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2 December 2007

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Eeek! They granted you adminship?!

Hey Adam! ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 22:29, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Indeed they did. Not just on this Wikimedia Foundation project either, also on Wikimedia Commons and the English Wikinews. Adambro 22:31, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Clearly you have more spare time on your hands than I do!! I thought I was the sad one sitting here watching my Watchlist... ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 22:36, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and now I'll know who to come and harass with admin issues :D. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 22:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

8 December 2007

bloqueo

hello adambro i am "elextremo", well i'm from Peru and i don't know about the restriction if i don't put the license on mi pictures. I just wanna create a page with information about Coronel Bolognesi Futbol Club because is the team of mi city,Tacna, please tell me how can I put the license or something neccesary because i don't wanna lose my pictures and I want to help my soccer team became famous. If you don't understand my letter it's because I don't speak english very well. Please i'm waiting for your answer. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.107.151.65 (talk) 04:46, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

9 December 2007

nxec-livery.jpg

Hi, I've added more detail about the permission I recieved to upload the image. Please do not delete it again. Thanks --Almacel (talk) 14:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Sheffield Midland station

Hey Adam. I noticed that there was a very (very very) long debate about the move of Sheffield Midland station to Sheffield station. I thought that Wikipedia usually used the common names for the articles. Since I don't know of anybody in Sheffield who calls it Sheffield Midland (the Supertram calls it Sheffield Station, the conductors on trains just call it Sheffield), wouldn't that be a good reason to call it just Sheffield station? The article can always include a history of what it was called before. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 15:20, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I've been bold and moved the article to Sheffield station with a link to Sheffield station (disambiguation) which provides links to the other stations which might be referred to as Sheffield. I think this set up better serves our readers, most of which are going to be interested in the present Sheffield station. Previous discussions of this move have been hampered by hysterical users who have been more interested in arguing than improving Wikipedia. I feel that in the current climate, where of the two users involved in conflict and most likely to get in the way of improving WP, one is banned from editing and the other is much less active. Regards. Adambro (talk)

Fair enough. Thanks for that. When I get chance, I'll clean up any left over double redirect links. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 17:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

As far as I'm aware there aren't any double redirects left (redirect to a redirect) although there are links to redirects to this page and changing them is generally frowned upon as it unnecessary loads the servers. It's only double or more redirects that are a problem because they don't work. Adambro (talk) 17:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh OK. I didn't know about that. Thanks for the heads up anyway :). ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 17:48, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

16 December 2007

Grand Central Train

Why don't you go out and get a free image then, rather than simply deleting the current one?? It seems to me that you are being somewhat unhelpful Hammersfan 16/12/07, 21.55 GMT —Preceding comment was added at 21:56, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

21 December 2007

Did you hear about RC?

Need I say any more? ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 16:59, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

I did indeed, very shocking, must be very tough on his family especially at this time of the year. Adambro (talk) 17:06, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I was totally stunned when I heard about it. He seemed fine last time I spoke to him, but I guess email doesn't really convey how someone is truly feeling. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 17:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

28 December 2007

Word-for-word page copies

Hi Adam. I've just been browsing a few pages for some episodes of Spooks, and it appears that the plot summaries are just word-for-word copies of the pages on the BBC website. I've notified the original author of this, although it appears that they haven't been editing on Wikipedia in the last month. What should be done about these pages? In my opinion, they don't really add anything to Wikipedia so I think the List of Spooks episodes should just link to the external BBC website. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 15:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Any text which is simply copied from the BBC website should be removed as a copyright violation. If this forms the majority of an article then it should be tagged for speedy deletion with {{db-copyvio|url=sourceurl}} where sourceurl is the URL of the source. Adambro (talk) 15:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

That is fine - I'll go through and do that now. As I said, most of the article is just copied from the BBC site, with maybe one or two "trivial" points - most of those aren't cited either anyway! ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 16:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Good work finding these. I've deleted the pages as copyright violations as appropriate. Regards. Adambro (talk) 17:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, didn't so much "find" them really. Considering I'm an avid Spooks watcher, I knew about these pages. It was only recently when I looked at the content of them and noticed they were blatant copies that I decided they had to go. That and their "names", which are apparently official, I can find no reference for so will probably change them. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 17:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Please stop moving my images until you can get it right.

