User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2017/Aug


DYK for Brooklyn Street Circuit

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

DYK for 2017 New York City ePrix

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Van Cortlandt Park

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Van Cortlandt Park you nominated for GA-status according to the 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 Legobot, on behalf of Sportsguy17 -- Sportsguy17 (talk) 21:21, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia requires proper attribution 2

I see you are still not adding the required attribution, as required under the terms of the CC-by-SA license. Please have a look at this edit summary as an example of how it is done. Please leave a message on my talk page if you still don't understand what to do or why we have to do it. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:17, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Diannaa: Thanks for the reminder. Apparently I'd forgotten about this note. Is it OK if I add a talk page template instead, like {{copied}}? For edits like the one I just made, most of it is original rather than copied. epicgenius (talk) 15:37, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
A note or template on the talk page is optional, but mentioning in your edit summary at the destination page where you got the content is mandatory. In this way attribution is added to the edit history at the destination article. Please see Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia for more info on this topic. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:57, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
I understand now. Thanks. epicgenius (talk) 00:50, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Talk: Bronx: Literature

I am new to Wikipedia, and would appreciate some advice.

I saw that you removed a lot of my info about poetry in the Bronx because it was self promotional.

I appreciate your leaving in the fact that the Trilogy was completed.

I learned last night that I probably should have filled out a COI, as I am the author of the Trilogy. I thought I knew how to do that, but I stumbled on your post first, so I thought to ask you for guidance.

Is there a way of getting in the title of the three books?

Or of mentioning some of the places covered to show that many of the poems are specific to the Bronx?

Any advice is appreciated.

Xnorbex 8/01/17 14:58, 1 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xnorbex (talk • contribs)

@Xnorbex: Welcome to Wikipedia! Regarding your question about leaving the title in the three books, I think it's okay to leave in the title. You could add a listing of some locations and I could copyedit it, since I don't want it to go off on too much of a tangent. In the future, you could post on the article's talk page with {{edit request}} and request that someone else make your edit for you, to avoid accusations of COI. I'll post some links on your talk page shortly. Thanks, epicgenius (talk) 19:31, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
I am still awkward at navigating Wikipedia. If I don’t get back to you on something I need to know, you can email me via my website email at: (Redacted)

I would like to add info about Bronx Accents. One of its editors is Lloyd Ultan, who seems to be the official historian of The Bronx. I have tried to construct the info in a way that would make a transition from Nash to BA to the Trilogy.

COI: you know that I am the author of the Trilogy. My work has also appeared in Bronx Accent.

I think it is important to include BA: the poems in it derive from the experience of life in The Bronx; Nash’s poem deals only with a rhyme about its name.

If I am on the right path here, I will recheck for accuracy and try to provide internal and external links to the poets mentioned in the BA section.

Here goes:

Ogden Nash’s couplet “The Bronx No Thonx” and his subsequent blessing, are mentioned in Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough, edited by Llyod Ultan and Barbara Unger and published by Rutgers University Press in 2000.

The book includes the work of Yiddish poets such as Zische Landau, Aaron Glanz-Leyeles, and Louis Goldberg. It offers a selection from Alan Ginsberg’s Kaddish, as his Aunt Elanor and his mother, Naomi, lived near Woodlawn Cemetery. Also featured is Ruth Lisa Schecther’s poem, Bronx, which is described as a celebration of the borough’s landmarks.

There is a selection of works from poets such as: Sandra Maria Esteves, Milton Kessler, Joan Murray, W. R. Rodriguez, Myra Shapiro, Gayl Teller, and Terence Wynch.

W. R. Rodriguez’ Bronx Trilogy (the shoe shine parlor poems et al, concrete pastures of the beautiful bronx, and from the banks of brook avenue) celebrates Bronx people, places, and events. DeWitt Clinton HS, Saint Mary’s Park, and Brook Avenue, are a few of the schools, parks, and streets Rodriguez uses as subjects for his poems.

Xnorbex (talk) 06:03, 2 August 2017 (UTC)8/2/17

@Xnorbex: I suggest that you combine it into one paragraph, since otherwise it would be a bit long. Otherwise, I personally don't think you added any extra irrelevant details this time, so I'll re-add it, copyediting as necessary. epicgenius (talk) 15:42, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Dear Epicgenius--

Thank you so much! I suggest putting the Bronx Accents right after Ogden Nash, and Bronx Trilogy last, as that would provide a chronological order (1964, 2000, 2015).

I tried to add internal links to the poets in Bronx Accents. Joan Murray has a Wiki page, but there are two Joan Murray's, so the link got too complicated for me to handle.

I could not figure out how to test the links without losing my date, so I did not test them.

For the sake of simplicity, I did not add external links.

(I cut and pasted from my last talk to you; I do think it is what you posted, but it could be worth a quick check. I am glad you left out the names of the Yiddish poets, as I was dreading checking them for accuracy.)

