User talk:BIL

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Motorways in Belgium

Belgian motorways do have numbers but these aren't used where the motorway also has an E-route number - you wouldn't even know they exist as they're not used on singage at all - only where the motorway isn't an E-route, like the 'back route' from Brussels to Antwerp via Mechelen. Gerry Lynch 11:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Boknafjord

Hei It does not seem that Boknafjord will be the longest tunnel. The Channel Tunnel or Chunnel is already 50 km (31 miles) long, of which 39 km (24 miles) are undersea. The average Chunnel depth is 45 m (150 ft) underneath the seabed. Perhaps you meant Boknafjord will be the deepest? Tusen takk - Williamborg 22:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Boknafjord will be the longest undersea road tunnel. There are longer railway tunnels, like the channel tunnel and the Seikan tunnel. /BIL 20:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Hai, There may be longer tunnels in Japan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.201.80.76 (talk) 16:28, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Which one? We can not write in Wikipedia that there maybe is a longer tunnel in Japan.--BIL (talk) 18:36, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Newark Airport

I noticed you wrote on ElektrikBlue's talk page that other airports are listed in the main city they serve, not their location. However, many of your examples do not apply here. Kansas City International is in Kansas City, Missouri; Washington Dulles is in Virginia but is under the jurisdiction of Washington DC's airport authority. Newark Liberty is just outside of Newark, is controlled by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and is under lease from the city of Newark, not New York. Dbinder (talk) 15:04, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

As Dbinder pointed out, OAK still is listed as Oakland EVEN THOUGH it serves San Francisco area as well. The airlines only state New York for marketing purposes, but for encyclopedic purposes, I prefer Newark. Elektrik Blue 82 15:18, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

It is a matter of what policy we would like to have. Clicking the link shows more about where you get when you fly to the airport, here the city of Newark with 200.000 inhabitants. In swedish Wikipedia the destination is written New York/Newark. Can't we have that? I thought we could use the main city it served as defined by the booking systems, e.g. www.amadeus.net and by the airline homepages. It is probably natural that the city of Newark owns the land, as in Sweden a county/city can't own land outside its own border. A big problem as I understand is the fact that the city New York has the same name as the state. It looks strange to write New York, New Jersey. /BIL 19:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Most foreign airlines that fly to Newark also fly to Kennedy (TAP being an exception). The Portugese Wikipedia may have New York/Newark or Newark/New York or whatever. For the English version, however, it makes perfect sense to distinguish between an airport in New York and one in New Jersey. Depending upon a traveler's ultimate destination, one airport or the other may be more appropriate. Simply listing both as New York doesn't provide a whole lot of information. Dbinder (talk) 15:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, but we never list both as just New York since we list the airport name also. Listing just Newark doesn't provide a whole lot of information neither. If you press the link, you get info about the 280.000 inhabitant city in New Jersey. If you look very close in that article you can see that it is close to Manhattan, but you probably have to know that to understand the meaning of the air travel destination Newark. An encyclopedia should explain things not neccesarily known before. People knowledged in USA air travel knows that Newark airport is a good option when visiting New York, but we should not require this knowledge. Better would be to write New York City/Newark or Newark (New York City). To write New York City not New York would avoid the confusion with the state where the airport not is located./BIL 15:52, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Gauge mistakes

I read with interest your edit on Rail_gauge}:

• Sweden (only the Köping-Riddarhyttan railway, now closed. Measurement mistake when ordering locomotives and cars. The railway was then rebuilt from 1067 to 1093 mm.)

Is there any more info on this? Keo 18:28, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, in Swedish language. [1]. It appeared that someone measured the gauge top-to-top on the rails (a short part was finished), when the real method is inside-to-inside. About year 1863. BIL 20:07, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

cool, thanks.Keo 05:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Funny serious rather than funny ha-ha!

Gauge is easy to get wrong; costly when this happens. See Talk:Rail gauge#Gauge mistakes

Tabletop (talk) 10:41, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Christiana, Delaware

Please be mindful of designations such as "town" that have legal significance in many states. Towns in Delaware are incorporated municipalities. Christiana is not incorporated and so cannot be called a town. Thanks, Postdlf 18:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Coöperation

He didn't actually deliberatlly misspell the word Coöperation, it's one of few english words with diacritics. Just a friendly reminder.

And btw, I see that you're swedish, do you know about Wikipedia:WikiProject Sweden? --Krm500 12:27, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Never seen that spelling, but maybe you are right. Google search on Coöperation=120 000 hits, and Cooperation 183 million, sometimes used, but can't be main spelling alternative. I have now looked at Wikipedia:WikiProject Sweden, not checked that one out before. BIL 18:02, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

List of rail accidents

There is currently a discussion about whether we should set criteria for inlcusion of accients on the List of rail accidents page, and if so what the criteria should be.

The discussion is located at Talk:List of rail accidents/Criteria for inclusion, where your input would be most welcome. Thryduulf 00:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Airports

Greetings! While reviewing the assessment change log for WikiProject Airports, I noticed that you created the article Mariehamn Airport. You contribution to improving Wikipedia's collection of airport articles is greatly appreciated. If at all interested, I'd like to extend an invitation to join the project. You can join by simply adding your name to the list of participants. If not interested, please disregard this message. Thanks! thadius856_{talk|airports|neutrality} 21:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Schengen

Regarding your edit to the Schengen Agreement article, I was trying to make clear that the status of Norway and Iceland as non-EU members means that customs controls in these two countries are the same towards travelers from any country regardless of whether it is a Schengen member or not. This means that all travelers coming through an entry point in these two countries pass through the same customs controls gate regardless of the country they are coming from. This is most definitely the case in Iceland where I live and I assume Norway has a similar arrangement while EU nations have a separate customs channel for EU citizens. --Bjarki 01:32, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

One difference is that Iceland has (almost) only an airport border. Norway has a land border, and I know that cars and train travellers just pass through unless the customs wants to check them, like other Schengen borders. It is true that at air and sea port borders for Norway, there is one customs control regardless start country. Sweden and other EU countries has two customs controls at airports, one if one comes from an EU country, another fron a non-EU country. So maybe I was a little wrong but I thought about the road border of Norway. -- BIL 13:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Well in all international airports I've been to (inside the Schengen and outside it), the majority of people just pass through the customs unchecked so that's nothing unique to Schengen land borders although I can imagine that controls are generally laxer at land borders than in ports and airports. The difference in customs controls between EU and non-EU members inside Schengen is that non-EU members treat all travelers the same regardless of Schengen while EU countries have separate customs points for EU arrivals (or abolish them completely in land borders between EU countries). --Bjarki 16:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:People who have walked or run around the world or are attempting

Category:People who have walked or run around the world or are attempting, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to participate in the deletion discussion located here. – Black Falcon ^(Talk) 22:06, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Russian routes

But why? And the template is still titled "motorways"... Oversight?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Because the word motorway in English means a road with at least four lanes, divided between directions and no left turns to leave or enter it and all crossings on bridges. These Russian roads does not have this standard except a few places. I have fixed the title on the template. -- BIL (talk) 12:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Just wanted to make sure. However, if you saw some of those "highways", you would probably have reservations about applying that word to them as well :) Any reason why they can't just be called "auto routes"?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:38, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I have visited Russia as a tourist, but only using train from Finland. I have seen a little of their roads in the TV-show Peking Express when people should compete in hitchhiking the fastest from Moscow to Beijing. There they looked acceptable. The flat siberian landscape allows straight roads. The surface quality did not look so good. Have you seen Norwegian roads? They have good surface quality but are very curvy and narrow. See commons:Category:Roads in Norway. --BIL (talk) 07:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, don't take me wrong, there are decent roads in Russia. But then, there are roads of federal importance that look like this. I never had a chance to experience the Norwegian roads in person (never having been to Norway and all), but from the pictures they look very similar to our American rural highways, although, of course, I can't compare the surface quality by just looking at the pictures :)

Anyway, my question still stands—are there any reasons not to use the term "auto route" instead of "highway" for Russian roads?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:57, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes they could, but in August 2007 a person named User:Ghirlandajo moved all articles Russian route M1 with numbers M1-M18 to the new names like M1 motorway (Russia). No one has objected, but why not move back. -- BIL (talk) 21:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I left Ghirla a note asking to comment here. Thanks.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:27, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

