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Hi there. Welcome to Wikipedia. When you get a chance, drop us a note at Wikipedia:New user log to introduce yourself.

You should also feel free to drop me a question on my talk page.


Happy editing, JOHN COLLISON | (Ludraman) 00:29, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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Username change

Your request has been fulfilled. Regards — Dan | talk 00:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

US Collaboration of the week

You have voted for Transportation in New York City on WP:USCOTW. It was selected to be this week's winner. You are invited to contribute to improve Transportation in New York City in any way you can. Cmadler 13:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Fixing redirects

Intersting, thanks for the link. Makes me glad that I haven't installed the popup script. Just as a quick FYI, the list I'm working from is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo/Disambig; I mostly stick to the disambig fixes listed in the upper part of the page, but took a look at the redirects listed at the bottom today. Slambo (Speak) 02:29, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Deleting RfDs

Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages. The notices and comments are needed to establish community consensus about the status of an article, and removing them is considered vandalism. If you oppose the deletion of an article, you may comment at the respective page instead. Thank you. --Nlu (talk) 21:36, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Infobox NYCS

Do you object to the deletion of the redirect at Infobox NYCS to template:Infobox NYCS? From your edit summary I think you created the template there and then moved it to the right place, leaving the redirect. Tim | meep in my general direction 11:26, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

FLHS

Thanks. I responded on his talk page, I hope he reads it :) You may want to let him know about the three-revert-rule -- Avi 06:27, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you :) -- Avi 06:45, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Your move of Broadway

I disagree with your move of Broadway to Broadway (disambiguation). A couple of months ago, I spent a lot of time disambiguating Broadway, and I found that by far, the vast majority of links to Broadway (> 80%, would be my guess) needed to be redirected to Broadway theatre. There aren't very many now, since I fixed them all recently. --rogerd 01:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

My point is that (lazy) editors will insert references to Broadway, like "[[Matthew Broderick]] appeared on [[Broadway]] in ''[[The Producers]]''" when clearly they didn't mean to reference the street. I know, I fixed hundreds of these. With your change, it will be very difficult to find these errant edits and point them to the right place. By having them go to a disambiguation page, then it will easier (especially of you use WP:POP) to correct them. With your change, they will go to the NYC street, making it necessary to go through the correct references to the NYC street to find the errant links. --rogerd 03:48, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
OK, thanks for the good give and take on this. I have copied our conversation (both sides) to Talk:Broadway Thanks. --rogerd 04:08, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Irrevelant, but...

I'm from Bed-Stuy. Pacific Coast Highway 23:10, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

For your contributions...

The Original Barnstar
I award you this barnstar thingy for your tireless contributions to imporving articles dealing with the New York City Subway. Pacific Coast Highway 22:26, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and I give up on the whole name convention thing. Truce?

subway colors

User:Flamurai/NYCS colors. I'm too tired to figure out how I'm screwing up the table syntax. – flamurai (t) 07:42, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Bway-7th is there now. Stupid table syntax. – flamurai (t) 08:37, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

June Meetup in New York

Hi, I noticed you are characterized as a New Yorker so perhaps you might be in the NYC area in June. If you are interested we are having a meetup for Wikipedians in June in NYC. Take a peek at this and please tell any other Wikipedians that you think might be interested in participating about this event. Thanks. Alex756 02:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

WRT that image...

If you want to delete Image:Lexington_Ave_51st.jpg, you'll have to suggest so on Wikimedia Commons, where it's hosted. See commons:Image:Lexington_Ave_51st.jpg. 68.39.174.238 02:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Renaming NYC neighborhoods

If you rename a neighborhood, such a Spanish Harlem to Spanish Harlem, Manhattan, could you please also change the link so it does not redirect in Template:Manhattan too? Thanks. --Zimbabweed 14:27, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

F train

It really does ramp down to the express level after Bergen, while the G stays upstairs and right-turns east into Hoyt-Schermerhorn. I improved the article. I also added an article about 4th Av on the IND Culver.--FourthAve 05:29, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Tables in station articles

I've been trawling through the various BMT station articles, both on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line. I fixed some mispositioned images for Manhattan stations (I also listed all the stations in BMT Broadway Line). There are a few missing stations for both, and I'll be tossing together some brief stubs. I'm of the view that articles on the actual line (as with BMT Fourth Avenue Line) should have a section linking to each station on that line, in geographic order, and furthermore, each station article has to have at least one link to the actual line article.

I notice quite a few wonky tables, with superimposed 'coordinates'. I have no idea how to fix them. Your infobox for Bay Ridge-95th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line), however, is immaculate.

It's been a while since I attended to the NYCS articles I created or edited. Mostly, I was the only one working on what was an essentially abandoned project, and got discouraged from the lack of interest.

Has anyone collected a list of missing station articles?--FourthAve 20:52, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Infoboxes etc

Check out 86th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line). Stealing your prototype, by trial and error, I made it work. I tweaked the 77th station too (different format). Right now, as I write, I'm trying to figure out how to do 53rd St, and syntax such as north_express_service = Fourth south express. Right now, I'm concentrating on updating my original 4th Av articles, and finishing up the line, with a look forward into Manhattan.

I have a vision of what station articles should look like. Among other things, they should reflect what's upstairs, i.e., local knowledge being brought to bear. 86th St. has a major shopping street; 59th St has the The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Atlantic-Pacific has the Williamsburgh Bank tower.

