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[edit] Metro rail + Metrolink combined map?

Ricky, I see you have created maps for both systems. Have you given any thought to creating a combined map, at least for the Metro service area? I haven't been able to find any maps that show the two systems together, and it would be really helpful to have one (as well as perhaps persuade LACMTA and Metrolink to combine their official maps.) Thanks!

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[edit] Your edits to Civic Center (LACMTA Station)

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[edit] Navigational boxes

Honestly, since they just switched to a new system for the boxes, I couldn't help you out with that. Try asking the people at WP:Trains. They might be able to help. Pacific Coast Highway {Ho! Ho! Ho! • My Presents!} 00:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "fixing" redirects

hey there, I notice you recently did some mass "fixing" of redirects, but this is actually bad. the only redirects that ever need fixing are those that lead to WP:2R. take a look at Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken. thanks! —lensovet–talk – 01:58, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

right, my bad (though I don't think it's that necessary to make the change for the name in general, but that's beside the point). your edit summary was a bit misleading, and that's what threw me off. sorry! —lensovet–talk – 02:30, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
For the maps of the LACMTA lines. They look much better than the original LACMTA ones! Hbdragon88 22:13, 31 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Repairs to Image:System Map.png

Nice job with the graphics for the LACMTA. Like Hbdragon88 said, it looks GREAT! Request/recommendation though... could you correct the spelling of Anaheim and Aviation and reload the graphic? Thanks and keep up the great work! Hebron 04:39, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Stations

Just wanted to drop a note and say what a great job you did with the infobox at Union Station (Los Angeles). Mackensen (talk) 13:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Promo?

You stated that Image:Civic Center Station.jpg is a promo. Is there a link somewhewre to prove this? WAs it in one of those "Red Line Destinations and Shops" guides or something? I dunno, it never struck me as a promo, because the image is small and it isn't that great of one anyway - an image of a person's back? If that's promotoinal... Hbdragon88 09:48, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Logos

I acutally think that logos are the copyright of the organization that holds them. I don't think these can be released into the public domain unless the organization explicitly releases them... Hbdragon88 06:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metro Rail Map

Your new map of the Metro Rail/Metro Transitways system is great! However, there are a couple stations missing from the Red Line in Hollywood. Can you make these corrections (and any that I missed) and reupload? Thanks. --SameerKhan 07:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Looks good to me! Thanks for fixing that. One other thing - does the Harbor Transitway really go all the way to Union Station? The 12-minute map only shows it going to Metro Center. I've never ridden it, and I'm too lazy to check metro.net, so I'm probably mistaken. --SameerKhan 07:56, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I guess if we wanted to be really accurate about the transitway, it should only be shown between 37th St and the Artesia Transit Center. Metro shows it continuing to 7th/Metro, but that's probably just so that people don't think these buses all just stop at 37th and never make it downtown. Then again, as you said, why stop at 7th/Metro? Some of the buses continue to Union Station. But then again, why stop with Union Station either? The buses go in all sorts of directions. It's hard to know where to draw the line. I would lean towards sticking with what Metro says on their Transitways map. --SameerKhan 02:22, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Are you kidding me? These drawings are horrible! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.9.33.203 (talk • contribs) 23:44, 4 April 2007

I was wondering if you could upload Muni Metro route map to Wikimedia Commons so that the other language version can refer to it. --84.9.49.122 10:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response to your message

Thanks for your concern. Metro Orange Line is the official name. --Threeonezero 1510 hours, 030307

[edit] Santa Clarita Transit

My source is that I talked to a staff member at the City of Santa Clarita who verified the information. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.80.43.248 (talk) 20:57, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Santa Clarita Transit

Thanks for the advice. I signed up under a user name. The info was relayed over the phone. The City will be releasing a RFP for painting new buses and a list of vehicles and bus numbers will be listed when its out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Simrox9 (talk • contribs) 22:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Your revert

Ah, you probably just have a browser with a broken font that doesn't cover all of unicode. If you install a more complete font (dejavu is one free example) you won't have any problems. :) --Gmaxwell 06:39, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Color formatting

