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Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation edit

Hi, I have a question on edit you made to the above article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foster_Home/Sylvan_Plantation&oldid=982361839 ↗. Is there a specific reason you referred to it as a forced labour ↗ farm rather than a slave plantation ↗? The underlying link to Plantation complexes in the Southern United States ↗ is obviously the ideal one, but I am curious as to whether there is some nuance in the current debate in US that I am unaware of that might of guided your choice of words. Skullcinema (talk) 14:43, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

:Good question. For decades, mainstream American culture propagated the myth that enslaved African Americans benefited from or even enjoyed their situation.https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/12/us/old-southern-documents-give-lie-to-theory-of-happy-slaves.html ↗ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/06/slaves-who-liked-slavery/58678/ ↗ Accounts by and about tour guides and docents at plantation museums show that they still get questions like "But the slaves were happy, weren't they?"https://www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8847385/what-i-learned-from-leading-tours-about-slavery-at-a-plantation ↗ So "slave plantation", while hardly a euphemism, nevertheless fails at some level to convey what was happening on these farms. Use of the term "forced-labor"—generally along with "slave plantation", not instead of it—is meant to help Wikipedia articles be more explicit about their subject and thereby to more properly inform the reader. PRRfan (talk) 15:49, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
::Thanks, as stated I did wonder whether this was a US-specific form of words. I will note that from outside the US, unfortunately, a euphemism is pretty much what it looks like. The fact that the building was the centre of a large slave cotton farm is otherwise absent from the text and the term forced-labour often has much more benign connotations elsewhere. But as I guess most of the page's readers are likely to be from inside the US it may be more appropriate (but perhaps less accurate) to leave it as is. Skullcinema (talk) 16:23, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
:::No, I think you're right: "slave plantation" should be added. The point is not to avoid that description but to underline it. PRRfan (talk) 17:03, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
::::OK, have sorted it. Skullcinema (talk) 16:36, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Skidmore

For the record, the source I provided does mention the firm, under their common initialism '''SOM'''. '''ɱ''' (talk) 16:57, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
:Yep, I saw that later, after I'd ginned up a source that spelled it out. PRRfan (talk) 18:18, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Please don't undo edits solely based on edit summaries. '''ɱ''' (talk) 16:59, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
:That's good policy; I'll try not to do so in the future. And thank you (and me) for doing the work requested by the cn tags, which have led to solid improvements to the article. PRRfan (talk) 18:18, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Rudolph Hall ↗

Thanks and commendations for your work on improving this article, which had been bugging me for a little while. I'm glad someone with more time, more knowledge, more skill, or a combination of those was able to do the work. Onward! Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 19:02, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

:Just more time, I think. Thanks! PRRfan (talk) 19:56, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Edit Request for Dahua Technology

Hi PRRfan, I am working on improving the Dahua Technology ↗ article. As you are an experienced editor and have previously worked on the China Investment Corporation ↗ page (whose subsidiary, Central Huijin Investment ↗, partially owns Dahua), I thought you may be interested in reviewing my edit request on the Dahua Technology talk page ↗. I'd appreciate if you would implement the two remaining points which have not yet been addressed. Of course, I am happy to discuss and hear your thoughts. Thank you, Caitlyn23 (talk) 17:15, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

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P&W

I had to revert one of your edits because it created an unsourced paragraph, which we obviously can't have in a FA, especially one actively on the main page. You can do your changes again, as long as we don't lose any citations. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 15:55, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

:Thanks for that. And nice work on the FA! PRRfan (talk) 16:02, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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Norfolk and Western 611 ↗

I've added a lot of new information for the N&W 611 page, using my copy of the ''Norfolk and Western Class J: The Finest Steam Passenger Locomotive'' book. I was wondering if you can copy-edit it for me. 611fan2001 (talk) 23:37, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

:I recently wrote a page about the locomotive's wreck ↗ in 1956. 611fan2001 (talk) 01:41, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
::You're on fire! PRRfan (talk) 02:16, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
:::Thanks! 😁 611fan2001 (talk) 02:52, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
:::I even reworked the ''Powhatan Arrow ↗'' page! 611fan2001 (talk) 17:41, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

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Union Bank of Delaware ↗

Hello {{U|PRRfan}} since you created this article ↗: coming across this ↗ image, I was wondering if that is the building. If positive, it could be added to the article and ond Wikidata. Thank you so much for your time. Lotje (talk) 15:45, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Recent edit reversion

In this edit here ↗, I reverted some information that appears to be a violation of our copyright policy ↗.

