Klaus with K

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Log bridge

Many thanks for your image contribution. Best wishes, Leonard G. 19:54, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Retractable and submersible bridges

See Talk:Bridge - Leonard G. 19:33, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Folding bridge image

Needs image tags (who took, etc.). Can you get an image of it folded? Thanks, Leonard G. 15:07, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

passed the request on to de:Benutzer:Xeospeed -- Klaus with K 16:44, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

P.S. information was there already, but de: tags instead of :de: ...corrected -- Klaus with K 16:51, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Folding bridge text

I added a translation of the German text, could you check this for consistency with the German WP article, please? Thanks, Leonard G. 23:59, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

A little bit of smoothing was required. Unless there is a very good reason not to I prefer the actual umlauts (html-encoded) instead of the ae oe ue way of writing (which is correct transscription, of course). Started a discussion page for Folding_bridge, feel free to continue discussion there -- Klaus with K 10:33, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

It's time for a user page

Note that you can declare your native language, interests, capabilities and WP achievements there. Leonard G. 16:41, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Scottish burghs

Thanks for your edit. However, I added the note that Portree was a burgh to the Skye article around a year and a half ago, based on the list of burghs then. I've since updated the list of burghs, but forgot about the Skye page. As a result, I've again removed Portree from the list of burghs and have also removed the note from the Skye article. Warofdreams 15:53, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

"Quality"

Hi Klaus-

I've got no problem with switching the term to something like "high quality" or even a more descriptive phrase like "higher quality than conventional bus transit." But use of "quality" by itself as a synonym for "good" just drives me up a wall -- it's one of my grammatical pet peeves. Qualities can be good or bad; using just "quality" by itself as an adjective is a meaningless business-speak-derived buzzword.

That's why I thought buzzword explanation for buzzword term nicely go together...

"Bus rapid transit" is itself pretty much a buzzword as you note. If you're not familiar with the American transit landscape, I can tell you pretty bluntly that most people in the US have the idea very firmly in their heads that buses are for poor people, and it's very difficult to woo Americans out of their cars with bus service.

No personal experience on opinion, but yes, I've read it, and when staying in the US a few times did notice some very poor timetables. About the worst timetables I've ever seen-when there was a bus stop at all.

At the same time, escalating construction costs and declining government interest have conspired to make it harder to get train lines (either trams, light rail, or real metros) built.

Yes, I read every now and then that FRA regulations are pretty counterproductive.

So BRT was coined to try to convince people that an improved bus line was not a bus.

So far so good. If it goes along with a change and not only a change in name.

The fact that it can cover everything from legitimately useful transit projects like bus tunnels through downtowns to just express buses shows the squishiness of the category.

Watering down of brands happens elsewhere as well. Look at ICE and IC trains in Germany.

Anyway, feel free to change that descriptive word from "high capacity" to whatever you think is more appropriate. Just not "quality" by itself, please ;). --Jfruh 15:43, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Why not? ;) maybe "improved", "good". Given the squishiness better no hard fact. I'll think about it. --Klaus with K 17:56, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Eilean Donan

Hi, You can see a panorama? All I can see is a red rectangle, any suggestions to rectify would be appreciated.-Gillean666 19:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I do see a panorama. Checked yesterday with Mozilla, just now tried on a different computer and also used Opera to check with a different browser. It took a few seconds for the image to load, so initially I saw an empty rectangle with the explanation text inside, but certainly no red box. Maybe try a thorough reload of the page.

• Netscape Navigator: press the Shift key while clicking on "Reload"
• MS Internet Explorer: press Ctrl-F5

Cheers --Klaus with K 16:08, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion, it was my ad-blocker software that was causing the problem, alls OK now,Regards-Gillean666 23:33, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:Plan of Fountains Abbey (1902 Encyclopaedia Britannica).jpg

This image was deleted because it was tagged that it didnt have a source for 7 days. Per WP:CSD it is elegable to be deleted. --Admrboltz (T | C) 21:26, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Quick, go see This page

The T-68 is a type of tram used only in the city of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Sorry for spoiling the fun of Easter-egg-hunting for other visitors...Klaus with K 11:53, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Articulated trams

Could you contribute to this page.Myrtone (the strict Australian wikipedian)(talk)

Do you read German? Doco is currently translating DB 628 and wants other users to help, could you?Myrtone 16:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I do, I'm a native speaker.--Klaus with K 14:55, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

New link on this page

I have added a new link on that page regarding deadmans' on trams in France, it includes a description of the deadman's control on the Freiburg Combino but I don't fully understand it. Myrtone@Klaus with K.com.au

PS could you also help out with this page?

Rio-Niterói Bridge image

Hi Klaus. Thank you for the image for the article. Good to know that whatever technical problem that was preventing the image from being linked has been solved. I didn't know that we were having that kind of technical problem. I fix a lot of links to images at Commons, and they've always worked... Well, in any event, all is well that ends well. Thanks again. Redux 15:32, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I first thought of a typo or similar, but then it worked with the other language wikipedias. And now someone has eliminated the problem.--Klaus with K 15:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Brion Vibber was working on a few code problems the last week or so. He probably took care of it too. Redux 19:31, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Scottish_Parliament_Debating_Chamber

Hope you don't mind but I've nominated your image as a featured picture candidate. Whether it get nominated or not, I think it is excellent, Credit to you, sir! Globaltraveller 23:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Let's see how it works out.Klaus with K 17:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Kauai Panorama Photo

Thanks for your comments on the Kauai photo. Most of what you said was way over my head, but I can tell you this: I took the photos. There were several of them and all from a boat that was moving (and they probably had different exposures). I originally stiched them together using hp photoshop (I think) and then another user fixed up the picture and made it much better. I could send you the originals if you want to try to make a better panorama. I would do it if I could, but I am definately too much of an ametuer to do the serious photoshop work you are talking about. Remember 15:41, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

The work required is different from usual photoshopping, and with proper software it takes less time as well. The main activity is identifying same features on different images. Once you have a set of features, software tries to make them overlap. And it also remaps the images on a different coordinate system. Nuff said. Now how may I get my hands on the photos. I wonder whether it is appropriate to upload them to commons, as they could serve as the basis for a tutorial... --Klaus with K 13:12, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

PowerBook 100

Hey, sieht doch toll aus! Wenn alle Bilder so gut wären... -- grm_wnr Esc 21:11, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

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