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Hey, Epicgenius! So here's the thing about dyk: if you haven't created preps, you have no idea what prep-setters and admins at dyk do or what challenges they face. Many editors who are regular nominators and reviewers think they'd be willing to admin, but have never filled preps, and when they become admins and start moving preps to queues, they quickly realize they didn't know what they were volunteering for. A prep-setter doesn't just create a balanced set. They also do a quick re-review on many of the hooks; you get to know whose hooks you don't have to review too heavily, but you always have to at least go check for a recent edit war or tags. If the nominator or the reviewer are new or known to be sloppy, you'll have to do a full re-review of that hook. Often prep-setters have questions they have to ask at the hook, and they deal with pushback from noms/reviewers/passersby for that. Then once you've finished a prep you have to deal with fallout at DYK talk and ERRORS. Admins do the exact same thing -- a re-review, because prep-setters miss things too, then the move (fairly simple), posting questions at DYK talk and pinging involved parties, dealing with pushback from them, and finally any fallout at ERRORS when someone finds an error you missed. So if you think you would be willing to admin at dyk, definitely go fill preps for a while to see if you like it or not. Some people love it -- I did, and I like adminning there -- but not everyone is cut out for it. It's a high-visibility job. People catch your mistakes, and the only way to prevent that is to catch other people's mistakes first. —valereee ( talk) 15:20, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Once again, very impressive work on very important station complex and line articles. There is more to be added about the change in BMT plans re:Canal Street. Eventually, Clark Street Tunnel should be its own article. Also, the citations for IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line are really messed up and include self-published sources like nycsubway.org, and there is more history that could be added. A lot of my older GA nominations should be looked at again for things like this. Also, for Union Square, it is worth mentioning the impromptu 9/11 memorial, and the post-2016 election post-it notes ( https://mashable.com/article/power-of-post-it-note-protest-subway-therapy, https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/post-it-notes-left-union-square-election-preserved-article-1.2913344, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/19/post-election-subway-therapy-sticky-notes-taken-down-but-not-thrown-out/, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/nyregion/subway-election-therapy-wall-sticky-notes.html). Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 14:25, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
This technology does not meet ADA standards, and since there is currently no technology that does, there is no fully accessible solution for the southbound platform. We are including an option for providing elevator service to this platform in this report with the understanding that this will not provide a fully accessible solution at this time.So I suppose this means the southbound platform can get an elevator, it just won't be ADA-accessible because gap fillers, by their very nature, are ADA-inaccessible. – Epicgenius ( talk) 15:47, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
Bumping thread for 30 days. Epicgenius ( talk) 22:32, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
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The article Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House for comments about the article, and Talk:Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of 750h+ -- 750h+ ( talk) 13:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Hey Epicgenius, I'm about to make some fish tacos. Nothing fancy--frozen tuna and coleslaw, for my boy and me. If you have nothing better to do, can you have a look at User:ThatOneFilipinoGuy? Their edits on User talk:FMSky are interesting, and there's two accounts/masters mentioned on that user page--perhaps some of those edits will look familiar to you. Thanks, Drmies ( talk) 23:04, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
I strongly disagree with your quick assertion that ViaCarota should not be deleted. It is a blatant advertisement for a New York City restaurant. Your claim that it was created "some time ago" is not accurate in that the article was created less than 23 months ago. I also disagree that it is "well sourced." The sources mainly come from a few foody media outlets, like "Eatery NY" and the James Beard Foundation, not counting the consistent use of a "Best" list of NYC restaurants published regularly by the New York Times. I have never requested an article be deleted and had the request removed within seconds. Also, you have a conflict of interest since you have contributed to this article in the past. We need a decision by someone other than myself, who requested the speedy deletion, and you, who have contributed to the article and clearly have a conflict. I have no choice but to pursue this further. Thank you for your work with Wikipedia and I'm truly sorry that our first meeting here is one in which we disagree. I hope to work with you in a more favorable situation in the future. All the best. MarydaleEd ( talk) 02:56, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Epicgenius, note that this is still open.. :) Three supports BTW! 750h+ | Talk 08:22, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hi Epic, hope all finds you well. You have taught me how to do this once, several years ago, but now I’ve forgotten. For the Maplink function, one has to enter different ‘Q’ codes to geo-locate a pushpin location within state, country, world, etc. Can you please remind me how to locate those ‘Q’ codes again? Best, Castncoot ( talk) 04:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Epicgenius. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Hearst Tower (Manhattan) at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Good luck with FA and all the best, Mini apolis 17:29, 24 April 2024 (UTC) |