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The Bronx
What's the deal with deleting a well respected blog? The Bronx Chronicle isn't a newspaper and to call it such is misleading. The Bronx Times is a Newspaper, The Mott Haven Herald is a newspaper. This is the second time Welcome2TheBronx has been deleted and it seems rather fishy that The Bronx Chronicle is the one that keeps appearing.
Okay, I will add back the blog, even though it's probably not reliable. It will be up to other editors to remove it. Epic Genius (talk) 02:15, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Reliable? Welcome2TheBronx has a proven track record in the mainstream media followed by city Hall, city Council, state Senate and assembly, has constantly created news stories that were later picked up by News12, The New York Daily News, The New York Times, NY1, PIX11 News, Mott Haven Herald, Hunts Point Express, Gothamist, The Atlantic, Curbed, The Real Deal, Capital New York, and many others.
Welcome2TheBronx is constantly breaking news stories even faster than our main stream media. Not also, not only has Welcome2TheBronx helped shape local stories and narratives, they are also quoted by the aforementioned news sites so if that's not reliable, I'm not sure what is then.
The Bronx Chronicle, on the other hand, does not even remotely have that level of visibility, engagement and acknowledgement by the mainstream media.
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National Arbitration and Mediation
Epic, I reverted the change you made only to find a short while later you reverted back and made it impossible for us to clean up what you found to be "puffery". I work at NAM, but I am not the one who has invested the time to recreate the page that we did. We tried to do proper citing of articles, we also made a huge attempt to clean up the page from a year ago. We are just trying to present current information on the organization. I understand your position in wanting the page to be neutral, but please help us, guide us, rather than shut us down. We are trying, please be patient with us. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.58.49.83 (talk) 16:52, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
@108.58.49.83: I apologize for being so brusque. I did that because unlike you, whom I understand is trying to add content in good faith, many people who make such edits are spammers.
This sounds like advertising because in the "History" section, there is too much coverage related to awards/accolades, which should go in another section. Additionally, you had too many references, especially biased/unreliable ones. In order to learn to properly cite references, please see Help:Footnotes. Epic Genius (talk) 17:02, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
@Epicgenius: Thank you for the apology and the reply. I can gladly clean up the History as you have mentioned above. In addition, I am looking into proper citing techniques. Can you give me a particular example of one I am doing incorrectly. Many Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.58.49.83 (talk) 17:07, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
@108.58.49.83: Actually, you can use the tags <ref></ref> and then put your reference inside them, instead of numbering all your references at the bottom. Epic Genius (talk) 17:19, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Almost there...
To the big 100K. We'll have to throw you a wikiparty! — MusikAnimaltalk 20:26, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
@MusikAnimal: I'll be expecting soda and chips at the party. Yay! Epic Genius (talk) 21:17, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Epic genius important mesage
U know that user Dodo birds die, he also kept on thanking me, i was thinking to help him in his edits so when i went to his contibs i saw he vandalised ur sighnin book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I reverted him. That user's activity is similar to that of the IP editor(s) that keep vandalizing my page. Epic Genius (talk) 21:42, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I should 't have toldyou about what he was doing, he did it again on ur userpeage sighnin book and now he is doing a revenge on me for tatle tailing to you on waht he did. Look waht he did to my user page someone semi protect it.
Interesting, how he knows what you did for me and the content he added was the same stuff as the IP editors did. Hmm. I smell nothing but trouble... Epic Genius (talk) 21:52, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
he probably was trying to edit ur talkpage too and noticed my comment. Im scared.
He can't, it's protected. Epic Genius (talk) 21:58, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Are you joking she left a message for u on my talk page after a unusuall vandal posting on a mans talk page( my talk page). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs) 22:02, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
help
Wappinger, New York
Regarding the COI tag, I have no particularly strong feelings on this other than that the IP seems to have a possessory interest in this article. You might check with
You may have noticed that the Historic Districts section repeats material that is covered at length in the Wheeler Hill Historic District article and the The Wappingers Falls Historic District article. At one time I tried to trim it, but was reverted by the IP who seems to have something for Carnwath Farms.
