User talk:Pi.1415926535/Archive 6

This is an archive of past discussion threads on User talk:Pi.1415926535, from August 2015 (the end of Archive 5) to May 2016. Please don't modify it. If you wish to revive a discussion, please start a new section on my main talk page and link to the discussion here.

Littleton/495, Readville, and Porter GANs

I will review those three GANs once I finish up a batch of GANs I'm reviewing right now. Sportsguy17 (T • C) 17:07, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, that's awesome to hear. After those I'll probably continue nominating some of the better articles I've worked on; MBTA Boat, Ayer (MBTA station), Wickford Junction (MBTA station), CapeFlyer, New London Union Station, Shore Line East, West Haven (Metro-North station), and Spotsylvania (VRE station) (once it opens) are all probably near ready to go.

By the way, I may be reverting or further modifying some of your recent copyedits to the Yawkey article. I understand what you're trying to do with the changes - and some I'll certainly agree with - but some of them awkwardly break up the flow of the text and make it harder to read. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 15:13, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

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Sportsguy17 (T • C) 14:32, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you again Pi, but I haven't received feedback at the FLC in 1+ week. Is there a way to notify the WikiProject that this FLC is happening, because I'd like to be given more feedback (or a simple thumbs up) so that the FLC isn't just archived due to inactivity. advice? Maybe WP:TRAINS... Sportsguy17 (T • C) 02:37, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Notifying WP Trains would be a great idea. There's a stations task force, not sure if it's active though. FLC is very slow; I suspect they'll eventually adopt a quid pro quo system like DYK has. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 14:15, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Daniel Biss

Re: Daniel Biss - I can accept your edits to the article that removed npov issues. Thank you for helping to craft language that was acceptable rather than simply deleting it. KM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.72.94.15 (talk) 15:57, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I try to do my best (though I only rarely work with biographies). I originally deleted the paragraph because the sources first provided did not mention Biss. Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:45, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Yawkey (MBTA station)

Yunshui ^雲_水 14:51, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Littleton/Route 495 (MBTA station)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Littleton/Route 495 (MBTA station) 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 Mattbuck -- Mattbuck (talk) 11:40, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Ah, guess you are aware then! I've completed my initial review. I'm about to go off on holiday, so won't really have time for Wikipedia. I'll be back on Saturday 3rd October, and will be able to respond to anything then. -mattbuck (Talk) 15:20, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Sounds good, and thanks. It may be a few days till I can get to it anyway. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 16:48, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Just an FYI, I'm back in town. -mattbuck (Talk) 07:18, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Excellent, I'll be working on the article soon. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:50, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Pi. I'm just posting to let you know that List of MetroLink (St. Louis) stations – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for November 9. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 20:29, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Another image source

Not directly relevant to your interests, but I've just run across the Everett L. DeGolyer, Jr. Collection of United States Photographs at SMU. There's about 760 available on Flickr but only 6 (that I've found) have been imported to commons. Mackensen (talk) 04:38, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Ooh, those are some nice photos. A shame I don't know too much about the properties. There's one oddball from the NYNH&H that I might have to research. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:42, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Excessive detail in MBTA station articles

Hi. Thank you for your revert at Harvard (MBTA station). Shouldn't the same IP's similar edits to five other station articles get the same treatment? Hertz1888 (talk) 20:37, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Hey, I just reverted those that were bad (and did some other cleanup as well). Pi.1415926535 (talk) 01:12, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

I wanted to leave it up to your judgment and specialized experience. You "done good". Thanks for handling it. Hertz1888 (talk) 01:53, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Readville (MBTA station)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Porter (MBTA station)

The article Porter (MBTA station) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Porter (MBTA station) 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. SuperHero ● 👊 ● ★ 12:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Re: Thompson Square

No. :) Mitch32^{(I can have oodles of charm when I want to.)} 23:25, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks a ton! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:57, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Not a problem. Mitch32^{(I can have oodles of charm when I want to.)} 01:47, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

@Mitchazenia: would you mind grabbing the Union Station one from this day? I've applied for an account but it may be a few weeks. Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 14:55, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

(Talk page stalker) [1] [2]. Regrettably the scan is split down a column; I've reported the issue but some of the words are hard to read. Mackensen (talk) 15:35, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Yoga Yajnavalkya

Thanks for the assessment and suggestion that this article is ready for GA. I have now nominated it on GA.Nvvchar. 14:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Awesome! I don't know enough about the subject to be able to do the GA review, but if you have any technical issues that come up with it I'd be glad to help. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:25, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Green Line (MBTA)

Hello! I noticed you are a regular editor on Green Line (MBTA) - I recently nominated this article for GA status. I wanted to check in and see if you agree that this article would pass muster upon review, or if there is work that could still be done before it would receive GA status. Your comments/expertise is appreciated! Thanks, Garchy (talk) 17:58, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I was just writing on your talk page about this actually. Although the article is lengthy, has lots of references, and has plenty of images available, it's not really ready for GA yet. Every single section needs major work (rewriting, lengthening or shortening, citations, copyedits, etc). The history section needs to be properly split off into a separate article, and some of the physical infrastructure may need to as well. I was planning on doing that eventually - I have access to physical copies of some sources that would make it a lot easier for me to do the bulk of the work - but I don't have the time right now. I'd rather take our time with the article, split the history off properly when I have a block of time to dedicate to that, and go for GA and FA after that. Is that okay?

