User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2018/May

Your GA nomination of Jacob Riis Park
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DYK nomination of Jacob Riis Park
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Your GA nomination of Q65 (New York City bus)
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Your GA nomination of Q65 (New York City bus)
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Your GA nomination of Q65 (New York City bus)
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DYK nomination of Interstate 678
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Incomplete DYK nomination
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DYK for Interstate 678
Vanamonde (talk) 00:01, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Queens–Midtown Tunnel
Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Spring Creek Park
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Your GA nomination of Spring Creek Park
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Your GA nomination of Spring Creek Park
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DYK for Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line)
Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Albee Square
I don't have much time to scour for sources today, but I rewrote what I removed from the City Point article into a stub here: Albee Square. Thought it may be of interest to you. Cheers, JesseRafe (talk) 18:53, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Jacob Riis Park
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Heads up
As I mentioned on my talk page, I suspected that the only portions of this class's work that were well written were copy-and-pasted from elsewhere, which was found to be the case on Fulton Street (Brooklyn), so just wanted to give you a heads up that that's something to watch out for on this slew of Downtown Brooklyn articles that they're editing. JesseRafe (talk) 12:58, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. If these edits are copy and paste, I think you could notify the instructor,, that these particular edits are in violation of copyright. It's likely these students are simply unaware that copying and pasting is not acceptable. epicgenius (talk) 13:03, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Need your opinion
Hey, long time no see.

So, I want to overhaul the entire Bee Line Route transit page as well as the major transit centers within Westchester County, but first I'm going to start with Playland Park.

While researching, I found that places like Fordham Plaza have either their own bus route section or their own article. I want to do the same thing with Playland, having a section for buses, saying which buses go where. What do you think?

AahdTahar (talk) 13:47, 14 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Nice to see you again as well, though I have seen your name come up in the Transport News Facebook group. Anyway, I think that you should only really put a bus route table into the article if it's also notable for being a big transit hub. The Fordham station article is a good example of a page about a station that is deliberately designed as a transit hub. This is also the case for articles like Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues (New York City Subway) and Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street (New York City Subway).On the other hand, Playland looks like it is more notable for being an amusement park than for being a transit hub. I think that if you want to mention the buses at Playland, you could do either a plain list with just the routes and destinations, or you can write your own article about the transit hub and place the table there. I hope this helps. --epicgenius (talk) 14:11, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Your edits on the Chrysler Building page
Dear User:Epicgenius. Thank you for your constructive edits to the Spire and As Icon headings at the Chrysler Building page. However, please be a bit more thoughtful with your edit summaries in such instances, as by answering the enquiries that were placed in those sections you in fact validated the reasons they were added. Calling your edits "(remove unhelpful unconstructive tags)" obviously did not characterize the validity of those tags, or your constructive additions allowing them to be removed. Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 22:40, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I apologize for the misleading summary. Yes, they were not very helpful, but I removed them because I had also fixed the problems in that same edit. For instance, "tube lighting" is not that confusing, it refers to tube shaped lighting. If you think you know what the text refers to, feel free to fix it. epicgenius (talk) 00:03, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I think you mean "were helpful", as it prompted the constructive clarifying edits. I would have made improvements to the lighting paragraph if I understood it better.  To me it read that there were three kinds of lighting: something original surrounding or behind the trim of the triangular windows, I imagined (given the era) incandescent; the mast-mounted latter exterior floodlights; and whatever the more recent "tube" lighting is.  Neon?  Even though I grew up near the area I have not been to NYC at night in some time, so I've not seen it, if in fact that is what is being described.  It would be very Art Deco if so.
 * Overall the paragraph is considerably improved. If you can put a finer point on the nature of that "tube-shaped lighting" it would be helpful. Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 10:32, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yes, ultimately the tags resulted in improvements, even though the tags themselves did not look that good, IMO. Regarding the lighting: I don't really have any extra details about that. I just know it's a tube shaped lighting. epicgenius (talk) 13:15, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

StopAd
What is the "StopAd injection"? Have you seen a lot of it? Have you reported it, sounds like something the spam blacklist or an edit filter could take care of. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:28, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * StopAd is an ad blocker that I installed over the weekend. It only adds a hidden comment to the bottom of the pages when I make a "visual edit". So far I only had to fix two instances of "StopAd injection", and I disabled StopAd from running on Wikimedia sites, so I guess it's not that big of a problem. An edit filter/blacklist entry could theoretically be made for this, but the filter would be tripped relatively infrequently compared to other ad blockers like UBlock Origin. epicgenius (talk) 13:15, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, disabling it didn't work, so I turned it off completely. epicgenius (talk) 14:34, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Your pictures
Hey, Epic. I was just looking to see what has changed at your User page since last visiting it, and I see you say you don't take great pictures because you don't have a good camera.