The biggest undone project seems to be the Jamaica line. --FourthAve 03:31, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I haven't lived in Brooklyn for years (about 10 in fact). I'm in small-town Iowa now, driving more than I have driven in my whole life, but I remain an absolute subway-nut railfan. My main daytime day-off hobby was railfanning, and not just riding, but also walking the lines; I'm one of the few who remember the old BMT Culver right-of-way, before it was torn down for houses in the mid-80s. I've actually walked the Sea Beach ROW. I woulda walked the Jamaica ROW, but the neighborhoods scared me. I'm best with B'lyn and Manhattan, passable with Queens, almost wholly ignorant of Bronx, but can expatiate on SIR in SI. Most of my articles are done on memory. Waiting for the R at 59th St. in Brooklyn gave me ample opportunity to explore the station. It takes a madman to want to do this.--FourthAve 04:24, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I resolved a simple infobox (I see you went up the Avenue before me). A complex one is DeKalb Avenue (BMT Broadway Line). I don't know how to resolve an express station north or south, while also explaining the local service, back and front. It's also been many years since I was familiar with current NYCS service (I remember the B as the major West End express, with the D being the premier Brighton expres

s). Letters and numbers may change, but the lines remain the same.

Oversized IND station

Aside from this being one of my stations when I lived in Bay Ridge, I recall this being discussed on the now-gone NYCS-org site's talk board. It's the mezzanine (much of it walled up for TA stuff), which is positively IND in scope, suggesting what you see on the G line or 21st-Ely on the Queensborough line. The city did not build the other BMT station mezzanines this way. They may have still been thinking about extending the line to SI at the time it was built. Most IND stations with mezzanines tend to have humongous ones, with the result that the TA has barred off much of them as a security measure. 59th St. is pretty INDish too, but here it more reflects BMT than IND. I've done an infobox for Rector St, replacing one with wonky wiki syntax. I still don't quite understand how the information is picked up by the software, and I'm totally ignorant of where the service messages ("Fourth Far south" for the R, etc) are coming from, or how one accesses a list of them. north or south stations that are express are also very difficult to understand. --FourthAve 22:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Whitehall Street-South Ferry (BMT Broadway Line)

I need to know how to do custom north services. Right now, I'm trying to do Court Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line). I can do the Montague bit. Lawrence Street-MetroTech (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) will be just as difficult, considering that the south station is DeKalb, which definitely needs a cleanup.

I did Whitehall Street-South Ferry (BMT Broadway Line) quite well.--FourthAve 06:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx. I see you did Lawrence Street; this was a hard one that I gave up on. The syntax suggests one is directly coding, and that some things in a 'custom' will have to be manually edited when service changes occur. I can do columns, but tables are difficult to code for. --FourthAve 04:53, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Transfer stations

I don't like the way the articles have been renamed. BMT Broadway Times Square is not IRT Times Square. More pointedly, Brighton Line DeKalb is not 4Av DeKalb. And most certaintly, the three stations of Pacific St/Atlantic Av are not the same stations. These are distinct stations, howeverbeit that they pedestrianly connect. Similarly, Archer Av: its the Jamaica line and a south line of Queensborough: the upper is of that line and the lower is of the other. --FourthAve 05:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Continuing the conversation

The guys who set this project up abandoned it. They left a legacy of strangely named lines. As I recall there's both a BMT Manhattan Bridge line and a IND MB line. Fooey. Most of my subway chats were about the B'way-4th Ave line, and not this vivisected thing. The logic for continuing the BMT Broadway line down to Whitehall is illogical. These legacy names are a pain. But no bother. We are both living with the inconsistencies.

I've been snooping. You and I have each done about 2500 articles (another 1000 of my edits got vaporized when the EB 1911 project expired; the pages the edits linked to no longer exist, and thus they no longer exist). Anyway. This abandoned project needs an Admin: 'YOU! Unless you are one already, I nominate you.

I did some work on City Hall station. The infobox does not link correctly. And custom stations north seem nightmarish; at least three. Considering there is a Manhattan Bridge line involved, it would seem you need a 4th custom station. --FourthAve 05:23, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

more

I screwed up the save to a major response, and now its gone. I read your response, agreed with it. I slavishly followed the IND-Culver and BMT-culver bits, but agree the distinction should be nuked, leaving historic references as appropriate. I'm too tired to write any more.--FourthAve 06:37, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Seventh Avenue station article

Ok, cool, I didn't realize that that was the norm. I Am Ri¢h! 11:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Your comment on my talk page

Larry, I did not appreciate that, that was rude and innappropriate, there are way other ways to express yourself with bursting out in anger. Just letting you know. P.S. If people mostly refer to it as "71st-Continental", then create a redirect page for it, that makes sense right? I Am Ri¢h! 04:29, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for at least showing some sign of maturity and respect by apoligizing to me, I really appreciate it. And trust me, I know that outbursts aren't your thing. I Am Ri¢h! 04:48, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
One last note, um yeah I guess you can keep the articles name, as long a "Forest Hill-71st Avenue" has a redirect there. I Am Ri¢h! 04:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Brighton Line Dates

Larry, I can't go through it exhaustively, but just about every single date for the Brighton Line is wrong. I assume you are getting the dates from nycsubway.org. I have no idea how they settled on the idea that almsot every station on the Brighton mainline opened on the same date. And some specific examples: Ocean Parkway 1907? This opened as an elevated station in 1917. It probably opened on the surface in 1904 when Brighton trains first operated into Culver Depot. Brighton Beach 1907? Brighton Beach opened in 1878 as a surface station, 1917 as an elevated station. -- Cecropia 06:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

There is no one reliable source that I know of. A major problem is that many of the stations opened in pieces because of the rebuildings in 1907-8--i.e., there was track shifting, temporary platforms, new station open in one direction but not the other, and so on. An occasional station had more than one opening, see Dean Street (BMT Franklin Avenue Line). I think at the least, we should remove exact dates from nycsubway.org that we don't know. They are almost certainly wrong. For example, in broad terms, we know the years for both the original and current Brighton Beach and Ocean Parkway. This article has opening dates at Stillwell and we can infer the same dates for Culver and Brighton and West 8th. I think all of the stations from Avenue J to Sheepshead Bay could be accurately listed as 1908 without a specific date. Then we have to scrounge. I think the new stations at Beverley, Cortelyou and Newkirk are all 1907. -- Cecropia 22:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)


Neigbhorhood boundaries

Hi Larry. I've seen your name on several New York articles, so I trust you're a NYC buff as I am. I had a question for you.