Color formatting has been tried before, and was done via use of templates. Those were unanimously deleted here in 2005. Doing it through direct formatting isn't any better. hbdragon88 05:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Hm, wrong discussion I read. Color blindness is an issue here - it's appropriateness and necessity. I argue they perhaps might have a necessity in the main LACMTA article (once), but not for a template. hbdragon88 05:07, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Metro Liner

Thanks for clarifying the full situation. hbdragon88 23:30, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Silver Streak in line infoboxes

The reason why I put in "Foothill Transit:" is because I don't think anyone outside of the L.A. area would know that the Silver Streak is not a Metro service unless they clicked on the link to take them to the article (or find out by other means). The same situation could apply to, for example, the Big Blue Bus and the Rapid 3. I understand that probably 90% of the visitors to those articles live around here, but I'd rather cater to the 10% who don't, just in case. -Rcstampede 14:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gold Line extension

I was wondering if you could put your awesome art skills to work in drawing a free version of Image:Goldlinefoothillext.gif. hbdragon88 00:41, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Very cool. I like it a lot. hbdragon88 00:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metro Express

THANK YOU for cleaning up the Metro Express article. I was getting really annoyed at how bloated the article became due to a couple of users making mindless edits. I appreciate you taking the time to heavily modify that article. Let's hope someone doesn't revert the edit. Rcstampede 16:25, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Muni Metro map

Just a note, but on the map, "Dubocoe" is a misspelling. The correct spelling is "Duboce" (i.e. "Duboce and Church" and "Duboce and Noe"). —Kurykh 17:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metro Rail map

Hi there. Sorry about the deletion. I had left a comment on the talk page back in February and no one answered it. It was regarding the unofficial extensions on the map. The new map looks great though! Thanks. --SameerKhan 07:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expo Phase 2

Neither Expo Phase 1 nor Expo Phase 2 currently exist. So what is your point of making a standardized Metro map for the Expo Line? The line won't go into operation until 2009 or later -- two or three years from now.

Look at the Gold Line page. Phase 2 and even Phase 3 (2B) information is listed under the station list. And the Gold Line Phase 2+ has much smaller chance of getting built in the near future. It's not even in the Metro plans. But, all the Metro board thinks that Expo Phase 2 will start to be built before Phase 1 is finished. So what's your point again?

Wikipedia is a place where people go to get information. Keep this in mind. No need to obsess with stuff like using "official Metro" station names etc. You were insisting on using 23rd Street instead of 23rd/Flower. How are the readers going to make sense out of such information? Remember that you are not editing a Metro timetable brochure but an encyclopedia. And even some of the so-called official stations are hardly official. For example chances are rather high that the temporary Washington/National (your official) station will be moved to the permanent Venice/Robertson by the time construction reaches there. This information comes from the Expo people. You can't just get information by sitting and browsing the Metro and buildexpo pages. If that is the case, why even bother? People can go to Metro and buildexpo pages directly and get first-hand information and professionally drawn maps. Wikipedia is not just a summary of the Metro and buildexpo pages but a broad view.

I appreciate your contributions. But if you want to improve the article, try adding information to it, rather than deleting. Feel free to add the three proposed stations on the Venice/Sepulveda route if you like (Overland, Sepulveda, National).

In less than a year, the route will be decided. Stations won't even be finalized by then. In the mean time, we will keep the information updated along the way.

Esirgen 20:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

The difference between the Expo Line and the other lines is that the Expo Line does not exist. No need to bother with official station names and official-looking maps for at least another year. For a planned line, it is quite natural for the article be different in style than an operational line.

By the way why do you bother drawing these maps anyway; why don't you post actual Metro maps (with permission if necessary)? They are much better drawn. See, e.g., the map on the Metro Blue Line timetable [1]. Far superior to what you have drawn. Cross streets are shown as well; therefore, even if they say Pico, people can see that it is Pico/Flower. In the maps you have drawn and the station tables you have edited, people have no idea what you are talking about. It is as if you are only doing these edits for your personal satisfaction. Sorry for being harsh, but that's basically what it comes to.

