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This WikiProject covers articles related to Thomas & Friends and The Railway Series. If you have a passion for things "Thomas-related" and wish to make Wikipedia a reliable reference on the series (both TV and book publications), like the rest of our participants, then please add your name to the list below.
Please see the new FAQ section if you have a question to which you cannot immediately find an answer.
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
The scope of this project includes any articles related to:
This includes:
The articles covered by the project fall into these five main sections:
Redirects for discussion
Please read WP:THOMAS/FAQ for more information.
Remember that not everyone who looks at Wikipedia is a Thomas fan. Therefore, make sure that your article would be clear to someone who is a newcomer to Thomas and Friends. The opening of any article should begin by stating that the character or location appears in the television series, the books or the movie (with links to the relevant articles). The opening paragraph should be a brief introduction to the subject. Following paragraphs can go into more detail.
As an example of bad information, the following piece of information was recently deleted from an article:
"It was well received by young children at whom it was aimed and made $16 million at the box office; however, no reference to the film has ever been made in the television series, except for the new faces."
The latter part, "except for the new faces", would mean nothing to the average reader.
To allow for consistent practises, and so as not to interfere with anchored links, the following conventions are in place for naming sections within an article:
" ==Thomas and Gordon==
Thomas Gets Tricked - US title "
While this project was created with the intention of building a comprehensive source of information on Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and the Railway Series, it is not necessary to create a new article for every single place, person and concept in the stories. For instance, the Sodor Soft-Side Truck appears in the television series, but it is not necessary to write an article about it because there is very little to say. Do not create an article unless there is enough information available to write a decent amount.
If there is not enough information, but you feel the item does warrant discussion, see if it would fit into any other article. For example, Elsie the luggage van is a character in the Thomas "universe", but there is very little to say about her. As she is Toby's luggage van, she can be mentioned in the article on Toby the Tram Engine. Most characters can be included in the list articles mentioned above.
Do not add information for the sake of it. For instance, in a description of an episode, the information "This is the third time Percy has been seen with the red coaches" is superfluous and frankly boring. Think, if you were reading this article in an encyclopedia, is this information you would genuinely want to know? This sort of information belongs on the Thomas Wiki.
In character articles, it is not necessary to list everything that has ever happened to that character, unless that event has had a significant impact upon him or her. Henry's accident in The Flying Kipper is worth including, because it resulted in his rebuild. His accident in Something in the Air is not, because it had no permanent or significant effect on him.
Likewise, there is no need to list items such as characters who do not appear in a series or movie. Most articles list characters and locations that are used, and therefore such non-information is redundant.
These should not appear in any Wikipedia article. Do not post information unless it is from an official source - and note that someone simply telling you that they have some information from an official source is not the same thing. Official sources include the Railway Series and Awdry-authored spin-offs, the television series and the movies. Magazines, emails from the production company, merchandise, computer games, word of mouth, websites, television spin-off books and fan fiction are not considered canon.
It is worth mentioning at this point that simply stating that information is from "sources" is insufficient. You could technically define your own imagination as a source. Unless you identify your source, you run the risk of your information being considered false.
Rumours are unhelpful unless there is very strong evidence to back them up. Writing "it has been rumoured that Neville will return in Season 20, but nothing has been confirmed yet" does not help anyone, as there is absolutely no evidence to back it up. Similarly, something along the lines of "the Mountain Engines might appear in Season 20" is pointless. A lot of things may happen in Season 20, but unless you have a strong reason to believe them, there is no point in mentioning them.
Information that is definitely made up is completely unacceptable. An example of this is the repeated claim that a character named "Endock" will be appearing in an upcoming season, and another is the false episode lists that have appeared in the article on Season 10. Invented information is usually very obvious, and will be speedily deleted. Additionally, you risk being banned from Wikipedia.
" Fanon" is information commonly accepted by fans, but which is unofficial.
Similarly, fans have dubbed certain characters with unofficial titles, e.g. "Emily the Beautiful Engine" and "Spencer the Silver Bullet Engine". These titles should not be used on Wikipedia. If you are creating a character article, a more acceptable title would be Emily (Thomas the Tank Engine), i.e. the character's official name with the clarification in parenthesis. Obviously this does not apply to official titles such as Percy the Small Engine, Henry the Green Engine etc.
Mini-projects which are currently underway are listed below. As each stage is completed, please strike through the text (by surrounding it with <s>...</s>).
