User talk:Tombomp

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[edit] RfA Juggernaut0102

Help me - how can i improve other than the comments you have explained? The 100 or so proper edits i have done are little only because i'm in high school but can't have enough time to do stuff on WP. I'm trying my hardest to use the time i've got to make contribs to WP. Any other suggestions for RfA in the distant... future? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juggernaut0102 (talk • contribs) 09:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Glenn Strange has gone

Hello. I have spent a lot of hours on that image of Glenn Strange to have it taken away. I put on so many reasons why it should be posted on Wikipedia. I had the correct template as well. Can you help? Thanks, Electric Japan (talk) 14:45, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 4chan

As you probably know, 4chan is blatant nonsense, thusly the tag was thoroughly deserved, I am no vandal. You can send me mail with your answer to this. Preceding [[ Ixius (talk • contribs) 20:44, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

No, I do not think it is nonsense, it is nonsense, I am a member of 4chan and I know for a fact that the imageboards there are completely nonsensical and honestly it doesn't deserve to exist, but it does, and thats that.

I didn't think that was the tag for speedy deletion, I merely thought it would add a banner saying something like 'This Article is nonsense, viewer desecration is advised'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ixius (talk • contribs) 20:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

And if the owners of 4chan were to lable it so? Ixius (talk) 07:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Can you help on this?

Hello. I tired again on the Glenn Strange tags. I don't know if I put the correct one on. If you can I would appreciate the help. I put in a lot of time trying this week.

Thanks, Electric Japan (talk) 11:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Appreciation

Hi! Thanks for the explanation. It can get confusing with all the diffrent choices.

I will make a test later today.

Electric Japan (talk) 06:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Strange Image

Thanks for the help. I am trying to upload it on to this site. Can you explain more on that part. Having some hassles getting it done.

I did upload an image from Flickr to the Wikimedia Commons.

I have tried many things. Time is being spent for the passion.

Thanks, Electric Japan (talk) 16:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism patrol

Thanks for your heads up on aquaporin! Cheers. Boghog2 (talk) 21:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks also for this request for intervention. Please note that 207.235.170.46 has now been blocked three times. — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 20:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah woops, thanks. I didn't think to check the block log (was just going by the talk page). You can see I'm not 100% sure of everything :) --Tombomp (talk) 20:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ron Paul article

Hi Tombomp, You addressed me on the Ron Paul talk page yesterday. You should see what has happened since. The Ron Paul newsletter section has been completely eviscerated. I would like to protect the integrity of this article, but cannot do it alone. -asx- (talk) 00:50, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright quesiton

Your question on the image copyright help desk has an answer. Mac Davis (talk) 07:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Steam loco - cylinders

Removing your recent addition was probably a wise move. The 'fact' tag added by me was not really appropriate (even though the edit was not supported by references) but I didn't have time to find the one that says 'are you sure about this?', as there was more than a hint of Original Research about it. I apologise for the terse edit summary.

You have uncovered a very interesting point. Why did a loco designer chose inside vs outside cylinders? Maintenance is an obvious reason, but why, then, were so many shunting/branch line locos designed with inside cylinders? Even as late as the GWR 94XX and the Austerity tank, the Q1, etc -- if inside cylinders were so 'bad' (as you hinted at), why were these modern designs so fitted? Larger locos, with 3 or 4 cylinders had both inside and outside cylinders -- how did your comments relate to these? Was this a purely British phenomenon? (perhaps due to the restricted loading gauge?). Were all 'foreign' locos designed with outside cylinders? Etc, etc

Your edit really started me thinking (as you can see). Perhaps you can now see why my edit summary was 'terse' -- I couldn't work out how to fit all the above in.

As I said, this is an interesting point, and one which should be discussed in the article, once some appropriate sources have been found. I look forward to reading your findings... :o)

PS - having thought a little more about this, I suspect that the choice of cylinder location was dictated by the type of valve gear used. That could well be your starting point...

EdJogg (talk) 10:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I checked the book I was getting it from (How Steam Locomotives Really Work by P.W.B. Semmens and A.J. Goldfinch - i realise it's not all that amazing000 and it seems the two inside cylinder arrangement was pretty much exclusive to locomotives using Stephenson's valve gear - although it's certainly possible that other valve gears were sometimes used, it seems Stephenson's valve gear was especially compact and simple enough that it was easiest to use. It apparently also conformed to the Victorian ideal of having no moving parts on show. The cylinder diamater was apparently limited to about 20in on a standard gauge railway. The problem of maintenance got worse as boiler sizes increased as there was no space to fit underneath it. The following is mostly speculation: I believe its simplicity would have made it attractive for later locomotives; although I can't be sure, I think it had a lower weight than other valve gears. I've also seen mention that inside cylinders were considered to give a smoother ride. I'm not really sure on the details of this stuff and I may very well be wrong about some of this but that's all I've seen about it right now. --Tombomp (talk) 19:27, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Topic in Africa template

Hello! I'm really sorry if I'm blaming you for something you haven't done but I have a feeling your recent edits to Template:Africa topic have broken it regarding the second paramater - it appears at the end of every single link now. I don't really understand how template code works and I wouldn't want to revert your changes just at a guess. You can see the problem on pretty much any of the African politics pages and maybe other things to. Again, sorry if I'm completely wrong! --Tombomp (talk) 20:47, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing out the problem. It turned out not to be the template. On each of those articles, the transclusion call included an extraneous/unused/erroneous parameter that became activated when I added code to process a 2nd parameter to the template. I'm in the process of correcting the transclusion calls on the articles now (by removing the parameter). Should be done in 10 minutes. Again, thank you for the heads up! The Transhumanist 21:43, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Done 21:51, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