Do you know a good official source of neighborhood boundaries? I ask because the Fordham and Bedford Park articles -- I used to live thereabouts -- shows neighborhood boundaries that are, I believe, incorrect. I do believe, for example, that the Fordham boundary does not extend as far north as 196th.--Mantanmoreland 13:13, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, Larry, thanks for writing. Actually I looked at the NY Times article on Bedford Park and they say there that the southern boundary of that neighborhood is 196th-198th Street, which roughly jibes with the article. However, I guess where I take issue is including the Kingsbridge Road area in "Fordham." I hesitate to change, however, without finding a verifiable source saying otherwise.
Incidentally I am impressed with the quality of the NYC articles here, particularly those on the subways. I am far less impressed with the "NYWiki" site, in case you may have seen that. --Mantanmoreland 13:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Norwood-205th Street

Oh, Larry -- something else I wanted to ask. I see that you just changed the wording of the 205th Street station article to indicate that the name of the station is officially 205th Street and "commonly referred to" as Norwood/205th Street.

Indeed when I lived in the area a few years ago "205th Street" was the name of the station. However I see that the official subway map says "Norwood/205th Street." Wouldn't that be the official name?--Mantanmoreland 13:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Well I guess maybe I was just pleased there were any articles at all on the subways! They are good digests, though I agree they do appear lifted from nyc.subways.
I see your point re the signage on 205th Street. Curious how it was changed to 205th Street on the maps a few years ago but nowhere else. I think that I said in the article that the official title of the station changed a few years ago. Since that is not mecessarily true maybe I should revert.--Mantanmoreland 21:31, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


Dyre Avenue line -- Pelham Parkway station

Hi Larry. Well, I actually lived only in the Bx for a short time, while attending college. I did get around a lot, though, but not to that area. I think that Morris Park is to the west of that station. The word "Eastchester" pops into my head. Anyway, let me nose around and see if I can get a better answer for you.--Mantanmoreland 20:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I nosed around a little. Problem is that, by being located on Pelham Parkway, the station is on the boundary of two or possibly three neighborhoods--Morris Park (to the south), Baychester (to the north-east) and I think Williamsbridge (to the north-west). Best thing is to just leave out any neighborhood designation. I am not sure of the boundary of Williamsbridge, but I think it is the neighborhood to the west of Baychester. The northern boundary of Morris Park is Pelham Parkway. Hope this helps.--Mantanmoreland 20:41, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Corrections

I think I would have felt it less obtrusive if you had dropped me a note about my failure to sign a comment on a talk page rather than correcting it yourself. I would have gladly owned up to it. I make mistakes all the time. I'm sure this issue is unimportant in the long run, but at the moment I wanted to let you know how I felt. I'll probably forget about it by tomorrow.D-Rock (Yell at D-Rock) 15:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I feel better now. Thanks. Guess I'm just paranoid. --D-Rock (Yell at D-Rock) 15:49, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Nicolás Vuyovich

Sorry to bother you, but Nicolás Vuyovich was one of the most important race drivers in Argentina. Check the Internet for more stuff. Mxcatania 19:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Franklin Shuttle Dates

For the first three I have dates from research of a now-deceased transit researcher, who was kind enough to share that info several decades ago.. I don't know of a source for this on the web. If you don't feel those dates are dependable, remove them but please don't accept the date from nycsubway.org. It is wrong. As to the final closing, I don't recall where I found it, but it is available on the web, since it is such a recent event. -- Cecropia 23:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I believe all four dates to be correct. -- Cecropia 19:42, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

United States article on featured candidate nominations list

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/United States

Cast your vote! The more responses, the more chances the article will improve and maybe pass the nomination.--Ryz05 t 00:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Borough vs. Boroughs

Are you still planning to merge The Five Boroughs and Borough (New York City)? It's been ok'ed and I could do it, although I would probably merge B(NYC) into T5B, as the latter seems to be a notable term. No strong opinion though. ~ trialsanderrors 18:05, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks but don't worry about it, I'll deal with it myself. I do feel that "Borough" is a more encyclopedic term than "The Five Boroughs," and that's why I'd prefer to do a T5B -> B(NYC) merge. — Larry V (talk) 18:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
OK your call if you take care of it. ~ trialsanderrors 18:33, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't mean to be picky about this, but I recall reading somewhere that Marble Hill is in Bronx County but not in the borough of the Bronx (or vice versa). Should that be mentioned or is it too trivial?--Mantanmoreland 22:41, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Info Box

How do you put in those info boxes for each station?

The Legendary Ranger 21:01, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Redirecting

How do you make an article so that it redirects to another one, such as "18th Street (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line station)" to (18th Street (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line)." This is extremely confusing

The Legendary Ranger 21:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Brighton connection opening dates

August 1, 1920 was the opening date for the Brighton subway connection and also 7th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue stations. The same day the Montague Street Tunnel opened and service began to Queensborough Plaza. I am surprised at some of the date errors at nycsubway.org. You don't need to be an expert to find the 8/1/20 subway openings. And, as you pointed out, the dates and the article contradict each other.

DeKalb opened not as part of the Brighton, but as part of the Broadway-4th Avenue subway on June 19, 1915.[1] Cheers, Cecropia 02:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Infobox

Can you add an infobox for Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street because that station is a very complicated for me to add it in? The Legendary Ranger 11:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

7 train cleanup

Why is there a cleanup tag on the article for the 7 train. I don't see anything wrong with the spelling and grammer. If you do find some problems, please fix it. The Legendary Ranger 11:56, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Q60

Okay, cool. I Am Ri¢h! 23:05, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

57/6

I agree with you for the reasons you cited. 57/6 is 6th Avenue Line. I would count 57th as the beginning of both BMT and IND 63rd Street Lines. I assume the chaining letter changes from "B" to "T" at the north end of 57/6? As to 7th/53rd, the station predates the 6th Avenue Line, but since the 6th Avenue and Queens tracks are fully separate, I would consider it a joint station, like Coney Island-W8, or W4. But that's my opinion.

