User talk:Chris j wood/2015

Pangbourne Village Photograph

Hi Chris, I am contacting about gaining the permission to use your Pangbourne village photograph on Wikipedia for a charity fundraising calendar, please could you provide me with contact details? Thank you, Becky 94.6.184.101 (talk) 21:55, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Naming

Hi Chris, thank you for all your great work on developing the Kirnitzschtal Tramway. I have travelled on this old tramway - it is a good start to a day's walking in the hills of Saxon Switzerland! I notice you have also moved Weisseritz Valley Railway to Weisseritztal railway on the basis that we don't decompose and translate place names. German uses a lot of compound nouns that consist of "proper noun+generic noun" and it is common translation practice to separate the proper noun from the generic one. For example, Rheintal is usually translated as "Rhine valley". In addition, it is standard railway naming practice in English to refer to e.g. the Dart Valley Railway. So Weisseritz Valley Railway is a valid translation that conforms to standard railway naming practice in English. There is a Wiki guideline supporting this somewhere. Hope that helps and keep up the good work! --Bermicourt (talk) 14:59, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Bermicourt, and thanks for the thanks. I did some work on the article some years ago, but hadn't looked at it for some time. Started out just trying to fix up some cites that had gone stale, and it kind of took over.

As far as Weisseritztal railway or Weisseritz Valley Railway question is concerned, I'd be interested to see the Wiki guideline in question, because mostly we don't decompose and translate place names. If we did, we would be in danger of ending up with articles like Düssel Village instead of Düsseldorf, or de:Notting Bauernhof instead of de:Nottingham. I don't think the Dart Valley Railway is relevant, because the name of the valley it is named after is the Dart Valley in English, so no decomposition or translation is involved. But it isn't something I want to have a big argument about; it is just something that feels incorrect to me. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 16:06, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Chris. I totally agree about place names. They are never translated; at most they may be anglicized e.g. Munich, Nuremberg. In fact, single, uncompounded proper names are generally not translated either (someone will find an exception to prove me wrong!). But because of the nature of German, a proper name may only be part of a word or one of two words. So we may leave the proper noun and translate the qualifying noun. So Moseltal becomes "Moselle Valley" or "Moselle valley". In addition, if the proper name is an adjective, we may turn it into the noun. So Mecklenburgische Bucht becomes "Bay of Mecklenburg" and Eckenförder Bucht becomes "Eckenförde Bay". And often points of the compass or colours are translated e.g. Nordsee = "North Sea" and Roter Main = "Red Main". Most of this is covered at Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Conventions. But translation is an art, not a science and we are also supposed to follow the sources, so if in doubt I search authoritative sources. Often there aren't enough to make a clear decision, so I also look at typical practice. So if the major valleys e.g. Maintal are usually translated "Main Valley" I may translate Kleintal as "Klein Valley" even if there are few English sources to go on. So I try to achieve a balance between sources, readability and common practice, but it's not easy! I have found that working on Wikipedia means living with some conventions that seem odd, partly because there is often no perfect answer. Gruß. --Bermicourt (talk) 17:05, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Microsoft Cabinet Object listed at Redirects for discussion

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Pic of Redcliffe Shot Tower

Nice new article on Redcliffe Shot Tower. I wanted to add a pic and found this one on flickriver from 1904 which I thought could be uploaded to comkoins under an "PD UK Old" licence but when I tried it told me that an image with the same content had previously been deleted but I can't see any history to see why.— Rod ^talk 20:29, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I tried without any success to find any photographs on flickr, and other places, that I could reuse. The problem seems to be that people have uploaded photographs there that they obviously didn't take themselves, and reserved all rights to them. In this case, the uploader even claims that the photo was taken 40 years after its subject was demolished. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 18:41, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

I've added a link to that photograph. A poor substitute, I know, but perhaps better than nothing. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 19:00, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

