User:Tivedshambo/Archives/2008a

Hi! Yes - I've warned a few, in my time [1]. But I don't warn on every revert I do, partly because (especially with dynamic IPs) there doesn't seem to be a lot of point, and partly because, at times of heavy vandalism, I'm too busy clicking the rollback link. Philip Trueman (talk) 18:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

One,I didnt mean to delete the comments, I am new to this.

Two, I was still working on the webpage. I would save the information, and then adjust it. I wasn't even working on it for 20 minutes before you deleted it.

Three, eTrafficJams.com/GetUpdated.com is an internationally traded company on the stock exchange. They are one of the world's largest internet marketing companies. I think you are doing a disservice to Wikipedia, and labeled the article advertising. If that is the case then take down every company on your website.

Why is it fair for a large company and not a small to be listed on your website? Though this is not the case, I feel that wikipedia quickly pulled the trigger, without analyzing the content.

Furthermore, I seriously doubt eTrafficJams/GetUpdated would of contacted you about posting an article about their company.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Etrafficjamsseo (talk • contribs) 17:23, 10 January 2008

Firstly, I didn't delete it. Only an administrator can do this. Secondly, as I stated, the article was deleted for copyright reasons. I cannot make any judgment on the question of notability without seeing the article. However I suggest you read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for relevant notability guidelines, and Wikipedia:Copyright violations for information about copying material from elsewhere on the web. I'll leave a standard welcome message on your home page, which will give you furthe useful links. Please don't be dis-heartened - if you can rewrite the article in your own words bearing in mind the advice given, you'll have a far stronger case. – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I am aware of the bug where CSBot doesn't seem to notice that the original is a sandbox in userspace— the bug is being worked on, but might be related to a bug in the Mediawiki software (the software on which Wikipedia runs) itself— it would seem that the namespace where an article lives is misreported as the article space in some circumstances (apparently, only in cases where the sandbox article was cut-and-pasted as opposed to moved to is new article space location, but not nearly in all those cases).

I am trying to figure out a good way to work around the problem, in the meantime I realize it's a bit inconvenient and annoying, but I'll ask you to be patient and just go ahead and remove the tags. In the 6 months or so that CSBot has been operating, only about a dozen cases have been reported (and, strangely enough, most of those in the past month), so it's unlikely to be reasonable to suspend CSBot operation until the bug is found and mercilessly squished. — Coren ^(talk) 17:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply - hope you find a solution soon as it's a useful bot. – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for this. I've got some sources to add (notably the York Archaeological Trust fascicule on the Walls and Castles - great stuff) but wanted to put in some more on the C19 and on C20 slum-clearance. Sources are easier to add than inline refs, and I somehow assume that Layerthorpe is never going to be a GA or FA, so I'll get round to it soon. I'm also trying to work up an article on Drake - have you seen Francis Drake (disambiguation)?!?

Archiving - yes, another thing I haven't quite got round to, but you're right, Must Do It.

As for Layerthorpe itself - when we were househunting in York four years ago, we had some Layerthorpe/Heworth addresses, but, walking out of town, past the car-dealerships and the defunct Frog Hall, we thought "Do we want to have to walk into town past this?" The answer being no, we abandoned ship and went back for a few in the Black Swan. Now living on Walmgate: medieval church on exiting the building, W towers of the Minster come into view before Merchantgate, ten restaurants and three second-hand bookshops between here and M&S, 5 min to the Market, 10 min walk to the Minster, 13 min walk to the station, I've died and gone to heaven! Best, --GuillaumeTell (talk) 01:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

As the copyright holder, I have the right to choose what copyright I apply to my images, and to amend that copyright if I see fit. For example, I may wish to change to GFDL 1.3, or whatever version may come out in future, if that version is compatible with WP or Commons. I have not seen anything either in Wikipedia or Commons, that states that I cannot do this. Therefore I cannot comply with your request. It is unlikely that I would withdraw my licence altogether, and I realise my images would be deleted if I did this. Incidentally, you will notice that I do not use creative commons - I use GFDL. – Tivedshambo (talk) 18:04, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Yuo do have that right but that is a right you partialy give up if you want to release something under a free license. Upgradeing to GFDL1.3 is an irrelivance since you can't under the terms of the GFDL stop that. As long as you try and retain these rights your images are not under a free license and will be remove from commons.Geni 19:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

