User talk:CCMichalZ/Archive 2

Re: Locomotives infobox
Actually, that's something that I was thinking about recently for some of the North American locomotives and models that I've worked on (such as John Bull (locomotive), which I initially wrote and took through to WP:FA status). I haven't gotten very far in putting a suitable infobox together yet; the first task that I was going to do along these lines was to investigate the various infoboxes that are already used on articles here and on other wikis. I noticed the boxes on the Polish articles as I selected the fact for today's update to the Did you know section of Portal:Trains (and I used a fact from EU06 today). They look very similar to those that I've seen on similar British Rail locomotive articles.

As to design, I tend to take a more minimalist approach with colors. My first thought was to build something like Infobox Ship (as can be seen on USS Edson (DD-946)). Whatever we come up with for a design (which should probably eventually reside at Infobox Locomotive), I'd think that we should be able to use the same infobox when we're writing about an entire class of locomotive (like EMD GP30) or a single locomotive (like Union Pacific 1982). The only real issue that I could foresee is displaying different data for steam vs. diesel vs. electric; a steam locomotive's fire grate area specification, for example, doesn't apply when you're writing about a diesel or electric locomotive. I suppose this could be done with a large number of optional parameters like Infobox Ship, but I haven't looked at that template's code yet. Slambo (Speak) 18:52, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Since I've got some time while I wait for another project to compile, I've started experimenting with optional parameters in a template like Infobox Ship uses. My experimental template is at User:Slambo/Infobox Locomotive, and my usage test is at User:Slambo/Template usage test.  I've started it off with details for a steam locomotive, but plan to add in details for electric and diesel shortly. Slambo (Speak)  21:30, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

PKP trains
Sorry to stop your stirling work. As I understand - articles are usually "Class Z" with a capital "C", e.g. PKP Class EU06. This is how it is in the UK, it may be different in Poland? Our Phellap 20:26, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

PKP Intercity
Hey, good job on the PKP Intercity article! Looks great. All the best, – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 19:28, 18 January 2006 (UTC)