User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2017/Sep

DYK for Slither.io

On 5 September 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Slither.io, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the online game slither.io was the most Googled game in the United States in 2016? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Slither.io. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Slither.io), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih^Talk 00:03, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Four award nominations

Since your name is down as one of the reviewers, I was wondering if you could take a look at the Wikipedia:Four Award nominations. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:57, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7: Sure, I'll have a look (tomorrow my time). epicgenius (talk) 03:23, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

 Done, backlog cleared. epicgenius (talk) 14:58, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line)

On 9 September 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 3.5 miles (5.6 km) separating the New York City Subway's JFK Airport and Broad Channel stations is the longest distance between two consecutive stations in the system? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of NYC Ferry

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article NYC Ferry 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 Bob1960evens -- Bob1960evens (talk) 16:02, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Citations

When a news piece has a dateline, please include that in the citation, and please do not include "access date" This whole huge bolus of content needs to be fixed. Especially when you are recounting a history that includes future plans, we say "as of X date, Y was planned to happen". But we cannot see X date if there is just the "accessdate" in the citation.

Would you please fix the citations?

Also please avoid using press releases and other self-published sources, generally. thx Jytdog (talk) 22:42, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Jytdog: Sorry, I still don't understand why I can't use an access date. I use Visual Editor to add the citations, so it automatically adds access dates. Also, doesn't {{as of}} work as well? epicgenius (talk) 22:48, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

What matters is when the information was created. Nobody cares when you read the source - "accessdate" is only for a website that doesn't have a dateline so there is some notion of how old or new the source is (on a dateless website, the source was putatively current as of the accessdate). Using only accessdate in the citation, nobody knows if the news is from yesterday or 10 years ago - only when you read it, which again, nobody cares about, generally. This is basic scholarship... Jytdog (talk) 22:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Maybe the issue is telling VE to use "Cite web" for things like this:

"Cornell Tech Announces $50-Million Naming Gift for Verizon Executive Education Center". Cornell Tech. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

That is a press release, posted on their website, and has a dateline of February 02, 2015. The acccessdate is meaningless... (you should also note that it is a press relasae in the title

"Press release: Cornell Tech Announces $50-Million Naming Gift for Verizon Executive Education Center". Cornell Tech. February 2, 2015.

I had to manually fill in the date. Jytdog (talk) 22:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I am watching that article pretty closely, as PR people from Cornell tech have trying to make it an advertisement. Jytdog (talk) 22:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Jytdog: Thank you for the note. I'll replace the access dates where the publication dates were not included. However, I can tell you that I am not a PR person, and not trying to be one, so you don't need to worry about me having ulterior motives. epicgenius (talk) 23:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks sorry if this seems pedantic. RELTIME is so important since our articles don't have datelines... Jytdog (talk) 23:05, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters. Legobot (talk) 04:36, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

R32/A (New York City Subway car)

For some reason, that article is not showing the services assigned even though it has the car assignment template on it like all other rolling stock articles. Can you see what is wrong?

 Done. The recent page move broke the code. epicgenius (talk) 13:45, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi epicgenius, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh666 21:14, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of NYC Ferry

The article NYC Ferry you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:NYC Ferry for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Bob1960evens -- Bob1960evens (talk) 23:01, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

"Donald Trump" (Last Week Tonight)...

... has been promoted! You did most of the heavy lifting here, so congrats and well done! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 00:32, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

@Another Believer: Thanks! And good work on that article, too. It wouldn't have been done without your help and, more importantly, your comments on the article's talk page two years ago.

By the way, I'm creating an article for "Net Neutrality" (Last Week Tonight). I think that's a notable topic, and since you've written some other Last Week Tonight articles, I wanted to see if you were interested in looking over and/or helping out with this work-in-progress. epicgenius 00:46, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm working to rescue a few articles lately, but I'll see if I have time to revisit this later. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 00:49, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Neponsit Beach Hospital

Alex Shih^Talk 12:02, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of NYC Ferry

The article NYC Ferry you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:NYC Ferry for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Bob1960evens -- Bob1960evens (talk) 13:42, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Penn Station Access

I am working to expand are redo the Penn Station Access page in my sandbox. Could you help when you have a chance? Thanks.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 01:01, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Sure. epicgenius 01:02, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. There is an update in the CPOC report from Monday.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 01:02, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

I must have missed that update when I edited the Cortlandt Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) article that day, with the updated CPOC. There's also a Phase 2 SAS update. I think I should be thanking you for alerting me to this again. epicgenius 01:04, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

NYCS infobox

One of the parameters for Accessible has to go. I've discovered that it can only handle 5. The 6th parameter doesn't appear on article infoboxes. Cards84664 (talk) 14:15, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

No, the 6th parameter works. It was just a coding error, which I have fixed. epicgenius 14:41, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Infobox examples

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accessibility planned Opposite- direction transfer Yes Traffic 2023 Rank  out of 423 Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods) {{Infobox New York City Subway station|name=not yet| accessible = not yet|service=Flushing}} mezzanine  mezzanine  ​ New York City Subway station (rapid transit) Station statistics Division Services    7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​ Other information Accessible ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; platforms are not ADA-accessible Opposite- direction transfer Yes Traffic 2023 Rank  out of 423 Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods) {{Infobox New York City Subway station|name=mezzanine| accessible = mezzanine|service=Flushing}} mezzanine-future  mezzanine-future  ​ New York City Subway station (rapid transit) Station statistics Division Services    7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​ Other information Accessible ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; accessibility to platforms planned Opposite- direction transfer Yes Traffic 2023 Rank  out of 423 Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods) {{Infobox New York City Subway station|name=mezzanine-future| accessible = mezzanine-future|service=Flushing}} part  part  ​ New York City Subway station (rapid transit) Station statistics Division Services    7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​ Other information Accessible Partially ADA-accessible Opposite- direction transfer Yes Traffic 2023 Rank  out of 423 Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods) {{Infobox New York City Subway station|name=part| accessible = part|service=Flushing}} yes  yes  ​ New York City Subway station (rapid transit) Station statistics Division Services    7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​ Other information Accessible ADA-accessible Opposite- direction transfer Yes Traffic 2023 Rank  out of 423 Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods) {{Infobox New York City Subway station|name=yes| accessible = yes|service=Flushing}}

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