I provided a brief summary of the problem in the edit summary, which should be visible just below my name. You can also click on the "view history" tab in the article to see the recent history of the article. This should be an edit with my name, and a parenthetical comment explaining why your edit was reverted. If that information is not sufficient to explain the situation, please ask.

I do note that a substantial portion of the edit was quoted material, which is permitted under copyright policy if not too long, but it was my assessment that the edit included too much material other than simply the quote. Happy to discuss.

I do occasionally make mistakes. We get hundreds of reports of potential copyright violations every week, and sometimes there are false positives, for a variety of reasons. (Perhaps the material was moved from another Wikipedia article, or the material was properly licensed but the license information was not obvious, or the material is in the public domain but I didn't realize it was public domain, and there can be other situations generating a report to our Copy Patrol tool that turn out not to be actual copyright violations.) If you think my edit was mistaken, please politely let me know and I will investigate. S Philbrick(Talk) 16:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
:The reversion of several edits reversed a lot of work, much of which, presumably, was not connected to the copyvio. Better would have been to have explicitly identified the text of concern. In any case, I have restored the edits in multiple chunks to allow more selective reversion, but have also made changes to fix what seemed to be the problem. PRRfan (talk) 16:55, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

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you should read the mos:jargon #### face and it said Do not change to "allision," see MOS:JARGON_ SO NEXT TIME LISTEN!2604:3D09:A984:F000:DC2C:AA35:5DB8:EAA1 ↗ (talk) 16:18, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

:My dear anonymous editor, kindly take your concerns to the article's Talk ↗ page. PRRfan (talk) 19:49, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
::I HAVE AND NO ONE CARES AND ARE YOU NOT LOOKING OR WHAT? JEAUS CHRIST 2604:3D09:A984:F000:5806:B586:1ABC:3DE8 ↗ (talk) 22:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
::or at least we should ad a too technical box 2604:3D09:A984:F000:5806:B586:1ABC:3DE8 ↗ (talk) 22:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
:::Wikipedia editors are expected to use a moderate tone in discussions. If you're not getting the results you like, perhaps you are not conducting your discussion in a manner that will build consensus around your point of view. May I suggest you have a look at Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines ↗? PRRfan (talk) 23:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

REFPUNC

please see special:diff/1235603580 ↗ and WP:REFPUNC ↗. Thank you. --Jeremyb (talk) 10:32, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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Powhatan Arrow

Can you please assist with the Powhatan Arrow ↗ page that I've copy-edited recently? Trainsfan13 (talk) 02:12, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

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:Ooo, a barnstar! Thanks! PRRfan (talk) 16:17, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Reverting 2024 CrowdStrike Incident

Why? It was good to me. Makerofepic (talk) 04:48, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

:See new edit summary ↗; kindly take your proposed text to the article's Talk page ↗. PRRfan (talk) 14:59, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Operation Earnest Will ↗ and Rear Admiral Harold Bernsen ↗

Hello PRRfan. Thanks for the thanks on Operation Earnest Will ↗. Would you be interested to help tag-team my effort to get the Rear Adm Harold Bernsen ↗ wiki page up and running over the next several days? Stickhandler (talk) 14:51, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

:Sure; thanks for asking. PRRfan (talk) 15:48, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Great news! Thanks for your positive reply {{u|PRRfan}}. I think I can do the initial skeleton from the top 10 hits on google and put them on User:Stickhandler/Sandbox/Bernsen. Would you care to query the Reagan and Bush presidential archives for mention of him, do a google on "Bush Bernsen" and "Reagan Bernsen", and pick through his USNI Oral history ↗? I think he might be Bush's scarecrow for Schwarzkopf and I'd like to orient the article that way. Stickhandler (talk) 17:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

:Then maybe you could secure the copyleft status of his service photograph ↗, and move it to wikimedia. We could then have at least one image for our bio. Stickhandler (talk) 18:04, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