"A person named User:Ghirlandajo" not only moved, but also started most of the pages in question. BIL, please revert your ill-advised changes here and elsewhere as soon as possible. These are not "ordinary roads" as you claim, they are the roads of "federal importance", which is the Russian word for what is known as "motorway" in the UK. Please check M1 motorway (disambiguation) to M4 motorway (disambiguation) for proper nomenclature. See also my unanswered query here. --Ghirla^-трёп- 09:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Can I voice my opinion here? In Russia we call them Federalnaya Trassa such as: Федеральная Трасса М1 - Беларусь, and that applies uniformaly for the blue/green distinction. As for motorway/non-motorway, there is of course a blue distinction whilst green is reserved for top-quality but then by recent visit saw that a blue M7 was in MUCH more better quality than the green M9. Whilst the MKAD does not have a colour code and uses white signs... So its better to keep them all as Motorways imo. --Kuban Cossack 13:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Or perhaps "Russian federal routes"?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:51, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Motorway means in British English a road with four or more lanes, middle barrier, no crossing roads except using bridges. We can't call the M-roads that. It does not have with colour coding to do. It has rather little with "motor vehicles" to do. --BIL (talk) 21:47, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

These roads fit what British people would understand by "motorway", and the current scheme currently brings a lot of natural comprehensibility. "Highway", while yeah maybe, is a little broad. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 11:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

Your addition to Pluto was correct, but it needs to be cited, and probably rephrased. I'll get onto it tomorrow. Serendi^podous 21:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikimania 2010 could be coming to Stockholm!

I'm leaving you a note as you may be interested in this opportunity.

People from all six Nordic Wiki-communities (sv, no, nn, fi, da and is) are coordinating a bid for Wikimania 2010 in Stockholm. I'm sending you a message to let you know that this is occurring, and over the next few months we're looking for community support to make sure this happens! See the bid page on meta and if you like such an idea, please sign the "supporters" list at the bottom. Tack (or takk), and have a wonderful day! Mike H. Fierce! 08:42, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Orienteering

Hi. In the past you have contributed to Orienteering, so you might like to know the article is getting a makeover. If you would like to help, please see Talk:Orienteering. Thanks. --Una Smith (talk) 20:09, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Sweden and the euro

A quick note to let you know that I have challenge your recent edits in Sweden and the euro; I encourage you to provide sources or the changes you did can be removed in the near future, since without sources this is pure speculation. Thanks, let me know if you need help. Miguel.mateo (talk) 14:49, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I've provided some references. So it is not speculation, but truth. --Dima1 (talk) 09:45, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Hallandsas Tunnel

Dear BIL,

I am very interested in the Hallandsås Tunnel article to which you contributed a lot. On the 10th of October 2008 you raised the costs of the tunnel to 10 billion SEK "according to the latest calculation". Is there any way to obtain this calculation or a reference to it (you refer to "info from banverket, ref on swed-wp"). A complication may be that I do not speak swedish.

Danckel (talk) 18:23, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

This is a document in English describing some problems in the project [2]. A real detailed calculation is hard to get. They want to have it internal I think. I tried to get one for the Citybanan railway tunnel which I thought was immensely expensive. The best explaination I got is that the stations will cost a LOT. No specification. --BIL (talk) 20:46, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Your reference is very helpful to me and it does quote a total costs of 10.5 billion. I see you added the reference to the article in Wikipedia, excellent. -- Danckel (talk) 15:01, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

According to a newpaper article, they are freezing a large part of the route that they will drill, something they wrote is extremely expensive. --BIL (talk) 11:21, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Future enlargement of the European Union

Hi there,

Just to let you know that I have challenged your recent comments in Future enlargement of the European Union, since I do believe that it sounds like speculation if it is not properly referenced. Please add the necessary references or it may be removed in the future. IF you need help adding references, please let me know.

Thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 14:23, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

This is my third note about adding comments without sources. Please always add sources to avoid speculation in Wikipedia. I just challenged your latest addition to Sweden and the euro. Thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 02:27, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

I shall think about it. Most of my edits relating to political things like the Euro are things I have heard on TV news or read in newspapers (in Sweden where I live), or uncontroversial things. I shall try to find sources. Sweden and the euro has a lot of sources already.--BIL (talk)

UTF-8

Unfortunately your edits to that article do not seem to be very usable in their current form. The words "The main problem would that interpreters that does not accept Unicode..." contains several grammatical errors which result in an unclear meaning, and you use <br> tags for formatting in a manner which is discouraged in Wikipedia articles. AnonMoos (talk) 14:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Translation

Hi, sorry to bother, but maybe you could help us with a translation of a swedish source. If you want and if you have time take a look at this newspaper we are trying to understand it here. Many thanks.--81.103.162.59 (talk) 21:25, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Has not so much time but I can translate the first part "Regimen manipulerar bilder" Regimen i Iran manipulerar bilder till president Ahmadinejads fördel, uppger flera bloggare. Samtidigt fortsätter myndigheterns attacker mot demonstranterna. - Regimen har sjunkit så lågt att den attackerar kvinnor och barn, säger Hamid-Reza Jalaipour, som är anhängare till Mousavi, till brittiska BBC. which means "The governent manipulates photos" The govenment of Iran manipulates photos to the advantage of president Ahmadinejad, several bloggers write. At the same time the authorities continue attacks on the demonstrants. - The regime has sunk so low that it attacks women and children, says Hamid-Reza Jalaipour, who supports Mousavi, to the british BBC. I can also give you the tip to use http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en an autotranslator which is not so bad.--BIL (talk) 19:52, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey, people from my small Nordic country of Lithuania are in a trouble because of Russia's official discriminatory attitude towards us... please, could you translate this article to Danish? 2009 Lithuania–Russia crisis One or two sentences would be great. Samogitia (talk) 12:49, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

I can not write correct Danish. --BIL (talk) 18:02, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Citation needed seems like the wrong tag...

You tagged up some of the formulas in the headway article with cite needed, but looking in the source I see you are actually concerned with the format. Is this correct, or are you really asking for a citation here? (I realize there's no "formula looks bad" tag). If it is an appearance problem, what do you suggest to fix it? It doesn't look "ugly" to me, and I think the meaning of the division is clear in context. Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:17, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

It is division by zero, therefore I doubted the correctness of the formula. If there is a brick wall it corresponds to immediate deceleration, no zero deceleration. This is my theory. So ${\frac {1}{a_{l}}}$ should not be ${\frac {1}{0}}$, but ${0}$--BIL (talk) 13:08, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Ah ha! Now I get it. It's not zero, it's infinite! Maury Markowitz (talk) 01:07, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Two small things

Hi, and thanks for copyediting my additions to the article on IORE. I just had two small things I wanted to point out: First, I use American spelling, where words such as "center" are spelled with an "-er" ending, not "-re". So please do not "correct" my spelling to British. The other issue is a bit more subjective, but is related to the motor vs. engine. While I agree that a motor can be called an engine, it is fully correct, and in my opinion more accurate, to refer to an electrical motor as an engine. On the other hand, I believe a combustion engine should always be referred to as an engine. Thanks for your understanding, and thanks for all the nice work you do on rail-related articles here and there. Arsenikk ^(talk) 19:27, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

OK I do not take this so seriously, but there is a principle that in Europe-related articles British English is preferred, but I will not change back. That you write in American English is a very weak reason to change back since no one owns WP articles. Ha det bra och heja Sverige i skidspåren i vinter! --BIL (talk) 19:18, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Jessica Watson

Hi BIL: You added "as the mast hit the water" but I haven't seen that stated anywhere. Do you have a citation for it?

Also, your input at Template_talk:Youngest_circumnavigator would be welcome. (SEC (talk) 14:54, 28 January 2010 (UTC))

What about this first hand source, which is the original source used by news article about the event. http://youngestround.blogspot.com/2010/01/wind-waves-action-and-drama.html --BIL (talk) 14:58, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Good enough for me. I just hadn't read anywhere that it actually happened during a knock-down, all of the news accounts I have read just stated "...during the drama..." Thanks. (SEC (talk) 15:06, 28 January 2010 (UTC))

Sources

Hi BIL: Note in WP:sources second paragraph under reliable sources: "Articles should be based on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy." Self-published material can be used in some circumstances, usually when you can't find a third-party reliable source. The whole document at WP:sources is worth a study. Hope this helps. (SEC (talk) 15:20, 1 February 2010 (UTC))

I would like to point out that it is fully legal to use the source I did in [3], according to WP:SELFPUB. To forbid it would be like to have an article about a book, write a summary about the book and forbid the book as a source for the summary. But I won't change since it is not so important. It is so much dirt throwing on this poor girl in her article already, so this is a minor issue. --BIL (talk) 13:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:SELFPUB says: Self-published sources may be used as sources of information about themselves, especially in articles about themselves, without the requirement that they be published experts in the field, so long as:

• the material is not unduly self-serving;
• it does not involve claims about third parties;
• it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the subject;
• there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity;
• the article is not based primarily on such sources.

