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Hey Bruce, you probably watch the page, but I started a new discussion on the Central Link talk page. I'd appreciate it if you chimed in. Thanks! --RickyCourtney (talk) 05:58, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Federal Reserve Bank Building (Seattle)

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Nomination of List of King County Metro bus routes for deletion

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Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building (Seattle)

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Cascadia Wikimedians page at English Wikipedia

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Ken Klein's wikipedia entry

Hi Bruce,

I'm new to this whole wikipedia thing. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to make the page more accurate. I tried to make it like the King County Council's Wikipedia entries.

Best, Leonardhale (talk) 07:44, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

@Leonardhale: Unfortunately, Ken Klein does not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for politicians. As far as I can see, he has not garnered enough attention (which the King County members have plenty of, as does the Seattle City Council, due to the nature of their work) and thus warrants deletion. SounderBruce 21:40, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Swift Bus Rapid Transit

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DYK for Swift Bus Rapid Transit

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Bruce: I've been trying unsuccessfully to add the Swift bus to Template:Lynnwood Link Extension. It seems like I should be able to change one line, adding the bus icon like this:

{{BS|uexBHF|O1=lhSTReg|O12=lhSTRaf|{{rint|bus}}|{{stnd|NE 185th Street|Link}} }}

But the graphics get messed up - the rail line becomes slightly offset and disconnected. Do you know why? – Brianhe (talk) 06:55, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

@Brianhe: It looks fine on my end, so it may be your browser. I've gone ahead and added it in (with a link within the icon). SounderBruce 20:59, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
How odd. It looks OK with Internet Explorer but not with Chrome on two different devices. It would be cool if we had some more Seattle-specific icons to add to the current icon list. - Brianhe (talk) 22:24, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
@Brianhe: Eventually, we'll be able to add Red Line and Blue Line icons for Link. Not sure if there's any others that can replace the Sound Transit icon, other than specific things like Swift (definitely not PD). SounderBruce 00:01, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Thoughts?

Editing the list of KCM routes... what are your thoughts on including the roads the bus travels on in "via" section?
Here's an example:

Route Type Off-Peak Sat Sun Start Via End Continues as Links
31 Conventional Yes Yes No Central Magnolia 22nd Ave W, East Magnolia, Interbay, W Nickerson St, Seattle Pacific University, Fremont, N 30th St, Wallingford, N 40th St, University District, University of Washington campus, NE 45th St, University Village Children's Hospital 75 Schedule
Map

-OR-

Route Type Off-Peak Sat Sun Start Via End Continues as Links
31 Conventional Yes Yes No Central Magnolia East Magnolia, Interbay, Seattle Pacific University, Fremont, Wallingford, University District, University of Washington campus, University Village Children's Hospital 75 Schedule
Map

Including all the roads seems like overkill... but I can make an argument for the utility. What's your thoughts? --RickyCourtney (talk) 22:40, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@RickyCourtney: I'm pretty split. I'd rather include neighborhoods first, but some major roads/corridors are neighborhoods themselves (Rainier Avenue on the 7, for instance). A toned-down version of the first example would be my pick, but I trust your desecration in managing the list. SounderBruce 23:16, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Another weird Chrome layout thing

I edited Capitol Hill station (diff) because Chrome didn't like the formatting of the infobox and refused to display any station icon. - Brianhe (talk) 11:18, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Never mind, I think on a second look that it was some weird image caching thing. - Brianhe (talk) 11:22, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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Draft page is showing up in web search results

FYI, mirror(s) of Draft:Evergreen Point Floating Bridge replacement are showing up in search results e.g. here. It's making it a bit harder to do research when I'm getting fed back my own words! - Brianhe (talk) 07:35, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

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Disambiguation pages

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It would be a great help if you would check the other Wikipedia articles that contain links to "Evergreen Point Floating Bridge" and fix them to take readers to the correct article. Thanks. R'n'B (call me Russ) 12:05, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

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The image is used in the Sun Link article infobox. I linked the article in the image description. Is there something else I should have done? Thanks, Gatomasgordo (talk) 17:35, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

@Gatomasgordo: It's been replaced by a vector version I just uploaded. I tagged your raster image for deletion because it was superseded and it should be removed by an admin shortly. No need to worry about it. SounderBruce 23:20, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

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Seattle Municipal Archives

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@Secondarywaltz: Well aware and hoping to see more content from the actual archives unearthed and published. SounderBruce 23:30, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Smart Connect Interchange

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Biketown

Bruce, thx for referring me to the tutorial. I'll try & review it later. As one of the yellow bike instigators, and as a "Founding Member" of Biketown I have direct experience with the issues. Is any headline or statement printed in a newspaper assumed to be factual. The Oregonian article's description of the ybp as "disastrous" & a "failure" is not credible or qualified. In contrast, Alta did fail to meet obligations & I believe Alta declared bankruptcy. Yet no reference is made to the significant public investment lost in Alta's failed attempt.

