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Assignments vs Lines served

This template causes the route designations in the "Services Assigned" line of info box for car types to not be editable. For instance, on the R62 page, it says that there are 250 cars on the (3), and 10 cars on the (1). That may be the service assigned, but I think the article should reflect lines served, adjusting the line to reflect what lines the train car types are currently running on. I do not want to change anything without knowing what I am doing first, so what I would like to know is, how can I adjust its template so that the route designations on that line of the train car info box can be changed? Thank you. 107.150.180.158 (talk) 17:00, 11 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you deleting the (1) train info at all? It has a source, TheJoeKorner. Don't update the assignments until that spreadsheet is changed. 157.150.62.35 (talk) 21:36, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the IP at the beginning. If TheJoeKorner is self published, then why is it being used as a source? The R62s run consistently on the (3) service, not on the (1) service. The article should be reflecting day to day operation. Although the source may say there are 10 cars on the (1) service, that is not what is carried out in daily operations of the system. 72.226.15.68 (talk) 00:46, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the second IP, for the reason that it is basically a primary source, or a secondary source with access to primary information. Private website doesn't necessarily mean self-published. epicgenius (talk) 01:16, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The reason the first IP may have a point is that if the article does not reflect day to day operation, it would contradict what people see in the system. If on any given day, the assignment did not necessarily correspond with the operations on that day, then that should be edited in the template. When the second IP referenced TheJoeKorner as this article's source, it should take that source with a grain of salt as it may not be reliable. 72.226.15.68 (talk) 01:52, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 I agree with the IP at the beginning. If TheJoeKorner is self published, then why is it being used as a source? The R62s run consistently on the (3) service, not on the (1) service. The article should be reflecting day to day operation. Although the source may say there are 10 cars on the (1) service, that is not what is carried out in daily operations of the system. [[Special:Contributions/72.226.15.68|72.226.15.68]] ([[User talk:72.226.15.68|talk]]) 00:46, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 :I agree with the second IP, for the reason that it is basically a primary source, or a secondary source with access to primary information. Private website doesn't necessarily mean self-published. [[User:Epicgenius|epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 01:16, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
+The reason the first IP may have a point is that if the article does not reflect day to day operation, it would contradict what people see in the system. If on any given day, the assignment did not necessarily correspond with the operations on that day, then that should be edited in the template. When the second IP referenced TheJoeKorner as this article's source, it should take that source with a grain of salt as it may not be reliable. [[Special:Contributions/72.226.15.68|72.226.15.68]] ([[User talk:72.226.15.68|talk]]) 01:52, 13 May 2016 (UTC)