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About Trimet

I have a very good reason for this 1. people should know which past bus routes served these stations because people may ask themselves these questions and can just find the answers to these questions and go to these links. 2. Wikipedia will be around forever but these bus routes now may not be the same (expect for the 51?) in 73 years from so i think it is very good for people to learn about these things — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfrr (talk • contribs) 21:01, 27 February 2015‎ (UTC)

Wikipedia's purpose isn't to serve as a collection of all knowledge, but instead as an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a directory, and collections of all bus routes that a station has ever served falls under that. Your second point illustrates this; bus routes are constantly changing, and to continually update them would be a time-consuming and futile purpose. For future reference, please be sure to sign your name on talk pages after your comment, using ~~~~. Conifer (talk) 19:39, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
@Dfrr: After a few days, there has been no support for including past bus links at the WikiProject for Oregon, so I'm going to remove them. You should find consensus for including the links before adding them again. Conifer (talk) 02:38, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Accidental Vandalism

Information icon Hello, I'm 174.16.208.234. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to B Line (RTD) because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! — Preceding undated comment added 05:47, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

I would suggest you carefully read the definition of WP:VAND before you allege any wrongdoings by others. I've undone your edits [1] because the sources you've cited do not support your claim that the Northwest Rail Line has been cancelled. In fact, they specifically state it is still in future plans, just not the priority over the rapid bus service. Conifer (talk) 05:50, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

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Chinese New Year: The US Is Not Having A Public Holiday

I have great pleasure, and you removed the United States as a public holiday for Chinese New Year, as this country's highest number. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.82.149.82 (talk) 17:44, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

DTW

You undid a revision at the DTW article when an IP added Virgin Atlantic occupies the McNamara Terminal. Actually, Virgin Atlantic will launch its own service to the airport on June 1, 2015 and sources state that they will use the McNamara Terminal since Virgin Atlantic and Delta have joint venture. They do have a codeshare with Delta but the airline is using the own code/flight number. Just letting you know. Thanks! Citydude1017 (talk) 14:34, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, you're right. Judging from the edit, it looked like they were claiming a codeshare began on June 1, not that the airline (already a codeshare partner) would begin service to Detroit. Conifer (talk) 18:38, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

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need help

hey man it is Dfrr i really need help subscribing to the signpost please and thank youDfrr (talk) 21:31, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

@Dfrr: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe. Conifer (talk) 23:33, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

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about the hotel key

hey man it is Dfrr are you sure you do not want the hotel key because i you do not please give it to another user and let me know who you gave it to and if they do not want it you should tell them to give it to another user and have them let me know who they gave it to

sounds good? thank you no worries:-) you are okayDfrr (talk) 06:15, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

about a user who may need a friend

hi conifer it is dfrr once again. this user User:Trimethylxanthine has only been getting Messages from me. maybe you could send him wikiloves or invite him to wikiprojects. anything (trust me i am doing the same thing too) so have at it (and another thing do you know any good last names for TV shows if so please list them here)Dfrr (talk) 06:47, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

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I'd like to invite everyone to join the WikiProject R&B and Soul Music. We are currently on demand for new members, the project was dying, but with your help we can revive it and make it one of the best WikiProjects. Make me sure that you'll think about this and remember cooperative works can do amazing things. Regards Dfrr (talk) 10:45, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi man it is Dfrr are you here?20:53, 18 April 2015 (UTC) (Talk to me:-))

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Once again, welcome to the project. Dfrr (talk) 20:03, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

my userpage

hello dfrr here i saw you and other users like User:TheGRVOfLighting & User:EdRoE6 were editing my userpage which is okay and i saw you mentioned my hotel room page and i read about it and i will rename the section remove all numbers. i will leave a message when that happens. thank you and have a great dayDfrr (talk) 00:20, 1 May 2015 (UTC)(Talk to me:-))

Honestly, if you want to keep the "hotel room", it's unlikely that someone will complain. Don't worry about it. Conifer (talk) 00:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

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Dfrr is leaveing for good

hello friend dfrr here . I am about to get blocked but I am leaveing before it happens unless I decide to come back. farewell my friend. we shall meet againDfrr (talk) 06:00, 22 April 2015 (UTC)(Talk to me:-))