--BIL (talk) 13:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi BIL: Sorry, I think I was not clear in my point, I did not mean to say it wasn't a valid source. I did not think it a better source. A reliable third-party source is better than a self-reported source.

Can I also address your comment "...so much dirt throwing on this poor girl in her article already"? Though I have been cheering for Jessica since the early preparations for her voyage, I'm not sure I agree with that assessment. I think this article is pretty objective overall. Yes, there has been criticism thrown her way, but I think it is valid to report on that in this article. It happened. I also predict that when she completes her journey (no doubt in my mind!) the praise and fame will overwhelm the initial criticism. I think we're already seeing that. (SEC (talk) 14:30, 2 February 2010 (UTC))

Hi BIL: You could pull a nice quote from this article if you're so inclined. I definitely think we're seeing the shift from criticism to praise surrounding her journey as she has proven herself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sec906 (talk • contribs) 14:31, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Femern Bridge

You have to consider economics in perspective, i.e. what will it happen in the future if the bridge will go towards Berlin? You're making the same mistake as the ones who decided over the bridge, considering if today the bridge would be more business profitable towards Hamburg over Berlin. The problem is that the bridge is not for today, it is for the next 100 years. The market that could profit from it would be an entire new market for Denmark, since trades with Hamburg happen everyday and already. The bridge towards Hamburg will have an impact, which is way inferior to the one it would have towards Berlin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.63.229.122 (talk) 15:10, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't decide this, nor does the Wikipedia text decide this. Why don't you ask the man really in charge of this issue, Lars Barfoed. Web site http://www.trm.dk/sw521.asp Email: trm@trm.dk --BIL (talk) 15:20, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

English variations

Hi there BIL, and thanks for all the nice editing around on Wikipedia. It is most appreciated :) I just wanted to point out WP:ENGVAR, which clearly states that once an article has been written, the prose should stick to the variation which it started out in. Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is written in American English, so specifics should not be converted to British (examples include traveled, canceled, localization etc.) American English uses some single-ls and some -izes where the British do not. Arsenikk ^(talk) 20:16, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Greenlandic airports

Hey. I have updated the articles for Kangerlussuaq, Nuuk and Ilulissat airports with references. Lars —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lars Guski (talk • contribs) 19:48, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

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ASCII Butterfly

Hey BIL, you added this wonderful ASCII/Unicode butterfly to an article in March: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ, just wondering where you found it! I'm alway interested in more sources for this sort of thing 92.10.127.100 (talk) 01:16, 22 April 2010 (UTC) WannabeASCIIArtist

Someone wrote it on some blog somewhere. I don't have a source for such Unicode symbols, but these particluar characters are cyrillic.--BIL (talk) 08:28, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Youngest circumnavigator

Please see the Youngest circumnavigator template. I suggested that "Since neither WSSRC nor Guinness is awarding records anymore, perhaps remove all mention of records and just let the numbers convey the story?" I'd appreciate your opinion on this. (SEC (talk) 12:26, 19 May 2010 (UTC))

E60 route

Hi BIL,

since Romania to Georgia is the entire length of the Black Sea, comparable to New York -- Florida, there is unlikely to be a ferry, ever. If there is regular sea travel between these two countries, it is more likely to originate in one of the major Romanian seaports. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.133.182.34 (talk) 09:45, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

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Batch files

It sounds like you are claiming that "dir\w" will do the same thing as "dir \w", is this correct? That does not match my experience but I may not have tried the "dir" command. Is this true only for built-in commands or is it also true for any word found on the $PATH?Spitzak (talk) 20:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

It seems to be a fact only for built in commands. "dir\w" does the same thing as "dir \w". "cd\" and "cd \" do the same things. But that is not so if calling program files on the PATH. --BIL (talk) 21:20, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Future break-of-gauge points

Future (not current) break-of-gauge points:

• Direct connection between 1676 Indian gauge and 1520 Russian gauge
  • Bering crossing (Russia - North America)
    • Bering Strait rail tunnel: 1520 Russian gauge
    • Alaska, Canada and the continental United States: should convert to 1676 Indian gauge
  • Afghanistan (Russia - India)
    • Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan: 1520 Russian gauge
    • Afghanistan: should choose 1676 Indian gauge
• 1676 and 1435
  • Iran/Afghanistan border
    • Iran: 1435
    • Afghanistan: should choose 1676
  • US/Mexico border
    • United States: should convert to 1676
    • Mexico: 1435
  • India/Myanmar (Burma) border
    • India: 1676
    • Myanmar (Burma): should choose 1435

220.210.143.190 (talk) 13:07, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

direct connection between 1520mm and 1676mm

• Rail networks in Alaska, Canada and the continental United States should be converted to 1676 Indian gauge including double track electrification 25kV alternating current and enlarging loading gauge and further extension of the networks.

220.210.143.190 (talk) 13:22, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

I do not think US railways should be converted to 1676 gauge and I can guarrantee that it will never happen. You should direct your campaign to the US railway owners not me.--BIL (talk) 18:35, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

US and Canada should be converted to 1676 Indian gauge before they have their high-speed trains, while Spain and Portugal should be converted to 1435 standard gauge. 220.210.143.190 (talk) 07:40, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

US and Canada should convert from 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian gauge and 25kV AC electrification before they have their high-speed trains.

Russia wants the railway networks in Canada and the United States to convert to broad gauge.

Spain and Portugal should convert from 1668 Iberian gauge to 1435 standard gauge.

I'll send emails of US, Canada, Spain and Portugal to UIC within this year.

220.210.143.190 (talk) 07:40, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Iceland

Iceland should build 1435mm gauge rail networks. 121.102.122.122 (talk) 10:42, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't decide this, tell this to the Iceland government.--BIL (talk) 11:29, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Map

Thank you for updating the map in High-speed rail in Europe. The 350Kmh Madrid-Valencia line and the Madrid-Albacete branch are finished. Trial trips finished last week. First official trip with politicians etc ran last Friday 10 Dec 2010. Commercial trips will begin next Saturday 18 Dec 2010 and Wednesday 15 Dec 2010 respectively. http://www.europapress.es/economia/transportes-00343/noticia-economia-ave-reyes-inauguraran-ave-valencia-principes-conexion-albacete-20101210123611.html Please update again! :) --Megustalastrufas (talk) 15:29, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

High-speed rail

Most of high-speed lines are left-hand running. (except in Finland, Russia, etc.) 121.102.122.122 (talk) 14:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Of major high-speed rail countries are Germany and Spain keeping to the right, and Japan, France and Italy to the left.--BIL (talk) 15:12, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

In the Netherlands, HSL-Zuid is left-hand running. 121.102.122.122 (talk) 05:04, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Sentences must be simple. Don't be too long. For example: Germany, Spain, Finland, Russia, etc. -> Finland, Russia, etc. 121.102.122.122 (talk) 02:43, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

We can erase that sentence, or just have Germany, Spain, because they have much more and faster high-speed rail than Finland and Russia.--BIL (talk) 07:40, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

In German high-speed rail, Belgian border, Luxembourg border, French border, Swiss border and Danish border will be left-hand running. In Spanish high-speed rail, Portuguese border wil be left-hand running. 58.138.55.55 (talk) 10:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Are you from Japan here again? Please stop writing these messages on my talk page. I have not edited that page, Right- and left-hand traffic (so far) and don't need instructions about what it shall contain. --BIL (talk) 12:18, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Will Sweden choose 25kV AC and right-hand running for new high-speed lines? 58.138.55.55 (talk) 17:07, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

No. Sweden wants to use the future High-speed routes also for regional trains that might already exist (and does not allow above 18 kV), and also allow trains to use existing railways. For example Stockholm-Södertälje (4 tracks) will be shared by all trains. Stockholm-Södertälje and in part other existing line have left hand running built into them, and having right-hand requires a bridge to not be a bottleneck. All countries avoid changing electrical system and double track side because there are high costs for little advantage. --BIL (talk) 20:10, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Invasions

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Canada, USA and the Central Asian countries should protect invasions from Iran/China/Mexico/Burma. 58.138.55.55 (talk) 09:23, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

USA and Canada

USA and Canada should be converted from 1435 to 1676 necessary, because conversions in USA and Canada to broad gauge get more advantage. Several reasons:

1. Russia won't allow 1435mm or narrow gauge invasions.
2. USA and Canada have lower traffic density (both passenger and freight flow), and USA and Canada have almost no concrete sleepers.
3. 1435 standard gauge is too narrow for USA and Canada.
4. Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Canada, USA and the Central Asian countries should protect invasions from Iran/China/Mexico/Burma.