: also as Commodore ↗ in approximately 1985. Stickhandler (talk) 18:35, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
::Sounds good. The photos are easy; their Navy origin puts them in the public domain. As for his oral history, it's not available online or at libraries that I'm particularly near, but I'll keep looking. And I'm not sure what you mean by "Bush's scarecrow for Schwarzkopf" but I'll be interested to find out. PRRfan (talk) 18:39, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

NYS&W 142 draft

Hi. I don’t know if you’re too busy at the moment, or if your interest and knowledge of Chinese steam locomotives (at least the ones exported to the states) are low, but is it alright if you read the Susquehanna 142 draft that I just finished and submitted? You don’t have to make any changes to it, if you don’t want to. I would just like an opinion on it from an expert editor. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 21:59, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

:Looks great! It's plenty good enough to move out of draft and drop it into Wikipedia. PRRfan (talk) 23:58, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you! I’m pretty pleased with what I was able to write for No. 142.
::By the way, if you’d like to read the Susquehanna Reflector articles I’ve used for the page, especially for that driving axle bearing crisis, you can read pdfs of most of the issues for free here ↗. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 03:22, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Great work on 492 squadron USAF

Thank you for your contributions and improvements to my edit at 492nd Fighter Squadron ↗. May I beg some more of your time to explain some detail?

I used the word ''briefly'' to describe (less than) two months of anti-submarine patrols mainly as a kickback against the number of articles I have read where this activity has been elevated to heroic status. These patrols were a hasty response to the events at Pearl Harbor, and much like the RAF at the outbreak of WWII, all kinds of units operating a variety of often inappropriate aircraft were thrown haphazardly at the problem, invariably to little effect. In the American case, these patrols were mostly in home waters, with no risk from enemy aircraft or surface shipping. And in 99.8% of cases, resulted in nothing more than extra hours of very boring flying training. I realise that 'briefly' is a qualitative description, but the dates are still there and I was attempting to avoid undue weight to this minor episode in 492's history (from a time when they were not even "492"). Is it the case that 'briefly' is a word that should never really appear on Wikipedia?

Further on, you changed "moving" to ''moved'' , and "re-equipping" to ''switched'', but I see a very nuanced difference here. Whilst the unit was re-designated on a specific date in August 1943, the other events are not so specifically dated. My original wording was carefully chosen to cover the idea that the changes began in August, and carried on ''moving'' forward, which more accurately reflects the reality. But unless you have read the original source(s) you couldn't possibly know that, and maybe my original wording was failing in its purpose anyway. I will gladly hear your advice on this one.

''The 492nd <s>took part in</s> '''joined''' the Normandy invasion ↗ <s>commencing</s> on 6 June 1944''

Be aware; this is one that I am going to take a stand on.
"Joined" implies arriving after something has started, as in 'the Americans joined WWII three years after it started'.
But the 492nd were flying over Normandy from day one.
Secondly, D-day was on 6 June 1944, but the link is to the ''Normandy invasion'' which was a much longer affair, ''commencing'' on 6 June and lasting two months, three weeks and three days. The original edit before mine had got that wrong, and I added ''commencing'' for that specific reason. Sorry!

