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Producing some great articles! Can I interest you in contributing to the new Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge? Will start a 1000 Challenge for New York if there is the interest. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:10, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
That's great. Would be good to get a contest running for the US in the new year. Something like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon would work for US and Canadian states/provinces.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:29, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
Cool. Maybe I'll join it, if I have free time. epicgenius - ( talk) 12:30, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
The new W train timetable is up [1], and it explicitly mentions the trains to and from 86th Street. The new R train timetable is also up [2]. No Q yet. I don't know how to fix the NYCT CONST template.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 22:21, 3 November 2016 (UTC) They just literally updated the Q.
I am not going to undo everything you just did, but it starts on November 5.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 18:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
I need help with the W line page, could you check it over? I have no clue how to leave discounitnued and reinstated in the W box so I just removed the discountied section from the main box. 71.167.191.16 ( talk) 00:57, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
Only East Rail + East Tsim Sha Tsui are 12-car (~260m). DRL (and SIL?) are ~90m, future NSC platforms are ~200m, all others are ~180m.
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@
Sameboat: Is there really a need to have
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Per WP:CITEVAR, please don't unilaterally change citation styles in articles, as you did at Yes California. Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 21:31, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
{{sfn}}
s from the start and it saves headaches in the long run. It's best to keep the long-form cites in one place (and alphabetized), rather than some in one section and others in another based on arbitrary criteria.
Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁
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Hey there, I've renamed my AWB-based script to JWB (Javascript Wiki Browser) as per this request by Reedy. I just wanted to let you know, since you made the script to open it from the toolbar. The way I handled the moving of the settings pages is as follows:
I made every import of User:Joeytje50/AWB.js/load.js
use the user's /AWB-settings.js
page, and every import of the new name's location, User:Joeytje50/JWB.js/load.js
, uses the user's /JWB-settings.js
page. Since your toolbar button loads the script by its old name, could you perhaps make a duplicate page at User:Epicgenius/JWB script toolbar.js
which would use the updated load script, so that anyone installing your script now will use the updated name?
Alternatively, I could also make the toolbar link a default feature in my script, which would remove the need for your separate script, but I'll only do that if you're okay with it. Joeytje50 ( talk) 04:43, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
//comment
on there for the idea.
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talk) 13:38, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Epcigenius, hope you're doing well. Have you had a chance to approach synthesizing this? Best, Castncoot ( talk) 01:48, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
http://www.bulletmap.info/ epicgenius ( talk) 03:18, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
Bumping thread. epicgenius ( talk) 03:19, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Aqueduct Racetrack (IND Rockaway Line) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mackensen -- Mackensen ( talk) 22:40, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
The article Aqueduct Racetrack (IND Rockaway Line) 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:Aqueduct Racetrack (IND Rockaway Line) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mackensen -- Mackensen ( talk) 00:20, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your help at Fake news website ! I especially like most of the section headers you made. I hesitate a bit because I think the article might be starting to get too many tiny sections. For example a couple of them are only a few sentences in size. What do you think? Should those sections all then be expanded? Or is there a better way ? Sagecandor ( talk) 22:46, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
FYI, you might want to undo your edit here [7] -- please see all the complaining about lack of "criticism" of that organization, at the talk page. Let me know what you think about all that discussion back and forth lol. Sagecandor ( talk) 22:56, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Nice split. Note between the chronology of those 2 sections a curious pattern -- September 2015 = Counter-Misinformation Team shut down by U.S. State Department. December 2015 = Adrian Chen notices significant uptick in propaganda sources previously interested in news about their own country, now suddenly aggressively interested in political candidate from another country. Pattern? Or maybe reflective of the ironic timing of the shutdown of the State Department initiative? Sagecandor ( talk) 01:50, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Also different related topic, at [12], I don't know if I want to stray into that can of worms at a different article with that user -- but what do you think of those edits? Sagecandor ( talk) 02:20, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
I think that topic could possibly be related to the "fake news website" article, albeit in the sentence where the fact-checking website is explained.refers to Wash Post. The other stuff is Russia. epicgenius ( talk) 03:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
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Producing some great articles! Can I interest you in contributing to the new Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge? Will start a 1000 Challenge for New York if there is the interest. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:10, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
That's great. Would be good to get a contest running for the US in the new year. Something like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon would work for US and Canadian states/provinces.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:29, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
Cool. Maybe I'll join it, if I have free time. epicgenius - ( talk) 12:30, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
The new W train timetable is up [1], and it explicitly mentions the trains to and from 86th Street. The new R train timetable is also up [2]. No Q yet. I don't know how to fix the NYCT CONST template.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 22:21, 3 November 2016 (UTC) They just literally updated the Q.