58.138.55.55 (talk) 06:37, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your descriptions of why you think USA and Canada should change to broad gauge. Everyone think it will not be worth the cost and the traffic disruptions. Military invasions are done with air and road/terrain vehicles this century. So please don't write more about it anymore. --BIL (talk) 10:03, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

For info (Russian time zones)

Since there seems be to some confusion, regarding the caption on this image on Time in Russia, the point is that the map shows Samara Time and Kamchatka Time as being separate from Moscow Time and Magadan Time respectively. Both time zones were abolished in March 2010. Pfainuk talk 21:57, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

About your "Time in Russia" changes

The reason why that map only applies from 2002 to 2010 was because March 2010 saw changes (e.g. Samara Time merging Moscow Time) which made the map obsolete. The only change to the map that March 2011 brought was the time Irkutsk Oblast uses, but there were a lot of changes in 2010, so saying that it applies to any part of 2011 is wrong. Hope this clears things up a bit. ZanderSchubert (talk) 00:21, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Walking

BIL - I have noticed that you have contributed to the List of people who have walked across the United States, and cordially invite you to participate in a new WikiProject Walking that I have proposed. Your support for the project, active or passive, would be appreciated. Bezza84 (talk) 19:55, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

High-speed rail in Germany

Recently, Frankfurt - Mannheim high-speed railway is cancelled because electric shortage in Germany, in near future. 58.138.55.55 (talk) 05:02, 8 June 2011 (UTC) (alias 58.138.45.196)

Where have you read that? Website please. Otherwise I believe it's one of your usual stupid ideas. --19:11, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Alaska Route 2

Since I had the opportunity, I checked your cited source against another source, and as a result, blanked the section you wrote on this article entitled "Plans." This was only after tagging this as an issue in the article's talk page eight months ago and finding myself coming back to it again with nothing having been done. Whether this was your intention or not, the section amounted to selective sourcing to state something which falls in between misleading and downright false, that being that Sarah Palin had anything to do with the idea of a road to Nome. If you go to the article's talk page, I discuss this in further detail. Cheers.RadioKAOS (talk) 01:09, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

permanent DST

Hi,

Thanks for your contribution of countries observing permanent DST. Not doubting your insertion, but I wonder if you could provide a source for the permanent DST locations you ahve listed? Just because they are such specific assertions that I think they should be referenced. Thanks very much! Peregrine981 (talk) 12:51, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Only that they are on the map located entirely within a lower theoretical time zone, than the one they have, without DST shifting. Based on my definition of permanent DST: no seasonal shifting and higher time zone than theoretical, and that the countries don't have to call it Permanent Daylight Saving Time. I have seen that your definition of permanent DST is that the press such as the Guardian call it that. --BIL (talk) 13:51, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Might it be more accurate to say that they are on "de facto permanent daylight saving time" then? Peregrine981 (talk) 19:55, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

European Sovereign Debt Crisis

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Please post user 190.120.231.38 (talk)

Please post to user 190.120.231.38 (talk). 101.128.196.252 (talk) 06:53, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I will not report 190.120.231.38. It is you who write own political suggestions to Wikipedia and 190.120.231.38 has only objected to one of them.--BIL (talk) 07:11, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Rail Baltica

construction timetable: originally 2018-2023, but now invalid. 180.199.25.146 (talk) 06:13, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Do you have a source for the present time table?

In addition, electrification system of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge railways near Baltic States are 3 kV DC only. 180.199.25.146 (talk) 07:47, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Poland has 3 kV DC yes, but we don't know what will be built, unless there is a source for the info. You, from Japan, has written too much misinformation and own suggestions to be trustworthy. --BIL (talk) 07:55, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

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CAN bus

Hi BIL, I saw you removed most of the introduction for CAN bus, and just left the OBD part. What is the reason? IMMHO OBD is important, but use of CAN inside vehicles is significantly more important. Furthermore I think mentioning where CAN comes from is not too bad in an introduction. --JuergenKlueser (talk) 07:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

I did not remove that. It was removed by 91.186.197.124 who removed more. The second remove was reverted but not the first. I have now restored that.--BIL (talk) 08:25, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Oh sorry, I misinterpreted the history. Thanks for clarification and fixing! --JuergenKlueser (talk) 17:20, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

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The S-tog issue

Hello BIL ! I'm wondering about the article that simply is labeled S-trains. How do You feel about changing the name of that article to "Copenhagen S-trains". There is also an article S-Bahn, which also covers S-trains and similar systems in Austria and Switzerland. I see that aricle as a general article, and "Copenhagen S-trains" as a special article. Further I created List of Copenhagen S-train stations, unaware of the existence of the List of S-train stations article. Any suggestions or other comments ? Boeing720 (talk) 23:37, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Copenhagen S-trains is fine by me. Merge the list articles by simply deleting the List of S-train stations. --BIL (talk) 05:58, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

I understand that You only give me Your personal advice in the matter. It will be my responsibility, but how do I rename an article ? ("S-trains" into "Copenhagen S-trains") I've learned that to copy a text to a new article is wrong way to do it, due to the historical contribution credits. If You have that knowlidge ? 83.249.164.158 (talk) 23:16, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

You need to register an account. Then there is an option on top of the article to Move the article. But you should discuss this on the Talk page. But do get an account first. --BIL (talk) 09:12, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm very sorry, I really thought I was logged on. But the contribution (83.249.164.158, 23:16, 24 September 2013 UTC) was written by me. It was not intentional, and my IP is dynamical within a certain range. Even if "keep me logged in for 30 days" is marked, if entering Wikipedia through an e-mail this function doesn't work. I also belive that if certain cookies are removed, the same may occur. Hope You accept my appology. I will follow Your advices. Boeing720 (talk) 03:54, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Ways to improve Alsie Express

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List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

I agree that Greenland airports shall be included in the statistics. But since no reliable data is provided by the Greenlandic authorities nor the respective airports it has therefore been omitted. I have been in contact with the Greenlandic authorities that they must publish the data. But still no response.I am still working on this. For the time being I therefore suggest to remove the data for Greenland in order not to mix statistics from 2008 with 2012. Support to put some pressure on the Greenlandic authorities is very much appreciated from me. I can provide contact details. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dataretriever (talk • contribs) 17:35, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi BIL! Saw your comment and new statistics for Greenland. Terrific that someone finally found some trustworthy statistics for Greenland. But to keep up the trustworthy and quality of the site in question more info needs to be added before publishing. That is changes from 2011 in terms of percentage and rank and also info for the other categories of statistics published in this Wikipedia site.

- Aircraft Movements

- Freight and Mail Tonnes

For instance, why did you choose to not include Ilulissat in your update?

I do appreciate all help I can get to keep this site up to date and correct, but please be consistent and correct.

My best regards to you BIL! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dataretriever (talk • contribs) 21:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

It is in my opinion not needed to have change in percent for every airport. At least it is better to include them that way than to omit them, because now the last airport have the wrong rank. --BIL (talk) 22:29, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Ok, but many thanks for your latest update since I want to keep the article as correct as possible. Soon new data for 2013 will be published. Do you have any ideas how to do this? Should we add tables for 2013 or just simply replace the 2012 data with the new statistics. I am personally preferring to only include data for the previous year but in a logical and structured way. Any thoughts or recommendations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dataretriever (talk • contribs) 18:41, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Usually a new table has been added to. When a country publishes info, we add that info. We write a note on the incompleteness and keep the compelete table for the previous year until the new one is complete. Iceland has usually been late. When Swe,Nor,Den,Fin are complete we should make a list of old statistics for remaining airports. --BIL (talk) 10:05, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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Your changes to "Interantional Date Line"

Hello, BIL!

My user name is "Sim(ã)o(n)", and I've noticed this edit of yours to the article International Date Line, which was made right after mine. It was over a month ago, and I noticed it when it was made, but only now do I have enough time and will power to leave you a comment about that. Sorry I'm late, then!

