User talk:LRG5784/Archive 6
Sunday January 15: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference edit
| Sunday January 15: Wikipedia Day NYC 2017 | |
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  You are invited to join us at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day NYC 2017, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's global 16th birthday festivities. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions. With special guests Katherine Maher of the Wikimedia Foundation and Tim Wu of Columbia Law School speaking on our Post-truth panel! Also featuring an International/Multilingual panel, a Documenting Activism panel, a Multimedia/Tech Panel, a Science panel, an Art panel, and more. And there will be cake. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 14:57, 8 January 2017 (UTC) | |
| Wednesday February 15, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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  You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Featuring special guest presentations on WikiProject La Guardia and Wagner Archives, WikiProject Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wiki Loves the Dominican Republic, and more. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 22:17, 9 February 2017 (UTC) P.S. Get ready now for Black WikiHistory Month Weekend:
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March 11: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (and beyond!) edit
| Saturday March 11: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA | |
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  Join us at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54th Street, on Saturday, March 11, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for an all-day communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. There will be childcare, snacks, multiple trainings and panel discussions. People of all gender identities and expressions welcomed and encouraged to attend. This year’s edit-a-thon kicks off at 10:00 a.m. with a conversation about information activism with writer Joanne McNeil and Data & Society Research Institute Fellow Zara Rahman, moderated by Kimberly Drew, the social media manager for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, creator of the Tumblr “Black Contemporary Art,” and the person behind @museummammy on Instagram. Afternoon breakout groups will engage in focused discussions about related issues, including intersectionality and librarianship, power structures in notability guidelines on Wikipedia, and radical archives. --Pharos (talk) 18:46, 7 March 2017 (UTC) And a broader calendar of events on the theme this week/weekend, and the next:
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Sunday March 26: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel edit
| Sunday March 26: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel | |
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 On the last Sunday of every month, the Boardroom at Ace Hotel New York hosts Action Equals History — a unique opportunity for New Yorkers to learn hands-on in a technology training/workshop session about the mechanics, practices and benefits of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. This is an opportunity for all to gather, share and work collectively towards a more robust account of history. For this month, and following on the recent Art+Feminism campaign, we'll focus on building better edit-a-thon tools for a variety of different thematic campaigns, and user-testing them with the community. Towards a goal of advancing these tools for wider use with diverse local groups.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 05:13, 21 March 2017 (UTC) | |
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Bots Newsletter, April 2017 edit
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| Wednesday April 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:30, 15 April 2017 (UTC) | |
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Ban edit
I should tell you I mentioned you at WP:ANI. Welcome to the club - it's rather large. Nfitz (talk) 07:14, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Nfitz: No worries. Post replied to. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 07:51, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- Well I guess that drama is over. Perhaps we should start a support group for those who have been "banned". The victims aren't difficult to find, as invariably he seems to use that silly template of his (who the heck makes a template for the explicit purpose of banning the regulars? Nfitz (talk) 22:48, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Nfitz: LMAO!!! Things like that is part of the reason why I took off from Wikipedia 7 years ago, users like that as well as the red tape that bogs Wikipedia. Hopefully I never have to have any run-ins with that user again. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 17:36, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
- It is a systemic problem. I've pondered for a while. I think I'm down to, that a lot of the those with the most influence spend many hours editing. However, I've still not really figured out how one has the ability to do that. Do people not have jobs, families, other passions, etc.? I'll vanish for long periods of time when work is crazy, or something else is going on. Sometimes, I'll just spend a half-hour on a Sunday for a few weeks. Is there potentially an issue giving power to those who seem to have an unbalanced life? Does it create some warping of societal norms? I don't know the answers to these questions. Nfitz (talk) 21:26, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Nfitz: I'm really not sure, but you're right it is an uphill battle. I feel like these ppl that spend hours on end on here act the way they do because it just gives them something to do, no reason at all either. I can't even tell you how many run-ins I've had with contributors like that. I'm just glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 23:41, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Nfitz: LMAO!!! Things like that is part of the reason why I took off from Wikipedia 7 years ago, users like that as well as the red tape that bogs Wikipedia. Hopefully I never have to have any run-ins with that user again. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 17:36, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