As a side note, historically the 6th Avenue El started at 53/9 and at 58/6. -- Cecropia 00:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I'll amend my own observation. I can make a good case for Coney Island-W8 being strictly a Brighton Line station, since, even now, but levels are chained BMT "A". But for all intents and purposes, its a joint Brighton-Culver station. - Cecropia 00:06, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

User:I.M. Rich

I guess he has that condition when you have two personalities at once. Or maybe he's that guy on SubChat. Pacific Coast Highway (blah • typa-typa) 22:47, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey chumps, glad to know you have to guts to talk about me to my face, it proves how gay you two are. I Am Ri¢h! 00:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights infobox

There's a major mistake on the infobox for that station that needs to be fixed. I don't know how to fix it because it's too complicated. 24.47.128.197 11:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Broadway-Seventh Avenue express

Thanks for your message. The express configuration on Broadway-7th Avenue north of 96th Street is not only strange, as you noted, but I can't find any evidence that the middle track was ever used for a regular express service. It would be an interesting research project to find out what they had in mind when it was built that way. Marc Shepherd 02:16, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Your 14th St-Union Square edit

I see you reverted Ed g2s's edit to 14th St-Union Square (nested {{NYCS acc}} template). He made the identical edit to at least 16 articles (possibly more— those are just the ones I'm watching).

I must say that it's a pity that the nice structure of Infobox NYCS is disrupted when the next station down the line is accessible. Instead of using the structured parameters, which are so clear and logical, you have to use "north_custom_station," and so forth. The custom format is more error-prone and harder to alter later on. Couldn't a parameter could be added, (e.g., "north_station_acc = yes", so that the structured format could be preserved? Marc Shepherd 02:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

42nd Street Shuttle

Moves done and correct title move protected. The way I did the moves the original history is on the "correct" page and there are only a handful of double-redirects. -- Cecropia 03:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Your user page

I don't know if you know this already, but your user page seems to render improperly in Internet Explorer. The pic of the chimpanzee floats over some of your text, leaving half the page basically hidden. Maybe you don't care, I don't know, but I just thought I'd mention it. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 19:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. I used the same formatting as User:Jimbo Wales. Trouble is, he doesn't have the same problem. I'll see what I can do. Thanks for telling me though. Regards, --Alphachimp talk 21:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Hey. I removed my comment from the NYCT project talk page. I just don't want it to be there. It was a dumb comment and nobody responded to it. I'm not entirely sure what the policy issues are surrounding that, but I would think that I should be allowed to remove something that I wrote that nobody had consequently edited, similar to the db-author tag used for speedy deletion. --Alphachimp talk 03:05, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. Sometimes I don't want things to be somewhere. I don't mean to seem like a jerk =). Regards, --Alphachimp talk 03:21, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for spam removal

A big thanks for removing the lastest real estate spammer's links! Pollinator 23:13, 29 June 2006 (UTC) WP:WPSPAM

Beverley/Cortelyou

From what I've seen, it's accurate. There was a whole thread on SubChat [www.subchat.com] about it maybe a year ago. Finally, someone posted a piece of BMT blueprint demonstrating that Beverley and Cortelyou northbound platforms were 550' from the end of one to the start of the other. I think the closest competitor was Park Place to Chambers Street IRT at something like 650'.

Until 1996(?) the record was Park Place to Franklin Avenue, which was only something like 300'. -- Cecropia 22:41, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Categories

How do you insert them? The Legendary Ranger 12:40, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

207 Street

I have September 10, 1932 for the 8th Avenue Line from 207th to Chambers and Hudson Terminal. No separate date for 207th. -- Cecropia 03:29, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Specifically why I don't have a clue. The article you referred me to doesn't show an author and I don't believe the webmaster vets the individual articles himself. Everything I know shows 207th opening the same time as the rest of the line. The only opening in February 1933 is of the extension to Jay Street on February 1 (some sources say January 31, but I believe 2/1 is correct). -- Cecropia 06:56, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Your suggestions

Thanks for taking the time to write. Just to respond to your comments:

  • I haven't made a practice of editing pages solely for the purpose of changing redirect links. (I was aware of the policy not to do that.) I do sometimes say that in the comment, but I've usually changed other things as well. But once I've opened up a page for whatever reason, I do try to standardize whatever is in there.
  • I don't have a problem with your proposed standard for the station article topic sentences. Frankly, I initially found "<Station> is a station on the the <Line> of the New York City Subway," a little clumsy, and in a way still do, but I am warming up to it.
  • Thanks for the steer on {{NYCS ref...}}. Despite much searching, I wasn't able to see the pattern, perhaps because it hasn't been followed very consistently.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Marc Shepherd (talk • contribs) 12:46, 5 July 2006

Trains WikiProject

I don't know if you noticed that somebody added 155th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line) to WikiProject Trains. There are hundreds of NYC subway articles by now, and I think I've only seen a couple in WikiProject Trains. They probably don't belong there, given that the NYC subway is such a large and specialized subject. In any event, why would somebody just pick a couple of station articles, out of hundreds? However, I defer to you on that question. Marc Shepherd 13:01, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Reflexive links

I see you reverted my use of {{NYCS M}} on the M service page. On my browser, this does not produce a reflexive link. It simply produces a letter M in boldface. The template seems to "know" that it is already on the "M" page. Is this browser-dependent behaviour?