Is it just my imagination, but didn't you once have a whole bunch of really terrific pictures of Croton on the Hudson or Cold Spring on your page? Like three or four years ago, maybe. I'd swear it was you. They were really colorful, arty, and excellent. Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 23:06, 14 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, that was not me. I never traveled up there. I don't know who could have taken these images. epicgenius (talk) 00:03, 15 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I wonder who's page it was then, as it was around the time you, Beyond My Ken, and I were going back and forth making improvements to a variety of NYC area pages, such as Spuyten Duyvil Creek, which indeed was just over three years ago. Back then for some reason your User Name in edit summaries appeared on my computer as merely a small empty rectangle.  I went to the User Page to see who was behind it.  Some short time later I was at one of the encyclopedia's resident NY Metro Area experts' User Page and saw a collection of probably two dozen quite excellent, very rural looking photos of whatever town it was (on the east bank of the Hudson 1/2 - 1 hr. north of Manhattan).  I thought they were quite interesting, and very much off the beat of someone who knew NYC so intimately.  Taken during a casual visit, I imagined.  I wonder now whose they were, not Ken's, as they showed a side of that user not otherwise evident. Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 11:21, 15 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Hmm. I suppose it can be, he had a lot of pictures of the Hudson Valley on his user page. epicgenius (talk) 13:15, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

You are so right: They are the little empty square. You're the genius. Ken...Ken's Ken. Sorry for getting that confused.

Indeed, the Square's current User Page gives almost nothing about them except their doing some paid contributions here. All but one of their last dozen or so edits in a peek taken a moment ago are all directly about or can be related to the Hudson:


 * 04:56, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-59)‎ . . List of largest houses in the United States ‎ (corrections) (current)
 * 04:50, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-3)‎ . . Rockefeller State Park Preserve ‎ (→‎Rockwood Hall: m)
 * 04:49, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+1,083)‎ . . Rockefeller State Park Preserve ‎ (add, will add more/cite)
 * 04:49, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-8)‎ . . List of Gilded Age mansions ‎ (not a section) (current)
 * 04:48, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+50)‎ . . List of Gilded Age mansions ‎ (→‎See also: ad)
 * 04:48, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+516)‎ . . List of Gilded Age mansions ‎ (→‎New York: add many, sort)
 * 03:43, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+122)‎ . . Hudson River School ‎ (→‎Legacy: add) (current)
 * 03:14, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+337)‎ . . Hudson River School ‎ (→‎Legacy: add)
 * 03:11, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-51)‎ . . Storm King School ‎ (not proper in lead) (current)
 * 03:08, May 15, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+717)‎ . . Hudson River School ‎ (→‎Collections: add)
 * 18:35, May 12, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+10)‎ . . Allium tricoccum ‎ (→‎Common name: not exclusive) (current) (Tags: Mobile edit, Mobile web edit)
 * 17:18, May 12, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116)‎ . . Thomas Cole House ‎ (→‎Post-Cole years: add) (current)
 * 17:18, May 12, 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+143)‎ . . Charles Herbert Moore ‎ (add) (current)

Strongly suggestive.... As is the short group of high quality images reached via a drop-down at their User Page. They are one whacking good photographer.

