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Peer review
Hey, I know you do a lot of work with rail-related and train station article, and was wondered if you could take a look at Union Station (Erie, Pennsylvania). It's currently at peer review and would love some comments and suggestions. No worries if you can't. Thanks! Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:59, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Damn! That thing is packed! I wish I could say I wouldn't make any changes, but I found some errors in the former services S-line for the Water Level Route. According to the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway article, which is backed by some maps and a few other items, the next station to the east was Wesleyville (NYC station), while the next one to the west was Dock Junction (NYC station). I think I can fix that though. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 03:02, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- I've checked some timetables (1914 & 1940 so far) and neither Dock Junction, nor Wesleyville appear, just Swanville and Harborcreek. Most likely they were LS&MS stations that closed after becoming a part of New York Central, or were not used for passenger service. Niagara Don't give up the ship 21:49, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Really? Because the only other possibility I considered was that the might've been part of some local services. Do you have a link to those timetables? And while we're at it, has anybody posted any messages on the peer review itself? If so, maybe I'll transfer my messages there. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 23:58, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Pretty much any New York Central timetable you want can be found here. No responses to the peer review yet. Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:04, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link. I was looking at the LS&MS schedule from 1912, and I don't see Wesleyville or Dock Junction there either. I'll correct my mistake, but I'd still like to find out the story behind those two former stations. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 00:58, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- UPDATE: I found them on a 1943 map. I'd still like to know why they weren't covered on the schedules you showed me. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 03:04, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- They were probably junctions/interlockings rather than actual stations. --NE2 03:52, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Well, Wesleyville does appear on New York Central freight timetables [1]. A "Dock Junction Plant" is also mentioned in a New York Central's employee magazine as a location where they produce continuously welded rail [2]. Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:37, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
- Okay, I see that. And Dock Junction being a junction is kind of obvious, but that doesn't mean stations can't be located on junctions. Also, was Wesleyville always for freight only? I feel like I've opened up a big can of worms with my inquiries of nearby stations. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 01:52, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
- Well, Wesleyville does appear on New York Central freight timetables [1]. A "Dock Junction Plant" is also mentioned in a New York Central's employee magazine as a location where they produce continuously welded rail [2]. Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:37, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
- They were probably junctions/interlockings rather than actual stations. --NE2 03:52, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- UPDATE: I found them on a 1943 map. I'd still like to know why they weren't covered on the schedules you showed me. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 03:04, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link. I was looking at the LS&MS schedule from 1912, and I don't see Wesleyville or Dock Junction there either. I'll correct my mistake, but I'd still like to find out the story behind those two former stations. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 00:58, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Pretty much any New York Central timetable you want can be found here. No responses to the peer review yet. Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:04, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Really? Because the only other possibility I considered was that the might've been part of some local services. Do you have a link to those timetables? And while we're at it, has anybody posted any messages on the peer review itself? If so, maybe I'll transfer my messages there. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 23:58, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- I've checked some timetables (1914 & 1940 so far) and neither Dock Junction, nor Wesleyville appear, just Swanville and Harborcreek. Most likely they were LS&MS stations that closed after becoming a part of New York Central, or were not used for passenger service. Niagara Don't give up the ship 21:49, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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Articles with copyright violations
There are a lot of articles being gutted out because of the violations. A lot of important information is being lost. Do you know a good way of getting the info back?
- Kew Gardens 613, some of those articles have images that can be replaced by links. So, depending on the articles, you can do something like that. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 01:35, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
An angry man about to go postal?
I think the edit you did on Bay Shore is a disgrace. I am not the one who put the LIE I495 on the Bay Shore page. However, the LIE actually travels through North Bay Shore. Secondly, YOU are the one who actually edited the article to include an opinion to its inclusion in the article rather than taking it out altogether. Your stating it was "not an opinion" is a lie and is disingenuous.
so, the article did state LIE when you found it. you decided to allow it to remain though you state it shouldn't be there. Then, you insert your opinion in the LIE's inclusion. Then when an editor remove your silly opinion you undo that editors edit reinstituting your silly opinion Then rather than discuss like an adult you (take your ball home) remove its(LIE) inclusion in the article.
Big boy...Good job! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE98:1510:4CEF:D74C:D98C:4A0E (talk) 18:56, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Edit warring huh? Southern State Parkway is in Bay Shore., though im not sure you know what you are saying. Define barely touches it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE98:1510:4CEF:D74C:D98C:4A0E (talk) 19:00, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
- You've got all wrong. I know you're not the one who put the LIE there, but I also know it still doesn't belong there because it's too far north of Bay Shore to belong there. The Southern State Parkway is also too far north to be in Bay Shore, but it comes close enough that there are to interchanges where drivers can get to Bay Shore. Those are not opinions, they're facts. I wanted to give more details in my edit description, but your screen name took up too much room. I'm not the liar here, you are, and I'm reverting all your lies. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 21:07, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
This particular article is for the CDP identified as bay shore. There are articles on west, north bay shore as well. The map you show is for the cdp or at least it should be the cdp. This article although a cdp citing article acts as a main article for all the other similar named cdps (see above). That is why there is more in this article than the others, re police, dept, schools, and roads.... That is this article looks and acts as a master. You can disagree and I that's ok, but to say "barely" is subjective. To include exits 41s and/or 42s is more than I believe is needed. You can disagree, but look at the length of other similar sized towns and almost all refrain from the bs of including trivial facts.
- Including those exits are necessary though, because they're the only way to get into Bay Shore from Southern State Parkway. This is why I included the exit numbers, and there's really nothing trivial about it. Adding the Long Island Expressway as a road that goes through Bay Shore though, would be just like adding New York State Route 110 as a road in Port Jefferson. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 23:58, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Do as you like I know sitting in mother's basement must get pretty boring and that you need the boost to your self esteem. Now that that was said, any person that is not familiar with Bay Shore is not going to rely on Wikipedia to find Bay Shore. If you think so, that just shows the idiotic way that your brain works. Do you think that people will refer to this article to find Bay Shore? Does no one know that map quest exists?
Like I said do whatever makes you happy. Unfortunately, the article will be regarded as written by a moron and that person is you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE98:1510:6C44:CCD6:A1D5:2ED (talk) 14:12, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
- No, the article will be regarded as written by somebody who's honest, unlike you. The greater importance of an interstate highway like the Long Island Expressway has no bearing on the fact that the expressway doesn't go through Bay Shore. Therefore it doesn't belong on the list of roads. This has nothing to do with your false perceptions of my self-esteem or your fantasies about me sitting in my mother's basement. You've truly proven yourself to be an arrogant asshole. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 14:44, 31 August 2015 (UTC)