Eastern Nat

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  Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Harwich International railway station. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:22, 31 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hello RedRose64,

I suspect I'm using the wrong methodology to send this message, but cannot see how I would do it on my own page.

I appreciate your prompting me to note the source of my edits, but in nearly all the edits to date, it is largely my own knowledge that I am reproducing, and would not include any remark or information on which I wasn't sure of my facts.

I will add some source data on my edits to date as I have a large collection of railway and shipping books which I can use, but please bear in mind that I was born and raised in Parkeston + Harwich, residing in the town for 28 years and having left the town in 1972 would have returned to see my family on countless occasions since.

I am a transport professional, being both a tutor and lecturer in my profession [ shipbroker ] and have a very deep interest in all forms of transport. I worked in the shipping industry at both Navyard Wharf and in independent shipping offices at Parkeston Quay.

My grandfather was a top link engine driver based at Parkeston, and my father served on the locally based vessels of the railway and Trinity House, all of which probably explains why I'm a geek !

LOL

Sorry your a GWR man, its a bit like being bottom of the premiership !

I jest, I have very fond memories of holidays spent in Cheltenham [ Leckhampton actually ] having arrived at St. James from good old Paddington. Train spotted at Lansdown Road where the GWR and LMS tracks ran side-by-side and also spent time in the Cheltenham + Distr. Bus Depot with my uncle right beside the LMS tracks fairly adjacent to Lansdown.

I hope you will bear with me while I find my feet.

Best Wishes / --Eastern Nat (talk) 15:19, 31 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Talk pages are like any other pages, you use the section [edit] links to edit a section. Further information at WP:TPG.

The problem with using personal knowledge is that this is unverifiable, and may also constitute original research, so falls foul of some of Wikipedia's core policies. You can find out how to add references to articles at WP:REFBEGIN and also WP:CITE, but it is essential that you use reliable sources. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:32, 31 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I have fixed up your attempts to add references to Mayflower Line (see here), and to Harwich Town railway station (see here).

As I mentioned above, information on how to add references is given at WP:REFBEGIN and at WP:CITE.

The tags <ref>...</ref> are used in the article text, with the reference information between them, and the article should have a {{reflist}} lower down (some use a <references /> instead). When the page is displayed, the content of the <ref>...</ref> tags is automatically formatted and shown at the point where the {{reflist}} was placed. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:20, 2 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thank you; you've now got the hang of it...way to go and keep up the good work. Cheers.

Lectonar (talk) 15:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

You're doing a good job there. How do you feel about writing an article or two on the individual ships. Take a look at the SS Brussels article for an idea of what such an artice should look like. Any questions, feel free to ask. Mjroots (talk) 10:51, 23 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Many thanks.I have other slightly less ambitious bits and pieces which I'm working on, but longer term I might be back for some advice. Eastern Nat (talk) 14:52, 24 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

RAF RAYDON

To : Redrose64 - Hello Redrose64,I am not sure that your 'fix' for RAF Raydon is technically correct. It is not something I know a lot about,but was curious to know which airfield was involved following my edits on the Hadleigh Line. RAF Raydon no longer exists so the word 'now' is not correct, but also it seemed to me in searching for the information that all the UK bases used by the USAF during the war still seemd to be called 'RAF xxxx'. I suspect that post-war any U.S. military establishment in the UK was subject to a contract and fee, whereas during the war the USAF were based at RAF stations on what might have been called an 'all hands on the pump' scenario. That might explain why the name would have been 'RAF Raydon' at the time. I'm not sure, but it worth mentioning. I hope otherwise, that I have progressed from my early editing attempts. Best Wishes / Eastern Nat +

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