Please accept my (lengthy) essay above as fair comment. Overall '''I am hugely grateful''' for your input, most of which was spot-on. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
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:Hi, WendlingCrusader. All good points. I thought "briefly" was unneeded because the sentence gave the two-month timeframe, but I think your point about the assignment's haphazard nature is a good one, so thanks; let's restore it. And I see what you're doing with "moving" vs. "moved", and it's better your way. I do think "switched" is better than "re-equipped", though. Finally, I take your point about "joined" vs "took part in," so let's switch that back as well. I would prefer "began" over the stentorious "commenced," however. Cheers! PRRfan (talk) 14:14, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
::Stentorious eh? I see I'm gonna have my work cut out with you! <laughs>.
::You are right of course, briefly is strictly unnecessary, but it adds context (if that is the right word), without being overly dramatic. Whereas if I had a pound for every cheap documentary that over-employed the word 'finally', I would be as rich as Bezos.
::'Switched' is one I shall reluctantly concede if you must, but I see it in terms of switching jobs, political parties, ideas, something intangible. But since military units are equipped with equipment, re-equipping is surely ''de rigueur''. Another aspect is that a felon might ''switch'' vehicles to enable his escape, with an obvious emphasis on the speed of exchange. Whereas you and I do not switch cars, we change our vehicles, or in my case continue to run the same old banger for decades. Have I persuaded you to ''switch'' sides yet?
::And finally <cough>, returning to the stentorious 'commenced', of course ''began'' is so much more concise, except here you have used two words ('that began') to replace commencing, a saving of exactly one letter. But that wasn't your main thrust, was it? Commence is the more formal version, to be used when describing events, but not if it's just the family barbecue. Begin is the less formal equivalent, as in am I beginning to annoy you yet? Then again, I can hear myself stating that World War I ''began'' in 1914. Asking myself why that works, I can only come up with the idea that WWI as an event was somewhat random, whereas the Normandy Landings were very much to a schedule, akin to a formal event. But in truth I'm guessing, and I don't propose to go to war on these details.
::I see you have already re-hashed the edits, mostly to my satisfaction, and found some more too. Maybe it's best if I leave it there? Between us I think we've done a fair job.
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Look man, I don't want to be warring or anything about this topic, so I'll just make sure you are familiarized with this policy. NBA teams can assign or recall players to their G League affiliates as they see fit (at least fully rostered players. Two-way guys is another show) and those assignments can last from less than a day to, like the entire season, ocassionally having the players seing minutes with the main team one day and the affiliate the other (I've even seen a few instances of guys playing with both teams the same day). That's why pages like Bronny James ↗' are edited to the team he's currently in. Right now, he is with the main team per the official source.<ref>https://gleague.nba.com/transactions</ref> However, if the Lakers announce through either their official page or social media, there's no problem about editing the page back. You can even reverse that edit, if that's the case (makes things easier), but it has to be per an official source. Anyway, have a nice day.Intruder007 (talk) 01:48, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

:Hi, Intruder007. Whether you're editing about the G League or, I don't know, llamas, you need to provide citations in the text, not in the edit summaries, or your edits are subject to reversion. And when you are reverted for failing to provide a good citation, WP:BRD ↗ is the way to go. Shall we continue this discussion on the page's Talk page ↗? PRRfan (talk) 03:14, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
::That's why I added the line "Throughout his rookie season, James has been assigned several times to the South Bay Lakers." which includes the citation with each assignment and recall. What you're asking, to cite each time he is called up and recalled is not practical.Intruder007 (talk) 03:22, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Again, to the Talk page. PRRfan (talk) 03:44, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

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N&W Y6 classes

This user created a Norfolk and Western Y6, Y6a and Y6b classes ↗ page to supplement the pages of 2156 ↗ and 2174 ↗. I already gave him some advice in my talk page and made a couple of changes to that page, but do you think there’s anything you would do to change either of the three pages? I know you’re very good at tightening. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 19:13, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

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Hi there. FYI, I reverted your edit at Rolaids Relief Man Award ↗ from a couple of years ago that removed the symbols from the table, which you wrote were "redundant to background color". You might not have been aware, but the MOS:COLOR ↗ guideline advises: {{tq2|Ensure that color is not the only method used to communicate important information. Especially, do not use colored text or background unless its status is also indicated using another method, such as an accessible symbol matched to a legend, or footnote labels.}} Regards. —Bagumba (talk) 04:53, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

:You're totally right. I didn't know that when I made the edit, and I should have gone back to correct it when I learned better. Thanks for cleaning up my mistake. PRRfan (talk) 16:44, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

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Chris Brown

Hi. Thank you for your contribution on the Chris Brown ↗ page. I have noticed this odd edit by another user ↗. I believe this edit should be reverted, as it seems to be an effort to hide informations. Would you agree? 5.90.62.23 ↗ (talk) 22:34, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

:Yeah, I'd say that if people he dated briefly are worth mentioning, so are the mothers of his children. I'd actually recommend you find reliable sources for the names of the women, and put them in. PRRfan (talk) 02:02, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

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:Thanks for the access, and for the guidance, @Elli! PRRfan (talk) 18:33, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

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Could you slow down editing the "Forecast" section on this article? Your summaries say "tighten" but they're also changing the meaning of the sentences in a way that imply that storms may be ongoing etc. Departure– (talk) 14:56, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

:Sure thing; feel free to help reduce the prolixity and overly technical language. PRRfan (talk) 14:58, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

