Dear editors, I will impose a new policy for my discussion page:

Entries that are repeatedly posted here without any evidence for their relationship to reality are not relevant to Wikipedia, because Wikipedia describes how the realityis, not how itcould be or how itshould be etc. Especially I will remove any entries about changes of railroad gauges, about transcontinental tunnels/bridges, about changes of railroad electrification systems or about correlation between nordic/meditarrenean race and railroad technologies, unless they come with a link to a serious web page that supports the entry.

On the other hand, I am glad about new and interesting discussion, that have at least some relevance for improving Wikipedia.--Bk1 168 (talk)17:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you! I am active in some other Wiki-based projects, so I should know the basics about how to use the media-wiki-software, the common concepts of Wikiquette etc. But I do have to learn the specifics of the en.wikipedia.org-Wiki, where I have just started some minor activities. What might interest me is how to perform a translation of an existing article in another xx.wikipedia.org to the English Wiki.--Bk1 168 (talk)08:53, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whilst I might sympathise with yoru commentshere, we only very rarely re-factor or remove comments from talk pages, even if the point of the comment is clearly not going to go any further in terms of the main article.Andy Dingley (talk)10:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree with you. The problem was, that we really had comments that just repeated the same statement over and over again, without adding any new aspects or any evidence. So for me it is already a very rare exception. But I'll be very careful when considering removal from talk pages in the future, or leave that to others. For my own talk page I will actually follow the policy stated above.--Bk1 168 (talk)11:38, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your hard work - even when your patience is being worn down :-)bobrayner (talk)23:06, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I must admit that 80% of my effort for the English-language Wikipedia was checking and deleting or silently accepting edits of 121.x.x.x. So indeed I was starting to sympathize with users who deleted partly legitimate edits by this 121.x.x.x, just because the filtering of his/her edits consumed so many resources that could be useful for actually enhancing the Wikipedia, much more than the few enhancements of 121.x.x.x. But he/she is banned for three months now, so lets do something useful during that time. ;-) --Bk1 168 (talk)21:30, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think our friend may have returned:[1]. I don't want to take any formal action yet, let's see if they are being more constructive.bobrayner (talk)11:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely. It must have been quite easy to get a new IP address and bypass the ban. And his/her edits are quite the same as before.--Bk1 168 (talk)12:38, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed gauges and current gauges are not same.58.138.45.84 (talk)03:17, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Proposed and current gauges

• Afghanistan: current no railway networks - proposed 1676mm, 1524mm in the northern part, 1435mm in Iran-Herat
• Canada: current 1435mm - proposed 1676mm
• United States: current 1435mm - proposed 1676mm, 1524mm in the Bering crossing
• Norway (north of Narvik): current no railway networks - proposed 1524mm
• Spain (RENFE, except AVE): current 1668mm - proposed 1435mm
• Portugal: current 1668mm - proposed 1435mm

58.138.45.84 (talk)03:29, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you are blocked? Please, leave your broad-gauge-conversion stuff away from Wikipedia, unless you have really strong evidence.--Bk1 168 (talk)12:24, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

new railway lines in no railway area, change from standard to broad, and change from broad to standard58.138.45.84 (talk)21:56, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Afghanistan and Bering crossing to be broad: Russian gauge/Indian gauge direct connection in Alaska and northern Afghanistan, Bering Strait Tunnel will be Russian tunnel, Alaska, Canada and the continental United States changing to Indian gauge.

Spain, Portugal, Nigeria and Gibraltar crossing to be standard: Spain and Portugal changing to standard gauge, Spain-Nigeria via Gibraltar Tunnel standard gauge rail link.

1435mm is too narrow for US and Canada. 1668mm is too wide for Spain and Portugal. Iberian gauge (1668mm) should be eliminated.

