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September 2014
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September 2014
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- {|border=1 to be left alone, removing the { has disastrous results, the other issue no longer exists. Peter Horn User talk 00:14, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
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- Danke schoen. You fixed the first priblem and the second one had already been taken care of. Peter Horn User talk 17:48, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
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- 1920, the standard gauge part of the [[Rail transport in Thailand|Siam railway]] amounting to ((convert|1,000|km|mi|abbr=on}} was converted first to [[Dual gauge|third rail]], and then to {{RailGauge|1m}} ([[metre gauge]])
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rail screws
Peter, I've looked around at the net to find out more on a screw. I've seen similar newer versions of this one but wanted to know how old is this and the value. The threads are more evenly twisted that the manufactured edges. The top is stamped with a letter F and is a uneven square. My opinion its older that the ones shown. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.178.178.34 (talk) 18:52, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- I'm only aware of screw spikes or lag bolts. As for a value as a collector's item or railroadiana, no clue. Peter Horn User talk 19:06, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Refs go after punctuation
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- Thanks for the reminder. I'll try to remember. Peter Horn User talk 12:49, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
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Done Peter Horn User talk 17:18, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
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For some reason new posts do not show up on the talk page. You have to go to "edit" to see them. I have posted "Infobox 3 Dec 14" and "tons" at the bottom, telling what I did with the infobox. Just my thoughts, do whatever you want.Sammy D III (talk) 16:14, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster
Displacement of Engine of course, you'd no get very far in a bus with a ten tonne tare weight with a 680 cu in fuel tank. Note Leyland named its post-war engines after their displacement in cubic inches. Stephen Allcroft (talk) 15:40, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
- Stephen, Please see Template talk:Infobox automobile#Capacity field where I left a post re Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster. "Capacity", as a field, is delightfully ambiguous. Peter Horn User talk 16:33, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
I must agree. If I had the time I'd take on the Curb Weight title, I do not see why we can't have unladen weight, in English English Curb means ban or curtail. As it is I'd rather put my limited wiki time to the completion of the Guy Arab Article Stephen Allcroft (talk) 13:36, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
- Unladen weight redirects to curb weight so tare weight would be a better choice since it is neutral i.e. it covers all vehicles, with or without motor. Peter Horn User talk 14:26, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
Can only agree...Stephen Allcroft (talk) 15:01, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
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- An interesting example/parallel in template:infobox locomotive. Peter Horn User talk 19:48, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
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- @Pink Fae: I went to the article and found neither a deletion notice nor the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". Peter Horn User talk 15:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Plymouth Locomotive Works wikilinks
Hi Peter. I just saw you putting a link for Plymouth Locomotive Works at the top of Plymouth and its dab page. As you may have noticed, the top of Plymouth is quite crowded with links at the moment. I came to ask why you think the locomotive works warrants additional notability? At first glance, it doesn't appear to be as notable as Plymouth, MA or the car maker. Regards, Jolly Ω Janner 21:25, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
- No more and no less notable than an Plymouth automobile. Peter Horn User talk 21:30, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
- Do you have a reason or anything to back up this claim? Jolly Ω Janner 21:41, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
- No particular reason other than that I'm a railfan. You are perhaps an automobile fan. It is a matter of perception. Peter Horn User talk 21:47, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
- I'm neither a rail or automobile fan. Based on traffic statistics (http://stats.grok.se), the car maker had about 16 times as many views this month. Although traffic stats should be used cautiously, I can't see any unbiased reason to list it at the top of the articles, so I will restore them both to their former revisions. If you would still like them to be at the top, please feel free to start a new top on Talk:Plymouth to gain consensus on the decision. Thanks Jolly Ω Janner 22:00, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
- No particular reason other than that I'm a railfan. You are perhaps an automobile fan. It is a matter of perception. Peter Horn User talk 21:47, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
- Do you have a reason or anything to back up this claim? Jolly Ω Janner 21:41, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
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Convert disp=s