Hello

I noticed you are moving some of my HPIM images to the Commons now. I have no objection to this, but I would like you to STOP moving the images to the commons until you copy User:ACBest/Credit to the commons and use it on there too.

Many Thanks, Damon Powell —Preceding unsigned comment added by ACBest (talk • contribs) 18:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Adambro (talk) 18:42, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

On the issue of my image names, I will give them new names now, as my new camera I ecieved for christmas gives file names such as 100_0001.jpeg - not very good! ACBestDog and Bone 18:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Wiki Doctorates

Wiki Doctorate is a new scheme designed to recognise the people who "do all the work" on Wikipedia. It has been mainly developed for Wikipedia administrators however if you have done lots to keep Wikipedia on "the straight and narrow", including being members of different groups which help Wikipedia i.e "The Welcoming Committee. We have selected to email you because you can apply for the doctorate and we would be very grateful if you did and put the userbox on your user page to boost advertising. The following link will take you straight to our homepage.

Yours sincerely

--Dr.J.Wright MD (talk) 23:23, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for that about the typos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wright93 (talk • contribs) 23:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Meetup

Hi there, I noticed you expressed interest in the Birmingham meetup last October. Just letting you know, another UK meetup is in planning stages, here. We need input on where and when we will meet so comments would be much appreciated. Thanks. Majorly (talk) 16:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

No software used!

Hi! Thanks for your interest in my panorama. No software was used to make it - just the panorama mode on my camera. It was only a 2 part panorama. See Image:Water Orton station panorama.jpg for a 3 part panorama. Any more questions? Just ask me! ACBestDog and Bone 18:57, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

The Pembury Tavern

Yes, no tube, but regular trains to Liverpool Street - journey time ten minutes !!! Gordo (talk) 21:29, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Class 172 images

Hi, I noticed that you deleted an image of a Class 168 on the Class 172 Wiki page. Ok, the other image was a copy vio, but please do not just delete the image without replacement (esp when there are plenty of pictures of a 168 on Wiki already!). Thanks Dewarw (talk) 23:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I have made efforts elsewhere to replace the deleted image but considered it not worth while in this situation because I don't consider the section appropriate. Who says it will be similar to those trains? Adambro (talk) 23:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

OTRSery

I notice you're listed on the OTRS list on Meta, including as a user on the permissions list. Could I ask you to verify that permission was received for a series of images that have been uploaded? The uploader claims GFDL, but the source site (Flickr) lists them all as CC-BY-NC-SA. Thanx. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 12:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied on user's own talk page. Adambro (talk) 18:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes User:Charles Fred (I think it refers to Charles and Fred) has said to help yourself with the images -he stated his purpose is to create images of places to show what they are really like and not what you usually see in travel guides etc. If you email me I can forward the flickr mail I received to you. Ther eis also another flickr user who has granted GFDL permission. PLease email me now and then I can forward them thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 18:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

There are many flickr users who if asked would freely give wikimedia images. It would be very useful to keep in contact with me and I will be searching for new image agremeents for lesser developed parts of the world in the coming weeks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 18:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

They were both by flickr mail so I don't have the email address but if you email me yourself I can forward them to you. Please respond thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 18:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Look I'm asking you to email me so I can send you the flickr messages. Why haven't you responded? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 13:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied on user's talk page. Adambro (talk) 17:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes I had emailed one but as you contacted me asking for it I assumed nobody had seen it there. I should do it again yes? Can you check them later at the permission mail then? Its just I thought it might be easier and quicker to work with you. Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 17:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I've forwarded two permissions but I can't find the email for Mike Russia only the flicr message which I can't pass on. Can you contact Mike Russia and ask if he has granted GFDL thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 17:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

British Airways Flight BA38 crash

I suggest moving it back. Crash articles are usually named after the flight number. See for example Category:Accidents and incidents on commercial airliners in the United States. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I've just noticed so have reverted the move to keep inline with the convention. Adambro (talk) 19:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Protected - We Know, but do they?!

