This page is for new articles under construction, or for existing articles going through a lengthy restructuring. Only one article should be present here at any one time.
Current page in the workshop:
Just in case someone else gets in first...
The Railway Stories recordings:
Catalogue No. | Released | Side 1 | Side 2 | Railway Series source volume |
---|---|---|---|---|
DEL101 | 196x | Edward's Day Out | Edward and Gordon | Book 1 – The Three Railway Engines |
DEL102 | 196x | The Sad Story of Henry | Edward, Gordon and Henry | |
DEL103 | 1961 | Thomas and Gordon | Thomas's Train | Book 2 – Thomas the Tank Engine |
DEL104 | 196x | Thomas and the Trucks | Thomas and the Breakdown Train |
xx================================================================
Suggested new heading:
(Need to determine etymology of the word before adding this...
See
[2] - steam-roller (noun) dates from 1866, while as a verb, dates from 1912)
A steam roller working at full speed must have been an awesome sight to the Victorians: the impression of bulk and weight as the bumpy ground submitted to this unstoppable, fiery beast. It is small wonder that the verb 'to steamroller' has entered the English language.
"what's the meaning of steamroller?"
THIS NEEDS RE-WRITING + SIMPLIFYING TO AVOID COPYRIGHT ISSUES
SUGGEST USING THE THESAURUS DEFS AS A BASIS FOR DICTIONARY DEFS...
With assistance from The Free Dictionary, the following definitions apply:
Noun:
Verb:
v.tr.
v.intr.
And from the Thesaurus:
Noun:
Verb:
Redirects to
steamroller:
Note that there appear to be no Wiki pages that reference BBC Schools programmes, nor Words and Pictures (NB - that link is to a 1997 album)...
Clayton & Shuttleworth was an engineering and manufacturing company based in Lincoln, England. The company became one of the largest manufacturers of portable engines and traction engines in the world.
(raw copy from Shuttleworth History page)
(end raw copy)
There is a direct family connection between the firm Clayton & Shuttleworth and The Shuttleworth Collection. [1]
Joseph Shuttleworth, co-founder of Clayton and Shuttleworth, married Sarah Grace Clayton in 1841 and they had two sons: Alfred and Frank.
Frank (later, Colonel) Shuttleworth (b.1845, d.1913) became Chairman of the family firm, and a Director of the Great Northern Railway. In 1902 he married Dorothy (b.1879, d.1968) the young daughter of the Vicar of Old Warden, the location of the Shuttleworth Estate. Their marriage was happy but short, as Frank died in 1913.
Frank's only son, Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth (b.1909, d.1940), enjoyed tinkering with cars and mechanical devices when he was a young boy. He inherited the family fortune at the age of 23, and took over the management of the Estate. Pursuing his mechanical interests, Richard gathered a sizeable collection of old cars and, later, aeroplanes too, restoring them to working order. It is these that form the nucleus of the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Aerodrome, which he also constructed.
Richard joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 but, tragically, was killed on a training flight in August 1940. His mother, Dorothy, was devastated, but nevertheless opened the family mansion as a Red Cross home for convalescing airmen. After the war she placed the Estate in a charitable trust in memory of her son, and in 1963 the Shuttleworth Collection was opened to the public for the first time.
Ref. [2]
Ref. [3] (This is the paperback version - the hardback was ISBN 0450 02837 2.)
Provides a common location for the history of road vehicle development, which was often inter-twined and not ness separate from boat devel.
Include in categories:
NB -
Category:Steam vehicles provides a parent article for all the other vehicle articles, such as trains, boats, tanks (!) and planes!
Articles containing pertinent information, which should be generally rationalised into this new article - with each article highlighting specific pertinent facts only, and providing History of steam road vehicles as the 'main' article...
Talk about a backlog...this was written before the article was created, and passed to GA today (
EdJogg (
talk))!
Still worth double-checking that these references and information have been used.
Bit difficult, seeing as I've never been there and it's currently closed.
Nevertheless, here are some useful links:
Also note the Feb 2008 Old Glory may be used as a ref for 'what happens next' (the sample article page has been stored on home PC!)
Refs to John Hazeldine (sic) patent:
Edited pages that require monitoring or future updates.
These have been 'fully edited' (both book and TV) - watch for vandalism!
Patricularly concentrating on locomotive and traction engine manufacturers...
Most are just stubs! Check out others in the list at Pumping station.
(re-write to remove US bias)
FTSS was an offshoot from Ferranti Computer Systems, and had a small site in Church Crookham near Fleet. Try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_Underwater_Systems 78.32.83.41 ( talk · contribs)
Audiobook stories by Johnny Morris
The six audiobooks by William Rushton.
