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Your question
Greetings! Thank you for your question and I will get around it soon. I have clinic duties and I will have to leave now; my apologies for the delay and I will answer it or any other questions that are there ASAP. Best, Yash! 04:28, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
- @Yash!: Don't worry about it mate, please take as much time as you need. There is no rush. :). Class455 (talk) 09:31, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2016)
 The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; the bearded figure on the far left is in fact the writer Virginia Woolf.
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19:30, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
AfD wording
I think what you meant to say in the AfD on route 152 is Strong keep. "Speedy keep" is actually a technical term used when the nominator withdraws and nobody else wanted to delete the article (or when the nomination is in bad faith), A related term "Snow Keep" (from "a snowball's chance in Hell") means to close the debate because everyone obviously agrees. "Strong keep" is used to indicate deep conviction against opposition. I find it helpful at WP discussions to use our customary terminology , no matter how peculiar. I heartily agree with your view that there should be a consistent policy for keeping these, but alas the trend here at WP seems unfortunately to be otherwise. Maybe you'll be enough added weight to change it. DGG ( talk ) 21:14, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks DGG, I shall therefore change it, as the nomination wasn't in bad faith. I only did it because for the last three London bus route discussions, they were closed as keep and given the same reason for why they were needed to be deleted. When I have more time on my hands, I will start a discussion, or maybe even a project (Which Jcc seems to be willing to help out with, as per a previous discussion on my talk, apologies if i got the wrong impression) to create some sort of notability guidelines or work with WikiProject Buses to come up with notability guidelines for bus routes. I am quite fed up of the amount of alerts I see telling me that there is a deletion discussion about a bus route, and its time it stopped and we did something. Class455 (talk) 22:53, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
- There's a strategic problem with such discussions: you can not be sure that the proposal will succeed. If it does not, most of the remaining articles are likely to be deleted. That's why so many of our guidelines are unsettled--nobody wants to take the chance of a definitive loss. You have to judge very carefully before going ahead. My own preference is to be conservative with such proposals, and to instead argue it article by article, Nut if anyone thinks they have a good enough chance, they certainly can give it a try. DGG ( talk ) 23:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
- I see. When you say "argue it article per article" do you mean that if another one comes up for debate, shall I do the same thing as on this discussion? Class455 (talk) 06:39, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- There's a strategic problem with such discussions: you can not be sure that the proposal will succeed. If it does not, most of the remaining articles are likely to be deleted. That's why so many of our guidelines are unsettled--nobody wants to take the chance of a definitive loss. You have to judge very carefully before going ahead. My own preference is to be conservative with such proposals, and to instead argue it article by article, Nut if anyone thinks they have a good enough chance, they certainly can give it a try. DGG ( talk ) 23:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hello Class455: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 15:30, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
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- Thank you very much Northamerica1000. I wish you a very merry christmas and a happy new year! Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 16:26, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
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Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 22:18, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2016)
 Helena Bergström in 2014
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Merry Christmas!
Hello Class455: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, 🎅Patient Crimbo🎅 grotto presents 20:08, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
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- @Patient Zero: Thank you very much mate! I wish you an awesome Christmas and a happy 2017! I also look forward to working with you even more next year . Also, I like your christmas signature a lot! Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 22:17, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
- As do I! Have a great Christmas - and thanks, haha :-) 🎅Patient Crimbo🎅 grotto presents 18:54, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
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Merry Merry
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Season's Greetings, Class455! At this wonderful time of year, I would like to give season’s greetings to all the fellow Wikipedians I have interacted with in the past! May you have a wonderful holiday season! MarnetteD|Talk 17:20, 20 December 2016 (UTC) |
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- Thank you very much! MarnetteD, and happy holidays to you too. Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 17:24, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
London buses route 407
Please may you restore my London buses route 407 as it took a long time to make it. I saw similar articles that cover the same topics that I talked about. I brought this discussion up on the IRC webchat for Wikipedia. Look at these following articles:
If my article about the bus route 407 was deleted, these following articles listed above should also be deleted. If these articles above qualify to exist on Wikipedia, my article should also exist. These articles cover the same topics that I covered in my article. Thanks, Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:40, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
- Hello Pkbwcgs Simple answer is that some bus routes are notable, others are not. Also, you created an entirely new article rather than merge it with the redirect that was on the original page. I can't find much sources about route 407, so therefore it doesn't meet WP:GNG. Cruel, it may seem. I created an article when I was fairly inexperienced on route 434 but it was redirected as there was no evidence of notability. I did spend a lot of time on this, and as a result, I moved it to my user space. If you would like, I can cut and paste the content that's in the page history into an area of your user space. Also, the examples you've provided do have some sources available, so these pass GNG. I suggest you read and understand these guidelines, as that is why you find yourself being hauled to ANI. Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 20:36, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
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- Thank you very much davey2010, same to you too! :). Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 21:22, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2016)
 World plate tectonics (click on map for more details)
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Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 03:14, 26 December 2016 (UTC) 
- Thank you very much Bzuk, hope you had a great Christmas! Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 00:35, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
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SvG clean-up
In the recent discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive941#User:Fram you supported mass-deletion of all BLP articles created by SvG. The closing decision was that this should be done. I have started a page at User:Aymatth2/SvG clean-up for discussion / coordination of the deletion job. Your comments or suggestions would be welcome. Also, we urgently need volunteers with the technical skills to create a useable list of articles to be deleted. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 12:57, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
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- Thank you very much CAPTAIN RAJU, the same to you too, my friend! :)Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 22:05, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
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Happy New Year, Class455!
