User talk:Fintan264

I got bollocked loads for image copyright vios in the old days. Check them out if you really want here. Fintan264 (talk) 21:20, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My second archive is here Fintan264 (talk) 12:02, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have some images of the North Eastern Power Stations which may be of interest. My name is Robert Forsythe. I do contribute to Wiki and I am easy find if you google Robert Forsythe Prudhoe or look at www.forsythe.demon.co.uk Not sure whether you can be directly emailed from here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robertforsythe (talk • contribs) 13:12, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've finished the review now and put it on hold to allow time for the issues to be addressed. Just let me know when you think you're done and I'll look through again. Good luck. Malleus Fatuorum 19:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that once we've sorted out the licensing for the image in the lead then we can probably wrap this up. If I were in your position I'd go for making a fair-use claim, but it's your choice of course. Malleus Fatuorum 20:01, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi... I noticed your edit to Cowes Power Station today. I'm not finding any references that suggest that the Cowes Power station is also known as the Kingston Power Station. Can you provide a reference to that? Thanks! Wikipelli ^Talk 04:16, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've put your GA nomination on hold. You have a week or so to fix the issues I found. good luck. Utinsh (talk) 10:53, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just promoted the nomination. Congratulations, nice and tidy article. Utinsh (talk) 20:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the swift promotion. Fintan264 (talk) 22:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. It's nice to see someone interested in trying to improve it, after all the trouble there's been with the thing and the state it was in before we started cleaning it up. Don't suppose you have Darlington-related book sources? I've got the article pretty well written and cited, but only working with online sources and the odd newspaper article, I'm sure it could be improved with input from a published history of the club or whatever. One thing though, please could I suggest that if a citation only covers the first half of a sentence, you don't move it to the end. You have done in a few cases, and it makes it look like it verifies the whole sentence when it doesn't. thanks, Struway2 (talk) 15:49, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's a question of verifiability rather than layout. There's no problem with having the refs at the end of the sentence, so long as you have all that apply. Imagine two sentences like

They signed Smith in March,[ref a] and went on to finish 12th. The next season they were relegated.[ref b]

where [ref b] verifies them finishing 12th and being relegated the next season. If you just move [ref a] to the end of the first sentence

They signed Smith in March, and went on to finish 12th.[ref a] The next season they were relegated.[ref b]

it looks like [ref a] verifies both signing Smith and finishing 12th, when it doesn't. Making it

They signed Smith in March, and went on to finish 12th.[ref a][ref b] The next season they were relegated.[ref b]

would be correct, but would be even messier.

As to GA, I'd have finished off the stadium section and taken it to GA myself if it wasn't for the stability criterion: "it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute". Don't know if you've read the talk page and the edit history, but pretty well every day it wasn't protected over the last couple of years it did change significantly, so it's long-term protected for a reason. Maybe that wouldn't be a problem, but it put me off. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 17:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, see post I made at [1]. Please post any comments there. Regards. Eldumpo (talk) 15:06, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fintan, you request that I provide citations for the various edits I've made to Manors, Neptune Bank and Carville power stations. I have been researching the history of electric supply in the north east and the electric railways of the NER for more than fifty years. Virtually all of my information in terms of my edits is derived from the NESCO and M&M collections in the Tyne & Wear Archives Service (TWAS). I and a colleague completed earlier this year the cataloging of the Newcastle Corporation Transport (NCT) collection for TWAS, which contains the material for the NCT Manors power station, as well as cataloging some new material for the M&M collection. I would suggest that a generic reference is added to all the NESCO-operated power stations pointing to the various TWAS collections. TWAS do provide a pretty good online catalogue, so I feel it is not unreasonable to expect anyone researching these topics to do a bit of legwork for themselves. I'm not sure if details of the NCT collection have been made public yet, but it represents several weeks of intensive work at TWAS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pandondene (talk • contribs) 13:45, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Forgive me if I am wrong in this, but I am beginning to suspect that you only have access to the sources through Google snippet view. While I won't hold this against you in the GA, you should be aware that this is a rather dodgy way of sourcing articles. While an odd snippet might be useful, relying heavily on them without other sources to confirm can lead to serious errors with information being taken out of context. I have heard some editors argue that one should not use any source that one has not read in its entirety. As I say, it is not going to stop the GA, but just so you know. SpinningSpark 07:18, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll hold my hands up now and say yes I do only access those articles through Google snippet view, but I do so in such a way that I get the majority of the information in the articles, and only contribute to Wikipedia from the information gained if I have it in enough context. Fintan264 (talk) 15:55, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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		Thanks Fintan264 for helping to promote Kepier power station to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give some a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil © • © 00:18, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 18:18, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I noticed you listed yourself as a participant of the Energy WikiProject.