Thanks for all your {{convert}} work, but please use disp=or
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because slash is deprecated. Using disp=s has the same effect as disp=or but it also adds the page to an error tracking category that I clean up. Johnuniq (talk) 02:48, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing this out. I'll keep it in mind. @Johnuniq: Peter Horn User talk 14:52, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
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Trains Portal and Railways Portal Merger Proposal
You seem to be well acquainted with rail transport material, so I'd like your input on this proposal I made here: Portal talk:Railways#Trains Portal and Railways Portal Merger Proposal. Jackdude101 (Talk) 18:11, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
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'Lost' contributions
How do I retrieve the long list of contributions by User:Peter Horn? Peter Horn.2 (talk) 01:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Peter Horn.2: There is no way to merge the contributions lists of users, so if you cannot recover the password of User:Peter Horn you are unable to recover the contributions or see the watchlist. However, "Email this user" is active on this talk page. When you try to log on as Peter Horn, you should see a button to click which will email you a new password. If you can still access your email you should be able to get the new password and log on. Johnuniq (talk) 01:57, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- @User:Johnuniq, Got it Peter Horn User talk 18:13, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Johnuniq: Peter Horn User talk 18:20, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- Excellent! Thanks for letting me know. Johnuniq (talk) 23:28, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Length of a Kinki Sharyo SLRV
I'm not quite sure of this, but I believe the length of a Kinki Sharyo SLRV to be 123 feet 6 inches (37.64 m) and an original LRV (which didn't have the low-floor "C" car) to be 92 feet 8 inches (28.24 m). I'm looking principally at the Kinki Sharyo technical data and DART's factsheet for these figures. I think the confusion is coming from the fact that the SLRVs are articulated three-car "vehicles" that are commonly referred to as "cars". As far as I can tell, one three-car vehicle is the shortest train that DART can run, while the maximum theoretical length a train could be (due to platform length) is four vehicles, a total of 12 cars. I'd greatly appreciate you taking a second look at the numbers before I try to clarify them on the article. (I've additionally contacted TJH2018, who has also edited the article, about this issue.) Thanks! Michael Barera (talk) 03:35, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- I'll look at your data. A 123 feet 6 inches (37.64 m) car can not be rigid. There would have to be one articulation, if not two. Peter Horn User talk 03:45, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Michael Barera: OK, I see what's happening. There are two articulations (jacobs bogies) between the 123 feet 6 inches (37.64 m), which is the length over couplers. Now it makes sense. Peter Horn User talk 21:05, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Michael Barera: I have taken care of this. Peter Horn User talk 21:28, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Michael Barera: OK, I see what's happening. There are two articulations (jacobs bogies) between the 123 feet 6 inches (37.64 m), which is the length over couplers. Now it makes sense. Peter Horn User talk 21:05, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
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- Already corrected. Peter Horn User talk 01:54, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
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- Already corrected. Peter Horn User talk 01:56, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
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Coal bunker → Tender (rail)|coal bunker
Hi Peter, you've been inserting links to coal bunker into several articles since about yesterday, but why make it show up as "coal bunker → coal bunker"? - André Kritzinger (talk) 17:11, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
- Hello Andre
The answer is found to be in Coal bin and talk:Coal bin#Boal bunker. It was my notion that [[coal bunker should redirect to tender (rail) but in some pages such as Russian battleship Slava that would have been nonsense. "coal bunker (coal bunker)" might be an alternative. This is tricky. Btw in the South African tender and loco pages the following corrections/clarifications are in order: Drawbar, bell-shaped link-and-pin & AAR knuckle. @Andre Kritzinger: Peter Horn User talk 17:47, 1 September 2016 (UTC)- A locomotive tender can have multiple functions, the most usual being to carry water and coal. It therefore usually has a water tank at the bottom and a coal bunker on top. What it does not have, is a coal bunker → coal bunker, which several of your edits made it show up as.
- I'm fixing the coupler links gradually since I'm working though all the articles (again) anyway. - André Kritzinger (talk) 18:05, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
- On another subject: Your input on the rename request at Talk:4-2-4T will be welcome. - André Kritzinger (talk) 19:15, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
South African Class U 2-6-2+2-6-2
Hi Peter, I rolled back your edits on South African Class U 2-6-2+2-6-2.
- A Garratt has no "coal bunker in the tender" since there is no tender.
- The two additional mass units (long tons and metric tons) for all weight items clutter up the already huge infobox. I prefer to use long ton/Kg only, since the accurate metric ton figure is already "visible" in the Kg weight.