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Mannanan51: I'll have a look at it tomorrow. Epic Genius (talk
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As it is right now, the
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Mee Merone: Thank you for your feedback. It seems more like a peacock issue than a COI issue, so I'll swap the tags. I'll try to see what else I can do. Epic Genius (talk
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Roll Back to Dead Link
Hi,
I am unsure as to why you decided to roll back the minor edit I made to Emotion made this morning. I simple replaced a dead link with a live link that points to the exact original PDF that the dead link referenced. I fight link rot by finding dead links and then using internet archives to find the original material. I then search the internet to try an find this material currently published. Then. replace dead links with live links to the original material.
Not that it matters a great deal to me except I do not want to waste the time doing this if Wikipedia won't accept it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tooleyweed (talk • contribs) 18:30, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
I've restored it with a link to web archive. I only reverted the link because there was an administrative thread a while ago regarding the replacement of dead links with spammy live links. Epic Genius (talk) 19:16, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
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I've lived in the area nearly 25 years, and have never heard anyone call the Gowanus Canal the "Gowanus Creek Canal." I admit you can find references to its usage, but they're pretty obsolete.
That's weird. I've heard of it being called the "Gowanus Creek", though. It may stem from that. Epic Genius (talk) 20:38, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
Gowanus Creek was the part of Gowanus Swamp that stayed under water at low tide. 150 years ago the swamp was filled and the creek deepened, straightened and walled to become the canal. To use three words together in the name is odd and needn't be reported. Jim.henderson (talk) 21:17, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
I suppose you're correct - I never heard these three words strung together in a row, come to think of it. I've removed it. Epic Genius (talk) 21:19, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
Wotta great community. Maybe someone will come up with a current usage, who knows? Frank Lynch (talk) 00:08, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm flattered that you thought I'd be able to take pictures, but in actuality ɱ lives much closer to the site than I do. I'm not even sure we'd have gotten good photos, though, as my understanding is that we wouldn't have been allowed too close to the site. Daniel Case (talk) 05:14, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Epicgenius, You deleted a image of The Comcast Building with the new signage. The GE signage is no longer there on the Comcast Building. The name was changed so please do not delete the new Comcast Building image. It is no longer called the GE Building. Thank you, Jodiaz104 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jodiaz104 (talk • contribs) 07:39, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
@Jodiaz104, I moved the image down to the "History" section. It is still there. Epic Genius (talk) 13:14, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Any idea....
...who it was who posted harassing comments on the talk pages of a handful of editors before they were blocked? Anyone you can think of who wants to get you into trouble?
In any case, watch your back. BMK (talk) 03:39, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
Yes, it is the same person who I reported to
WP:AIV a few days ago for vandalism to New York City Transit Authority. Thanks for the heads-up, and if the editor keeps using other accounts to harass other editors, I will report these accounts as well. Epic Genius (talk) 20:59, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
In response to your note on my page, I've revision-deleted what I saw, and blocked Fort knoxer indef. Let me know if you see the deletions as overkill, or if on the other hand I missed anything by an IP elsewhere. Yngvadottir (talk
) 05:18, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
It looks good now. Thank you, Yngvadottir. Epic Genius (talk) 13:16, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Los Angeles Metro Help Request
I still need newer pictures to be reformed into the Commons, and adjusted so that it could work in a page.
