Talk:List of Thomas & Friends railway engines/Archive 1

message: *This article is for TV Series characters only. Characters from and references to the movies, or the Railway Series, do not belong in this article
*Any false or otherwise unproven information will be removed
*It has been generally accepted that the correct terminology is engines rather than "locomotives" or "trains". This is how characters are referred in the the series.
Please note that the following engines have their own pages:
*Thomas
*Edward
*Henry
*Gordon
*James
*Percy
*Toby
*Duck
*Donald and Douglas
*Emily
As such, their profiles on this page are only very brief, and are explored in much more details on their own pages. All other characters are on this page, so long as they can be considered to be regular characters.
Any updates to this page should be valid, and justified. Any updates which are not appropriate will be corrected ASAP by myself or someone else.
Sorry to be a real stickler, but I've put in hours bringing this page up to standard. Many thanks to those who have made positive contributions thus far. Gonzerelli 12:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Previous discussion summarised

message: The summary on Duke originally said his story is based on a locomotive lost in the Brazilian rain forest. This is a reference to the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway's Lew which disappeared into the depths of Brazil in 1936 (see ). However I don't think this is the story that inspired the Rev. Awdry to write about Duke. He took his inspiration from Fire Queen a very early loco of the Padarn Railway that was sealed into its loco shed and forgotten for many decades until it was uncovered in the 1960's and restored. Gwernol 16:12, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure on that, to be honest - IIRC, the Reverend noted the Brazilian incident in his introduction to the RS book Duke the Lost Engine. I'll have to have a look at it and get back to you - but my gut is saying that what was there is correct.Thehalford 20:36, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Its entirely possible I'm wrong about this and the entry needs to be change. If someone can turn up the definitive story, we can get it right. I'm more than happy to revert my change if I've got it wrong. Gwernol 21:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Until there is substantial proof either way, I will not update my backed-up file with this information. Gonzerelli 09:43, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: From the book itself: "An engine lost in the South American jungle was found after 30 years. A tree had grown through its chimney and hornets nested in its firebox. When mended it gave good service for 30 more years. As such, the Brazilian story is the correct one :) Thehalford 08:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Origins of Duke's story

message: An unregistered user has recently tried to reformat this article, by adding more headings, changing the character order, and inserting minor characters into the article. These edits only served to further complicate an article which is already quite detailed, but in quite a balanced way.
It appears this was a part of the unregistered user's plans to remove two articles, such as this one. While this was a good intention, the articles have been planned by participants of WikiProject Thomas, and this unregistered user's edits went against these plans.
We are quite happy to discuss this should the user wish, and take on board their thoughts. However, without discussion, we will only revert any further edits of the kind.
Gonzerelli 16:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits 

message: Shouldn't Oliver the Great Western Engine have a page for himself? Need to know whether or not. --imdanumber1 18:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No. As per WikiProject Thomas. Put simply, as his section states, he has not been given the opportunity to develop to the extent of his counterparts. Gonzerelli 02:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Page for Oliver

message: Please note that Thomas and Friends - Season 10 has NOT been released yet. As such, until the season has been released, and information can be verified, please do not add characters from this season to this page. Gonzerelli 12:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Season 10 characters

message: Recent edits were made to change the section titles to longer, somewhat extended descriptions of the engines (eg. "Thomas the Tank Engine, No. 1). This has been reverted for three reasons
* In many cases, the names were not "official" names - "Murdoch the Mighty Engine", for example, has no verifiable link with the TV Series
* Any "extra" information put in the section title can easily be read within the sections, and so does not need to be placed in the title
* It messes with the anchored WikiLinks coming from dozens of pages.
As such, the titles for each character's section have been reverted to just the characters' names. Gonzerelli 12:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Extended titles

message: How do you know that Neville and Furgus return in season 11 and Murdoch in season 12?
:This is the kind of unverifiable information we must work to eliminate as soon as it surfaces. Gonzerelli 06:26, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Neville, Murdoch and Furgus's returns