User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2022/Jul

Your GA nomination of La Maison Francaise (Rockefeller Center)
The article La Maison Francaise (Rockefeller Center) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:La Maison Francaise (Rockefeller Center) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 18:22, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

NYCS
The J/Z templates should be fine now, besides the service bullets which I haven't touched. Figures they suspend the most tedious service to re-code.  Cards   84664   19:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
(t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:NYCS Platform Layout Fulton Street Station
Template:NYCS Platform Layout Fulton Street Station has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 07:19, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Stuyvesant Town page
Hello,

I am the person who corrected a frustrating, continually multiplying, long-standing error about the number of buildings in Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village. Here’s a link to a map of the property - https://www.stuytown.com/about-us/map - so you can count the number of actual, INDIVIDUAL buildings for yourself and also see that many individual buildings have multiple street addresses. The NY Times article originally referenced about the number of buildings is, quite simply, WRONG. I know Stuyvesant Town very well and what I have written is accurate. Many who live in Stuyvesant Town are frustrated that the number of buildings is often misquoted due to the misinformation in this Wikipedia article that I have now corrected.

I would respectfully ask that you stop reverting the page back to the one with the incorrect NY Times reference.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by All Things Cultural (talk • contribs) 18:18, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing up your concern @All Things Cultural. You are right about the number of buildings. I realized that I read your edit incorrectly - I thought the edit had said that there were 55 buildings and that each building had two street addresses. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:38, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:NYCS Platform Layout 161st Street-Yankee Stadium Station
Template:NYCS Platform Layout 161st Street-Yankee Stadium Station has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 09:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
 * Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. 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 a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything 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. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for The El Dorado
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 3 July 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:04, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Growth team newsletter #21
Welcome to the twenty-first newsletter from the Growth team!

New project: Positive reinforcement

 * The Growth team started a new project: Positive reinforcement. We want newcomers to understand there is an interest in regularly editing Wikipedia, and we want to improve new editor retention.
 * We asked users from Arabic, Bangla, Czech and French Wikipedia about their feedback. Some people participated at mediawiki.org as well.
 * We summarized the initial feedback gathered from these community discussions, along with how we plan to iterate based on that feedback.
 * The first Positive Reinforcement idea is a redesign of the impact module: incorporating stats, graphs, and other contribution information. This idea received the widest support, and we plan to start our work based on the design illustrated on the side.
 * Please let us know what you think of this project, in any language.

For mentors

 * We have worked on two new features, to inform them about the mentorship:
 * In the Mentor module, we now provide more information about the public nature of the mentors/newcomer relationship and the fact that talk pages are public.
 * We now allow newcomers to opt-in and opt-out of mentorship.

Scaling

 * "Add a link" available at more wikis ― Add a link feature has been deployed to more wikis: . This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure locally how this feature works.
 * "Add an image" available at more wikis ― Add an image feature will be deployed to more wikis: . These communities will be able to configure locally how this feature works.

Suggested edits

 * Selecting topics ― We have created an "AND" filter to the list of topics at Special:Homepage. This way, newcomers can decide to select very specific topics ("Transportation" AND "Asia") or to have a broader selection ("Transportation" OR "Asia"). At the moment this feature is tested at pilot wikis.
 * Changes for Add a link ― We have built several improvements that came from community discussion and from data analysis. They will be available soon at the wikis.
 * Algorithm improvements ― The algorithm now avoids recommending links in sections that usually don't have links and for first names. Also, it now limits each article to only having three link suggestions by default (limited to the highest accuracy suggestions of all the available ones in the article).
 * User experience improvements ―   We added a confirmation dialog when a user exits out of suggestion mode prior to making changes. We also improved post-edit dialog experience and allow newcomers to browse through task suggestions from the post-edit dialog.
 * Community configuration ― We allow communities to set a maximum number of links per article via Special:EditGrowthConfig.
 * Future change for Add a link feature ― We will suggest underlinked articles in priority.
 * Patrolling suggested edits ― Some users at Arabic Wikipedia, Spanish Wikipedia, and Russian Wikipedia told us that "Add a link" and "Add an image" edits can be challenging to patrol. We are now brainstorming improvements to help address this challenge. We have already some ideas and we started some work to address this challenge. If you have any thoughts to add about the challenges of reviewing these tasks or how we should improve these tasks further, please let us know, in any language.