Obviously, i have a personal association with both ybp & Biketown. Please let me know how you are affiliated with bikesharing. I would appreciate knowing what interest you have in the subject.

@Stephenmgunther: I have no association whatsoever with the city of Portland or any bike share company. I simply write at leisure about transportation for the entire region. As for the content and words used to describe the Yellow Bike, it must be taken from a reliable source and The Oregonian is found to be one. If you can find a credible reference telling of how much Alta's attempt cost the city, please feel free to add it to the article. Having a personal association with the article subject is in direct violation of the site's conflict of interest policy, which I recommend you read thoroughly. SounderBruce 05:11, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Bruce, I don't have the time to engage in wikisquabbling. The edits I made are factual. The original references reflect a corporate or cultural bias.

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Washington State Ferries

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Spokane Transit Authority Plaza

Hello SounderBruce - thanks for looking at Spokane Transit's Plaza page. I noticed the page has been moved to The Plaza (Spokane). I appreciate the edit, however I think the page should be moved back to the official building name of "Spokane Transit Authority Plaza." "The Plaza" is a nickname that it is colloquially and casually referred to (similar to how everyone refers to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as "Sea-Tac", but its Wikipedia page still uses its official name). Yes, STA does sometimes refer to it casually as "The Plaza", however it is not official.

In official documents, Spokane Transit Authority will refer to it by its full name, "STA Plaza" and "Spokane Transit Authority Plaza":

Spokane media also refers to it by its full name, "Spokane Transit Authority Plaza"

Thanks!

Very well, I may have been hasty in moving the page. But I do believe we should use common names especially when the official name is as clunky as that. "STA Plaza" would probably work better. SounderBruce 05:29, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
Yeah, the full name is a mouthful to say, but I wonder if it might be better to have the full name for sorting purposes in category lists (such as Category:Transit centers in the United States), as it would have the word "Spokane" in it. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel might be a good article for precedent where it's page name is the official name, but throughout the article it is then referred to as simply the "bus tunnel" or "DSTT." In this article, maybe the only place it says its full name "Spokane Transit Authority Plaza" is in the title and the lead-in...everywhere else it could be "STA Plaza" or "The Plaza." We could even set up a redirect for STA Plaza to go to Spokane Transit Authority Plaza similar to how Seattle bus tunnel redirects to Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel or Sea-Tac redirects to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Jdubman (talk)
The difference is that the full name for the DSTT is widely used, even more so than the Plaza. As for categories, a simple sort key or piped category would fix it, regardless of title name. SounderBruce 17:38, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
Let's move it to STA Plaza, per your suggestion Jdubman (talk) 02:49, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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ST renamed?

Roosevelt station (Sound Transit)#History says that the RTA was renamed to Sound Transit, but this doesn't seem consistent with Sound Transit, in which ST is essentially the brand name and the official name is still Central Puget Sound RTA. - Brianhe (talk) 11:35, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

@Brianhe: Officially, it is still the Central Puget Sound RTA, but since 1997 they've used "Sound Transit" as their popular name while the RTA is the corporate name. It's similar to how Community Transit is officially the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation, and was known by that name (or the acronym SCPTBA) until adopting their branded name in 1979. I'll amend the article to reflect that it wasn't a total renaming. SounderBruce 23:21, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

South African granite scandal

The South African granite scandal merits mention in a book by Seattle author David B. Williams. I think it was either the book The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist or Stories in Stone. I'll have to go find more detailed references, as I don't have the book any more. - Brianhe (talk) 06:22, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

@Brianhe: Thanks for the heads up, I'll try to track down the books. I think I saw his name cited on a blog post retelling the story of the scandal somewhere. SounderBruce 06:24, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
Sorry I can't give you a better link but this seems to be it: [1]; search inside for "South Africa". - Brianhe (talk) 06:27, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Re: Jet Kiss

Thanks so much for creating this article. I love seeing new articles about public art, especially in the Pacific Northwest! ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:27, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

@Another Believer: You're welcome. It was a bit tricky, given the unfamiliar field, but I think it turned out alright. Hoping to create a few more from the Sound Transit program and earlier bus tunnel pieces (especially Convention Place station, which will be demolished soon). SounderBruce 03:20, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
Fantastic! ---Another Believer (Talk) 04:21, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Introductions

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@Target360YT: I am not anymore. You can remove that name from the list. SounderBruce 05:19, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
@SounderBruce: That's sad... The WikiProject needs more members... Do you know of any ways to promote the WikiProject? 😃 Target360YT 😃 (talk · contribs) 05:27, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
@Target360YT: You might want to read some of the tips at WP:REVIVE. SounderBruce 05:30, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
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Your reversion of my edit to "Jet Kiss"

Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit to Jet Kiss for the reason WP:OVERLINK. However, per that,

Generally, a link should appear only once in an article, but if helpful for readers, a link may be repeated in infoboxes, tables, image captions, footnotes, hatnotes, and at the first occurrence after the lead.