I added a better explanation of the consequence of the lack of an IDL. My edit was caused by a conversation I had had with my father earlier that day. I had read the book recently, and he had too, a long time ago. Surely this fact, revealed in the end of the book, pretty much comes as a huge surprise to the reader, but it's actually well thought. When I was talking to my father, I said that today there is the International Date Line (IDL), and this problem should be solved. Fogg should have known he should delay his clock one day upon reaching this line, and I asked him if he had any idea if the IDL already existed (which would make sense, because, at the time, there were already trans-Pacific ship journeys, and it was pretty much unthinkable that there should be any confusion about which day you'd think it is in America and in Japan).

He said he didn't know, but perhaps not, because Jules Verne was known for coming up with innovative concepts, and it wouldn't make sense that he would use something everyone knew to exist as a total surprise to the reader, when everyone already knew that fact. And he said perhaps there wouldn't be so much confusion about times, since no one had really tried to go around the world like this, and that was a pretty much innovative concept. Probably, no one had ever thought of the necessity of an IDL.

But I went to Wikipedia to check it out. The article said the IDL was established in 1884 (the events of the book are narrated in 1872), so I added a better explanation of what happened in the book to the already existing section about it. I said the IDL didn't exist at the time, so no one had thought about the problem.

Yet then you came and added: "But a de facto date line did exist since the UK, India and the US had the same calendar with different local times, and he should have noticed when he arrived to the US that the local date was not the same as in his diary." But what do you mean by "a de facto date line"? If he had asked someone in the US what time it was, he'd surely get an answer he was not expecting, but he had no need to ask that. But do you think there was already, somehow, a "semi-implemented system" of a date line? What would happen if someone were to travel around the world like he did? Would someone tell him he should note on his dairy it was a day less, just like they would tell him he should add to his clock an hour every fifteen degrees he crossed? Or did no one at all know this should happen? If so, what do you mean when you say a de facto date line already existed?

By the way, have you ever read that book, or did you just add that based on your knowledge? If you haven't read it, I recommend that you do, because it's a very interesting book, and I really liked it!

Please reply when you can! Thanks! -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Talk to me!} _{See my} efforts! 09:03, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

What I mean with a de facto date line is: Before time zone existed, solar time was used, but that also meant differencies in local time. When it for example was Sunday 8 AM in Greenwich, it was 11:50 PM Saturday evening in San Francisco, and 5:20 PM Sunday evening in Yokohama, Japan. In Hawaii (which Mr Fogg did not visit but I mention it to point out the date difference) the time was 9:30 PM Saturday, and somewhere between Japan and Hawaii, there was a de facto date line. I have read the book. As Mr Fogg travelled eastwards he adjusted his clock forward, but when he reached San Francisco he should have subtracted a day, to match the local day that was used there. But he did not, and so his diary did not match local date in the USA and when reaching England.--BIL (talk) 10:16, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

I see... But he didn't do that because he hadn't thought he would have to subtract a day to his diary, and he didn't ask anyone which day it was. I think that, when you said that a de facto date line already existed, I got a little confused. According to your explanation now, I can see it is not really a date line (no-one thought of it, and no-one actually created it), but rather just a way of saying they had different dates. The article doesn't quite explain what a de facto date line is. Maybe we should explain it better in the article, but I'm not sure how. What do you think? Should we change anything? -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Talk to me!} _{See my} efforts! 17:03, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

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The word 'country'

Hello BIL I noted that you have previously commented on HK's status. Would you be interested to take a look at Talk:List of tram and light rail transit systems, Talk:List of metro systems and Talk:List of tallest buildings in the world too, as well as the recent edit history of World's busiest airports by passenger traffic? 116.48.155.127 (talk) 15:14, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Gothenburg tram network

Hi, BIL! I'm looking for a reference for Gothenburg tram network's system statistics (e.g. esp. route length, but I'll even take a reference for the 161 km "track length" figure; number of stations; etc...). I tried poking around the system's website, but it's in Swedish so I couldn't make much headway... Any help you can provide on this would be appreciated! (I'd also be interested in any references that categorize this system as a "premetro", but that's less important...) Thanks in advance! --IJBall (talk) 20:35, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

I have read http://goteborgssparvagar.se however without finding anything about route length or number of stations. They mention that there is 120 million embarkments per year (last year) (145 million including their buses, but there are other bus operators also).--BIL (talk) 20:57, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for trying!!  :) --IJBall (talk) 16:09, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

5 ft gauge definition and tolerances

BIL,

Your statement that rolling stack and tracks have the same gauge in itself is correct. However, the Soviets intended to tighten tolerances by narrowing the track gauge by 4 mm and leave the rolling stock unaltered. This sourced explanation is given in the first paragraph of 5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways#Redefinitions. (Logically, changing BOTH the track gauge and the wheelsets would have no effect at all for tolerances and increased stability). All I did was removed unsourced content being out of line with this explanation.--Aaron-Tripel (talk) 17:01, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

You must make a difference between formal gauge definition and real tolerated gauge. Formally both the stock and track tolerance were changed from 1524 to 1520. The in reality tolerated gauge was changed differently for vehicles and track. Other countries have made similar narrowing of tolerances, differently for stock and track, however without changing the formal definition. Both 1520 and 1524 are within tolerances, but maybe the Russians thought that it was better to round to centimeters (English feet were not used anymore there), since the tolerance was more than a centimeter.--BIL (talk) 20:52, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Reducing the track with 4mm wasn't for the purpose of having a nice round number. In the late 50's the British (and the Dutch in the 70's) did the same "trick" as the Soviets: Track gauge#Permanent way (history). Only the track gauge was narrowed (by 3 mm) in order to reduce the free space for lateral movement of the wheelsets. Europe in general: 1432mm was an UIC standard between the late 60's and 1997. After 1997 the standard gauge returned to "true" 1435mm. see: [4] and [5]. Can you provide sources that state the wheelsets were also narrowed?--Aaron-Tripel (talk) 18:22, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

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Concerning time in China

Hello BIL, Why was my edit reverted? Many thanks, smileguy91^talk 01:42, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Because Asia/Hong_Kong is used by the {{Tz/zone.tab cols wikitable}} template. Asia/Hong_Kong not just a place name, it is a code word in database, and Asia/Hong Kong wont work (since spaces is not supported in such code words). Look at your version, in the big table in the end of the article, and see what happened.--BIL (talk) 09:09, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Queen Alexandra and Greenwich timeTime

It depends on whether she knew about the time adjustment. If she thinks the event occurs at 1:00 p.m., she will show up at 1:30 p.m., Sandringham Time, and be 30 minutes late. Consider this: when Daylight Saving Time begins each year, people lose an hour's sleep, and those who fail to adjust their clocks will be an hour late for their appointments. Even if Queen Alexandra knew about the time change, how does eliminating 30 minutes from her day improve her chronic tardiness?John Paul Parks (talk) 15:24, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Assume the event is 1:00 pm Greenwich time. If she follows the clocks in the castle, she might show up 1:00pm according to her clocks (Sandringham Time), that is 0:30 pm Greenwich time. Or she is late so she shows up 1:30 Sandringham Time which is 1:00 Greenwich time. Of course if she spends the morning somewhere else and is supposed to be in Sandringham 1:00, she might show up 1:00 Greenwich which is 1:30 Sandringham Time. But I have assumed the reason was to make her on time for public events outside the castle, otherwise the change made no sense. My wrist watch shows one minute more than actual time, and this reduces the risk of being late for the public buses where I live. --BIL (talk) 18:02, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Extreme points of Europe

A discussion is on going, if Ireland can be add to Extreme points of Europe with qualifier of mainland if we include the British Isles and exclude the smaller islands. I sought 3O and they indicated yes, but failed to answer my questions. I am asking you as I see you are the only active editor that has previously removed this, but that was before the qualifier. Thanks. Murry1975 (talk) 09:35, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Kangerlussuaq Airport

Hi, RMS52 here. When you added certain flights to Kangerlussuaq Airport's destanations chart. They were only one off charter flights. These are not to be included on the Wikipedia, thanks.. ~~ RMS52 (talk) 13:59, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

The Hamburg flights are not one off. There are five per direction, and they are likely to return next year.--BIL (talk) 14:50, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

When I mentioned one off I didn't mean 1 flight, I meant that some routes (Hamburg for example) is a one time only service, yes it may likely return. But this does not make an acception RMS52 (talk) 19:13, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Why was Greenland Express deleted? It does not operate charter flights. --BIL (talk) 21:33, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

All the flights you added were charters, since they were on time only. This does not mean they were not bookable on the airlines websites. But I have a suggestion, in the history section. You could put information about these flights. RMS52 (talk) 07:54, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

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Pesky troll keeps vandalizing Jessica Watson

Hi 'BIL':

I've always appreciated your input when I've had problems regarding the article Jessica Watson in the past. Now I've noticed an obsessed detractor of Watson's constantly taking out the word 'unassisted' from the Infobox. Here is the latest reversal by this user -- latest edit by User:Pke81885 . He had already cooked up a 'dispute' about this in May of 2015, but I have never seen any discussion in the Talk Pages, or in the article about any dispute that Watson went around the world unassisted. Years after the event, media all over the world state that she went solo and unassisted. If Pke81885 has any hard evidence to the contrary, I want to see it, not some tripe about a 'dispute' that never happened.

