Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York (state)

Request for NPOV review

• Recently an editor has raised concerns regarding NPOV with some articles I had worked on prior to an extended wikibreak.
• I have committed to no longer edit or watch these pages.
• However, I would appreciate it if others could look them over with NPOV in mind, and discuss on their talk pages and make appropriate changes if need be.

Here are the articles:

1. Jose Peralta
2. Hiram Monserrate

I will not object to any changes proposed, discussed, or implemented.

Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 20:48, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Photo request for Menands, New York

If someone is in the area of Menands, New York and can drop by the Albany Rural Cemetery, I'd like to get a photo of a gravestone for William Bliss Baker, who is apparently buried there. Is there anyone here who could go there and take a good picture of the headstone, then upload it to commons and post a link here? I really appreciate any assistance. Thanks! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 22:09, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of New York City Pedicab Owners' Association

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Created new article on US Supreme Court case = Time, Inc. v. Hill

• Time, Inc. v. Hill

I have created a new article on the U.S. Supreme Court case, Time, Inc. v. Hill. Feedback and especially help with additional research would be appreciated, at the new article's talk page. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 00:18, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Article Request: Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center

Hi folks-

Requesting an article on this place: http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/facilities/mhpc/facility.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.161.194 (talk) 19:48, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Moves needed

The following cities need to be moved over redirects to remove the word "(city)" from their titles. All the cities in this list border adjacent towns. Only an administrator can make these moves.

• Amsterdam (city), New York → Amsterdam, New York
• Canandaigua (city), New York → Canandaigua, New York
• Corning (city), New York → Corning, New York
• Johnstown (city), New York → Johnstown, New York
• Little Falls (city), New York → Little Falls, New York
• Lockport (city), New York → Lockport, New York
• Newburgh (city), New York → Newburgh, New York
• Norwich (city), New York → Norwich, New York
• Plattsburgh (city), New York → Plattsburgh, New York
• Rye (city), New York → Rye, New York
• Salamanca (city), New York → Salamanca, New York
• Tonawanda (city), New York → Tonawanda, New York
• Watertown (city), New York → Watertown, New York

--Gyrobo (talk) 00:42, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Unencyclopedic budget section headings

Our NY county articles are being spammed with unencyclopedic section headers regarding budget outlays and revenues. Not only is this information non-encyclopedic, it will be something hard to keep up to date every single year and creates blank sections that may never get filled in. I have tried reverting those counties under the NYCD wikiproject's perview but have been reverted by same spammer. I come here asking for opinions on next step.Camelbinky (talk) 15:09, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Your accusation	My response
"Our NY county articles"	You should familiarize yourself with WP:Ownership of articles as you clearly don't understand the concept.
"are being spammed"	I added a budget section with a {{Expand section}} tag and a fully-cited statement about the county-specific sales tax to each county article. How exactly is that WP:SPAM?
"Not only is this information non-encyclopedic"	So I assume you'll be WP:AfDing the article on United States federal budget, deleting sections California#State finances, Government of Texas#State Budget, Government of Florida#Budget, etc.
"it will be something hard to keep up to date every single year and creates blank sections that may never get filled in"	So no article about a government entity should ever have a description of its budget because "it's too hard"?
"unencyclopedic section headers regarding budget outlays and revenues"	You should familiarize yourself with WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC as you clearly don't understand the concept.
"I have tried reverting [...] but have been reverted by same spammer"	You're omitting a critical detail: You couldn't be bothered to provide a "a valid and informative explanation" in all ten of your wholesale undos. Per WP:REVEXP, "reversion is a complete rejection of the work of another editor and if the reversion is not adequately supported then the reverted editor may find it difficult to assume good faith"
"I come here asking for opinions on next step."	No, you clearly came here to enlist others to do your dirty work for you, counting on the fact that they wouldn't bother to research the other side of the story.

-- DanielPenfield (talk) 17:02, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

I agree with this assessment; the information DanielPenfield (talk · contribs) keeps adding to these articles provides nothing useful, and should be removed. --Gyrobo (talk) 16:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

• BTW, claiming "provides nothing useful" without further explanation is an "invalid argument" per WP:USELESS. You clearly are WP:EDITWARRING. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 17:02, 6 August 2011 (UTC)