58.138.45.84 (talk)23:15, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rail networks in the US and Canada should be fully rebuilt.58.138.45.84 (talk)23:21, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are you a computer program that just posts the same stuff based on rules over and over again, without responding to the contents that the other person in the discussion is posting?--Bk1 168 (talk)08:42, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Russian gauge/Indian gauge direct connection58.138.25.165 (talk)05:27, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

looks like I am right with my assumption. ;-)--Bk1 168 (talk)09:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed gauges and voltages in Afghanistan:

1. North part: 1520Russian gauge and 1676Indian gauge with 25kV 50Hz alternating current
2. Central part: 1676Indian gauge with 25kV 50Hz alternating current
3. South part: 1676Indian gauge with 25kV 60Hz alternating current
4. Iranian border (Iran-Herat line): 1435standard gauge and withoutoverhead lines

220.210.143.190 (talk)01:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

not relevant, no evidence. --Bk1 168 (talk)05:25, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In Brazil, 1600 network should convert to 1435.220.210.143.190 (talk)11:26, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

not relevant, no evidence.--Bk1 168 (talk)11:33, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

United States are first in the Americas with High Speed but Brazil will have the fastest high-speed trains in Americas.220.210.143.190 (talk)01:12, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. You can hear a lot of plans: United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, maybe Chile or Venezuela, maybe Central America etc. If any of these projects will be finished, chances are that the maximum speed is higher than Acela. But I think we can't tell today who will finish first, so it is not clear now that Brazil will have the fastest trains in the Americas. It is very possible, but that's not enough for Wikipedia.--Bk1 168 (talk)10:21, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

maximum speeds in the Americas:

1. Brazil
2. Mexico
3. Argentina
4. United States
5. Canada
6. Chile
7. Venezuela

220.210.143.190 (talk)10:54, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brazil up to 400km/h, Mexico up to 350km/h, Argentina, United States, Canada and Chile up to 250km/h, Venezuela up to 200km/h.220.210.143.190 (talk)10:58, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. If these numbers were true and Mexico finished earlier than Brazil or Brazil would change or cancel plans, Mexico would become the fastest. It is highly unclear, if, when and how these projects are completed. So it is too early to say that Brazil will be the fastest.--Bk1 168 (talk)18:11, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the tropical area, trains can reach 400km/h on thestandard gauge tracks or 200km/h on themeter gauge tracks.220.210.143.190 (talk)01:53, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the tropical area, trains get faster more easily.220.210.143.190 (talk)02:49, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brazil will reach 400km/h, soon.220.210.143.190 (talk)01:57, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brazil will reach 400km/h until 2016.220.210.143.190 (talk)02:04, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brazil will choose 1435.220.210.143.190 (talk)02:12, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1600 sleeper coaches are not available.220.210.143.190 (talk)02:19, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@tabletop alias 220.210.143.19 alias 58.x.x.x alias 121.x.x.x: that is all purely speculative and irrelevant for Wikipedia.--Bk1 168 (talk)19:36, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again,

Do you think that tabletop is the same person as those IP addresses? They are interested insimilar subjects, and I havedisagreed with tabletoprepeatedly, but I thought the editing styles were different. Our IP friend is attracted to articles likeBreitspurbahn which tabletop has never edited. 121.102.47.215posted on Tabletop's talkpage and got a skeptical response. But if you think it's worth investigating further, I could...bobrayner (talk)14:15, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I got the impression it's the same person, but you do have some evidence against that assumption. I find it hard to tell. Skipping some of the typical interests is off course good to help confusion. Btw. the IPs were from so different areas of the world, which is in it's own way amazing. The earlier 121.x.x.x was from Japan.--Bk1 168 (talk)22:13, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Currently, 1435mm gauge rail network is proposed for Iceland.121.102.122.122 (talk)10:36, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,
You haven't been around for a while. I hope you come back; you did some work. Hopefully, eccentric railfan IPs didn't wear you down; but if they did, they're gone now.bobrayner (talk)09:21, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry I am still watching a lot of articles and will write again. It is just the usual thing that there are phases with more and less activity.Bk1 168 (talk)21:15, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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