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[edit] Mumbles - Swansea Railway

I've reverted Rail transport in Great Britain. I think you would be better putting your link into History of rail transport in Great Britain or just possibly Rail transport in Great Britain#Brief history and overview. I do not think it should be elevated to the second sentence of the article. --Tagishsimon

I charged you with vandalism when I saw the edit with "first railway, 1907". Later you changed that to 1807. The rest of my comment remains: the fact that the first passenger railway charter was given in 1807 is not imo so noteworthy as to be the second sentence in the article. If you do not like edits being reverted, and if you do not like questions of vandalism being raised when you enter bogus information like the 1907 factoid, then, well... Meanwhile, please remember to sign your posts on talk pages; thank you. --Tagishsimon
It is significant. It is not so significant that it justifies the second sentence in the Rail transport in Great Britain article, is all. And at the point that I looked at it and saw the nonsense 1907 date, it looked like vandalism. I took the trouble to explain my concerns on your talk page and to suggest other places that you could post the fact. Calm down; you appear to be about as abraisive as me, and thus this is merely the pot calling the kettle black. And, for the record, I've done many more edits on that page than you, and thus, sadly, could be termed a railway enthusiast. --Tagishsimon
Phew. --Tagishsimon

I agree with the comment about the positioning, but that was a bit of a harsh response. However, as a consequence I've updated the article that was linked to (and given it what I thought was a more appropriate name, together with a couple of redirects should people attempt to search for it with other names) and added it to the Timeline of railway history. Plus, it will help me with my task of documenting the Industrial Revolution in a more comprehensive manner. Thanks for creating the article, which was a big gap to be filled! [[User:Noisy|Noisy | Talk]] 19:42, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)