Well, at least I thought it was you. Nice chatting. Keep up the great work. Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 19:01, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey! Epicgenius pinged me here; I'm glad to see someone appreciate my works! I have mostly lived around Westchester and Dutchess Counties, and do a lot of history, art, and food writing and photography here. I have also been pretty active in the NYC wikimedia chapter. What do you want to know about me? ɱ  (talk) · vbm  · coi) 19:47, 15 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Greetings ɱ .  Let's move this to your  (talk) page.  Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 17:44, 16 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Apparently this type of user contributions template would have also worked. epicgenius (talk) 21:53, 15 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks, EG. How does one determine/set the offset? Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 17:44, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
 * For "offset", I first had to set the number of contributions that I want to display. In this case, it was the last 13 edits before a certain timestamp. That timestamp is the "offset" and is given in UTC, in terms of year, month, day, 24-hour hour, minute, and seconds. The year needs 4 digits while all other fields need 2 digits. This example gives the last 13 edits made before "20180515194742", or in the English language, 19:47, 15 May 2018 (UTC). The final 2 digits "42" is the seconds, and is usually (but not always) unimportant. epicgenius (talk) 19:24, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Four award nominations
Since your name is down as one of the reviewers, I was wondering if you could take a look at the Four Award nominations. Hawkeye7  (discuss)  19:57, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'll look at it tomorrow. epicgenius (talk) 22:54, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Update, I will look at it on Friday when I have more time. epicgenius (talk) 21:18, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, I haven't forgotten about this backlog (which Chetsford seems to have helped to reduce). I have finals this week. I will look at it this weekend. epicgenius (talk) 21:25, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Good Article Backlog
Hi Epicgenius. I am looking to encourage suitable editors to review more articles at WP:GAN. Currently you have 18 nominations awaiting review and as you are probably aware there is a large backlog. This means you and other editors may have to wait months before your articles are reviewed. According to User:GA bot/Stats you have reviewed 11 articles and this page says you have helped promote many articles to GA status. This suggests that you are familiar with the criteria and able to contribute more reviews. Without editors reviewing articles the process falls apart. If you need some help with reviewing feel free to ask me or leave a note at the help desk. Regards AIRcorn (talk) 11:31, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notice. I'll try to get on with some reviews soon. epicgenius (talk) 12:53, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that any extra help is appreciated. AIRcorn (talk) 20:08, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Herman Vandenburg Ames is available if you're looking for one! Chetsford (talk) 21:38, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Appealing a block
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Your GA nomination of Interstate 78 in New York
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Your GA nomination of Interstate 78 in New York
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Your GA nomination of Interstate 78 in New York
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DYK nomination of BMT Franklin Avenue Line
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DYK for 23rd Street (Manhattan)
Alex Shih (talk) 01:26, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Penn Station Track Map
I really love the work you have been doing with this. Is there any way to indicate the ladder tracks on the map? Thanks.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 16:09, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you like it. I'm not sure what you mean, though. This map shows two ladder tracks for the E and C yards. They correspond to tracks 7E and 21 on my map. epicgenius (talk) 16:27, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * The F, G, I, U and M ladders are listed on this map.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 17:47, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I tried to put the ladder labels. The formatting is still a little weird, but I think a routemap expert like might know. epicgenius (talk) 18:03, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * BSot seems to require a wider cell than the regular narrow small text does (d-width cells aren't wide enough). I don't think the left and right align are working and they shouldn't be necessary, especially if you're trying to align the text directly over the tracks. Try overlaying BSot over or similar – not a lot of combinations have been uploaded, so maybe overlay existing icons or upload new ones. Jc86035&#39;s alternate account (talk) 05:20, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I made some alterations to BSot so that, when overlaid over a half-width cell, will actually be centered on the cell. Please feel free to fix my edits if I made a mistake. epicgenius (talk) 15:54, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think the narrower width should be used at the same time as the regular width, since they don't visually match well. (The edit I made to test the text alignment was to User:Epicgenius/sandbox/1.) Jc86035&#39;s alternate account (talk) 11:56, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean. In the previous version, the overlay for the "2" track that depicts the Empire Connection actually leaked into the cell on the right. The overlay doesn't do that anymore after your edit. epicgenius (talk) 14:28, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for BMT Franklin Avenue Line
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List of hospitals in New York City
Nice jon breaking it up into smaller groups. --RAN (talk) 00:54, 30 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks. But actually, some other editors have helped out as well. I only split off one of the articles. epicgenius (talk) 01:06, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I have been adding the hospitals to Wikidata that do not have articles, the next thing to figure out is how do we let the Wikipedia reader know that there is some info on that hospital in Wikidata. --RAN (talk) 01:11, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Aqueduct Address
I have to agree with User:YborCityJohn according to the New York Racing Association website the address is listed in Jamaica. I went to Google Maps entered the address given on NYRA.com website and yes YborCityJohn is correct Google Maps is incorrectly listing the address as Ozone Park. I mean if you look at the map its clearly in Jamaica. 63.140.110.242 (talk) 02:58, 30 May 2018 (UTC)


 * The South Ozone Park address isn't "incorrect", nor is the racetrack "clearly in Jamaica". It's just that the boundaries of Jamaica are flexible. And anyway, I would tend to believe a crowd sourced mapping service over the racetrack's own website, which would list "Jamaica" because it's the closest major neighborhood. epicgenius (talk) 14:00, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * You do realize that Google Maps is not considered a reliable source for Wikipedia given the fact that a good portion of the information is user provided and can be outdated quickly or just completely wrong. Whereas Aqueduct's official website is considered reliable because you'd think that the employees who maintain the NYRA website would know exactly know where they work. Cheers. 63.140.110.242 (talk) 15:54, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Your entire statement is wrong. Google Maps uses third-party cartographic data from sources like US Geological Survey and visual observations. Any user provided data must be verified by moderators/other community members, and incorrect/outdated data are rejected or corrected quickly. It is reliable enough that we even have a whole citation template for this, Google maps. Whereas Aqueduct's own website serves to promote its own location. So no, Aqueduct is not considered a more reliable source than Google Maps for its own location. Do you want me to use Bing Maps, Apple Maps, or OpenStreetMap instead? Or, are all these not reliable sources because Aqueduct knows where their own location is, even though they really don't?
 * By the way, I didn't even cite Google Maps as a source in the Aqueduct article. The citation is to the New York Times. By your reasoning, since the Times is a NYC newspaper, it should know the boundaries of neighborhoods in its own city. epicgenius (talk) 18:47, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Signaling of the New York City Subway
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