User talk:SounderBruce

WikiCup 2018 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

• Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
• FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
• Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
• Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Index of Washington infrastructure

FYI Draft:Index of Washington infrastructure for collaboration, if interested. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:15, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

@Bri: Added a few items. Shouldn't the list be Index of infrastructure in Washington (state)? SounderBruce 20:50, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Maybe, I just threw it together without worrying about title too much. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:12, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

You probably noticed this has been moved to Outline of Washington infrastructure. I'm wondering if it makes sense to include some things in Category: Tourist attractions in Washington (state) ? Probably stadiums at least? - ☆ Bri (talk) 00:07, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

@Bri: Tourism infrastructure exists, apparently, but doesn't really refer to the attractions themselves. I'd rather have a separate list of tourist attractions and link it in the See also section. SounderBruce 00:11, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Brad Smith (American lawyer) assessment

What do you think it would need to get to B or A? --GRuban (talk) 22:50, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

@GRuban: I was going off the existing assessment, but I think the article needs to dig up some of his early career in Washington, D.C. in order to satisfy the B-Class criteria of reasonable coverage. The article is probably good enough to head off to WP:GAN in its current state (with a little more polish). SounderBruce 22:52, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you --GRuban (talk) 22:54, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Honolulu Rail Transit stations

Hey, I see that you have edited the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport station article that Quidster4040 created. I do not know if you are interested in working on mass transit articles outside of the Puget Sound area, but there is a whole series of future Honolulu Rail Transit stations that have yet to be created. Peaceray (talk) 04:13, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

@Peaceray: It's been at the back of my to-do list for a while. If I can gather some good sources together or find access to a newspaper archive, I should be good to go. SounderBruce 04:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Here's some things that either might provide a start, or at least be of interest to you:

• VOK (2018-03-04). "HART Board of Directors Unanimously Approve Hawaiian Names for First Nine Rail Stations". The Voice of Kapolei. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "9 rail stations' new Hawaiian names reflect history of sites". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2018-03-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

  • Use this link as an alternate to read the subscription article above: https://www.pressreader.com/usa/honolulu-star-advertiser/20171123/281904478484015

• "Hawaiian Station Naming Program" (PDF). hartdocs.honolulu.gov. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
• "HI: 5 Plans to Take Rail Past Ala Moana Face a Host of Obstacles". Mass Transit. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
• Hrushka, Anna (2018-03-01). "Honolulu rail authority activates rail monitoring system in Waipahu". Pacific Business News. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
• "Search for 'Honolulu Rail'". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
• "Search for 'Honolulu Rail'". Hawaii Public Radio. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

I would advise including the archive information for any TV station, should you choose to use one of those sources. The Honolulu TV stations often seem to redesign their websites anytime they change ownership, so better to have have the web.archive.org as a permanent source for them or any other source that you think is likely to go away. If it's not already archived, you can drop the URL into web.archive.org; it will then indicate it's not archived & will offer to archive it. After it is archived, it will provide the link, then you can drop it into "Citer". to get the completed citation template. The last thing would be to change |dead-url=yes to |dead-url=no.

Peaceray (talk) 05:27, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the links, Peaceray. I have already started my own notes section in my sandbox, and am currently trying to track down the present official names for each of the stations. Half of them have an adopted Hawaiian-language name, while others are still using their working names, so things look confusing. SounderBruce 05:28, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Four Award

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on More Hall Annex. Usernameunique (talk) 05:59, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Timothy Weah

What on earth is your problem? Mentioning "professional" in the lede is standard (to indicate notability); club names should be piped; reflist does not need '30em'. If you disagree then feel free to post at WT:FOOTBALL, they will agree with me. Plus no idea why you are removing a valid reference from the BBC? GiantSnowman 17:21, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

@GiantSnowman: I'll drop my opposition to the lede, seeing as it's used in a majority of other footballer articles (as redundant as it might be, since we rarely write about amateur players) and the piping of the club name, which is contested regularly on WT:Football. I will, however, ask that you revert your reversions to the season line (added by an IP and actually pretty useful for clarifying things) and the formatting of the reference section. For the latter, generating columns are especially helpful on wide screens (like the majority of PCs) and the article has enough citations at the moment to warrant a split into columns; as it grows, it would look unprofessional for there to be a single, narrow column of references that takes up the majority of the page's vertical space. As for the BBC match report, it was unformatted (with a bare URL) and isn't used to cite any new information not already covered by the first two sources. SounderBruce 01:20, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

30em automatically comes into effect if there are more than 10 refs, there is no need for the specific parameter. I don't see why you cannot format the BBC ref; it's an incredibly reliable source which explicitly mentions the debut early on in the article. It's useful. GiantSnowman 08:31, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake

On 14 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Stephen Hawking

On 14 March 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Stephen Hawking, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 09:22, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zions Bank Stadium

On 15 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zions Bank Stadium, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that due to its proximity to a charter school, alcoholic beverages cannot be served at Zions Bank Stadium? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zions Bank Stadium. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Zions Bank Stadium), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:04, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

A year ago ...

schools, state routes and skyscrapers
... you were recipient no. 1609 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:22, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

hi

why was my edit reverted, I had a reference[1]?--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 22:01, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@Ozzie10aaaa: An IP editor added a ton of empty sections, which aren't up to Wikipedia standards. Please re-add your source in the current section(s). SounderBruce 22:05, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

thanks:-)--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 22:06, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@Ozzie10aaaa: Your edit is just repeating the location of the bridge, which is already stated in the above section. You'll need to add more information to justify its inclusion. SounderBruce 22:06, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

fine, don't live too far away(or WORK) have it your way--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 22:08, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

no clearly this guy owns the article - let him do the whole thing himself--2600:8800:FF0E:1200:C57:B925:112F:96D (talk) 22:17, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse

so good luck with it apparently you wp:own--2600:8800:FF0E:1200:C57:B925:112F:96D (talk) 22:09, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@2600:8800:FF0E:1200:C57:B925:112F:96D: Just try and develop sections one at a time. Trying to add a dozen empty sections (which may or may not become relevant to this bridge incident, e.g. lawsuits and replacements) just doesn't work. SounderBruce 22:10, 15 March 2018 (UTC)