User talk:Wongm/Archive03
HorshamFixed. Let me know if you catch any more of these. Rebecca (talk) 01:12, 6 July 2008 (UTC) Hamish & Andy and related articlesHi. I'm doing a major cleanup and improvement of these articles. Please give me time... - Richard Cavell (talk) 10:03, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Australia's Surfing LifeG'day mate, My name's Chris Binns and I'm the Associate Editor of Australia's Surfing Life. We're not trying to be jokey in our entry, we are simply trying to explain exactly how the magazine runs. I'm not sure how you can say that listing the staff members is an attempt at humour so it'd be great of you can leave our entry be. If you need something more official I'm more than willing to quote myself, or editor Tim Fisher, or scan in a copy of the staff page from our most recent issue and post that online, but uh, that's a lot of effort for something so minor. Cheers bud, binnsie (talk) 00:00, 16 July 2008 (UTC) Location of Delaware BayI suppose it's just me, but it would seem easy enough to click through Delaware Bay to find out where it is. At any rate, I've made a modified lead. Mangoe (talk) 00:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC) Joseph H Scammellthanks for cleaning up the article and putting in those references. By the way, good work on the articles about Geelong and surrounding areas, i especially liked the one about the T & G building. --Thomasammaniti (talk) 05:41, 10 July 2008 (UTC) Once again, thanks for fixing up the Joseph H Scammell article, cheers--Thomasammaniti (talk) 06:03, 14 July 2008 (UTC) TrainsI love your rail gallery! Now i have a new wallpaper. :) I never realised Myki had started in Geelong, unless its a trial. Vauxhallx (talk) 15:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC) 100 years of rail at TocumwalI guess you must have been at the festivities on the weekend, judging by the photos. I couldn't make it myself but the locals reckon there was a great turnout. -- Mattinbgn\talk 11:02, 14 July 2008 (UTC) Hi. I notice that you've added some text to the title. But there's a radio show on the list. Rove Live Radio was a radio show... - Richard Cavell (talk) 06:24, 15 July 2008 (UTC) VLocity VL29Hey Wongm, can I ask a question regarding the VL29 crash, what did really happen? I read the article on the VLocity Accidents section and I am still not exactly clear what happened, is it possible you could tell me? WikiSandbox1 (talk) 05:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
GaugesJust to let you know and to avoid that you think I reverted you: Talk:List_of_rail_gauges#Software_error_and_headlines, - I didnt tocuh the headlines at all! But when starting editing I saw the old ones. TrackConnect (talk) 06:01, 20 July 2008 (UTC) CongratsTrust we can keep the hordes in their place :) (? rollback) - cheers SatuSuro 08:02, 20 July 2008 (UTC) RollbackI've added the rollback privilege to your account to assist with combatting vandalism. As a trusted user of the Wikipedia community, I trust this additional tool assist you in your vandal fighting efforts. Please be sure to read up on this additional feature to your toolbar at Wikipedia:Rollback feature, or alternatively you may ask any administrator for instructions on its' usage. Cheers. -- Longhair\talk 08:04, 20 July 2008 (UTC) CFCLA figuresTrack & Signal 2008/3 only reported the total fleet for CFCLA. Try Motive Power for loco fleet details. Tabletop (talk) 05:57, 24 July 2008 (UTC) Border crossingFor Echuca railway line, Victoria, how do you mean "the border crossing icon looks a mess compared to the main bridge one"?