Community configuration
Communities can configure how the features work, using Special:EditGrowthConfig.
 * Communities can set the maximum number of "add an image" suggested tasks a newcomer can complete daily.
 * Future change: allow communities to customize the "add a link" quality gate threshold easily, using Special:EditGrowthConfig.

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Replaceable fair use File:New Kosciuszko Bridge rendering.jpg
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Thu July 14: Astoria Beer Garden Wiki-Picnic
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Your GA nomination of 229 West 43rd Street
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 229 West 43rd Street 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 CPClegg -- CPClegg (talk) 22:21, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Neil Simon Theatre
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Neil Simon Theatre 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 CPClegg -- CPClegg (talk) 17:40, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Neil Simon Theatre
The article Neil Simon Theatre you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Neil Simon Theatre for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CPClegg -- CPClegg (talk) 19:22, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of August Wilson Theatre
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article August Wilson Theatre 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 CPClegg -- CPClegg (talk) 21:01, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of August Wilson Theatre
The article August Wilson Theatre you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:August Wilson Theatre for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CPClegg -- CPClegg (talk) 21:22, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Beacon Theatre (New York City)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Amazing work
Very impressive work on the Bryant Park, Rockefeller Center, and Herald Square subway articles. It had always bothered me how poor the quality of those articles were. After we do more improving on these articles, work needs to be done on the two Penn Station subway articles-they are awful. Thanks for all your editing, and I hope your summer is going well so far. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:46, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @Kew Gardens 613, thanks, I appreciate it. I also appreciate your work, especially the links you dug up. I also hope your summer is going well. I really didn't realize how bad the quality of these articles were, or how much info there was about each station. There is still a lot of work to be done on these pages, but these articles all have the potential to be improved to B or even GA class. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:38, 14 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes, amazing! Thank you for being around! - I heard a great concert by Voces8, pictured. - I have a FAC open, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

A.C. Monza FA candidate
Hey, how's it going? I see you've reviewed football-related articles for FA in recent years. A.C. Monza has been a candidate for over three weeks, and there are almost no comments. I would really appreciate it if you took some time to leave a comment (it doesn't necessarily have to be a full review) :) Nehme1499 21:09, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @Nehme1499, sorry it took so long for me to reply. It seems like the A.C. Monza FAC now has quite a few reviewers. Do you still want me to take a look? If not, I can look at the next FAC you nominate. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:58, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries, I think there are enough reviewers now. Thanks for the help anyway :) Nehme1499 17:21, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 30 Rockefeller Plaza
— Maile (talk) 12:03, 19 July 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 05:04, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for The Normandy
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 21 July 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 13:37, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Candler Building (New York City)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 20 July 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 13:37, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm actually amazed that people were this interested in the Candler Building. Then again, it's no longer even among the top 10 tallest buildings around Times Square, so who knows. (I'm even more surprised at the viewership numbers of the other two articles.) – Epicgenius (talk) 14:47, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Park Avenue Plaza
Gatoclass (talk) 00:04, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for La Maison Francaise (Rockefeller Center)
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for British Empire Building
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

July 27: WikiWednesday Salon NYC (+Aug in-person for Wikimania)
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Your GA nomination of Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
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Your GA nomination of RKO Keith's Theater (Flushing, Queens)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article RKO Keith's Theater (Flushing, Queens) 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 Ganesha811 -- Ganesha811 (talk) 14:21, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

520 Fifth Avenue
Hello! Hope you're doing well. Just wanted to let you know — if you haven't seen — I created an article for 520 Fifth Avenue. Thought you might want to take a look, and possibly edit as well. — Mainly 18:29, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @MainlyTwelve, thanks. I appreciate the message and will take a look soon. I hope you are doing fine as well. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:29, 28 July 2022 (UTC)