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dyk

Hey, Epicgenius! So here's the thing about dyk: if you haven't created preps, you have no idea what prep-setters and admins at dyk do or what challenges they face. Many editors who are regular nominators and reviewers think they'd be willing to admin, but have never filled preps, and when they become admins and start moving preps to queues, they quickly realize they didn't know what they were volunteering for. A prep-setter doesn't just create a balanced set. They also do a quick re-review on many of the hooks; you get to know whose hooks you don't have to review too heavily, but you always have to at least go check for a recent edit war or tags. If the nominator or the reviewer are new or known to be sloppy, you'll have to do a full re-review of that hook. Often prep-setters have questions they have to ask at the hook, and they deal with pushback from noms/reviewers/passersby for that. Then once you've finished a prep you have to deal with fallout at DYK talk and ERRORS. Admins do the exact same thing -- a re-review, because prep-setters miss things too, then the move (fairly simple), posting questions at DYK talk and pinging involved parties, dealing with pushback from them, and finally any fallout at ERRORS when someone finds an error you missed. So if you think you would be willing to admin at dyk, definitely go fill preps for a while to see if you like it or not. Some people love it -- I did, and I like adminning there -- but not everyone is cut out for it. It's a high-visibility job. People catch your mistakes, and the only way to prevent that is to catch other people's mistakes first. —valereee (talk) 15:20, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Valereee, thanks for the advice. That is good to know. I think this sort of stuff should be enjoyable for me, even if a bit difficult. I just read the project page on prep areas, and it seems a bit difficult to get a good balance on hooks. epicgenius (talk) 15:23, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

That's one of the most fun parts of setting preps. The thing to do for your first prep is pick the bottom empty set (which right now gives you three days to fill it but normally six days.) Count to figure out whether the image hook needs a bio or a non-bio (it alternates by day). Go find one, vet it, and transfer it. That'll let the other prep setters know you'll fill that set. Not that they or an admin won't move stuff in and out if they need it or think another set is better for that hook, but in general one prep-setter works on a set. Then start putting the puzzle together -- no more than four bios (alternating in the set with non-bio), no more than one music/science/military/whatever subject. Not too many from any one country, though 2 - 4 USA hooks will be necessary. A balance of geographical area, not all from English-speaking countries. A balance of long and short. And of course a quirky. It's an art. Don't be afraid to trim or tweak hooks, but read the nom first if you do, as there may have already been discussion. Keep on top of talk in case someone asks a question about one of the hooks in that set, because some people won't realize they need to ping you as the promoter. :) Ping me any time, and Yoninah will often leave pointers on how to improve at your talk. When she stops, you know you're getting near the point of competence. :) —valereee (talk) 15:47, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

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Subway articles

Once again, very impressive work on very important station complex and line articles. There is more to be added about the change in BMT plans re:Canal Street. Eventually, Clark Street Tunnel should be its own article. Also, the citations for IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line are really messed up and include self-published sources like nycsubway.org, and there is more history that could be added. A lot of my older GA nominations should be looked at again for things like this. Also, for Union Square, it is worth mentioning the impromptu 9/11 memorial, and the post-2016 election post-it notes (https://mashable.com/article/power-of-post-it-note-protest-subway-therapy, https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/post-it-notes-left-union-square-election-preserved-article-1.2913344, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/19/post-election-subway-therapy-sticky-notes-taken-down-but-not-thrown-out/, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/nyregion/subway-election-therapy-wall-sticky-notes.html). Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:25, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

@Kew Gardens 613, the pleasure is mine. I do agree that the Clark Street Tunnel should get its own page in the future. I've also noticed that there's a lot more that can be said about the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, especially its construction, and will have to work on it gradually. The biggest mess, though, is the Canal Street article - there are a lot of details about the BMT station that are just not mentioned at the moment, and the article in general needs more refs.