ThanksHey, thanks for the couple of edits based on my to-do list, I've been a bit inactive lately so it's really appreciated! invincible (talk) 03:32, 27 July 2008 (UTC) DYK? nomHi. I've nominated Princes Pier, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created/expanded on July 31, where you can improve it if you see fit. Thanks for the informative article and for contributing to Wikipedia, CB (ö) 01:44, 31 July 2008 (UTC) Thanks!Thanks for your help getting Melbourne Airport to GA status! Mvjs (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing! AraratThanks for the heads up - done. Let me know if you catch any more! Rebecca (talk) 07:51, 1 August 2008 (UTC) ThxI have to say mate, thanks for cleaning up my articles. I can be a real slob you know! Benshi —Preceding undated comment was added at 10:32, 3 August 2008 (UTC) DYK--Gatoclass (talk) 07:33, 6 August 2008 (UTC) Re: Loco articlesIn cases where there were multiple steam locos with the same class letter, then using the date of introduction seems like a much better way to disambiguate them then calling them '1st' or '2nd' like what I did for Phoenix Foundry. Another possible thing to do is split out the Rail_transport_in_Victoria#Locomotives section, and discuss how the Victorian Railways locomotives fleet evolved. Either a section in Victorian Railways or a new page like Victorian Railways locomotives or Victorian Railways rollingstock. Wongm (talk) 01:31, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Re: Transport in AustraliaAll the history of the content is at the actual title or the original cup, Transport in Australia. That page history merge was interesting because it was moved by cut and paste twice, so I can understand why it seems so bizarre. It's even worse when a page is moved by cut and paste three times, or you end up merging in the wrong revisions. Graham87 01:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC) Halifax Grammar SchoolThanks for pointing that out, I only checked the most recent change and noticed that change had been vandalism. I realize now that the change before the one I noticed was the damage that I missed. I will pay better attention when looking for vandalism. RandorXeus (talk) 04:55, 10 August 2008 (UTC) TfD nomination of Template:AusModelRailTemplate:AusModelRail has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. –Black Falcon (Talk) 20:17, 15 August 2008 (UTC) Geelong - The First 150 Years - Peter BeggA few weeks back you mentioned this book and it's availability from the offices of the Geelong Advertiser (I may be wrong here, I've had a lot of conversations lately, they all seem to blend into one:)). I asked somebody in Geelong to grab myself a copy recently however the Addy staff knew nothing of the book whatsoever! Is the book still available locally, and if so, where can I grab myself a copy? I'd like one for my bookshelf and for the possible expansion of various Geelong-related articles. Cheers. -- Longhair\talk 12:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK twofer--Gatoclass (talk) 16:28, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
ARHS BulletinThanks for your comments. I have access to all copies through the Railway Resource Centre, however Magindex http://users.senet.com.au/~ajsoar/ covers it and others. --Commissioner Geoff (talk) 09:18, 24 August 2008 (UTC) Railway station historyCripes youre getting close to home - a rather pathetic source - but hey better than none ~! :) SatuSuro 13:22, 24 August 2008 (UTC) Yup - hey good stuff anyways - my small contrib is the old midland railway junction station - i think there are some very odd inconsistencies - sorry cannot help at the mo - dont know where my more detailed info is - under a large amount of paper i think :( SatuSuro 13:31, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
CanberraLooking though the edit history, you are the one adding references mentioning Fitzgerald, Gillespie, Sparke, Wigmore and many other authors, but the full details of their works are not listed on the article. I guess you missed a bit. ;-) Wongm (talk) 11:26, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Railway stationsHey, I just noticed on the two that you just let me know about that they've actually been deleted - surprise, not by bots screwing around - but because they've been added to Commons. Can you get it to link to the images on Commons? Rebecca (talk) 07:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC) Thanks for this article. We can only hope to see the return of such a rail service again to our fine region. Cheers. -- Longhair\talk 08:06, 30 August 2008 (UTC) Just dropping in to say i really like the article you just created. Good informative writing, nicely wikified and referenced, and above all, some nice images to accompany it. Great job! :) Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 11:16, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
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doesnt show up anywehre else - try the admin as to why - SatuSuro 12:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC) Geelong TunnelAs much as this is not Wiki related ;), would you know if at this spot ([1]) if it would be well lit for taking a shot of a train coming out of the tunnel of an afternoon without shadows? ;) Somebody in the WWW (talk) 04:18, 5 September 2008 (UTC) Are you responding?Wongm, I have sent plenty of responses to past discussions/ questions, though you don't seem to be responding. I can understand that you are a busy person, but why do you have time to talk to other people besides me? Please explain this
Also, I have sent old responses. If you have time could you catch up with them and respond to them. It would be much apprechiated. WikiSandbox1 (talk) 23:49, 5 September 2008 (UTC)\