Edits

Thanks! I'm better at the research and panning for gold than the fine tuning and polishing. -- Very Polite Person (talk) 02:57, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

:I am fascinated by this RCS facility; thanks for creating the article! PRRfan (talk) 02:59, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
::If that kind of stuff interests you, check out some of the pages on my user page. This one kind of broke off of a research tangent from working on Zirconic ↗. -- Very Polite Person (talk) 03:17, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Changes to "St. Charles Air Line" page

Thank you, PRRfan, for tightening up the information I had added about the St. Charles Branch Railroad.
I've added three more paragraphs, creating a subsection, on the Chicago, St. Charles and Mississippi Air Line Railroad, intending to show that there was a fairly clear sequence of related events there.
I do have information in my notes somewhere about the G&CU building the link between their own depot and the IC and MC depot, using the property they purchased--I'll try to find that and make the information in the next (new header) subsection about the St. Charles Air Line more accurate and less vague. James Postema (talk) 02:21, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you! This is fascinating stuff. PRRfan (talk) 02:24, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
::Hi again -- I'm going to push back against your removal of the comment about the source of the "St. Charles" name in the St. Charles Air Line page. Although it is "defter" without that brief sentence, as your comment said when you removed what I had added, "deft" writing sometimes holds less meaning. Since the name "St. Charles" doesn't make sense by itself, I thought it important to keep that piece of information there.
::I do think your tightening of my edits from yesterday was good overall, but those kept the substance the same (I had fallen into storytelling mode there, and you rightly streamlined it). However, information about the St. Charles is substantive information which I think should stay. Thanks -- James Postema (talk) 17:29, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
:::Oops -- meant to say "St. Charles name" in that last sentence. And one other comment: While my sentence makes the passage slightly longer, I think it's clearer than using the word ''eponymous'' -- a difference in opinion there, I guess. James Postema (talk) 17:33, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
::::Thanks. I think saying ''the St. Charles in St. Charles Air Line comes from the town of St. Charles'' is a bit much, but as you're doing the lion's share of the work here, I will cease my perhaps-too-terse attempts to make things a bit sleeker. PRRfan (talk) 17:46, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
:::::Thank you -- I appreciate that! James Postema (talk) 18:38, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

NTLN

Thank you for creating the National Trust for Local News ↗ article! I was just thinking about getting started on it today after updating the MaineToday page, but looks like you beat me to it! I will be adding some more info to it now that it's been created. Thanks again! BhamBoi (talk) 04:38, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

:Very good! I worked on the NTLN page until I got tired, so I am delighted that you will also be contributing. PRRfan (talk) 14:38, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
::I today published an article on Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro ↗, one of the cofounders of the trust, in case you would like to take a look at the page. BhamBoi (talk) 07:10, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

George Kurtz

Hi friend! We have crossed paths a bit on the George Kurtz ↗ page and I figured I'd reach out here to clarify. There's some duplicate content on the page that gives undue weight to outages in his current and previous positions. The context exists with the first mention of the outage - to maintain neutrality, it would be best to remove the additional mention. Please share your reasoning and thanks!!! Chopcha (talk) 16:07, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

:Sure; thanks for asking. Let's talk on the Talk ↗ page. PRRfan (talk) 16:26, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

October 2025

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:Hi, PigeonChickenFish. You made an edit ↗; it was reverted ↗. Your next move—per the BOLD, revert, discuss cycle ↗—should have been to discuss your proposed edit on the article's Talk page ↗. Instead, you continued ↗ to press ↗ for your proposed change to the lead with new edits. I see you've now started the discussion on the Talk page, which I appreciate; I'll look forward to discussing your proposed change there. PRRfan (talk) 21:44, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

November 2025

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:The statement is correct, as documented by the cited source. Let’s discuss at Talk: Lake Highland Preparatory School ↗. PRRfan (talk) 15:20, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
::Your statement is '''not''' correct. The NCES does not have racial data for this school for 2023–2024 (the latest current year covered), and it did have it for 2019–2020, but your claim that NCES did not have racial demographic data for any more recent year is your assumption, and it is an incorrect assumption. And no, the archived 2019 data cannot possibly show that the data was not present in any more recent year. Meters (talk) 07:11, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::More correctly, you are assuming that NCES has not had racial data for this school more recently than 2020–2021. That assumption may or may not be correct, but the statement is incorrect in that NCES only hosts data for the current reporting year. The 2019–2020 data you refer to is actually an 2023 archived copy of the NCES web page on the Internet Archive. Meters (talk) 07:53, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::::Take it to Talk: Lake Highland Preparatory School ↗, shall we? PRRfan (talk) 13:44, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

