User talk:TicketMan/Archive 1

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The Northern Lights

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Carbon dioxide

It doesn't make sense to give me a warning for adding controversial material to an article, when in fact, I wasn't the one that added it and it wasn't controversial. I just reverted the unjustified removal of content. If the problem was that it wasn't sourced, since the event is very well know, the proper response should obviously be to source the material rather than simply delete it. 72.78.226.150 (talk) 12:57, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Something for you

		Military history service award
		For tagging and assessing 250 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 11:54, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Something else for you

		Military history service award
		For tagging and assessing 500 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 18:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

RE: West Seneca East Senior High School‎

Looks like we got crossed on this article! Your edits removed some vandalism while bringing back a different instance. I then blindly reverted your edit, seeing only the diff. I went back and took care so all of the vandalism is gone now, both in Notable Alums and in the infobox. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenguy1090 (talk • contribs) 01:55, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Managed to confuse myself on this one - tried to restore a prev version, and picked the wrong one somehow! Got there in the end at least... TicketMan - Talk - contribs 02:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For taking the challenge and warning 100 vandals, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this barnstar. Good job! --Sharkface217 04:28, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Something else as well for you

		Military history service award
		For tagging and assessing 1000 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 10:28, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Well done and thanks, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 10:28, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

PS: The Milhist awards might look better with a <br /> between them. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk

Ah - thats how you do it - been trying to figure that out! Thanks :-) TicketMan - Talk - contribs 13:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 29 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sybil Gibson, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri (talk) 12:21, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks and Happy New Year

Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thirdly, if you can find the time, it would be good to have your feedback/comments on the drive at the Tag & Assess workshop

Thanks again for your help, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 10:34, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For taking the challenge and successfully combating vandalism that has resulted in at least 20 bans, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this barnstar. Good job! --Sharkface217 22:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. --Sharkface217 01:50, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Heads Up

I've added a good deal more challenges to the Awards Center. I think you may be very interested. --Sharkface217 21:23, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

The Man Nobody Knows

Drop me a line when you feel that your contributions to The Man Nobody Knows are sufficient. You're doing a wonderful job so far. --Sharkface217 01:34, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 10 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eulabee Dix, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 14:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For your work on The Man Nobody Knows, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this barnstar. Keep up the awesome work. --Sharkface217 06:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for the nice welcome. I created a page already, mostly because I was researching the place and noticed it wasn't listed in Wikipedia. Pennsylvania Military Museum, can you let me know if it's okay? -- Aujourd'hui, maman est morte —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aujourd'hui, maman est morte (talk • contribs) 08:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For breathing new life into the Mount Elgon National Park article, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this barnstar. I am extremely appreciative for your efforts, as this article has grown greatly as of late and now seems to have a few regular contributors. If this happens with every article posted in the Award Center, we could be onto something big here. I expect (and know I will see) more great things from you in the future. --Sharkface217 04:11, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 13 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Man Nobody Knows, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 14:10, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on the DYK

Good job on the DYK. You're really doing well as a contributor. --Sharkface217 18:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

thanks!

Thanks a ton for the barnstar. You really have done great as an editor, and it is my pleasure and honor to be called an inspiration. Keep up the awesome work. --Sharkface217 21:55, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Richard E. Robbins

I added some sources, new info, expanded the top part, and added 2 sections to Richard E. Robbins --Sharkface217 —Preceding comment was added at 22:30, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar... again

		The Original Barnstar
		For all your hard work on Anthony Swofford, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this barnstar. I'd tell you to keep up the good work, but all this barnstar awarding is hurting my fingers. :-P --Sharkface217 01:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and thanks for the barnstar. --Sharkface217 01:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Gah

		The Original Barnstar
		For work with articles relating to Brisbane, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this barnstar. --Sharkface217 04:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

List of West Midlands railway stations

I've filled in 26 for you. I would do more but i've got things to do (might do it a bit later). Thanks for offering the reward! Grover (talk) 02:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Just finished the rest of them for ya. Grover (talk) 21:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! :) Grover (talk) 22:04, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello TicketMan, I've added some comments at the FLC for this list, hope they help. Feel free to shout at me! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi - are you still working on this article? Well done for all the ref work you're doing - sorry I didn't make a start earlier, but I got waylaid by other things. I'm ready to do some tweaking, but don't want to cause any edit conflicts if you're still editing. – Tivedshambo (talk) 22:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

A thought about photos - how about having them at a smaller size as a single column to the left? See the table in Talyllyn Railway#Route for an example. Tivedshambo (talk) 14:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You read my mind! I'm just reading up on putting a table within a table, which will (hopefully) have a similar effect, but negate the need for an image for every station. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 15:05, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Read enough help pages to give me a headache, luckily Orlady seems to have fixed the image placement problem - looks ok in my browser at work anyway. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 16:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks ok in my browser too, though smaller screens may struggle. Looks like my photo of Four Oaks is unrequired now, but at least it can be used in the article. Tivedshambo (talk) 16:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

It's up to you, but personally I wouldn't bother taking the trouble to change the usage figures to the nearest 100 - the nearest thousand is sufficient accuracy to indicate high or low level of usage, and trend. Tivedshambo (talk) 16:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Normally I'd agree, but there are several stations with very low usage, notably Bordesley, which I think need that extra degree of accuracy. In any case, it'll only take me 10 - 15 minutes to get through the lot. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 16:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

