User talk:Psbridge

"Tom Thumb"
Thank you for your contribution to Tom Thumb (locomotive). I have some concerns to express:


 * Please visit the pages on Wikipedia formatting and article organization. You need to introduce sections to your submission and make sure that the various components appear in the proper order.
 * I am concerned that the addition represents copyrighted material. In general this is not permissible excepting use of proper licensing.
 * Reference to to an unpublished paper is not really permissible. In effect it converts the material to original research, which is not permitted. Of course, if you can justify the text through concrete citations to existing works that is acceptable (but the mention of the unpublished paper should be suppressed).

In Sagle's B&O Power there is another comparison between the museum's model and better reconstructions of the locomotive. I probably won't have time to consult this tonight but might be able to get to it tomorrow. I do recall that it has dimensions for both. I'm concerned in particular about the long discussion of Latrobe's testimony, because that section has a strong WP:OR feel. If the unpublished paper is your own, it would clearly qualify as original research and could not be used. Mangoe 21:03, 11 September 2006 (UTC)