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Hi, SounderBruce. I'm just posting to let you know that List of MLS Cup finals – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for November 11. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 ( Talk) 21:16, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
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On 22 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article EvergreenHealth, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Washington had the first MRI machine on the U.S. West Coast? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/EvergreenHealth. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, EvergreenHealth), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi SounderBruce,
I'm reaching out again to connect with you regarding the 2+U wikipage. The page still has incorrect information posted and I'd like to work with you to correct the errors. Please let me know if there is a better way to reach you.
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Seahawiki ( talk) 16:14, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
Thought I'd link you directly, to let you know. Some problems, nothing too major, and, honestly, I may be too nitpicky. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 7.2% of all FPs 10:05, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
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Nice work, by the way! Sorry if I got nitpicky, but I wanted to do it properly, and I don't do many GARs. I hope it helped! Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 7.2% of all FPs 08:12, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
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If you look at the sentence I edited, there was NO mention of the MLS Cup final, so even though you said you reverted by edit, you really didn't because you kept the part about the MLS Cup final participant with the more points getting to host the final. Also, there IS A DISTINCTION because it is possible for the number 3 seed in one conference to have more points than the number 2 seed in the other, and it would be the number 3 seed hosting the MLS Final, so there is a distinction. I was just trying to do my best, and in my opinion, your edit is a step down from mine. Don't worry, I won't revert your edit as I can see a relentless edit war on your part. Juve2000 ( talk) 03:14, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
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On 4 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mill Creek, Washington, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mill Creek, Washington, was not named after a mill or a creek? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mill Creek, Washington. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Mill Creek, Washington), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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On 6 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Brown (cyclist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James Brown, a visually impaired Paralympian, recently climbed atop an aeroplane to protest climate change? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Brown (cyclist). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, James Brown (cyclist)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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Congratulations! Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 13:58, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
On 10 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article MLS Cup 2019, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that today's MLS Cup 2019 will be the third cup final in four years to feature Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/MLS Cup 2019. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, MLS Cup 2019), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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Washington (state) what do you think the correct formatting is ? PanamanianBlanco ( talk) 04:44, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit to Mill Creek, Washington for the reason "Retaining current spacing style and carrying over "ZIP code" from other articles". Unfortunately, my edit contained more than just those changes.
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Your other two changes—the reversion of my spacing and the rephrasing of the demographic paragraphs—I find, respectively, regrettable and of no concern, and will not dispute them. I will, however, note for your future information regarding the latter that the censuses use that phrasing as standard, so you'll want to keep an eye out for it in all articles covering US settlements. — DocWatson42 ( talk) 08:32, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hello! Thank you for leaving a message on my talk page regarding flags in inboxes. However, I do have a question. WP:INFOBOXFLAG doesn't say that flags can never be placed in infoboxes, it states this "Human geographic articles – for example settlements and administrative subdivisions – may have flags of the country and first-level administrative subdivision in infoboxes." Wouldn't this allow for the state, country, and county flags to be allowed in articles like Seattle? - Iamreallygoodatcheckers ( talk) 00:12, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for clearing up about the dashes (hyphens) not being used in American English. I was really inspired by the articles you've made hoping to do the same for Philippine transport system. Here's a cookie to keep you going! Sabaybayin ( talk) 19:33, 1 December 2019 (UTC) |
Hello, I saw you declined my posting of Puget Lowland Forest Ecoregion, for being similar to Puget Sound Region and Western Washington. However, this is not accurate. Puget Sound Region only consists of areas that are south of Admiralty Inlet, Washington. It does not discuss areas of British Columbia, northwest Washington(such as Bellingham) the San Juan Islands, the northern region of the Olympic Peninsula,or areas south of Tacoma, which the Puget Lowland Forest ecoregion does. This page also does not have detailed data on Flora and Fauna or Climate, which mine does.
There are also major differences between the Western Washington page and mine. The western washington page is heavily focused on the human settlements of the region. My Puget Lowland Forest Ecoregion page is heavily focused on the ecology of the region, as the Puget Lowland is a definable ecoregion in the US, and does not only include western washington or puget sound. For example, my page discusses the flora, fauna, and geology of the region, which the western washington page does not, and the puget sound page does not necessarily apply here because like i've said, this topic encompasses more than just the puget sound region within Washington.
I do not believe my topic should be merged because of these regions. The lowlands are a definable region, and are not the same as Puget Sound or Western Washington as a whole.
