Hi, and a (somewhat belated) welcome to Wikipedia! I think you are the one who started this thread on the NJK forum.
I'll admit that much of the blame for the NSB train set articles being labeled "BM" is mine, I wrote the initial version of several of those articles, and I guess the people who wrote the rest of them followed that standard. What shall I say in my defense? Well, first I have known for a long time that "M" stands for the motorcoach, and that "B" stands for second class seating, but I went with the same convention as used on this website where "BM" is standard. In one way it makes sense to name the trainset after the motorcoach as this is the one in charge. On the other hand, a look at the "Kjekt å vite når du skal reise med NSB" booklet calls them "type 69" and so on, so moving these articles to titles like NSB class 69 or NSB type 69 may be a good idea.
Incidentally, I think your posts on the njk forum are always insightful. A big thank you as well for the Wikipedia edits you have made already! Good contributions are always welcome! Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:57, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
It is a very common error to write "BMxx" in stead of type xx or class xx when dealing with more than a specific coach in a EMU or DMU-set. My point is not to blame anyone for doing so, but initializing a better practice. -- Sveins ( talk) 17:04, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, and a (somewhat belated) welcome to Wikipedia! I think you are the one who started this thread on the NJK forum.
I'll admit that much of the blame for the NSB train set articles being labeled "BM" is mine, I wrote the initial version of several of those articles, and I guess the people who wrote the rest of them followed that standard. What shall I say in my defense? Well, first I have known for a long time that "M" stands for the motorcoach, and that "B" stands for second class seating, but I went with the same convention as used on this website where "BM" is standard. In one way it makes sense to name the trainset after the motorcoach as this is the one in charge. On the other hand, a look at the "Kjekt å vite når du skal reise med NSB" booklet calls them "type 69" and so on, so moving these articles to titles like NSB class 69 or NSB type 69 may be a good idea.
Incidentally, I think your posts on the njk forum are always insightful. A big thank you as well for the Wikipedia edits you have made already! Good contributions are always welcome! Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:57, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
It is a very common error to write "BMxx" in stead of type xx or class xx when dealing with more than a specific coach in a EMU or DMU-set. My point is not to blame anyone for doing so, but initializing a better practice. -- Sveins ( talk) 17:04, 16 December 2008 (UTC)