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Proposed change to Template:Infobox rail line

Should Template:Infobox rail line be changed from label31 = Commenced to label31 = Work begun? This would be less ambiguous, as its not clear to readers what exactly "Commenced" means. It could be interpreted to mean when the line opened. This change would put this infobox in line with Template:Infobox tunnel, which uses "Work begun". Steelkamp (talk) 05:57, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seems clearer to me. I support such a change. oknazevad (talk) 06:21, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Before making such a change, check how it is used in practice - if it's being used to mean "service opened" then the change will introduce inaccuracies. Thryduulf (talk) 07:44, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If there are articles using the infobox incorrectly, shouldn't they be fixed, rather that be used as a reason to prevent change? There's already a different parameter that should be used for the date a line opened. Steelkamp (talk) 07:12, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Intercity in Italy

Hello

File:Trains in Napoli Centrale-Garibaldi 18 55 44 221000.jpeg

Can anyone help me identify which class of Italian train this is, other than being an InterCity? Difficultly north (talk) Time, department skies 19:26, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given that the placard on front says E 403 (a bit small, maybe you missed it), I'm inclined to believe it is a locomotive of the class FS Class E.403. The file you've linked seems to be in the respective commons category as well. Hope this is what you were searching for :) YuniToumei (talk) 19:55, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to say thank you. Difficultly north (talk) Time, department skies 16:42, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, you're welcome! YuniToumei (talk) 10:42, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:West Coast Trains Limited#Requested move 15 November 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:West Coast Trains Limited#Requested move 15 November 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. JuniperChill (talk) 19:02, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Eurasian Land Bridge

Eurasian Land Bridge has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:35, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sources required for Irish Traction Group

Irish Traction Group has been nominated for deletion, with the rationale that the nominator cannot find any on-line sources. As the ITG is the main group of diesel preservations in Ireland, with a sizeable collection, I'm sure there must have been several significant articles about them in the railway press. Can anyone help locate some sources to prove notability please? — Voice of Clam (talk) 19:11, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Some editors are just more interested in doing Serious Business whenever dogma lets them, rather than trying to build anything useful. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:01, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another example of disrespectful conduct from you, Andy Dingley. I've spent a massive amount of time building, creating, and improving articles, and I am not interested in your veiled attacks. Grow up. It's been 19 years since this article was created, and for the entirety of those 19 years nobody could be bothered with adding any sources that weren't from irishtractiongroup.com. I was 8 years old when this article was created, just to give you a little bit of perspective. Unlike you, I don't create articles with no sourcing beyond the organization's own website and then clutch pearls when that is brought up as a concern 19 years later. You are always quick to deploy the "nobody wants to build anymore, only destroy!" line of attack, but it just. isn't. true. You're too busy edit warring to keep copyvios and adding unsourced text to articles and hoping others source it for you to do much of anything useful, I'm afraid. Direct your efforts towards improving your own conduct before attacking that of others. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:00, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, if I am shown WP:THREE clear examples of significant coverage in reliable, independent, secondary sources, I'll gladly withdraw the nomination. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

S-line at 1.2k

Five years ago when the project actively started converting {{S-line}} to {{Adjacent stations}} it had 18,335 transclusions. That number is now 1,196 and {{S-line}} has no sub-templates for lines left. Most of those transclusions are from {{S-rail-national}} (1,168). Category:United Kingdom rail succession modules has quite a few UK modules so some of the S-rail-national transclusions might be able to be converted. Gonnym (talk) 12:42, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Possible, but difficult. The UK articles still make fairly heavy use of first-generation {{rail line}}. I would be reticent about introducing a third generation. Frankly, they might prefer to drop s-line and return to a full implementation of rail line. I think the editors at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways should be asked their preference. Someone started Module:Adjacent stations/National Rail, which has been implemented for two TOCs and also used as a wrapper for multiple template generations (see Liverpool Street station for an example). Mackensen (talk) 13:20, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion about WikiProject banner templates

For WikiProjects that participate in rating articles, the banners for talk pages usually say something like:

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There is a proposal to change the default wording on the banners to say "priority" instead of "importance". This could affect the template for your group. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council#Proposal to update wording on WikiProject banners. Stefen 𝕋ower ^{Huddle • Handiwerk} 19:51, 6 December 2025 (UTC) (on behalf of the WikiProject Council)[reply]

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line at FAR

I have nominated Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 20:12, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]