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Brent Cross West railway station photo

In answer to your question, my addition of {{photoreq}} to Talk:Brent Cross West railway station was before the addition of the new lead image (probably in response to my request tag), which has now greatly improved the article. Cnbrb (talk) 14:21, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Cnbrb:, I think I noticed that a bit after I removed the request, yes! Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 14:26, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Great Western Railway Table on Redhill Station Page

Good Evening, I was considering a possible edit to the table within the Redhill services table. As Some GWR services terminate at Redhill, to vastly improve accuracy, would it be worth adding in or Terminus to the Table under the GWR heading? I would do this myself but I am not sure how to change it so I can create it as italics and write 'or Terminus' as well as the font colour changes to Red when I complete the editing of the table. Your help would be greatly appreciated. What are your views? views? AvidWriter123 (talk) 18:39, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @AvidWriter123:, thanks for letting me know. I have made that change for you, but I wouldn't worry about the tables too much as they can be quite fiddly if you're new to them! Do let me know if you spot any others which could do with correcting though. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 18:56, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Great Western Railway Hyperlinking on Redhill Station

Hi again! I have just realised that in the service table on Redhill station GWR seems to be hyperlinked to the Isambard Kingdom Brunel (old) GWR not the current First Group reincarnation if that makes sense.:) AvidWriter123 (talk) 10:29, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks - just fixed it. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 12:26, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Ched[d]ington station

I have added a {{r from misspelling}} 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 14:43, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

New message from JalenFolf

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Thameslink § Removal of distinction. This is mostly in relation to a recent edit you made "fixing" FlyingScotsman's update, but I feel like there's more to this. Jalen Folf (talk) 05:37, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Edits in the class 50 wiki

Hi i noticed you reverted my edits in the class 50 wiki. They were about 50026 and 50021. All i did was update the out-dated facts. Can you clarify why this was done as i dont see any factual in-accuracy’s with my info. Thanks in advance. 2A04:4A43:4BCF:E191:2418:503D:A13F:8A1E (talk) 14:46, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, if you're User:Indomitable.50026 talking about the edits you made this afternoon, these edits would need to be added with a reliable source. See also WP:TRUTH. Hope that helps. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 15:08, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Class 50 post

Yeah i am 50026.indomitable im not logged in for some reason here. Thanks for your reply. Im still confused do i need to link sources somewhere because i know my edits are true as i work on both 50026 and 50021. there is evidence in the form of our facebook group and many videos on youtube. I know the info showing on wikapedia is old now and i wanted to change it so its not misleading. I do however see why you deleted as its the rules. Thanks again Your help is greatly appreciated 2A04:4A43:4BCF:E191:2418:503D:A13F:8A1E (talk) 15:32, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

455913

I was just reading your message on the other user's talk page and planning to revert myself when you did it for me. As a rule I would be sceptical of describing RTT as a definitive source, as you did in your reversion summary, because it blindly repeats its industry data sources and has been known to show allocations incorrectly in the past (applying the garbage in, garbage out principle). However, in this case at the very least, I lean towards agreeing with you that it is acceptable enough to use in overturning a statement that was itself unsourced. XAM2175 ^(T) 18:16, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:List of proposed railway stations in Scotland

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British Rail Class 508

You undid my edit on the class 508 page, it is well known which units have been sent to scrap, I was also correcting basic mathematics... I undid your edit, providing a source in the reason for change and someone has instanlty undone it. It doesn't need an inline source so i don't know where to go from here as I'm just tring to provide common knowledge to others but I'm not going to mess around constantly undoing other people unfailry undoing my very correct edits... Liaj22 (talk) 19:46, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, any changes to the "Fleet details" section of any unit's article needs to be supported by a reliable source. WP works on a policy of verifiability not truth. See also Help:Referencing for beginners. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 19:49, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

But I provided a reliable source the second time? The information is outdated, but i cant be bothered to try and help now. Enjoy inccorect and outdated information... Liaj22 (talk) 19:50, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