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I'm not so sure about this revert - while I understand the problem with needless accessdate changes, updating a 2011 source to a 2015 source is an improvement in my opinion. -- Rs chen 7754 05:04, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi SounderBruce,
I appreciate the feedback regarding my attempts to add the future SR 509 spur route information to this page (you made me get an account so thanks for that). I updated the information on this page with verifiable and current sources from WSDOT. These are not "predicting the future" just stating the current plans of the state and being clear these plans may change and that the article can be updated if/when they do. This is something I've seen across many wiki articles. What I put down is very consistent with other highway pages with proposed routes, and I actually provided more source materials than some of those pages. Please be specific in letting me know what exactly is wrong with the information I provided, especially since it's public information that can all be found in the citations I provided.
Thanks,
TravisEcho ( talk) 07:01, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Well I would tend to disagree, especially with Phase 1 of the project breaking ground early next year and it remains fully funded unlike other projects as of late... however that is a fair point about MP values, until the highway log is updated you won't know the exact values, but they could be left blank like [ [1]]. I will read up on what you provided but at this point I think it's clear the page is untouchable and I really don't feel like arguing over it. Here's some other pages with future information you may also want to scrub; [ [2]], [ [3]], [ [4]], [ [5]]... as you say, don't want to be predicting the future. TravisEcho ( talk) 07:51, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Feel free to delete this discussion to clean up your talk page, I've decided to delete my account and leave the editing to the experts... and I don't mean that as an insult, looking at your contribution lists, it's very clear you know what you're doing. Sorry for the hassle and if it's all the same, I'd rather just bow out. Best regards, TravisEcho ( talk) 08:54, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
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Seconded. Congrats on another TFA, South Lake Union Streetcar! epicgenius ( talk) 01:51, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
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I don't believe most readers would be aware of the Waterfront Streetcar (I wasn't), and it seems relevant enough to warrant a direct mention and link in the lede considering the historical context. I initially added the link after thinking Wikipedia didn't even have an article on it, given that it's only referred to obliquely and not linked. Is there a possibility for a link to be included in some form? wctaiwan ( talk) 04:54, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hello,
I saw your comments on the Don Anderson (Mayor) page. It seems as there is a bit of a bias on getting the page deleted since the national and international attention he received after the train derailment upset individuals and groups in the Seattle area that had an interested in trains & other forms of public transportation.
To say he only had a soundbite after the incident occurred is completely inaccurate. He was interviewed by MSNBC ( https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/amtrak-derailment-lakewood-mayor-don-anderson-was-concerned-about-train-line-1119196227558) and CBS ( https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amtrak-derailment-washington-critics-warned-high-speed-route-dangerous/).
International news coverage included the Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1594136/Lakewood-mayor-warned-safety-concerns-prior-Amtrak-crash.html among many others.
Ama282 ( talk) 17:31, 18 December 2019 (UTC)ama282
I did read them and I was just responding to your particular comment that all he was know for was a soundbite as that is not true. Also, your bias regarding the train accident is very clear and shows strongly. That shouldn’t be part of the decision making. Regardless of the outcome, bias should be left out of it. Ama282 ( talk) 20:45, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
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My concern is the consistency with other articles on U.S. places, which use "ZIP Code" in their infoboxes.
