Talk:Lansdowne station (MBTA)

Station Renaming Team squad
I am forming a "Station Renaming Team squad" to go through the other articles on Monday afternoon and rename the station to its new name Lansdowne. Anyone else with me who wants to participate? World Metro (talk) 21:02, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Go for it! Retain a mention of the old name where it is appropriate, until people get fully used to the new name. I commend your effort, but probably will be busy elsewhere. Reify-tech (talk) 21:24, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll do the actual page move and associated technical cleanup. There's a lot of backend stuff that you're probably not yet familiar with. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:26, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm glad that Pi.1415926535 is still watching over this article. Could you clue us in on what kinds of non-obvious issues arise, so we can watch out for them in other contexts? Reify-tech (talk) 21:37, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Off the top of my head:
 * Moving the station to the correct name (a disambiguation will be needed as there are other Lansdowne stations)
 * Changing the link in both old (s-rail) and new (adjacent stations) backend templates
 * Checking that uses of those templates work correctly, and checking RDTs and other templates for hard-coded links that needed fixing
 * Checking for any cases where the old name is needed (like templates of how a line existed at a certain time), adding those into the backend templates if necessary, and so on
 * Fixing links from articles - including judgement on cases where the old name should be mentioned - and copyediting as needed. This includes mentions of the stations without links, including images.
 * Updating Wikidata and Commons as necessary
 * Updating the dab page
 * Yawkey/Lansdowne is a particularly tricky case for several reasons. It's been moved before so there are double-redirects to correct, it's a GA so there are subpages, the Commons category has subcategories, etc. I don't want you to discourage you from helping, World Metro, but I ask that you let me handle the actual renaming and the technical stuff (as someone who's done it before). You're encouraged to look through my contributions and see how I do the changes on Monday - if you have any questions about why I did things, please ask! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:26, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Whew! Glad that there are capable hands to maintain·this article’s GA status. World Metro, I can confirm that Pi is willing to show you how this all is done, if you are willing to dig into whatever documentation exists, and to ask him questions when needed. I sort of understand maybe a half of the processes described, but have never delved deep into the arcane route map template hacking stuff. Reify-tech (talk) 05:43, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Renaming, Wikidata, templates, and the most important internal links are done. I'll get the Commons categories later today when I'm off mobile, then handle the other internal links (feel free to help with the links!). Pi.1415926535 (talk) 12:55, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * All mainspace links are done. Thanks all! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:16, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

MBTA bus linking
According to the MBTA website, there are no bus routes that lead to Lansdowne directly, should the bus linking be removed (not for the nearby Kenmore station, only direct connections)? Archangelectra (talk) 13:36, 29 November 2023 (UTC)


 * The website, rather annoyingly, seems to only list connections for stations with dedicated busways. Even stations like Porter, where buses stop directly at the station entrance, don't have bus connections listed. Given that, I don't think we should omit the connecting bus routes at Lansdowne. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:21, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Pi.1415926535 You know, you have a good point, i forgot that bus 8 goes right by it and i even take that bus fairly often, my mistake. Archangelectra (talk) 16:16, 30 November 2023 (UTC)