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User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2015/Aug
Your recent edits...Wikipedia is not a time performance guide...really, we don't have to mention exactly how well a New York City Subway service performs... This seems more like trivia than something important. If we mention them on the D and J/Z train articles, then we would have to mention them on all other New York City Subway service articles. It's not needed. The average passenger could care less how well his/her line does, as long as they're not waiting 15-20+ minutes or so. I bet they don't even bother reading the Straphangers Campaign's report cards online, nor the printed schedules for each New York City Subway service on the MTA's official website, but never forget that 15-20+ minute wait for their train. Likewise, we don't mention how often any New York City Subway services and cars break down, nor how frequent that the New York City Subway services each run. So therefore, no need for these kinds of "sources". JoesphBarbaro (talk) 00:11, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
August 2015
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(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.) R179 as fleet expansionSome quotes being applicable to R179/R32 retention being for more than SAS/CBTC: "R32 Fleet SMS (Scheduled Maintenance). The R32 fleet was scheduled to be retired in 2017-2018. This retirement will need to be delayed until 2022 due to delays in the delivery of R179 replacement cars and increased revenue service fleet requirements. The cost of this delay is estimated to be $1.1 million in 2016, $15.9 million in 2017, $17.7 million in 2018 and $15.5 million in 2019. Position requirements are projected at 132 for 2017 and 110 for both 2018 and 2019. " "Substantial expense is being programmed for R32 fleet SMS to extend the life of these already overage cars due to unexpected fleet expansion, in particular car requirements associated with the upcoming Canarsie Tube reconstruction project."
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Please comment on Talk:Ragnvald KnaphövdeThe feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Ragnvald Knaphövde. Legobot (talk) 00:02, 15 August 2015 (UTC) Finsbury Park StationHi - sorry I undid a couple of your changes here. For some reason, BrE speakers would almost never say "The Finsbury Park station". I wish I could explain why, but it just seems to be some sort of hardcoded usage thing. (Don't even get me started on the Royal Albert Hall!) I suppose I could try and look it up somewhere. Anyway, I put it back to how a BrE speaker would recognize it. At the same time I rebolded the word "station" as I thought we usually bolded the title where it made sense - I may, however, have got this completely wrong so please feel free to revert away if I did! I hope this is helpful; thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 10:41, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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Quality Assessment for Staten Island RailwayAfter all the editing that I have done for the Staten Island Railway page, it definitely should not be considered start level quality. It maybe could be B class or even good article quality. Could you help review it? Thanks. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:21, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
BTW, sorry and excuse me. as a retired NYCTA car equipment personnel (foreman) during the Kiley/Gunn administration era, so I worked on getting these bologna (baloney) coils installed on all active R44/R44SI & R46 75 foot equipment during the 1984 time frame, since the traditional pantograph gates could not be installed on any of these cars. The R68/R68A's came factory equipped with same. Look under the front route sign on these cars before you decide to delete my additions. Thank You. RevertsWhy are you so hasty to revert my edits, even when you use the text I wrote in later revisions? SilverbackNet talk 02:34, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Eleven Times SquareSpecial:Contributions/DSanti_Beckerman's edits can no longer be assumed to be good faith. They have been warned that their edits do not adhere to a neutral point of view, and they continue to mark edits as minor when they are not. B137 (talk) 04:48, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
To EpicGeniusI am a retired NYCTA Foreman with car equipment with over 35 years of experience with the MTA-NYCTA car equipment from the old R1-9's to the R160 equipment. What's your background, before you question my qualifications ???? BTW, I received a call from the NYCTA today regarding newly found hairline door frame cracks appearing their oldest R32 cars. How would you go about solving same, since you are the EpicGenius???
OK Mr. So-called (Personal attack removed), you just disrespected a retired Transit Foreman from Pitkin Yard and Shops, and you know what !! You can now go and **** yourself, (Personal attack removed)!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.108.224.5 (talk) 06:41, 28 August 2015 (UTC) Staten Island article Route 440I could swear I saw reference to both versions of 440 in the article when I edited maybe it was a different article? TMazzio (talk) 21:23, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi-- thanks for your wiki article on the Singer Bowl. Always wondered what happened to it. I was at the 1968 Doors concert referenced sin the article. There were actually 3 bands who performed . The opening act was Rhinoceros, then the Who, and the Doors last with top billing. If I remember correctly, tickets were about $5.50. At the end of the concert there was mini-riot. No one seriously injured as I recall but many broken wooden chairs. Steveknaster@hotmail.com Stephen Knaster — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:6E44:8830:81DF:45CE:C942:9BF0 (talk) 17:48, 30 August 2015 (UTC) 2015 explosion listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 2015 explosion. Since you had some involvement with the 2015 explosion redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Tdl1060 (talk) 21:37, 31 August 2015 (UTC) |
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