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I think you meant "ZIP code" or "Zip code" (if not, then you are making my case for me. ;-) ) However, I believe that Wikipedia:Be bold and WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM ("Correcting inaccuracies...") apply here. Template:Infobox settlement itself uses "enter ZIP Code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code..." in its documentation's comments, something that has been true since that documentation's inception, and which was not something that I added. ( The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., does use "zip code" in section 10.29, but I believe it to be in error in this case.) Therefore, I conclude that all US settlement articles should be held to this standard, and that instances of "ZIP code" and "Zip code" should be changed to "ZIP Code". — DocWatson42 ( talk) 06:48, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
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On 30 December 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lynn Family Stadium, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lynn Family Stadium shares its namesake with another stadium in the same city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lynn Family Stadium. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Lynn Family Stadium), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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On 3 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2020 MLS All-Star Game, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2020 MLS All-Star Game will be the first to be played against an all-star team from another soccer league? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2020 MLS All-Star Game. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, 2020 MLS All-Star Game), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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FYI there's probably a connection between Icicle Station and Icicle Creek. Just mentioning this because the latter isn't found in the article (yet). ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:28, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Cities that have an infobox and indicate a Council-Manager form of government and then note the Mayor and Deputy Mayor seem ignorant of the difference between Council-Manager and Council-Mayor. Washington's a bit unique in that it has a lot more Council-Mayor cities than say California or Texas. I'm putting effort into getting the correct form of government city by city and you're reverting it wholesale because you claim the elected officials are not notable. Some are and some are not. Where a mayor is the chair of the council but other than that no different than the other six, the mayor is not notable. Where the mayor is a strong mayor, in the Council-Mayor form of government the mayor is much more significant. But if that's true then City Manager is significant for the Council-Manager form of government. If you're intent on just reverting my work and Wikipedia doesn't care about this stuff then I'll abandon my effort to work on Washington cities. I've contributed to many cities in California and Texas. Take a look at Anaheim, California that someone has added a need show/hide toggle to the council members, whereas Riverside, California, Sacramento, California, Burbank, California, Visalia, California, Beverly Hills, California, Camarillo, California, Culver City, California, Richmond, California, Long Beach, California and scores of others list council members. Bakersfield, California has a separate page for Bakersfield City Council (?!). And have flag icons, which you've also been systematically reverting. In Texas, take a look at Abilene, Texas, Waco, Texas, Tyler, Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, Denton, Texas, Keller, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, McKinney, Texas, Amarillo, Texas, Midland, Texas, Addison, Texas, Round Rock, Texas, College Station, Texas - scores of cities with the Council-City Manager form of government, council members listed and maintained. Click on any city you can think of (and granted, Texas has more state pride in their flag so their flag icon matters, whereas in Washington the Seahawks flag seems to dominate). Still, elected officials are a whole lot more relevant to the governance of a city than the lists of celebrity-wannabe notable people. We're a representative democracy, and city elected representatives are more important in some respects to that city than state or national elected representatives. I can understand the non-notability of really small cities, but let's at least get the forms of government right. Also, in terms of building up the encyclopedic references in the government sections, State House and Senate and US House and Senate representatives are a lot harder to check because of the gerrymandering of districts, each city requires checking the maps to see which district they're in. Once that is figured out updating encumbants is a whole lot easier and most have their own Wikipedia page (whether they are all that notable is not my concern but someone seems to care and create so linking is simple and notability is apparently established]] I'm not a good enough editor to know how to get into an undo contest and I won't bother. I'd appreciate if you'd undo the reversions and edit the names you don't think are notable. The forms of government matter. Mayors aren't significant for a Council-Manager city but City Managers are. This is an area I have decades of experience in and I can put in a little time here or there but not if it's just reverted throwing out the good with the bad. Your call. 1958publius ( talk) 05:59, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
On 13 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charlotte MLS team, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Charlotte MLS team signed a kit sponsorship deal months before being officially awarded an expansion franchise? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charlotte MLS team. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Charlotte MLS team), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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On 27 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Columbia Station (Washington), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that students from eight school districts in Wenatchee, Washington, created public artwork for Columbia Station? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Columbia Station (Washington). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Columbia Station (Washington)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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Hi. I commented on your DYK nomination re Flag of Spokane, Washington, and I noticed that you also have a GA review going on at the same time. In addition, I see you have written an extraordinary number of FAs, GAs and DYK hooks. Nice work!
It's been a long time since I submitted an article for review, so I was wondering if you might answer a question for me, the question being: isn't there a risk when having your article nominated for 2 different things that you will need to make changes to satisfy DYK and then GA will say "no, sorry, the article isn't stable"? Essentially, I'm wondering if I should submit "my" new article Charles Montier for GA review, but fear that doing that concurrent with a DYK nom will just cause problems.
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I'm reaching out again to connect with you regarding the 2+U wikipage. The page still has incorrect information posted and I'd like to work with you to correct the errors. Please let me know if there is a better way to reach you.
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Thought I'd link you directly, to let you know. Some problems, nothing too major, and, honestly, I may be too nitpicky. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 7.2% of all FPs 10:05, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
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If you look at the sentence I edited, there was NO mention of the MLS Cup final, so even though you said you reverted by edit, you really didn't because you kept the part about the MLS Cup final participant with the more points getting to host the final. Also, there IS A DISTINCTION because it is possible for the number 3 seed in one conference to have more points than the number 2 seed in the other, and it would be the number 3 seed hosting the MLS Final, so there is a distinction. I was just trying to do my best, and in my opinion, your edit is a step down from mine. Don't worry, I won't revert your edit as I can see a relentless edit war on your part. Juve2000 ( talk) 03:14, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
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Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit to Mill Creek, Washington for the reason "Retaining current spacing style and carrying over "ZIP code" from other articles". Unfortunately, my edit contained more than just those changes.