Edits edit
I'd suggest that you go to dispute resolution procedures instead of edit warring(which isn't permitted even if you are correct). 331dot (talk) 16:29, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- @331dot: I am in the process of notifying the AN3 noticeboard about the IP user. He proceeded to call me a "dummy" and telling me to "bring it on, police officer". I don't want to be a tattle tale per se, but ad hominem attacks is something I won't tolerate. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 16:32, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
There was really nothing wrong at all with my edits. He just has an attitude all because he can't accept the cold hard truth that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a scheduled guide. So I really don't care at all whatsoever if he decides to tell the moderators on me. We don't have to mention exactly what times each and every line starts operating their routes, starts running express, starts running local, starts skip-stop etc. Otherwise, we would have to mention this in every article. It's like saying we should mention exactly each and every rush hour short turn (the 1 at 238th, the 2 at Nereid, the 3 at 145th, the 4 at Bedford Park, the 7 at 111th, the A at Dyckman, the D at Bay 50th, the N at 86th etc). 69.116.155.79 (talk) 21:01, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- That doesn't give you the right to make personal attacks(like calling this person a "dummy") or to edit war(which the other side can't do either). If you are in a content dispute with someone, and discussion with them fails to resolve the matter, there are dispute resolution processes available to you. 331dot (talk) 21:09, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- 331dot: And everyone wonders why there's such a disdain towards IP users on this site...
69.116.155.79: Of course Wikipedia is not a timetable, but you're comparing apples to oranges (in regards to mentioning short-turns and the like). My intention of listing the times was to benefit readers over editors, and for a general audience over specialists. But ad hominem attacks is not a way to handle a dispute, and your lack of concern over the consequences shows that you are not a team player, either. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 21:19, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- 331dot: And everyone wonders why there's such a disdain towards IP users on this site...
Get over yourself and stop whining over the words "dummy" and "bring it on, police officer". It's not that serious, especially if you're an adult. If you have a disdain towards new people, then I suggest you leave this website on the double. You need to learn how to get to know people and not just judging based on simple insults that aren't really that offensive enough for you to blow hot-steam. 69.116.155.79 (talk) 21:24, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
And Wikipedia is not a timetable (which mentions every scheduled train and every scheduled short-turns). Period. Therefore, your edits get reverted right on the spot. So I was not comparing anything. 69.116.155.79 (talk) 21:26, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
69.116.155.79 You're really showing how mature you are at carrying a conversation. Now, if I took the bait and retaliated back at you and called you names then it would be a problem, but if you do it then it's okay? Yeah, good to know.
Get a grip. Until you know how to hold a conversation without name calling, then I won't engage in any further conversation with you. Comment on content, not the contributor. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 22:01, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Your attitude doesn't phase me in the slightest, especially because you know the cold truth really does hurt so much. Stop whining over two little insults. It's not the end of the world and not the end of your life. 69.116.155.79 (talk) 10:03, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
Your undo edit
Hi LRG5784, as I noted in my edit I'm not opposed to reversion "for any reason" but your reversion with "no reason" was a bit surprising. Would you share your reason with me? Thank you — xaosflux Talk 16:34, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- Xaosflux: Honestly, I saw removal of some content, considered it unconstructive, and reverted it. I wasn't sure what your intentions were, but now I don't think that they weren't unconstructive at all, so my bad. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 21:12, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- The size difference is primarily converting that ugly table at the top to the template form. That page purposefully keeps templates minimal, but for a new editor "edit this page please" having the first thing they see be that big block of wiki-specific table code, I think it may scare them off. I'm gong to re-add, thanks for chatting. — xaosflux Talk 22:36, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Bots Newsletter, July 2017 edit
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M trains to Chambers Street edit
Hey, I was wondering where you got the information that the M operates to Chambers St on weekday evenings. It doesn't show up on the schedule as a note. Are they somehow marked as J trains, or is this info somewhere else? epicgenius (talk) 01:05, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
- @Epicgenius: I pulled it from the Transit App and I even witnessed it first hand on Friday night at around midnight. The last five M trains that, on the schedule that go to Essex Street, actually continue in service to Chambers Street. Those five trains lay up on the disused northbound local track that goes on the abandoned side of Canal and Bowery for the a.m. rush so trains don't have to deadhead to start their runs at Essex. Also, I made a comment on the WT:NYCPT page stating that TripPlanner on the MTA's website confirms this as well. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 15:50, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
M shuttle R42s edit
Thanks for your edits about the R42s on the M. I knew about them through Facebook and YouTube, and I have actually ridden them, but there is an anonymous user who is reverting other anons' changes on R42 (New York City Subway car) because it is not on the Joe Korman datasheet.
