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February 2014

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Vance Miller. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware, Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

  1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made; that is to say, editors are not automatically "entitled" to three reverts.
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So, talk page then? Epicgenius (talk) 18:07, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, talk page. I was prepared to block both you and Auchunesha (more than 3 reverts in a 24 hour period is usually an automatic block and you both sit at 4), but since you've both stopped for now I'll back off. While this is a BLP, you're fighting over whether the subject was born in England or North West England, which isn't a dire issue that demands immediate retraction. -- Atama頭 18:19, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I realized that the dispute was pointless, that's why I stopped reverting. Epicgenius (talk) 18:24, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's not the worst thing to ever get into a dispute over, look at WP:LAME if you haven't before, it's entertaining (to me at least). -- Atama頭 18:30, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
All right, I won't revert trivial details like this next time. Epicgenius (talk) 18:31, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Book of Revelation Modern Theories Undo of Matthew Revelation

Hi Epicgenius,

You removed the addition to the Book of Revelation Modern Theories. If you Google Matthew Revelation you will find the supporting evidence for this theory. It was not included with the addition as a reference, still the addition is valid. Please reconsider.

Respectfully, Steve Johnson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.242.132.209 (talk) 14:57, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By all means you can add it back. Epicgenius (talk) 15:56, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi EG, Thx, Steve — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.242.132.209 (talk) 14:44, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The War Between The Classes

Hi,

I altered the article because the word "Caucasian" as a synonym for White/West Eurasian is inherently confusing. There are, after all, actual Caucasians (people from the Caucasus) in the world. Best Wishes. 50.176.161.22 (talk) 17:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you mean. Sorry, I misread your edit. You may revert it. Epicgenius (talk) 17:08, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WTC PATH Station Layout

Hi, thanks for updating the WTC PATH Station layout to reflect the newly opened Platform A. I'm not sure how to properly edit that table, but I wanted to share what I do know about the new station so far.

The new HOB track in operation is now Track 1 on Platform A. It is the northern most track against the slurry wall. Platform A is an island platform. Track 2 (formerly Track 1) is currently walled off and not in service.

I believe that the closed and under construction portions of the station should be moved to fall under the Transportation Hub and no longer under the Temporary Station label. This would involve renaming Track 2 to 3 and Track 3 to 4 (with island Platform B in between).

Also what was Track 3 is no longer in service (all HOB service has been moved to the new Track 1). From what I can tell, the Port Authority has already begun work to erect a construction wall between the current Tracks 3 and 4, to allow them to build Platform B. This will leave the existing Tracks 4 and 5 to be isolated in the temporary station and will be the last platform (Platform C) to be reconstructed.

There is also a Track 6 which is a support track and will never run revenue service. I don't believe this track will have a publicly accessible platform. Drumz0rz (talk) 17:09, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message; I'll update the layout right now. Epicgenius (talk) 17:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Thanks for your input, Drumz0rz. Epicgenius (talk) 00:10, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Version Control

How can a version of an article now be flagged if it's been online for months? It was character for character the same as it was. I just now went even further back. Will this stay? ShvWebmaster (talk) 18:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, your edit introduced a lot of vandalism and copyright problems. My apologies if you did not introduce these problems, but that's how it was when I saw the page. Epicgenius (talk) 18:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I truncated the article, deleting any such problems. Is this acceptable? ShvWebmaster (talk) 19:02, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Looks fine. Epicgenius (talk) 19:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 26 February 2014