Since the Gold Line posts Phase 2 stations, the Expo Line needs to post them as well. The reason I have only included the ROW stations on the main table is because since they are going for federal funding, this is the most likely route since it is the most cost-effective (cheapest). The other stations were listed in the diversion section. Feel free to extend the table to include other stations, but it would probably make it look confusing.

I am not a Metro insider. I get my information from going to actual meetings and meeting actual people. If anyone is interested in getting more information, this is how it is done.

Esirgen 16:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

You can contact Metro and ask for permission for Wikipedia. They might be much more helpful than you think.

Of course I don't mind other people editing the Expo Line article. This is extremely important. In fact many other people have contributed to the article. What I find unacceptable is people deleting useful information and carelessly messing with the figures. Then there are also the Neighbors for Smart Rail folks, who ruthlessly oppose the line through their neighborhood, and who have been conspiring to hire their own Wikipedia editors for the Expo Line (I know this fact from an insider who attended their private meeting).

Why don't you wait until the route and stations are decided so that you could draw a full Expo system map, including Phase 2? It is hardly necessary to have a system map before the Expo Line becomes part of the system -- more than two years from now. The line is not even listed under Metro Rail but planned Metro Rail (your edit I assume). The Gold Line lists its Phase 2 stations, so should the Expo Line. With both the Gold and Expo Lines aiming hard for federal funding, it's the task of transit enthusiasts like you and me to provide comprehensive and elegant, and accurate of course, articles for both lines so that they reflect the public support behind them. I think the Expo Line covers all proposed Phase 2 alternatives and station options the way it is currently written.

Esirgen 20:21, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] S Shuttle

Given my limited knowledge on how to use the rail templates (I copied-and-pasted the S left-side template from the old J one), I really don't know how to add "rush hours only" to the template. —Kurykh 21:28, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

May I ask, what do you use to draw your maps? —Kurykh 03:18, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Chapman University Edits

Your recent condensation of the numerous sections related to Sigma Alpha Mu on Chapman University's page is appreciated. However, these headings and the FERPA issue are two separate matters and should be kept separate. Please keep it that way and refrain from inserting unverifiable facts or opinions. Thanks! 72.130.39.180 22:18, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


Ricky-

Please leave the Chapman University page alone. You continue to integrate things together that are not related. Your limited knowledge of this matter through pledging the Fiji fraternity does not make you an authority on the topic. The FERPA complaint (which deals with privacy issues) is not related to the ACLU matter (which deals with first amendment rights). Please leave them as separate issues. Thanks, 72.130.39.180 23:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Ricky-

If what you posted on my talk page is the case, then you need to clean up your grammar and learn how to correctly extrapolate information from sources. While the ACLU and FERPA are both involved with Sigma Alpha Mu, the ACLU is not campaigning towards the student's privacy, they are lobbying for student rights on campus. FERPA is concerned with privacy issues stemming from the September 22nd letter sent by Dean of Students Joe Kertes to the student you mentioned. Sorry for the Fiji knock, please read between the lines though, and don't attempt to re-explain what is written. The sources are there for people to go to and read for themselves. As far as anonymity, I like it. :) 206.211.148.78 04:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Ricky -

Based on NABI delivery data in my posession, there would appear to be two separate 9495's floating around. The 60BRT 9495 is serial 6A140312, chasdis 60BRT.01.296. The 65BRT is serial 7A140057, chassis 65BRT.01.001. The one preceding serial 6A140312 is 9494, chassis 60BRT.01.295, the one following is 9500, serial 7A140143, chassis 60BRT.01.297. Therefore, the 65BRT SHOULD be 9600, unless the "real" 9495 (60BRT.01.296) was not delivered...andrethebusman99@msn.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.223.17.127 (talk) 19:54, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:WLA

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[edit] Your image Image:Blue Line Map.png

Hi, this image looks suspiciously like you created it in a vector graphics application such as Inkscape. It has been listed as a target for conversion to SVG, and I was hoping you'd be able to export a plain SVG version and upload to Commons :-) Cheers, Stannered (talk) 00:01, 31 December 2007 (UTC)