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Curious about a GA nomination
Mackensen,

You are a Wikipedian whom I admire greatly and really look up to, and I've really enjoyed all my interactions with you over the years. I've been contributing DYKs for quite some time now, and I know you have as well, but I was really inspired by your successful GA nomination of the article Turboliner a few months ago. Long story short, I've never successfully nominated an article for GA before, and I think that that should be my next step in my continued development as a Wikipedian. I'm curious if you might be interested in co-nominating an article with me, as I know you've had a few successful GA nominations in the past. I thought perhaps one of my previous railroad-related DYKs might be a good choice, namely Zephyrette or Zephyrette (train); I also have another DYK nomination on the GE steam turbine locomotives in the works right now. If you think another article (ie, not one I created) would be a better idea, I'd be game for that as well. And if you simply don't have the time for or interest in my proposition, I'll completely understand. I just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. All the best!

Michael Barera (talk) 21:05, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * First of all I'm flattered by your note and let me say that it's been a pleasure to work with you over the last few years. I'm interested, but let me acknowledge (and you can see from my recent contributions) that I'm busy in real life right now. A GA nomination is a somewhat solitary endeavor: once you've nominated the article it's up to the reviewer to provide feedback, to which you can then respond. You don't need my help for that, although I'd certainly participate during the review. As for which article to nominate I think all three are long enough but I'd worry about the reliance on non-published railfanning sources for the two Zephyrettes. The hardest part about getting Turboliner up to GA status was removing such sources (especially forum posts). That review was also unusually thorough. I think GE steam turbine locomotives is a strong candidate, although you'll want to add individual page numbers for the Solomon books. Are you familiar with Harvard-style notation (cf )? It's helpful in these cases, and easier on the reader than . All the best, Mackensen (talk) 14:44, 24 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much for your thoughtful response, Mackensen. I'll definitely be eager to proceed with a GA nomination, probably with GE steam turbine locomotives. All the best! Michael Barera (talk) 01:20, 25 May 2015 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. As you can see I'm looking over the sources for the turbine article now (I own Solomon's UP book, and can read the other on Google). I do have one concern so far relating to a potential GA nomination. The paraphrasing from Solomon's GE and EMD book is really close--phrases, concepts, structure. I think it could stand another rewrite, shortening the language and distilling Solomon's arguments. I may do so myself, but I mention it. Mackensen (talk) 14:20, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of Louisiana Soul
Questioning the rationale for deleting the Louisiana Soul page? Are you saying that every minor league in North America does not meet Wiki standards? Are you deleted the other Universal Basketball Association team pages that have far less information? Or the more than a dozen other "minor" leagues? How does one of these leagues actually meet standards? I've done work on several. TheScottDL (talk) 19:18, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't have any views on semi-pro basketball. The article was proposed for deletion by on June 5. Under that system an article is tagged and is deleted after seven days by an uninvolved administrator if no one objects. The objection doesn't have to be substantive; removing the tag is sufficient. By the same token, after the article has been deleted, it may be restored automatically on request. I've done so. Best, Mackensen (talk) 20:19, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * , I am the one that proposed Louisiana Soul to be deleted. When it comes to teams, the notability "standard" that Wikipedia uses is WP:ORG. A team is notable if it "has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources. Such sources must be reliable, and independent of the subject. A single independent source is almost never sufficient for demonstrating the notability of an organization." You can see WP:ORGDEPTH for an explanation of that. I proposed Louisiana Soul for deletion because I felt like that team didn't meet this criteria. There's a few sources, but most of them are primary sources (team twitter, website, etc.) and Youtube isn't a reliable source because anyone could add a Youtube video. I'd suggest reading over WP:RS, which explains how to identify whether a source is reliable. Then, go through the leagues that you've done work on and add the necessary sources so someone else doesn't propose them for deletion. Let me know if you have any questions because I'm here to help! Thanks, Tavix | Talk 16:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
 * - appreciate the explanation. Thank you. I will work on finding more sources. TheScottDL (talk) 22:22, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Merger discussion for List of Via Rail routes
An article that you have been involved in editing, List of Via Rail routes, has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. RES2773 (talk) 20:40, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Userfication request
Hi Mackensen, you recently deleted the page Melanie Maria Toney because of an expired prod. Could you please userfy that page for me? I'd like to work on it further and see if I can resubmit it. Juno (talk) 18:55, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Done: User:Juno/Melanie Maria Toney. Best, Mackensen (talk) 11:05, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The article wasn't an expired prod, it was PRODed and shortly thereafter I tagged it for CSD as a BLP violation, which is the rationale you cited upon deletion. Restoring it restores the BLP problem. Maybe a better way to go is for Juno to copy the material to work on it offline first? &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 14:04, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I'm traveling right now and not available to address the issue in depth. I have no objection to re-deleting on the grounds that it was properly deleted as a CSD, provided that Juno has been given an opportunity to make a copy of the article as he requested userfication in good faith. Mackensen (talk) 02:26, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

