User talk:JohnERussell

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[edit] Vandalism?

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Hundred of Hoo Railway. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Ravenseft (talk) 12:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

re the above warning, I don't believe that your edit was vandalism. As far as I know, and am trying to confirm, the Hundred of Hoo railway is not, and never has been electrified. Your only mistake seems to be not leaving an edit summary (the box above the save page button) when you made your edit, which I notice is your very first one on Wikipedia! If you are interested in trains, these wikiprojects may be of interest to you:- WP:RR and WP:UKT. Mjroots (talk) 12:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Following some further research, I've found that the text removed was in fact incorrect and I have amended the article accordingly. I initially reverted your amendment and posted the message above as you had removed a part of the article without explanation. Sorry to have caused any offence, but in future please do provide a short explanation in the "edit summary" field, especially where you are deleting text. Ravenseft (talk) 19:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
No problem, John. Theres a lot to Wikipedia, as you will see if you read the pages linked in the welcome notice. If you can add to any article (and have a reference for such additions) please feel free to do so. Any problems give me a shout. Mjroots (talk) 21:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC)