User talk:AlisonW/Archive 7


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BSicon-files
A table of replaced Icon-IDs is available at Table of replaced BSicon-files. Antonsusi (talk) 08:25, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Banned / blocked person editing article re: Michel Thomas
"Rivenburg" has made edits to the Michel Thomas article, from which he was banned & blocked several years ago. He was an LA Times reporter who was sued by Thomas for defamation a couple of years before Thomas died at age 90, in 2005, and for several years after Thomas died Rivenburg made extensive edits exclusively to Thomas's article to defend his point of view about the subject. I'm not an expert Wikipedian, how does one go about getting the ban and/or block enforced? 71.198.59.52 (talk) 06:19, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

fyi
Since you left encouragement on User talk:JohnDTraynor/Surface Unsigned I thought you might be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:JohnDTraynor/Surface Unsigned.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 20:30, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Rail icons
Hi Alison, regarding your User:AlisonW/Rail Icons tables; there are places for icons like File:BSicon uÜABZ3rg.svg which end on a 45° angle, and which can be continued in a straight line also at 45°. However, I don't see positions for icons like File:BSicon kABZql.svg which end on a curve; these allow nice smooth curved junctions to be constructed. See examples at right. Where would the continuously-curved ones fit in? -- Red rose64 (talk) 11:10, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

License tagging for File:LLGC Calendar September1986.png
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Border-to-Border Trail
Hi. I am trying to help a new editor with an article  and struggling a little. I came across this user helping the feedback patrollers in this post. The article needs a cycling/walking track diagram and we wish to ensure that There is a draft route in the article plus a sandbox at User:Ericlboyd/Sandox/Border-to-Border Trail route. We need to add to the draft with codes such as unfinished sections, bridges, road crossings, tunnels, river walks, hills. I have already been told off for accidentally coding a legend page at by  in this post. We have been reading Route diagram template and associated pages such as Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms. Are you able to point us in the direction of a similar article that we can crib from or alternatively suggest help pages that may be useful to us? --Senra (Talk) 12:16, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
 * we use the correct icon colours
 * we do not "redesign the wheel"
 * we use templates/subpages correctly
 * we do not bother people like yourself too much

Happy LLGC Memories
Hi Alison - I'm simply thrilled to see the two LLGC Events Listings you've included on the LLGC Wiki entry, and I noticed too that they have your moniker at the bottom near the date. They brought a tear to the eye - how I miss the LLGC !!! You never appreciate things till they're gone... :(

I started volunteering in the Print shop at LLGC in late 1986, and I remember printing subsequent listings myself. I remember that the first listing I printed advertised 'Frank Chickens' appearing in the basement. Also, I was taught offset-litho by 'Salad Average'. Do you remember her, by any chance? I'm sure you can't have forgotten her - puce from head to foot! The first listing I ever printed was done in puce ink too.

I'm wallowing in nostalgia here - I just wondered if you could remember when Salad started work in the Print shop and maybe when Frank Chickens graced the Centre?

I even had a couple of 'We're One (My Friend's One too)' T-shirts from the Centre. Did YOU design and print those too! Took me ages to work out what they meant (I wasn't there for the 1st birthday celebrations) - but I loved 'em!

Hope you have some further memories to share...

PadmeArmadillo (talk) 23:38, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Corrupt Page?
Hi AlisonW, I keep a page with a catalogue of the map templates I've edited here to check back up on them in the future. I recently broke the page down into several different pages because it was taking too long to load. However, when I created the 3rd page it came up with the warning 'Wikimedia Error', so I went back to the main page to copy the list and have another go. However, I had already changed the page and had to go into the page history. However, every time I opened the correct revision it came up with the same message: 'Wikimedia Error' and then went on to say that if you reported this to an administrator you should include the following details: Request: GET http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:WVRMad/Maps&oldid=354755736, from 88.97.46.101 via amssq39.esams.wikimedia.org (squid/2.7.STABLE7) to 91.198.174.33 (91.198.174.33) Error: ERR_READ_TIMEOUT, errno [No Error] at Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:08:46 GMT. This is one I copied from a couple of days ago when the problem started. I at first presumed the servers were too busy, but it hasn't improved for a couple of days. I was wondering if you knew what was going on, as you seem to be quite an expert on route diagrams and have several large pages with icons on - have you had a similar problem before?

Thanks, WVRMAD • Talk  • Guestbook   18:40, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Gabrielle Giffords
Re diff. Do you have info to support the change in tense? Everything I've read has said her condition is not immediately known. Until we know for sure and have a source, could you please revert your tense changes? Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 18:51, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit very carefully in a breaking news situation
Your edits to Gabrielle Giffords have been reverted. In a current event situation, care must be taken that any changes to the article are backed up by reliable sources—and preferably multiple reliable sources. There are, at the time of this writing, a number of conflicting reports about the situation. Some news sources are even saying she was injured but without saying that she was shot. Since your edits were major and cited no sources, they must be reverted. —C.Fred (talk) 18:52, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Giffords
Please stop adding information about the death of this person to this article. There are no reliable sources saying that she has died, and no information about this should be added until they do. --Slp1 (talk) 18:52, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

To all three of above

 * Reuters. But I'm happy to await second source for form's sake. --18:54, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


 * The Reuters] report I've seen uses the present tense to talk about her and says nothing of her death. Of course hospital staff are bound to tell immediate family first, so I wouldn't expect announcement of her death (if she has died) so soon. Rkitko (talk) 19:03, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Re the second bit, absolutely. As regards the first it may be due to it being a flash item here in the UK which went straight to air before consideration of such sensibilities. --AlisonW (talk) 19:06, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

second source

 * NPR is now also confirming. Very sad news and yet another reason why GUNS ARE BAD. --AlisonW (talk) 19:14, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


 * subsequent note: I am very happy to note she survived and is recovering well. --AlisonW (talk)

Morris W. Hirsch
on 19:47, 14 June 2006 you deleted the "morris w hirsch" page,i wanted to know why  and found there is no entry in your deletion logs for this time or person. what gives? ''unsigned comment posted 08:15, 7 February 2011 by 24.7.73.95 (talk)
 * The sole content of that page was "Ph.D. advisor of William Thurston." with no further information nor links. As such it was marked for deletion by another editor and I concurred. Being 4½ years ago now and without a new article being created (with actual information) then that would appear to have been the correct decision. --AlisonW (talk) 16:52, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Stapleford railway station
Hi, re - how would the trains do that? It would have required a north-to-east curve at Hertford, something that I can't find on old maps (either O.S., or of a railway nature). -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:09, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I replaced it on the grounds that it is stated as having been there on the related article(s). I hadn't (yet - will now!) confirmed the other entry was correct in itself, though it appears to be. If it is removed from one then it means a substantial rewrite on the other branch line's page. --AlisonW (talk) 00:14, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Before getting to my own map sets I looked online and found this which has some useful stuff and mentions a triangular junction or two, though I'm not sure if the right one. The 1914 and 1935 maps would appear to be the relevant ones and possibly point in the wrong direction. Clearly more research is needed to get the three articles into a state of agreeing with each other! --AlisonW (talk) 00:47, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The triangular junction mentioned was to have been on the GNR main line (apparently at Digswell, which is the location of the present-day Welwyn North), some 7 km to the west of Hertford. Disused-stations also states that the junction was never built. It also states that the link between Hertford Cowbridge and Hertford East "was never used by passenger trains".
 * One possible source of confusion is that there have been two stations named Hertford North - the present Hertford North station is on the north-south line through Stapleford, whereas the previous Hertford North station, which was known earlier in its life as Hertford Cowbridge was the eastern terminus of the branch from Welwyn Garden City. -- Red rose64 (talk) 17:17, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Name for an icon?
I don't know how I did it, but I've managed to create my very first .svg rail icon (ok, I cheated a bit by copying from an existing one). Basically, it's with junctions at NW, NE and SE corners. It's ready to upload, but I don't know what to call it. Mjroots (talk) 15:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It being essentially a combination of, , , personally I'd say . But  might have a stronger opinion. -- Red rose64 (talk) 16:00, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's a good description. Will await further opinion before uploading it. Mjroots (talk) 16:08, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You should add "x" if the branches are off use:  Regards  a x p de  Hello!  18:01, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Introducing BSicon eKRZoxlr+xl.png - but why has it been converted to a .png file? Somebody convert to a .svg please and upload it to Commons. Mjroots (talk) 19:03, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I give up! I saved it as a .svg file, uploaded it to Commons, and it's blank! . Mjroots (talk) 19:23, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ How's this: It's essentially a composite of the three BS icons which I first mentioned, but with the bridge parapets suitably reshaped. -- Red rose64 (talk) 13:34, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I do love it when I can just leave everyone to discuss it amongst themselves on my talkpage when I'm a bit busy elsewhere ;-P All sounds (and looks) good! --AlisonW (talk) 16:36, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Same with me, and thanks for your hospitality :) a x p de  Hello!  19:11, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Annie Castledine


The article Annie Castledine has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

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 * Seems people are jumping in much faster than when I used to create many articles a day some years ago! (looks back and realises just how many years ago!) Now sourced externally (as well as from extant WP content). Thanks for being around. --AlisonW (talk) 19:01, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

-- This text relates to the current protests happening in EVE Online, it is a report and not a bias comment about the situation. Unfortunately I am no Wikipedia editor and really should learn so I will add the text and the references in an effort to make you or someone else properly add them to the article.

On the 25th of June 2011 following a leaked internal document from CCP Games a large majority of players in EVE Online began mass protests around New Eden in revelation of the micro-transaction model that CCP Games is considering to adopt.[1] Protests erupted in major trade hubs around New Eden including Jita and Dodixie and other systems including Amarr and Rens, CCP Games later released a public apology concerning the protests in an attempt to calm matters down.[2] The player population in Jita climbed to over 2000 with many of the pilots expressing their anger by attacking the Jita War Memorial and littering the area around the space station with cargo containers.[3][4] Since the apology CCP Games has not released any other official documents or forum posts concerning the issue, but have had CONCORD intervene in matters that have gotten violent.

[1] http://www.mediafire.com/?ccl135embyb6c2v (Leaked internal CCP Document)

[2] http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1536065 (CCP public apology by CCP Pann)

[3] http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1537119

[4] http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558660546116699733/C2C624569E16D1E5374CF8B4E548A2A02192A59C/

Astrel (talk) 19:22, 25 June 2011 (UTC) -

Eve Online
Please stop vandalizing the Eve Online page AlisonW. unsigned comment by 75.186.4.208
 * Please refer to the note I have placed on your talk page and on the talk page of the Eve Online article. Without sources for your personal assertions you are just vandalising the article. --AlisonW (talk) 19:01, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

-- This text relates to the current protests happening in EVE Online, it is a report and not a bias comment about the situation. Unfortunately I am no Wikipedia editor and really should learn so I will add the text and the references in an effort to make you or someone else properly add them to the article.

On the 25th of June 2011 following a leaked internal document from CCP Games a large majority of players in EVE Online began mass protests around New Eden in revelation of the micro-transaction model that CCP Games is considering to adopt.[1] Protests erupted in major trade hubs around New Eden including Jita and Dodixie and other systems including Amarr and Rens, CCP Games later released a public apology concerning the protests in an attempt to calm matters down.[2] The player population in Jita climbed to over 2000 with many of the pilots expressing their anger by attacking the Jita War Memorial and littering the area around the space station with cargo containers.[3][4] Since the apology CCP Games has not released any other official documents or forum posts concerning the issue, but have had CONCORD intervene in matters that have gotten violent.

[1] http://www.mediafire.com/?ccl135embyb6c2v (Leaked internal CCP Document)

[2] http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1536065 (CCP public apology by CCP Pann)

[3] http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1537119

[4] http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558660546116699733/C2C624569E16D1E5374CF8B4E548A2A02192A59C/

Astrel (talk) 19:24, 25 June 2011 (UTC) -


 * Thank you for this and especially the links. Whilst the links which are solely to player-written content are not usable as citable references (anyone being able to post to the EVE boards just about whatever they feel) those from CCP staff clearly are and can be confirmed as such. When I was last in game a few days ago there didn't seem to be so many complaints but some of what you have linked to suggests that a paragraph on the response of some players to the new content would be appropriate. If it is not added (in a strictly NPOV manner) by anyone else I shall seek to do so myself. --AlisonW (talk) 19:35, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Survey
Hi Alison!

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SOPA initiative/Action
Hi, you left some comments at SOPA initiative/Action under the section regarding actions being US only. Not long after you left your comments, the section was modified and more options added which is more or less how things remain. I'm just writing to let you know, in case you're not aware of this and want to change you response in light of it. Nil Einne (talk) 14:11, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Your input is needed on the SOPA initiative
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clive bull
Has died and I sourced the material properly. Please refrain from deleting constructive edits. Britishradiowoman (talk)
 * You cited a dead link as your source. Death information w/o a source is a major BLP vio. Calabe1992 01:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The link now worked for me, but it mentions nothing about who died. Calabe1992 01:53, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear AlisonW,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

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Script list replacement project
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Reverted your edit
FYI, I reverted your edit to Storage@home. I don't understand the rational behind it, since it has incoming links. I'd be happy to discuss it here or on the Talk page if you like. I improperly added the orphan tag anyway, I should have set AWB to add the tag only if there were no incoming links. Best, Jesse V. (talk) 00:58, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

East India (and other DLR stations)
Hi, I noticed that in 2008 you added that a planned name for East India before the station got built was Brunswick Wharf. I was wondering if you had the full citation for that and any other DLR station. If so, could you add the names directly to List of Docklands Light Railway stations? Difficultly north (talk) 11:16, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * see East India DLR station for full details (ref has been there for years! ;-P ) --AlisonW (talk) 12:00, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Railway icon question
Hi Alison, Is there a BS icon for just adding some notes at the bottom of the route diagram table? --Bermicourt (talk) 12:14, 9 September 2012 (UTC)


 * You could use, which is used in a somewhat curious manner - it doesn't take parameters, instead you put it on a row of its own, with the text afterwards. This text may be spread over multiple lines, but such line breaks are ignored and the text will be run together onto one line, unless you use explicit tags to force line breaks. See example at right. -- Red rose64 (talk) 14:10, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

BSicon uINTm+2
I thought of a railway icon for parallel lines/railways It's not perfect yet but with a few fine adjustments, it could be something. -- 01:29, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Your input is requested
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Help in stopping a serial spammer
On the talk page of the transport related page - ER200 - an anonymous person (or persons) keeps putting in entries that are complete garbled rubbish other than occasional links to external sites that I assume are intended to sell something. For obvious reasons I have not clicked on the links. While I know you don't normally delete entries on talk pages, I thought it wise to delete these entries given they may link to inappropriate sites. However, the anonymous person (or persons) keeps putting in new entries (see history for the talk page). Is there anything that can be done to stop this behaviour. It seems that the anonymous person (or persons) keeps using different ISPs and doesn't go to any other Wikipedia page.

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Commons:WikiProject BSicon‎
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Help with rail icons, mixed colours?
Hi Alison,

Working on this article- Dry Creek – Port Adelaide railway

Three turnouts/points are incorrect, but I can't find appropriate replacements.
 * 1st is below Russel St, where I want faded blue on the vertical, and solid red on the curve
 * 2nd is below Ethelton, where I want faded blue on the vertical, and solid red on the curve
 * 3rd is above Penrice Soda, where I want solid blue on the straight, and solid red on the curve

Help?

Thanks, Anothersignalman (talk) 11:55, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

York Road
Hi again! Hope you are well. I am sure you are v v busy but I wondered if you were still interested in this station ... if so you might want to have a very quick look at Talk:York Road tube station but if not interested/too busy please don't worry! Cheers DBaK (talk) 19:07, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

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Deletion of “MaxTV – Telling It Like It Is” article.
Dear AllisonW, could you please intervene in the deletion of an article MaxTV – Telling It Like It Is by. This deletion resulted in 1500 Facebook likes in protest of the deletion by the Polish community in Poland. MaxTV on YT has a combined number of 700 000 subscribers and per wiki rules par excellence deserves a separate article. The deleted article was well referenced - the deletion process was not proper. When public outcry ensued, a Facebook fan site of Max Kolonko– founder of MaxTV ( 460 000 likes ) operated by a user in Poland,  protested the deletion in a FB post. (which deleted the article) In her talk page called Max Kolonko– a “pseudo-journalist”, blames him for the FB post about her own actions and her rants on talk page insult a public figure whose biography and accomplishments she now edits. has also revealed on her talk page personal information about users who opposed the deletion for which she was reprimanded by an administrator and warned about being banned from Wikipedia. User’s bias is obvious. The user obviously doesn’t know Polish language in which many of the sources to the article were provided therefore she deletes instead of edits. It is my belief that the user should be banned from wiki community and/or definitely banned from further editing of articles related to Max Kolonko– since she’s now not impartial to the subject she edits. Please help to restore the article so that wiki users could provide their contributions to the subject. My reading of comments in Polish on FB indicate that people’s attempts to create a new MaxTV article are promptly blocked or deleted from Wikipedia. Please help. Media2000 (talk) 20:46, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * No, I won't - decision seems more than reasonable. Also, by not even managing to copy my user name correctly you didn't help your cause. --AlisonW (talk) 21:21, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

My apologies. Indeed it seems I turned to you for help enchanted more with your words rather than your name - My wish for Wikipedia "Is that people would spend less time on prettifying their userpages, or seeking to delete articles or useful information on pages, and actually spend their time here *adding* to "the sum of all human knowledge". Have a great day. Media2000 (talk) 00:32, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

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Women's Equality Party
Hi Alison. Thanks for creating the Women's Equality Party article. You might have seen that I'd added some references to the party on the Sandi Toksvig page. I was thinking about setting up an article on the party, but wasn't sure what the relevant notability guidelines were for political party articles. Anyway, they seem to be getting quite a bit of media coverage, so hopefully that establishes notability. I'll try to help out with the development of the article if I can. One issue that springs to mind is whether the article should be moved to Women's Equality Party (UK), as there appears to be a US party with the same name. Cordless Larry (talk) 17:46, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I tend to the view that as there isn't an existing article of a particular name then it is wrong to 'sub-define' it, plus the press and media coverage has been substantial for the UK Party so that is the clear 'leader' in such stakes (for the moment, at least). The number of good sources definitely establish notability by WP guideliness, and new information is growing rapidly. Thanks for your comments. --AlisonW (talk) 17:56, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I made that comment before checking Google again. When I searched for the party name last, most of the results were for the US party, but very quickly the British party is now dominating the search results. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:06, 5 May 2015 (UTC)