There is a pic in the Fells book which took me to the shot tower article (& Cumberland Basin (Bristol)) but it was taken just before demolition so likely to be still in copyright.— Rod ^talk 19:06, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

At least that photo, together with the John Mosse report you cited, has allowed to me to get an accurate enough fix on the location to add coords to the article, so the flickr photo is now legitimately a cite too. Thanks for your help. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 19:24, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

The source document the engraving is taken from is available here (p22) so may have something, (but I can't find any mention) but the pics I've seen do not have the bit sticking out at the top (presumably to hoist up raw materials up (as mentioned in the Mosse paper)). If you look at the 1938 & 1956 pics (here) it shows changes (fake battlements etc) but don't seem to match the engraving.— Rod ^talk 20:38, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

See also: 19th century pic here pretty much confirms location. Britain from above 1921 marks the tower.— Rod ^talk 20:50, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

And also: There is more (including a poem) here but I think the pic here (page 19) confirms it is the same one in the engraving. The pic is dated 1822 and credited to Hugh O'Neill which must mean it is copyright PD UK old.— Rod ^talk 21:11, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

It appears there is a video showing the tower & its working (made 1968) but you would probably have to go the the Bristol Records Office to view it (see here).— Rod ^talk 21:47, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

London Paddington station

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@Vincent60030: Please remember to sign your posts. To your last q, see User talk:Redrose64#London Paddington station and WP:MULTI. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:20, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

I think you added the bit about unknown to the edits on Paddington station traverser. I've put a question at Talk:London_Paddington_station#history_-_traversers_to_carry_coaches_between_the_tracks_within_the_station. Could you have a look at it some time please?Johnragla (talk) 15:44, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Sool

Since your question on the Help desk, I've been waiting for the number of pages linking to Sool to go down, but it hasn't. I don't know why, but the articles only come off the list after a dummy edit. I'm in the process of going through the list. Just wanted to let you know.  SchreiberBike | ⌨  01:16, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. I see that 'what links here' for Sool now shows no article space links, so you must have done a lot of dummy edits. Thanks again.

I'm still a bit concerned that something somewhere is broken. I've since done another dab related move (Braunwald -> Braunwald, Glarus) and, although it is early days, it seems to be going the same way. I havn't seem any flurry of reports from elsewhere, so maybe it is something about the way I'm doing it. I'll keep an eye on it. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 08:35, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I'm guessing that this is in relation to Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2015 April 23#Sool (disambiguation). It sounds very much like the issue described at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 137#Very slow category population from stub templates. Which templates did you amend? Assuming that one of them was Template:Somalia topics, you would use https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=purge&forcerecursivelinkupdate&titles=Template:Somalia_topics --Redrose64 (talk) 09:29, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Stand on the right

Hi, re this comment - early escalators were designed such that you didn't walk off straight ahead, but had to step off to the side. So people on one side had a slightly longer trip than those on the other. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:21, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

zurich airport

hello I wanted to know the new destinations that will begin in ZRH in this and in the next year  ?? The destinations ,the fleet and when it starts the operation of metropolitan airlines ?? then I saw the existence of two airlines and air zurichair zurich !! that airlines exist ??

Sorry for my lenguage i'm italian InternationalAirlines (talk) 13:13, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

No problem. Your English is way better than my Italian. But I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question; my edits to the Zurich Airport article have all been about the infrastructure, and I don't really follow the airlines using the airport. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 13:07, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Chemin de fer Yverdon–Ste Croix

What is your reasoning behind the move? The company that operate the line is the same as the article's original title. WP:UE would seem not to apply here - we wouldn't retitle the Réseau Breton to Breton Network, would we? Mjroots (talk) 15:05, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