So this what my suggested revision looks like:

Ogden Nash’s couplet “The Bronx No Thonx” and his subsequent blessing, are mentioned in Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough, edited by Lloyd Ultan and Barbara Unger and published by Rutgers University Press in 2000. The book includes the work of Yiddish poets. It offers a selection from Alan Ginsberg’s Kaddish, as his Aunt Elanor and his mother, Naomi, lived near Woodlawn Cemetery. Also featured is Ruth Lisa Schechter’s poem, "Bronx," which is described as a celebration of the borough’s landmarks. There is a selection of works from poets such as: Sandra Maria Esteves, Milton Kessler, Joan Murray, W. R. Rodriguez, Myra Shapiro, Gayl Teller, and Terence Wynch.

W. R. Rodriguez’ Bronx Trilogy (the shoe shine parlor poems et al, concrete pastures of the beautiful bronx, and from the banks of brook avenue) celebrates Bronx people, places, and events. DeWitt Clinton HS, Saint Mary’s Park, and Brook Avenue, are a few of the schools, parks, and streets Rodriguez uses as subjects for his poems.

Xnorbex (talk) 20:26, 2 August 2017 (UTC)8/02/17

The Terence Winch link does not work. I think there needs to be a space after "and."

The other links worked.Xnorbex (talk) 20:30, 2 August 2017 (UTC)8/02/17

@Xnorbex: Thanks for your suggestions. Actually, you spelled "Wynch" instead of "Winch", which is probably why the link was broken. The article is at "Terence Winch". epicgenius (talk) 00:12, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for your editing and for your patience.Xnorbex (talk) 00:52, 4 August 2017 (UTC)8/3/17
You're welcome. epicgenius (talk) 01:58, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Slither.io

The article Slither.io you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Slither.io for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of P*h3i -- P*h3i (talk) 10:41, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

GA noms

23rd Street (Manhattan) is primarily your work now, but Flatiron Building is still primarily mine, and I would prefer that it not be nommed for a GA. Please respect my wishes and withdraw the nomination. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:20, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

I have removed the GA nomination header from the talk page. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:55, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Fair enough. epicgenius (talk) 17:06, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

I just got to an article I wrote, Bushwick (LIRR station) by using the random article button.

I got it on the second try!--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:40, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Cool! That is a nice coincidence. epicgenius (talk) 19:31, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Has that happened to you?--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 20:19, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Nope, but in 2015 I had the last edit on the entire wiki for that year. epicgenius (talk) 23:20, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Nice! Was it deliberate?--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 23:32, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Nope. This was the result of a very, very slow computer. One more second and it would have been the first edit of the next year... epicgenius (talk) 03:55, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Van Cortlandt Park

The article Van Cortlandt Park you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Van Cortlandt Park for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsguy17 -- Sportsguy17 (talk) 16:20, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Star Wars Hotel

On 10 August 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Star Wars Hotel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a hotel shaped like a starship, based on the Star Wars franchise, is planned for Walt Disney World? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Star Wars Hotel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Star Wars Hotel), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex ShihTalk 00:03, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:New Kosciuszko Bridge rendering.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Ytoyoda (talk) 13:26, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

R179 cruft

FYI, I've re-removed some the railfan cruft and video citations from the R179 article. – Train2104 (t • c) 13:41, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Fine by me . epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Regarding Slither.io's status as a good article

Congratulations
Congratulations on Slither.io (an article you nominated) now being a good article. Here's to the future of the article, and to the future of free accessible information for everyone, one article at a time! ~ P*h3i (talk to me) 03:21, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
Thank you! I also appreciated the in-depth review that you conducted to help it become s Good Article. Here's to! epicgenius (talk) 10:57, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
Yeah, I like to have reviews in-depth and have constant re-evaluating so an article is perfected. ~ P*h3i (talk to me) 06:01, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

NOTE

I will be on vacation from August 11 until August 20, 2017. During this time, I may not be able to respond to queries as quickly. epicgenius (talk) 00:00, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Userpage vandalism

FYI: [1]. Hope all is well! — MusikAnimal talk 17:04, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

@MusikAnimal: Thanks! epicgenius (talk) 19:55, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

I wonder if you could write a user script

Hello, Epicgenius,

I saw your prevew-related script at Wikipedia:User scripts/List#Previewing, and I wonder whether you could write a user script that does something fairly simple (I think). Currently, we have one button for previewing a page, and a separate button for showing the diff. Do you think it's possible to have one button that does both of these things at the same time (e.g., the preview, followed by the diff, followed by the edit window)? A editor has asked for this at VPT, and I thought I'd found a script that did this (plus some other things), but I was wrong. (Please {{ping}} me.) Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 19:25, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

@Whatamidoing (WMF): I might be able to write a script, but there are other users who might be able to do it in a better fashion. (E.g. MusikAnimal, Mr. Stradivarius or Writ Keeper may be able to help you faster. There are probably some other editors too who have better experience than I do at these kinds of scripts.) epicgenius (talk) 20:04, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
@Whatamidoing (WMF): I actually already have an old script that does this. Lemme look it up. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 20:05, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/previewAndDiff.js. It's nearly four years old, though, so it probably needs some updates. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 20:08, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
Writ Keeper, you're amazing.
EEng, do you want to give it a try? Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 23:00, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
Absolutely. (I did what I could with the category, BTW.) EEng 23:22, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
@Whatamidoing (WMF): @EEng: just FYI, the script might not have been working before, but it should be good now. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 00:24, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Huzzah!
Thank you Jesus!