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The COI issues
Hi Mackensen. You wrote that you are not sure what the COI issues are. I work broadly on COI and advocacy issues in Wikipedia, mostly on issues raised at WP:COIN but elsewhere as I encounter them as well. COI issues are complicated here due to the very high value WP places on privacy/anonymity. (I have some thoughts on this on my userpage if you are interested). Because of that, I generally handle COI issues in a relational, non-confronting way - as education more than enforcement. This approach generally works well - people are generally happy to cooperate to ensure that Wikipedia content is neutral and the public can trust us.

One of the thornier aspects of COI, is when editors come to Wikipedia who are primarily interested in promoting their own RW publications and views. This happens pretty frequently. Many experts start out this way and then learn to broaden their approach and become very valued contributors. Some experts come here intent only on promoting their own papers or views, and end up leaving when they cannot do what they wanted to. Our essay WP:EXPERT provides a great orientation for new experts, if you are not aware of it.

I first encountered Praeceptor on Bowman v. Monsanto Co.... what started as a discussion and unheated content dispute turned.. difficult when I realized that this was a case of an expert citing himself and giving lots of WEIGHT to his own views, which on that case are somewhat idiosyncratic. Situations where COI and content disputes mix have a great danger of going sideways and I generally avoid getting involved in specific content when I am communicating with an editor about their COI and vice versa. So in this case, i raised it as gently as I could on their Talk page. GregJackP got upset about that, and has taken the view that I am trying to push Praeceptor away, neither of which is what I am trying to do. In my view Praeceptor is kind of borderline - does some very good work, but doesn't pay enough mind to OR and VERIFY and tends to give too much WEIGHT to his own views. I am hopeful he will become one of those experts who come fully in line with our policies and guidelines; that would be wonderful.

Working on COI can be controversial, for many reasons. An editor with whom I addressed a COI issue just raised a case about it at Arbcom (!) and at the same time, a case was opened at ANI about other COI matters and I others were working on. At arbcom one of the arbs suggested I step back from COI matters for a while to get community feedback, and I agreed to do that. That is what GregJackP was referring to on the Talk page.

Hope that explains what is going on. Jytdog (talk) 17:52, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox station/Header CTA
Template:Infobox station/Header CTA has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Alakzi (talk) 19:02, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

