Template talk:Thomas/Archive 1

Not yet at appropriate standard

This infobox is not yet at an appropriate standard to be added to pages. This is due to the extremely selective nature of the content.

The following is to be completed before this infobox can be of an acceptable standard:

• Completion of WikiProject Thomas' Character page rationalisation mini-project, which will clearly define character pages, and make sure all characters are included rather than this being done selectively;
• Completion of WikiProject Thomas' Video page rationalisation mini-project, which will remove the 30-odd individual pages for videos and put all video releases onto one page. Alternatively, the videos section could very well be removed.

Gonzerelli 07:34, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

• Completions of Fictional Location work and links /sublinks to Fictional Locations (The Railway Series). I have updated quite a few, but it still appears on the what links here pages. I don't quite understand why, but it is definately the infobox now incorrectly linking.

Mdcollins1984 16:03, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• I have added some of the obvious missing information, namely: the individual railway pages; the grouped character pages for the TV series; and the major Skarloey Railway engines (as these play a significant role in both books and TV series).
• I have also re-arranged a number of the other entries on (hopefully) obvious grounds
• Hopefully, the result is that bit closer being 'acceptable'.

EdJogg 13:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

We're definitely getting much closer to something that could actually be useful. Thanks for the efforts guys. Gonzerelli 14:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, so what else needs to be done? It would be useful to have this template available on the various Railway Series pages, to assist navigation between them (would replace most of the 'See also' sections).

EdJogg 15:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

A couple of pots of coffee later, I think what we have now is good to go with. No redirects, keeps a balance between series, major characters as per WP:THOMAS (I've left out Skarloey engines & Emily, which I'll explain later if need be), and anything else that we later feel the need to be added can be thrown into the last section without being out of place. Gonzerelli 23:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

It's looking good. If I were to criticise, then it seems a bit tall, but I guess that's just a side-effect of having so much ground to cover. When you're ready to 'release' it, you'd better update the project page to let us know.

I have no problem with the Skarloey Railway engines being missing from the 'characters' section, however we do need to do something about them as their coverage is a bit of a mess still. I think the sanest approach might be to move them all to Skarloey Railway, in the same way as for the other minor railways (which you'll have noted I have just about finished doing). However, you obviously have some ideas for them, so could you (i) give your reasons here for omitting them from the template, and (ii) explain on the project page what we're going to do about the Skarloey engines...?

EdJogg 01:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

You're right, Skarloey engines *are* in a little bit of a mess at the moment. My "view to the future" for them is to, as you've suggested, simply have them all on Skarloey Railway, where it should be quite simple to cover all six major characters. Besides which, "Duncan the Rocking 'n' Rolling Engine" is a pretty ordinary title ;)

I'm still in a state of disorganisation myself, but when I'm back on the wagon (so to speak), I'll make a "proper" update (have a few plans to help out the WP:THOMAS organisation...)