Now, can I ask for one more thing? Can I have an <alt>-something shortcut key? (Please, not alt-right.) EEng 01:00, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

@EEng: You got it. I set it to "alt-shift-g", since it's the first one I found that wasn't taken (I tried "alt-shift-b", for "both", but Chrome seems to be doing its own thing with that keystroke). Lemme know if you have a different preference. (sorry for the repeated pings--the repings, if you will. and don't worry, there was *never* any chance of it being alt-right in any sense of the term.) Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 01:23, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Yeah, good thing it wasn't alt-right. Oh yeah, by the way, alt+⇧ Shift+b will "Highlight the bookmarks bar (if shown)". Good luck if you have 10,000 bookmarks epicgenius (talk) 01:31, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Hey, is that a tiki torch I see over there?

Well, this is the best thing since sliced bread. Only because I know you'd want to know, there's a slight bug in that, if the rendered page ends with an image or other floated object, the "section heading" (so to speak) Your changes appears next to the image/box, instead of below it. No big deal. Now really, this feature should be a advertised far and wide, or just be part of the standard interface. I'm a fairly careful editor, but about 5% of edits, I have to go back and correct, either because I only checked the Show Changes and I should have also checked the Show Preview (so I didn't see an e.g. formatting issue until I'd saved and it showed me the formatted page). This solves that. Thanks again! Wait. I'm going to try it again right now. <alt><shift>g. <alt><shift>g. <alt><shift>g. <alt><shift>g. Ooooh! It's so refreshing! EEng 03:02, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Uh, oh. Bad news. Sometimes <alt><shift>g performs as advertised, but sometimes it tries to take me to the corresponding Wikidata entry. Please, don't take away my hope! I was so happy! EEng 03:17, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Guh. I'll have to find another keystroke. Any ideas/preferences? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 03:54, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
@EEng: Okay, I've reused "alt-shift-o". It's normally "log in", but since this is a user script, you can't use it without being logged in anyway, so there shouldn't be any conflicts. How's that? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 03:59, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Don't worry, if this initiates a missile attack on North Korea, everyone will assume it's Trump. Thanks again! EEng 05:17, 24 August 2017 (UTC) P.S. I think this request is in Phab somewhere, so if you can find it (I can't) you might add a pointer to this. But really, this should be a standard feature. It's soooooo obvious.
For the record, someone asked on VPT to put the diff on top of the preview, and I've done just that. (Also, it's totally up to you of course EEng, but if you do the mw.loader.load("/w/index.php?title=USer:Writ_Keeper/Scripts/previewAndDiff.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript"); instead of copying and pasting the source code itself, you can get these updates without having to keep modifying your .js page. But it's all good.) Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 13:27, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Greatest thing since
Ooops, yes, thanks. I was tinkering with it, then mindlessly saved. EEng 16:09, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

August 30: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday August 30, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

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!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 145 West 14th Street
(note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location)

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) 12:03, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

epicgenius (talk) 01:59, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

High Line

Thanks for putting in the needed upright values for the images. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:26, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome. I simply approximated the pixel values, though, so feel free to fix any of the upright ratios if they're incorrect. epicgenius (talk) 01:59, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Second Avenue Subway

I have added additional references, fixed some, and added page numbers. In addition, I have added more information on the construction of the line. This leads to an issue. I am unsure of whether some of this information should go to the sections on the specific phases. Perhaps some of the info on Phases 3 and 4 should go in their section under other phases. Your advice would be appreciated. I also want this article to reach FA-status, but I was wondering if the length is a problem. I don't have a problem with it, but the reviewers for FA might. Thanks.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 17:49, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

@Kew Gardens 613: If the length is a problem, we could split off the history sections into a brand-new article. Then the history could be summarized and condensed. The history sections itself may qualify for FA status, but the main article may need to wait some time due to its constantly-changing nature as per WP:FACR point #1E. In particular, Phase 2 being under construction makes the article relatively "unstable", which is why there is a {{Stable version}} template on the talk page. epicgenius (talk) 22:10, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Van Cortlandt Park

The article Van Cortlandt Park you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Van Cortlandt Park for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsguy17 -- Sportsguy17 (talk) 15:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Queens Hospital Center

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 31 August 2017 (UTC)