Talk:Knight's Tram

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Alternative Route Diagram
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North Island Main Trunk NZR Raurimu Railway Station Tamaki Sawmill Co. in Raurimu Small Trestle bridge Junction in the bush Tracks in the bush

The route diagramme in the article is based on the photograph of the office of the sawmill, the blurry map and a modern Google satellite view, as follows:

1. The photograph does not only show the office but also a storage area for seasoning the wood. Thus I assume that this was the location of the saw mill.
2. The blurry map shows three black lines running from north to south. I assume that the right hand line is the tram to the saw mill shown in the photo
3. The satellite view shows a possible tram route towards south-east on School street, with a diagonal crossing underneath the NZR line. The tramway then continues towards south-east on the other side of the NZR line. I assume that this was the tram line currently sketched in the route diagram in the article.

However, it would be far more practical to connect Knight's tramway nearer to the station to NZR line, as shown in this diagram on the discussion page. Does anyone find a better map of the area, which shows the railway tracks? --NearEMPTiness (talk) 02:58, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I just noted a shallow curved cutting near the Top Mill Road. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 08:09, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

File:RaurimuSpiral.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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-- Marchjuly (talk) 05:49, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the hint. As the map is very blurry, there might be better maps for showing Knight's tram, so that I do not want to apply for Fair Use on this occasion, and would object to the map being removed from this article. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 08:13, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:JUSTONE, but it at least gives others something assess. -- Marchjuly (talk) 15:46, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply

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@Marchjuly: Thanks for the explanation. I have added the following rationale:

In

Knight's tram, Raurimu

• to illustrate the layout of
  Knight's tram, Raurimu (probalby the right of the three tramlines in south-northerly direction) in relation to Raurimu Spiral
  ;
• no alternative historic maps could be found on the internet;
• this map ist the only map known, showing the tramlines near Raumiru and is thus an important reference;
• the map cannot be found on the internet, so that a link cannnot be installe to it (unless linking to the Wikipedia page, which is the next best alternative);
• not used in a way which compromises the original copyright holders' interests/rights.--NearEMPTiness (talk) 21:00, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for doing that. Now, there's one more very important thing that perhaps you can help with. All files uploaded as non-free content are required (per

WP:MCQ since someone there may be able to help you track down where it came from. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:18, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply

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