User talk:Pi.1415926535

Hartford Union Station
Hi again.

The sign in the infobox for Hartford Union Station is the incorrect style. The red stripe is supposed to be thinner and the text should be centered according to Google Maps photos.

Here is a link confirming this: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hartford+Union+Station/@41.7687601,-72.6822922,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNQsJKy1uRM1l-ExFSdH69BHYqzguAqSKRI79vd!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNQsJKy1uRM1l-ExFSdH69BHYqzguAqSKRI79vd%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i4608!8i3456!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x89e65366b8ee27f1:0x7937f6d67d7f7dbb!2sHartford+Union+Station!8m2!3d41.7688191!4d-72.6815714!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F1tff_jhx!3m6!1s0x89e65366b8ee27f1:0x7937f6d67d7f7dbb!8m2!3d41.7688191!4d-72.6815714!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F1tff_jhx?entry=ttu

Can you please make a new style reflecting the style of the signage at Hartford Union Station? Thanks again. Pedroperezhumberto (talk) 11:37, 1 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @Pedroperezhumberto: The infobox styles are meant to roughly replicate the actual signs; they don't have to be pixel-perfect. While it's a good idea to get the main details right (color of the text, stripe location, etc), I don't think slight differences in stripe width are worth replicating. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:39, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah alright.
 * It’s because it really did annoy me because they weren’t “accurate” to its real life counterpart. If you want it to stay as it is, then I’m fine with it. Pedroperezhumberto (talk) 06:33, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Never mind, just found out how to do it and just did it. It's up on the page right now. Pedroperezhumberto (talk) 12:51, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Your recent four redirects
Hi can you please open a discussion on all four of the page you redirected before actually deleting them? It's not right to just redirect them on a whim without appropriate concensus. I've reverted until a discussion on each is undertaken. Please don't redirect until appropriate discussions have taken place. Thanks DragonofBatley (talk) 19:36, 5 June 2024 (UTC)


 * These are in regards to the county Durham stations I created pages for. Thanks DragonofBatley (talk) 19:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * find the discussion here: DragonofBatley (talk) 19:43, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @DragonofBatley: As I said on your talk page, you need to read and digest the notability policy. All of the station articles you are creating fail the notability requirements, which means you should not create them. As an experienced editor, you should know better.
 * Boldly redirecting is an accepted alternative to deletion. I will now file AfDs per process. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:43, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I do know how to make articles so please don't be so disrespectful. I also have added further sources with books which are key to many articles. But see what's discussed and agreed. DragonofBatley (talk) 20:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @DragonofBatley: Adding numerous sources with trivial mentions of the subject does not establish notability - see WP:REFBOMB. If there is not significant coverage of a subject, it's better to add information to a broader article (in these cases, the railway line) rather than trying to prop up a tiny article. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:14, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

DOT State of the Art Car Postcard
Hi! I was looking at your upload of the DOT SOAC postcard at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_Of_the_Art_Car_postcard.jpg -- this is a really cool postcard and I appreciate your committment to uploading interesting stuff about transit. I was wondering if you had a higher quality scan available, ie in a higher DPI and as a PNG or lossless TIFF image or similar; or if you knew where to find one. Thanks! Transitdragon (talk) 14:58, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @Transitdragon: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! That scan was from eBay, which unfortunately scales images to 1600 pixels wide. I just found a slightly better scan (1700px with better colors) that is now up on that same file page, but I haven't been able to find anything larger or in a lossless format. Your best bet for that might be to buy one of the postcards and scan it yourself; from a quick look I see a number of cheap listings including ones at $4 and $5. Best, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:13, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

FYI
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Your GA nomination of Newton Lower Falls Branch
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May I present to you...

 * @Mjdestroyerofworlds: Thank you! Your contributions are much appreciated as well. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:27, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Walnut Hill Station
Do you know anything about the Walnut Hill Station in Dedham, along the NY, NH, & H railroad? This map shows it, about a third of the way over from the left. Look under the large B in "Fairbanks Park." My best guess, if it actually existed, would be that was about here. The map shows a few proposed streetcars, but doesn't say anything about about this being proposed. I've never heard of it before, have you? Thanks! -- Slugger O&#39;Toole (talk) 05:37, 4 July 2024 (UTC)


 * @Slugger O'Toole: It did in fact exist, and your location guess is accurate. It's not a terribly well-documented station. The earliest mention I find is 1874, and there was a station building by 1876. It may have been called "Mill Village" before that, but it doesn't show on any earlier maps. It was renamed East Dedham sometime between 1900 and 1907; it appears the post office was renamed in 1901. It was a stop up until Dedham Branch service ended in 1967. Boston's Commuter Rail: Second Section has an undated photo on page 31. It's consistent with what's shown on Sanborn maps - an island platform with a small wooden station between the tracks, and steps up to the Walnut Street bridge.
 * As you may have surmised, that "proposed belt line electric railroad" was never built. The only streetcar line to enter that part of Dedham was an Old Colony Street Railway line on Walnut, Oakdale, and Cobbler, built after 1900. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 09:10, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Probably not enough for an article then. I added a note to History of rail in Dedham, Massachusetts with a citation to one of the articles you clipped... which raises a new question about the Oakdale station. Probably at River Street, or thereabouts, I am guessing from the description. --- Slugger O&#39;Toole (talk) 05:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Early name for Ashcroft station. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:39, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * This map by shows Ashcroft on a different line. Is one of you mistaken, or am I missing something? -- Slugger O&#39;Toole (talk) 08:00, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I think you may be misreading the article. That map you linked is correct - Oakdale/Ashcroft was located at Dale Street on the NY&NE (now the Franklin Line). It's also shown on the 1876 map. To the best of my knowledge, there was never a station on the Dedham Branch at River Street. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 08:07, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The location I put Ashcroft in on that map's based on one of the maps at the back of my copy of Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years, which puts Ashcroft on (what's now) the Franklin Line between Readville and Endicott. Whoop whoop pull up Bitching Betty ⚧️ Averted crashes 08:07, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

MBTA Ridership
Hello!

I saw you deleted the "Ridership" section on the MBTA article. It is wildly out of date but I think the bones are good, no? The data needs updating but the format looks fine to me. Maybe you are working on an updated ridership section? Someone needs to do it, and I am happy to help but I wanted to check-in first. Cheers!

SSR07 (talk) 01:22, 10 July 2024 (UTC)


 * @SSR07: I deleted the section because it was wildly out of date, and I don't see a need to have multiple years of by-mode ridership. (That is better kept as tabular data in the Data: namespace on Commons.) Additionally, two-thirds of the section was solely about the MBTA subway, rather than the MBTA as a whole. The historical subway ridership data might be worth adding on the MBTA subway article, but the list of busiest stations comes across as trivia to me.
 * The MBTA article needs a wholesale overall - much of it is out of date, and it has excessive detail on some subjects and not enough on others. I'm not opposed to discussing ridership by mode in the article, and you're welcome to create a new section. I would recommend having it be a level-3 subsection under the "Services" section rather than a level-2 section. I would recommend just having a single chart of current daily ridership by mode, perhaps with a comparison to pre-covid numbers. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 01:45, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * @That Coptic Guy: Thank you!! I mostly use a Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS70 (a compact superzoom) and a Samsung Galaxy S10 phone. Neither is exactly top-of-the-line, but they're sufficient for my purposes. I've considered getting an SLR, which would allow higher-quality photos, but they're bulky and less durable. Best, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)