia.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. To do this, click on my username, click discussion at the top, and then the "new section" button. Also see Wikipedia's help page. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&offset=20080501193932&type=delete

A question Mike - When did you tag this for deletion, when did you notify the user's talk opage and when did you actually delete it? This seems like an especially speedy deletion.

I also note that the claimed justification for speedy deletion was "(A1: Not enough context to identify subject)", which is patently untrue for an article that gave both the locomotive's name and serial number. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LNWR 2-2-2 3020 Cornwall

A tag has been placed on LNWR 2-2-2 3020 Cornwall, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Orange Mike | Talk 19:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've added some content, but it was written very hurriedly and could no doubt benefit from copy-editing. It would also be good to expand the section on comparable contemporary locos and place her properly into context. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:15, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LMS 5MT Black 5 44806

A tag has been placed on LMS 5MT Black 5 44806, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Orange Mike | Talk 19:27, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I'm done here. I knew her pretty well in the Haverthwaite / Steamport years, but the second re-naming was news to me. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:40, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An image of 44806 herself would be nice. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:40, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unsuitable article creation

Several of the articles you have created seem to be about individual locomotives. With obvious exceptions such as Puffing Billy, individual locomotives are not notable, and articles about them are not likely to be accepted here. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:31, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree (at least for GWR 4900 Class 4979 Wootton Hall) which seems to have at least one good online source of information and I feel we can make an article at least as good as some of the others in the class. I have slapped an underconstruction tag on the page. Lets see if we can build an acceptable article over the next few days? Mallard, for future reference, it is not a good idea to create multiple short pages in short succession. It is better to build full articles that are properly categorised and referenced. You can save a lot of heartache by constructing new pages in a subpage of your User space, then moving it to the real page when it is ready. This way you are less likely to get notices slapped on it by New Page Patrol (it is really hard sometimes for patrollers to sort the real junk from short articles which may one day make useful articles). Derek Andrews (talk) 20:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Mallard. If you need any help in setting up a sandbox, just say so on this page and someone will help you. They'll even set it up for you necessary. Heving a sandbox enables you to work on aticles in peace, and release them once they are ready. Link to my sandbox is at the bottom of my user page if you want to see one in action. Mjroots (talk) 21:32, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

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LMS Stainer Class 5 4-6-0 45407

Who was this "Stainer" character then? 8-) I've moved and tagged to LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 45407, so hopefully an admin will sort it soonish. Just in case you're wondering where your links went. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:33, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5407 for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5407 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5407 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Nightfury 10:13, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]