User talk:Muchclag

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Contents 1 Welcome 2 Hailsham 3 WikiProject UK Railways 4 Dreadful 5 Class 47 page 6 WP:CVU status 7 Hailsham 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Sussex county flag.JPG

[edit] Welcome

Hello, Muchclag, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Again, welcome!  --Slowking Man 14:24, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hailsham

I have substantially re-written the current article on Hailsham . Could someone take a look and tell me what you think? Muchclag 13:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

In addition to this, I wish to write an article on Hailsham Railway Station, which closed in 1968. Is there a definitive 'look' which closed station articles should have about them? (Ie Route Map, etc? - Cheers. Muchclag 20:25, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll be glad to. Give me a few minutes JodyB _talk 20:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Generally, your material looks good. The biggest problem I see is with your references. If you are going to use inline notes (which I'm glad to see you doing) you might use the citation templates, {{cite web}} and {{cite news}} . These will include all the information automatically and place them in your references section. It takes a bit to get used to them and if you have any problems, let me know. As for the closed station, I'm not sure I can give you a perfect answer. Look around at other similar articles or find the Wikiproject for railroads. I'm sure you could find a chap there to help. Keep it up! JodyB _talk 20:44, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that, it's much appreciated :) Muchclag 20:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject UK Railways

Hi. Love the username! Have you come across Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways yet? There are plenty of discussions there about closed stations, and more, and you'll find plenty help.

Regarding Hailsham railway station... You may be interested in List of closed railway stations in Britain: H-J and List of closed railway lines in Great Britain. May I strongly recommend that you probably don't need to create an article for that station, unless there was an awful lot that happened there. I would suggest that creation of an article about the line in question (the Cuckoo Line? I couldn't locate it), with subsections for each station, is the most appropriate way to go. (If the line left the Hastings Line just south of Tunbridge Wells, then the Hastings Line route map includes a likely-looking unmarked junction which would benefit from a description!) Redirects may then be created for each closed station, which avoids repeating all the information about the closed railway line on every page.

Incidentally, when you refer to railway stations in articles it is worth considering whether you want to link to the placename article or the railway station article. Since the station should provide a link to the place, it may be a quicker solution for navigation if the station article is the initial link.

EdJogg 19:19, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that! - the Cuckoo Line is indeed correct, and I'll look into producing an article. As you guessed, the line did leave the Hastings line at Grove Junction. Muchclag 19:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Could you adjust the route map at Hastings Line in due course please? EdJogg 21:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Muchclag 21:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dreadful

I nominated an article that you created, Dreadful, for deletion. If you think that the article is salvageable, or that I'm mistaken, please comment on its deletion page. Please see the Guide to deletion if you have any questions about Wikipedia's deletion process. -- Tikiwont 09:52, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Hate to say 'I told you so', but see the comments on the Dreadful talk page...

If you can find adequate external reliable sources, then you may stand a chance of this article being saved. If not, I suspect its days are numbered...

Let me know if I can help in any way, but bear in mind that as the article stands I cannot honestly oppose the AfD suggestion.

EdJogg 10:54, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

See comments on AfD page. I can't honestly see why an article could be 'too' detailed myself, but I'm fairly new here, very new to creating articles, and I'm prepared to go with consensus :) Muchclag 11:36, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I've read them, and I think that 99.9% of Wikipedians won't have a clue what you're talking about when you mention 'Brush rather than Maybach thrash', but since I'm talking to you rather than about the article, I thought I'd respond here.

Now, the fundamental problem with 'Dreadful' as an article is that it is effectively a dictionary definition, albeit an expanded one, about an adjective. That is why there was the earlier suggestion to 'Transwiki' (ie move) it to Wiktionary. If you can provide appropriate written examples of its usage then you might stand a chance adding it there (I successfully saved 'ferroequinology' there earlier this year! - with the help of some others...).

As I implied earlier, I cannot really find any justification for keeping Dreadfull at WP. However, I think there is a definite place for jargon definitions at Train Spotting World, so I've copied the content over there (see link). Feel free to add your other terms (such as 'clag') over there, where the rules are rather more relaxed (although it is rather quiet at present!!) I have also taken the liberty of copying the picture across.

EdJogg 12:43, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Class 47 page

Hi - thanks for adding the picture of 47714 to the article. Only thing is, that particular photo doesn't actually show the Anglia Railways livery very well. Have you got a more side-on view of the loco that would be better? (I haven't - as you might have noticed from the photos I've added, I pretty much gave up bashing in 1989!). ELIMINATORJR ^TALK 10:07, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I've got a fairly side on picture, which I've uploaded to Imageshack. If you would like to see it in the article, let me know on here and I'll add it :)

Picture for review; http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5649/dscn0579dr5.jpg

Muchclag 18:10, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that one's much better - do you want to insert that one instead? Cheers, ELIMINATORJR ^TALK 21:50, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Now done :) Muchclag 22:15, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 17:27, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hailsham

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Could someone please advise what would need to be done on article Hailsham to get it up to GA status?

Cheers.Muchclag (talk) 19:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Mhh, I'd say to start with it needs a lot of references adding which are reliable (try Google, some of their search results on subjects are reliable) and the sections need some cleanup and copyediting, for example the merging of one sentence 'paragraphs' in to the larger paragraphs. Cheers, Qst 20:23, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Greetings. I was looking for a project to work on after getting Eastbourne to GA status. I lived in Hailsham for a couple of years too, so lets do it! You may have noticed I have had a little edit already. The main problem I found was the title in the citations, these need to match the actual title of the work. I do not know who created them originally, but it is something that needs checking. Have you seen Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements? This gives a list of all the headings the article will need. Its a good starting point. MortimerCat (talk) 19:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for your input - I like the Eastbourne article a lot, so it will be good to do some work on together. Muchclag (talk) 18:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sussex county flag.JPG

Image:Sussex county flag.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)