User talk:Tonyob

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Australian Standard Garratt

I've just noted your work on Garratt, thank you.

You have written an informative paragraph on the Australian Standard Garratt. Were you aware there is already an article on this locomotive?

I have a bit of a problem in leaving your paragraph in the article. That is not because it is not well written and referenced, but because there is already an article, and to give the ASG so much space is I think giving it too much weight in this article on two grounds:

- the class was short lived in comparision with many other garratt classes, and generally had little influence on most of the railways it operated on.

- there is a danger this article will become Australian-centric. Garratts were far more prominent in Africa, and also prominent in Asia and South America. Natually there are a number of Australian authors on Wikipedia, and so we should be careful not to give the article too much of an Australian bias.

Can I suggest that you transfer your infomation to the ASG article, and then we can construct a link to that article, perhape in a paragraph that also mentions other wartime Garratt classes.

Cheers,

--Michael Johnson 23:19, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm think you might be a little confused about the APC garratts. They purchaced two from BG prior to WW2, almost identical to the WA Ms class and the VR G class (apart from gauge, and being outside framed). One is now in the PB museum at Menzies Creek, and it's boiler was used in the G42 restoration. The ASG was a post war purchace, and went to Williamstown. Hope that helps. Cheers. --Michael Johnson 08:10, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bloemfontein Conference

I've removed your edit in the Bloemfontein article and placed it in the talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bloemfontein#Bloemfontein_Conference

Paul Hjul 08:05, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to make sure we are on the same page: I didn't move the comment to the talk page because I disagree with it. In nothing could be further from the truth. The remark (which I believe I included in the text) certainly needs a reference and Im not entirely sure "insatisable arrogance" is encyclopedic language (I think thats the term they use). It is however IMHO a better remark than "Milner was hellbent on starting a war" or "Kruger refused to make any concessions, thus starting the war" and other such remarks. If you can give a nice all round reference or citation please do - the Bloem article needs to be improved in general. Paul Hjul 11:13, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]