Hiya

I noticed that you have protected Hull Trains. I'd actually like to thank you for doing that. But you forgot to put the protected template on ;)

Just a reminder, Damon ACBestDog and Bone 12:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

No, sorry you've misunderstood. Protection is most definitely not an endorsement of the current version, rather it is to prevent the continued unconstructive edit war which you were engaged in. It is as much to stop you being disruptive as it is anyone else. It is not normally considered necessary to highlight a page is protected when this is only for a relatively short period. Adambro (talk) 16:14, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

User:Cudayams

Adambro, I've noticed numerous railroad edits of many articles (and blankings his Talk page) where sections of data table have been removed. Since I am not knowledgeable on these rail elements I do not if these edit are correct for "current data" or for some other reason. Please investigate. Thank you. Cordially, LanceBarber (talk) 18:42, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Bot

Hello, I am planning to create a bot (using AWB) to deliever newsletter for GA WikiProject. I tried asking many bot owners on steps to build a bot but they simply ignore my request. I hope you're kind enough to explain the process to me. Thank you. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 23:02, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

stn art lnk/stn art lrnk

Hi, please see this discussion. --RFBailey (talk) 17:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

re:Be Civil

Sorry... I'm frustrated though. I will apologise... but the bits about reversion still stand, as do the list - if it's not a list, why is there a redirect going on about a list? BG7 17:25, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

STOP DELETING THE NIGHTSKY PAGE (READ THIS!)

Okay you guys keep deleting my page I am STILL IN THE MIDST OF WORKING ON, I JUST CREATED IT AND CANT EVEN FINISH IT WITHOUT YOU ALL DELETING IT. My page is similar to this one for the band Wizzard (link listed below), the NightSky article even has more information then this has! And you continuessly delete the page I make? http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wizzard_%28band%29

Now stop deleting my article if you aren't deleting these pages that are similar/have less information then the NightSky article does!

- Pelle —Preceding unsigned comment added by NightSky6 (talk • contribs) 11:40, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I have listed the page Wizzard (band) for deletion. Btline (talk) 14:14, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

NXEC new section

I have started a discussion on the talk page.

I believe that a section should exist, but am happy to get the POVs sorted! Regards, Btline (talk) 20:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Inkjet carbon footprint

Adambro I noticed that you recently deleted this article with Lasertech. I appreciate that their were many references to Lasertech. However, the reason the article was submitted was because the educational programme offered by Lasertech is rather unique in the printer consumable industry and it was this that was intended to be highlighted. Apologies if it appeared Spam —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.143.158 (talk) 13:54, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

National express east anglia

oh sorry its just the name changes on wednesday so i thought it would be okay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123andy321 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

yes but `one railway` is vanishing most of the station signs have the nxea livery and most of the rolling stock have been debranded but i will leave the rest of the stations till wednesday when its been renamed 123andy321 (talk) 16:14, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

its being rebranded which means the name `one` will go gner went... and that is what one is doing and its changing tomorrow so i feel its okay to change the article and i shal contiune to as its only got 6 hours left of beingg `one` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 19andy91 (talk • contribs) 18:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

also if gner was rebranded why does it have its own wiki page ? it is seperate from the NXEC one so i think one railway should be the same —Preceding unsigned comment added by 19andy91 (talk • contribs) 18:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

oh right sorry i didnt know that gner wasnt a part of the national express group i see your point now sorry for the invoivence i have caused i was only trying to help not vandlise —Preceding unsigned comment added by 19andy91 (talk • contribs) 18:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

i was wondering if i could rebrand the rest of the stations at midnight or wait till the morning i thought i would ask you to avoid constantreverting and time wasting --19andy91 (talk) 22:01, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

The "andys"

Hi, as the blocking admin, you might want to look at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/19andy91. --RFBailey (talk) 15:09, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me of this, it appears to have been dealt with now. Regards. Adambro (talk) 18:07, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks--nice to know someone around here appreciates me! Unfortunately for me, I'm unlikely to be using NXEC's free wireless any time soon--I'm sat on my sofa in Ottawa, and on VIA Rail the wireless isn't free (at least, not yet)...... --RFBailey (talk) 01:31, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

the image on nxea.

i reuploaded the file and put the license on but it's still not showing up —Preceding unsigned comment added by 19andy91 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

for reverting vandalism to my user page. Oda Mari (talk) 17:38, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Adambro (talk) 17:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi

HELLO —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.141.240.8 (talk) 22:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Change of Weber State University Page

I was just wondering why you took off the links that I posted on Weber State University's page for their different departments in the college of science. I am a student in the college of science and I wanted to maybe promote some of the programs that are available in the college of science. I was just curious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.70.28.146 (talk) 03:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

As you'll appreciate, the article appears to have been the subject of a reasonable amount of vandalism and so it is quite confusing to work out exactly what has been going on. However, I don't think I did removing the links that you added but if I did then I would apologise as this is probably a mistake on my part because I can't see anything in your contributions that would prompt me to revert the edit. Regards. Adambro (talk) 12:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

sorry about it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.197.190 (talk) 16:14, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Friendly reminder about AIV

In this edit you removed a report as not enough warnings were given. Fair enough, but you didn't check the vandal edits. There was an attack page Fergal hunter which needed deleting :-( I know it would have been deleted anyway after a while so no harm done. I just wanted to make you think. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 16:19, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I wasn't sure what I should do.