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Twilight Shoreliner image
I just came across this image which was miscategorized on Commons. I've tentatively identified it as the Twilight Shoreliner; I don't believe there was any other NEC service operating at the time that would have had two MHCs and a baggage car. However, that doesn't jive with the text of the article, which claims the MHCs and baggage cars went away in 2001. Got any suspicions whether it's my ID, the uncited article, or the claimed date of the photo that's wrong? Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:12, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Peter Van den Bossche takes fantastic pictures, doesn't he? He's pretty reliable so I'd believe the date. We have other 2002 pictures from him in Boston so it fits. I think it's much more likely that the claim in our article is erroneous railfan lore. The time's an odd fit. Per this you'd expect a northbound Twilight Shoreliner in after 6 AM. Local sunrise in Boston in April 2002 was 5:44 AM. If the camera was GMT maybe it's plausible that it's just late and it's cloudy. The thing is, this could also be a Fast Mail. I've no idea what one looked like. The defining characteristic of a Twilight Shoreliner is the branded Viewliner, and we can't see one on this photo. Most images I've seen do show the sleeper on the back. See also, which has a very similar picture to Peter's, complete with MHC in 2003 (and I think an Amfleet in Capstone livery). Mackensen (talk) 01:34, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, great find on that picture. I knew you were the right person to ask. GMT plus a late train fits the provided time stamp; the Fast Mail didn't arrive until around 11am if I recall which wouldn't match anything (the shadows also indicate mid-morning). Based on what you found, I'm comfortable labeling it as the Twilight Shoreliner. Now I wish I could fix the article, but finding sources other than ten-year-old listservs is proving difficult. I don't have near as good an Amtrak reference collection as I do for the MBTA. Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 01:24, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It's on my long-term to-do list but yeah, there isn't much. Mackensen (talk) 02:10, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Secondarywaltz
What was your involvement in the switch-over of Michigan Amtrak station infoboxes by Secondarywaltz out of curiosity? What he did was not consistent with other Amtrak station pages on wiki, and not only that, but some of the replacements he did for the lines aren't even correct. For instance, he lists all stations on the Blue Water service northeast of Battle Creek as being on the Michigan Line, when they are in fact not on that line. So, he didn't even get the changes he sought to make correct. Is there a way to convince him to revert this, or will I have to get into a reversion war? This was totally unacceptable to do unilaterally. --Criticalthinker (talk) 13:57, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * No involvement beyond having both those articles and his talk page on my watchlist. Mackensen (talk) 19:41, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. We are now cooperating and your input is always welcome. Secondarywaltz (talk) 20:13, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

The Mackensen on Simple is an impostor.
The big user account unification may have made this claim on your user page obsolete? Bazj (talk) 12:26, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It did, yes. Thanks. Mackensen (talk) 19:41, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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DYK
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Re:Washington and Old Dominion Railway
Admins have a degree of leeway when it comes to csd which is given so that we can prosecute an article to the best of our ability based on the evidence at hand. I believe that you you know what I'm talking about, since you are also an admin. In my case, when dealing with deletions tagged as copyright violations, I make my decision on how to proceed based largely on the history of the article: if there is sufficient history to suggest that the article could be salvaged, I prefer to tag as a copyright violation and let the CIU deal with it, but if its a new page and the history is entirely copyright violation-related material I'll axe. In this case, lacking the context you provided, I can see why the deletion was the more preferable of the two options, however its possible that the two vague similar articles will continue to co-exist if the copyright can be addressed. I've seen two similar articles on subject material co-exist for years here - Bikini atomic experiments and Operation Crossroads, and for reasons that escape me they got along fine until just recently. I should think if the copyright gets cleaned up the other two articles will get along fine as well.

As an added bonus here though, if the material is in a constant low level edit war, this could help close the war by allowing admins to catch one of the two parties repeatedly attempting to re-add copyrighted material, which would be grounds for a permanent block. If such a course of action nets us a permanent solution to an ongoing problem then it could be worth it to take the long route as opposed to the short route. All the same, if you want to re-tag for csd and wait for a deletion-minded admin to come along, I'd be ok with that too. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:48, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I hope you'll understand, based on my initial reply, why I've reinstated the deletion tag. There's only one subject, shared between two articles. This article started as a copy/paste move, which was then overwritten with copyvios. The responsible user has been banned. We're now cleaning up the mess: Contributor copyright investigations/Oanabay04. Deletion is the only possible outcome under the copyright cleanup procedures. Best, Mackensen (talk) 23:53, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Revert on California Zephyr
Rather than just revert my edit to this page could you please add citation needed where these references are requested. It will make it more obvious where they should be solved. To me it's currently not clear how to contribute to better an already good article and given that banner has been there since 2013 I figure I'm not alone! :) Jdlrobson (talk) 15:40, 1 September 2015 (UTC) Jdlrobson (talk) 15:40, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/678659194) Jdlrobson (talk) 15:41, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * This really belongs on the talk page of the article, but there are whole paragraphs which are uncited. Rather than clutter them up with tags I think it's best to with the general tag. Best, Mackensen (talk) 00:43, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Adirondack Railway (1976–1981)
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Adirondack Railway (1976–1981)
The infobox gives the line length as 118 miles; however, the KML that I'll be adding shortly is 141 miles. Is the 118 miles only from Remsen to Lake Placid? if so, we might want to distinguish between the length of track owned, and the length of service. Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 01:09, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, because the infobox is more about the company than the service. On reflection that doesn't make sense, but I was writing short-line stubs at the time and that's where my head was. Swapping in might make more sense. Alternatively, the text could state the actual lengths in play (it does mention the trackage rights between Utica and Remsen). Good catch! Mackensen (talk) 12:24, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Revert?
Hi Mackensen, I've just got a notification that says " Your edit on [Unknown probably deleted page] has been reverted by Mackensen. [Unknown probably deleted page] ",

