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Question

Do you know of a place where I can bring an issue to a wider audience so that I can build consensus to change something? Master&Expert (talk) 11:04, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See reply to my talk page. :) Master&Expert (talk) 02:02, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ravinia Park (Metra)

Hi Catalyst31, since you left the code about the missing image on the talk page, I am updating you that I have put an image of the Ravinia Park Station in the article through Wikicommons. Feel free to improve the caption as you please! Regards, gidonb (talk) 23:53, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You may also take interest in my article on the Stagecoach Trail with image. Best, gidonb (talk) 02:02, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TheCatalyst31, thank you for adding an infobox to the latter article! Regards, gidonb (talk) 14:52, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Finham Park School

The CSD on Finham Park School was not the correct procedure. the article had been vandalised. --triwbe (talk) 19:48, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All Metra Stations finished

Wow, you did articles on all existing Metra stations. Congratualtions. For a while I didn't think anybody was going to do it, which was part of the reason I wrote so many of them. Well, that and the fact that a lot of what I've read about them just blew my mind. ----DanTD (talk) 00:20, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I found a lot of cool stuff on them. What can I say? I also found I had to give them different names, because so many are identical or similar. Harvey (Metra Electric) sounds too much like Harvard (Metra), so I named it as an ME station, rather than it's given name. I had to create different names for a lot of the Metra Electric stations, even those that shared names with non-ME stations(107th Street (Metra Electric) vs. 107th Street - Beverly Hills (Metra), 87th Street (Metra Electric) vs. Woodruff/87th Street (Metra), etc.). I'd really like to find a way to make the UP-N and MD-N routeboxes go to their specific Lake Forest (Metra) stations instead of to the disambiguation page. I see you also wwant to work on some MBTA station articles. Are you leaning towards commuter rail or rapid trnasit stations? Latley, I've been finding some fascinating info on SEPTA stations myself. At this point, however, almost all SEPTA station articles are written, except for some Media-Sharon Hill Line stations, and the one for SEPTA's Philadelphia International Airport station, which redirects to the article on the airport itself. ----DanTD (talk) 16:04, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well done indeed! -- Mackensen (talk) 22:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

9/13/08 DYK

On 13 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 58th (CTA), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your contributions! -- RyRy (talk) 08:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of List of highways numbered 594

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article List of highways numbered 594, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Largo Plazo (talk) 23:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

USRD Newsletter, Issue 6 (FINAL ISSUE)


The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 6 • 8 September 2008 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors	Features Gap appears in freeway New York subproject appears on the Wikipedia Signpost New York State Routes leaves jurisdiction of USRD From the editors—newsletter decommissioned	State and national updates State and national updates
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

—Rschen7754bot (talk) 03:55, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Metra fixes not working for SEPTA

Hi, I tried to examine the fixes you made when you moved the the two Lake Forest (Metra) stations away from the dab page and onto their specific lines. It doesn't seem to be working for the R1 (SEPTA), which I'm trying to move the western terminus from Philadelphia International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport Terminals (SEPTA station). ----DanTD (talk) 03:26, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right now, they're only working for 30th Street Station and Melrose Park (SEPTA station). Everything else leads to the airport, rather than the airport station. ----DanTD (talk) 19:54, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The null edits were working fine until I got to Suburban Station. ----DanTD (talk) 20:04, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, whatever you did seems to have worked. Now I have to struggle with Market East Station and everything east of Market East except Melrose Park. ----DanTD (talk) 20:11, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it was a huge pain in the ass, and I ended up making a few irrelevant edits(some of which I wanted to do, and other I had to settle for), but it worked. Now I hope I can do the same for the two Springfield Road (SEPTA station)s along the two Media-Sharon Hill trolley lines. ----DanTD (talk) 20:38, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

October Baseball WP Newsletter

The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter

Issue III – October 2008

: "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving a baby's life...; she'll save the baby without even considering how many men are on base!"; — Stephen King (The Dark Tower)

News and announcements

The Baseball Project promoted 13 lists to Featured status in August and 8 more in September. Amazing job!
A combined eleven articles were promoted to Good Article status in August and September.