PL cars articleHi Wongm, Just so you know, I've written a basic version of an article for the ABL, BPL and BCPL VR carriages. Do you have photos that can be added? Steamtostay (talk) 05:35, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Steamtostay (talk) 07:15, 7 September 2008 (UTC) DatesWhich articles are you talking about? That's a very long time ago. Rebecca (talk) 09:28, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of Geelong Karting ClubA proposed deletion template has been added to the article Geelong Karting Club, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Longhair\talk 05:42, 12 September 2008 (UTC) VR motor carb transport - my versionHi wongm, I reckon I'm done with what I'd like to see on the VR motor car page, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Steamtostay/Victoria_Railways_motor_car_transport I'm also in the process of adding talk pages (but not articles) for the redlinks (excet M/W/V classes) in the template. You'll need to search or type in the URL from scratch... Steamtostay (talk) 08:51, 12 September 2008 (UTC) Photos for WikipediaWongm, you may have noticed that recently I have uploaded various pictures to Wikipedia. Do you think that they are suitable? Please reply
Careful with deletesI don't understand why you deleted (without comment) this reference,[2] which I put in to show the date of the visitor centre at the The Twelve Apostles (Victoria). Peter Ballard (talk) 12:36, 15 September 2008 (UTC) Street PressI haven't finished editing the Street Press article. These were a few more things I wanted to fix up. Could you Please hold off editing it for a few more minutes. I'll let you know when I'm done. Then I'm off to sleep so you can edit it to your heart's content. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.54.136 (talk) 13:32, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
NSW locomotivesI notice you amended my page regarding the 30T class. This happened just as I was uploading the photo. That's Ok, but I was a bit confused as to what was occurring. Thanks. There are more classes in the template which need pages. I am happy to proceed at a steady pace. If you see any conflict, please advise. --Commissioner Geoff (talk) 06:41, 19 September 2008 (UTC) Darebin City CouncilHello, i have many thigns to do with darebin. Darebin has changed there name and logo. i was one of many people helping make the logo. first on paint which i the copy on my computer. Darebin has done minor edits to its website, but havent fully changed it yet. so please put it back. im not trying to start any trouble. but please. truthfully. thanks mate please reply coz no one believes me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MR.SHANDO (talk • contribs) 06:25, 21 September 2008 (UTC) RE: Darebin City CouncilYes mate, i understand what your getting at. But seriously.... the project of redesigning darebin hasnt been going for that long mate. we havent updated much things at the moment. please just bare with me. i dont want to start trouble. i promise, i just want to fix up the wikipedia site. please mate. and if u have any questions about what i had put in there you can ask me and ill tell ya wifthe 100% truth answer. please mate, thanks! ;D —Preceding unsigned comment added by MR.SHANDO (talk • contribs) 06:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC) Darebin City CouncilYehrr... i dont have access to the website atm.... im bored and i thought that id make the wikipedia page better and updated. i dont see why i cant do this?? And i added suburbs just then and u deleted them?? Why did u do that for?? You cant stop people from adding real information to a wikipedia page. it isnt fair. just please let me fix up the wikipedia page. :) thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by MR.SHANDO (talk • contribs) 06:50, 21 September 2008 (UTC) change to the line guide for Victorian Goldfields RailwayHi there, I think you've actually got the line guide wrong. the Maryborough/Maldon line approaches Castlemaine from the West, and the line from Melbourne approaches from the South. The revision to the line guide doesn't convey this. Also, you seem to have Castlemaine appearing twice. I can't think why - the Maryborough line links to the Bendigo mainline on the Melbourne side of Castlemaine station. While I know the line guide is not intended to represent a scale map, I think we should observe which side of the line various junctions approach from. I guess it's the equivalent of the Metlink map of Melbourne having the Sandringham line appear to the right of the Frankston line. - Zzrbiker (talk) 09:09, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Melbourne Airport FACHi Marcus. You were a phenomenal help during the Melbourne Airport good article nomination and thanks for that. If you don't already know, Melbourne Airport is up for featured article status at the moment and any help would be much appreciated. There's quite a few suggestions at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Melbourne Airport. Thanks in advance! Mvjs (talk) 06:14, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Photos being added to Wiki CommonsYes, as shown on the description page with each photo, those which I say are mine ARE mine. Those otherwise acknowledged are as described. My slides have been donated to the ARHS Resource Centre and most have been scanned. They are NOT available to others from the RRC without my express permission. Of course, anything on Wiki is Public Domain. --Commissioner Geoff (talk) 07:19, 27 September 2008 (UTC) George BassI think creating a proper disambig page for George Bass was a good idea but I thought George Bass (explorer) was the primary topic, because he's the most well-known person with this name by far. There are hundreds of links that now go to a disambig page because of the move. Any probs if I move the disambig page to George Bass (disambiguation) and move the explorer page back to George Bass? Graham87 02:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Re: PhotosYes well, the photo that was in place before I put mine there (at Warrnambool) was good because it came from a website. My photos have simply be taken, uploaded to the computer and then posted to Wikipedia. Though this is bias, I think that my photo is better (better shot and updated).