What the template does now that it didn't do before is allow a "suffix" (with space or without) to be added to each article name. Here's an example. Be sure to click on the countries - they have both a template-based prefix and suffix portion added to the country name. To replace the title of the template, I've used the template's "title=" syntax to set the title parameter, which the erroneous parameter mentioned above was missing. The Transhumanist 22:03, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Your abuse of automated tools

This is now the second time in 15 minutes that you've issued me with a spurious "vandalism" warning (the first was here). I appreciate that you've now reverted them, but repeatedly seeing "new message" banners thanks to your abuse of automated tools is beginning to be disruptive and irritating. Wikipedia is not a race; if you continue to use Huggle to make edits without checking them, I will remove your Huggle access. — iridescent 18:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I know. I'm really sorry, I was trying to revert some vandalism on another page both times but it updated with your revert pretty much exactly at the time I clicked the button. I'm being a bit more careful now. Sorry again for the stupid edits and if you feel that you need to remove my Huggle access feel free. --Tombomp (talk) 18:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem - although I sometimes threaten it, I've only ever actually removed Huggle access once, it really is a last resort... — iridescent 18:38, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

His brother Charles Clement Johnston also served as a U.S. Representative, and his nephew John Warfield Johnston was a United States Senator; both represented Virginia. This line is in two sections of the article you just reverted, early life and postbellum. Joseph_E._Johnston. Please revert it back... 207.10.186.150 (talk) 18:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)Anonymous

[edit] Wikicookie

I am awarding you this WikiCookie for your constructive edits on Wikipedia--LAA Fan 17:16, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion critera

Thanks for that, having been an rc patroller from many moons ago (2006) I'm still re-learning the finer points of how subtle speedy deletion criteria, warning templates etc have changed, in future I will just stick to the first tag. (Was going to self rv but was beaten whlst writing out the edit summary lol) Benon (talk) 18:29, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Albert Ramos (rapper)

A tag has been placed on Albert Ramos (rapper) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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[edit] Speedy deletion of "James T. Bland"

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Thanks. Tombomp (talk) 13:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Morda

Hello, I would just like to apologise for my son's changes to the article based on Morda as some of it was sheer nonsense. I would like to say however, that a lot of it was true, including the claims of a popular children's toy being invented in Morda. The journeys of "Anf Butler OBE" are well documented and should therefore be allowed to remain on the article. Just because you see something as nonesense does not necessarily mean that it is. Would you like some scans of the journal that Anf Butler wrote and of the letter in the Guardian based on the claim that Sticklebricks are from Morda or are they too unbelievable for you? 88.104.181.11 (talk) 14:08, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

That would be great. --Tombomp (talk) 14:13, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, how do I give them to you? 88.104.181.11 (talk) 14:18, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

You could upload the images to something like [1] and then link them here--Tombomp (talk) 14:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks 88.104.181.11 (talk) 15:27, 2 June 2008 (UTC) The latest addition, that the place is named after the River Morda, what proof of evidence do you have for that being real then if mine are seemingly unnaceptable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.181.11 (talk) 19:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't. It does at least sound vaguely plausible and doesn't contradict information already on Wikipedia and that that I can google up. Maybe it's some horribly insiduous vandalism but I don't really know. I don't have the resources to look it up, sadly. If you think it's wrong, you can always remove it. --Tombomp (talk) 19:30, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of "Crap England"

A page you created, Crap England, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it serves only to attack some entity. Please do not continue to create attack pages, as you will be blocked from editing.

Thanks. Tombomp (talk) 18:56, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, so you did. I assume that other speedy deletion notice above these two is unrelated? -- Gurch (talk) 00:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Not Huggle related no. --Tombomp (talk) 07:53, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph E. Johnston

The information is duplicated in Early life, hence the removal from Postbellum life. --Tombomp (talk) 20:09, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I see what you're talking about. My edit was made because I saw the info go in and out a few times. Sorry for the confusion. Kresock (talk) 20:14, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem, I'd initially reverted the guy who originally changed it myself ;) --Tombomp (talk) 20:17, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Done I fixed it. Kresock (talk) 20:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
Rollback can only be used to revert vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
Rollback may be removed at any time.

If you do not want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message on my talk page. Happy editing! Malinaccier (talk) 21:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you :) --Tombomp (talk) 21:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sigh..... edit conflicted again!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You do know, others what to hit that rollback button Keep up the good work! :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 14:52, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of "Alan fatovic"

A page you created, Alan fatovic, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it serves only to attack some entity. Please do not continue to create attack pages, as you will be blocked from editing.

Thanks. Tombomp (talk) 15:53, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bad edit

um you reverted an edit that I did that was a revert. on the page [[2]] and sent me a message, please be more careful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BlueLint (talk • contribs) 18:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

How is that considered vandalism? It is a character yawning, isn't it?User:Fangusu (talk) 13:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)}}

[edit] Hey Tom whats the scene with Mir Jafar

Hi Tom I used to be Snoring on freenode.net IRC Hope you're well. Whats happenin with the article ? In the mean while as the descendant of Mir Jafar I am trying to figure out who the other person is. Take care. Regards, HumayunMirzaJR (talk) 16:20, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey well I use SNoring I know you ;) anyway I was wondering whats with the contervarsy about deleting Mir Jafar ... I am confused !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by HumayunMirzajr (talk • contribs) 16:37, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism in Ashley Tisdale

Plase help us to controlate the vandalism in various articles of ashley as He Said She Said, Not Like That, Be Good to Me, Suddenly, Ashley Tisdale discography, Headstrong. by IntoCreativeJan if you check the continuing editions of this user in the articles, one can notice the intention of damaging articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.44.54.188 (talk) 16:20, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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