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[edit] Milford

Can you check? The link doesnt work Victuallers 10:48, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I checked it this morning and it worked so maybe it was\ a temporary glitch. Chevin 07:00, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Leeds and Selby Railway

I see you essentially reverted my wordsmithing edits to the Leeds and Selby Railway article. I trust it is not because you believe it is your article and it should not be changed; that would be a violation of Wikipedia policy (see WP:OWN). Assuming good faith edits, let me explain why I made them:

  • From: The idea remained dormant until 1829, when, with the example of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was nearing completion,
  • To:The idea remained dormant until 1829, when, with the example of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway nearing completion,
  • Reason: when,with,which is a lot of conjunctions and difficult to understand


  • From: The terrain was easy by the standards of later railways, with gentle curves and the steepest gradient being two miles at 1 in 150. This was achieved at the cost of a number of embankments
  • To: The terrain was easy by the standards of later railways, with gentle curves and the steepest gradient being two miles at 1 in 150. There were a number of embankments
  • Reason: In your text, the subject of the first sentence is "terrain", so "This" in the second second should be terrain, but I think you want it to be "gradient", so the grammar should be changed. My edit simply states the facts in support of a neutral point of view


  • From: They were set either on stone blocks or timber sleepers.
  • To: They were set on stone blocks or timber sleepers.
  • Reason: The word "either" adds unnecessary complexity and is grammatically unnecessary. The "or" implies there was a choice.


  • From: In some places stones were, as an experiment, laid longitudinally
  • To: In some places stones were laid longitudinally
  • Reason: There is no verifiable source that this was done as an experiment. Simply stating the facts provides the same information.


  • From: It did not prosper as it should have done
  • To: It did not prosper as it might have done
  • Reason: Use of "should" requires verifiable sources that it would have done better that way, yet none are cited. Use of "might" is a legitimate neutral statement of fact that requires no evidence.


In summary, sometimes "less" is what is needed in articles, and that is why I made the edits. Since I believe in discussion instead of edit wars, I will not revert your edits. I ask, however, that you rethink them and make whatever edits you think are appropriate in the future. Thanks. Truthanado 23:49, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rails.jpg

Hello,

You removed the svg tag from rails.jpg, what information is being presented by the greyscale information in the image which could not be reproduced using an SVG image? Although it is a greyscale scanned image, one could trace over the edges of the image and reproduced the same information, no? Thanks User A1 02:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Image source problem with Image:S E London railways 1840.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading Image:S E London railways 1840.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

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[edit] idea

I see you are creating some new articles ... e.g. Hazlewood. If you can get 1500 characters (not words so thats only a couple of paras) of solid descriptive text (ie minus lists, pics, cats etc) then you can get nominated for Did you know. I'd be pleased to help ... it has to be done within 5 days of the article's "birth". Oh and I managed to find a couple of pics for Parkin Jeffcock .... not ideal but better than nothing. Cheers.

Oh and Ive just been trying to find material on John Fowler (the early steam/plough engineer) and ran into a company called chevins ...any relation? Victuallers 13:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Umm I'm not sure I can write too much. I mainly wanted to provide some information at least on places that were part of Duffield Frith, and I have found an old document with some information. One of these days I might find my way to Duffield Church where I understand there is a memorial plaque. My nom de guerre is the name of a hill near where I live. See the image on my user page Chevin 13:50, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know

Oh I see you have an article of over 1500 characters! ... much more. Your article about the 6th Earl is very interesting ... I always wondered how the Ferrers lost their influence. I hope you don't mind I have proposed the following DYK "hook"

