HonestTom

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Minor Characters (The Railway Series)

Hi, I notice you have flagged the above page as requiring clean-up. What do you think needs doing to it? I am happy to do some more work to it, but am not sure what is required. Either reply on my talk page, or post on the WP Thomas page. Thanks Mdcollins1984 20:32, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

WP:THOMAS fair-use image crisis

Hi there, long time no hear...

You may be aware of the current push towards the effective elimination of non-free images within WP, especially from pages using multiple images. This has a potentially huge impact on the 'Thomas' pages, considering almost all the pictures are 'fair use'. So far, only List of Railway Series Books has been de-imaged (see its talk page for important initial discussions), but the bots are roaming about and delete-warning messages concerning screenshot images are already appearing on talk pages.

As I feel rather on my own at present, Project-wise, I have posted this here hoping for some moral(e) support (initially) and editing help (in the near future). I have posted a (probably too-) lengthy cry for help at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content#WikiProject Thomas and use of non-free images asking for guidance, since there are only three likely outcomes:

1. Non-free images are not allowed on 'list' pages: Current pages remain as they are, but without images. (only tidying required)
2. Non-free images ARE allowed on 'list' pages, but only in limited numbers: current character pages sub-divided into a greater number of smaller pages (lots of work, especially with redirects -- time for a bot!!)
3. Non-free screenshots/book covers ARE allowed, but only one-per-page: character pages to be split up as per main characters (humungous amount of work)

It is a sad state of affairs, but I think that the first of these is the only really likely outcome, since to retain the existing set of images also requires the application of individual 'fair use rationales' to all of the images. There's too much work for even two people, and I'm feeling pretty dis-spirited now.

I am going to drop a copy of this message on the talk pages for all the Project founders, and also drop a note on the Project talk page, where we should probably continue the discussion.

Regards -- EdJogg 12:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Family Guy invitation

Thanks for your recent edits to articles on Family Guy. If you are interested, the Family Guy WikiProject could use the help of a few sensible editors. / edg ☺ ★ 04:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thomas characters, revisited

Hi,

EdJogg and I are in the middle of a bit of a WP:THOMAS battle with a young editor who has big plans to overhaul and re-merge all of the Thomas characters again. If you are around, could you have a look and give some comments?

Best wishes –MDCollins (talk) 01:02, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Arlesdale Railway and others under threat

Hi. As noted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arlesdale Railway an editor has slated a swathe of Railway Series articles for deletion. Your assistance would be welcome!

EdJogg (talk) 02:35, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

AFD has been closed as 'Speedy Keep', since nominator was found to be a sockpuppet...

EdJogg (talk) 23:42, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

PBSKIDS

Hello HonestTom, thank you for your contributions on articles related to PBS Kids. I'd like to invite you to become a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject PBSKids, a WikiProject aimed at improving the quality of PBS Kids articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks!

Translation

Hello I have seen the WikiProject Thomas an I am impressed, however in the german Wikipeida is only one Thomas-article. So I want ask you: Could I join the WikiProject Thomas and translate it?
Hallo ich bin vom WikiProject Thomas beeindruckt, allerdings gibt es in der deutschen Wikipedia nur einen Thomas-Artikel. Daher wollte ich fragen: Kann ich dem Projekt beitreten und es übersetzten?
--Thomes3-3 (talk) 19:23, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

HonestTom has not been active at Wikipedia for some time.

Feel free to borrow and translate any pages you like, that is how WP is supposed to work. -- EdJogg (talk) 15:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Nomination of Arlesdale Railway for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Arlesdale Railway is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arlesdale Railway (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Hog Farm _Bacon 01:43, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mid Sodor Railway

The article Mid Sodor Railway has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) requirement. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant English-language coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:10, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Mid Sodor Railway for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mid Sodor Railway is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mid Sodor Railway until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Hog Farm _Bacon 02:43, 20 August 2020 (UTC)