OK, I will help. In the meantime, you should probably create a new account for Commons. DoneEpic Genius (talk) 17:55, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Also, for Wilshire/Western Station, I can't somehow put in two pictures at once into a single column? I'm having a hard time on that one. I request help there. As you can see, there's two platform view images, one with the train (someone else's work, respectfully won't delete it) and one without the train. I'll put the two pictures up, and please see if you could move them together both at the top. Thanks! --
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I've rearranged the images in the hope that it's okay now. Epic Genius (talk) 17:21, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Uhoh...I forgot to put up the images...so sorry. Let me have half an hour THEN give you the platform image without the train...there must have been confusion. Sorry! --
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OK now I've put up the two images. There are the platform images in the Wilshire/Western pages. Can you put both of them into the information table? Thanks. --
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You broke up that page - and I reverted it! I have no idea what the "black box list", or I would have tried to fix the article. Secondarywaltz (talk) 18:18, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
SecondaryWaltz, I was trying to provide the pictures, not broke up the page. What's more, you're deleting the other picture I put up! You ask yourself of why you're reverting, not re-editing first. --
talk) 18:30, 10 February 2015 (UTC) - and now you have fixed it. Secondarywaltz (talk) 18:45, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
This article needs a complete re-think of its image layout -- I shudder every time I look at it: too many pictures, boringly presented. I think at the moment you're just re-arranging desk chairs on the Titanic. BMK (talk
) 21:34, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
I guess so. I tried to rearrange the pictures according to where they are mentioned, to give them coherence, but you reverted it. We should remove some images. Epic Genius (talk) 21:37, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
The sections are too small to allow that. Removing pictures is just the start of it, the long columns of images on both sides of the page is visually boring and doesn't help the reader work his way through the article, which is one of the functions of photographs. Probably the images should be culled, and the remaining ones presented in galleries spread through the article, at a large enough size to be easily viewable by the audience. When a section is large enough to accommodate an image, then one can be included on whichever side is appropriate at that moment. Significant images which need more than a gallery-sized presentation can also be on the side.
All of this is more than a moment's work, and will probably be met by blow-back from people missing their favorite image, but the article is a ghastly mess and needs significant work. BMK (talk) 21:51, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Galleries will work, too. I'll find time to make them. Epic Genius (talk) 18:14, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
Please delete the architectural model photo, and all this text, as it is no longer true:
"As of 2014, plans for the construction of the PAC are stalled over financing and design, although construction is also hindered by the presence of the temporary World Trade Center PATH subway station entrance.[2][3][4]
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) announced on October 12, 2004 that Gehry Partners LLP and Snøhetta, an architectural firm from Norway, would design the PAC.[5][6][7] Gehry's performing arts complex will house the Joyce Theater, as the Signature Theater Company dropped out due to space constraints and cost limitations.[7]"
You can contact me at [note: email redacted], if you like, to verify. This page was not created by a Performing Arts Center staff member, and if we can't edit it, we will request that the entire listing be removed.
Just a reminder that it's not mandatory that material be deleted from articles because it's "badly referenced". Unless you think it's outright incorect, tagging is better than deleting. BMK (talk
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I added the section, so what I did was basically self-revert. Sorry for the confusion. I will try to find refs for the section. Thanks for expanding and referencing it. Epic Genius (talk) 21:14, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
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I'm writing to invite you to join a discussion about how to refer to a city. It's motivated by an edit I made. You reverted that edit, clearly in good faith. You won't be surprised to hear that I like my version better, and I make my case for it on the talk page linked above. Please take a look, and let me know what you think. TypoBoy (talk) 03:51, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Epicgenius,
thank you very much for your contributions to Serralves. Just wanted to discuss the elimination of the transports section table. I guess it was because you considered it shouldn´t have that format, but I would like to know your reasons. Thank you very much. ~~Caravasar~~ (talk) 9:12, 13 February 2015 (UTC+1)
@Caravasar: The way the section is displayed now, It is better formatted in a list format. If we actually split each entry by bus route or train station, a table could be used, but since the table divides entries by mode of transport, and there were only 3 rows in the table, I decided it looked better as a list format. Epic Genius (talk) 13:14, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