I was pretty sure 3RR didn't apply in this case (though you'd know better than I would), but on the other hand, nothing would stop them from just reverting. I was fairly sure, given their actions so far, eventually they'd make themselves a non-issue, so I settled down to wait. HalfShadow (talk) 17:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Why am i vandalising? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.95.109 (talk) 21:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

hi i am new to this so dont understand wot i did that was wrong and y u took it off......

can u explain and maybe help me please ?

i thought it was ok as it let people know how the culture made people feel etc...

xxx —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravereunited (talk • contribs) 17:37, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

u gots no life

ok im a vandalizer only cuz i want to get wiki user ta get a fcken life —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.239.123.30 (talk) 07:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Template:Template:Sandbox

It's a sandbox, so people are entitled to play with it. Yes, they should leave the header intact and only play underneath the line, but it's easy for a newbie to miss that message, so I don't think it's appropriate to give a vandalism warning; at most they should get a gentle reminder to please colour inside the lines, but even that's not really necessary, because no real harm is done by removing the header. -- Zsero (talk) 01:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Indefinite block request

I request that the users Nobodyknowsyouwhenyouredownandout and Gotmeonmyknees be blocked indefinitely as sock puppets of User:Layla27 cf. check user request Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Layla27. This is a persistent vandal to pages regarding nuclear power using the same tactics/messages and having user names relating to Cream/Eric Clapton songs/lyrics. He has apparently returned with new socks. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Lwnf360 (talk) 13:04, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Image:ShamanDhia_portrait.jpg

http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Image:ShamanDhia_portrait.jpg for confirmation OTRSthe Hitochi Princess (talk) 23:27, 16 March 2008 (UTC)ShamanDhia

WSMR map and Grand Central map

A recent map i did on Wrexham & Shropshire turned out to be wrong geographically and so after a series of uploads and suggestions, it has changed course literally. The image was Image:WSMR route trial pic.png. The related conversations between be and RFBailey can be found at User talk:RFBailey and User talk:Simply south. Thinking about this, i am wondering whether i did the Grand Central map correctly and so i was thinking i should upload a new version at some point which is geographically more accurate. It is easy enough to do.

Should i upload it onto Wikipedia when i create then you move it to commons? Is it possible to move a newer version to commons? Simply south (talk) 21:31, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi. The best course of action would be for you to replace the image on Commons with the new version. Regards. Adambro (talk) 12:03, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I've done the next best thing and moved it to Commons. Simply south (talk) 19:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

photo permission

Hello. Back in February you removed a photo of me from the Wikipedia article about me: David_S_Touretzky. That photo[1] came from my home page and was used with my permission. I would be happy to see it restored. Thanks. --Touretzky (talk) 22:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Heathrow T5 - reply

Thanks for your message, there were signs at the Heathrow Express side, at the entrance to the actual platforms, you know where the trolley barriers. It said "No bikes, no photography, no smoking". Look at your photo of the platform. See the sign on the very extreme right? That is for restrictions upon entering the Terminal itself (which, I noted with some bemusement, do not include photography!!). The sign I am talking about is on the opposite side of the glass wall.

Note that at Central station, the sign said "No flash photography"! And yet an employee told me off, back in January! Still I did manage to take some pics at the platform before she approached me. Anyway, you beat me to the relevant shot at T5!

As for the Tube side, I made a point of asking if I was allowed, as there were no signs. So the guy at the gate said OK, but he checked with the guy at the Info desk, he said no, but they allowed me to take the Roundel, which was the bare minimum I wanted! best, Sunil060902 (talk) 03:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

LM 170 image

Surely an image from YouTube is free? As well as this- it is a picture of a train. There are many like it! Why has it been removed from the page- it shows the livery better than the current one. Btline (talk) 20:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Images are unfree unless otherwise stated. By the very fact that you added this as fair use you're implying that you don't consider it to be free yourself anyway. There is no reason why an image of a train in these circumstances can possibly come under fair use. There is nothing preventing anyone from obtaining a free image or asking someone to release an image under a free licence.