(Second instance of emphasis added.) That's why I linked to The Seattle Times multiple times. Included in that edit were also corrections of capitalization in an article title (per MOS:CT) and the addition of a clear template to keep the portal template from intruding into the "References" section. Would you please be so kind as to consider undoing your reversion?

@DocWatson42: The extra links to The Times were unnecessary. The exception for footnote links would only apply on much longer articles with much longer reference lists.
As for the other part of your edit, it is recommended to keep one style within citations and the majority of other references are in sentence case already; furthermore, The Times uses sentence case in their headlines online and in print. SounderBruce 20:40, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for The Vine (bus rapid transit)

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Congrats

Congratulations on having The Vine appear as a DYK today. - Brianhe (talk) 00:07, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Active traffic management

Bringing Active traffic management to your attention. The section on Washington State looks a little bit rough. It could also be updated wih the Northbound Peak-Use Shoulder Lane Project for which the contract was just let. I'll drop a note if I decide to jump into it myself. - Brianhe (talk) 05:14, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

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Question

Hey, Bruce. Quick question: I added the One Click Archiver feature, but how do I know when it can be used? Seems not all talk pages are OCA-ready. ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:32, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

@Another Believer: OCA only supports pages that use User:MiszaBot/config or {{Archive basics}}. SounderBruce 01:07, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
OK, thanks. ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:47, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Washington gubernatorial election, 1960

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Oops

Sorry I seem to be stepping on your toes on the UW reactor article. I'll wait until tomorrow. Great article by the way! - Brianhe (talk) 06:57, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

@Brianhe: It's fine, I didn't notice until I had accidentally reverted your edits. Feel free to add more corrections, since I'm definitely not an expert in the field of nuclear reactors. SounderBruce 07:01, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Sound Transit 3

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DYK for Roosevelt station (Sound Transit)

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Spring District photo safari

I might go on a photo safari to deepest, darkest Bel-Red in the next few days to check out the future Spring District. Is there anything you would particularly like shot while I'm out there? - Brianhe (talk) 06:11, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

@Brianhe: Other than the usual crane-and-construction shots, I think a few photos of the current, industrial environment would be nice to have. Especially the Amazon Fresh facility (where the bulk of the development will go) and the future Sound Transit railyard site (see here; currently the Audi dealership, a spur rail line and a warehouse). SounderBruce 07:35, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Okay, I'll see if I can find them. Did you notice that Bing and Google Maps already have Spring Blvd? I don't think the actual street signs have been changed yet. - Brianhe (talk) 07:54, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
@Brianhe: There are a few street signs up, including at NE 124th according to a photo I took in March. SounderBruce 07:58, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Dave Somers

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Neighborhood title convention

Whatdo you think of Juanita, Washington? Should it be Juanita, Kirkland Washington per convention used at Ballard, Seattle & other Neighborhoods in Seattle ? - Brianhe (talk) 19:00, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

@Brianhe: I believe it should be moved to Juanita, Kirkland, Washington, much like the Kingsgate article. SounderBruce 01:20, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Othello station

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DYK for Willis Tucker

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A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Article alerts at WikiProject Seattle displays 12 articles nominated for good article status, all of them expanded by you. This is exactly the definition of a tireless contributor, so a barnstar seems appropriate. Keep up the great work, Bruce! --Another Believer (Talk) 23:20, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Cascadia Art Museum

On 27 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cascadia Art Museum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, Washington, is located inside a former Safeway grocery store? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cascadia Art Museum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Cascadia Art Museum), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:01, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Spring District, Bellevue

Hello! Your submission of Spring District, Bellevue at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:49, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for More Hall Annex

On 29 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article More Hall Annex, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Nuclear Reactor Building on the University of Washington campus in Seattle was designed with large glass windows to "proudly showcase" the reactor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/More Hall Annex. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, More Hall Annex), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Spanish and Houston light rail stations

SounderBruce,

Do you know if there are any Wikipedians on the transit projects who know some Spanish? It may be good to have Spanish-language articles established for each Houston METRORail station (Both English and Spanish are used on signs and on announcements) WhisperToMe (talk) 02:34, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

@WhisperToMe: While I don't know of any in the transit project that specifically have Spanish knowledge, you might want to reach out to the authors of other system's Spanish articles. Vrysxy created the Seattle ones, which are quite simple and could be easily copied for the Houston ones without a deep knowledge of Spanish. I could lend a hand when I have free time (very occupied right now with tons of projects in all different states of completion). SounderBruce 03:46, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
Cool! I'll see when I have time to do some (maybe over a weekend!) WhisperToMe (talk) 04:09, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Bruce. Your FLC had comments added to it about a week ago, and it doesn't look like you've responded to them yet. The FLC is approaching four months now, so it is approaching the end one way or another. Please address Mymis' comments and reply back at the FLC ASAP. Giants2008 (Talk) 16:23, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

@Giants2008: Thank you so much for the reminder. For some reason I missed the update on my watchlist. Happy New Year! SounderBruce 01:18, 1 January 2017 (UTC)