Featured content

In September, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to:
Featured Article status:

Nashville Sounds

Featured List status:

List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers, Nashville Sounds seasons, List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers, New York Yankees seasons

Good Articles of August and September:

All the Way (Eddie Vedder song), Cy Young, Dan Brouthers, Harmon Killebrew, Rickey Henderson, Billy Pierce, Kinston Indians, Three Rivers Stadium, Bill Lange, Calgary Cannons, Hugh Daily, Homer at the Bat

This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Black ngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

News from the diamond

The 2008 opening round playoff matchups with be:
- Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels
- Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
- Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs
- Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Help to keep the articles of the postseason updated

From the Editors

We apologize for not sending out our August newsletter, we have tried to cover some events of the month in this issue.

The playoffs have started! The Dodgers and Phillies have won their respective Division Series and will face off in the NL Championship Series. Both series in the American League have yet to be finished. Show your support for your favorite teams by keeping up with their season pages!

Re: Crazyaboutlost

Hi! I suspect with regard to this "article" that the user posting it may have been mistaken in his actions, thinking to post this, whereas he should have posted it at AN for attention. Would you think best to move the content to the sockpuppet page in case its a legitimate attempt at a report, or speak to the user first? Thor Malmjursson (talk) 02:34, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notification, TheCatalyst31 - I appreciate your making contact. :) Thor Malmjursson (talk) 03:16, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Metropolitana di Napoli

Hi there. I saw you did a C rating on this article for Wikiproject Trains. It is my intention to add more material for this article, and was wondering if you had any suggestions that WPT would like to see in such an article to improve the rating?? My interest in the topic is more from the perspective of improving articles related to Naples, but I would be happy to try and get it to a standard that WPT wants for train related articles. I am still trying to track down more info re current Rolling Stock etc, so any suggestions, or possible locations for further info would be greatly appreciated. Robert Fleming (talk) 18:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Thanks for the feedback. Much of the stuff that you suggest needs polishing is first draft, so I was already thinking of reviewing again once I have more of the sections fleshed out - ie rolling stock etc. I was also aware it would probably need quite a bit more referencing, which I am looking into at the moment. Compared to the coverage this topic had previously though, I think I am moving it in the right direction. If you have any further ideas or comments, it is always appreciated. Robert Fleming (talk) 18:49, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin Highway 57

I read the article with interest, as my grandfather talked about how Interstate 43 was nearly routed one mile away from his place in the 1950s had it been placed in the WIS 57 corridor. Great job on the expansion.

Your information is outdated on the Michigan Street Bridge (redlinked as the Sturgeon Bay Bridge by WP:NRHP). It has been closed down. One day structural problems were found in the old bridge. For a few days, all traffic was banned from it, then all heavy traffic was banned from it (see this image and this report). Police sat at each end of the bridge to enforce a light load limit. It was all over the Green Bay news. A few days after that picture, the third bridge was opened and the Michigan Avenue bridge was closed for repairs. Royal broil 05:44, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I'm sure that sources exist for what I've stated. It's neat to see a highway near me on the main page/DYK when I wasn't the one to do it! Royal broil 21:47, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unwatched

John Reaves 22:14, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your DYK submission of Wisconsin Highway 57

Hello! Your submission of Wisconsin Highway 57 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed. There still are some issues that 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! —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 05:08, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wisconsin Highway 57

On 8 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wisconsin Highway 57, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 11:41, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SEPTA Route 11

I see that you assesed my article on SEPTA Route 11 as a "Start" on the talk page. That's great, but does that mean I should remove the stub template from the article? ----DanTD (talk) 22:55, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Wisconsin Barnstar

		The WikiProject Wisconsin Barnstar
		For your great work with creating articles on smaller Wisconsin communities, I hereby award you the WikiProject Wisconsin Barnstar. Display it with pride! Royal broil 02:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And I want offer also my thanks and congratulations for your work involving the WikiProject Wisconsin.Thank you-RFD (talk) 18:34, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Metra reference replaced

I just found out this morning that the former Metra Railfan Tips website that we've used as a reference for Metra station articles has finally been replaced after the loss of the AOL Hometown website. Perhaps you'd be interested in replacing them. ----DanTD (talk) 15:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quercus alba