Not sure what you mean by "As well as this- it is a picture of a train. There are many like it!", could you explain this please.

I have removed it from the page(s) because of my certainty that it will be deleted as a fair use image which could be perfectly feasibly replaced by a free image. With regards to your final point, as I said in one of my edit summaries, free images always take priority over unfree images regardless of if the free image is of a poorer quality. Adambro (talk) 20:53, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

How is the image not free? Why are the other train pictures allowed? Btline (talk) 21:06, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

What other train pictures? Adambro (talk) 21:09, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Note that I have previously advised this user (under an old username) against using YouTube screenshots (see [2])--YouTube is a copyright minefield! --RFBailey (talk) 21:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes- but I am not uploading an illegal feature film. I am taking a screen-shot of a picture of a 170, which someone has uploaded and released to the world. Nobody can make money out of it - even if they could, the original taker will not mind, as they put the photo on YouTube! I am even stating that it comes from that site- i.e. not by me! Emailing users gets no response- at least it did not when I asked last time! I still can't see what the problem is.

---

Going back to the subject in hand. If this image is a "copyvio" etc. etc. , then could I suggest that a replacement "free" / "fair use" / "copy free" picture be found somewhere. This is because the current one is ugly, and does not show the livery clearly. It is a shame I do not come across them (re-liveried 170s) - otherwise I would be tempted to take a snapshot.

But, please see - this is good faith, and I have stopped lifting copyrighted images from websites and magazines (the XC images). It is just I can't see what the problem with this image is!

Any advice would be helpful!

Regards, Btline (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

My advice would be simply, either make an opportunity for you yourself to obtain a photo, wait until someone else does, or keep contacting photographers on other websites who already have photos. Your likely to get a mixed response but I've had a number of successes which make all the effort worthwhile. It is important to note that all images are copyrighted unless otherwise stated.

We simply cannot use an unfree image under a claim of fair use because any such claim would be invalid because it would be perfectly feasible for someone to find or create a free alternative. It is not acceptable to suggest that simply because you can't easily get to where these trains run that an unfree image can be used. Ultimately, it is important to realise that there is no problem if we have to wait a week or a month until a free image can be added. The article in question has a freely licesned image, until such another free image comes along then there is nothing better regardless of quality, how much of the livery it shows, or whether you consider it to be "ugly".

With the change in a number of franchises, I've been looking to get some photos for Wikipedia myself. I visit London a few times a month and each time recently I've been sure to pass through Liverpool Street station when convenient on my visit, waiting for the opportunity to photograph the new National Express East Anglia livery. This opportunity finally came this last weekend after a number of attempts. Put some effort in, be patient, or simply forget about trying desperately to illustrate this article and find something you can more feasibly contribute to worry about. Adambro (talk) 05:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice - I understand all the above. The thing I am confused about is: why is the image from YouTube unfree? Btline (talk) 15:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Because there is no explicit statement that is is freely licensed. Adambro (talk)

Ok- I understand. Shame though..... Btline (talk) 17:58, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

London Meetup - April 13th

London Wikipedia Meetup number 8 is happening next Sunday lunchtime (April 13th 1pm) in Holborn. Come along!

-- Harry Wood (talk) 10:57, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for replies to Talk:Steve Sinnott

A big thank you for trying to temper User:Stevenscollege's immoderate attitude to the death of a significant British trade unionist.

On a more personal note, I will try to get to the Wiki gathering in Holborn next Sunday.Bashereyre (talk) 17:25, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hello I recently reverted some vandalism I came across on the Funorb page and have found the the IP which vandalized it is a repeat vandal. I'd like to see some action taken against this IP. Thank You.--Azaz129 (talk) 22:32, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:StreetFlavorTheMixtapeVol1.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:StreetFlavorTheMixtapeVol1.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:21, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Edinburgh April 08