Potential Major projects...?
*New pages needed
**
Val Biro still not added
Following on from extract at DCC Tarka Trail page:
All of the 'red' routes mentioned deserve coverage in WP. Start here to find initial information.
Archived Technical Queries from Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) (WP:VPT)
Hi.
I have use of a Win2K laptop (with IE6.0) at work, and a venerable Win98SE PC (with IE 5.5) at home.
If I edit at work, I can see the edit toolbar, yet I cannot see the toolbar when editing at home.
(At home, an error is also reported on the IE status bar.)
I am sure that there is 'something missing' in my home setup, but I have not yet been able to establish what it might be.
Is there a 'minimum spec.' PC required for editing Wikipedia? Else, any clues as to what I might be able to do to fix the problem? (Unfortunately, upgrading to a newer PC is not financially viable at present.)
EdJogg 17:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Follow-up
My new Vista-based PC is set up with multiple accounts – one for each of the family, plus one admin account. On accounts where Parental Controls have been enabled, I am seeing a problem when trying to save an edited page.
When 'Save page' is pressed, the updated page is not displayed. Instead, I get an essentially blank page saying the following:
Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
Most likely causes: - You are not connected to the Internet. - The website is encountering problems. - There might be a typing error in the address.
The URL in the address bar is unchanged (it still ends 'submit'), but clicking 'Refresh' clears the error page and reloads the article page in edit mode. (This confused me for a while, until I realised that my previous edits HAD been accepted, and I had re-opened the saved page for a further edit.)
The problem is NOT caused by a page filter, as my account does not have any URL restrictions enabled. (My account has a time restriction set, to disable access at midnight in a desperate attempt to stop me editing WP late into the night :o( ). Disabling all restrictions and restarting the account cleared the problem, but re-enabling the time limit restriction brought the error back again. I never see the problem in my admin account, but see it 100% in restricted accounts.
The problem applies to both WP and 'Commons'.
EdJogg 19:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up
Just noticed a problem in Skarloey Railway. There is a heading and a spoiler warning box sandwiched between a TOCleft box and a map image (this is not the problem!). However, in IE7 the lines from the spoiler warning and the underline for the heading stretch across the page, overwriting the TOC and the map. This does not occur in IE 5.5 and IE 6, in which I created/maintained this layout for the page.
Anyone got any ideas?
EdJogg 23:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
The Firefox rendering is most likely correct, but in any case I spaced out the text so there is no longer a problem. —
Remember the dot (
talk) 03:22, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up
Archived Assistance Queries from Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance) (WP:VPA)
An external link to a specific geocache site (see geocaching) has been added to Elsbridge. My gut feeling is that the link is not appropriate, and should be deleted, especially since the article is about a fictional location! However, I have had a look at WP:EL and I'm still uncertain.
The main reason for seeking advice here is that the External Link search tool brings up nearly 100 links to www.geocaching.com, and I was wondering whether there was any kind of precedent/guidance/policy/advice for including or removing links to specific geocache locations?
If others feel that such links should be removed en masse then the appropriate Project/Task Force needs to be alerted.
EdJogg 12:30, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up
Archived Assistance Queries from Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) (WP:VPP)
An external link to a page describing a specific geocache site (see geocaching) has been added to Elsbridge. My gut feeling is that the link is not appropriate, and should be deleted, especially since the article is about a fictional location! However, I have had a look at WP:EL and I'm still uncertain.
The main reason for seeking advice here is that the External Link search tool currently brings up just over 100 links to www.geocaching.com, the most popular site, and I was wondering whether there was any kind of precedent/guidance/policy/advice for including or removing links to specific geocache locations?
The list includes a large number of user pages, and a number of links that are probably appropriate examples, neither of which are a problem. However, a significant number of instances occur on specific location pages, pointing at specific cache details, and it is these in particular that I am questioning. Should a WP location article feature a link to a geocache sited at that location?
(This query was previously posted, without attracting a response, on the VP(assistance) page.)
EdJogg 13:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up
Nothing to do with a project, this text was extracted from the Culdee Fell Railway talk page before a ream of gibberish from Felix was archived.
I just wanted to keep it to hand cos it was kinda fun!
Hi all project members. Apart from the one major contributor, can anyone see any particular reason why this talk page cannot be rationalised to contain just the pertinent information regarding the 'real' CFR (the section named 'Title', only, I think!)?? The rest makes pretty boring reading. If there are (admin) objections regarding preservation of archives, etc, the text could be moved to the most relevant talk page... Thoughts?