I think it is highly desirable to always user a template to refer to services, as it ensures a common display format, and it also ensures that instances of it will always be easy to find in the event a global change is necessary at some point. Marc Shepherd 17:33, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


NY Metro

It's obvious to me and to you that Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan (of course), and Staten Island are part of the NY Metro area. I just want to make sure that it's obvious to someone not familiar with the borough system of New York (which is not common) or maybe even the geography of the area. I like how you fit the tidbit into the Queens article. If you can think of a better wording for the other 4 articles, feel free to add it. Thanks. Ufwuct 16:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I did figure that people unfamiliar with the area would benefit from the inclusion of a link to New York metropolitan area, but I found that simply saying "<Borough> is part of the New York metropolitan area" gives the impression that it isn't part of New York City. If only it were as easy as Brooklyn and Queens, which were quite conducive to seamless inclusion of the link! I'm sure one of us will come up with an equally seamless way to work it into Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 22:06, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I do see your point. I tried to improve on Bronx and (I think also) Manhattan. Staten Island is the only one where I couldn't yet properly fit in this info. Ufwuct 01:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Jamaica Line chaining

Is railroad north on the Jamaica Line still towards Chambers Street, and south towards Parsons/Archer?

Yes. The only exception I know of is that some time after they through-routed the M onto the Southern Division, they made Metropolitan Avenue the north terminal and Bay Parkway the south terminal but only for operational purposes to avoid the M having two south terminals, but the Myrtle Avenue Line itself still has Metropolitan as railroad south (which was BMT railroad west, which makes the anomoly more understandable. If they've changed the J operationally I don't know about it, and they definitely haven't changed the L. -- Cecropia 04:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Weird Criteria

You removed my edit on Central Park regarding Monaco comparision. However the close Grand Canion comparision stays untouched. What was your criteria? Thank you --HenryS 11:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Nassau Street et alt

Chambers Street/Park Row is the "North Pole," so to speak. Chaining for lines via the Brooklyn (Line "K"), Williamsburgh (Line "J") and Manhattan (Line "H") Bridges start there, and the Nassau Street chaining (Southern Division) ends there (chained backwards from the junction with the Montague Tunnel (Line "B"). "There" is a point just south of Chambers Street station where "J" and (former) "H" chaining ends and "R" chaining begins and the track numbers flip (IOW, track 2 is toward Chambers Street on any line).

Operationally, the only service that was a variant historically was the current J. Broad Street was always (since Broad Street opened in 1931, that is) its north terminal, though it is running railroad south at that point. All other services are north to Chambers except they have now made the M operational north toward Metropolitan for its entire run. I don't know if they made that change for Jamaica as well. Maybe if you ask that question somewhere where T/Os post, like SubChat, you can get a current answer, though it would not affect the railroad directions I described above. I guess some of this info should be in the relevant articles. -- Cecropia 15:50, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Larry V wrote: I posted on SubChat, and someone pointed me to the J schedule, which shows north as Jamaica Center and south as Broad.
Well, then, that's your answer (unless some T/O pops up and says that's to not confuse the public and for the T/Os, it's the opposite, but let's not worry unless someone says so). But Chambers Street is still railroad north. -- Cecropia 18:28, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Station names

You reverted my Station names edits without an intelligent explanation.

Most people use the Wiki for practical purposes, not for academic research or just surfing. (At least I hope so). So if a person sees 57th Street at the table, (s)he whould believe, that this is the full descriptive name and could have some problems with practical usage of the name later.

I strongly believe, that you would create much less problems, if you would not act basing on your arrogant assumption, but ask before. There are a lot beyond our personal understanding: yours, mine and everybody's else.

Thank you --HenryS 14:28, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I reffered to a map, published by subway operator and available at any subway booth as well as online on the official operator's site You wrote in response:

The Map is not the end-all/be-all for station names. The Map may say 57th Street/7th Avenue. Elsewhere, I have seen the station as Midtown–57th Street/7th Avenue. The station itself maintains signage saying simply "57th Street". I am inclined to stick with the station signage, because the fact that it has not been changed indicates that the MTA is not particularly serious about renaming it to 57th/7th, or anything else for that matter. As for Mr. Kalikow… being the chairman of the MTA doesn't make him an authority on anything. Just because he signs the Map doesn't mean that he designed it or decided on the names. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 19:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

You did not privide verifiable sources, just your speculations regarding alleged MTA policy, Mr. Kalikow's role and your personal experience. You may be absolutely right, but it goes against the nutshell of Wikipedia policy: Verifiability

Facts, viewpoints, theories, and arguments may only be included in articles if they have already been published by reliable and reputable sources. Articles should cite these sources whenever possible. Any unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

From pragmatic point of view the official name 57 St-7 Av is more informative than yours: just 57 Street.
So, the edits you made violate rules and common sense. I do not see any rational reason for that. Please clairify.

Thank you --HenryS 12:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


Well. You wrote:

The MTA is highly inconsistent in the way it refers to its stations; it's a big leap to say that "57 St-7 Av" is the official name. As for sources: The line maps in the four published BMT Broadway Line schedules (N (122 KB), Q (161 KB), R (190 KB), W (100 KB), all PDF) refer to "57th Street", with "Seventh Avenue" given as a cross-street only. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 14:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I checked the maps you provided. The Q map has download problems as of this time. The R map names the station - 57th St/7th Av (page 3). The name, which they use at they general map.

So, you are wrong again.

BTW, what is your point? Do you want to demonstrate everybody on examples, what a usless edit war means?

Again: The offical name is more informative than yours.--HenryS 15:30, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Answer #4

You (--Larry V (talk | contribs) 16:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC)) wrote:

I don't see the reference on the R schedule. I don't see any mention of 57th Street on page 3 at all. The strip map on page 2 says "57th Street" with "7 Av" as the cross-street.

Answer:
Sorry, my minor mistake: Actually N page is not readable. Q page - names 57 St/7 Ave at page 3, as well as W does.


You wrote:

This is not an edit war. I am avoiding an edit war by attempting to have a discussion with you. What you are doing is providing an example how to be an uncivil editor.