Some other notes. You can't just add citations with bare urls if you wish to get above start class - you need to use a proper citation template like {{cite web}}. I've converted most sources to templates, but there's still a few broken sources (and a lot of dead links) left. Also, citations should be added at the end of a sentence rather than in the middle; this is consistent with academic style and makes reading a lot easier.

On other articles, please be careful about the images you add. That Westborough picture was not a free-use image eligible for Wikipedia; it is copyrighted by the photographer. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:05, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm fine waiting on GA status, if you'd like to add "hold" or remove the nomination I'm ok with that. For the image, yes, it is on Flickr - it is also my own image, which I am allowing Wikipedia to use under a CC license. Thanks, Garchy (talk) 18:45, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Ah, I was half wondering but I made the wrong assumption. My apologies! In that case could you change the license to CC-BY-SA or CC-BY on flickr? For images that are published outside Commons, either the previous publication needs to have the free license indicated, or you need to provide some other proof that you are in fact the author. I believe you, but that's Commons policy, for better or worse. Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:04, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Sure, that makes complete sense - I'll make the change on the Flickr page, once I figure out how I set that in the first place! Thanks for your comments on the GA status, I'll fill in the bare url's that I added! Garchy (talk) 19:07, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Sounds great! By the way, once you're able to change the license, would you be willing to change some others from your former stations set as well? You've managed to get some photos that I'm unable to replicate either by virtue of inaccessibility or lack of a good camera; I'd love to have them on Commons. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:15, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Sure! Some of them were taken, err, from areas that are supposed to be inaccessible to the public, I may not release those immediately (to avoid any unwanted attention, I had a similar problem when I released a set of photos from Westborough State Hospital), but I'm happy to help where I can. Garchy (talk) 19:23, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

I don't see too many that look particularly problematic in that sense except for the ones of the old Woodland station, and I think the biggest danger about stepping a few feet onto a golf course passed when you didn't get hit by any stray drives. I'll admit to straying a few times myself to get photos for Commons... Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:31, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

@Garchy: have you gotten around to changing the flickr license for the Westborough image? When you're logged in and viewing the photo, you should have the option to change it just below the lower right corner of the image. Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:32, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello! Thanks for following up on this, and sorry for the wait. The Flickr page is managed by myself and two other photographers, together we've added our own images. I've heard from one of them, but not from the other and would like a consensus prior to making the change on the image. While the image is mine we've traditionally made these decisions together. If the change does not happen I have others of the same station that are not currently online, and I would be happy to upload one of those with the correct CC license attributed. If I don't hear from the last photographer by the end of the week I'll remove the image (unless you'd like to do so sooner, which I understand). Thanks for the patience! Garchy (talk) 20:30, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

@Garchy: sorry to bother you, but any updates? Pi.1415926535 (talk) 01:25, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for the wait! I have not received any word from my colleague pertaining to the image - I think to be safe we can remove it, I have other images of the same station on my SD card, so I will upload those separately - those images aren't shared with other authors. Sorry for the confusion with this, I didn't think it would be that much of a hassle on my end. Garchy (talk) 14:49, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

No problem. I've nominated it for deletion. Let me know when you upload the new picture(s)! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 15:21, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

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HazelAB (talk) 19:04, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Framingham Railroad Station

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Review needed

Can you review the article Andheri railway station, which i had worked on and assessed for GA? Thanks. SuperHero ● 👊 ● ★ 09:06, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

I have not done any GA reviews yet, so I may be a little rusty, but I'll do my best. I do see some significant issues that will need fixed - there is no history between 1934 and 2011, no discussion of the station's use for long-distance trains, and one of the images is a copyright violation and also not at Andheri at all. The history is also very disorganized; much of the station layout section should be incorporated under the history section instead. You may wish to fix these issues before I begin a formal GA review. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Mate Pi.1415926535, the history has much to say as it was a part of Salsette Trombay era and i had written my best to nominate it as GA. Secondly, the article was not even in good shape with scheduling as Wikipedia is not a directory or a kiosk. Added much of map and station details to the core with the reliable sources. And as per image, it was originally clicked in 1928 but in site it says 1972 for copyright reasons. Will see to it too. SuperHero ● 👊 ● ★ 05:44, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Government Center (MBTA station)

I'm sure you saw this already, but some cool (early) photos from Government Center: [3]

I did see that! I'm very much looking forward to photographing it (legally!) on the 21st. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:59, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

AEM-7 farewell

In an astonishingly cruel twist of fate I'm actually going to be on the Northeast Corridor, but going the other direction, during the farewell trip. There's nothing I can do about it. Sigh. Mackensen (talk) 22:41, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center

The article Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center 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 AHeneen -- AHeneen (talk) 07:01, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center

H-I read the article about the Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center. I started an article about the Massachusetts state legislator Joseph Scelsi for whom the transportation center was named after. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 01:16, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

That's awesome, thank you so much! I've added a link back to the ITC article. Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:30, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Conductor's Building

On 29 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Conductor's Building, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Conductor's Building was proposed to be turned into "the longest bar in America"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Conductor's Building. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Conductor's Building), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:37, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

wynn boston harbor pics

ping :) User_talk:Earflaps#Wynn_Boston_Harbor Earflaps (talk) 16:20, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center

On 13 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first train station in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a predecessor of the Scelsi ITC, "was never so much admired as during the last half-hour of its existence"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center), 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) 01:57, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't see that you've got one, but whether or not ...

		The Content Creativity Barnstar
		A long-deserved barnstar for your excellent and extensive work on Massachusetts-related rail articles. Ravenswing 06:36, 13 May 2016 (UTC)