EdJogg 16:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
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. |
This page is for new articles under construction, or for existing articles going through a lengthy restructuring. Only one article should be present here at any one time.
Current page in the workshop:
Just in case someone else gets in first...
The Railway Stories recordings:
Catalogue No. | Released | Side 1 | Side 2 | Railway Series source volume |
---|---|---|---|---|
DEL101 | 196x | Edward's Day Out | Edward and Gordon | Book 1 – The Three Railway Engines |
DEL102 | 196x | The Sad Story of Henry | Edward, Gordon and Henry | |
DEL103 | 1961 | Thomas and Gordon | Thomas's Train | Book 2 – Thomas the Tank Engine |
DEL104 | 196x | Thomas and the Trucks | Thomas and the Breakdown Train |
xx================================================================
Suggested new heading:
(Need to determine etymology of the word before adding this...
See
[2] - steam-roller (noun) dates from 1866, while as a verb, dates from 1912)
A steam roller working at full speed must have been an awesome sight to the Victorians: the impression of bulk and weight as the bumpy ground submitted to this unstoppable, fiery beast. It is small wonder that the verb 'to steamroller' has entered the English language.
"what's the meaning of steamroller?"
THIS NEEDS RE-WRITING + SIMPLIFYING TO AVOID COPYRIGHT ISSUES
SUGGEST USING THE THESAURUS DEFS AS A BASIS FOR DICTIONARY DEFS...
With assistance from The Free Dictionary, the following definitions apply:
Noun:
Verb:
v.tr.
v.intr.
And from the Thesaurus:
Noun:
Verb:
Redirects to
steamroller:
Note that there appear to be no Wiki pages that reference BBC Schools programmes, nor Words and Pictures (NB - that link is to a 1997 album)...
Clayton & Shuttleworth was an engineering and manufacturing company based in Lincoln, England. The company became one of the largest manufacturers of portable engines and traction engines in the world.
(raw copy from Shuttleworth History page)
(end raw copy)
There is a direct family connection between the firm Clayton & Shuttleworth and The Shuttleworth Collection. [1]
Joseph Shuttleworth, co-founder of Clayton and Shuttleworth, married Sarah Grace Clayton in 1841 and they had two sons: Alfred and Frank.
Frank (later, Colonel) Shuttleworth (b.1845, d.1913) became Chairman of the family firm, and a Director of the Great Northern Railway. In 1902 he married Dorothy (b.1879, d.1968) the young daughter of the Vicar of Old Warden, the location of the Shuttleworth Estate. Their marriage was happy but short, as Frank died in 1913.
Frank's only son, Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth (b.1909, d.1940), enjoyed tinkering with cars and mechanical devices when he was a young boy. He inherited the family fortune at the age of 23, and took over the management of the Estate. Pursuing his mechanical interests, Richard gathered a sizeable collection of old cars and, later, aeroplanes too, restoring them to working order. It is these that form the nucleus of the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Aerodrome, which he also constructed.
Richard joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 but, tragically, was killed on a training flight in August 1940. His mother, Dorothy, was devastated, but nevertheless opened the family mansion as a Red Cross home for convalescing airmen. After the war she placed the Estate in a charitable trust in memory of her son, and in 1963 the Shuttleworth Collection was opened to the public for the first time.
Ref. [2]
Ref. [3] (This is the paperback version - the hardback was ISBN 0450 02837 2.)
Provides a common location for the history of road vehicle development, which was often inter-twined and not ness separate from boat devel.
Include in categories:
NB -
Category:Steam vehicles provides a parent article for all the other vehicle articles, such as trains, boats, tanks (!) and planes!
Articles containing pertinent information, which should be generally rationalised into this new article - with each article highlighting specific pertinent facts only, and providing History of steam road vehicles as the 'main' article...
Talk about a backlog...this was written before the article was created, and passed to GA today (
EdJogg (
talk))!
Still worth double-checking that these references and information have been used.
Bit difficult, seeing as I've never been there and it's currently closed.
Nevertheless, here are some useful links:
Also note the Feb 2008 Old Glory may be used as a ref for 'what happens next' (the sample article page has been stored on home PC!)
Refs to John Hazeldine (sic) patent:
Edited pages that require monitoring or future updates.
These have been 'fully edited' (both book and TV) - watch for vandalism!
Patricularly concentrating on locomotive and traction engine manufacturers...
Most are just stubs! Check out others in the list at Pumping station.
(re-write to remove US bias)
FTSS was an offshoot from Ferranti Computer Systems, and had a small site in Church Crookham near Fleet. Try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_Underwater_Systems 78.32.83.41 ( talk · contribs)
Audiobook stories by Johnny Morris
The six audiobooks by William Rushton.