After reflection I'd already reverted my move (from Yverdon–Ste-Croix railway to Yverdon–Ste-Croix railway line), so I've not now actually changed the name of the article. But I'm a bit confused by your example, which doesn't seem to relate to the change I made. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 15:12, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Oh, I see what you mean. According to the article history, I change the name from Chemin de fer Yverdon–Ste-Croix to Yverdon–Ste-Croix railway way back in 2012. I have no recollection of doing this, so I'm afraid I cannot answer your question with any certainty. Probably something to do with consistency with the names of other Swiss railway line articles, which tend to be named in English in this way (eg. Bellinzona–Mesocco railway, Bière–Apples–Morges railway, Bremgarten–Dietikon railway line, etc.) -- chris_j_wood (talk) 15:18, 17 July 2015 (UTC) ‎

It showed up on my patent watchlist system - (click on the words "or worked upon" on my user page)

• (diff | hist) . . m Chemin de fer Yverdon–Ste-Croix‎; 14:47 . . (-5)‎ . . ‎Chris j wood (talk | contribs | block)‎ (←Redirected page to Yverdon–Ste-Croix railway) [rollback: 2 edits]

I think that the article should be at its original title. This is probably a discussion best held at WP level, what do you think? Mjroots (talk) 15:24, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Probably, although I'm pretty sure it has been gone through several times already. I've no strong feelings either way, although I do feel we should be consistent. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 15:30, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Beginning to remember a bit more about this. I think it started because I objected to people translating place names in German railway names (the equivalent of renaming Chemin de fer Yverdon–Ste-Croix‎ to Yverdon–Holy Cross railway). There was then a big discussion about how far we should translate compound names, and the consensus seemed to be to leave place names alone, but translate the descriptive bits (Bahn -> railway). And I was then executing that consensus. Maybe would be worth revisting this, but please don't blame me if the 'every last word in English' brigade jump in again. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 15:45, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Oooh, that can get nasty - I recall the great Central Station vs. Hauptbahnhof debates. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:32, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I have the scars from that too. -- chris_j_wood (talk)

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The Strasbourg award

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	For your dedication! Keep up the good work! Edelseider (talk) 15:48, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Now I took a page out of your book (as you may have noticed, I'm not a native speaker, but I try hard): Hôtel des Deux-Ponts. Best, --Edelseider (talk) 13:14, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

A good article. Don't worry about not being a native speaker - your English is a lot better than anything I could do in French or German. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 13:41, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you!! On the other hand, you obviously know Strasbourg better than I know Reading! :) --Edelseider (talk) 13:47, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Probably less than you think. I've been to Strasbourg three times over a fairly long period of time and never for more than a few days. Just enough to give me some context but most of what I write is from other sources. One of the reasons I enjoy writing for Wikipedia is because of what it forces me to learn about places. I must admit one of the things that brought me to these articles this time was that I was planning a trip in September; unfortunately family commitments ruled that out at the last minute. Maybe next year. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 17:08, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

That's unfortunate indeed ! But at least you will know much more about what you will see or go and see places you did know nothing about a few months ago. --Edelseider (talk) 18:23, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

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Fixed -- chris_j_wood (talk) 3 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Barrage Vauban

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It actually hit 7,861 - 64 = 7,797, so I've added it to the the statistics page -- chris_j_wood (talk) 14:29, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

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Assistance with article?

Hi Chris,

I noticed you made updates to the article Security information and event management about and I wonder if you might be interested in looking at the article about AlienVault, a very prominent company in the field. The AlienVault article is a stub with few sources and a tone problem. It's been flagged for problems. So I created a comprehensive new draft located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BC1278/subpage2

I'm an experienced Wikipedia editor and have authored many articles but I have a Conflict of Interest here so as per Wikipedia's policies WP:COI, I am looking with someone with an interest in the subject to do an independent review of the draft. I'd be pleased to do additional work if you find any issues with it. Under the rules, the direct edits to the article (such as moving over the draft to the mainspace) need to be made by someone independent.

Thanks in advance for considering this.BC1278 (talk) 18:49, 5 December 2015 (UTC)BC1278