User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2020/Jul

Your GA nomination of Equitable Building (Manhattan)
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Feedback request: All RFCs request for comment
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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
 * Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #3


Seven years ago this week, the Editing team made the visual editor available by default to all logged-in editors using the desktop site at the English Wikipedia. Here's what happened since its introduction:


 * The 50 millionth edit using the visual editor on desktop was made this year. More than 10 million edits have been made here at the English Wikipedia.
 * More than 2 million new articles have been created in the visual editor. More than 600,000 of these new articles were created during 2019.
 * Almost 5 million edits on the mobile site have been made with the visual editor. Most of these edits have been made since the Editing team started improving the mobile visual editor in 2018.
 * The proportion of all edits made using the visual editor has been increasing every year.
 * Editors have made more than 7 million edits in the 2017 wikitext editor, including starting 600,000 new articles in it. The 2017 wikitext editor is VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode.  You can enable it in your preferences.
 * On 17 November 2019, the first edit from outer space was made in the mobile visual editor.
 * In 2019, 35% of the edits by newcomers, and half of their first edits, were made using the visual editor. This percentage has been increasing every year since the tool became available.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 02:05, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan on smaller islands
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Feedback request: Wikipedia technical issues and templates request for comment
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Your GA nomination of St. James Church (Queens)
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Wikipedia
Hello Epicgenius. I am looking to hire a Wikipedia expert to make some page updates/additions to the Richard Cheese wikipedia pages. If you're interested, please contact @RichardCheese via Twitter. Thank you. 2605:E000:60C5:4800:B517:A025:2210:5A52 (talk) 09:44, 6 July 2020 (UTC)RC

Your GA nomination of Empire Building (Manhattan)
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DYK for 1 Wall Street
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of IRT New Lots Line
Hello! Your submission of IRT New Lots Line at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 16:15, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Empire Building (Manhattan)
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Your GA nomination of Domino Sugar Refinery
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Another week?
Could I have another week on the Douglass article?MagicatthemovieS (talk) 22:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS
 * , sure. Take as much time as you need. epicgenius (talk) 22:55, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rattlesnake Creek (Bronx)
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Your GA nomination of Park Avenue Viaduct
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Charging Bull

 * Abandoned; my edits were reverted without explanation here.  Baffle☿gab  23:40, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry to hear that. I suppose I won't nominate these types of articles for GOCE, then. epicgenius (talk) 00:04, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * It's not your fault; it's one contentious editor who thinks my copy-edits are rubbish and I can't be bothered to argue. Perhaps another editor will have a better experience. I had no such problem with Riverside Church; I ought to check the history before accepting NYC articles. Cheers and good luck with the article,  Baffle☿gab  00:09, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Park Avenue Viaduct
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Your GA nomination of William Ulmer Brewery
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article William Ulmer Brewery 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.  ❯❯❯  S A H A   06:26, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Update: The review is almost done. Share your views on the comments I made in the review page.  ❯❯❯  S A H A   10:28, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Helmsley Building
Guerillero &#124;  Parlez Moi  12:02, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Manhattan Municipal Building
Guerillero &#124;  Parlez Moi  12:02, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of William Ulmer Brewery
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List of longest suspension bridge spans
Epicgenius, I was wondering if you might have any insight on this: I am planning to slowly go through some of the Former featured lists and trying to re-promote them. I'm starting with the List of longest suspension bridge spans and I'm not super familiar with bridges myself but after reading the removal entry and looking at the list I've come up with some fixes I could potentially make:

1. Combining the main spans into one column, since having different units as different columns for the same values seems pointless.