Overview: There is a need to better organise the pages for characters of both the Railway Series and the TV Series. This will involve the merging of less significant characters into existing pages, thus removing the need for individual pages for less significant characters.
This is nearing completion, redirects constantly need checking. For the complete list of character pages (individual or rationalised) see Wikipedia:WikiProject Thomas/WPThomas Links#Characters
MODEL PAGE (target for quality): Railway engines (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends).
With regard to The Railway Series this is nearly complete:
Overview: Having an individual page for each TV Series video release is quite inconvenient, even messy. As such, all videos will be listed on the one page.
The Skarloey Railway is the only narrow-gauge line that features in both books and TV series. As such, its characters have a greater significance and have been described accordingly. However, this has left a gaping inconsistency in the character coverage, with five of the engines having their own pages. Since these pages are pretty much at the limit of available information, they should be rationalised into line with the other railway articles.
The character articles affected are:
The following tasks have been identified:
Generally, it is expected that participants who discover any minor issues which can easily be resolved will do so themselves. "If you see something wrong, fix it!" However, any propositions for restructure which either require the participation of a number of people, take many steps to complete, or affect quite a number of pages, should be put forward here.
A check on the various categories should be undertaken regularly, some overhaul should be taken as not every article is in its correct pigeon-hole with a suitable hierarchy.
The List of Railway Series books exists in a good format, containing sections on all the Railway Series books and related literature. Links to and from it are present, but lots more can be made. Proof-reading of the 'list' is also important. A progress chart/table has also been suggested, possibly with copyable links to speed up the process.
See also User:EdJogg/List of The Railway Series articles for copyable links for characters, redirects and 'name pages'.
Feel free to add yourself to the list!
New members please add your name in alphabetical order into this list.
If you have not edited in relation to
WP:Thomas in a while, you name will be moved here.
Upon your return, please feel free to place your name back in the active members list.
This navibox is to be placed at the bottom of every article, above any categories. (Note: This eliminates the need for many "See also" sections)
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This is a
task force, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
|
This WikiProject covers articles related to Thomas & Friends and The Railway Series. If you have a passion for things "Thomas-related" and wish to make Wikipedia a reliable reference on the series (both TV and book publications), like the rest of our participants, then please add your name to the list below.
Please see the new FAQ section if you have a question to which you cannot immediately find an answer.
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
The scope of this project includes any articles related to:
This includes:
The articles covered by the project fall into these five main sections:
Redirects for discussion
Please read WP:THOMAS/FAQ for more information.
Remember that not everyone who looks at Wikipedia is a Thomas fan. Therefore, make sure that your article would be clear to someone who is a newcomer to Thomas and Friends. The opening of any article should begin by stating that the character or location appears in the television series, the books or the movie (with links to the relevant articles). The opening paragraph should be a brief introduction to the subject. Following paragraphs can go into more detail.
As an example of bad information, the following piece of information was recently deleted from an article:
"It was well received by young children at whom it was aimed and made $16 million at the box office; however, no reference to the film has ever been made in the television series, except for the new faces."
The latter part, "except for the new faces", would mean nothing to the average reader.
To allow for consistent practises, and so as not to interfere with anchored links, the following conventions are in place for naming sections within an article:
" ==Thomas and Gordon==
Thomas Gets Tricked - US title "
While this project was created with the intention of building a comprehensive source of information on Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and the Railway Series, it is not necessary to create a new article for every single place, person and concept in the stories. For instance, the Sodor Soft-Side Truck appears in the television series, but it is not necessary to write an article about it because there is very little to say. Do not create an article unless there is enough information available to write a decent amount.
If there is not enough information, but you feel the item does warrant discussion, see if it would fit into any other article. For example, Elsie the luggage van is a character in the Thomas "universe", but there is very little to say about her. As she is Toby's luggage van, she can be mentioned in the article on Toby the Tram Engine. Most characters can be included in the list articles mentioned above.
Do not add information for the sake of it. For instance, in a description of an episode, the information "This is the third time Percy has been seen with the red coaches" is superfluous and frankly boring. Think, if you were reading this article in an encyclopedia, is this information you would genuinely want to know? This sort of information belongs on the Thomas Wiki.
In character articles, it is not necessary to list everything that has ever happened to that character, unless that event has had a significant impact upon him or her. Henry's accident in The Flying Kipper is worth including, because it resulted in his rebuild. His accident in Something in the Air is not, because it had no permanent or significant effect on him.