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Edit conflict in "2025 Bulgarian budget protests"

Greetings and felicitations. I apologize for (probably) overwriting some of your changes to "2025 Bulgarian budget protests ↗", but I had been in the process of fixing references, among other things. Please do feel free to go back and re-implement your wording changes. —DocWatson42 (talk) 03:11, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for your note, and no worries; it happens. PRRfan (talk) 03:13, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

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Draft:Canadian National 1551 ↗

Hi PRRfan, I was wondering, is there a chance you can review this article draft sometime? Draft:Canadian National 1551 ↗, because it was declined a while back, I’ve managed to update it a few times and resubmitted it for review again, but its taking a while for it to be looked at again. ~2026-10973-47 ↗ (talk) 22:38, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

:Good job getting the new sources; I think that kind of thing is key to turning this into a real article. PRRfan (talk) 04:00, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

::Thanks for helping out updating it, much appreciated. Even though I resubmitted it a few weeks ago to be looked over again, it says it gonna take 6 weeks or more. Again, thanks for the help out. ~2026-10973-47 ↗ (talk) 16:30, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
:::If you want, I can just move the text and start the page. We don’t have to wait for review; it’s clearly good enough to launch. PRRfan (talk) 16:35, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

::::You mean re-create the draft page again? ~2026-10973-47 ↗ (talk) 17:15, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::No, just create the article. We don’t have to wait for formal approval. I’ve been doing this a while, and this draft is good enough to become an article. PRRfan (talk) 17:18, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

::::::Oh ok, unfortunately I don’t think temporary accounts can do that. Because all they can create is drafts. ~2026-10973-47 ↗ (talk) 17:50, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::I can do it. My only hesitation is I'd hate to look like I was taking credit for your work. PRRfan (talk) 17:52, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

::::::::No harm done, I completely understand where you’re coming from, I know you wouldn’t take all the credit. I just didn’t know who else to turn to because no matter who I ask, they tell me to be patient. Who h I’m doing my best. ~2026-10973-47 ↗ (talk) 17:55, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::OK, done; thanks. PRRfan (talk) 18:16, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

:::::::::Awesome, thank you so much!!!! ~2026-10973-47 ↗ (talk) 18:28, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

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MILW 261 and PM 1225

I have a minor favor to ask. So on the Milwaukee Road 261 ↗ and Pere Marquette 1225 ↗ pages, I added some info about the latter's attempted participation in Steamtown National Historic Site's grand opening of 1995. And a few days ago, I digitized the October 1995 issue ↗ of ''Railfan & Railroad'' magazine for users to read for free. What I ask is if you could glance at the Steamtown article in there (it starts at page 40) and decide whether or not the No. 1225 info I left is fine as is, or if it could use any adjustments. Because I'm certainly not the best at trimming down info without leaving out everything important. I previously asked Trainsfan13 for this, but I think he's been ignoring me. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 15:07, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

:Done. Thanks. By the way, I love that you digitized the October 1995 issue of Railfan & Railroad. But how is that possible? Isn't the issue still under copyright? Or did you get the mag's permission? PRRfan (talk) 17:12, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
::I actually digitized it, as well as a few other issues, because I found a collection of several other issues ↗ that were kind of digitized by someone else, and when I found out, I ''thought'' it was okay, since these magazines are all out of print (not to mention their former parent Carstens Publications ↗ has been defunct). But if you think that's against any copyright laws, I can take down my uploads pretty quickly. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 18:09, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
::So do you think I should take the uploads down just to be safe?
::Thank you for checking the pages, by the way. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 02:40, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
:::I'm no copyright expert. Seems like magazines from 1995 would still be under copyright, but I think it depends how Carstens left things before they went under. Sometimes a dying publication's rights are given or sold to another company; sometimes (rarely?) they're released into the public domain. PRRfan (talk) 03:53, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Draft:Canadian National 96 ↗