2. Adding in the total lengths for each bridge – although I'm not sure about this one since the list is by main span

(And of course general cleaning like checking all of the images for copyright & adding more refs for later entries)

Thoughts on this or any other ideas for improvements would be appreciated. (If you're wondering why I'm coming to you, I had noticed your work on the Brooklyn Bridge)

Best - Aza24 (talk) 20:02, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks for the message. I don't really know much about the FL process but here is what I would suggest. I'd have a single column for main span (meters and feet), and another column for total length (meters and feet). If possible, I would either have the native name for the bridge for all bridges, or for none of them, because some have Chinese names and some don't. The "Planned and proposed bridges" section also needs to be improved a bit, because the format is different than the rest of the page, and the "Other record-holding suspension bridges" should also be cleaned up and referenced. I hope this helps, and let me know if you have questions or clarifications. epicgenius (talk) 20:06, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for 712 Fifth Avenue
Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 00:02, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Coty Building
Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 00:02, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rattlesnake Creek (Bronx)
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Your GA nomination of Domino Sugar Refinery
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Your GA nomination of Domino Sugar Refinery
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 * It appears that I jumped the gun on your DYK, because your QPQ had a few outstanding issues. Having reviewed that QPQ, it appears that all of those issues have now been resolved (with help from a disambiguation I provided). Perhaps you would wish to revisit, and see if it is now in passable condition. Cheers. Gulbenk (talk) 20:06, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , no problem. That article still has one outstanding issue, which is the source. As for fulfilling my QPQ requirement, I think it only relates to having done a review (as opposed to having both reviewed and approved/rejected the other article). But I'll switch the QPQs around with another nomination of mine. epicgenius (talk) 20:15, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I believe that your point is well taken. Nonetheless, thanks for the assist with the switch. regards. Gulbenk (talk) 00:07, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for IRT New Lots Line
— Wug·a·po·des​ 19:19, 21 July 2020 (UTC) 12:02, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Prep 1
Hi, I promoted your fantastic elevator hook to Prep 1, but did some editing to clear up the grammar. Is this okay with you:
 * ... that to demonstrate elevator safety in the Empire Building, eggs and light bulbs were loaded in a cab that was dropped past the third floor at 82 mph, emerging undamaged?
 * Best, Yoninah (talk) 14:40, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , yeah, that sounds fine. Thanks for the revision. epicgenius (talk) 14:43, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yoninah (talk) 19:39, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Rattlesnake Creek (Bronx)
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

James Thompson (surveyor) again
Hey,

I just wanted to remind you that I requested your input on a peer review of James Thompson (surveyor) about last week and you accepted. Since the original section has been archived, I just wanted to send a reminder to that effect. I look forward to hearing your input!

– John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 02:49, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks. I might as well put a bump template here. Pictogram voting wait.svg Now it won't be archived epicgenius (talk) 03:57, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK
hallo Epicgenius, I updated the request. Thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 18:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for St. James Church (Queens)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for this, and the steady flow of GAs about NYC buildings, - amazing. Sad that the image didn't get along, ut I agree that the one we have instead is more unique, and also beautiful and inspiring. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Seton Falls Park
— Maile (talk) 12:03, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

New NYC Ferry Template
Hello, I wanted to ask for your opinion on if a new NYCFerry template would be useful for the NYCFerry page. Basically, the new template would be like the Infobox New York City Subway service template, but with the different colors for the routes, it's terminals, it's fleet, etc and to reduce clutter on it's page. What do you think? FlushingLocal (talk) 23:51, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , are you asking if we should create a new infobox-style template that is used only on the NYC Ferry article? I think that the current infobox template is pretty informative. What exactly did you have in mind? If it's only going to be used in one article, it would probably be better off to keep that info here. epicgenius (talk) 23:55, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I don't want to create a full new template since it's only for one article, but is there a way to create a template solely for that page? The infobox I'm thinking of creating is similar to the infobox for the NYC subway routes, like for example

Route = AST (shows the Astoria Line Logo) Picture 1 = Shows a boat on the AST Line Picture 2 = Shows route map Fleet = All Boats North Terminal = Astoria South Terminal = Wall St/Pier 11 Stops = 5 Started Service = August 2017

I want to create a template like this to reduce the clutter on the page and make it more easier to read. FlushingLocal (talk) 17:36, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , do you mean a template for each of the individual lines (like AST)? There is already a template for this, Infobox ferry route. epicgenius (talk) 18:33, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Empire Building (Manhattan)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:04, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Mid-Manhattan Library
Guerillero &#124;  Parlez Moi  12:02, 31 July 2020 (UTC)