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Happy New Year!

Epicgenius,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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Abishe (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Epicgenius,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 20:37, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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The article 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station for comments about the article, and Talk:47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 21:01, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

The article United Nations General Assembly Building you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:United Nations General Assembly Building for comments about the article, and Talk:United Nations General Assembly Building/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 23:42, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations, Epicgenius! The article you nominated, 23 Wall Street, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Please note that QPQ credits should be completed within one week of nomination as per RfC on excessively late supply of QPQ credits. Please take care of this promptly. Flibirigit (talk) 14:22, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

@Flibirigit, sorry about that. I lost internet access during the Christmas holiday and only got it back a few days ago - I'm in the process of doing a QPQ right now. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:26, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Sunday January 15: Wikipedia Day 2023 NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Wikipedia Day 2023 at Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village, a Wikipedia and Public Domain Day celebration and mini-conference as part of birthday festivities marking the project's founding in 2001. In addition to the party, the event features presentations by Jason Scott of the Internet Archive and Anne Hunnell Chen of the International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive, panels, and, of course, lightning talks. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! And there will be WIKICAKE. Sunday January 15 Wikipedia Day 2023 (RSVP on-wiki). 1 - 5PM at Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan After 5PM, migration to afterparty at Ace Hotel, 20 West 29th St Livestreaming is likely, watch the wiki meetup page All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. New York Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity. P.S. Next regular event February 15 will be Feb WikiWednesday.

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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:48, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've

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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk

The article Steel Curtain (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Steel Curtain (roller coaster) for comments about the article, and Talk:Steel Curtain (roller coaster)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 22:49, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

On 8 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 59th Street–Columbus Circle station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after a CCTV system was installed at the 59th Street–Columbus Circle station, crime went up? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/59th Street–Columbus Circle station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 59th Street–Columbus Circle station), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

Happy new year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:41, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

The article The Brooklyn Tower you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Brooklyn Tower for comments about the article, and Talk:The Brooklyn Tower/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 14:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

On 12 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St. Regis New York, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the 1980s, New York City's St. Regis Hotel (pictured) was said to have hosted every U.S. president since its opening? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St. Regis New York. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, St. Regis New York), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 12,361 views (1,030.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2023 – nice work!

On 14 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Row NYC Hotel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Royal Manhattan Hotel (pictured), sold for $10 million in 1969, attracted no buyers when it was placed for sale at $1.8 million just six years later? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Row NYC Hotel. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Row NYC Hotel), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've

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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Eddie891 -- Eddie891 (talk

On 15 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Peninsula New York, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that to comply with a law that restricted liquor sales near churches, the Peninsula New York placed its cocktail lounge up a flight of stairs and down a long hallway? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Peninsula New York. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Peninsula New York), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've

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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Hoary -- Hoary (talk

Above was of course some bot, impersonating me (not very convincingly). Apologies for the laboredness of my first comments/questions: I think (and hope) that what follows will be a lot more concise. -- Hoary (talk) 09:24, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

On 18 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Steel Curtain (roller coaster), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that statistics for the roller coaster Steel Curtain were announced through a scratch card? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Steel Curtain (roller coaster). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Steel Curtain (roller coaster)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:03, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

On 19 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Circle in the Square Theatre, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the founders of New York City's Circle in the Square Theatre had a total of $320 when they leased an inn in 1951? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Circle in the Square Theatre. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Circle in the Square Theatre), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

The article Liberty Theatre you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Liberty Theatre for comments about the article, and Talk:Liberty Theatre/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hoary -- Hoary (talk) 00:01, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Congrats! Perhaps you were wondering if the inquisition would ever end. Well, a minor confession: I was keen to end it before you asked me to look at such-and-such a page within Henderson and Greene's Story of 42nd St and see for myself how some insinuation or allegation of mine was unfounded: I did take a look at it at the Internet Archive and I actually started to read a couple of sentences, but I felt my eyesight decaying as I did so. I do appreciate all that the Internet Archive does for us, but its reproduction of that book is horrible, or at least it is for my eyes, viewing it on my computer. But more importantly, I had nothing more to ask for. -- Hoary (talk) 00:17, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