- In my opinion, links to coal, steam locomotive, bunker, etc. in all locomotive articles is overlinking. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 22:26, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
SNCF 040.DF
I noticed that SNCF 040.DF (created recently by Iain Bell) has the following in {{Infobox locomotive}}:
{{Infobox locomotive | poweroutput = | poweroutput start= {{convert|850|CV|kw hp|abbr=on}} | poweroutput 1 hr= | poweroutput cont= {{convert|495|kW|CV hp|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} }}
The first convert is broken (kw should be kW), however no error is shown on the page. It looks like the fact that "poweroutput cont" has an entry means that "poweroutput" is ignored. What should happen in the infobox? Should the first convert be omitted? I don't need to understand the details—I'm just hoping you will fix it. Thanks. Johnuniq (talk) 05:11, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
- @Johnuniq: @Iain Bell: I'm not an expert on this, but kw is definitely wrong and should indeed be kW. Any concerns like the above should be posted on the talk page of Template:Infobox locomotive or such. The template experts will take care of this. Peter Horn User talk 13:56, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
- @Johnuniq: @Iain Bell: Please see Template talk:Infobox locomotive#One field cancelled out another. Peter Horn User talk 20:08, 25 September 2016 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 20:39, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
- @Johnuniq: @Iain Bell: See above, One field cancelled out another and SNCF 040.DF. The issue has been resolved. Peter Horn User talk 01:30, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
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I've stumbled across a four page article about this tramway by Peter Semmens in Railway Magazine of July 1964. He gives the gauge as 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). The Wikipedia article on St Michael's Mount gives the gauge as Scotch gauge, which I read as 4' 6". Is this a known debate, or even worth pursuing? Kind regards, Dave DavidAHull (talk) 08:37, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: Hello again. Before doing anything at all one needs to create at least a stub for St. Michael's Mount Tramway, which according to the list of funicular railways is located in St Michael's Mount. That article does not mention this tramway. Once the stub has been created we can continue on the talk page of the new stub. Peter Horn User talk 16:07, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: Hello again. The list of track gauges shows 2 ft 5 in (737 mm) with the following reference: Dart, Maurice (2005). Cornwall Narrow Gauge including the Camborne & Redruth tramway. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-56-X. That makes it three gauges. "The plot gets thicker". Peter Horn User talk 16:30, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: And British industrial narrow gauge railways@General freight gives 2 ft 5 in (737 mm) as well. Peter Horn User talk 16:41, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: Hello again. The list of track gauges shows 2 ft 5 in (737 mm) with the following reference: Dart, Maurice (2005). Cornwall Narrow Gauge including the Camborne & Redruth tramway. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-56-X. That makes it three gauges. "The plot gets thicker". Peter Horn User talk 16:30, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- Oops, make that British industrial narrow gauge railways#General freight (typo). Peter Horn User talk 02:36, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- I've had a first stab at St Michael's Mount Tramway Dave DavidAHull (talk) 14:21, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: All because you put "St" without a period instead of "St." with a period I had to create a REDIRECT page. St. Michael's Mount Tramway has three articles linked to it. Anyway, thanks for your effort. Peter Horn User talk 15:21, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- To create the name I copied "St Michael's Mount" from the Wikipedia page then added " Tramway", seeking consistency. I don't understand why you "had" to create a REDIRECT article, or what you had to redirect to or from. I don't understand the "Which?" next to "gas" which suggests I used weasel words; are you seeking "Gas-turbine" or some such, or am I supposed to play guessing games? The original article, written by a respected author, simply said "...a gas engine drove the winding gear by means of a belt." The link you have added to a second online item by Hows triggers a "When we visited this site, we found it exhibited one or more risky behaviors" warning from MacAfee. Anyway, thanks for bothering.DavidAHull (talk) 17:25, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: All because you put "St" without a period instead of "St." with a period I had to create a REDIRECT page. St. Michael's Mount Tramway has three articles linked to it. Anyway, thanks for your effort. Peter Horn User talk 15:21, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- I've had a first stab at St Michael's Mount Tramway Dave DavidAHull (talk) 14:21, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- My apologies. As I said it was "St" versus "St.". The period after "St" makes all the difference. St. Michael's Mount Tramway was a red link which has three articles linked to it. So as not to revise three articles I redirected St. Michael's Mount Tramway, just click on it, to St Michael's Mount Tramway. OK 'gas engine would have avoided any question on my part. Peter Horn User talk 18:54, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- I forgot to "ping" you @DavidAHull: Peter Horn User talk 20:58, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for explaining, apology accepted. I wonder if you could please explain one or two things in your contributions. 1. You are much more "link aware" than I, or most authors. This seems a good way to go, but I wonder where to draw the line. For example, you edited the article to include wood and metal, but not "rotate" or "granite", which I would have thought could cause more puzzlement. 2. What English should we choose? I would have thought that the largest readership of the tramway article will be British English users, so gradient would be more natural than slope. "Slope" is of course perfectly understandable, but If you read 1000 UK railway books I'll give you a dollar for every use of "slope" if you agree to give me a cent for every use of "gradient". 3. You appear to have generated conversions of gradient from 1 in 10 to 10% etc and of horsepower to kW "by hand". Is there no Template able to do this? I've tried hard to find such things in Template:Convert, but have concluded that the explanatory pages are written to show off not to edify. Now I'll try my first Ping, here goes...@Peter Horn: Kind regards, DaveDavidAHull (talk) 21:37, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