Answer:
Wrong. That was me who stopped the edit war, and switched to discussion only. That was you, who started it and continued. I am trying to show you documents and rules, while you just express your personal opinion.


You wrote:

My point is that there is no official name. And how informative do you want to be? You could theoretically add cross-streets to every single station listing, but what good would that do?

Answer:
Wrong. There was no official/non-official discussion. The discussion was that 57 St / 7 Av is

  • nonambiguous
  • well documented

While the name 57 Street is

  • ambiguous and so confusing
  • undocumented and expresses your personal POV

Again, please explain, what is the rational reason to keep the wrong (from all points of view) name 57 Street vs. right (from all points of view) name 57 St/7 Ave? Am I clear enough? --HenryS 17:30, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to barge in on this discussion, but I have to agree with Henry on this one. We definitely need some disambiguation on station names, especially when they're important ones, such as key chaining locations, terminals and major stations. Remember that Wikipedia does not just "preach to the choir." Almost by definition, encyclopedia are not for those fully knowledgeable in a subject. "57th Street" may be on signs and timetables, but in addition to 57th Street-7th Avenue there is also 57th Street-6th Avenue, which is a division point and former terminal. Also, the bland use of numbered streets is problematic because you will find similar street numbers in Brooklyn and Queens. I was looking at the new IND table and saw that the south end of the IND B line was "West 8th Street." I went, "Huh? Did he mean West 4th Street." Then I moused over and saw you meant "West 8th Street" in Coney Island. Also, the official name of that station isn't "West 8th Street" (it never was), it is now "West 8th Street-New York Aquarium." We show the northern terminal of BMT O as "Franklin/Fulton" but that is not the station name. It is still "Franklin Avenue."
However, my point is that it is almost never bad in an encyclopedia to give more info, not less. If you don't want to have 57th Street/7th Avenue inside the link, then we have other choices. We can have the full station descriptor: 57th Street (BMT Broadway Line) or we can have the disambiguating location in parens outside the link: 57th Street (7th Avenue). -- Cecropia 18:21, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Conclusion

I am happy, that the the common sense wins and suggest that the case is closed. Thank you--HenryS 14:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

DeKalb Avenue

In your edit to DeKalb Avenue, the result was that only the Q service is shown going over the Manhattan Bridge south side. In fact, the daytime and early evening pattern is that both the N and Q go over the bridge. The N is routed through the tunnel only late nights. I therefore reverted.

In addition, I have not found it anywhere documented that nested templates are to be avoided. I'm sure you have a reason, but none of the help pages I've found have any such warning. Marc Shepherd 03:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't know if you meant to leave a note on my user talk page, but there isn't any. I don't want to get into a revert war, but the service you are showing over the Manhattan Bridge is incorrect. See timetable.
What is especially ironic is that you defended showing 2 and 5 trains on the far end of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, which is not documented in the timetable (discussion here, but have now twice undone a correct edit at DeKalb Avenue. Marc Shepherd 12:39, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. In fact, the timetable shows that there are about 7-8 N trains per day in each direction that go over the Manhattan Bridge, and stop at DeKalb avenue.
Although I think User:Mangoe's proposal, Wikipedia is not a timetable, is not very well thought out, he does make one very valid point, when he says:
Timetable information such as station stops must of necessity proceed from the railroad or other operating authority. Wikipedia's information can never be better on this than the actual timetables, and will be worse every time the timetables change.
This is an example of it. I guess what the subway project needs to decide is: Are we showing every stop that a service might sometimes make? Or, are we showing the "usual" stops? If the former, then the N should appear at DeKalb Avenue. If the latter, then the 2 and 5 should not be shown on Eastern Parkway stops beyond Franklin Avenue, since no such stops are shown in the timetable. Marc Shepherd 13:05, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Southbound, there are five such trips between 6-7am and three between 5:30 and 6:04pm. Northbound, there is one such trip in the morning and six between 10-11pm. Marc Shepherd 13:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Chaining Ties

You write: I know that BMT N chaining zero was Park Row, but did N chaining actually begin there? (That is, was there N chaining across the Brooklyn Bridge, or did N start at Myrtle/Hudson at some non-zero number?)

OK, now we introduce "Chaining tie-points." When one line intersects or changes into another, one of four things happens.

  1. A new zero is established for all lines: example—57th Street and 7th Avenue—Line A and both Gs zero there.
  2. A new zero is established for one or more lines, but other lines continue their chaining: example—Junction of former BMT K and BMT P lines west of Sutter Avenue station—BMT K continued up Pitkin Avenue with chaining from Park Row, but a new zero was established for the Canarsie Line from there to the Canarsie Shore.
  3. The chaining ties at that point for a new line. This is the most common example. This means that the chaining of the tied line follows the line it ties to to that line's chaining zero. (This may be daisy-chained, as I will show you shortly). This is the most common sitution, at least on the BMT and IND (the IRT has so many chaining zeroes (IMO, of course) it's hard to remember which is which. Example—The BMT Line N has its chaining zero at Park Row, it ties to Line M at Navy and Hudson. Line M, in turn, ties to Line K at the Adams Street Cut. Line K then continues merrily to its chaining zero at Park Row. Translation: Line N chaining is measured from Park Row via Line K to the Adams Street Cut, then via Line M to Myrtle and Hudson, then onto Line N. A signal 100 feet east of Myrtle and Hudson on either Line M or Line N would have the same chaining station number.
  4. The fourth example is that one or more lines simply stub ends its chaining. Example: Line O at Prospect Park ends its chaining there. From that point, Line A chaining just continues from 57th Street.

Clear? -- Cecropia 03:30, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Edits to IRT Lexington Avenue Line

I agree with your revert. Someone made nearly identical edits to Second Avenue Subway. However, I went in and added a ref for the Washington Subway comment (it was entirely correct, although not cited), and removed the comment about people being dragged by moving trains. Marc Shepherd 02:24, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Piccy

I guess this means "keep going". I'll upload more. Pacific Coast Highway (blah • lol, internet) 02:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

D train Fall 2006

Larry,

I saw you removed that statement on the fall service change. I totally agree although a service change like that would not surprise me (knowing the MTA).