Hello! I see you recently moved White oak to Quercus alba. Normally I would applaud such an effort as a wholehearty supporter of WP:NC (flora) and if you look at the history of the page you can see I recently made the same move. Upon discussion with User:SilkTork, I agreed that the page should be maintained at White oak because it meets the exceptions (commercially important) noted in the naming convention. It should remain there at least until there's enough material to split the two articles - one on the botanical information and one on the products made from the species. Thoughts? Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 14:33, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. It's not that it's controversial, more like there was a compromise among the editors who built the convention. And I believe among the Tree of Life wikiprojects, WP:PLANTS is one of the only ones that attempts to maintain most articles at the scientific name (exceptions noted). In fact, the convention was begun in part out of frustration between the controversial capitalization differences: should it be White Oak or white oak? If you have the time, I'd appreciate your thoughts on another discussion we've been having over at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (flora)#Monotypic genera regarding the naming convention. I was planning on summarizing and asking for further input as the discussion seemed scattered and would always appreciate another opinion. Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 19:35, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Assessments

Can you explain what more is needed at Ben Rhydding railway station and Hall/Nimbus Station for them to no longer be WP:STUBs? Thanks. Aboutmovies (talk) 01:23, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry but that is not what a stub is. Not just short, but super short:

A stub is an article containing only a few sentences of text which is too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject, but not so short as to provide no useful information. Sizable articles are usually not considered stubs, even if they lack wikification or copy editing. (emphasis added) from Wikipedia:Stub#Basic information

Or from the assessment matrix that is the standard for assessment and which the trains project uses unaltered:

The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible.

Further, take a look at the stub example from the matrix, Coffee table book from several years ago, and then compare it to Coffee table book in its current start class state. Compare the two train stations above and see which they better compare to, the stub or the start. I'm not saying these are B class or anything as they are certainly missing things, but they are not stubs. Taking another approach with the Hall/Nimbus, compare the article to the B class criteria:

The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary. (passes)
The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. (fails)
The article has a defined structure. (passes)
The article is reasonably well-written. (passes)
The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. (has infobox/navbox, passes)
The article presents its content in an appropriately accessible way. (passes)

So it has 5 of 6 of the B class criteria, which means it is closer to C class than to Stub class. But that's going by the criteria. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:57, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

KJJJZ

Hey, if you're tagging pages for deletion from the New Pages page please click on the "mark as patrolled" link at the bottom right to remove them from the listings. It helps save other patrollers from having to wade through tons of already-tagged pages. Thanks! Ironholds (talk) 19:20, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kostner (CTA Congress Line)

On 27 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kostner (CTA Congress Line), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky 20:36, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Rumors of Metra expansion

I've become as doubtful about the allegedly proposed new Metra stations claimed by 69.47.81.154 as the next person, but this link may give some credibility, that make those edits less of a WP:CRYSTAL violation. ----DanTD (talk) 00:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this would seem to hold a little more water than the rest. ----DanTD (talk) 03:20, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Wisconsin Highway 131

Hello! Your submission of Wisconsin Highway 131 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Mario1987 10:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wisconsin Highway 131

On January 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wisconsin Highway 131, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 18:11, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

USRD-CRWP WikiCup Status

This is just to let you know that you have been eliminated from the USRD-CRWP WikiCup. However, Scott5114 is planning another contest to open within the next few weeks. Also, there is always next year :) Good luck. --Rschen7754 (T C) 08:59, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another contest from USRD!

Hello there! Now that round 1 of the USRD Cup is over, we're starting another USRD participation contest. The USRD Road Trip will involve expanding articles to B-Class in cities throughout the United States. Signups are open and the game will begin on at 0 UTC on February 17. Hope to see you play!—Scott5114 ↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 09:13, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative counter

I noticed on User talk:Interiot that you were experiencing the same problems with the edit counter as I was. I've located another edit counter that you may want to try. Best regards --Eustress (talk) 03:46, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Chicago and Northwestern Depot (Wilmette, Illinois)

On March 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chicago and Northwestern Depot (Wilmette, Illinois), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 05:15, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Murphy

That was weird. Thought I deleted it as a bad redirect. Thanks. Dloh cierekim 21:28, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

thanks for fixing the city in the AHL article, i just realized i was looking at the team offices on their website Warriorshockey1 (talk) 21:49, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

