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Your submission at Articles for creation: Strone (Inverness) has been accepted[edit]

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Theroadislong (talk) 19:44, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

September 2022[edit]

Hello, I'm Redrose64. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, LNER Class K4, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:30, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I did notice that my addition to the LNER Class K4, adding the maximum speed to the main table, had been removed. I decided to undo the edit as I did not know why. In the the third line to the bottom of the prototype section, it mentions the maximum speed. All I was doing was taking information already on the article, and making it easier to find and more accessible. When I was researching this locomotive, I had trouble finding the maximum speed as I expected it to be in the table. I found it in the article and decided it would be helpful for future viewers to avoid the issue I had. If there is any issue with this please let me know. I won't re-add the edit, but will keep my confusion as to why it was removed, so please do let me know why it was taken off. Thank you MatthewJ2008 (talk) 10:57, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence beginning The K4 could now demonstrate is entirly unsourced, it was added more than 15 years ago in this edit, but I don't know where Broomhalla (talk · contribs) got the 60 mph claim from, because no references were added at all.

In the UK, steam locomotives were not rated for maximum speed. Whilst diesel and electric locomotives have been for a long time (perhaps always), this is primarily because of the possibility of electrical or mechanical damage to the motors, bearings and other components at high speed; in the cab there is typically a small sign saying "MAX SPEED 90 MPH" or similar. Steam locomotives have no such warning; moreover, the possibility of damage due to high speed running is very much lower. This is not to say that damage did not occur: a "hot axlebox", for instance, was a fairly common occurrence but this was mainly due to inadequate lubrication rather than exceeding a particular speed. The speed that a steam loco might be capable of is mainly governed by the rate at which the boiler can generate steam, but this isn't a safety limit that must not be exceeded - it is a physical characteristic which is difficult to surpass.

Furthermore, very few British steam locomotives were fitted with speed indicators - judging the train's speed where a restriction did occur, such as at tight curves like Morpeth or Salisbury, was very much left to the driver's experience; and if the driver's judgement let him down, accidents could occur (see Shrewsbury rail accident and 1906 Salisbury rail crash). That said, the K4s did have speed indicators (of the Flaman type, driven from the rear coupled axle) fitted in 1937-38, but these were provided to ensure that the numerous speed restrictions applying to various parts of the West Highland Line were not exceeded. The locomotives themselves had no restriction. The speed indicators were removed during the 1939-45 war and not refitted afterwards, so cannot have been considered essential.

In the age of steam, speed restrictions were primarily governed by the characteristics of the route (curves, junctions) and track (unevenness due to engineering or subsidence). The speed of trains might be further restricted by the proportion of coaches or wagons equipped with the continuous brake - a train with no brakes other than on the loco and the guard's van might be restricted to 25 mph even though the loco itself could be capable of much more. The speed of the train would be set by the timetable planners taking such characteristics into account, and the working timetable (WTT) would give times not just at calling points but at passing points - stations not stopped at, junctions, signal boxes etc. The driver was expected to follow the WTT using his watch as a guide; if he controlled his train such that he passed these points at the times laid down in the WTT, it was unlikely that the train would have exceeded speed limits. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 12:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you for the clarification. Greatly appreciated MatthewJ2008 (talk) 14:03, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Malkopsvlei (December 5)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Blaze Wolf was:

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History? Ecosystem? Origin? I need more info before I can consider accepting this.

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― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:23, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Concern regarding Draft:Malkopsvlei[edit]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 17:02, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Malkopsvlei[edit]

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:35, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]