@Dfrr: What prompted you to feel like you were going to be blocked? I don't see any warnings or notices, and I don't believe you violated any Wikipedia policies. Conifer (talk) 23:57, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

hi this is dfrr first of all go to my talk page and look under talk page spam. Secord of all. User:DawnDusk thinks I am a troll (which I am not) and that he wanted to block me (go to User talk:DawnDusk third of all I was send invitations to people to join Wikipedia:Wikiproject R&B & Soul Music (which I sent you which you have said anything about it which is okay) even though I am trying to get new members (I am a member by the way) for the project but people think it is spam which is not and finally fouth of all I made 390 edits to so many talk pages I am so sorry. anyways have a great dayDfrr (talk) 00:56, 23 April 2015 (UTC)(Talk to Me:-))

@Dfrr: EoRdE6 was asking you to stop sending messages that weren't relevant to users, but neither them nor DawnDusk can block you, since they are not administrators. While it's fine to send out invitations and WikiLove, keep it to people who show an interest in a particular field and who really deserve it. I don't know what's going on with DawnDusk, but they seem to regard you as a troll, which flagrantly violates the no personal attacks policy—that's why they were blocked for 48 hours. Just ignore them. Conifer (talk) 01:08, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you my best friend I feel better I hope (just like Mr. Spock said) you live long and prosper. and are you going to join that wikiproject?Dfrr (talk) 01:22, 23 April 2015 (UTC)(Talk to me:-))

@Dfrr: It isn't really my taste in music. You can use this tool to find the top editors of R&B/soul music articles, and then notify the ones who are active. By the way, is User:CrawfordLou another account of yours? Conifer (talk) 01:29, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

No Crawfordlou is not me it must be a different person who may have gottten bored and decided to leave. by the way thank you for the toolDfrr (talk) 01:32, 23 April 2015 (UTC)(Talk to me:-))

Hey i am leaving for 31 days view this have a grat day and block me for good please please please BLOCK MEDfrr (talk) 06:04, 1 May 2015 (UTC)(Talk to Me:-)) me:-)[2]

@Dfrr: If you're taking a Wikibreak, that's fine, but I can't block you because I'm not an admin. Conifer (talk) 06:22, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Well can you request it pleaseDfrr (talk) 06:33, 1 May 2015 (UTC)(Talk to me:-))

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That block

Hi, thanks for your mail. That person did nothing except vandalise multiple articles, which included adding childish obscenities in Arabic. It was not a genuine editor being blocked for some violation, but some vandal who knew that what they were doing was unacceptable. Therefore, that person has no right of response, and there is no chance whatever that an appeal could be successful; hence the talk page ban. Often such vandals are people with accounts who think they can vandalise anonymously by not logging in; hence the IP block. The description "vandalism only account" is the closest match in the pull-down list that I am presented with when I block someone, and I think it is a fair description since it is clear to everyone that it is an IP address. The period of the block is a problem, since there is no way to know the nature of the address. In particular, I don't know if it is someone's permanent IP or a floating IP that anyone with that ISP might get. If it was a regular account, I would have blocked it permanently. Blocks of anything from several days to several months are usual for vandalism-only IPs, and my choice of one month was arbitrary. After finishing this message I'll change it to one week, but if the vandalism begins again after that I'll make it longer. As for my own talk page, whenever it is unprotected it is subject to unrelenting vandalism, sometimes of a quite disgusting nature. I don't like having it semi-protected but don't see much choice. Zerotalk 04:10, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