I'm obviously assuming it was the talkpage but why was I reverted ? .... Just a bit confused there, Cheers, – Davey 2010 Talk 13:27, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I screwed up. I was going to decline the speedy, then saw the comment in the closing statement. I reverted myself and deleted the talk page. Sorry about that. Mackensen (talk) 15:51, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah okay no worries we all cock up here - If only we were all perfect eh, Anyway thanks & Happy editing :) – Davey 2010 Talk 21:04, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Copyright Violation possible fix
Hi, and thank you for fixing all the copyright violations on train articles. I am about to get the book by Drury, that the violations came from. If I paraphrase the stuff from the book, and add other information from newspapers, and train websites and so on, would it still be a copyright violation? Thanks for what you have done. Take your time to answer. --Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:17, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * In general the approach you describe is fine; I myself have used Drury. The issue in this case is that entire paragraphs were copied wholesale. It's important to avoid close paraphrasing. See for example Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad, which I rewrote using Drury and other sources. Mackensen (talk) 22:29, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Mackensen Please contact offline. Question RE: Contributor copyright investigations/Oanabay04. Cheers 66.161.120.11 (talk) 21:35, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Surely the question can be asked publicly? If not, please register an account and send me an internal email. Mackensen (talk) 21:51, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It occurs to me that creating an account might raise certain difficulties. Email sent. Mackensen (talk) 22:03, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Precisely. I anticipated that. 66.161.120.11 (talk) 17:40, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Message received. I will consider this. Mackensen (talk) 12:31, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly. 66.161.120.11 (talk) 17:40, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

File redirects
Any chance you could look over recent file moves and do a little cleanup (mostly checking usages got updated)? Thanks Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:09, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:DisraeliRef
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TAFI
If you want to you can please review my noms at TAFI. I need some more input. Thanks. Today's articles for improvement/Nominations.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:09, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election
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Acela
I am the user that just edited the Amtrak Acela page. It is not high speed rail. It travels the 456 miles from Boston to Washington in 7 hours which is 65.1 mph. You can say the train cars are high speed, but the track, bridges, tunnels and overhead lines are what is limiting the system. The infrastructure is old, over 100 years old in some places. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.227.0.251 (talk) 10:19, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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You've been quoted
See this opinion by Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson at page 21, footnote 7. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:45, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Heavens. I certainly wasn't expecting that. Mackensen (talk) 21:55, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Kemil Road (NICTD station)
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Roger Putas photographs
Marty Bernard, the curator of Roger Putas' gigantic photograph collection, is releasing them into the public domain on flickr. It might be worth dumping the whole collection on Commons into a cleanup category - every image is good quality and worth having. I'll certainly transfer all the MBTA images regardless. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:55, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Ditto the Amtrak images. These look fantastic, though I'm unsure of some of the dates. Mackensen (talk) 14:25, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I did File:CRI&P 751 (AB6) at Joliet, IL on October 16, 1966.jpg as a test. I decided on PD-heirs as the most accurate description. Mackensen (talk) 16:32, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Matt Campbell (American football coach)
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Voat.co
Hello! I saw you deleted the article about Slimgur.com (20:31, 13 June 2015 Mackensen (talk | contribs) deleted page Slimgur (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)), so my suggestion is to take a look about Voat.co (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voat) -- the article looks also promotional + it's ranked already 11 000+ in Alexa.com (i.e. less visitors) and I think it's insignificant for Wikipedia.