It made one of the subway bulletin boards and now has people checking all over. If I hear of anything more concrete (before you do) I will update the article.

--Allan 16:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I know. I wonder if that rumor that the C gets nixed in the next pick, is still alive? Pacific Coast Highway (blah • lol, internet) 17:14, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


I haven't heard that one recently but I am sure that rumor is still out there somewhere.

--Allan 19:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Reverting edits

How do you revert edits, especially when it comes to vandalism? The Legendary Ranger 20:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, is there an easy way to do it, for people like me who are not super wiki-savvy? -- Ssilvers 00:12, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Try Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. Pacific Coast Highway (blah • lol, internet) 00:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! --Ssilvers 02:47, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

F-V

I have split the former F-V (New York City Subway service) into two pages, F (New York City Subway service) and V (New York City Subway service). I also added (on the "V" page) a section on the controversy that attended the opening of the V. The original page is now a disambiguation page. Pages that "hard-linked" to F-V (New York City Subway service) will need to be revised, which I will get started on. I have, however, revised {{NYCS F}}, {{NYCS V}}, and {{NYCS navbox}} appropriately. Marc Shepherd 21:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Working Man's Barnstar

Many thanks...and also for noticing my U-M Wolverine heritage. The NYCS is such a large subject, editing could be a full-time job. BTW, I'll be taking a Wikiholiday from roughly tomorrow evening until July 27th. Marc Shepherd 11:01, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Canal St

I got your message as I was typing this one. It didn't appear to me that that reference had much influence on the article — I assumed it was just someone linking whatever they knew of that mentioned "Canal Street" (people will do that sometimes). But if you did it yourself, then obviously you would know. Marc Shepherd 21:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Heading

Right. I knew that and totally forgot it. Thanks. Alphachimp talk 14:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

NY Subway

For your information, I dropped a note at WP:AN/I about this. Gimmetrow 17:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I submitted a 3RR report: anon has done 5 100% reversions on that page, plus one with a small edit. That should earn at least a short block. You might want to be careful about 3RR yourself - "vandalism" is interpreted pretty strictly and someone who didn't know the context could view this as a content dispute. Gimmetrow 18:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

3RR

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert a single page more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you.

I really respect you as an editor man, but you violated 3RR on the R40 article (you had 4 reverts). If I were you, I'd stop at 3 reverts. Anyway, I'm just warning you. Admins usually don't block you until you've received the warning, so you should be in the clear. Regards, αChimp laudare 18:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I see your point, but at face value it seems more like a content dispute. I'd just be really cautious if I were you. αChimp laudare 19:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah. Good call. His edits are complete crap, but lets just follow the standard warning sequence (t1,t2,t3,t4) or (3RR)... A report to WP:AIV usually gets a pretty fast response. I'm surprised no one has come by and blocked him yet. αChimp laudare 19:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Good deal. I missed that. αChimp laudare 20:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Subway Photo

I don't mean to appear confrontational, but I really don't understand why you removed the photo from Avenue H (BMT Brighton Line). True, it was not unique or particularly descriptive of the article, but I'd think that any photo is better than no photo. Perhaps we should suggest to the user that he takes a more descriptive picture and uploads it in place, but, in the meantime, I personally feel the best move is to leave it there. Photos (particularly on NYCT property) take effort to get, even if they suck, and I hate to see any effort go to waste.

That's just my $.02. αChimp laudare 23:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Bus Template

I think you're right about renaming it. I'm just wondering whether its feasible. Obviously, I could just bot away the problem, but we'd have yet another pointless edit of mine on top of the articles. Tentatively, we could always just move the template to NYC Bus, and then allow the transclusions to redirect.

By the way, do you think my new sig is a good idea...or is it impossible to understand? αChimp laudare 05:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I moved the template to Template:NYC simplebus. You might wanna change yours too, if you haven't. Regards, αChimp laudare 04:59, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

over link

You said "don't over link"?

What do you mean by over link? I looked in help but in vain.

Thanks,

Szhaider 06:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

R40/R40A on the Q

Hi, Larry,

R40/R40A did run on the Q during weekends, but very rarely. I recently saw a picture of R40 Q train two weeks ago. According to the nycsubway.org R40 photos, it did happen on December 11, 2005 and July 2, 2006. That's why I stated 'sometimes.'

--Chaohwa 20:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

That's good enough for me. --Chaohwa 21:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

World Trade Center

I would not object renaming World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line) to Chambers Street-World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line).

I do feel, however, that the name in the infobox, the name of the article, and the subject of the opening sentence of the article, should be identical. If we think "Chamber Street–World Trade Center" is the official name, then let's make it so in all of the places where we formally refer to it.

Another possibility is merging Chambers Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) and World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line) into a single article. They were built at the same time by the same company, opened on the same date, are part of the same line, and are inter-connected. Marc Shepherd 17:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I like the suggestion of merging the two.. A draft of the merged articles is at User:Marc Shepherd/Sandbox. Would you mind taking a look at it before I update the main namespace? Marc Shepherd 16:55, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

42nd Street-Grand Central

FYI, although nobody supported the idea of renaming this station to Grand Central-42nd Street, and both you and I opposed it, imdanumber1 went ahead and renamed it anyway. Marc Shepherd 21:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

There is enough proof to go around! Look under Crand Central under Wikiproject: New York City Subway. --imdanumber1 02:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

NYCS A

If you get a chance, please vote on Template:NYCS A, which admin Cyde has proposed for deletion. Marc Shepherd 17:32, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

What's Going On

Why does most of the subway service have these weird templates that they are being deleted. Is there a way we can get rid of those messages because they really screwup the article and I can read them? The Legendary Ranger 22:00, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Larry,

I never really did thank you for putting that little proposal I had into an infobox. I'm pretty bad at them in fact. It's been a year I guess since you made it, and I think that the infobox has turned out great. I haven't been working on NYCS articles in a while; only recently did I start editing them again. Cheers! Geoking66 03:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Precongrats!

