User talk:Will74205

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[edit] Welcome!

Hi, Will74205, Welcome to Wikipedia!


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Happy Wiki-ing. -- John Fader 18:43, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] California WikiProject

Since you are in San Jose, California, I'd like to mention the fairly new California WikiProject. Please take a look at the page and see if there is anything that interests you. Also let me know if you have any questions or comments. BlankVerse ∅ 15:00, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] USS Kidd (DDG-993)

I sent an email to the Navy General Headquarters and here is the reply. http://www.flickr.com/photos/51744539@N00/82378438/ They confirmed that USS 995 Scott => ROCS 1801 Kee Lung; USS 993 Kidd => ROCS 1803 Tso Ying. Hydonsingore 05:13, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pacific Surfliner discussion

Hey, there, you replied to my comment on the Talk:Capitol Corridor page regarding its place as the third-busiest line.

I noticed on your user page that you were a contributor to the Caltrain pages, so I figured you may be into trains as well. I am currently trying to get a job with Amtrak as an assistant conductor, hopefuly in California.

Anyway, wanted to do a virtual handshake and say, "Hello!" Hope my edit on the Pacific Surfliner page, comments on the talk pages and the edit summaries were okay. I am pretty new to editing, so it's exciting.

Anyway, take care!

[edit] Re: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

What is needed to be said has been said. Taiwan Province and Taiwan do not mean the same thing. So as Republic of China and Taiwan. Meanwhile, please revert your own vandalism to the article. You're introducing errors to the article in your reverts. Thanks. Have a nice holiday. — Instantnood 16:31, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map of Taiwan

I replaced the map of Taiwan (image) that you deleted from Republic of China. I am NOT arguing with you regarding ROC's claims to all of China - that is a fact. But, in turn, I ask that you acknowledge the FACT that ROC is currently PHYSICALLY located on Taiwan, and the FACT that such a map IS useful to readers.

I have moved the map to a different section, and removed all wording in the caption of the map that might be misunderstood. If you feel that the caption of the map is wrong, please CHANGE THE CAPTION. The caption CAN be edited. Please do NOT remove the entire map if you disagree with the caption. Thanks. John Broughton | Talk 00:22, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, you've convinced me - see Talk:Republic of China. And I apologize for the capitalization - I copied that from another talk page, where I thought a bit more emphasis was needed, without really thinking about it. John Broughton | Talk 02:43, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diesel Multiple Unit

Please undo your move. The correct term is Diesel Multiple Unit. Several of them may be called Deisel Multiple Units, but that would be like changing the article Hot dog to [[Hot Dogs]], just because you usually eat two. Please see The Railway Transportation Website for reference.Jerry lavoie 04:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Have you consider the possibility that the website might be wrong all along? To me Multiple Unit"s" should be plural is like "pants", there is no "pant". --Will74205 04:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
I considered the possibility that the railway Technology Industry website was wrong about the correct name for this railway technology. But when I compare it to your grammatical hunch, it seemed more likely that you were wrong. Check out the websites of some of the manufacturers of this technology... eg. Siemens... they call it Diesel Multiple Unit, as well. Here is a list to make it easier for you:
In fact the only websites I found that use the plural form are either talking about two different DMU models. (except one blog site.) Jerry lavoie 04:42, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Okay I looked at the http://www.mda.org.uk/railway/raindexd.htm and I see that the "unit" refers to a train unit, not many "units(cars)" make up the train. I'll change my works. --Will74205 04:50, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank-you. Jerry lavoie 04:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] California high-speed rail

I've bolded the stations on LA-SF part of the California high-speed rail route map, though I'm considering putter the rest of the route in blue instead. Tompw (talk) 11:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accord reply

WikiProject Autos policy goes against putting the newest version of a car as head image regardless of quality. Having a lower-quality photo of a car that's already depicted elsewhere in the article is simply less useful than a better photo of a variant not already shown (facelifted 2006-2007 model). IFCAR 12:00, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response

Please see the response to your query here. Thanks. Pastordavid (talk) 21:13, 27 December 2007 (UTC)