Сароман (talk) 16:14, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * You're free to nominate it for deletion. As the deleting administrator for Slimgur I was acting on another editor's nomination, and that article looks nothing like Voat. Mackensen (talk) 20:14, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!
On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
I did not see that thing about Robert Clarke (I wonder if there will be a confirmation in the future, only time will tell but who knows), thank you! 73.240.105.185 (talk) 20:04, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I was somewhat disappointed myself--it really would have been cool for a B-movie veteran like Clarke to be in that scene. Mackensen (talk) 22:48, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

TFA
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Arizona Bowl
You shouldn't have deleted the sideline reporter from the Arizona Bowl. Monica McNutt WILL be the sideline reporter for the game. Do you know where 506sports gets their bowl game info from? ME! I have supplied 98% of ALL collegiate broadcast assignments ALL SEASON. Before trying to be pompous about it by relying on an OUTDATED resource, you should ask where the information was shared. In this case, the Arizona Bowl THEMSELVES said Monica McNutt has been added as a sideline reporter, and they did so on Sunday. Next time CONTACT the individual who made the change instead of assuming it is incorrect.

As for where teh Arizona Bowl made the announcement, you can view it here on their official Twitter account. It is on this same Twitter account that they announced Los Lobos is the Halftime Entertainment.Bigddan11 (talk) 22:29, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I've opened a discussion at Talk:2015 Arizona Bowl. Best, Mackensen (talk) 23:46, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Matt Campbell (American football coach)
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About "Hi-Level"
Hello, I am にび三郎(Nibi Saburo in English). I want you ask you about your revert at Hi-Level.

| You reverted my edit at Hi-Level, which was adding a image of a Amtrak's Pacific Parlour Car. I think that image file is helpful because there are no Hi-level fleets in regular service except them now. So I added that image at the History#Amtrak section, which refers to the Pacific Parlour Car.

Could you tell me why do you think that my edit is "not fit"? --にび三郎 (talk) 15:00, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello! It's a question of spacing. On a normal resolution computer the image flows into the Notes section, which doesn't look right to me. There's already an interior image of the Parlour Car in the article, and if someone wants to see more images there's a linked curated gallery on Commons at Hi-Level_passenger_cars. That was my reasoning, at any rate. I wouldn't be opposed to replacing the Heartland Flyer image with the Parlour Car image, but I do think there's value in showing the Hi-Levels mixed in with Superliners. Best, Mackensen (talk) 15:40, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello. Thank you for your reply and I'm sorry for late of my reply. I could understand what means "not fit", and I also don't think the "Heartland Flyer" image should be removed. So I tried another way to show both images. Please see my sandbox. On my new plan, I'd like to show both images at the end of the section by using tag. How about this idea? --にび三郎 (talk) 08:04, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK
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Sam Pilgrim
Why did you delete this page? Rileyschneider (talk) 06:10, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mackensen: I see Sam Pilgrim was 2013 FMB World Tour Champion. Was that claim of significance in the article? perhaps you would consider restoring it as a draft? Rileyschneider is new and just starting to learn about referencing, but all his other articles so far have been on notable mountain bikers. Yngvadottir (talk) 12:29, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The entirety of the article was "Sam Pilgrim (June 4, 1990) is a professional mountain bike rider from Colchester, UK. In 2013 he placed 3rd at Red Bull Joyride in Whistler, B.C." tagged it for deletion on the grounds that the article didn't assert a claim of notability. I agreed, and deleted it. There's nothing presumptively notable about being a professional mountain bike rider. There's nothing in the article as written about being the 2013 FMB World Tour Champion, nor a description of what that is. (Help me out here, I'm an American football fan but know nothing about competitive biking). There's not much to restore here. I'm happy to undelete in the article namespace with the understanding that  will quickly add some cited information supporting a claim of notability. Best, Mackensen (talk) 15:59, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * FMB World Tour, Freeride Mountain Bike Association, apparently formed in 2010, but our Freeride article doesn't mention it. Don't look at me, I'm not a sports fan at all; I've just been finding sources for Rileyschneider's recent articles. Looks as if it's up to you now. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:31, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

