User talk:Steelkamp
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Happy New Year
all the best for the new year - something odd about [1] any thoughts? JarrahTree 10:23, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- They seem to be a good faith newbie. Most of their edits are improvements, except the Claisebrook ones which I have fixed (although TBF, the adjacent stations template on many articles is a mess and they are probably copying from some other station article). I have now realised though that many of the Armadale line stations have not had their Adjacent stations template updated. Steelkamp (talk) 10:40, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the fix and explanation - always appreciated! JarrahTree 10:47, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
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Promotion of List of Sydney Metro stations
WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
- Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
- MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
- Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
- Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
- voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.
As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
Merge
I would agree, but the comments I would like to make are out of order here. Trust you are keeping cool. JarrahTree 12:47, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- No objection from me either — I was just in Perth this week (family stuff), omg it was so dry and hot! The Scarborough Beach sunset was very pretty and relaxing though. When I came back to Sydney the other day, I couldn’t deal with our humidity lol! I took a few photos of the Transperth ferries that might be nicer than the current ones used for their respective articles, I might upload them to Commons soon when I’m bothered. Fork99 (talk) 14:18, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- @JarrahTree: I realised those pages should be merged during my research for my rewriting of Rail transport in Western Australia. After rewriting that, I think I will tackle rewriting Western Australian Government Railways. @Fork99: New photos are always welcome, especially if they are an improvement on the current ones. Steelkamp (talk) 14:57, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- reply should be merged is your claim - I do not believe that a number of western australian instrumentalities that had various incarnations over time require a compressed single article. There are a number of iterations that deserve separate articles, otherwise the one article fits all is insufficient to explicate a range of issues. WP:AGF prevents an extended explanation. JarrahTree 00:36, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
- @JarrahTree: I realised those pages should be merged during my research for my rewriting of Rail transport in Western Australia. After rewriting that, I think I will tackle rewriting Western Australian Government Railways. @Fork99: New photos are always welcome, especially if they are an improvement on the current ones. Steelkamp (talk) 14:57, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.
The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:
- Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
- Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
- Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
- MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
- Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews
In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.
Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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 it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Perth Underground railway station
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Your GA nomination of Perth Underground railway station
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Your GA nomination of Perth Underground railway station
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Message from Signalscadd
Hi Steelkamp, The temperatures for Australia in Wikipedia showing the highest being in 1960 is incorrect. That’s false adverting. Sorry to say. As mentioned there are a number of high temp going back to 1889 at 53.1c, 1877 at Bourke NSW, 50.8c in 1906 Mildura. These figures are in documents from the Bureau of Meteorology is the source. So what’s happened to those figures? Regards Paul — Preceding unsigned comment added by Signalscadd (talk • contribs) 08:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Signalscadd: See my message at Talk:List of extreme temperatures in Australia#Cloncurry record. The same applies to the Bourke and Mildura records. These records are not recognised by the Bureau of Meteorology due to various problems. The official records are at [2], which shows the Australian temperature record is 50.7 C, which was recorded at Onslow and Oodnadatta. Steelkamp (talk) 09:48, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
TFL notification
Hi, Steelkampt. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Sydney Metro stations – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 12. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:28, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
IP edit
I disagree with your edit summary, made up is hardly something that an IP with no understanding of RS and citations is likely to have as motivation - the actual information can be probably confirmed or denied by the endless metronet PR items that pop up everywhere - the whole Midland development PR machine and the reality of the very disconnected parking station (and totally ahistorical new station being built in the core of the whole states railway life from the first world war to the 1980s) JarrahTree 01:58, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- As far as I'm aware, there has been no public announcement or information saying that the Midland will have an extended shutdown in late 2024 and early 2025. Maybe that IP editor has some kind of insider information. Maybe they are speculating. Maybe they are just making it up. Either way, it had to be reverted. Steelkamp (talk) 02:03, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- Maybe , the problem with lack of knowledge on the part of the IP as to how wp works does not detract from the problem with the metronet publicity machine as a purveyor of 'what they want us to know' versus the on the track knowledge of the works in Midland - I imagine a local in Midland who reads 'the echo' on a regular basis is better placed than web based info gathering. (oops I forgot the echo is also online, and checking, does carry material of direct relevance) JarrahTree 02:15, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- BTW congrats on getting to 15k edits! a veritable milestone in just a few edits to go! JarrahTree 02:18, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! Looks like I've passed it now. Steelkamp (talk) 13:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- BTW congrats on getting to 15k edits! a veritable milestone in just a few edits to go! JarrahTree 02:18, 25 March 2024 (UTC)