When you get a chance, can you review this draft ↗ and merge it if it looks ok. Please and thank you. ~2026-11926-01 ↗ (talk) 23:36, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

:Done; thanks. PRRfan (talk) 03:00, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Another minor favor

Alright I have another minor favor to ask. A couple of months ago, I made several edits the page about Carolco Pictures ↗, a defunct film studio. I don't know if you've ever made alterations to pages related to that industry, but since you're very good at condensing grammar in general, I'm wondering if you could look that page over and see if it could use any grammar cleanups you could do. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 21:10, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Draft:Lake Superior and Ishpeming 24 ↗

Just made a new locomotive article along with the help from Someone who likes train writing. Any chance you can review it and move them sometime? ~2026-15890-99 ↗ (talk) 15:04, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

:I was also gonna ask for No. 19 to be moved too, but right now I’m gonna wait, because Someone who likes train writing is gonna look over it first before I request it to be moved. ~2026-17384-35 ↗ (talk) 14:40, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
::@PRRfan he did ask for Nos. 19 and 21's pages to be submitted, but right now, I am trying to figure out how they'll be laid out without fully copying the other SC-4 pages, and I need to find more sources for their 'recent' histories, so both submissions may be put on hold for a little bit. For the time being though, I have expanded the page for WMSR 734 ↗ (another ex-LS&I locomotive) fairly recently, if you'd like to look at that one and trim it somewhat. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 20:07, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

:::I’ve managed to put the AfC submission tag back for now, because it still needs more work, I’m gonna wait a while before I resubmit it again. ~2026-18343-50 ↗ (talk) 14:14, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
:@PRRfan The draft of No. 19 ↗ is finished, if you'd like to look it over and tweak it. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 20:01, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
::Done; thanks. PRRfan (talk) 17:43, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

CS1 error on History of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ↗

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Draft:Lake Superior and Ishpeming 19 ↗

Any chance you can merge this draft info an article now, because user:Someone who likes train writing has since finished writing and putting in the last needed sources. ~2026-30348-57 ↗ (talk) 02:17, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

:No reply? Someone who likes train writing (talk) 01:59, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Unreliabot

Hi, You have at least twice marked a link on J. R. R. Tolkien ↗ as dead when it wasn't, most recently SF Encyclopedia ↗. The InternetArchiveBot is evidently unreliable for these sources. All websites sometimes go down for maintenance. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 06:47, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

:Huh. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience! PRRfan (talk) 03:17, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
::You've just done it *again*! I already commented the link as not dead. Please, stop spraying that bot about, it really doesn't know the quick from the dead, honestly it's no good. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:35, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
:::Apologies again! I've used the bot on thousands of pages without problems, as have untold others, and I'm sorry I twice inflicted an error on J. R. R. Tolkien ↗. I've removed the page from my watchlist, which should prevent it from happening again. PRRfan (talk) 01:40, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
::::Many thanks. Actually it's been 3 times already, looking back at the history. Thank you for taking it off the watchlist. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:23, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
:::::Yeah, the edgiest of edge cases, it seems. PRRfan (talk) 14:35, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi PRRfan thanks for your edits, but may I make a small request? (:

For the Lists of wars involving the United States ↗, could you "tighten the style" on all 7 lists for consistency? Other editors try and change it sometimes, and I do not mind, because it is semantics to me, but consistency would be nice. LOL Thanks. :D Historyguy1138 (talk) 22:32, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

:Oh, good point. Yes, I'll try to do that. My main goal was to make the header take up less of the vertical space on the page. Thanks. PRRfan (talk) 04:47, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
::Not a problem friend. To me as long as the general idea gets across for these specific headers it is non issue for me. And thank you. (: Historyguy1138 (talk) 06:41, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
:::Done! Thanks again. PRRfan (talk) 15:18, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Myka Relocate

Should the statement "It performed at the annual South by So What?! ↗ music festival from 2012 and 2015" actually be "It performed at the annual South by So What?! ↗ music festival from 2012 to 2015"? --Jax 0677 (talk) 16:52, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

:Oh, yes, thanks; will fix. PRRfan (talk) 17:22, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks (Myka Relocate ↗). --Jax 0677 (talk) 17:25, 30 June 2026 (UTC)