Station layout diagram thought

So I had a thought regarding the listing of next station and terminal station/ultimate destinations on the station layout diagrams. I think they should be flipped, with the next station being listed in larger text first, with the ultimate terminal in small print and parenthesis afterwards. It just seems to me that the next station is more relevant and immediate, so it should get the larger print if both are to be listed. Of course, that also seems pretty duplicative of the s-line succession boxes, so I don't particularly think the next station is needed at all, but if it is to be included, it should be listed first. I've tried my hand at what I mean at Terminals 2/3 (AirTrain JFK station). Let me know what you think. oknazevad (talk) 17:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Oknazevad. I like the diagram, but I believe that the terminal station should be in normal text because it is where the train is ultimately heading toward. Similarly, the next stop should be in small text because it is just a station on the wayside on the train's journey toward the last stop, except in the penultimate stations of each line, where the word "Terminus" shows that the next stop is the terminus. In the layouts that were originally written for the Taipei Metro and Guangzhou Metro, the terminal was placed before the next stop, so I had based the NYC-area railroad layouts on the Taipei/Guangzhou layouts. Epicgenius (talk) 17:46, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just as a side note that Singapore MRT layouts also have the terminal first, then "via [station name]" if applicable. Epicgenius (talk) 17:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, I'd just remove the next station outright, based on what I said about it being redundant to the s-line succession templates in the infobox. We don't need to duplicate efforts, especially when the purpose of the diagrams are to show the station layout, not the station services (that's the s-line's purpose). oknazevad (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Oknazevad: I actually think the next-stops are beneficial to put the s-line into perspective in regards to the direction of the train. I don't think they should be removed—at least not yet. Epicgenius (talk) 18:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Concern

Thank you for your concern. The page i was in the process of writing had only just been started therefore wasn't finished.

Regards Saul

Pennsylvania Station (New York City)

Please address them one at a time. You anonymously reverted several edits at once. That is nasty! Secondarywaltz (talk) 00:46, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Secondarywaltz: I didn't revert your changes. The IP user and I are not the same user. BTW, what makes you think that? (I don't make edits like this.) You should take these issues to the talk page instead.
And now that I think about it, the services should be included in the infobox; having them in the article makes it harder for a reader to, at once, see the list of services that serve the station. In Canadian railway station infoboxes, the infobox rules may be a bit different, but here in the US, the services and their colorboxes are usually in the infobox. Epicgenius (talk) 02:22, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Far Above Cayuga's Waters

Why do you believe that the inclusion of the full lyrics is unnecessary? As a student at Cornell, I can tell you that many people turn to wikipedia to find out the lyrics to the song. Jfeath (talk) 03:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored it, as the lyrics were written before 1922 (see WP:LYRICS, MOS:LYRICS, and WP:NOT#LYRICS). Epicgenius (talk) 03:40, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Transportation in New York City

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Layout changes

I can understand why you put the late night services on the layout, count me in. I can scout the other stations to add the late night services on the page. Be on the lookout for some reverts, they are made by people with no accounts ( IP address ) and can be a nuisance. I had to redo Barclays Center since someone undid my edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DePeeper (talk • contribs) 02:44, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I'll keep an eye out. Thanks. Epicgenius (talk) 02:46, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Heather Peace

I understand you removed an edit about Heather Peace's wife - Ellie Dickinson? You said they broke up but I believe them to still be together because I know them. I thought I would make you aware of this and ask why you thought they were no longer together? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heatherpeacefan (talk • contribs) 22:46, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Heatherpeacefan: I read the text wrong. Sorry for the inconvenience. Epicgenius (talk) 01:00, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Казахстан

“Казахстан” is a word in many languages. Therefore, the redirect Казахстан should be categorized as a redirect from each of those languages. You are right that there are too many duplicate messages on the page. The solution is not to remove the redirect from its categories, but to fix the redirect template. Gorobay (talk) 23:29, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Gorobay: All right, I'll do that next time. Thanks for the note. Epicgenius (talk) 01:00, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Criticism of Fast food: Animal Cruelty

I saw that you had undone my added section on Animal Cruelty in the article Criticism of Fast food. I was wondering what your reasoning for this was. It would be helpful to know so that I could have a better understanding as to how to revise this section in order to make it more appropriate for the article. Philip121 (talk) 01:12, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Philip121: Thank you for your note. I kind of felt that the section that you added didn't have a neutral point of view, so I have removed it for now, though I'll clean your addition up a bit soon. Epicgenius (talk) 01:15, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Culture Killer

You just stabbed a nice bit of English culture with a your little e-sword. I hope you Phil Babb mate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.255.103 (talk) 03:30, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That was kind of funny, unfortunately, it is not real. See Wikipedia:Hoax. Epicgenius (talk) 03:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mahjong edits

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Recent edits to Khaled Mardam-Bey

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