I was thinking that I might bump into you! (at Geelong)
Edit SummaryWhat's an edit summary? You never told me how I can become an administartor and fix it so that only I can edit a section on Wikipedia. Sincerely, (~~HorseGirl070605~~) Thanks for the info. Sincerely, (~~HorseGirl070605~~) Hi, just send the e-mail exchange to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org. OTRS is usually backlogged so it might take a while before you get a response. Garion96 (talk) 08:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Newport WorkshopsWongm, I wanted to ask you a question. I'm proposing to go to the Newport Workshops and take some photos, though I'm not sure whether I need some sort of licence or not. If possible can you explain to me what I need to do? WikiSandbox1 (talk) 10:26, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Re: Newport WorkshopsWongm, Thank you for answering my question. See, I thought that facilities like Newport would be for employees only. Though I've seen photos around and inside the Workshops. When you said 'get in touch with them directly' did you mean over the phone or going over there to speak to somebody, you weren't very clear on that. Also somebody showing you around? Like a tour guide? Sounds good. I might learn something from that. You also mentioned something about an open day, when is that? Also is that for East or West block? You weren't very clear on that. I got a bit confused.
VR livestock article createdArticle for the M, L and F wagons and bogie variations. Needs links, pictures figures, stats, degunzelling. Steamtostay (talk) 13:04, 11 October 2008 (UTC) ThanksHi Wongm, Thanks for going through the VR Livestock, Misc. and Bogie Guards Vans pages. Are you able to answer any of the questions I left in the Livestock and Van Talk pages? Also, what are your thoughts on how I've been leaving redlinks in all the articles for things like Way and Works stock, etc.? Steamtostay (talk) 15:49, 15 October 2008 (UTC) New userHi Wongm. A new editor, Forthevline (talk · contribs), has started editing Physical linesI'm really not sure it's a good idea to be labelling stations as belonging on lines named after places the line hasn't actually run in many years. Most people who look at the Moriac article and see that it's labelled as being on the Port Fairy line are going to go "what the hell? there's no railway to Port Fairy" and get mightily confused. Hell, it's even happened to me before - I remember when someone briefly moved the Mildura line to Yelta, and thinking "where in the hell is Yelta, and what on earth line is that referring to?". If I go to Vicrailwaystations (which has the same setup) looking for a particular station, I've often got no idea whatsoever which line I'm supposed to be looking under for that very reason. Isn't there a better way we could be doing this? Rebecca (talk) 08:40, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Bellarine PeninsulaYeah I used to contribute alot of suburbs and human-related things but the natural environment in Melbourne and Victoria seems to be far too under-represented on Wikipedia, so I'm trying to contribute more info to rivers, creeks, landforms, bays, etc. Too bad the wind turbine isn't generating electricity! It'll inevitably have to start running again soon though :] Nick carson (talk) 04:37, 6 November 2008 (UTC) 3 car VLocitiesHey Wongm, I wanted to ask you a question regarding the 3 car VLocities. Has there been any 3 car VLocities running on the Geelong line recently? I was wondering because I found out they are supposed to be testing along line so they are accredited to run. Thanks And also I've heard something about V/Line running passenger services to Maryborough. Apparently this is going to happen soon, but this is unconfirmed. What do you say about services to Maryborough? WikiSandbox1 (talk) 22:17, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
NZ DMUsHi there. Sorry about that, this is the first time I've actually written something for Wikipedia so I wasn't aware it should've gone elsewhere. Would you be able to tell me where else it should be put? Or should it just be deleted? There are existing pages for the ADK and ADL classes. Thanks for letting me know. TechnicianX (talk) 12:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC) List of NR locomotivesHey Wongm, is it possible that you could add the rest of the dates for the NR class locomotives? WikiSandbox1 (talk) 07:13, 11 November 2008 (UTC) Dancing with the StarsI think the short answer to your question on the Australian noticeboard is: no, it is not at all encyclopedic! The almost complete lack of prose, only two references, so much OR and pointless trivia... Who cares that Andrew and Linda got a total score of 51 for the first two episodes of season 5? I'm tempted to go through and gut the whole article. Actually, more than just tempted; I think I'll go start doing that now. Somno (talk) 04:23, 15 November 2008 (UTC) Weird templatingDo you know why your change to Template:Mildura Line lead to all these links to this template? I think it's just a small typo somewhere. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 02:54, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
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