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Your other two changes—the reversion of my spacing and the rephrasing of the demographic paragraphs—I find, respectively, regrettable and of no concern, and will not dispute them. I will, however, note for your future information regarding the latter that the censuses use that phrasing as standard, so you'll want to keep an eye out for it in all articles covering US settlements. — DocWatson42 ( talk) 08:32, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, I saw you declined my posting of Puget Lowland Forest Ecoregion, for being similar to Puget Sound Region and Western Washington. However, this is not accurate. Puget Sound Region only consists of areas that are south of Admiralty Inlet, Washington. It does not discuss areas of British Columbia, northwest Washington(such as Bellingham) the San Juan Islands, the northern region of the Olympic Peninsula,or areas south of Tacoma, which the Puget Lowland Forest ecoregion does. This page also does not have detailed data on Flora and Fauna or Climate, which mine does.
There are also major differences between the Western Washington page and mine. The western washington page is heavily focused on the human settlements of the region. My Puget Lowland Forest Ecoregion page is heavily focused on the ecology of the region, as the Puget Lowland is a definable ecoregion in the US, and does not only include western washington or puget sound. For example, my page discusses the flora, fauna, and geology of the region, which the western washington page does not, and the puget sound page does not necessarily apply here because like i've said, this topic encompasses more than just the puget sound region within Washington.
I do not believe my topic should be merged because of these regions. The lowlands are a definable region, and are not the same as Puget Sound or Western Washington as a whole.
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I'm not so sure about this revert - while I understand the problem with needless accessdate changes, updating a 2011 source to a 2015 source is an improvement in my opinion. -- Rs chen 7754 05:04, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi SounderBruce,
I appreciate the feedback regarding my attempts to add the future SR 509 spur route information to this page (you made me get an account so thanks for that). I updated the information on this page with verifiable and current sources from WSDOT. These are not "predicting the future" just stating the current plans of the state and being clear these plans may change and that the article can be updated if/when they do. This is something I've seen across many wiki articles. What I put down is very consistent with other highway pages with proposed routes, and I actually provided more source materials than some of those pages. Please be specific in letting me know what exactly is wrong with the information I provided, especially since it's public information that can all be found in the citations I provided.
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TravisEcho ( talk) 07:01, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Well I would tend to disagree, especially with Phase 1 of the project breaking ground early next year and it remains fully funded unlike other projects as of late... however that is a fair point about MP values, until the highway log is updated you won't know the exact values, but they could be left blank like [ [1]]. I will read up on what you provided but at this point I think it's clear the page is untouchable and I really don't feel like arguing over it. Here's some other pages with future information you may also want to scrub; [ [2]], [ [3]], [ [4]], [ [5]]... as you say, don't want to be predicting the future. TravisEcho ( talk) 07:51, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Feel free to delete this discussion to clean up your talk page, I've decided to delete my account and leave the editing to the experts... and I don't mean that as an insult, looking at your contribution lists, it's very clear you know what you're doing. Sorry for the hassle and if it's all the same, I'd rather just bow out. Best regards, TravisEcho ( talk) 08:54, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
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Seconded. Congrats on another TFA, South Lake Union Streetcar! epicgenius ( talk) 01:51, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
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I don't believe most readers would be aware of the Waterfront Streetcar (I wasn't), and it seems relevant enough to warrant a direct mention and link in the lede considering the historical context. I initially added the link after thinking Wikipedia didn't even have an article on it, given that it's only referred to obliquely and not linked. Is there a possibility for a link to be included in some form? wctaiwan ( talk) 04:54, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
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I saw your comments on the Don Anderson (Mayor) page. It seems as there is a bit of a bias on getting the page deleted since the national and international attention he received after the train derailment upset individuals and groups in the Seattle area that had an interested in trains & other forms of public transportation.
To say he only had a soundbite after the incident occurred is completely inaccurate. He was interviewed by MSNBC ( https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/amtrak-derailment-lakewood-mayor-don-anderson-was-concerned-about-train-line-1119196227558) and CBS ( https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amtrak-derailment-washington-critics-warned-high-speed-route-dangerous/).
International news coverage included the Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1594136/Lakewood-mayor-warned-safety-concerns-prior-Amtrak-crash.html among many others.
