User talk:S.C.Ruffeyfan

I do not want ANY of you to bully me, taunt me, say I'm dumb or say Thomas is a baby show. Overall, have a good time!

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What shall we call our new Village Pump?

Hello S.C.Ruffeyfan!

Your input would be greatly appreciated on what to call our new Village Pump! Click [[1]] to have a look!

Thanks,

Bluegoblin7 17:23, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I think we should call it 'Main Station'--S.C.Ruffeyfan 19:57, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Please add it to the ballot on the page, and pick some others! You have three votes! Bluegoblin7 20:00, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I played with yiour userbox template

Hope you like the result.

Why not let all TtTE fans here know the box exists? I'm sure they'll like it Tim Trent 09:20, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

A Proposal...

Hello S.C.Ruffeyfan, I've noticed that you have been doing loads of editing on the Thomas pages. What I would like to do here is to start up projects like those at Wikipedia. Thomas and FanFic would be the first. Would you be interested in helping me? Thanks, Bluegoblin7 23:18, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

OK. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 15:46, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Dalek X is also helping, and I have begun a page at Workforce:Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Bluegoblin7 15:51, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Coloured signature

How do I get a coloured signature --S.C.Ruffeyfan 16:01, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

If you ahve an idea of how you would like it to look, I would be very happy to create it for you! Bluegoblin7 16:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

OK. I'd like 'S.C.Ruffey' in green and 'fan' in light red. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 16:33, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Is there any particular font request? Bluegoblin7 16:40, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I tried doing it myself. It was too hard. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 18:10, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

In "preferences" you need to tick the raw signatures box. Then put

[[User:S.C.Ruffeyfan|<b><font color="#00FF00">S.C.Ruffey</font><font color="#FC4A4A">fan</font></b>]]

into the box. It will look like this:

S.C.Ruffeyfan

Happy playing.

Tim Trent ^{talk to me} 22:03, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I think I can do it --S.C.Ruffeyfan 18:53, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

I do, too. But, as you see, it creates a load of formatting stuff in the edit panel. I've gone vanilla again for mine. Tim Trent 18:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

You asked me about adminship

So I thought you might want to contribute to the discussion I have just started at The Station Cafe. Tim Trent ^{talk to me} 23:17, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

SiF

Hi, S.C.Ruffeyfan! Earlier this month you told me that ever since I got banned from SiF, alot of other people were getting banned as well. Is that true? If so...why? What's happening to SiF? And also, do you have any idea as to why I was banned? Thanks, and I hope to hear from you soon! --Dalek X 01:21, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, on the website TV.com, on the TUGS general discussion, they were talking about it sharing with TUGS. The Star Dock Forum was closed down. They discussed about SiF saying that when they tried to register, they got banned after they had been on for about two days. One user got banned cause he was african-american, and they made fun of him. They started to send this Thomas parody series made by themself called 'The Yard' which is just adultish Thomas and there was an episode that made fun of him cause he was african-american. So they probably banned you for liking Doctor Who and other non-Thomas stuff, cause they stay true to Thomas. Hope this helps. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 18:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoa! About that Native American being banned, that is SO racist! I'm aware of what "The Yard" is. I used to watch it, but I found it to bee very offensive to a bunch of people, so I stopped. And, also, if they banend me for the sole reason of liking Doctor Who and having the word Dalek in my username, then that's just rude! Maybe it's better that I'm not on SiF anymore. Thanks for the info. --Dalek X 18:16, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Test sig

I'm testing my new sig now --S.C.Ruffeyfan 19:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Cool sig, dude. I've asked Bluegoblin7 to help me make one as well. --Dalek X 18:17, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Dude! I finally got a sig!!!DalekX

Adoption...

Hello Alex,

Would you like me to adopt you? I will be able to help you with all aspects of TSW, with things like Userboxes, etc. What do you think?

Bluegoblin7 11:10, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

One word: Yep --S.C.Ruffeyfan 18:14, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Thomas Workforce and Adoption...

Hello Alex,

I have now adopted you: if you need help with anything, just ask me! No need to bother anyone else, it's what i'm here for!

Also, with Workforce:Thomas, there is an awful lot of stuff that needs doing. First things first: merge the Thomas and Friends Portal into the project page... this page is going to become something else, and use the WP Thomas Project (all copied below the new bit) editing so it's suitable for here. Think you can do it? (I'm sure I can find a barnstar from somewhere...) Bluegoblin7 00:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Probably. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 17:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Anyway, I need help with improving the userbox page. Can you help me? --S.C.Ruffeyfan 20:06, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:ErnestTheEngine.png

I see you "supplied" the picture, but from where did you get it and do you have permission to release it under the GFDL licence? We have to be very careful about copyright. Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 20:14, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

EtE&O Workforce...

