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Please be informed that this user page has now been taken over by Danish user Rsteen as part of a unified login. The former occupant of this page does not appear to have contributed anything useful. Rsteen (talk) 06:02, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Contents is the top level of the Wikipedia category hierarchy, but it's also a container category, and a maintenance category. This obviously leads to a circular reference. But I'm new here, and don't have permission to edit, what do I do? Udihgi (talk) 04:55, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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J. I. Thornycroft

Thanks for thanking me for the edit I made to this article. Just to let you know, I do have a complete copy of the unpublished Thornycroft List (its compiler and editor, the late David Lyon, was a good friend) so I can clarify anything about early Thornycroft construction if you are interested. Rif Winfield (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rif Winfield. Sorry for taking so long to answer. It would be very nice to have a more precise list of early Thornycroft production, given that the sources available when the article was written could not give a fitting overview of the boats involved. So yes, the interest is there. Cheers --Rsteen (talk) 18:15, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. Do you wish me to send you a full list of the early vessels (both at Chiswick and at Southampton) so you can edit the article? Regards, Rif Rif Winfield (talk) 12:30, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again Rif Winfield. I would be very happy to receive a copy of the full list, so the information on Wikipedia can be more complete. Have seen a list of publications by Mr. David Lyon, and he appears to have been quite an authority on the subject. Cheers --Rsteen (talk) 02:53, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The printed list is not digital, so I shall have to send it to you in parts. I have made a few additions to the first 27 vessels (#1 to #27) but note that the two vessels named Firefly were not similar, and I suggest that for clarity you separate these entries and place them in better chronological order; #14 was the larger vessel of either 48ft or 53ft (I'm inclined to accept the figures given in Engineering). This design was apparently quite successful as it was offered to at least seven customers between 1884 and 1888. The second Firefly (#19) was smaller, reported as 30ft length; this is the vessel sold to Russia (a private purchaser named E. Karavodin) by 1890 and renamed Strela. #20 was similar to #19, and #21 may have been similar but this is unconfirmed; neither has a name recorded.

You will note that I have added a hash sign (#) before each of these early yard numbers, and I suggest that for clarity you do the same for all the other vessels. The yard number indicated the chronological sequence in which vessels were contracted to be built, and I suggest that this is a better sequence in which to list the vessels than simply in order of rough "completion years", which are themselves imprecise.

All vessels up to #378 were built at Chiswick. Of the next 80 vessels (#379 to #458) some were built at Chiswick and some at Woolston (Southampton), and it is not clear in every case which yard was the builder because Thornycroft used the same series of yard numbers for both locations, but I will try to clarify this for you. From #459 onwards all vessels were built at Woolston. The decision to buy the (existing) shipyard at Woolston (from Mordey, Carney & Co) was taken on 20 June 1904; the old yard at Church Wharf, Chiswick was closed in August 1909. Rif Winfield (talk) 13:04, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So pleased to cooperate with you on this list, Rif Winfield. Are you going to scan some pages and then email them? That would be fine. Your suggestion of using hash numbers instead of completion year as sort order seems reasonable. Cheers Rsteen (talk) 18:18, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have access to a scanner at present, so will have to do this the hard way. The Thornycroft list contains far too much data on each vessel to go into the Wikipedia article (e.g. on trials data and modifications to the design), so I shall edit what I send you. As you suggest, we'll transfer this exchange to email. My email address is tanparcau@btopenworld.com so please email me with your email address (and real name) so I can start to relay data, which will be split over a length of time to give you time to carry out the edit. Meanwhile you can start moving some entries from the Chiswick article to the equivalent Woolston article; note this includes the LCC passenger ferries #385-#394 and Torpedo boats TB.19, TB.20, TB.31 and TB.32, which were definitely all built at Woolston, whereas the first five Torpedo boats of the Gadfly design (#415-#419) were built at Chiswick. Note that your New Zealand source seems to have quite a lot of errors in this regard. Rif Winfield (talk) 07:55, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again Rif Winfield. Have sent email to you and hope to continue the conversation in that way. Cheers Rsteen (talk) 09:16, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Imago Museum

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@John B123: Hi John B123. Thanks for this message. The deletion took place while I was busy translating the Italian article to English - should probably have done that in the sandbox first. Now the article is up and running again. Cheers Rsteen (talk) 04:44, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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