User talk:7severn7

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Hello, 7severn7, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] signatures

Hey 7severn7, you don't need to sign your name to posts in articles, just posts on talk pages. Thanks for your contributions. Cheers!--Kchase T 10:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC) Many thanks for the pointers. As a newbie I'm sure to foul up even more.--7severn7 08:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wareham Station

Just wanted to say how much I liked your replacement of my speculation about the future plans of the Swanage Railway in this article with a note about their aspirations. Much better way of saying the same thing but without falling foul of the Not A Crystal Ball constraint, as I did. Thanks! Britmax 21:04, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

My pleasure--7severn7 20:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question marks

Hi. Thanks for the contributions you've been making to railway articles. Just a couple of things: if there's something you're not quite sure about (e.g. the year when New Hadley Halt closed), it's best not to add it at all, or just be vague and add as much as you know, for instance say "in the 1970s" instead of "197?". Also, if it's a really short article which needs expanding, perhaps a suitable stub template. Just to let you know. --RFBailey 19:57, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi there RFBailey. Thanks for the tips. I started out as a complete newbie and I am now just beginning to get the hang of all this stuff. --7severn7 20:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Steam loco components

I note your additions to the "Steam locomotive components" page, but did you mean to add them to the top section where they become numbered 35 and 36 but don't reference labeled parts on the diagram? I have been working on an improved component diagram, see Talk:Steam_locomotive_components, comments? --AGoon 21:04, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reviving the railways

7severn7, i'm wondering how would i create or find tables. on a lot of pages (use Didcot as an example) they have info boxes about the town. how would i create a template for railway stations, that conveys as much info as possible. i'm about to start the process of creating articles of railway stations that have been closed down (thank u doctor beeching). starting off with oxfordshire, and working my way slowly around the country, sayin who built what, when, where, who took it over, why it closed. needing a bit of help, i got the info, just not the understanding of how to use this site properly.

also, would love to know, if there is an english article, how would i create a version in another language that is linked? say a spanish version of bristol temple meads?--Halowithhorns89 16:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] preview

When you edit a text you find a "show preview" button below the text window. Please use it to verify your edits before you use the button "save page". You will thus produce lesser garbage in the article history. --SonniWP 20:06, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. As they say "More haste, less speed". 7severn7 (talk) 19:34, 19 November 2007 (UTC)