Do you know of any reliable sources besides the YouTube videos? I'm thinking of using these videos for footnotes, but I can't use them as actual sources per WP:USERGEN. epicgenius (talk) 01:23, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Epicgenius: No problem, I figured I would update the article as I witnessed it for myself, and any railfan with common sense that lives in NYC and witnessed the same thing as I did would have done the same. I realize the problem with user-generated content. but something is better than nothing, isn't it? Would a photograph be acceptable? I'm really not sure what to do here. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 01:41, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- A footnote using {{efn}} would probably be OK for now. But be careful that {{citation needed}} may be appended until or unless the Joe Korman sheets get updated. epicgenius (talk) 01:43, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- I have hidden the additional text on the rolling stock for now because no reliable sources have proven these changes, even if they are true (User:Vcohen and User:Train2104 have repeatedly said photos and YouTube videos are not reliable sources), plus we do not usually talk about rolling stock changes in service history articles, like the R being temporarily assigned only R160s during the Montague Street Tunnel closure or the R62As running on the 6 or the massive car assignment changes after the 9/11 attacks. If and when JoeKorner updates his data sheet, we can mention the M shuttle assignment on the R42 page. Also to say photos and videos prove R42s run on the M shuttle is true would also apply to other services using cars that are not normally assigned to them, like R143s on the J/Z, R68As on the G, N, and W, and R160s on the R. None of those services are assigned those cars, but are often seen using them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.3.76.253 (talk) 14:27, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- Pinging epicgenius and 173.3.76.253 (talk · contribs · WHOIS): The IP user has hidden the text about the M Shuttle and the R42s. As he didn't outright remove it I'm not mad about it, and I'm not going to just blatantly revert the edit, but on the JoeKorner car assignment page, he left a note and stated that he will not be active due to medical issues, so it appears that the source that we need will not be appearing for the time being. (Here's to hoping he recovers quickly.) So I'm not sure what to do here —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 14:50, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- I hope Mr. Korman has a healthy recovery as well. Anyway, about the hiding of the information: you may technically use {{efn}} to do something like this:[a] Note that these are self-published sources so you can't use them outright as citations. epicgenius (talk) 15:02, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Epicgenius: Doing that should probably be okay. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 16:30, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- I have done that, and I see you thanked my edit. I guess I should say you're welcome. By the way, you can't ping an IP user, because the only notifications they get are from talk page messages. epicgenius (talk) 23:39, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Epicgenius: No worries man, and thanks for letting me know. —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 15:09, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
- I have done that, and I see you thanked my edit. I guess I should say you're welcome. By the way, you can't ping an IP user, because the only notifications they get are from talk page messages. epicgenius (talk) 23:39, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
Hybrids are good buses edit
See the subject m8
Mtattrain (talk) 19:43, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
@Mtattrain: Nah n1gga, the DTs ! —LRG5784 (talk · contribs · email) 00:58, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
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Bots Newsletter, March 2018 edit
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Bots Newsletter, August 2018 edit
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