@Zero0000: I have no problem with the reason behind your block, but per the blocking policy, talk page access and email should only be disabled after abuse takes places, not before. As for your talkpage, if you are determined to keep it semi-protected, you should at least add an editnotice with a link to a subpage that unregistered users can edit. Conifer (talk) 04:17, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
As far as I know, people who aren't logged in can't send email. So I think that has no effect. As for User talk:87.69.45.70 it is not a user talk page despite appearing like one, especially if it is a floating IP address. The rules are unclear on this point, but the rationale is to allow for appeals and discussion of the block. If there is someone there who wants to change their ways and edit responsibly, it won't hurt them to wait a week first. Zerotalk 04:38, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
@Zero0000: You hardblocked that IP. What if it's dynamic, and in a day or two, a new person gets the IP address? They find that they can't edit Wikipedia, and are unable to register an account or post an unblock request on their talk page. Don't you think that's unfair? Conifer (talk) 04:44, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
On reflection, I partly agree with you. I removed the block on logged-in users. However, I'm not removing the ban on account creation. Vandals who can just create an account to continue vandalising have not really been blocked. If that inconveniences someone innocent for a few days, it is the fault of the vandal. Zerotalk 05:00, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
@Zero0000: I think the decision between a regular block (account creation disabled, all users blocked) versus an {{anonblock}} (account creation enabled, only anonymous editing disabled) is really up to your discretion. But policy specifically says, "editing of the user's talk page should be disabled only in the case of continued abuse of the talk page." That's not the case here. Conifer (talk) 05:06, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
I didn't disable editing of a user's talk page. I addressed that point already. Zerotalk 06:35, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
@Zero0000: According to Special:Log/Zero0000, you still have talk page access disabled for 87.69.45.70. While they're not a registered user, User talk:87.69.45.70 is still where anyone at that IP would post an unblock request, which they could not do at the moment. Also, are you considering some measure to mitigate the fact that new and unregistered users cannot easily contact you? Conifer (talk) 06:40, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

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Construction updates

Thanks for adding the constuction update information and references for many TTC subway stations and GO Stations. Some of what you have added may actually refer to work that has been completed but the entry reads as if it is a future project. From my experience, the linked pages given as references from both agencies are not static and can be overwriten or removed, and even some of PDF files linked from them can disappear. Thanks again. Secondarywaltz (talk) 20:30, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, link rot tends to be a problem with those sources. But considering that they don't tend to have a lot of coverage in secondary sources, it's the best I can do. Internet Archive can be useful for checking references that disappear. Conifer (talk) 20:33, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

regarding my (jasper jon (talk) 07:36, 20 May 2015 (UTC)) changes to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park_MAX_Station - i think my change is correct. i was simply correcting the count of digits that are in the picture of PI


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Test Track

Thanks for providing a source. Amazon isn't the best source but it's good enough so I added it. In the future, add the citation yourself so someone doesn't revert your edit (like I did!) thinking that you have no proof/source. :) --Dom497 (talk) 00:32, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, though it wasn't my edit that was originally reverted. Conifer (talk) 00:43, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Wow, that's an epic fail on my part. Sorry about that. :) --Dom497 (talk) 02:20, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

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Three-revert rule

Regardless of the merits of our BRT/express bus debate, just be informed that you cannot make more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period, or you risk being blocked under the three-revert rule. 147.153.168.23 (talk) 21:28, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm aware of 3RR. I posted on your talk page because I thought you might not know all of Wikipedia's (admittedly esoteric) rules. Conifer (talk) 21:40, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello Conifer. As a new user, I would like to thank you for your help. I would also like to refer to you in any cases of future needs and questions I may have. Sincerely, Coolkid234 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolkid234 (talk • contribs) 01:06, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Nice work on Texas transit articles. I'll be happy to answer any of your queries. Conifer (talk) 02:31, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

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Robert Ko

To Mr. Conifier of Wikipedia; Re: Refurbished PATCO Cars

Please note that I have ridden the newly refurbished PATCO cars, and Alstom has indeed furnished and installed new full-width operators cabs on these cars. These new cabs are similar to the transverse cabs found on virtually all WMATA, Baltimore MTA, PATH, and New York City Subway cars units, reducing seating capacity by four passenger seats for each car equipped with same.

I thought that the original railfan friendly semi-cabs would be retained, however PATCO management decided to go with full width cabs instead, precluding all railfan activities for same.

You can email me at jlee39@verizon.net for further information about same, and restore my addition about new full width cabs on these refurbished PATCO cars.

