User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2023/Feb

DYK for The Brooklyn Tower
BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 108 Leonard
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DCGAR
Epicgenius, the effort at User:Iazyges/Doug GA Rewrite Claims had to be archived, as not everyone was following instructions, as you had. Could you have a look at the now more complete information and FAQ at Good article reassessment/February 2023, with new instructions and a new place to post intent ? Thanks, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  19:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up @SandyGeorgia. I'll take a look at the GAR page shortly. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:40, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thx so much; unwatching here now. Bst, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  19:48, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 280 Broadway
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Your GA nomination of 108 Leonard
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DYK for Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903)
BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

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Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment
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23 Wall Street
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Your GA nomination of Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line)
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Your GA nomination of Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line)
The article Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line) for comments about the article, and Talk:Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line)/GA1 for the nomination. 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of John M Wolfson -- John M Wolfson (talk) 01:01, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

SubwayNut
The malware issue on the site should be gone. Jeremiah Cox has used the opportunity to slowly update/rebuild the site. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 17:20, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Kew Gardens 613, thanks for the heads up. Malwarebytes still marks the site as having malware, so I didn't want to risk going to the SubwayNut website, but if the malware issue is resolved, then that's good. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:05, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * When I have a chance, I can email Jeremiah to see what is up. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 13:44, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Congrats on the Mets–Willets Point GA
The work you have done on that article is very impressive. Congrats! Sorry I couldn't find time to help more with that. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 13:40, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Kew Gardens 613, thank you very much. Sorry, I did not see this until now. It's fine - if there's additional information that you think may be useful, feel free to add it. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:56, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Royalton Hotel
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Normandy
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I'm a Luddite & tech-avoider, need some help using a script...
Don't laugh... I just installed the GAR-helper script in advance of working on my GARs on 2 DC articles - Thomas Johnston (engraver) and Ramsdell Theatre. But, ummm...how do I actually access/use it? I'm not sure where to find it. See, I told you not to laugh... Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 18:41, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * YAY! I just now found it all by myself....read the instructions *again*, under the MORE drop-down... Shearonink (talk) 18:47, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Shearonink, sounds good. I was going to say that you have to go to the talk page of each article, i.e. Talk:Thomas Johnston (engraver) and Talk:Ramsdell Theatre. The GAR-helper script is under the "More" dropdown at the top of the page. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:48, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for The Chatwal New York
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

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Bike/Ped/Micromobility
Was stuff from this report ever added to articles? Thanks. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 23:50, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Kew Gardens 613, not that I'm aware of. – Epicgenius (talk) 02:01, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Liberty Theatre
BorgQueen (talk) 07:52, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

GAN
May I suggest that you try to review a number of articles for each one you nominate for GA? You've nominated 450+ GAs in total, but have only reviewed 46. It could really help with the backlog. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:22, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @AirshipJungleman29, I've been trying to review one article per nomination since the beginning of this year. It would be infeasible for me to conduct 400 reviews without nominating anything, however, but I've been trying to increase the number of reviews I've done. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:44, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for New York Marriott East Side
BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Apostrophe MOS
Hi Epicgenius, hope you are well. As you know, the ‘ apostrophe set has been replaced by the ' configuration per WP:MOS. The problem is that I’ve been copy-pasting the new configuration from the lede of an article in order to use it elsewhere in the article. How can I get this font directly from my keyboard? Best, Castncoot (talk) 04:33, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Castncoot, thanks, and likewise I hope you're well. Are you using an Apple device? If so, you may need to turn off Smart Punctuation, as that option automatically changes straight apostrophes to curly apostrophes.If you are not using an Apple device, or if you don't have Smart Punctuation enabled, you may need to install a user script like User:DemonDays64/Scripts/Dumb quotes or User:GorillaWarfare/script/curlies to convert curly apostrophes to straight ones. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:49, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Epicgenius. Castncoot (talk) 06:17, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Bump! -- Hoary (talk) 04:46, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Hoary, thanks for the ping. I've had limited internet access during the past week - sorry about my lack of response. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:19, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Lackawanna Cutoff
This has bothered me for some time-so many of these articles are so insanely specific-for specific embankments, and the article on the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project has many issues. Wikipedia shouldn't include remaining work. The author of the work is one of the big boosters for the project, and has a major conflict of interest, writing about one of his groups here. Most of these articles should be deleted with the project one scaled back, but this person will passionately push back about it. Given this, I would appreciate your help in proposing to delete many of the smaller articles. Thanks. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 20:57, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Kew Gardens 613, thanks for the heads up. I agree that the article may be overly detailed - for example, stuff like In November 1979, Amtrak operated an inspection train between Hoboken and Scranton to investigate intercity rail service between the two cities. Dubbed the "Pocono Mountain Special", the train left Hoboken and ran west on the Morristown Line on November 13, 1979, reaching Port Morris shortly after 9 a.m. With the main line severed at Port Morris Junction, the special train detoured through Port Morris Yard, ran over Port Morris Wye, and then rolled onto the Cut-Off. The train ran to Scranton, where it was met by a group of political dignitaries. It was the last passenger train in the twentieth century—and the only Amtrak train—to operate over the entire route may be condensed into a single sentence.I think this may also be of interest to @Trainsandotherthings, who has been instrumental in removing rail-related cruft over the past two years. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:56, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Damn, that is really excessive. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a project report or a railfan novel. Normally I cut stuff that's unsourced or original research, where my removal is objectively and unambiguously supported by policy. Removing stuff that has citations but is otherwise unfit for the encyclopedia is more challenging. That said, the North Jersey Rail Commuter Association should be deleted entirely, and the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project article needs massive trimming. Honestly this could easily be taken to COIN if attempting to reason with this user fails. Applying COI templates to the relevant articles would also be appropriate here. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:57, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, that insane gallery at Lackawanna Cut-Off needs to go. Wikipedia isn't a picture book, either. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 15:04, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree and have removed the gallery. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:13, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Lexington Hotel (New York City)
BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

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New Amsterdam Theatre
Congratulations to your latest FA! - today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:07, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Gerda Arendt Thanks! I appreciate it. My own birthday was just a few days ago, so this is a welcome surprise. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:11, 28 February 2023 (UTC)