User talk:Trainsandotherthings

Your GA nomination of Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
The article Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company and Talk:Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 16:02, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Narragansett Pier Railroad
The article Narragansett Pier Railroad you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Narragansett Pier Railroad and Talk:Narragansett Pier Railroad/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 00:44, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
The article Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company for comments about the article, and Talk:Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 05:45, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Narragansett Pier Railroad
The article Narragansett Pier Railroad you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Narragansett Pier Railroad for comments about the article, and Talk:Narragansett Pier Railroad/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 01:02, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Vaoverland
I have a sinking feeling we're going to be rewriting a lot of articles in the Tidewater. This may be an opportunity to expand WikiProject Trains/Style advice and set up a standard model for this sort of work. Mackensen (talk) 22:00, 18 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Good point. I'll take a look at that page, it definitely needs some work. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 13:14, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Southern Pacific GP9E and GP9R
Dear @Trainsandotherthings.

Apparrently an article that was created by this mysterious "Australian railroad IP" has been draftified.

Article in question: Southern Pacific GP9E and GP9R

According to a quote stated by @Daniel, it is stated "Note that articles/drafts created prior to this closure cannot be deleted per this clause". Apparently someone has broken this rule and decided to draftify an article that was done prior to said closure. I would recommend you take action and message this said person that draftified the article and alert them with the quote that the article cannot be deleted.

If that article stays in draftspace for over 6 months, then it would get deleted.

Just giving you a heads up and/or alert about something that has happened to an article that was part of one of the reports that you got involved in.

Repeat, I'm just giving you a heads up.

- 59.102.3.140 (talk) 06:22, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:


 * with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
 * with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
 * with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
 * with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (,, and ) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you
Hello Trainsandotherthings,

More than 2 years ago, you put an edit on my user talk page teaching me how to use piped links on Wikipedia. You showed me kindness that made me decide to continue on my Wikipedia editing journey. Yesterday afternoon, I received extended-confirmed status. I just want to say thank you for what you did all those years ago. It may look like nothing, but it meant a lot to me. I hope you have a good rest of your day.

Sussybaka6000 (talk) 17:05, 8 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I'd long forgotten all about this message, but I'm touched to hear that it was meaningful to you and encouraged you to continue editing. I hope you'll be here to celebrate crossing 5,000 edits as well. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 00:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Narragansett Pier Railroad
Complex / Rational 00:03, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Sacred Cod
Sacred Cod has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Cpotisch (talk) 13:37, 21 July 2024 (UTC)