User talk:Floydian/Archive/2022a

DYK for Ontario Highway 78

On 12 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ontario Highway 78, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the North Branch Bridge on Ontario Highway 78 partially collapsed just 17 days after a temporary bridge was opened to facilitate construction of a replacement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ontario Highway 78. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ontario Highway 78), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bradford Bypass

The article Bradford Bypass you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bradford Bypass for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Asilvering -- Asilvering (talk) 05:41, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Dundas Street

Your correction of Dundas street to remove the mention of the town of dundas is obsuring fact. "The road connects the city of Toronto with its western suburbs and several cities in southwestern Ontario." obsures the fact that the road goes to dundas. I don't understand why you remove mention of the town at the end of the road. This is not the London road - that is the 401. This is the Dundas road. it goes to dundas. Dundas street also goes from london to dundas via woodstock. Please explain why an article on Dundas Street ignores the town it is named after? Thanks, Hope I don't sound angry, I am just confused why. chris@priestdata.com

The road also goes to Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Paris, Woodstock, Thamesford and London. The town was actually named after the road, given that the road was built c. 1794 and the Hamilton area wasn't established until 1816. It was built to connect to London. The article certainly mentions the town, it just doesn't focus on it because it's one of many places along the road. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 19:44, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Southern Ontario Nav

Template:Southern Ontario Nav has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Nigej (talk) 08:52, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ontario Highway 69

The article Ontario Highway 69 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ontario Highway 69 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vice regent -- Vice regent (talk) 05:41, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Gary Brooker

On 24 February 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gary Brooker, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 17:33, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Eh, don't think I deserve this one, I added a single citation. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 19:54, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ontario Highway 29

The article Ontario Highway 29 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ontario Highway 29 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Fredddie -- Fredddie (talk) 07:41, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

ANI Notice

It's not about you, but I'm not sure whether just mentioning still requires a notice.

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. CurryCity (talk) 08:07, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Highway 402

Do you have access to old MTO archives for construction on Highway 402 in the late 1990s and early 2000s? FobTown (talk) 00:30, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Unfortunately not at this time. I used to have photos of the Highway Construction Reports that were published through the 80s. They're available at the reference stacks at the Toronto Reference Library. Hoping to make it there this summer. I'll check Canadian Newsstand and newspaper.com for anything tomorrow. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 00:53, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

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• [2] Might need access from your local library for this one, so here's the abstract if so:
  • "Improvements to a 12-kilometre section of Highway 402 in Sarnia worth $16.4 million should begin next week, delighting local advocates for better roads.

Work on the 12-kilometre section between Murphy and Mandaumin roads will finish next summer and involves rehabilitation of pavement and paving the shoulders. Improvements to the intersection of Highway 40 and Wellington Street have been piggybacked on the Highway 402 contract."

• [3]
  • "Ontario's Transport Ministry has begun the process of expropriating land for a new east-bound on-ramp from Front Street to Highway 402.

That new ramp will be needed when the new truck ramp is built from the customs plaza so transport trucks can flow directly onto Highway 402. Currently, they have to turn onto the highway from Marina Road. "It's a bit of a jog right there and it gets congested," [Michael Swim] said"

• [4]
  • "The Christina Street overpass is, of course, only part of a massive, three-year expansion of the highway from the Bluewater Bridge east to Murphy Road. It's expected to be completed by the end of this summer.Bot Construction of Oakville began work in August 2009 to widen the highway and upgrade several overpasses along that busy stretch."

There's honestly quite a bit on ProQuest when you search for "Highway 402" "construction", so you should see if your local library has Canadian Newsstream in their digital newspaper collection. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 03:45, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for providing the links, particularly the Front Street interchange reconfiguration for the new truck ramp from Customs. FobTown (talk) 16:27, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ontario Highway 78

The article Ontario Highway 78 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ontario Highway 78 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of PCN02WPS -- PCN02WPS (talk) 23:01, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Talk comment on Peng

I'm not sure where your comment came from. Could you elaborate? Maybe I miscommunicated something. CurryCity (talk) 06:10, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

On one hand you've said that FobTown should follow consensus, but then you said that you don't think an RfC should be determining the content of the Lede. The whole point is for getting third, fourth and fifth opinions to overcome the stalemate the two of you are at, and you should accept that it may not be the outcome hoped for. Make your case, but don't try to invalidate the consensus building process. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 13:18, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

You opened RfC specifically regarding inclusion/exclusion of 1 interview, but now it's discussing the re-write of at least 2 whole paragraphs in lead. Which process is invalidated by pointing that out? CurryCity (talk) 05:20, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Band nationalities

In total agreement with you, but I think you meant the Young brothers, not the Malcolm brothers... ;-) Richard3120 (talk) 21:54, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Conestoga Parkway

The article Conestoga Parkway you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Conestoga Parkway for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pi.1415926535 -- Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)