User talk:Bk1 168

Policy

Dear editors, I will impose a new policy for my discussion page:

Entries that are repeatedly posted here without any evidence for their relationship to reality are not relevant to Wikipedia, because Wikipedia describes how the reality is, not how it could be or how it should be etc. Especially I will remove any entries about changes of railroad gauges, about transcontinental tunnels/bridges, about changes of railroad electrification systems or about correlation between nordic/meditarrenean race and railroad technologies, unless they come with a link to a serious web page that supports the entry.

On the other hand, I am glad about new and interesting discussion, that have at least some relevance for improving Wikipedia.--Bk1 168 (talk) 17:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Welcome!

Some cookies to welcome you!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Bk1 168! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Thank you! I am active in some other Wiki-based projects, so I should know the basics about how to use the media-wiki-software, the common concepts of Wikiquette etc. But I do have to learn the specifics of the en.wikipedia.org-Wiki, where I have just started some minor activities. What might interest me is how to perform a translation of an existing article in another xx.wikipedia.org to the English Wiki.--Bk1 168 (talk) 08:53, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Talk pages

Whilst I might sympathise with yoru comments here, we only very rarely re-factor or remove comments from talk pages, even if the point of the comment is clearly not going to go any further in terms of the main article. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I agree with you. The problem was, that we really had comments that just repeated the same statement over and over again, without adding any new aspects or any evidence. So for me it is already a very rare exception. But I'll be very careful when considering removal from talk pages in the future, or leave that to others. For my own talk page I will actually follow the policy stated above.--Bk1 168 (talk) 11:38, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your hard work - even when your patience is being worn down :-) bobrayner (talk) 23:06, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

I must admit that 80% of my effort for the English-language Wikipedia was checking and deleting or silently accepting edits of 121.x.x.x. So indeed I was starting to sympathize with users who deleted partly legitimate edits by this 121.x.x.x, just because the filtering of his/her edits consumed so many resources that could be useful for actually enhancing the Wikipedia, much more than the few enhancements of 121.x.x.x. But he/she is banned for three months now, so lets do something useful during that time. ;-) --Bk1 168 (talk) 21:30, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

I think our friend may have returned: [1]. I don't want to take any formal action yet, let's see if they are being more constructive. bobrayner (talk) 11:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

rail gauges

Proposed gauges and current gauges are not same. 58.138.45.84 (talk) 03:17, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Proposed and current gauges

• Afghanistan: current no railway networks - proposed 1676mm, 1524mm in the northern part, 1435mm in Iran-Herat
• Canada: current 1435mm - proposed 1676mm
• United States: current 1435mm - proposed 1676mm, 1524mm in the Bering crossing
• Norway (north of Narvik): current no railway networks - proposed 1524mm
• Spain (RENFE, except AVE): current 1668mm - proposed 1435mm
• Portugal: current 1668mm - proposed 1435mm

58.138.45.84 (talk) 03:29, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I thought you are blocked? Please, leave your broad-gauge-conversion stuff away from Wikipedia, unless you have really strong evidence.--Bk1 168 (talk) 12:24, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

new railway lines in no railway area, change from standard to broad, and change from broad to standard 58.138.45.84 (talk) 21:56, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Afghanistan and Bering crossing to be broad: Russian gauge/Indian gauge direct connection in Alaska and northern Afghanistan, Bering Strait Tunnel will be Russian tunnel, Alaska, Canada and the continental United States changing to Indian gauge.

Spain, Portugal, Nigeria and Gibraltar crossing to be standard: Spain and Portugal changing to standard gauge, Spain-Nigeria via Gibraltar Tunnel standard gauge rail link.

1435mm is too narrow for US and Canada. 1668mm is too wide for Spain and Portugal. Iberian gauge (1668mm) should be eliminated.

58.138.45.84 (talk) 23:15, 21 August 2010 (UTC)