This editor appears to be SPA -- editing mostly Jessica Watson. He is denying she went unassisted. The only dispute I have encountered involves the distance covered (not enough for an official circumnavigation) and the fact that WSSRC no longer supports records of the youngest sailor. Pke81885 does not have a case here, as far as I can tell, and is just pushing his own agenda. Skol fir (talk) 04:54, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

I keep watch over the article.--BIL (talk) 23:35, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

I also watched the article, but I was puzzled by someone like Pke81885 objecting to the word 'unassisted'. First I thought he was an expert in these matters, but then I realized that there was no basis for his objection. I never heard of Jessica Watson getting any assistance besides the allowed radio communication from advisers. I'll keep my eye out in case this happens again. Skol fir (talk) 23:46, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

In the Vendee Globe race, radio communication is limited by rules. The participants are not allowed to get advice on repair and tailor-made weather reports and routing advice. They are only allowed to get generally available weather reports. But that's an extreme race to determine the fastest and most skilled sailor. No private sailor follows so strict rules, nor other races like Volvo Ocean Race, and it would be a safety problem if not allowed to give advice and weather alerts to them. Every previous non-stop age record have had radio advice, but no presence onboard by other people. We have the same problem as with the route, which rules shall be followed? Some people believe that their rules or the last media article should have been followed. But it is hard to follow a rule media or bloggers make up or dig up afterwards. I think the user Pke81885 doesn't know about Vendee Globe just wanted to use a strict interpretation of the word "unassisted" meaning she would sail and no one talk to her and the arrives. The user Pke81885 hasn't described what problem he sees, only discussed routing. Strange that he has an agenda against her after six years, but some men don't like strong women.--BIL (talk) 09:47, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

I agree with all that you said. To my mind, it's pointless to argue against the way that Jessica Watson conducted herself during the voyage, when one is making up the rules after the fact, according to one's own biases. Before she set out, she had established what would be allowed, regarding phone communications, to ensure that she would not be 'assisted' either by someone on board, or by long distance. Communications seem to me to be a necessary safety factor, not a way to punish someone for single-handedly managing a relatively large sailboat on the open ocean. If the rule had been stricter for communications, she would have had to decide if she should go at all on her own. Watson deserves praise for being above board on all accounts. She admits to not worrying about the route, as her record for the youngest sailor was not officially recognized anyway by the WSSRC. Skol fir (talk) 20:50, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

I'll grant Skol fir the 'unassisted' claim. My contention has been with the 'around the world' part of the claim. The current description of the voyage as a 'southern hemisphere circumnavigation' is somewhat generous to Ms Watson. Now I'm all in favour of strong women, but self promoting blow hards and their washed up managers?. Yes, I admit I have a problem with them. Pke81885 (talk) 14:15, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

LHT/RHT table sortability?

Hi BIL, don't want to be that revert guy but I just reverted a change you made at Right-_and_left-hand_traffic. I agree that the China / HK situation is awkward, but the problem with the "sub row" solution you put in, is that it breaks the sortability of the table. Try clicking the Country header to sort, and HK and Macao end up as territories of Honduras! I commented this on the talk page a while back. --Cornellier (talk) 22:42, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Your unsourced changes

You should know by now that changes like these ones [6] [7] [8] are unnaceptable from a user that started editing twelve years ago.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 00:33, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

In my opinion these edits were factually correct, but I probably should have searched for sources. But it's hard to find sources in English to that information. Per now I'll leave the articles as they are. Why don't you update the outdated X2000 article? For destination lists in airport articles it is an established principle that the airline website is a source even if it is not linked. (linked by two clicks, the airline article and the link in the infobox or bottom). This is connected to the fact that table data is allowed to be sourced in the individual article. See also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports.--BIL (talk) 07:15, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Airline's websites are a valid source of information as long as they are cited with an inline citation. This was not the case in one of the diffs above. Mind WP:VERIFY, which is a policy.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 13:03, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

If you look at Vágar Airport#Airlines and destinations and Edinburgh Airport#Airlines and destinations and other airports, you see that there are few inline citations, only where tickets are not sold yet, per Wikipedia:WikiProject_Airports/page_content point 10. If you object to this policy, it would make more sense to discuss this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports, not at User talk:BIL because I will not add inline citations to all thousands of airport articles for routes where tickets are presently sold.--BIL (talk) 17:11, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

The links you mention are not policies of any kind. See also WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. And I objected you because you made the unsourced changes in the diffs above.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 19:04, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Visa policy of Svalbard

Hi, saw that you reverted my edit. Just saying, direct flights from Oslo to Svalbard are treated as international non-Schengen flights (unlike those with a stopover in Tromsö), so you can connect to those without a Schengen visa (for non-ATV nationals). Not to the flights via Tromsö though, which, in the past, used to be the only ones André Devecserii (talk) 17:06, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Do you have a source for that? --BIL (talk) 21:21, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Timatic says that a Norwegian visa is needed. Airlines use Timatic so it will be hard to board without a visa or right to enter Norway.--BIL (talk) 07:14, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

BIL You're misunderstanding it. It says: "As Svalbard is outside the Schengen area, passengers traveling from Oslo (OSL) to Longyearbyen (LYR) via Tromso are required to pass through passport control at Tromso." and "As Svalbard is outside the Schengen area, visitors entering the Schengen area who require a Schengen visa with an itinerary that also includes Longyearbyen (LYR) and re-entry into the Schengen area must have a double or multiple entry Schengen visa."

In other words, this doesn't apply to people in direct transit through Gardermoen and thus not entering the Schengen Area

As for the flights leaving from Pier A: yes, the ones via Tromsö, not the nonstoppers - those leave from Pier F, i.e. the non-Schengen sector. Check the 31 July at 21:35 on Avinor's website. André Devecserii (talk) 21:02, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Where is this written? --BIL (talk) 21:10, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

BIL Timatic. The first quote is from Passport => Additional information, the second one from Visa => Additional information (right-click, choose "copy link" and paste manually) André Devecserii (talk) 21:13, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

The only thing I can copy and paste is "You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi on this server." I used https://klm.traveldoc.aero/ which if I use multi segment trip I get "Visa or additional documentation is required for Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands. Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands are not party to the Schengen agreement. Nationals travelling to Longyearbyen will be required to undergo passport control at Tromso, and nationals who require a visa to enter Norway must be in possession of a double entry Schengen visa to authorize re-entry back into Norway." It says nothing about visa-free transfer in Oslo. There is also a link to Governor of Svalbard which says "Norwegian authorities do not require a visa for visiting Svalbard, but as most transport links connect Svalbard with Norway, foreigners with visa requirements to Norway/the Schengen area will need a valid visa to travel through the Schengen area." Somewhat unclear to me. --BIL (talk) 21:23, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

BIL Traveldoc is utterly useless, with so much incorrect information (unlike Timatic) that it's unbelievable. Go on Olympic or Emirates, put Kazakhstan as the nationality and Norway as the destination. I got it from Olympic, which is what we use these days. If you also put Norway in the transit field, you'll find Gardermoen has facitilies for same-day TWOV (transit without entering Schengen) André Devecserii (talk) 21:31, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

I still get no explicit information about Oslo transit. The link is https://www.olympicair.com/en/Info/Timatic and works on IE not Chrome. It says "- As Svalbard is outside the Schengen area, passengers traveling from Oslo (OSL) to Longyearbyen (LYR) via Tromso are required to pass through passport control at Tromso. - As Svalbard is outside the Schengen area, visitors entering the Schengen area who require a Schengen visa with an itinerary that also includes Longyearbyen (LYR) and re-entry.". klm.traveldoc.aero essentially gives the same information. And Wikipedia does not work the way that a user who claims that he knows everything, claims that some websites are useless and claims that some users misunderstand everything, that such a user has the correct information. We use legible sources written as direct links--BIL (talk) 21:42, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

BIL, it is a fact that Timatic, not Traveldoc, is what airlines use, and so do we.