USGS places

Greetings! I see that you have been adding unincorporated towns to templates based on USGS data, which is great. I use USGS data quite a bit myself. My only concern is that some of these places don't actually seem to exist as settlements any more. The USGS tends to retain named populated places in its database for a long time, for obvious reasons -- for one thing, it's hard to define just when a town ceases to exist as a town when it was never incorporated, so I presume they take the safe course and leave things unchanged, and there are so many such towns across the country that they can't be reviewed all that often. But to take one example, in Logan County, Illinois, the USGS lists the community of Evans (Google map), but in practice it's probably not a town any more. It appears to have been on a railroad line that no longer exists, and there isn't much there now. Google Maps and Yahoo Maps don't even show the name, though they both tend to show most of the same names that the USGS lists; but Topoquest does show it. I'm not suggesting a course of action, as it's a tricky subject; I'm simply suggesting that listing everything that the USGS shows for a county may result in former communities being listed along with current ones, though it has the advantage of not requiring any judgment calls. The USGS does sometimes list towns as "historical", but there seems to be a lot of lag on that (again, perhaps understandably). Any thoughts? Omnedon (talk) 02:36, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can see that you've put a lot of thought into this. I suppose that if there is at least one house left at a settlement, that would be an easy criterion for inclusion; and about the only way to be sure beyond that is to visit the place, which isn't practical in most cases. I definitely agree with the idea of making note of settlements even after they have ceased to exist, and I see that in one county (I forget which) you added a section for former settlements to the navigation template. As for places that are subdivisions -- personally, I wouldn't think they'd qualify as unincorporated settlements since they are within a city's limits, nor are they really "former towns". However, if they had separate identities in the past and were consumed by expanding cities, perhaps they could be described in the cities' articles; I wouldn't see them fitting into the navigation template, but that's just my opinion. Thanks for all the work you've done; this is an area that I spend a lot of time with as well. Omnedon (talk) 20:25, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sturgeon Bay Bridge

On June 3, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sturgeon Bay Bridge, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Royal broil 15:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Overlinking

Hi there.

Please could you not Wikilink United States, as you did in Bacons, Delaware.

See Wikipedia:OVERLINK#What_generally_should_not_be_linked.

Keep up the good work adding articles though :-)

Chzz ► 19:12, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please could you Wikilink United States, as you did in Bacons, Delaware. It's part of the location, and is thus highly relevant to the geography article, as much as is linking to units of measurement on units of measurement articles. Nyttend (talk) 22:47, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Iowa

Curious, what's your source for highways, such as at Temple Hill, Iowa? Nyttend (talk) 22:48, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So you'd mention if A River Runs Through It? :-) Nyttend (talk) 00:20, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I watch most Iowa smalltown articles, and I've worked with the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa, so I've run across that river multiple times. It looks nice, but I agree that it would have helped if the name were simpler. Nyttend (talk) 00:51, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oakbrook Mall

I added two related articles to this AfD. Looking at the creator's edit history, we are dealing with clear hoaxery here. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 00:39, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of National Merit
		I award you this for making consistley good edits on American cities.I dream of horses (talk) 00:59, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
		_{this WikiAward was given to TheCatalyst31 by I dream of horses (talk) on 00:59, 4 July 2009 (UTC)}[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for fixing up this dysfunctional article. You deserve... a triple choc WikiCookie! Thanks. I owe you. Rory (reply on my page!) (talk) 12:03, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Triple Threat by Menudo

Can I get you to please look at this dispute and deletion request and see were I am wrong in voting for keeping it up? I need an independent review because I think I am right.

Debate is here

I found these sources?

The page is located here I think it might be better served to be merged with the 1992 VHS release of the product as this seems to be a newer DVD release?

Triple Threat DVD/CD Combo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dymo400 (talk • contribs) 05:45, 6 July 2009 (UTC) --Dymo400 (talk) 05:58, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pulaski (CTA Orange Line)

I would like to inform you that your Good Article Nomination Pulaski (CTA Orange Line) is on hold pending some fixes. Comments are here. Dough4872 (talk) 01:11, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MBTA

hey congrats on finishing up the B- branch stations on the MBTA. I have helped out with that some but just ran out of time and steam a while ago. if you ever need help woth other MBTA articles just ask!--Found5dollar (talk) 13:02, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Los Angeles County Metro Rail stations

Nice work on List of Los Angeles County Metro Rail stations and I strongly encourage you to nominate it at WP:FLC. I would like to see that page listed at WP:FL someday. Good luck!--Crzy cheetah 03:52, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]