- I forgot to "ping" you @DavidAHull: Peter Horn User talk 20:58, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: Either "gradient", "slope" or "grade" would be linked as follows [[Grade (slope)|gradient]] gradient, [[Grade (slope)|slope]] slope or even [[Grade (slope)|grade]] grade. I have no personal preference but slope, gradient and grade don't quite work, just click on them. For converting hp to kW, I use template:Convert, {{convert|12|hp|kW|lk=on}} 12 horsepower (8.9 kW). Percentage is North American usage, both Canada and the US, and in this case I had to resort to my TI-36XSOLAR. Eg 100x(1:1.9) or 100x(1/1.9). There is no provision for that in template:Convert OK, "granite" → granite and "rotate" → [[Rotation|rotate]] rotate. By the way I tend to use Canadian English which resembles UK English but is strongly influenced by American English. Btw, the continent of Europe uses promille eg 1 in 1000, etc. Peter Horn User talk 22:31, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you. Dave @Peter Horn: DavidAHull (talk) 22:47, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
- Hello again. I see a BOT has zapped three cross-references in St Michael's Mount Tramway. Can you please tell me how to reinstate what I intended to do in an OK format? At the time I wondered if something would bite back, but didn't and still don't know what is correct procedure. Kind regards, Dave @Peter Horn: DavidAHull (talk) 14:13, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: Hello again. I'm looking at it now. Peter Horn User talk 15:01, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
- Hello again. I see a BOT has zapped three cross-references in St Michael's Mount Tramway. Can you please tell me how to reinstate what I intended to do in an OK format? At the time I wondered if something would bite back, but didn't and still don't know what is correct procedure. Kind regards, Dave @Peter Horn: DavidAHull (talk) 14:13, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you. Dave @Peter Horn: DavidAHull (talk) 22:47, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: OK, I see what happened. One can NOT use a Wiki article as an external reference but one HAS TO put the name of that article, or a section thereof, between [[]] or [[#]]. Peter Horn User talk 15:19, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: I fixed the 'problem' for you. Peter Horn User talk 15:54, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
- This and using the image are really helpful, thank you. Now I know what to do in future. Also, we'll see if Portreath have anything to add - good move. Dave @Peter Horn: DavidAHull (talk) 16:57, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
- @DavidAHull: I fixed the 'problem' for you. Peter Horn User talk 15:54, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
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The technical details appear to be set out in http://www.asa.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/asa/railcorp-legacy/disciplines/civil/esc-215.pdf in the table on p10.--Grahame (talk) 01:22, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there! Just thought I'd let you know that my only interest in the MiddlePeak article is that it was a stub article that needed sorting. I'm not involved in creating or revising the article itself. Good luck with your endeavors! Her Pegship (talk) 16:51, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
- I appreciate your reply. But as an administrator you may have the authority to resolve the polimic in favour of the inclusion of MiddlePeak Railways as as stub. I'm being shut out. Peter Horn User talk 17:17, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Swedish locomotives in North America
Hello! I happened to see your questions about the locomotives of Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad (1871–2007) and Hull–Chelsea–Wakefield Railway. They had a SJ B and SJ E (no English article yet) locomotive, respectively, and I have put that information in the articles. I believe they purchased the locomotives independently of each other. ACo2c (talk) 14:49, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
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- We now have an article on the E and E2 classes (and E5 as a bonus). ACo2c (talk) 11:58, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
@ACo2c: Thanks. I'll update the template if that has not yet been done. Peter Horn User talk 14:21, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- I have done so, but it seems to take some time before the change is visible on all pages? Edit: I see you added E5 too. I had forgotten to do so, thank you! ACo2c (talk) 14:39, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- @ACo2c: When I opened the template there was no indication that the revision had been made. So I made it. I take it that your new article is a translation from Swedish. As far as steam locomotives are concerned there are still two red links on the template, namely E9 (ex HNJ G12) & Stortyskarna. By the way, I deem the term "metric ton" as being too American and therefore to be used in US based topics only. Everywhere else, including Canada, use "tonne". Both in Canada and in Great Britain, and in addition Australia and New Zealand, only the term tonne has legal status in commerce. Peter Horn User talk 14:54, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- Re metric tons: I actually agree with you, but this is what is produced by Template:Convert. If you know some way of changing it I will be glad to know.
