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If there are no objections, I am going to archive all talk on this page older than 30 days. The V-Man ( Said · Done) 06:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Footnote 12 (Welovedc.com) is a blog, and thus violates WP:SPS. We should try to replace it with something that meets WP:RS. - Biruitorul Talk 04:35, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
This article was brought to FAC prematurely; I have removed it. To any potential nominators: Please make sure to consult the article's main editors before performing any such nomination, in addition to carefully reviewing the Featured Article criteria at WP:WIAFA. -- Andy Walsh (talk) 02:21, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Here it is:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/RailRoad/DCA09MR007/default.htm
This is like a treasure trove of information right here, and a lot of this might be useful... SchuminWeb ( Talk) 13:21, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
It says under investigation but History Channel just said it was the bad relays that made the stopped train invisible. Daniel Christensen ( talk) 00:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
More specifically Engineering Disasters on Modern Marvels. Daniel Christensen ( talk) 00:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
This event took place 5 years ago, but most of the information from the final NTSB report has not yet been incorporated into the article. I'll give a go at cleaning it up. Does it make sense to reduce the size of the initial investigation section after the final report has been issued? Not sure how much relevance there is to hypotheses in the immediate aftermath. 216.164.56.98 ( talk) 20:08, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
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I agree that, if we were talking about the Washington Metro train collision that occurred on November 29, 2009, in a sentence, a comma would be necessary after the year per MOS:DATECOMMA.
I do not agree that in a non-sentence, such as an article title or "see also" link, that comma after the year is necessary. MOS:DATECOMMA only addresses complete sentences, not titles.
But I don't have the time or wherewithal to debate this with someone who firmly feels to the contrary. I'm obsessive about punctuation, too, but I have too much else to do to get into this battle. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 18:57, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
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If there are no objections, I am going to archive all talk on this page older than 30 days. The V-Man ( Said · Done) 06:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Footnote 12 (Welovedc.com) is a blog, and thus violates WP:SPS. We should try to replace it with something that meets WP:RS. - Biruitorul Talk 04:35, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
This article was brought to FAC prematurely; I have removed it. To any potential nominators: Please make sure to consult the article's main editors before performing any such nomination, in addition to carefully reviewing the Featured Article criteria at WP:WIAFA. -- Andy Walsh (talk) 02:21, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Here it is:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/RailRoad/DCA09MR007/default.htm
This is like a treasure trove of information right here, and a lot of this might be useful... SchuminWeb ( Talk) 13:21, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
It says under investigation but History Channel just said it was the bad relays that made the stopped train invisible. Daniel Christensen ( talk) 00:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
More specifically Engineering Disasters on Modern Marvels. Daniel Christensen ( talk) 00:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
This event took place 5 years ago, but most of the information from the final NTSB report has not yet been incorporated into the article. I'll give a go at cleaning it up. Does it make sense to reduce the size of the initial investigation section after the final report has been issued? Not sure how much relevance there is to hypotheses in the immediate aftermath. 216.164.56.98 ( talk) 20:08, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
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I agree that, if we were talking about the Washington Metro train collision that occurred on November 29, 2009, in a sentence, a comma would be necessary after the year per MOS:DATECOMMA.
I do not agree that in a non-sentence, such as an article title or "see also" link, that comma after the year is necessary. MOS:DATECOMMA only addresses complete sentences, not titles.
But I don't have the time or wherewithal to debate this with someone who firmly feels to the contrary. I'm obsessive about punctuation, too, but I have too much else to do to get into this battle. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 18:57, 22 June 2022 (UTC)