@Epicgenius: Well, I think if the table is useful in a Museum GA transport section such as National Gallery, it is useful as well in Serralves. If you don´t mind I will include it again in the article. If you still prefer in a list format, I will open a discussion in the article talk page. Thank you for your contribution. --Caravasar (talk) 11:35, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
I have reformatted the table, also based on the other article. Epic Genius (talk) 14:17, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
EpicGenius -- thank you for the great improvements to Jackson Square Park. I have just come across an extraordinary image from 1892 but am feeling too close to this now and would appreciate your perspective especially since you have just organize pics on page to much greater effect! I found a rare illustration of Jackson Square Park in 1892. Rare because it was mis-labled in 1892 as another park! I have created a link to it with text in the section "becoming a park" but if you feel it should be / could be shown in page I'd be interested in what you think, when you have a moment. This is the image. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jackson_Square_Park_NYC_1892.jpg Thanks, not urgent! WindingRoad (talk) 02:21, 18 February 2015 (UTC)WIndingRoad
I think that image is good. In fact, I think it should be used in the article for Jackson Square Park. Epic Genius (talk) 03:59, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
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Federal Hall
Would you care to discuss your attempted changes to Federal Hall? 72.251.70.158 (talk) 19:25, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Sure. I will open a discussion on the talk page. Personally, I feel that you are removing content important to the lead. Epic Genius (talk) 19:28, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
my deletion
i am just helping to contribute to wikipedia and i think that that page could be improved. Could you explain what was wrong, because i have no idea.
Yeah, it's vandalism. Maybe you can stop vandalizing.
Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street (63rd Street Lines) page and someone put a YouTube link as a reference there. Is that allowed? Rockies77 (talk
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@Rockies77: It is not recommended to use YouTube as a reference, but if you really want to prove that there is a bellmouth and there is no other definitive source, then I think you can put the YouTube link in the External Links section. Epic Genius (talk) 13:23, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
@Epicgenius: Thank you for your opinion on this matter. I was curious about this issue, when I came across it. Rockies77 (talk) 23:16, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
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I'm pretty far from any Pittsburgh meetup (300 miles at this time), unfortunately. Thanks for the notice, though. Epic Genius (talk) 13:34, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
I need your help, if you don't mind
So you saw what happened on the conflict between me and those other two, and it now seems I have to ask permission to create a new article or edit a existing article, because I'm afraid if I do a edit then one of them is going to report me, so do you think you can tell me on when I should edit something and if it's useful?
Also, do you think I can make a article on the 6 train derailment in the Bronx that happened yesterday? I have all the articles I need to make it.
Did you know it was my birthday on the 23rd? 21:28, 25 February 2015 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs)
No, but that is cool, your birthday is two days before mine. That message on my userpage is true, but the wish is not required. Epic Genius (talk) 21:30, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
if by chance you come accros a name A**l S****i that is me, astriks are not there on that page i just blanked out the leetters of my name here on the talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
MOS:ENDASH. Also wmata.com uses no-spaced dashes per [1], [2]. Maybe you know something I don't know. Sawol (talk
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Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues (New York City Subway)). As for the WMATA names, King Street and Old Town are distinct from each other, as are Wiehle and Reston East. Epic Genius (talk
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Thank you for the detailed explanation.
MOS:ENDASH or they have nothing to do with the guideline? Sawol (talk
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Talk:King Street–Old Town Station#Requested move 26 February 2015. Thanks. Sawol (talk
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I will be sure to comment there. Thank you for the heads-up. Epic Genius (talk) 13:28, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Book article
Hey, sorry to bother you again. Im writing a book and I was wondering what I needed in order to make a article for it on wikipedia.
Thanks,
Sorry, can't help you with that. I don't know how to write a book. The first thing to do would to be to write an outline. Create a Wikipedia book first, for example, as an outline. Epic Genius (talk) 16:05, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
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Epic Genius (talk) 21:17, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Done Epic Genius (talk) 17:55, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