- Re redlinks: I can certainly try writing these articles, but they are rather randomly chosen. I would consider some others more important, but on the other hand someone must care about these types, since they have been added. I will probably start with the HNJ type.
- Actually I do not translate from the Swedish Wikipedia; their articles are rarely worth it, and they use some sources that would be unpopular here (blog posts etc.). I own all the books listed as sources in "my" articles. ACo2c (talk) 15:13, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- @ACo2c: I see what happened. You used {{convert|5.2|MT|LT ST}} 5.2 metric tons (5.1 long tons; 5.7 short tons) whereas I would have used {{convert|5.2|t|LT ST}} 5.2 tonnes (5.1 long tons; 5.7 short tons). Instead of "MT" use "t" the SI symbol for "tonne".
- As for the Swedish articles, eg sv:E-lok och E2-lok, they could be a useful source of additional images. Peter Horn User talk 15:45, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- I only knew of MT. Thank you! ACo2c (talk) 15:52, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- @ACo2c: When I opened the template there was no indication that the revision had been made. So I made it. I take it that your new article is a translation from Swedish. As far as steam locomotives are concerned there are still two red links on the template, namely E9 (ex HNJ G12) & Stortyskarna. By the way, I deem the term "metric ton" as being too American and therefore to be used in US based topics only. Everywhere else, including Canada, use "tonne". Both in Canada and in Great Britain, and in addition Australia and New Zealand, only the term tonne has legal status in commerce. Peter Horn User talk 14:54, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- @ACo2c: I found this bit of 'wonderful' (sarcasm) inconsistency {{convert|70|ST|LT MT|adj=on}} 70-short-ton (63-long-ton; 64 t) in Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad (2009) Peter Horn User talk 01:02, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
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- @DPL bot: This was done deliberately and needs on correction as such. Peter Horn User talk 12:16, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
- Please see WP:INTDABLINK. That's why the bot detected it as an error, and would have continued to do so. I've changed it to force the link you added to go via the redirect page that has "(disambiguation)" in the name, which nowadays is the way these are supposed to be done. (By the way, I have nothing to do with that bot, but am just trying to help, since I received a couple of similar error messages myself before I learned the then-new policy, a few years ago.) SJ Morg (talk) 19:44, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
- @SJ Morg: Good to know. Peter Horn User talk 00:32, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
- Please see WP:INTDABLINK. That's why the bot detected it as an error, and would have continued to do so. I've changed it to force the link you added to go via the redirect page that has "(disambiguation)" in the name, which nowadays is the way these are supposed to be done. (By the way, I have nothing to do with that bot, but am just trying to help, since I received a couple of similar error messages myself before I learned the then-new policy, a few years ago.) SJ Morg (talk) 19:44, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for July 14
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Railway electric traction, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Conductor rail (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).
(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:12, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- In this case the link applies to ALL THREE CHOICES. A choice in this case is not useful. Peter Horn User talk 12:12, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Benny Marinelli
Hello Mr. Horn, While trying to find information on the Jockey Benny Marinelli, I cam across what appears to be edits you made regarding Mary Immaculate Hospital (Queens) (ref. Wiki.)Benny was the great uncle of my fiancée Robin and I've been trying to find out some history.