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I did read them and I was just responding to your particular comment that all he was know for was a soundbite as that is not true. Also, your bias regarding the train accident is very clear and shows strongly. That shouldn’t be part of the decision making. Regardless of the outcome, bias should be left out of it. Ama282 ( talk) 20:45, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
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I think you meant "ZIP code" or "Zip code" (if not, then you are making my case for me. ;-) ) However, I believe that Wikipedia:Be bold and WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM ("Correcting inaccuracies...") apply here. Template:Infobox settlement itself uses "enter ZIP Code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code..." in its documentation's comments, something that has been true since that documentation's inception, and which was not something that I added. ( The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., does use "zip code" in section 10.29, but I believe it to be in error in this case.) Therefore, I conclude that all US settlement articles should be held to this standard, and that instances of "ZIP code" and "Zip code" should be changed to "ZIP Code". — DocWatson42 ( talk) 06:48, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
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FYI there's probably a connection between Icicle Station and Icicle Creek. Just mentioning this because the latter isn't found in the article (yet). ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:28, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Cities that have an infobox and indicate a Council-Manager form of government and then note the Mayor and Deputy Mayor seem ignorant of the difference between Council-Manager and Council-Mayor. Washington's a bit unique in that it has a lot more Council-Mayor cities than say California or Texas. I'm putting effort into getting the correct form of government city by city and you're reverting it wholesale because you claim the elected officials are not notable. Some are and some are not. Where a mayor is the chair of the council but other than that no different than the other six, the mayor is not notable. Where the mayor is a strong mayor, in the Council-Mayor form of government the mayor is much more significant. But if that's true then City Manager is significant for the Council-Manager form of government. If you're intent on just reverting my work and Wikipedia doesn't care about this stuff then I'll abandon my effort to work on Washington cities. I've contributed to many cities in California and Texas. Take a look at Anaheim, California that someone has added a need show/hide toggle to the council members, whereas Riverside, California, Sacramento, California, Burbank, California, Visalia, California, Beverly Hills, California, Camarillo, California, Culver City, California, Richmond, California, Long Beach, California and scores of others list council members. Bakersfield, California has a separate page for Bakersfield City Council (?!). And have flag icons, which you've also been systematically reverting. In Texas, take a look at Abilene, Texas, Waco, Texas, Tyler, Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, Denton, Texas, Keller, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, McKinney, Texas, Amarillo, Texas, Midland, Texas, Addison, Texas, Round Rock, Texas, College Station, Texas - scores of cities with the Council-City Manager form of government, council members listed and maintained. Click on any city you can think of (and granted, Texas has more state pride in their flag so their flag icon matters, whereas in Washington the Seahawks flag seems to dominate). Still, elected officials are a whole lot more relevant to the governance of a city than the lists of celebrity-wannabe notable people. We're a representative democracy, and city elected representatives are more important in some respects to that city than state or national elected representatives. I can understand the non-notability of really small cities, but let's at least get the forms of government right. Also, in terms of building up the encyclopedic references in the government sections, State House and Senate and US House and Senate representatives are a lot harder to check because of the gerrymandering of districts, each city requires checking the maps to see which district they're in. Once that is figured out updating encumbants is a whole lot easier and most have their own Wikipedia page (whether they are all that notable is not my concern but someone seems to care and create so linking is simple and notability is apparently established]] I'm not a good enough editor to know how to get into an undo contest and I won't bother. I'd appreciate if you'd undo the reversions and edit the names you don't think are notable. The forms of government matter. Mayors aren't significant for a Council-Manager city but City Managers are. This is an area I have decades of experience in and I can put in a little time here or there but not if it's just reverted throwing out the good with the bad. Your call. 1958publius ( talk) 05:59, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
On 13 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charlotte MLS team, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Charlotte MLS team signed a kit sponsorship deal months before being officially awarded an expansion franchise? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charlotte MLS team. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Charlotte MLS team), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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Hi. I commented on your DYK nomination re Flag of Spokane, Washington, and I noticed that you also have a GA review going on at the same time. In addition, I see you have written an extraordinary number of FAs, GAs and DYK hooks. Nice work!
It's been a long time since I submitted an article for review, so I was wondering if you might answer a question for me, the question being: isn't there a risk when having your article nominated for 2 different things that you will need to make changes to satisfy DYK and then GA will say "no, sorry, the article isn't stable"? Essentially, I'm wondering if I should submit "my" new article Charles Montier for GA review, but fear that doing that concurrent with a DYK nom will just cause problems.
Oh, actually, one more: how did you manage to get your initial assessment to B class done so quickly? (I'm guessing active WikiProject)
If you choose to reply, please ping when you do. Thanks either way! -- kingboyk ( talk) 11:20, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
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