Likewise, there is no need to list items such as characters who do not appear in a series or movie. Most articles list characters and locations that are used, and therefore such non-information is redundant.
These should not appear in any Wikipedia article. Do not post information unless it is from an official source - and note that someone simply telling you that they have some information from an official source is not the same thing. Official sources include the Railway Series and Awdry-authored spin-offs, the television series and the movies. Magazines, emails from the production company, merchandise, computer games, word of mouth, websites, television spin-off books and fan fiction are not considered canon.
It is worth mentioning at this point that simply stating that information is from "sources" is insufficient. You could technically define your own imagination as a source. Unless you identify your source, you run the risk of your information being considered false.
Rumours are unhelpful unless there is very strong evidence to back them up. Writing "it has been rumoured that Neville will return in Season 20, but nothing has been confirmed yet" does not help anyone, as there is absolutely no evidence to back it up. Similarly, something along the lines of "the Mountain Engines might appear in Season 20" is pointless. A lot of things may happen in Season 20, but unless you have a strong reason to believe them, there is no point in mentioning them.
Information that is definitely made up is completely unacceptable. An example of this is the repeated claim that a character named "Endock" will be appearing in an upcoming season, and another is the false episode lists that have appeared in the article on Season 10. Invented information is usually very obvious, and will be speedily deleted. Additionally, you risk being banned from Wikipedia.
" Fanon" is information commonly accepted by fans, but which is unofficial.
Similarly, fans have dubbed certain characters with unofficial titles, e.g. "Emily the Beautiful Engine" and "Spencer the Silver Bullet Engine". These titles should not be used on Wikipedia. If you are creating a character article, a more acceptable title would be Emily (Thomas the Tank Engine), i.e. the character's official name with the clarification in parenthesis. Obviously this does not apply to official titles such as Percy the Small Engine, Henry the Green Engine etc.
Mini-projects which are currently underway are listed below. As each stage is completed, please strike through the text (by surrounding it with <s>...</s>).
Overview: There is a need to better organise the pages for characters of both the Railway Series and the TV Series. This will involve the merging of less significant characters into existing pages, thus removing the need for individual pages for less significant characters.
This is nearing completion, redirects constantly need checking. For the complete list of character pages (individual or rationalised) see Wikipedia:WikiProject Thomas/WPThomas Links#Characters
MODEL PAGE (target for quality): Railway engines (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends).
With regard to The Railway Series this is nearly complete:
Overview: Having an individual page for each TV Series video release is quite inconvenient, even messy. As such, all videos will be listed on the one page.
The Skarloey Railway is the only narrow-gauge line that features in both books and TV series. As such, its characters have a greater significance and have been described accordingly. However, this has left a gaping inconsistency in the character coverage, with five of the engines having their own pages. Since these pages are pretty much at the limit of available information, they should be rationalised into line with the other railway articles.
The character articles affected are:
The following tasks have been identified:
Generally, it is expected that participants who discover any minor issues which can easily be resolved will do so themselves. "If you see something wrong, fix it!" However, any propositions for restructure which either require the participation of a number of people, take many steps to complete, or affect quite a number of pages, should be put forward here.
A check on the various categories should be undertaken regularly, some overhaul should be taken as not every article is in its correct pigeon-hole with a suitable hierarchy.
The List of Railway Series books exists in a good format, containing sections on all the Railway Series books and related literature. Links to and from it are present, but lots more can be made. Proof-reading of the 'list' is also important. A progress chart/table has also been suggested, possibly with copyable links to speed up the process.
See also User:EdJogg/List of The Railway Series articles for copyable links for characters, redirects and 'name pages'.
Feel free to add yourself to the list!
New members please add your name in alphabetical order into this list.
If you have not edited in relation to
WP:Thomas in a while, you name will be moved here.
Upon your return, please feel free to place your name back in the active members list.
This navibox is to be placed at the bottom of every article, above any categories. (Note: This eliminates the need for many "See also" sections)
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WikiProject Thomas, a WikiProject which aims to develop and expand Wikipedia's content relating to the TV Series
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, as well as the original book series
The Railway Series. Please feel free to join us. |
Users who make excellent contributions to Thomas-related articles can be rewarded with The Troublesome Tank Engine Barnstar:
{{ subst:Thomas barnstar|message ~~~~}}
The Troublesome Tank Engine Barnstar | ||
message name (talk) date/time |
The following hierarchy shows the categories appropriate for articles that come under the banner of Wikiproject Thomas:
Related WikiProjects | |||
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TUGS |