If the consensus of the Commons community (rather than the opinion of a single user) is to remove my images, that is ok by me. Just give me sufficient warning so that I can reload my images here and on Welsh wicipedia. It'll be a shame, as some of these images are used by other projects. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:09, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

uploading images you know contravene wikipedia's copyright policy will get you blocked. Wikipedia's copyright policy per foundation resolution Resolution:Licensing policy image licenses are required to meet the requirements of Definition of Free Cultural Works that requires "freedoms should be available to anyone, anywhere, anytime" as you can see your text conflicts with the anytime clause.Geni 20:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Please do not make threats. To the best of my knowledge, I have never willingly violated policy of either Wikipedia or Commons. I am the copyright holder of all the images I have uploaded to Commons, and have released the images under {{GFDL-1.2}} - a valid tag in both projects. I have asked you to show me evidence that I have no right to change this copyright notice in future - so far you have not done this. Unless you can do this, please stop wasting my time. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:33, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Err I did see Resolution:Licensing_policy and you have not released under GFDL you have released under homebrew attempt at a modfied GFDL.Geni 21:26, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Please accept that it was not my intention to modify GFDL. I have raised the matter at Commons:Village pump#Copyright question, and removed some wording to the template, though I still do not believe this is strictly neccesary. – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:59, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm about done for tonight - almost home time :-). I'm trying to work out if there is anyway to set the notes section up like the refs section, whilst keeping the two sections separate (the notes section has references!) - any ideas? I've made a note of which sections need photos - if I can I'll try and get out on Sunday with my camera to fill in some of the gaps. Regards, TicketMan - Talk - contribs 22:45, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll see if I can get Four Oaks for F tomorrow. Tivedshambo (talk) 22:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I like what you've done with the usage stats - looks much better.

Do you think it would be worth making the table smaller to get the pics on the right? If necessary, the 04-05 stats can probably go, especially as 06-07 stats can't be far off now.

Also, I'm wondering whether or not to merge each letter into one section, and make the resultant single table sortable - this would get rid of the repeated refs.

Anyways - I better get ready for work - 12 hour shift today, and Villa are at home so might even have to actually do some work! Regards, TicketMan - Talk - contribs 10:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Personally, I think the 04/05 figures are useful against the following year, as it indicates the trend (generally upwards) as well as the usage. On the other hand, I don't think the station code is particularly useful, so maybe that could go instead? Going out myself soon, but I'll do some more work on it later. Tivedshambo (talk) 10:55, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

To be honest thats why I originally added the 04-05 figures, to provide a comparison. Fair point about the codes - looking at it that way the code doesn't add much. I'll see what I can do. Regards, TicketMan - Talk - contribs 12:17, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Righty then - I've merged the individual tables into one, and made it sortable, which I think makes it more useful as it enables sorting by pax volume etc. I've got rid of the redundant code column, and changed the TOC to fit the new layout. Attempting now to place the pics to the right of the table. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 14:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Sussed out the issue with notes - they are now fully linked within the article, with help from WP:Village Pump. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 18:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for all your work on this article - I think it's almost there :-) TicketMan - Talk - contribs 20:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Pleased to be of help! Tivedshambo (talk) 20:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I should probably warn you I'm planning on having a go at improving List of railway stations in Wales next. Could be a big job... TicketMan - Talk - contribs 21:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Best of luck! Actually, I was wondering about creating List of disused rail stations in the West Midlands. Tivedshambo (talk) 23:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

That's also on my 'to-do' list, along with List of Midland Metro stops. Disused stations will take a lot more work however, as stations such as Sutton Town and Sutton Park, for example, are both missing from the West Midlands stations template, and neither have articles - at the very least they'll need stubs creating, or distinct sections within Sutton Coldfield railway station, and I suspect they are not the only ones.

List of railway stations in Wales is a new list which I think has potential, but I have a number of issues with it - all the station names are in caps for a start. I'm going to have a proper look at it tomorrow evening when I'm at work. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 12:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Check the edit again. It clearly states currently for No 3 and previously for No 4. Tivedshambo (talk) 12:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)