Class455,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2017)
 Some of the Aeolian Islands
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Your signature
Every RfA or large discussion allows me to nitpick about user's signatures, since I have a syntax highlighting gadget. It must be the web developer in me :) If you could kindly change your signature to the following:
[[User:Class455|<span style="color: red;">'''Class'''</span><span style="color: darkgreen;">'''455'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Class455|<span style="color:orange">'''talk'''</span>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Class455|'''stand clear of the doors!''']])
This yields the same thing Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!), except as valid HTML/wikitext. Regards, — MusikAnimal talk 01:14, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
- @MusikAnimal:
Done. I was thinking about removing bold from the brackets but I didn't know how. Thanks and happy new year! Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 11:24, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Tilly Keeper edit
Thanks for saying my edit on the Tilly Keeper page was not constructive because I changed her birthday to the RIGHT day. I appear it has now been corrected to what I corrected it to anyway. So thanks for that. Basilbrush600 (talk) 02:54, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
That might've sounded a bit rash, apologies. I'm sure you can understand my annoyance though :) Basilbrush600 (talk) 02:55, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
- Basilbrush600 Apologies, I thought you were vandalising the page by changing the date of birth, but I've examined the page history and it seems an IP who edited earlier than you had in fact vandalised the page by changing the DOB to 1998, and covered it up with some other edits so it went undetected until now. So I will go and rectify that and clear up the vandalism. Thanks for telling me. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 11:49, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Yep it's 97. No worries. Thanks! Basilbrush600 (talk) 12:16, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
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 Professional audio – pictured is a portable setup of various live audio production and recording equipment
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Kind request for help
Hi Class 455 and first of all: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! You were so kind to contact me last year, when I was wrong with my note to Samtar...and that's why I now contact you. Samtar does not answer me any more - not at all and I have no idea why...I guess I explained politely and clear that I would appreciate his help - but not a single reaction.... In the meantime I completed my article in all aspects, everything is ready - I did the whol work in my sandbox, as I do it in German Wikipedia. But: I would be very greatful if you could just check it one time to see, if still something could be missing or wrong. It's my first edit in the English Wiki and of course I don't want to make toooooo many stupid mistakes. And - if it's ok, (what I hope and guess) could you move it and authorize it?? I have the status auf automatical corrector/autoconfirmed user in the German Wiki, but not in the English - so it would be great if you could help me here to carry on. And: where can I show the formatted version to you? I mean without saving it - just showing...? That's the point, I do not completely understand. How to work out such an article before publishing...not publically but in the sandbox? I cancel it after working it out - but how and where can I show it to you? It's long, detailed and with beautiful photographes - if you like, please have a look at the German version. It's about the German Painter Bruno Kurz. I know, painting is not your main topic - but perhaps you like it or could help me with this first english Version... Thank you VERY VERY MUCH in advance and sweet 17.... Pas de chat (talk) 16:26, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Pas de chat. Thanks for getting in touch, and happy new year to you too. I've had a look at the article in your sandbox. Firstly Samtar has been a bit busy lately I've noticed with other things, but he seems to be back now. I'll leave him a talkback message so he is aware of the discussion. I think the best way to authorise the article would to move it to Draft:Bruno Kurz (the draft namespace)and submit it via The articles for creation process . However, as the article stands at the moment, i don't think it would pass WP:GNG and would be nominated for speedy deletion under criteria A7 if we put it straight into the main space. Reliable sources are really helpful to ensuring that the article is notable enough to be on Wikipedia. If you have any available, or if you can find them online (such as about his career or his studio), that would really help. if you need, I can check them for you to see if they are reliable. I can also help with how to cite sources, if you don't know how. You could also add some sources which are also on the German Wikipedia article (which i see there are quite a lot of) to the English Wiki article. To become autoconfirmed on the English Wikipedia, I believe you need to have performed 10 edits and your account must be 7 days (i think) old, which I think you now are autoconfirmed. So I will be able to help you with citing source, grammar and bring the article up to the standard of GNG, but unfortunately, I don't have much knowledge on art. Hope this helps. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 16:46, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Pas de chat: Mein tiefstes Leid - ich war mit vielen Dingen beschäftigt, und ich habe nicht aufgehört, einen Blick auf den Artikel zu werfen. Es braucht einige Referenzen, aber dann sollte es fast fertig sein (English: My deepest apologies - I've been busy with lots of things, and I kept putting off having a look at the article. It needs some references, but then it should nearly be ready to go). Have a look at this page for help with referencing -- samtar talk or stalk 19:49, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Class 455 and Samtar! Thank you very much for your answer. Please don't worry - I did it ALL - all references, Sources, Links, Pictures, authorisation for the pictures - it's ready! But: I just would like to show it to you before putting it in the wikiworld... Where can I do this, just to show, not so save... Please - which kind of page (not this one, it's for talk only)? And the sandbox neither ...I am only elaborationg there, without saving...so WHERE can I show it to you? Thanks a lot in advance Pas de chat (talk) 15:21, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Class 455, Samtar helped me to edit it - he worte it's fine and now please have a look ( Bruno Kurz) - I cannot understand the complaints of missing proves...and it is 98% the same content/text/length like the German version, so from there I cannot include more..who suggests such a thing, without reading or compairing the articles..? I started to add some gallery Links (Sam cancelled them, don't know why) - There is everything mentioned, the awards, his education, his live shortly, of course all his exhibitions - it's so much, what is missing? ...I dont understand, and I am thankful for any hint , how to carry on? Thank you!! Pas de chat (talk) 12:25, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Pas de chat, I believe the gallery was removed because it needed to be written in prose rather than illustrated, maybe Sam would be able to explain, but i believe it was per WP:USEPROSE. I don't really think anything is missing and the article, as it is, seems to be all good! Might just be a few grammar errors there and there but other than that, its all good! Sorry for the late reply, but I was rather shocked and saddened to learn that fellow editor and administrator JohnCD had sadly passed away. Class455 (talk|Stand clear of the doors!) 17:10, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Class 455, thank you VERY VERY much for your work and corrections!!! ( I learn the other rules in the English Wikiworld by your help. It's really very different...) But: I still see these tags, are they coming back automatically? Or is a person in the backyard making digital terror? I never experienced this before in the German Wiki and it'a sad...for the idea of Wiki and especially for poeple form other countries, trying to contribute to a world wide knowledge... Best best...Pas de chat (talk) 13:53, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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FYI
I moved your recently created article to place a lowercase "s" on the word "strike". Hope you don't mind, enjoy the rest of your day. :-) Patient Zerotalk 12:07, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks Patient Zero. I wouldn't mind anyway. After all, I don't own the article 😜. Thanks for your minor edits too, for which I will award you with the minor barnstar. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 17:14, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
- That's good - wasn't accusing you of ownership, haha :-) Once again, thanks for the barnstar! Patient Zerotalk 12:48, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Class455!
Class455,
Happy New Year Mr Multiple Unit! May your shoes never slip, your pan never drop, and your engine oil never dry!
O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 17:53, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
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- I love this! Thank you very much Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, the same to you too mate. One thing, I don't have a pantograph! I'm a 750V DC unit only lol Class455 (talk | stand clear of the doors!) 17:58, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Class455!
Class455,
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Iphone
You can check this 2 website about the Iphone 7 & 7 Plus information. Then why in iphone 7 itself information is allowed to put. 1. http://m.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_7-8064.php 2. http://m.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_7_plus-8065.php Who say don't have the Source? Do you check the SOURCE i save before i the saved page. Johnlyh77 (talk) 14:28, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- Johnlyh77 2 things. 1. You didn't cite this source in your edit. 2. gsmarena is not a reliable source. Looks more like a fan site to me. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 16:04, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks...