Sincerely,

Robert Ko jlee39@verizon.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.108.224.5 (talk) 04:09, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunate that PATCO chose to make that change during the refurbishment. However, you need to find a verifiable source, like a newspaper article or technical document, that describes the new cabs. This is because we cannot use information on Wikipedia that is original research, such as your own observations of the cars. Conifer (talk) 07:29, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Tomasbarrosfroes

Dear Conifer,

While I was learning how to work with Wikipedia, I was writing the article "Frostimo" . Writting, not posting and not promoting, although it looks like it is the same.

Frostimo article, wasn't concluded when I hit the Save Page button nor had fully being written. I understand it may be questioned why an organization or brand needs to be included in a Encyclopedia. But if that is questioned, why do we have a company - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrero_SpA - or for example a brand - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltesers - which doesn't suffer any deletion, and my brand, which has and I agree decades of less history, but as an argument brands start easier nowadays and Wikipedia is a perfect proof of reality almost like a assurance quality to the public. This brand - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolhaus - has same time history as mine and why are they online and do not suffer deletion?

Looking forward to have my article available once again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomasbarrosfroes (talk • contribs) 13:30, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

@Tomasbarrosfroes: Your article was deleted for two reasons: lack of notability and promotional tone. First, Wikipedia has notability standards for companies and brands, which they must meet to have an article. An article exists for Coolhaus because many news organizations have written articles about it, and this coverage in independent, reliable sources (i.e. not from the company) makes it notable. Second, articles on Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view, without being promotional of the subject. This is why we discourage you from writing about your own company, because this conflict of interest makes it very difficult to maintain a neutral tone. Conifer (talk) 07:36, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thanks very much for the warm welcome you greeted me with to Wikipedia last month. ~rnjohnson18

edit: still trying to figure out using talk pages

@Rnjohnson18: To sign your username on a talk page, append ~~~~ to the end of your comment. Conifer (talk) 23:31, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

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C-Train move to CTrain

You must now fix Template:C-Train stations and Template:CTrain stations. Note that they are not the same thing and the second one should be renamed to avoid the obvious conflict. Are you going to rename everything in the Category:C-Train to match? Secondarywaltz (talk) 21:09, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I've honestly no idea how to fix the rail succession boxes, nor do I know what's wrong—if you know how to fix it yourself, go ahead. I believe I've renamed everything in the CTrain category, minus the first template you mentioned because of the naming issue. Conifer (talk) 21:32, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
OK. I can help you - if you help me. First I changed the default in Template:C-Train stations to the reflect the moves (I hope you moved them all) and then renamed Template:CTrain stations to Template:CTrain navbox. The stations need to be changed in the navbox to the new suffixes. Now every instance of that navbox in articles must be renamed to make way for moving the other template. Finally, and only after complete replacement, you already know how to delete the existing template before moving C-Train stations to CTrain stations. That should do it. Secondarywaltz (talk) 21:52, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
Changed the links in the navbox, will update the transclusions tomorrow. Thanks for your help. Conifer (talk) 21:59, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
I'll try and do some as well. Names in the s-line and s-rail templates in the Infobox should be changed to CTrain while we are updating the navbox and other things. We can make this tight and tidy. Secondarywaltz (talk)
This is messy! Some important redirects were not moved and some things were wrongly moved. I'm working on it. Secondarywaltz (talk) 14:57, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
Did it work out? I saw you were updating the navbox and name in articles. Conifer (talk) 23:11, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
I have replaced the navbox Template:CTrain Stations (upper case S) in every article. There are still a couple of instances on user pages etc. Template:CTrain stations (lower case s) now redirects to C-Train stations and you can now move it to the correct title. Secondarywaltz (talk) 23:57, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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User talk: David J Johnson

Thank you for your note on my Talk page. I quite agree with your post, although rather pompous in tone. I am well aware of the need for a summary - but my rollbacks were because the contributions appeared to be from a known IP vandal. Case closed. David J Johnson (talk) 08:31, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

@David J Johnson: Sorry, I meant to include another diff but copy/pasted the wrong one. In another reversion on United Airlines, you rollback a user and then warn them for unsourced content additions, not vandalism. Conifer (talk) 16:06, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

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