I ahve replied to you on my talk page, but, in short, before you create it get consensus from other members, and build it up in your sandbox first! Bluegoblin7 11:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

{{User Ernest‎}}

Hi Alex,

Do you think you could have a chat with BG7 about userboxes? He can help you get it right first time, every time.  :)

Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 20:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

0K --S.C.Ruffeyfan 15:34, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for adminship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Application for Adminship

I would like to be an administrator because:

 • I want to contribute to the world of trains and Thomas.
 • I am good at spelling.
 • I hate vandalism.
 • I want to revert vandalism. This is why I should be an administrator. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 18:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

In the absence of a system (since we are still creating it) I'd like to deal with this at User talk:S.C.Ruffeyfan, so I will copy it over there and invite anyone who wises to make whatever comments they choose there. I will include this comment, too. Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 19:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

The foregoing is copied from the Station Cafe. Now, please, lets talk about whether this user should be an admin. Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 19:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Discussions, votes etc

Please put a considered view below here, asking any questions you think are appropriate.

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Questions

question 1, from Tim Trent ^{Talk to me}

What do you feel that the administrator's tools will allow you to do that can't be done as an ordinary user?

question 2, from EdJogg

What maintenance, or similar activities, have you undertaken to improve TSW? (In this sense, this excludes article creation/edits, workforce work and userboxes).

For or against

 Oppose, with some reluctance, because I can see how keen this user is, but none of the questions have (yet) been answered. I would be happy to see a new application at some point in the future. Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 22:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

 Oppose, for many the same reasons as above, but also I would like to see a bit more maintenance undertaken: keep at it Alex! You will be good enough soon! A challenge: try and get Workforce:Thomas a bit better, and it'll put you a bit closer! Bluegoblin7 19:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

 Oppose: full marks for enthusiasm, but more experience needed. Tackling some of the maintenance tasks on the ToDo list will allow experience to be gained, and will also show to others the commitment to and quality of admin-type tasks. EdJogg 00:40, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Closure

We don't yet have a formal process for this, so I am closing it as a regretful "Not this time", and hope this does not discourage you. Please gain some more experience and apply again in the future. We ought to have a better process for this then. Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 08:12, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to have to say "No"

Hi Alex,

It's just a case of "a little too early" to be an admin yet. I know it's a disappointment, but what I really want to do is to encourage you to get involved with loads of stuff, show you are good at it, and then re-apply. There's a lot of work to be done to get this place into shape. It isn't even a year old yet, and it needs help!

Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 08:19, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

It's OK. I didn't know about it being a year old. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 18:09, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

We went live on 14 February 2007 :) I'd really like to have you as an admin when you get a little more "stuff" under your belt. Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 20:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

The RfA process

Hi. As a regular user, I thought Id point you to the ongoing discussion at Trains talk:Requests for adminship. Thanks. Tbo 157 22:23, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Proposed newsletter

You might be interested in the discussion at Trains:Station Cafe (Left Luggage)#Newsletter for the wiki... where there is a discussion for a proposed newsletter. Thanks. Tbo 157 20:18, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Right. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 16:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Ernest Workforce

Hi Alex,

Are you ready to launch this? If so, please add a bit more stuff (look at the US Railways one for inspiration.

Thanks,

BG7 16:17, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

ps like my abbreviated sig?

Yeah. I'm ready to launch it. I like the sig. --S.C.Ruffeyfan 19:00, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, if you can add a tad more content to it, ill make up a portal and launch it at around 8? BG7 19:03, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Ps, your sig abbreviated would look like this: S.C.Rf

Your recent talk page edits to User:C45Te, and the FanFic page...

Hi SCRuffey,

I left this at C45Te (talk · contribs)'s page, but ive copied it here:

You don't own anything you submit here, anyone can edit it. If you don't want others to edit it don't write it. Having an attitude may well get you blocked from editing or worse. Please consider apologising to C45Te. Also, loo at the FanFic page you edited too...

--BG7 20:45, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Please see the buffet car. Tim Trent ^{Talk to me} 22:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi SCRuffey, thanks for apolgising to C45TE. You do understand about why you don't own an article?

Thanks,

BG7 15:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

FanFic:Thomas Video Games

Hi SCRuffey,

Can you move your games to the above page? Thanks, BG7 15:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, BG7--S.C.Rf 17:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The Transport Journal Issue 5

Here's the latest issue of the Transport Journal, S.C.Ruffeyfan. Hope you enjoy it! --DalekX 17:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Namespaces

Hi SCRuffey,

Can I just ask that when you make new Fan Fiction pages they are in the namespace FanFic, not Fanfic. I'm getting fed up of moving then deleting the redirects.

Thanks,

BG7 20:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, I didn't know that. --S.C.Rf 17:36, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok SC, no worries! By the way, sorry about that message - it sounded a bit rude. I was in a bad mood at the time. I simply meant to say that it prevents me from editing when there's loads of admin to do!

Thanks,

BG7 17:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

The Transport Journal Issue 6

Hey, S.C.Ruffeyfan! Here's the newest issue of the Transport Journal. Hope you enjoy it! --DalekX 21:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

The Transport Journal Issue 7

Here's the latest issue of the Transport Journal, hot off the presses! --DalekX 23:17, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Transport Journal Issue 8

Sorry for the lateness, my week's been crazy! --DalekX 02:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

A Proposition...