Thanks!
- Ed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.5.179.103 (talk) 16:08, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
- Benny Marinelly Try Google. Peter Horn User talk 20:17, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
Saint Michel Boulevard listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Saint Michel Boulevard. Since you had some involvement with the Saint Michel Boulevard redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 23:00, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
Lamm's Fireless Engine
I see where you have put a link in the St. Charles Streetcar Line article to Lamm's Fireless Engine, but there does not seem to be such an article. Perhaps you are creating it. Don't you think the link should be withheld until the article exists? HGFriedman (talk) 17:16, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Ah, never mind. I see you made a similar change to the Streetcars of New Orleans article, but misspelled it. I have fixed that. And I think the upper case on the words Fireless Engine is appropriate, as that is what Lamm called his invention. HGFriedman (talk) 17:22, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Interesting suggestions
Bonjour, je sais que vous parlez français, j’ai vu votre profil, vous vous rappellez sûrement de Distribution aux Consommateurs, j’a fait une mise à jour de l’article sur ma sandbox car je ne pouvais éditer moi-même sur l’article, donc voici ma sandbox: User:Avenger on wiki/sandbox
Un bon truc, à ma page sandbox, vous cliquez edit source, ensuite vous copiez le texte source en entier à partir de l’infobox, puis à l’article de Distribution aux Consommateurs, vous effacer le texte source en entier et vous collez le texte source de ma sandbox, cela va beaucoup mieux, j’ai bien vérifier mon texte et il n’y a pas d’erreurs, l’article sera plus complet avec les références que j’ai ajouté.
Avant d’effacer le texte source de l’article, laissez la toute première ligne de protection car elle n’est pas dans le texte source de ma sandbox.
Thank you!🙂👍--Avenger on wiki (talk) 20:31, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
Thank you
Merci pour Distribution aux Consommateurs mais je crois que vous n’aviez pas tellement bien compris, je vais vous l’expliquer en anglais:
On my sandbox User:Avenger on wiki/sandbox, you will see an updated version of the article with corrections and more references that I added.
On my sandbox, simply click edit and copy the source text from the line of infobox (with the mouse select all text then with right click button of the mouse and click copy).
After, on the article of Consumers Distributing, click on edit, erase all the source text of the article from the infobox (don’t erase the first line), then below the first line (second line) you right click button of the mouse and click paste, after you can publish it.
If you want you can review it before but I don’t found errors.
Thank you again! 😀👍Avenger on wiki (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.194.220.146 (talk) 16:30, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Avenger on wiki:. I simply erased the original infobox and replaced it with the infobox from your sandbox. Much faster. Peter Horn User talk 17:59, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you for Consumers Distributing again but two references were not added and some characters were not added too, now you can check the sandbox that has now only paragraphs to make corrections: User:Avenger on wiki/sandbox
First paragraph on my sandbox is at the line to replace characters at « Internet shopping before the Internet », like this.
The second paragraph on my sandbox is the logo missing and removing characters " at Toy City and Toyville words.
The third paragraph on my sandbox is missing the reference from CBC News after the first sentence of that paragraph.
The fourth paragraph on my sandbox is the last sentence with reference to add in the article, for that sentence, you can modify them if you think that’s not correctly composed.
Again is easier if you copy and paste the text source like I said before, and replace the text source of the paragraphs at the right place in the text source of the article of Consumers Distributing. (I don’t know why administrators don’t like me, all that modifications are really on the web with the source I founded)
Thank you!😁✌️👍Avenger on wiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.194.220.241 (talk) 18:21, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
- Administrator note The new user and IP are sockpuppets of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ConsumersDistributingonline and have been blocked. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:28, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
- I'll attend to this as soon as I can. Peter Horn User talk 18:34, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Avenger on wiki: Thanks, but no thanks. Henceforth do your own editing. Peter Horn User talk 19:12, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
- I'll attend to this as soon as I can. Peter Horn User talk 18:34, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
You have blanked the page. What is your goal?Xx236 (talk) 13:26, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Xx236: My goal is to create a stub. I'm in the process of doing that right now. Peter Horn User talk 13:29, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
- The other alternative is to call it a Folding hood Peter Horn User talk 13:45, 5 October 2018 (UTC)