Atention all trainwikiproject images taskforce members. I am off to Edinburgh tomorrow (8th April) and I am taking my digital camera if there are any pictures needed only from Edinburgh Waverley railway station then please contact me before 9pm tonight because after that time I am getting ready for the trip. Thanks: en:user:Britishrailclass43 My talk page can be accessed through the images taskforce list.- Thanks Britishrailclass43 (talk) 13:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Cross project request

Hi, i was wondering if on this Wikinews item you could change the route map to the better version (from .JPG to .png) which i did just upload today. Thanks. Simply south (talk) 13:57, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Done although I'd suggest a better format would be SVG. Adambro (talk) 16:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

OK. How would i do it in .SVG? Simply south (talk) 21:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Late but not forgotten

Thanks for this. SWik78 (talk) 14:20, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks adambro for the advice on links e.t.c. I don't know when wikipedia upgraded you to an administrator, but it was a good job they did! Britishrailclass43 Britishrailclass43 (talk) 18:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay cheers, no worries. I've been an admin on this project since April 2007. Adambro (talk) 18:28, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

InterCity 250

Hi there, I was hoping you would delete the Intercity 250 taskforce and talk pages. As seen as I created them, I took all the content from them. I just need you to delete them as they served no purpose. Thanks Britishrailclass43 (talk) 21:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. Adambro (talk) 21:27, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikibreak

Your userpage states that you are currently on a wikibreak, however you have obviously been active considering you put a messsage on my talk page today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Britishrailclass43 (talk • contribs) 13:28, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Obviously, I am slowly reducing my level of contributions as my workload increases. Adambro (talk) 14:03, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RC

What happened to RC? With not been on wikipedia before March this year, I do not know what happened to him. Please reply as I am eager to know. Thanks Britishrailclass43 (talk) 13:32, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

How do you know RC if you don't mind me asking. See [3] for what happened to him. Adambro (talk) 14:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RC Again

I just found out about him through your talk page. I visited his user page which was strangely empty and started to worry a bit so I contacted you to make sure he was OK. But sadly it was the worst case scenario when I found out. Condolences to his family. Britishrailclass43 (talk) 14:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

User:RC is not the person I thought you were referring to. I know of nothing to suggest that the person who I've told you has died is this user, actually it appears to be the opposite. Regards. Adambro (talk) 14:41, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Sounds a bit like crossed wires to me. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 15:16, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Infobox Image Changes

Hi there, of course there is a reason. I have noticed that most of the images seem to have been in the infoboxes for a long time. I think it is only right that our visitors should get a different picture when they visit the pages every now and again. I hope you understand this. Thanks Britishrailclass91 (talk) 20:04, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Replied on the user's talk page. Adambro (talk) 20:08, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't think that I am changing images for the sake of it, but rather to give a wider view of the pictures available in the commons. Britishrailclass91 (talk) 20:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi,In future, I will try to replace good images with images that are just as good, or of higher quality so that it is a positive change. Thanks Britishrailclass91 (talk) 07:13, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

ANI discussion

Just to let you know, there's a discussion at ANI involving you here. Equazcion •✗/C • 01:09, 15 Apr 2008 (UTC)

Don't see that you stand to lose anything by apologizing; might help patch things up, which especially seems desirable if you didn't intend offense to begin with. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:08, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Jenna Syken

Dear Adambro,

I am very happy that I am able to communicate with someone about what is going on about Jenna Syken and the Wikipedia page about her. Jenna is our daughter who figure skates for Israel and I keep going onto her page deleting the incorrect information and lies that are constantly being written about her and replacing it with the correct information.

I have gotten to the point that I just now delete everything and post the internet website urls to Jenna Sykens at: The Israel Ice Skating Federation: http://iisf.org.il/html/skaters/skaters_Jenna_Syken.html and also to: Jenna Rachel Syken Official Website: http://www.jennasyken.com/

If you would like something written about Jenna Syken with her accurate and truthful figure skating history and have it publicly posted I will do it. If not then just leave her name Jenna Syken and under it the 2 links to the:

IISF website and Jenna Syken Official Website

The people who write about Jenna on Wikipedia have an alternative reason for doing what they have been doing which is not uncommon in this sport of figure skating. Many people still cannot accept the fact that Jennas' older sister Shayna is the 1998 Junior Olympic Champion of the United States, even though it is in the USFSA record books and engraved on the Junior Olympic Trophy at the US Olympic Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jenna might also be the youngest in USFSA history to have passed all 3 USFSA Dance tests at age 4 1/2 on her first try. We are researching that now with the USFSA to see if she holds that honor and distinction, it would be a record for that also.