So if you know nothing about mountain biking, why do you bother deleting my article? Rileyschneider (talk) 01:15, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * That's not really how any of this works. I know enough to know that someone who placed third in a single bike race isn't, on the face of things, notable. I offered above to restore the article if you were prepared to add more information which would explain to people like me (who don't know much about biking) why Pilgrim is notable. Best, Mackensen (talk) 01:22, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Elkhorn Grade Electrification
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DYK for N&W LC-1
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Fictional conflict infobox
Can you please restore the fictional conflict infobox template? It looks identical to the military conflict infobox, but there are some differences in the technical side. In at least one instance, the use of the military conflict infobox for fictional conflicts has skewed some statistical analysis programs that someone was using for an off-wiki research project. I'm not sure how the programs worked, but I think by switching over to this template would prevent such an occurrence again.-- 3family6 ( Talk to me  &#124;  See what I have done  ) 05:29, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
 * There were only two instances of the fictional template and there were no differences between the two--it simply called the other template. Someone's offsite research project doesn't seem like a great reason to maintain a wrapper, especially given the low usage of the template. Mackensen (talk) 14:39, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

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George Woshingtin
Hi Mackensen, I saw your comments about George Woshingtin at DRV. I just wanted to suggest that it may have taken so long to delete that because of the looser run of the place in 2004. Now we have WP:RFDO, which indicates that redirects with multiple typos are typically deleted (WP:RTYPO). You're always welcome to contribute there and at RfD. --BDD (talk) 14:55, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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Hayward station (Amtrak)
So, who among us wants to tackle Hayward station (Amtrak) and Hayward railway station? Would you like the honors? Or perhaps ? If neither of you do, I'd be willing to tackle them... Also, should they just be boldly moved, or should another WP:RM be put in?... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:42, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Don't waste time talking. Just do it! Secondarywaltz (talk) 21:50, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've tried to tread very carefully with the UK-named stations. They do have first-mover advantage and in most cases are the PRIMARYTOPIC (obviously not in these cases). Mackensen (talk) 21:55, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, I've moved the BC station to Hayward, British Columbia railway station. I haven't moved the California station yet because it looks like it'll have to go to Hayward station (California) – if there's no objection to that (there's no UK-related station in this case), I'll move that one as soon as I get the go-ahead here. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:57, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Unnecessary in this case--there's both the Amtrak station and a BART station. Mackensen (talk) 22:11, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, are you saying the Amtrak station (and, FTR, it's less an "Amtrak" station than it is a "Capitol Corridor" station...) article doesn't need to be moved? Or that it can be moved to "Hayward station" because the BART station article is already disambiguated?... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 22:15, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm saying that the Capitol Corridor station (it's more Amtrak than anything else) is where it should be and nothing should moved to Hayward station (California) because the title is ambiguous. The BART article still needs to move at some point. Mackensen (talk) 22:21, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Hi, you have moved Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England without discussion and left the edit summary "proper title case". The official title of the journal is "Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England" and so this would appear the proper title case, as per WP:NCBOOKS. Would you please undo this move and discuss on the talk page if you feel a move is desirable? Drchriswilliams (talk) 17:21, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The move was requested by and he indicated it was uncontroversial (via ). I have no views on the correct title and have no objection to it moving back. Mackensen (talk) 18:13, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the additional background information. I don't think that this move is uncontroversial. I appreciate the importance of avoiding the use of capital letters where it is inappropriate. changed the capitalisation of the name in the lead of this article earlier today, describing the change as "ce", by which I assume they mean copy edit. After this I had made several edits to try and update information on the page, including restoring the capital T for the mid-title instance of "The". Perhaps  had not understood that the name of the article was representing a proper name. WP:NCCAPS recognises that capitals appearing as part of a proper name is not an improper use. Drchriswilliams (talk) 18:47, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * We put journals in titlecase regardless of how they style themselves. This is why Physica Status Solidi is there, and not at physica status solidi (which is how they style themselves). The 'the' should be uncapitalized. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 18:55, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You say "We" but this approach doesn't seem to have made is way into the various bits of policy affecting journal titles, including WP:WikiProject Academic Journals/Writing guide which says "The article should be located at the official full name of the journal". Drchriswilliams (talk) 19:23, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * That's because that's covered by WP:CAPS, but sure I'll add the note in WP:JWG. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 21:25, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've moved the article back to its original location; further discussion should take place on the talk page. Mackensen (talk) 20:07, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks both, I have put a note on the talk page of the article that I hope summarises the issues raised here. Please feel free to continue the discussion over there. Drchriswilliams (talk) 23:03, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Ryan J. Davis
Hi, I just noted that you deleted this article. However, I had previously removed the PROD tag which was restored out of process by an IP. --Randykitty (talk) 22:49, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * My mistake; I should have checked the page history. Article restored. Mackensen (talk) 22:56, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hi-Level
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hi-Level you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. 333-blue 08:36, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hi-Level
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Your GA nomination of Hi-Level
The article Hi-Level you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hi-Level for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Concertmusic -- Concertmusic (talk) 00:41, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, Mackensen. I'm glad you asked for a re-review; it must be far more satisfying to have a GA now that a full review has been done. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:09, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks again to both of you for your prompt and generous assistance. I've found that I really do enjoy the engagement and collaboration that come with a thorough GA review. Mackensen (talk) 01:11, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