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if you spot missing topics, add them in.

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P.S.: see also Outline of energy

Hi Fintan. I've been looking again at Stella power stations. It's good. (It always has been good.) There's just one bit I don't understand, viz:

By the mid-1980s closure of the stations was being considered, and in 1984, was considered for a combined heat and power scheme.

There's a link to a source, but unless I misunderstand, the link only displays the cover and a very few other pages of a publication whose p.15 is cited. Anyway, whether or not my inexperience with Google is to blame, I can't view the source and therefore have to ask you about this. My guess at what this means

By the mid-1980s closure of the stations was being considered, and its conversion into part of a combined heat and power scheme was also briefly considered in 1984.

But this could be very wrong. Morenoodles (talk) 08:33, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, please forgive the unsolicited spam. I'm hoping to establish a regular Wikipedia meetup in Newcastle, the first of which is to be held on 15 September. Since you're in Category:Wikipedians in Tyne and Wear, I hoped you might be interested. If you can make it, please do sign up on Meta, and if you can't make this one but would be interested in future Newcastle meetups, please add your name to the "apologies" section so we know there's interest. Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Fintan,

I'm brand new to wikipedia but wanted to get in touch regarding your articles on power generation in the North East. I'm currently working on a project to create an accessible store in the Discovery Museum to showcase our collections related to electrical engineering and was sort of hoping there may be some way of collaborating. Part of the project is giving the collections an online presence and wikipedia seems the best place to make that happen. I have access to a seemingly unlimited supply of images and resources and it's difficult to know where to start. I noticed in your to-do list there is reference to a 'South Shields Power Station' article. We have the original switchgear from this power station in our collection and I could provide you with images of this and access to literature about it in our library. Let me know if you're interested.

Cheers

Toni TWAMToniFord (talk) 08:50, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Fintan Just to say as the recently in post Tyne & Wear Museums Wikimedian in residence that I think you will find Toni's interest in the power stations really useful to your interests. I know we have not met yet but maybe on the 15th September as I have also put that in the diary. Robertforsythe (talk) 09:26, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Fintan, just a reminder about the Newcastle meetup on Sunday (1pm onwards). Hope to see you there. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:07, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shrewsbury, 2013-09-18

Fintan -

(If that’s the right name to use: my apologies if it isn’t.)

Now again apologies, because you might not be the right person here. However, if it was you who supplied the distant view of Ince A and B power stations, and then put a note in the picture Summary box under ‘Non-free media information’:

“Replaceable if a decent image of the station is uploaded but I can find no free images of the station on the internet”.

- then I might have the pictures that you’re looking for. They were taken in 1957 in the form of (of course) Kodachrome transparencies. They’ve been kept in the dark, and the renowned Kodachrome dyes have retained their colours. They’ve now been scanned by Jessops.

This is a the general view from the station approach road. Here’s a list of the other ones.

6 (18) 	CW pumps
6 (19) 	 Frame g breakers
8 (3)  	Distant view  (Good pic)
8 (10)  	Coal yard

14 (3) Frame g again 14 (4) 132 kV switchyard 14 (5) General view (poor!) 18 (6) General view (excellent). (This is the one above.) 19 (6) Turbine hall interior

Best regards

- Neil Muir — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.34.252 (talk) 08:02, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Fintan this item may interest you http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171235090819?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 although the power stations are not specifically North Eastern. Robertforsythe (talk) 20:09, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

and another which may interest http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171235895689?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Robertforsythe (talk) 14:14, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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