←Hello TicketMan, I added a note about wikilinking all operators etc since the table is sortable now... perhaps you missed it? It's in there somewhere. Otherwise I'll take another look and let you know what I think! Good work so far.. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I've hidden the comments you've admirably dealt with and added a final set, hopefully the last bunch before I support. Nothing major but stuff which I just can't let slide if you know what I mean. Good work so far, all the best... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, all I'm suggesting is the link to the Government ought to be specific to the UK so go for it. Let me know when you're done and I'll revisit the FAC! The Rambling Man (talk) 19:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Well done on your hard work, I've offered a support, all the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:23, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

List of railway stations in Wales

Hi Ticketman. Can I suggest a peer review before taking List of railway stations in Wales to FLC? I reckon you've learned a great deal from the West Midlands article which you can bring to the Welsh one, and it's best practise to go to peer review first to pick off any remaining concerns. Then FLC should be a walkover! Let me know what you decide to do, either way I'd be delighted to review the article at any time for you. All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 10:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Cool, well as soon as you're ready, give me a shout.... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Railway station lists

Congratualtions and thanks for all your hard work. Enjoy your Wiki-break - you've deserved it ;-)  Tivedshambo (talk) 22:38, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

West Mids list

Promoted a short time ago to WP:FL, well done, great work! Give me a shout if you need some help in the future, even if it's just to read and support! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:27, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

A small favor

I was wondering if you could help me clean up the article on Charles Fernley Fawcett. There's a ton of info about him on the web (including his obituary ) and I need a bit of help cleaning up his wiki page and adding new info. I put this up on the Awards Center but have decided to contact you because of your previous help with my challenges. Besides this, you're a darn good editor and, as this article is about one of my heroes, I know that with you it would be in fine hands. Any help would be appreciated. --Sharkface217 20:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD

Congratulations on your recent WP:FL promotion. You may be interested in participating the the selection of lists of the day and a list of the month for March or nominating lists for April.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 18:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Copyediting challenge

Hello, I signed up for your copyediting challenge at Wikipedia:AWC#Copy Editing. Since signing up, I have fixed over 200 spelling mistakes (not to mention some grammatical errors, spacing errors, punctuation errors, etc. on the side). GaryColemanFan (talk) 07:22, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I too have more than cleared the 200 article hurdle for copyediting (plus grammatical, formatting, and other related fixes) after signing up for the challenge. Thanks for spurring so many folks to do this basic housekeeping chore! - Dravecky (talk) 19:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar awarded

		The Technology Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for your signifcant improvement to List of railway stations in Wales. When I created it, it was pretty basic but you really made it into a top-notch article. Good Work Welshleprechaun (talk) 11:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Your Request for Rollback

Further to your Request for access to the rollback feature, I am pleased to inform you that I have handled your request, and your account is now enabled for the rollback functionality. Use it well; and remember, rollback may not be used in content disputes. Regards, AGK (contact) 12:16, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

New! BCAD drive from Milhist

Can I invite you to particpate in our new assessment drive? It's strictly for experienced wiki-gnomes and has a degree of friendly competition built-in. It involves re-evaluating around 3500 Milhist B-Class articles to ensure they match our new criteria. As ever, we're offering a range of awards as our way of expressing our thanks. The drive doesn't start until 18:00 (UTC) on March 10 but you can sign up in advance here. It would be great if you can spare the time, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 05:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

One Stripe (200 articles) Two Stripes (400 articles) Three Stripes (600 articles) Chevrons (1000 articles) Golden Wiki First place

New AWC Challenge

Be advised, there is a new challenge at WP:AWC for people who sponsor 15 articles there. In light of your past contributions to the awards center, I thought you might like to know. --Sharkface217 01:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Module Vanier Elementary School proposed for deletion

An article that you have been involved in editing, Module Vanier Elementary School, has been proposed for deletion. Please look there to see why this is, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. BigHairRef | Talk 02:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Awards Center Newsletter

I'm pleased to announce that the Awards Center will be getting its own newsletter shortly. If you want to receive the WP:AWC newsletter, put your name here. --Sharkface217 20:11, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Award Center:Copy Editing

 Done--RyRy5 ^{Talk to RyRy} 04:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

News! Tag & Assess 2008 is coming ...

Milhist's new drive – Tag & Assess 2008 – goes live on April 25 and you are cordially invited to participate. This time, the task is housekeeping. As ever, there are awards galore, plus there's a bit of friendly competition built-in, with a race for bronze, silver and gold wikis! You can sign up, in advance, here. I look forward to seeing you on the drive page! All the best, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 13:23, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

One Stripe (200 articles) Two Stripes (400 articles) Three Stripes (600 articles) Tireless Contributor Barnstar (1000 articles) Chevrons (2000 articles) Working Man's Barnstar (3000 articles) Barnstar of Diligence (4000 articles) Third place overall Second place overall First place overall

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

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Midlands

I noticed you are responsible for the Midlands in WP:WikiProject UK geography. Just to let you know, I saw that the article Midlands couldn't decide whether to be specifically about the English Midlands (for which a much better article exists) or Midlandses in general, so I turned it into a redirect to Midlands (disambiguation). I also removed the WikiProject template since it's no longer appropriate. Hairy Dude (talk) 16:53, 19 February 2009 (UTC)