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VisualEditor Newsletter—February 2014

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NYC Subway Terminus layouts

I thank you for liking my edit on Pelham Bay Park. I understand the need for the templates, it decreases the overall byte size for the page, but all termini must be personalized. The only way I was able to properly fix Pelham Bay Park was that a template there was not established. I may be a rookie for all this coding in Wikipedia (I'm literally doing copy and paste for some of my edits), but in due time, I will learn. If you are interested, look at some of my layout edits on Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, DeKalb Avenue, Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center, Jay Street-Metrotech, Broadway Junction and 145 Street. (For Broadway Junction, I altered the template for the track layout, since the coding was not directly in the page. Altering the template wasn't difficult.)

Fair warning, my former Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue edit looked wacky, but it fits its purpose. If one line has the whole track, the track direction will be the same color as the line. Like a northbound R train from 95 St to 36 St, 'northbound' will be colored yellow. Following that same principle, why not evenly split the RR direction label with the two lines that share the track? It makes sense, plus no more than two different color lines share the same track.

@DePeeper: I appreciate that you are trying to add the colors for the tracks. However, the colors should preferably only be used if the track is on a NYC Subway trunk line, or if the track is shared by trains from the same trunk line (e.g. the A/C trains at Broadway Junction). Otherwise, if the tracks are in multiple colors, it will make the text more distracting. Epicgenius (talk) 12:57, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Lichfield Canal Aqueduct

Thanks for picking up on the alternative name given by local residents. Unfortunately it is actually true but because it's word of mouth it's difficult to find a reference on the internet. It sometimes pops up on social media like Twitter and Facebook, but most of it is word of mouth between residents and commuters of the M6 toll. Could we add this in but mark it as needs citation, and then if I find a source on the web I'll reference it? Matt — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.20.19.196 (talk) 13:52, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You can re-add it, but note that other editors may remove it as unsourced. Epicgenius (talk) 13:58, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 19 February 2014

Son Ye-jin

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

I can understand Scandinavia17's behavior on Son Ye-jin; xe is a new user and might not understand the whole WP:BRD cycle. But you should. Once your revert of their picture change was re-reverted, you should have taken the matter directly to the talk page. Especially in a case like this, where the issue of one image being better than another is purely subjective. You prefer the face close-up; Scandinavia prefers the wider shot. So, go talk it out. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:30, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've done that on the talk page right now.Epicgenius (talk) 17:49, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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.
  2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. DES (talk) 18:03, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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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Nigam

Hi Epic Sorry to say but the changes reverted by you in article:Nigam , were undid by me as i was damn sure that the information added by me was ture, I know that you had good intentions towards it , but believe me, my information is 100% ture as i personally confirmed with people of this cast. So please don't revert it again . Sincere Regards Older Historian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Older historian (talk • contribs) 18:04, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Marlborough alumni Comment

Hi EG, I saw the removal of the list here and I don't want to change it back but I was interested to find out your reasoning behind it. Was it because you felt that, in general, any article about a school should not have a list of notable alumni, or perhaps, was it because it was not referenced, or did you have another reason? If you have a moment to let me know, I'd be grateful. Kind regards, Myrtle G. Myrtlegroggins (talk) 21:45, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I removed it because it was unreferenced (I probably shouldn't have fully removed it; I should have used {{unreferenced section}} instead), and because the list of alumni wasn't very notable compared to the school itself. Feel free to put the list back in, but you should add some references to it. Epicgenius (talk) 23:01, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much EG, Cheers. Myrtle. Myrtlegroggins (talk) 02:48, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Single platform station diagrams

Saw that you got to adding layout diagrams to the PVL stations. I'm just wondering if it makes more sense to include only one line with it saying "for all trains" or such, as it would be a better visual representation of the single track/single platform nature of these stations. As it stands, though the numbers are there, at first glance they appear to show two tracks. Secondly, including the next stations in each is redundant to the s-line templates already below the Infobox, and not needed. oknazevad (talk) 23:32, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I could probably do this:
1 ■ Pascack Valley Line ← for Spring Valley
→ for Hoboken →
Does that look good? I'm probably going to add the diagrams to stations more complex than the PVL stations (such as NE Corridor stations). Epicgenius (talk) 23:35, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good to me. oknazevad (talk) 23:45, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Transportation in New York City

Please see Template talk:Transportation in New York City. Pburka (talk) 03:07, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Recorder (musical instrument)

Your STiki based reversion of IP:87.221.91.33's edit to the above was a mistake. I followed the ISBN trail to [1] where the author clearly has no final "b". I have reverted your edit. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 23:16, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All right. Epicgenius (talk) 00:23, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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. User:Alcazar77

I see what you mean. Sorry, I misread your edit. 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]

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