Template:Did you know nominations/2015 Wootton Bassett SPAD incident


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The result was: promoted by Victuallers (talk) 15:09, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

2015 Wootton Bassett SPAD incident

 * ... that Network Rail temporarily banned West Coast Railway Company from Britain's rails following a SPAD?


 * Comment: QPQ to do.
 * Reviewed - Capital City Fire and Rescue Mjroots (talk) 05:39, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Reviewed - Capital City Fire and Rescue Mjroots (talk) 05:39, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Created by Mjroots (talk). Self-nominated at 15:57, 15 April 2015 (UTC).


 * I won't review this as I've had involvement in the article, but I think the hook should read ... temporarily banned ... as the suspension has now been lifted. Optimist on the run (talk) 18:18, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I disagree, temporarily or not, the fact stands that WCRC were banned. No need to amend the hook IMHO. Mjroots (talk) 21:18, 8 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:43, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The hook definitely needs to be changed. Quite apart from the issue raised by Optimist (with which I agree), not all that many people are likely to know what a SPAD is. I'd suggest the following alternative. Prioryman (talk) 11:13, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ALT1: ... that the West Coast Railway Company was temporarily banned from the British railway network after a fifty-year old steam train passed a signal at danger?


 * Why fifty? Some of the Mark 2 coaches used on that train are not that old. However, all the Mark 1 coaches are older; and the loco was built in September 1947, so it's 67 years old. -- Red rose64 (talk) 12:12, 26 May 2015 (UTC)


 * SPAD is more intriguing. EEng (talk) 12:31, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree, EEng. Hopefully those who don't know what a SPAD is will be sufficiently intrigued to click the link and find out. Those few who do know will hopefully click on the link to find out why. The age of the locomotive and carriages has very little to do with the incident, and should not factor in the hook. Mjroots (talk) 14:00, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Shame there was only one SPAD, otherwise we could say "after a spate of SPADs". EEng (talk) 16:33, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

5x expansion OK, refs OK, QPQ done, no copyvio or close paraphrasing, hook fact cited, yadda yadda. SPAD unexplained is more hooky as previously stated by l'ancien et véritable EEng, so go with original hook into which I've inserted "temporarily"; I haven't temporarily inserted myself, I've inserted the word "temporarily" (which makes a nonsense of Prioryman's subsequent comment, but I'm sure we can struggle on valiantly). Hate the cquotes by the way (I'm sure my aesthetic preferences are top of your list; you are probably rushing to the article even as you read this to whisk them away; as long as that's the case there's no need to crawl over broken glass in penance this time). Belle (talk) 14:14, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Decaf, Belle. Decaf. EEng (talk) 16:23, 8 June 2015 (UTC)