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Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards

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Need your help!

Hey if you don’t mind, I really need your help since your a patient user. I’ve been deleting the serial numbers on the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum because you stated in the edit summaries on the Strasburg Railroad article that we don’t include serial numbers for locomotives on an encyclopedia. I’ve explained to him three times in my edit summaries, but he doesn’t believe me. He’s threatening me of vandalism when I clear did nothing wrong. He was complaining that because I removed it, I didn’t like it, which it’s not true. If there’s any chance you could respectfully talk some sense into him before something crazy happens, thanks, it would r much appreciated. 2.56.173.95 (talk) 22:25, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While I am indeed of the opinion that listing serial numbers is pointless excessive detail, I am only one editor and when someone contests a change the best move is generally to try and gain consensus on the talk page. With that said, I do see that a second editor has restored your changes (which I do agree with), so there's not really anything further for me to do at the moment. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:53, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I completely understand. Thank you for listening. 2.56.173.95 (talk) 23:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GTW 5632

I need an opinion. An IP user removed the redirect on the Grand Trunk Western 5632 page. An admin put the redirect there after I did what I could to improve the page with all reliable sources from a GTW book and newspapers.com. If you look at the 5632 page for yourself, do you think it’s alright to remain a standalone page, or do you think it’s not notable enough? And keep in mind, there are locomotive pages shorter than this one, like Pere Marquette 1223 and Canadian National 47. Even the Timken 1111 page has fewer bytes. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 04:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Someone who likes train writing:, the article was redirected not only because of notability concerns, but also due to the original author (and the person who edit warred to restore it) being community banned. With that said, I think the sources you added show a decent argument for including this locomotive somewhere within Wikipedia. However, it's generally tougher to write articles on locomotives that were placed into static preservation. Ideally I think this locomotive would be best covered as part of an article on its class. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:28, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Trainsandotherthings Of course. I feel like I left a pretty bad can of worms by making multiple pages for random obscure locomotives, and a lot of them are still in need of improvements. I did resurrect some of the 5632 info on the USRA Light Pacific page, so it can still be seen there. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 16:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good solution. It preserves the content somewhere in mainspace and leave the potential to write an article in the future if more sources are identified. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:01, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Everett Railroad 11

On 17 December 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Everett Railroad 11, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Everett Railroad 11 (pictured) had to be modified after it met a sharp curve on its first trip? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Everett Railroad 11. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Everett Railroad 11), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Season's Greetings

Hello Trainsandotherthings: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 02:13, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Seasonal greetings!

Hello Trainsandotherthings: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 19:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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