User talk:RussNelson

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[edit] Welcome

Hello RussNelson, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! You 19:38, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] CNE etc. maps

You might have more luck trying to reach Bernie out-of-band at the railroad.net NY&NE/CNE forums. SPUI occasionally shows up there, too. Choess 04:36, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Re. Mohansic State Hospital Branch: maybe it's my imagination, but if you look at the historic map, there are what look like cuts and fills curving around through the saddle north of French Hill — one in the 440-foot and two in the 480-foot contours. Every now and then, you can catch something on the 1940s maps that's been eroded or bulldozed away on the modern topos. In the 1946 Ware topo, for instance, you can observe a big fill (NW corner) and some smaller earthworks (look for Gilbertville and trace along the east bank of the more western stream; it would have curved to the west and crossed the stream on a trestle and fill just south of Turkey St), remains of Central Massachusetts grading diminished or invisible on modern maps.

Anyway, I need to talk to you about this map database business; I've been plugging at the other end of it (how to accurately represent railroad corporate relationships in a DB) for some time. Details to follow. Choess 06:49, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent comments at Talk:Eric S. Raymond

In regards to your recent comments left at Talk:Eric S. Raymond (diffs: [1] [2] [3]): Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on the contributor; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. -- ShinmaWa(talk) 02:39, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

I can see that you have some misunderstandings on how Wikipedia works. There is nothing wrong with that, but let me try to explain them for you to prevent misunderstandings. First of all, deleting messages on your talk pages without responding is considered quite uncivil. After you ignored his request, Jayvdb followed up on the talk page of the article, which I wholly support as a proper course of action. As for the item in question (Raymond being the maintainer of gpsd), this is not general knowledge and was presented as a statement of fact. This means that you had responsibility to cite it. It is not Jayvdb's responsibility to verify and cite your edits for you. What level of citation do we expect? Approximately that of an article in an academic journal or a graduate-level thesis. Afterall, this is an encyclopedia we are writing here. In addition, this tidbit of information is not anywhere near as easy to verify as you make it out to be. I did a quick Google search using the keywords "Raymond", "gpsd", and "maintainer". The only thing I found in the first 30 results that points to him having that role is the Wikipedia article. At any rate, and let me be completely clear here, there is absolutely no excuse whatsoever to attack another Wikipedia editor for any reason. Jayvdb has been nothing but polite, even in the face of your incivility. Please take from his example and treat the other volunteers here with the level of respect that they deserve. Thank you for your time. -- ShinmaWa(talk) 06:27, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
You're welcome. Happy editting! -- ShinmaWa(talk) 01:28, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Levin (third nomination)

Personal attacks are not tolerated on Wikipedia; additionally, it is Wikipedia policy to assume good faith of other contributors. I would suggest you reevaluate your comments toward jd, in the interest of maintaining a friendly environment on Wikipedia. --Slowking Man 09:18, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

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