I would appreciate it if you would get back to me about this. Please go to http://www.jennasyken.com/ scroll down and sign into the guestbook on the links page and leave a message for me there and I will get back to you. Thank you very much, Mrs. Naomi Syken —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.112.160.33 (talk) 01:37, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

AC Loco Group

Are you by any chance a member of the AC locomotive group. I ask this, because I have looked through your files of images, and there are an awful lot of pictures of the Hull Trains class 86 train. Thanks Britishrailclass91 (talk) 07:32, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

RE:Adminship

Ok then, what should I do, should I create another account and start again or just archive my history?? Surfer-boy94 (talk) 23:58, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

RE:Adminship

Thanks, I thought that too, but I am going to build up much more stuff before I apply for andminship. Thank You for your help. Surfer-boy94 (talk) 10:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

PA

User British Rail Class 91 (or something like that) has been making PAs on my talk page. Btline (talk) 17:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

I thought it was norm to announce such blocks- sorry. I won't do this in the future. Excellent about the block though! Btline (talk) 19:37, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Blocks are not something to celebrate, it is unfortunate when we have to impose them. I wouldn't say it was excellent that this user is blocked, I'd say it's a great shame that we had to come to this but ultimately this block will serve to protect the Wiki from disruption so was necessary. Adambro (talk) 19:40, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Image

Thank you for having found a free image of the Paris banner for the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay article. Well done! Aridd (talk) 23:50, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Your Block

Hi there,

Just saw that you blocked yourself - I was going to leave you a message asking why - but then noticed that you unblocked yourself!

The Helpful One ^(Review) 19:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

One word, opps! Adambro (talk) 19:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

One word - ROFLMAO! 20:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Block on wikipedia and commons

Could I please ask you to lift the block on wikimedia commons for me. This is because I do not know what came over me and would like to upload photo's to redeem myself. Also, have I redeemed myself for the harrassment on other users? (I did not realise that I was harrassing them or should have replied on the RfA page. I was just angry that people had been keeping their comments about me close to their chest as such. I'm sure I would have reacted in a more responsible way if I had been notified about what other users think of me before the RfA. Also, I would like to apologise completely for the harrassment of other users. I would also like to set things right with these users. Thanks and regardsBritishrailclass91 (talk) 15:47, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppet

Since you've offered guidance to Surfer-boy94 in the past, you may want to weigh in at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Surfer-boy94. —Hello, Control ^{Hello, Tony} 20:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Help!

Hello, I have been accused of sockpuppetry because of my friends and families inexperienced edits to wikipedia on the same computer. What should I do? Thanks. Surfer-boy94 (talk) 08:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Hull Trains Class 86

Hi there Just thought I'd better let you know that I am about to put the Hull Trains Class 86 into the past fleet area and the Adelante's in the current fleet section and delete the future fleet section. This is because the AC Loco group states that the class 86 would have a final, final weekend. However, this was dated 17th of April 2008 and nothing else has been heard. I hope you understand this and no-one reverts my change. Thanks and Regards Britishrailclass91 (talk) 10:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Help!

I seem to have made a complete mess of the Hull Trains article while trying to change the tables, please revert this! Britishrailclass91 (talk) 10:52, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

UPDATE: Thanks for reverting the change, I have no idea how it happened! Britishrailclass91 (talk) 16:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Images

Some robot is pestering me about images which were taken out of commission a while back. I requested for them to be deleted, but this bot ignores this, and leaves message after message on my user page. Please can you delete NXEAlogo.png and any others which may have been taken out of use.

Regards, Btline (talk) 18:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Help Again

I keep making a complete hash of things, I've mananged to on NYMR anyway please revert this Britishrailclass91 (talk) 15:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Note: I've reverted the change for you. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 15:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

London Meetups - Sunday May 11th

We're hoping to have regular meetups in London. The next one is on May 11th Wikipedia:Meetup/London 9. Another Sunday lunch in Holborn. Come along! -- Harry Wood (talk) 11:26, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

user photos:Britishrailclass91

Thanks for moving this. Britishrailclass91 (talk) 20:02, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

W&S Interim livery

Blimey! I must have gone to sleep and woken up in 1983.....  :-) --RFBailey (talk) 20:27, 28 April 2008 (UTC)