The words can be changed of course. We have 5 days usually before it goes on the front page. Before then we need to add in-line citations that allow someone to quickly check that we have support for each idea in the DYK nom. This can be tricky as you only have two refs ... but adding these is a good idea anyway ... as in 3-4 years time there may be some extra ideas added by others and the refs added now will indicate which facts Chevin added. I'd also like to add an infobox and some pictures. I realise we are unlikely to find a painting of Robert but you could include pictures of important buildings .... e.g. is there an artist impresssion of Duffield Castle? Victuallers 09:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou for your interest. Much of the material I have added to the articles about the various earls of Derby (the original line) have come from W.Bland's book http://www.jjb.uk.com/ and Dr.Cox's. However for Robert the 6th. earl I found more info in The Oxford National Biography which seems a pretty good source :-) and contradicts W.Bland's account slightly. (It was written in the days when you didn't question your betters - that is those who had been most successful in slaughtering as many people as possible. Even in my childhood there was a strong tendency for people to touch their forelocks). There is an artist's impression of Duffield Castle and a ground plan but they may be copyright still. I must perhaps contact the Derbyshire Archaeological Society.
As for another Do You Know - the earliest signs of humans in Derbyshire are from the Paleolithic (probably h. Heidelbergiensis) but again I 've still got to do some research. Chevin 19:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm looking forward to the 4th Earl ... but the 6th is on the main page now Victuallers 14:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 12 November 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby , which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 15:19, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buxton Stations

Following your comment on the Buxton Line page, i have modified the diagram to include the old MR station site. Tell me what you think. Britmax (talk) 20:20, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

The above article diagram has had a full reworking of the Buxton area. Thanks for the remarks and see what you think! Britmax (talk) 21:56, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Railway diagrams

I saw your question on Britmax's talk page. There is a way to differentiate between passenger and freight lines. Have a look at Réseau des Bains de Mer where I had to find a way to differentiate between Std gauge {open), Std gauge {closed}, Dual gauge {open}, Metre gauge {open} and Metre gauge {closed} all within the same diagram! Mjroots (talk) 09:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CHPR

Thanks for the message on the CHPR - all good stuff, apparently. I note that the info on the extension to Uttoxeter has got lost - I've reinstated only some of it (it did bring through traffic from London for a time I think).

I've also asked (on Talk) a question of a sometime-proposed incline up from Wirksworth which was on one of my parents' old maps :-)

Bob aka Linuxlad (talk) 19:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes the line from Buxton to the CHPR was extended by the LNWR to Ashbourne then to Rocester (I think) where it joined the Knotty. There were regular trains into Derby where the LNWR had a small workshop/office. The line had through trains from Buxton to London. There are one or two books on the line now in print.Among the "Lost Railways of Derbyshire" by Geoffrey Kingscott. Chevin (talk) 09:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Re the Wirksworth incline I've added a note to Talk:Cromford and High Peak Railway#Proper Route Map? Chevin (talk) 14:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ashbourne Line

You've been busy :-) (Makes me quite homesick) Bob aka Linuxlad (talk) 20:44, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your Ashbourne Line map. Superb. Hogyn Lleol (talk) 17:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Invicta (locomotive)

I noticed you started the Canterbury & Whitstable article and wondered if you can add anything to the invicta article I started. Mjroots (talk) 20:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GPK&AR locomotive

Hey, a couple of months ago you uploaded this diagram of a locomotive from Whishaw's book that you indicated as being of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. I was wondering, are you sure it was a GPK&AR loco? Its just the book's description of the engines used on the line at the time doesn't match this design (supposedly they only had 4 wheels for one thing). Whishaw also mentions that the GPK&AR locos were the same as the ones used on the London and Birmingham Railway, one of which is shown on Plate VI. --- Dreamer 84 17:19, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

GPK&AR locomotiveAnswered on article's talk page Chevin (talk) 07:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Excellent, thanks for the answer, that's another book for me to look at. Thanks again. --- Dreamer 84 22:25, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Archives

Hi Chevin, long time no see. Please note that to create talk archives, you should use a forward slash "/", so as to create a subpage. I've fixed this with your user talk archive (hope you don't mind): recently a lot of these pages have been deleted. Regards, --RFBailey (talk) 19:47, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

No. That's fine. Many thanks. Chevin (talk) 08:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unston station

you put "Originally called Unston until 1908" What was it called afterwards? I don't want to change it if someone knows the answer Talltim (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 13:55, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the putting the clarification in, I had missed the spelling change.Talltim (talk) 18:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Little Derby

Hi Chevin, I couldn't find a place with that name either, but the cheese appeared to be of some interest Ning-ning (talk) 17:40, 11 June 2008 (UTC)