@Hoary: Yeah, I've found that some old books are of questionable physical quality. But thanks for reviewing the article, though. I really appreciate all the feedback. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:27, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm currently reading

Faber and Faber, whose article tells me that it was then part of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Both Faber and FSG have had excellent reputations, or so I'd always thought. But my copy consists of browning, wood-chip paper simply glued together at the spine, with a cardboard cover slapped on upside down. Had the publisher no shame? (The work itself is excellent -- aside from its failure to cite any source, which to me is a major minus.) But that's all by the way: A physical copy of Story of 42nd St may be a lovely artifact for all I know; the problem is with the Internet Archive scan of the thing, or its presentation of the scan. As I try to read any part of it, I can feel my eyes getting bloodshot and a headache developing. ¶ GA assessments can be strange. Talk:Gowanus_Canal/GA2 chided you: "over 1,000 people " - more than, not over / "logging over 2,000 trips on the canal." - same as above. I've no idea what's wrong or infelicitous about "over". (In your place, I'd have been tempted to respond "Don't be silly.") But I guess that the reviewer would be equally puzzled/amused by some of my suggestions/requests. -- Hoary (talk

) 02:49, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

On 21 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Forest Park Carousel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the Forest Park Carousel (pictured) was acquired for $30,000 in 1972, one of its later operators likened the deal to "buying a Rembrandt for $25"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Forest Park Carousel. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Forest Park Carousel), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

On 24 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Film Center Building, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the lobby of New York's 630 Ninth Avenue is decorated with stylized movie cameras, evoking the building's original purpose? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Film Center Building. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Film Center Building), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

On 25 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the wine cellar of New York City's Barclay Hotel is on the second floor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Great work on the "The Chatwal New York" article, very informative and detailed! Oaktree b (talk) 17:43, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

@Oaktree b, thank you very much. I really appreciate it. Epicgenius (talk) 17:57, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

I'd like to know why you undid all the edits on the JFK Express page. While it probably could have been written a little better, all "trivia" is actually fact based on research of NYCTA documents. Therefore it is factual. And since there is a great deal of misunderstanding of how the JFK Express fare system worked, it was a necessary edit. Sincerely, Philip M. Goldstein Bedt14 (talk) 16:45, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

@Bedt14, I removed that information because none of your edit was sourced to a reliable source. Please see Wikipedia:Reliable sources and find a reliable source first before adding the information back. I understand that all of this information may be factual, but Wikipedia policy requires that information be verifiable, rather than being necessarily factual.

As for the trivia aspect, I don't think we need to include the entire process of how a fare was paid. We can just summarize the information about the different fares, and the differences compared to the fare for regular subway lines, but a detailed explanation of how fare payment worked might fall afoul of Wikipedia:Neutral point of view#Due and undue weight. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:41, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Template:MBTA Silver Line has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 01:06, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to the twenty-fourth newsletter from the Growth team!

Newcomer experience projects

The Growth team partnered with other WMF teams to conduct several experiments around increasing account creation and new editor retention. Results from four of these experiments are now available:

• Thank you pages & banners - Encourage donors to create accounts through thank you pages and banners.
• Marketing experiment - Run ads on-wiki and off-wiki to see how this impacts account activation.
• "Add an image" GLAM events - Host GLAM events that focus on using the "Add an image" tool.
• Welcome emails - Experiment sending welcome emails to newly created accounts.

Newcomer tasks

• Several communities suggested improving "add a link", by suggesting underlinked articles first. We released this change to Growth pilot wikis. We will review the data and collect feedback before considering releasing it to more wikis. [1]
• The deployment of the "add a link" to all Wikipedias is still in progress. Suggested links use a prediction model, which has to be trained. The deployments will resume after we finish training all models. [2]

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