As for transit, again, put Kazakhstan (for example) as the nationality and Norway in the transit field, and it will come back as "TWOV (Transit Without Visa): Visa required, except for Holders of onward tickets in transit on the same calendar day, between 06:00 and 23:00, provided arriving at and departing from Oslo Gardermoen (OSL)."

ATV nationals need an ATV, of course, but that's it André Devecserii (talk) 21:54, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

I have asked Avinor at Oslo Airport if visa free transfer is available from non-Schengen to Svalbard. The answer is yes, for the same day, for non-stop flights from Oslo (not Tromsø). It is the same info as was written in Timatic, but that is a professional tool and is kind of hard to interpret, and also only only your last instruction provided help in how to use the site. And you have not provided a working link, I did found out that. I am just curious what you work with, travel agent? You seem to claim working with Timatic, but it is hard to know how professional you are in this. And I had to find out what ATV is (airport transfer visa).--BIL (talk) 19:20, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

BIL, read my profile. I'm an ordinary university student, but also a huge travel geek and do have contact with Timatic's sourcing manager based in Amsterdam. Whenever I have reason to believe something in Timatic is inaccurate, unclear or outdated, I message him about it, providing evidence (mostly screenshots of correspondance with local authorities), and a lot of the time this leads to corrections.

Timatic has its flaws, but this is not one of them. In my opinion the info on this matter is crystal clear

And yes, just like I said (and is stated in Timatic), same-day transfer at Gardermoen between 06:00-23:00 when travelling on a non-stopper only. Exactly what I said. André Devecserii (talk) 22:02, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Jag ser att du är svensk. Även om detta är engelska Wikipedia, kan man väl på en privat talk-sida skriva lite privat. Jag reste nyligen på en ur Timatic-synpunkt intressant resa, Kirgizistan med byte i Moskva. Kirgizistan är visumfritt, liksom transfer i Moskva, vilket jag i första hand kollade upp via ambassadsajter. Timatic anger detta, medan Traveldoc har fel, påstår att visumfri transfer i Moskva inte gäller inom Eurasian Economic Union, men det gäller till alla länder utom Vitryssland. Ett problem var att boarding pass ur Moskva ges först i Moskva (med väntetid) vilket kräver annan dokumentation för passkontrollen. Tack för infon om Svalbard.--BIL (talk) 06:08, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

BIL, precis därför jag säger att Traveldoc är en bajssida :) Förutom att den innehaaller saa brutalt felaktig information (t.ex. staar det att europeiska ID-kort inte gäller i Moldavien och franska utomeuropeiska territorier) är det (tack och lov) heller inte vad incheckningspersonal använder. Misstänker dock att IATA uppdagade att vi länkade saa flitigt till KLMs Timatic-interface och daa drog in KLMs Timatic-konto.

Ryssland-Kazakstan var ett kort tag en inrikesrutt, men aldrig till övriga EAEU.

Lite off-topic, men en av Timatics största brister är att det inte tydligt specifieras att vid internationell transit i ett land krävs inte en resehandling som ocksaa godtas för inresa dit, bara man har papper för destinationen (istället staar bara huruvida visum krävs eller ej). Finns naagra länder som kräver det, exempelvis Kanada, Mauritius och Sydafrika, men daa staar det uttryckligen (man kan m.a.o. inte flyga till London-Mauritius-Réunion paa ett nationellt ID-kort, daa just Mauritius kräver pass även för transit, men London-Sydney-Nouméa gaar hur bra som helst om det är i en bokning). Detta är dock naagot enormt maanga incheckningspersoner missförstaar, saa jag ser alltid till att faa en skriftlig bekräftelse fraan personalen vid avreseflygplatsen (som oftast är oerhört svaar att faa tag paa) innan jag bokar en saadan resa om jag inte avser ta med passet (vilket jag helst inte gör dit det inte behövs). André Devecserii (talk) 22:11, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Det står inte i Timatic att nationellt id-kort inte gäller på SAS från Sverige till Storbritannien mfl länder. Pass krävs enligt SAS egna regler [9] och bekräftat av mail från SAS på fråga av mig. Dock går nationellt id-kort bra enligt svensk och brittisk lag, vilket inte hjälper om man inte får checka in. Jag har alltid med passet inom Schengen för säkerhet skull men har inte visat det inom Schengen på 10 år, eftersom nationellt id-kort gått bra. En gång tyckte ett flygbolag att nationellt id-kort inte gällde på charter till Spanien, men efter att frågat kollegan gällde det. Traveldoc skriver att pass behövs vid sökning inom Schengen eller inom EU (t.ex. GB).--BIL (talk) 06:07, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

BIL Jag hade daa inga problem vid bag drop paa Arlanda daa jag flög med SAS till Kosovo (utanför EU och Schengen). Han I disken var tveksam men efter att han kollade i Timatic var det inga problem. Timatic redogör endast för nationella myndigheters krav, inte flygbolags.

Hade köpt och avbokat en flex-biljett till London för att kunna skriva ut ett "falskt" boardingkort ifall gränspolisen skulle fraaga efter det, vilket de dock inte gjorde. André Devecserii (talk) 15:52, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

You were misled

Hello BIL,
You were misled. Please see Talk:SA3 coupler#Wrong patents. Peter Horn User talk 16:47, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm waiting for your input. Peter Horn User talk 18:18, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Not hyphenating the compound modifier "light[-]rail" (something), just because "we don't do that"?

Will you please see my proposal at talk:light rail?

Thanks if so, 97.117.19.208 (talk) 19:25, 25 August 2017 (UTC) for now.

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Sorry if I added the wrong category, but in the article it says "Roshana was born in Iran to Iranian parents". That would mean that she migrated and has no Swedish ancestors. Either the article body or the infobox is wrong. Geschichte (talk) 11:10, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

The Swedish Wikipedia article about her claims she was born in Falun, Sweden. There is a link there which doesn't say her birth place, only that she lived in Stockholm at age 17. The English article has four source links. lovegeneration.se isn't about the band at all nowadays. One link is dead and the two other don't say where she's born, but the kulturama.se site says she grew up in Falun, and the aftonbladet.se article from 2007 (age 14) says she's from Falun. This article said she was born in Falun until 17 April 2016 when an IP number changed that to Iran without providing a source. Which I reverted now.--BIL (talk) 11:42, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

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On the topic of driving licences and similar "if this happens then maybe that might happen" items, your contribution was reverted because it is just too speculative and really too detailed to go in what is already an overlength article. There are many second and third order consequences (mobile phone roaming charges, for example) that might follow from this or that scenario. If all these go in, complete with the necessary qualifications, the article will be unreadable. Wikipedia is not a newspaper. We can wait six weeks and then we will need a new article Consequences of Brexit that can contain verifiable facts not speculation. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 10:16, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I thought this was important for the people concerned. If they don't act now, it will be troublesome for them if there is no deal. The article is filled with speculations, which I noticed when I tried to write the Swedish Brexit article. A lot of the speculation is from the first year after the article 50 notice when less was known. Apparantly we can't add to it because of length even if we know more now. And my revert of your revert was because your complaint was that the source wasn't reliable. I changed the source to the UK government. Then you reverted again for a different reason.-BIL (talk) 21:37, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

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The POSIX definition of "Seconds since the Epoch" indicates that the time_t values for 2015-06-30 23:59:60 UTC and for 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC are the same. I'm not sure that I'd call that "repeating the last second of the day"; it's more like "making the last second of the day, i.e. the leap second, look like the first second of the next day, and repeating that second".