About your deletion of the Brough Family Organization
I've been informed that you recently deleted the Brough Family Organization. After viewing the debate page I believe there was no "consensus to delete" the page and therefore wonder why you deleted it. If one goes online and uses Google or Bing to search for the Brough Family Organization (or Richard Brough Family Organization) he or she will find multiple references and publications referring to the organization. In fact the organization hosts a "Publicity" page that contains links to some of these sources: http://www.broughfamily.org/publicity.html. Please reconsider your earlier decision and reinstate the page. Rcbrough (talk) 13:02, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I disagree; there was a clear consensus to delete at Articles for deletion/Brough Family Organization (2nd nomination). That the same IP address made three separate keep arguments doesn't change that. Editors who participated in the discussion didn't find the organization notable. The IP made various assertions but didn't offer any evidence to support them. I couldn't have closed the debate any other way, and I decline to reverse myself. If you like, your next step would be to challenge the outcome at Deletion review. Best, Mackensen (talk) 13:20, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

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Southwest Chief
I'd say that the accident is notable enough to be mentioned. As far as I can tell, it is the first derailment. Possibly not notable enough for an article on the limited information available at the moment. Mjroots (talk) 13:05, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I disagree. It's a derailment. It's probably a one-day disruption in service for a train which has run since at least 1974, and in a sense since the 1930s depending on your point of view. It's also in no way the first derailment; the Southwest Limited derailed in October 1979 (that one actually killed two people). Coverage of this incident will be routine. Mackensen (talk) 14:41, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok, we disagree. Will take to talk. Mjroots (talk) 15:29, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

SLE rolling stock
You're doing some absolutely great work digging up sources on these, but I'm not sure that some of your table removals were necessary. I think having images in the table is good - they serve as a nice visual reference that wouldn't fit as inline images in the section - and I'd like to keep the build date column in addition to the acquisition date. I know having unit numbers is somewhat contentious as to Wikipedia not being a foamer guide, but I'd also like to think about including those. I've certainly found that listing useful for MBTA Commuter Rail when it comes to identifying locomotives in the photos I'm putting on Commons. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 16:59, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Your points are well-taken and I've restored road numbers and build year (when known, still hunting for the Mafersa coaches). Roster sections attract the worst sort of trivial foaming and I want to keep it out if at all possible. I think in lieu of the 100x100 images I'd like to see a couple proper thumbnails showing the SLE in action. The article's not hurting for images after all. Mackensen (talk) 17:18, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
 * As it develops, five of the Mafersas are on the QIT-Fer et Titane, next to the old Tempos. Who knew? Mackensen (talk) 00:42, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for re-adding those. I can compromise on the images given that there's enough space in the article for thumbnails of all the equipment elsewhere (compared to MBTA for example, where there's no way you'd properly integrate almost two dozen equipment images). So the QIT operates a rail service? I can't find anything about it with a quick search. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:02, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Work trains, as I understand it--not public-facing. See this article in Branchline (pages 3-6). I only know about it from scraping together the Tempo article. Mackensen (talk) 03:18, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

I just nominated the article for GA status (with an eye towards FA later); I believe it's now ready. I'm going to review a few articles myself. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:07, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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Deletion review for Template:J
User:Wikid77 has asked for a deletion review of Template:J. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Cryptic 19:35, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * thanks for the heads-up. Mackensen (talk) 00:28, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

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