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Skerne bridge photo[edit]

I'd like to do a painting of this photo. Please can you tell me your name so I can reference you properly. If that's ok?

Thank you Michelle

Michelle, I am delighted and flattered. I assume you mean the main picture from the Skerne Bridge article? As a photograph, there is rather too much foreground clutter for it to be satisfactory, but a painter might be able to omit some distracting elements. There is a closer picture toward the end of the article that may clarify some hidden details.

May I ask what the picture is for? I appreciate that the 200th anniversary of the bridge's opening is coming, and there will be a demand for pictures of all aspects of the S&DR, and I thoroughly approve of interest in our railway history. If you let me know how the picture may be used, I can decide how my name may be linked to it.

In any case, you are free to use the picture under the terms of Wikipedia's licence (see here for full details) without any further permission from me.

--Verbarson (talk) 23:17, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This is to allow me to test the use of the Reply function using the WikiDonation template (or vice versa).--Verbarson (talk) 22:24, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Your help desk question[edit]

Did you ever get an answer to this question, which I just saw? If not, WP:VPT might be the place to ask.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 00:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Vchimpanzee:, no, I never got an answer. As far as the original issue was concerned, WP:SECTIONHEAD states that headings should not redundantly refer back to the subject of the article, so I could just remove the initials (though I have not done that). It appears that {{GeoGroup}} is not well supported; other queries on Template talk:GeoGroup are unresolved. --Verbarson ^talk_edits 13:40, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bypassing redirects[edit]

Please don't make edits like these, per WP:NOTBROKEN. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:21, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64 Ah, apologies. I have now read the help page. I was rather influenced by the text that came up when I moved the page, which (as I remember - I don't know how to re-create it without another move) suggested tidying up any redirects. Perhaps I should have read it more carefully.-- Verbarson ^talk_edits 22:42, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You will have seen this message:

Check what links here to see whether the move has created any double redirects, and fix the most serious ones. A bot will fix the rest later on. You can use the following text to replace older redirects:
#REDIRECT [[GWR Rheidol Tanks]]

So it asks you to fix up double redirects - that is, a redirect that now links to another redirect. You were not doing that - you were bypassing single redirects. The first link provides a list of double redirects, these are the only pages that need fixing. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:09, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64 Thank you -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 08:31, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As an example, this is a fix of a double redirect. Before that edit, we had:

Tramlink Route 1 → Tramlink route 1 → Tramlink

and afterwards we have

Tramlink Route 1 → Tramlink
Tramlink route 1 → Tramlink

Usually it's easiest to let bots sort them out. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:34, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I get it. Thanks. -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 13:25, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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GWR 3400 Class[edit]

Hi, I see that you have created GWR 3400 Class. The problem is that there was no such thing. Altogether, the GWR and BR (Western Region) had three locomotives numbered 3400, and none of them was either the initial locomotive of a class, nor the first of a batch, these being the usual criteria for selection of a class number.

The first was no. 3400 Durban of the Atbara class, being the eighth locomotive of Swindon Lot 126 - the entire Lot was numbered 3393-3412, total 20 built 1901. Ten of these, nos. 3400-9, were rebuilt to the City class between 1902 and 1909, no. 3400 being dealt with during 1907. At the 1912 renumbering, no. 3400 became no. 3700.

The second was no. 3462 Winnipeg of the Bulldog (or Camel) class, being the tenth locomotive of Swindon Lot 148 - the entire Lot was nos. 3453-72, total 20 built 1904. At the 1912 renumbering, no. 3462 became no. 3400. This locomotive was withdrawn in 1949.

The third was no. 3400 of the 9400 (or 94xx) class, being the eleventh locomotive of Lot 387 - nos. 9490-9 and 3400-9, total 20 built 1954-56.

Hope this helps. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:57, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point. Would it be better to make it a disambiguation page? I should have realised myself that five different classes (Atbara, City, Churchward County, Bird and 9400 PTs) had a place in the 34xx sequence. -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 20:17, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64: forgot to notify you in my reply. Sorry. -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 20:19, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64: I have changed the page to a Dab page. -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 21:21, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:23, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Railway arches[edit]

Quite by chance I read a couple of things about the use of railway arches in London today, in a recent edition of The London Drinker (which is an official CAMRA publication with full editorial oversight and, to my mind, counts as a reliable source). This is a note to remind me to re-read these pieces and add them to the draft, which is on my watchlist. They weren't very substantial, but everything helps! I believe all past editions of The London Drinker are viewable on a website somewhere; if they are also searchable, that might help even more...! Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 00:35, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hassocks5489: Yes, it looks as if railway arches are a major landlord for small breweries. I've added a link to the page. Thanks. -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 10:37, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]