Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains/Locomotives task force
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[edit] Purpose and participation
What is the Locomotives task force, and how does one become involved with it? Erzahler 21:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- The Locomotives task force is a group of editors within WikiProject Trains who work on articles about locomotives, their parts and manufacturers worldwide. It was set up as a task force rather than as a separate WikiProject so we wouldn't have to duplicate all of the efforts of WP Trains that are involved in project maintenance. One goal of the task force is to raise as many locomotive articles as possible up to Featured article status; one of the first locomotive articles I worked on, John Bull (locomotive), is one such example. To become involved, edit locomotive articles and participate in discussions here. You can add yourself (in alphabetical order) to the participants list on the task force page if you like. You do not need to join WP Trains as well, but it would be helpful to watchlist the project page for information related to locomotive articles. Slambo (Speak) 14:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the information. I'll keep that in mind, but I don't know if I'm knowledgable enough to join a task force. I've been a Railfan for many years, so I know a thing or two here and there. :o) Erzahler 17:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Just added my name to the list. I have a lifelong interest is the technological history of the steam locomotive from a British standpoint, but that is not exclusive as I am also very interested in French compounds and support the Modern Steam movement. Before finding the task force I made small edits to the pages on Francis Webb (engineer), Compound locomotive, and Anatole Mallet. As all these articles are more or less dormant and inadequate, I would be interested in some feedback before deciding on further action.--John of Paris 10:55, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Images needed
In going through articles to bypass some template redirects, I found a number of locomotive articles that lack images. There are many more, I'm sure, but those that I've found are now tagged with Imageneeded=yes in their {{TrainsWikiProject}} calls, which adds them to Category:Rail transport articles needing images. Scan through your photos and free photo sources for images that will fit the bill for these articles. Slambo (Speak) 20:30, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Generic article
Hey. It looks participants here are mainly devoted to add articles to single engine types. However, the "main" articles (electric and diesel locomotive) are really poor. Further, there's user:Mangoe, an American user, who has them under his eye and deletes attempt to debias them from a typically US-point of view. Let me know!--Attilios 18:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Data on the earliest US locos
This item just popped up in my RSS reader today... http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=81152
I haven't had time to fully digest the info yet, but it looks like data that we need to incorporate here. Anyone want to get a start on it? Slambo (Speak) 13:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reorganization of Whyte notation pages
There's a reorganization of the pages for individual whyte notations under discussion at Talk:Whyte notation. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 16:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