Potential Major projects...?
*New pages needed
**
Val Biro still not added
Following on from extract at DCC Tarka Trail page:
All of the 'red' routes mentioned deserve coverage in WP. Start here to find initial information.
Archived Technical Queries from Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) (WP:VPT)
Hi.
I have use of a Win2K laptop (with IE6.0) at work, and a venerable Win98SE PC (with IE 5.5) at home.
If I edit at work, I can see the edit toolbar, yet I cannot see the toolbar when editing at home.
(At home, an error is also reported on the IE status bar.)
I am sure that there is 'something missing' in my home setup, but I have not yet been able to establish what it might be.
Is there a 'minimum spec.' PC required for editing Wikipedia? Else, any clues as to what I might be able to do to fix the problem? (Unfortunately, upgrading to a newer PC is not financially viable at present.)
EdJogg 17:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Follow-up
My new Vista-based PC is set up with multiple accounts – one for each of the family, plus one admin account. On accounts where Parental Controls have been enabled, I am seeing a problem when trying to save an edited page.
When 'Save page' is pressed, the updated page is not displayed. Instead, I get an essentially blank page saying the following:
Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
Most likely causes: - You are not connected to the Internet. - The website is encountering problems. - There might be a typing error in the address.
The URL in the address bar is unchanged (it still ends 'submit'), but clicking 'Refresh' clears the error page and reloads the article page in edit mode. (This confused me for a while, until I realised that my previous edits HAD been accepted, and I had re-opened the saved page for a further edit.)
The problem is NOT caused by a page filter, as my account does not have any URL restrictions enabled. (My account has a time restriction set, to disable access at midnight in a desperate attempt to stop me editing WP late into the night :o( ). Disabling all restrictions and restarting the account cleared the problem, but re-enabling the time limit restriction brought the error back again. I never see the problem in my admin account, but see it 100% in restricted accounts.
The problem applies to both WP and 'Commons'.
EdJogg 19:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up
Just noticed a problem in Skarloey Railway. There is a heading and a spoiler warning box sandwiched between a TOCleft box and a map image (this is not the problem!). However, in IE7 the lines from the spoiler warning and the underline for the heading stretch across the page, overwriting the TOC and the map. This does not occur in IE 5.5 and IE 6, in which I created/maintained this layout for the page.
Anyone got any ideas?
EdJogg 23:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
The Firefox rendering is most likely correct, but in any case I spaced out the text so there is no longer a problem. —
Remember the dot (
talk) 03:22, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up
Archived Assistance Queries from Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance) (WP:VPA)
An external link to a specific geocache site (see geocaching) has been added to Elsbridge. My gut feeling is that the link is not appropriate, and should be deleted, especially since the article is about a fictional location! However, I have had a look at WP:EL and I'm still uncertain.
The main reason for seeking advice here is that the External Link search tool brings up nearly 100 links to www.geocaching.com, and I was wondering whether there was any kind of precedent/guidance/policy/advice for including or removing links to specific geocache locations?
If others feel that such links should be removed en masse then the appropriate Project/Task Force needs to be alerted.
EdJogg 12:30, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up
Archived Assistance Queries from Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) (WP:VPP)
An external link to a page describing a specific geocache site (see geocaching) has been added to Elsbridge. My gut feeling is that the link is not appropriate, and should be deleted, especially since the article is about a fictional location! However, I have had a look at WP:EL and I'm still uncertain.
The main reason for seeking advice here is that the External Link search tool currently brings up just over 100 links to www.geocaching.com, the most popular site, and I was wondering whether there was any kind of precedent/guidance/policy/advice for including or removing links to specific geocache locations?
The list includes a large number of user pages, and a number of links that are probably appropriate examples, neither of which are a problem. However, a significant number of instances occur on specific location pages, pointing at specific cache details, and it is these in particular that I am questioning. Should a WP location article feature a link to a geocache sited at that location?
(This query was previously posted, without attracting a response, on the VP(assistance) page.)
EdJogg 13:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up
Nothing to do with a project, this text was extracted from the Culdee Fell Railway talk page before a ream of gibberish from Felix was archived.
I just wanted to keep it to hand cos it was kinda fun!
Hi all project members. Apart from the one major contributor, can anyone see any particular reason why this talk page cannot be rationalised to contain just the pertinent information regarding the 'real' CFR (the section named 'Title', only, I think!)?? The rest makes pretty boring reading. If there are (admin) objections regarding preservation of archives, etc, the text could be moved to the most relevant talk page... Thoughts?
EdJogg 16:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)