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NOTE: POSIX time is NOT UTC; there's no 23:59:60 in POSIX time. Guy Harris (talk) 19:39, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

You can change the Leap second article as you prefer. I understand that as UNIX time is based on the time_t integer, there is no 23:59:60 there, 23:59:59 is by definition followed by 00:00:00.--BIL (talk) 21:12, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

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Stockholm Arlanda Airport

Hello, this sentence "During the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of the flights were cancelled." was added on 3 April 2020, so it might be difficult to understand afterwards whether it was about the spring of 2020 or the entire pandemic. The sources were from 3 April and 27 March, respectively. The sentence "Terminal 2, 3 and 4 closed and terminal 5 handled all passengers during this period." did not specify the period and seemed to be unsourced. If you have a reference, you could write "As of (month, year), the terminals... have been closed.", if they are still closed. Regards, Stalverk80 (talk) 23:51, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

The amount of traffic rose during the summer but problably to below 10% of 2019. I shall check the official statistics which is per month.--BIL (talk) 08:29, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Done --BIL (talk) 13:27, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks but https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.isavia.is%2Fmedia%2F1%2F12-des-2021-tolur-fyrir-vefsiduna.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK looks empty for 2021. A better link, perhaps? Thanks Bouzinac (talk) 13:54, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

The pdf file at the source location has info. https://www.isavia.is/media/1/12-des-2021-tolur-fyrir-vefsiduna.pdf --BIL (talk) 13:56, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

thanks Bouzinac (talk) 20:24, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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Oh, by the way I see you are swedish. Any chances you could explain what are the actual termini of the three green lines in Stockholms? enwiki is unclear about that. There are sources saying T18 ends for instance in Alvik (https://tunnelbanakarta.se/stockholm-metro-map/) . But If you are looking at that timetable https://sl.se/?mode=travelPlanner&origName=H%C3%A4sselby+strand+%28Stockholm%29&origSiteId=9100&origPlaceId=QT0xQE89SMOkc3NlbGJ5IHN0cmFuZCAoU3RvY2tob2xtKUBYPTE3ODMxMzk4QFk9NTkzNjA4NzBAVT03NEBMPTMwMDEwOTEwMEBCPTFAcD0xNjQyOTAzMjMxQA%3D%3D&destName=Alvik+%28Stockholm%29&destPlaceId=QT0xQE89QWx2aWsgKFN0b2NraG9sbSlAWD0xNzk4MDYyOEBZPTU5MzMyOTQwQFU9NzRATD0zMDAxMDkxMTJAQj0xQHA9MTY0MjkwMzIzMUA%3D&transportTypes=111 you can have T18/T19 depending on times. So who is right? Is there somewhere a more synthetic timetable explain how the green lines function? Thanks !--Bouzinac (talk) 20:28, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

This map from SL [10] says all three end at Hässelby strand. The timetable overview [11] says: 17 Skarpnäck - Åkeshov , 18 Farsta strand - Alvik , 19 Hagsätra - Hässelby strand. The actual timetable [12] says only Hässelby strand as end point. The night time table shows trains Skarpnäck–Hässelby strand. Using the search engine for Skarpnäck–Hässelby strand shows need to transfer, the T17 starts/ends at Åkeshov. Sometimes T17 ends in Odenplan. I found one single daytime T17 train starting at 08:11 from Skarpnäck going all the way to Hässelby strand. Search on start at T18 however shows that some end at Alvik and some go to Hässelby strand. It seems somewhat dynamic. There is in general a wish not to have too many trains at the turning points since they cross each others path.--BIL (talk) 20:57, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Okay so you seem to agree with the service table shown on Hässelby strand metro station ? Bouzinac (talk) 21:23, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes--BIL (talk) 22:19, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, ==> Hässelby Strand and still trying to clean that map out Bouzinac (talk) 08:42, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

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Hello, in this edit, have you perhaps made a typo? I can't imagine the night train service starting in 1909. But I can't find the correct start year (1990, 2009…?) either, so I ask you to fix it yourself. Thank you. --Blahma (talk) 09:38, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

The all year night train service started 2021 over the Great Belt. Before that night trains Stockholm–Berlin operated starting 1909 over a ferry between Sweden and Germany. This night train only operated Malmö-Berlin in the summer season after around 2000. So the text is correct. Trains as a mode of transport in general were introduced mid 19th-century, so why is it impossible for it to started running 1909?--BIL (talk) 18:17, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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Hi, I saw your edit where it is claimed that the line will be usable with 250 km/h from 2023. Do you have a source for that claim? It says on this forum that a test with a speed of 275 km/h would need to be completed for the track to be certified for 250 km/h. For now, I will remove the claim of 250 km/h since while built for that speed, I don't think the certification is there. In fact, the yearly report linked in the forum claims that the certified speed was 200 km/h. --Ysangkok (talk) 00:10, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

It was part of official documents from bane.dk created around its opening, that the line was partially certified to 250 and would be that for real in future with ERTMS as main requirement. One source indicating already 250 in 2019: https://bane.dk/-/media/Bane/Jernbanevirksomhed/Netredegoerelse/2019/Bilag-2019/3_3F-Hastighed-paa-Banedanmarks-jernbanenet.pdf But it is true that it is 200 km/h for now, maybe for long time.--BIL (talk) 18:27, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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@AlexandraAVX: I would like to consider historiskt.nu which is used in several articles about railway stations in Sweden, not to be a primary source. It does not describe it's own activities. It is a kind of research site which puts together information from other sources which are listed. It is not a general professional media with prestige, but it is considered well ranked within the field of Swedish railway history. I had to look up what is actually meant by "Self-published sources", it is sources that is published without going through a prestigious professional publisher who take some responsibility on the content. It is my observation that general professional media with prestige does not always write correct information; they just gather information they find with only some kind of source criticism, sometimes from Wikipedia. It is hard to find information about this field from such prestigious secondary sources, and more so considering many professional media demand paid subscription.--BIL (talk) 20:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

And about the problem with primary sources used. Why can't we use the owner's website as reference to who is the owner, if it is a nationally owned company, not Trump? More doubtful might be the usage of Trafikverket/Traffic Administration website as reference to when the tunnel project is expected to be finished. But this info is of interest to readers and it is marked with the word "expected".--BIL (talk) 20:46, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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The edit was not taken unchanged from the source, it was edited fairly much. Still some expressions such as "tend to be processed" was unchanged. I have now submitted a similar text with more edits. "tend to be processed" is now written as "are usually assessed". Still the words "automatically", "manually", "days" and "hours" are kept. Hopefully Henley don't have total copyright on these words.--BIL (talk) 17:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

The new version looks okay. Don't forget to cite your source! Thanks, — Diannaa (talk) 19:46, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

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There is a principle that two vehicles can't share the same letter-number combination, even if disregarding the dash (shown as blank on plates). So if a car has SR-A 123, no car can have S-RA 123.

This sounds sensible indeed. I must admit, however, that I have not yet heard or read about this principle, not even after driving on German roads for four decades. So how does it work? Does the Stuttgart (S) office have to ring Straubing (SR) before they issue any S-R■ code, or the other way round …? I would really appreciate a bit of source, so may I ask where your information comes from? —Jochen64 (talk) 19:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

As you have obviously not yet had time to share your knowledge, I have today sent a mail to my local Zulassungsstelle, asking whether they know of any regulation concerning this problem. (Will the registration districts in question contact each other before issuing a dubious code? Do they know more about this Vienna Convention than we do?) I will be happy to keep you – and the interested Wikipedia public – posted. Have a good time —Jochen64 (talk) 20:23, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

There has to be a central register which can handle this. Police probably don't look in a table of over 700 phone numbers to find out info about a suspect car. I hoped that Germans with better knowledge find a better source than the Vienna convention. I try to read the law "Fahrzeug-Zulassungs-Verordnung" linked in the end of the article, but I can't find anything even prohibiting the same number of two vehicles within the same city. If you find a source that same letter-digit combination but different cities do exist, then write this and link the source. So far this is a large unclear detail about German number plates. I know that parking companies in other countries frequently omit the space and don't write a dash in parking fine tickets.--BIL (talk) 12:30, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you – I'm beginning to see your point. Very well, this is what I found out.

The answer I received from the registration office relied heavily on the FZV law mentioned before. Basically, §12 tells what plates have to look like; §9 explains the way combinations are assigned. The legal wording is not easy to read and understand, I must say, yet I believe I found the point where it says that combinations must be unique: §9(1) #2: "einer auf das einzelne Fahrzeug bezogenen Erkennungsnummer." – The Vienna Convention was not mentioned although I had referred to it in my mail.

However I looked up the Zentrales Fahrzeugregister des Kraftfahrt-Bundesamtes which is exactly the central register you are missing. I'm going to add it to the article, along with sources. Should we switch this discussion to the appropriate talk page? —Jochen64 (talk) 03:48, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes please do it.--BIL (talk) 16:09, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

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