Hey, S.C.Ruffeyfan, I've got a question for you. Would you like to deliver the Transport Journal? I can teach you how to do it, if you want to. Hope you're well --DalekX 22:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, X. Does it involve email? Thanx, --S.C.Rf 18:18, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Not in the sligthest. I'll even set it up for you. All you'll need to do is take the code below and put it on the talk page of everyone who signed up for the Journal. You can find them at Trains:The Transport Journal/About. Here's the code:

<div>
{| class="navbox collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: left; border: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em;"
|-
! style="background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |'''[[Trains:The Transport Journal|The Transport Journal]]'''
|-
| style="border: solid 1px grey;"|
{{Trains:The Transport Journal/Issue 9}}
|}

</div>

Then, all you need to do is add a delivery message either before the final |} or after the final </div>. Interested? If so, I'll have issue 9 ready for you in a couple o' days. Thanks. --DalekX 03:30, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Various...

Hi SC,

A few notes:

1. I will help you with an image gallery in a few days. Please list all images you want here, like this: Image:Foo. I'll then collate them!
2. The TJ 9 isn't out yet. Please hang on!
3. Adminship... I would like to nominate you!

Thanks,

BG7 20:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Yo sup man? You might know me from the looks of my name. I joined here at last I guess. User:Driveus

Zip, glad ya joined, man. What's the haps?--S.C.Rf 17:17, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Not much. Just trying to get used to things here. The fact that they allow vandalism is beyond me. BTW, do they allow cursing here? User:Driveus

• Allow vandalism? Nooooo... Cursing? Nooo........... I will rv things like that! We allow more than WP (it would be considered vandalism there), but we have our limits!
• If you have more qs, ask me!.

Oh and sign your posts with 4 tildes (~~~~), rather than your username!

Thanks,

BG7 09:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Got it, maybe I should rewrite my page. Driveus 10:34, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

The Journal & Other Stuff

Hey S.C.Ruffeyfan Good job delivering the Journal for me, mate. But, next time, wait until I put the Journal up on the main Journal Page before delivering it. I just got 'round to putting up Issue 9 a day or two ago. Thanks

So, other than that, how's it goin'? --DalekX 22:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

P.S.: How did you get that awesome S.C.Ruffey poster on your user page? And how can I make my own?

Mind if I jump in?

The easiest way is to make your own on Paint, Photoshop etc, and then upload it (save it as a .png if you can, it's the best format!), and finally port it onto your user page the same way you do with images - see my page as an example.

If you want I can do you both something similar to my Bluegoblin about thing, but you'll have to wait a while as I'm away skiing! (As the Wikibreak thing says... I really need to take note of that!)

Thanks,

BG7 12:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Image Copyrights...

Hello S.C.Ruffey,

Could I possibly ask you to add links of the images that you have used on your various uploaded Paint images, and also any copyright permissions you have (whatever is on the image's page). This is to stop us getting into legal problems, as the images may be copyrighted, and we may be in violation of it or a Fair-Use Rationale.

Thanks,

BG7 15:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Maybe I'll just delete the images altogether. --S.C.Rf 14:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

No need to do that mate. If you have a look at what C45Te did, you'll be ok!

If you want them to be deleted though, tell me where they are and i'll remove them - there still on the site even if they're not on your userpage!

BG7 14:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Tidmouth Forums

Hey, S.C.Ruffeyfan

What's up? I was wondering, would you be interested in joining this one place called Tidmouth Forums. It's really cool and nice there. If you're interested, I'll send you a link to it. --DalekX 22:42, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, man! I'd like to! Also, do you want to join my production company 33 Productions? You could be voices for the characters in my stuff. C ya! --S.C.Rf 17:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Right, here's the link: Tidmouth Forums.

Now, about 33 Productions, I'd like to. Unfortunately, I don't have a microphone, so I couldn't do any voices. If you like, I could do script editing (or something similar) for you, though. How's that sound? --DalekX 20:16, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

OK. When I'm 12 and I am out on YouTube, my stuff will begin! MUHAHAHA! --S.C.Rf 16:06, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Dang! I registered, but it said I need to be 13 and i'm 10! I hate website rules nowadays. >:-( Ah, well. Just 2/3 years to go. --S.C.Rf 18:07, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Man, that stinks! Ah well. In about 3 years, you'll be able to sign on. So, what's your first redub/audio gonna be? --DalekX 20:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

IDK. I made something called Not So Hasty Puddings {Rossi Version}. When I'm on YT when I'm 11/12 I'll post it. --S.C.Rf 16:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Hey, S.C.Rf,

How's it goin'? --DalekX 01:54, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey X,

it's official, 33 Productions has hit YouTube! The account name is SCRuffeyfan. Anyway, what have you been up to? It was my birthday three moths ago and I got TUGS annual 1989! Sweet! --S.C.Rf 19:02, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, let's see. To start with, I've been watching a lot of "House". Not much else, really. So, you joined Youtube, eh? That's cool. Say, when are you gonna start working on redubs and audios? --DalekX 17:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)