... for removing that CSD tag; I take it you noticed the fact that I said I'd get back to it. I'm aware of the fact I need to find sources, it's just I'm in school and all the websites I need are blocked. All the best, Patient Zerotalk 14:07, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
- Patient Zero You're welcome, I think it might have been because the tagger had noticed the article had previously been deleted. I hated the way schools blocked every single social media website and others etc, but I'm free from that now haha. I saw the reverted message on your talk page and then declined the speedy deletion after reading your edit summaries. Hope you're well mate. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 14:17, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
- Once again, thank you. I'm doing good; as you may have gathered, I'm in sixth form (curse Smoothwall), and I'm doing French, English, and RS (religious studies); I take it you decided to go to college? Do you mind if I ask what you chose to study? Take care mate, hope you're doing well also. Patient Zerotalk 14:21, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
- Patient Zero Yes mate, I'm doing a course in Travel and Tourism, as I would like to go into a career on the railways. I may also be able to help out with your article as well. However, I've got quite a backlog of college work at the moment (hence why my activity has slowed down quite a lot). Is French A Level a lot harder than GCSE? I did it at GCSE and was considering doing an A Level in it. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 14:25, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher)Essential if you want to work those Class 9s though! ;) O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 14:30, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
- That sounds good. Don't worry if you find you're short on time; obviously college should be your priority (and it sounds like you're doing something you really enjoy which is a bonus!). It is quite a bit harder than GCSE, though not a lot harder; that being said French was my forté (pun intended) and so I can't speak for everybody. If your GCSE course was less focused on conversational and oral French and more focused on controlled assessments, learning tenses, fixed topics which one may not necessarily speak about in the real world (work experience/school uniform/household chores to name a few) etc. like mine was, it's quite a big leap - thankfully my exam board have changed the GCSE syllabus to make the transition easier for the current Y11's who want to do it. My exam board also requires us to write a 200-word essay on a random topic under exam conditions, which we are learning to do now. As for the future, you could always do a foreign language like French or Spanish at university - some will let you do that alongside another subject like law for example, and you do not need to have had past experience of learning the language, let alone be fluent in it! I highly recommend the apps Quizlet and Duolingo if you would like to further your linguistic skills at home. Take care! Patient Zerotalk 15:38, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher)Essential if you want to work those Class 9s though! ;) O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 14:30, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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RE: February 2017
Hi there, you appear to have missed my response, I'd appreciate it if you could provide further comment over there (feel free to delete this message after, can't leave a Talkback message as I'm not a Twinkle user). Mainline421 (talk) 21:59, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
- Mainline421 For some reason I did not get your pings, so thanks for letting me know. I will head over now. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 00:04, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
A7
Mate, don't tag within two minutes of creation! ✋ O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 12:25, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
- Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi Oooops. Didnt realise it had only been two minutes. Thanks for pointing that out. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 12:33, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
- Can't depart before time, Driver! No worries :) O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 12:59, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Noinclude
You applied the speedy tag to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Project Management Association (2nd nomination) without surrounding it with <noinclude></noinclude>. This meant that the log page and a number of other pages that transclude the specific AfD page would all get sent falsely to CAT:CSD. You have closed the discussion. I see no reason why the page needs deleted. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 17:44, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
- That clears it up, RHaworth. I was completely unaware that the noinclude code had to be added. I marked it for deletion for housekeeping purposes (created in error), as another AfD i once created in error was deleted before under G6. I see why you thought the edit was vandalism because of the false cats. I also wasnt aware it had made it onto other logs (I would have removed the discussion it if i'd spotted it). Also, nice to see a fellow Croydonian on here
. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 17:51, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
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Reverted edit on Kingston College
I can't find a way of messaging you so I am doing it here I added John Bratby to the Kingston College alumni because I thought people would be interested
You deleted it because you thought it wasn't constructive I've no idea what that means It's true (it's on Bratby's wiki page so it must be) It's interesting So what's not constructive about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominiclagan (talk • contribs) 11:57, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
- @Dominiclagan: Fear not, you're in the right place for messaging me! I removed it because it wasn't notable enough to be included, John Bratby does not even have his own page for starters, and secondly, your reason "I thought people would be interested" verges on the scales of being classed as "promotion or advertising" of the person you're talking about, and Wikipedia isn't the place to do this if this was your intention, so that's why I gave you a warning.. Also, please remember to sign talk page comments when you post on a talk page, just so other editors know who's sending the message. Thanks! Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 12:05, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
You say that John Bratby (a member of the Royal Academy and the prime exponent of the kitchen sink school) does not have a wiki page then what is this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bratby Why should I be advertising a long dead artist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominiclagan (talk • contribs) 15:05, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
- Apologies, i didn't know about the page. It could have helped if you linked the page on the article, by typing the following code, [[John Bratby]] . This is useful to link to other pages. Most editors would think that they aren't notable if they don't have an article linked. The entry has now been re-added with a link to the page. Thank you Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 15:49, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
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