User talk:Slambo/Archive 0603

Fixing redirects

Hey, I noticed that you edited the infobox at Main Street-Flushing (IRT Flushing Line station) solely to remove a reference to a redirect page ([[LIRR]]) in favor of a reference directly to the intended article ([[Long Island Rail Road]]). I personally don't have any sort of problem with this; in fact, I used to do this myself. However, this kind of brief editing doesn't seem to be very good for Wikipedia — read this for more details. It's interesting reading … if you're into that technical stuff, I mean. —Larry V 02:14, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm not so sure that the advice to not correct redirects was specifically for the popup script, but could apply to any edit. It makes sense that following a redirect page to the actual article would be less work on the servers than making a whole edit, just to fix the redirect. Again, though, I'm not going to coerce you into not editing links to redirect pages; I don't really care one way or the other. Thanks for helping, though! —Larry V 03:11, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

More on {{yearbox}}

Another suggestion. Instead of the see also section I've linked the "years in" page in the yearbox itself. Should cut down on extra work. - Trevor MacInnis (Talk | Contribs) 19:31, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Hm, maybe not. That only works if every page is "years in", but many seem to be different, "List of years in archaeology", "Timeline of aviation". I rv my template edit for now but I wonder if we should try to standardize the list pages. - Trevor MacInnis (Talk | Contribs) 19:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

CGW thanks

Thanks Slambo for copyediting Chicago Great Western for me. Besides all my inevitable spelling mistakes, how did it look? I'm trying to put all my resources to work building up all things CGW on the Wikipedia. Gws57 14:53, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

US govt pictures

You get my email? You want to do this, or should I ask Morven (talk · contribs) to do it? — Dunc|☺ 15:25, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Misc. for Deletion

Thanks for the heads-up, but howabout a hand? I don't want to see any of those go bye bye, and the round one is in use on some portals. So please throw in your vote and give me an assist. Thanks. --Go for it! 01:38, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Chicago Railroad Fair

Sure, I'll see what I can dig up. I saw that addition yesterday; I had never heard of such a gathering. Certainly what you have is a great start. Gws57 20:34, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi there

I figured you might know : what's the name for a super-short track that runs between two locations? Cheers, +sj + 00:23, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Panhandle bridge

Since you are interested in railroads, I decided to inform you that the Panhandle railroad bridge across the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is visible in the "panorama of Pittsburgh in 1920" photograph. It is the second bridge to the right of the Wabash bridge. The Panhandle railroad bridge is a sturdy, well-constructed bridge that was made to last. Currently, it is the key bridge bridge that the public transportation system employs for the ferrying of electric trolleys (streetcars) across a river in Pittsburgh, Pa. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TooPotato (talk • contribs) .

Yuan

Hi, I noticed that you quote the construction costs for things in the People's Republic of China in yuan. It has been the concensus in the WikiProject Numismatics to separate today's currency Renminbi and historical yuan used in China. Although it is yet unclear whether the historial yuan will be merged to Chinese yuan or yuan, today's currency will probably remain in Renminbi. You might want to check on other currencies too. Thanks! --Chochopk 16:24, 27 February 2006 (UTC)