UK Rail Log is WP:UGC and also get's it's information from Wikipedia. Maurice Oly (talk) 20:29, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

well i give up. If you lot wont to allow outdated information, go for it. Look at how many times it been editied to include the recently scrapped fleet numbers, its clearly verifiable information. Clearly doesnt get its information from wikipedia since that page is around a year out of date now... Liaj22 (talk) 20:55, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

"No Source"

Hi Matt, I didn't believe the parts you edited need a source as I was just changing the basic mathematics by couting how many units were in each section. For example, under 508/2's "other" there are clearly 3 units listed but the number of units is being shown as 2, again under 508/1's "Merseyrail" there are only 23 units currently listed as operation? I dont know how you expect me to provide a source for being able to count the number of units that are being displayed on the page already? TransportKnowledge (talk) 09:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, if you want to add about 508140 being scrapped (as you put in your edit summary), then you'll need to provide a valid reliable source for this (see Help:Referencing for beginners for more information on this). Alternatively, if I misunderstood the edit, do let me know, it happens quite often! Hope that helps. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 09:10, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

508140 is already on the page as being listed as a scrapped unit. I was only removing it from the list of those currently in operation, as to remove confusion, since a unit cannot be both in service and scrapped. TransportKnowledge (talk) 09:12, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Ahh, apologies! I've reverted my edit now - thanks for letting me know and sorry once again for the oversight! Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 09:27, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

No worries, thank you for the quick responses :) TransportKnowledge (talk) 09:35, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

FYI: "oversight" has a specific meaning on Wikipedia (WP:SUPPRESS) so it's probably not the word you want to use in this circumstance ;) XAM2175 ^(T) 13:47, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Messiah

Fuguato is not a word, but fugato is, and actually closer to the music than fugue. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:50, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Apologies, I don't tend to dabble in music-related articles so wouldn't know! Thanks anyhow. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 11:13, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Class 802 revert

I don't think I'd go so far as describing the addition you reverted here as being vandalism. XAM2175 ^(T) 19:10, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Perhaps not, but it's certainly not true! Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 19:39, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Nevertheless, consider WP:VANDAL:

Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. ... Careful consideration may be required to differentiate between edits that are beneficial, edits that are detrimental but well-intentioned, and edits that are vandalism. If it is clear that an editor is intending to improve Wikipedia, their edits are not vandalism, even if they violate some core policy of Wikipedia. Mislabeling good faith edits "vandalism" can be harmful, as it makes users less likely to respond to corrective advice or to engage collaboratively during a disagreement. For that reason, avoid using the term "vandalism" unless it is clear the user means to harm Wikipedia ...

XAM2175 ^(T) 23:26, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

East Wet Mainline

If you don't like me doing COpy moved then do the move to East West Main Line yourself properly. No consensus was obtained to do the move in the first place. There was no discussion in Talk.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 12:52, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

You seem oblivious to the history of the page in the last couple of days. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_UK_Railways for the discussion, and an experienced editor like you ought to know better than to copy & paste content to another page. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 12:54, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

ANI

Since I mentioned you there I am obliged to notify you of the discussion:

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is User:Kitchen Knife. Thank you. Cheers Polyamorph (talk) 21:04, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Andover railway station (England)

Hi, thanks for your recent edits. As Andover railway station is an ambiguous title, it should redirect to the disambiguation page, not Andover railway station (England). Please see WP:DAB. 162 etc. (talk) 21:23, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Happy to agree on this one, actually. Thanks Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 21:28, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Makes sense, but be aware there'll be some cleanup needed and the station link {{stnlnk}} template will need its input parameters tweaking. 10mmsocket (talk) 22:29, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

I had disambiguated the links when the article was first moved, but was reverted. @Geof Sheppard: would appreciate if you self-reverted these, thank you. 162 etc. (talk) 23:31, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

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User:Buster7 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

Mattdaviesfsic is a relatively new editor that has been doing, as his talk page points out, "the work that all too often goes unappreciated". Well, that is exactly what this award was designed to do: give a deserving editor a pat on the back for a job well done. Matt is a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways focusing on Southeast UK railway station articles.

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 15:43, 26 November 2022 (UTC)