I am not going to undo everything you just did, but it starts on November 5.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 18:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
I need help with the W line page, could you check it over? I have no clue how to leave discounitnued and reinstated in the W box so I just removed the discountied section from the main box. 71.167.191.16 ( talk) 00:57, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
Only East Rail + East Tsim Sha Tsui are 12-car (~260m). DRL (and SIL?) are ~90m, future NSC platforms are ~200m, all others are ~180m.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
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to reply to me 04:26, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
@
Sameboat: Is there really a need to have
two Kwun Tong Line S-line rows for most of the stations in the middle of the Kwun Tong Line (Mong Kok/Yau Ma Tei to Kwun Tong)? Except Yau Ma Tei, all the adjacent stations are the same.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
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Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at NY Academy of Sciences (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering Women in science for their second annual edit-a-thon!. This event also coincides with the year-long celebration of the Academy's 200th Anniversary and a Women in Red online campaign. Beginning and experienced Wikipedia writers are both welcome, and there will be helpers on hand to assist those new to editing the encyclopedia.
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Per WP:CITEVAR, please don't unilaterally change citation styles in articles, as you did at Yes California. Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 21:31, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
{{sfn}}
s from the start and it saves headaches in the long run. It's best to keep the long-form cites in one place (and alphabetized), rather than some in one section and others in another based on arbitrary criteria.
Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁
¡gobble! 23:20, 10 November 2016 (UTC)The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biographies. Legobot ( talk) 04:26, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi Epicgenius/Archive/2016,
In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.
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Hey there, I've renamed my AWB-based script to JWB (Javascript Wiki Browser) as per this request by Reedy. I just wanted to let you know, since you made the script to open it from the toolbar. The way I handled the moving of the settings pages is as follows:
I made every import of User:Joeytje50/AWB.js/load.js
use the user's /AWB-settings.js
page, and every import of the new name's location, User:Joeytje50/JWB.js/load.js
, uses the user's /JWB-settings.js
page. Since your toolbar button loads the script by its old name, could you perhaps make a duplicate page at User:Epicgenius/JWB script toolbar.js
which would use the updated load script, so that anyone installing your script now will use the updated name?
Alternatively, I could also make the toolbar link a default feature in my script, which would remove the need for your separate script, but I'll only do that if you're okay with it. Joeytje50 ( talk) 04:43, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
//comment
on there for the idea.
Joeytje50 (
talk) 13:38, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Epcigenius, hope you're doing well. Have you had a chance to approach synthesizing this? Best, Castncoot ( talk) 01:48, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
http://www.bulletmap.info/ epicgenius ( talk) 03:18, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
Bumping thread. epicgenius ( talk) 03:19, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
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---|---|
On Saturday December 3, 2016, in conjunction with a global campaign, the Guggenheim will host its fifth Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon—to enhance Wikipedia's coverage of modern and contemporary artists from Greater China. The event will cap off Wikipedia Asian Month, an online campaign dedicated to augmenting Asian content on Wikipedia throughout November. New and experienced editors are welcome. The event will include a training session for participants who are new to Wikipedia, and Wikipedia specialists will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing support. Editors are invited to view the exhibition Tales of Our Time following the event. The Guggenheim aims to raise awareness of the artists featured in the Tales of Our Time exhibition supported by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative, and build on the model of campaigns like the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Women in Architecture, Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa, and Art+Feminism.
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Aqueduct Racetrack (IND Rockaway Line) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mackensen -- Mackensen ( talk) 22:40, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
The article Aqueduct Racetrack (IND Rockaway Line) 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:Aqueduct Racetrack (IND Rockaway Line) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mackensen -- Mackensen ( talk) 00:20, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your help at Fake news website ! I especially like most of the section headers you made. I hesitate a bit because I think the article might be starting to get too many tiny sections. For example a couple of them are only a few sentences in size. What do you think? Should those sections all then be expanded? Or is there a better way ? Sagecandor ( talk) 22:46, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
FYI, you might want to undo your edit here [7] -- please see all the complaining about lack of "criticism" of that organization, at the talk page. Let me know what you think about all that discussion back and forth lol. Sagecandor ( talk) 22:56, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Nice split. Note between the chronology of those 2 sections a curious pattern -- September 2015 = Counter-Misinformation Team shut down by U.S. State Department. December 2015 = Adrian Chen notices significant uptick in propaganda sources previously interested in news about their own country, now suddenly aggressively interested in political candidate from another country. Pattern? Or maybe reflective of the ironic timing of the shutdown of the State Department initiative? Sagecandor ( talk) 01:50, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Also different related topic, at [12], I don't know if I want to stray into that can of worms at a different article with that user -- but what do you think of those edits? Sagecandor ( talk) 02:20, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
I think that topic could possibly be related to the "fake news website" article, albeit in the sentence where the fact-checking website is explained.refers to Wash Post. The other stuff is Russia. epicgenius ( talk) 03:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
File:Bombardier R179 Truck Build Plate.jpg ( /info/en/?search=File:Bombardier_R179_Truck_Build_Plate.jpg) appears to be a good candidate for Wikimedia Commons. Do you know how to nominate a picture for Wikimedia? I personally tried to, but don't know how. So I am going to need your help. I am asking you because someone told me how awesome of an editor you are, and I really trust you because of the great contributions you made.-- 107.0.69.23 ( talk) 15:35, 30 November 2016 (UTC)