Talk:TGV world speed record
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[edit] Bridge over Loir measurements wrong
Bridge over Loir is stated as "175 m (1100 ft) bridge". This is wrong in multiple ways,
- 175 m is 574 feet (or 1100 feet is 335 meters)
- this is probably the length of the bridge not the height (if you look at the map at TGVweb map here its rather flat)
It is wrong in the source. Any French train fanatics know the answer ? (I'd sign-in but I'm on another PC and forgot my password) 79.0.193.28 17:38, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- It is 175 m, and I got the conversion to feet wrong back when I wrote the TGVweb article in 1995. Good catch. --Ctillier 04:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] TGVweb
Most of this article is from incredibly detailed articles borrowed from TGVweb. While it's not a copyvio, it's still totally out of place in Wikipedia, and since it's available elsewhere on the web, there's little reason not to delete huge chunks of it to make the article more readable, as currently it's totally impenetrable. --82.45.163.4 04:14, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- As the author of TGVweb, I generally agree, although you should not count on TGVweb being around forever. I haven't maintained that website in several years, and I am hoping that Wikipedia can take over as a better source. A major copy edit and pruning is in order to make the material more suitable to an encyclopedia. If I only had the time... --Ctillier 07:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