Larry, I won't be around when your RfA closes tomorrow. I just wanted to take the opportunity to congratulate you on your successful RfA and to encourage you to use the tools wisely. Obviously, with great power comes great responsibility, so be careful what you delete, careful what you protect/unprotect, and careful who you block. I really can't emphasize that enough. Admins can really screw up this site if they screw up. Try to stick with noncontroversial actions at first. If you're interested, my monobook has some pretty cool tools to help. I'm always here to answer any questions you might have.

Again, congrats.

alphaChimp laudare 18:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Wise advice from a sysop of three days' experience hehe... - CrazyRussian talk/email 03:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I hope that your RfA turns out well, and according to it, it already seems a success! I myself will be proud to help you out in any way possible, as well as everyone else at WP:NYCS. I, as your nominator, hope that you use the tools wisely, and you can always request help from me or anyone else at WP:NYCS. Tomorrow will be your big day, and I hope for the best. --imdanumber1 18:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations

You're now an admin. Use the new tools for good, and use them conservatively, especially at first. Re-read the relevant policy before taking action, and as you get comfortable dig in and help out with the backlogs. Have fun, congrats again, and archive your talk page, it's huge! :) - Taxman Talk

Congratulations!!!

Congrats on becoming an admin.I'm sure you'll be great as an admin. SOADLuver 03:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Mazel tov. Now please go and delete and the IRT and the BMT. I never understood why we needed those outdated abbreviations - as if there's not enough letters in the subway system already?! Oh, and archive your talk page, please. - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Seconded. I'm the only standard user left now. So lonely... Pacific Coast Highway (blah • Snakes on a Plane) 04:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
You're not alone, PCH. I am still a regular editor. But congrats to Larry V!!! --imdanumber1 13:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Subway vandal

I noticed this discussion, and I made a page documenting the vandalism here. Gimmetrow 02:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

CONGRATS!

W00T! YOU'RE AN ADMIN!!! Wow, this is seriously unbelievable. I was actually kind of anxious checking your status, lol. ::breath of pride:: Larry's an admin! Too bad you had to go off to college AFTER becoming an admin, but I'll get over it. Maybe this will inspire me to make more contirbutions... but probably not, lol. Perhaps I'll start contributing in Chinese (cough, in 4 years at least, lol)., Anywaysssssssssssssssssss congrats again homie! THis is seriously an awesome accomplishment. Now, you must stem the spread of stupidity on the internet and your purpose shall be fulfilled (which means you will never not have a purpose, lol) Tty soon!!! --Zouf 03:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats X1000000!!!

Have a cookie!
Have a cookie!

Hey larry, I just want to drop a note and say congratulations that you're an admin now, along with a plate of cookies. (Cyber, though! Hahahahaha!) I, of course, an not an admin (yet), but others, like alphaChimp and Cecropia, could help you if necessary, and non-admins, like myself and Marc, will help as well. Now I bet our WikiProject on the NYCS will be twice a sbetter now that we have a new admin on the team. Just let us know if you need our help. Again, congrats! --imdanumber1 13:10, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Subway project suggestion

Check out Template:Station paris metro as used, e.g., at Père Lachaise Cemetery. We should have that for NY. Perhaps one that would display the line signs as well. Like, in the Times Square article, we would say, "Take 123ABCDEFNQRV to Times Square", or something :) :) What do you think? - CrazyRussian talk/email 22:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Michael Hertz Associates

Hi, Larry - About three weeks ago, I received an email from Mike Hertz (User:Michael Hertz), who has designed the NYC subway maps since 1979 and also founded a firm that does transit maps. He contacted me via email because he saw a tag I placed on an article in the main article space to which he was trying to link his user page. It took me a couple of exchanges before I figured out what he actually wanted to do, which was to create an article about himself. (He thought that creating his user page was creating the article, and after I figured that out it was smooth sailing.)

After reviewing his material and the URL he gave me, I felt that an article on his firm would certainly be encyclopedic, but an article on him as an individual might not meet the notability threshold. So, I explained the difference between a user page and an article, and the difference between an entry on him (which would put personal detail online) and an entry on his firm (which would not). He agreed that the content should be about his firm. This is the page to which he sent me; it has some info about his work and his firm (scroll down to Hertz, Michael). I'm sure he has loads of other material to use as sources, too.

So, to why I'm here at your talk page: I've created and written articles about finance, navy admirals, music, small English villages, insects with names I can't pronounce, and even Nepalese medical schools, so I'm not shy or reluctant about creating and writing entries on subjects with which I'm not familiar. However, after I saw your RfA, in which you said you're proud of your work on WikiProject New York City Subway, I'm convinced that someone who loves it (you) would probably write a much better article on this subject than, say, someone who has never been to New York (me).

I'm not sure what other work the firm has done, but this map certainly seems notable if not famous. Would you mind contacting him and working with him on this article? I just don't know enough about the subway system or transit maps to do justice to the subject - I don't know what's relevant and what isn't. OTOH, someone with your obsession (you said "obsession" in your RfA, not me ;-)) and familiarity with the system would do a great job. I have this feeling that you would enjoy this experience and would write a better article than I would. If you feel he should have an individual entry too or instead, by all means go with it - that's why I'm punting this one to you. I just don't know the subject well enough.

If you don't want to write it, just tell me and I'll do my best. I honestly believe that an editor who knows something about the subway other than, you know, having seen it on TV, should do this one. Mike seems like a very pleasant fellow, and he can be reached through the 'email user' link. Let me know at your convenience. Thanks, and congrats on your RfA! Baseball,Baby! balls•strikes 07:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)