As for the Union Square station, the article already mentions both the 9/11 memorial and the post-it wall (the second paragraph of 14th Street–Union Square station#Artwork). I thought one paragraph would be sufficient, seeing as how the artwork was not sanctioned by the MTA but seems to be covered by multiple reliable sources. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:38, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

I fully agree. I missed it somehow. Don't forget the Stantec studies, like the one that found making Clark Street accessible was infeasible, and which provides some sourcing for station layout (i.e. platform length/width). Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 15:17, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

It also is probably worth mentioning the 1990 fire in the Clark Street article. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 15:30, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

I agree and can get around to that soon. In the meantime, I was looking at the study for Union Square, which says: This technology does not meet ADA standards, and since there is currently no technology that does, there is no fully accessible solution for the southbound platform. We are including an option for providing elevator service to this platform in this report with the understanding that this will not provide a fully accessible solution at this time. So I suppose this means the southbound platform can get an elevator, it just won't be ADA-accessible because gap fillers, by their very nature, are ADA-inaccessible. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:47, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Yeah. Also, unrelated, but the 1990 Clark Street Tunnel fire was very notable, and there were major reports done on fire safety/communication, etc. in its aftermath. It would warrant an article of its own. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 16:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

I also think the 1990 Clark Street fire should get its own article. (I think the fire happened just east of the Clark Street station, though, not in the tunnel under the river.) In terms of recent NYC Subway disasters, the fire has had at least as much of an impact as the 1991 Union Square derailment or the 1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision did. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:11, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Also-the provisions in the Eastern Parkway Line used for the Clark Street Tunnel connection were initially intended for a line over the Manhattan Bridge. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:27, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

That is interesting. If we can find a reliable source for this, I could add it to the Borough Hall or Eastern Parkway Line articles. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:35, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

I have seen reliable sources for this-if you cannot find them, I can look for them after I get my final paper for the semester done today. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:49, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

I started a draft Clark Street Tunnel article here: User:Kew Gardens 613/sandbox 7#Clark Street Tunnel. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:41, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Have you seen this article before? Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 16:53, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

@Kew Gardens 613, I have, but thanks for clipping it. The first part of that source seems to largely duplicate the New York Herald Tribune ref that's already in the Fulton Street station article. But it has some info that isn't mentioned in the NYHT source, specifically the 535-foot length of the station. The second part of the source could be used for the Broad Street station article though. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:00, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Outstanding work on the article. We really shouldn't be using The Station Reporter as a source. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:44, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

There is stuff to be added about flooding/water intrusion problems at Canal. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 17:52, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

There was a report put out. I found two articles I had clipped (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/98305321/, https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union/99774843/) Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 17:57, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

I agree. I've noticed quite a bit of info about how Canal Street's proximity to the old Collect Pond contributed to tons of water problems there. I can add these sources in later. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:04, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

It was a paper, not a report. I haven't found it online. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:14, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

I found it. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:18, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

This journal is a great source for construction details. I found one article with details on underpinning and other aspects of subway construction from 1919, one on sewer siphons, SI transportation, and Columbus Circle construction Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:40, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

That's very interesting. I might have to look through this journal to, um, shore up some architectural articles as well. That Canal Street article was really detailed, and I expect the others will be no different. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:46, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Also one on train dispatching, the Manhattan Bridge Plaza, and the ENY tunnel Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:57, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for spamming here, but also Joralemon, and here, excavation, the Atlantic Av improvement, and Brighton Line improvements Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

No problem. I will just add all these links to a subsection of User:Epicgenius/sandbox/to do, where we can both track it easily. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:59, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Signaling, car design, and ventilation, and IRT track design as well Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:47, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

There is this thorough masterpiece on Dual Contracts construction. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:15, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Bumping thread for 30 days. Epicgenius (talk) 22:32, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Bumping thread for 60 days. Epicgenius (talk) 16:30, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Bumping thread for 360 days. Epicgenius (talk) 17:03, 11 September 2023 (UTC) – Epicgenius (talk) 17:03, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

@Kew Gardens 613, by the way, we might want to flesh out User:Epicgenius/sandbox/article-draft1, my sandbox on the Manhattan Bridge subway closure. I'm planning to bring the Manhattan Bridge article to GA, which will probably require condensing the Manhattan Bridge#Trackage history section, and the closures are a notable topic that I've been meaning to finish writing about for a while. – Epicgenius (talk) 23:12, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

@Epicgenius I have been very busy, but, when I have a chance, will try to get back to this. Amazing work on all the bridge articles. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 13:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

The 2025-2029 Capital Program recently came out. Some articles may need to be updated to reflect this. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:42, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Updating the complex articles (since they are all extremely short)

1 World Trade Center

• Needs history section
• Needs design section, which I will write shortly
• Needs destruction section
• "List of tenants" may need to be split to a separate article due to length
• "92nd Floor" section needs removed and incorporated into above "Destruction" section

2 World Trade Center

• Needs history section
• Needs design section
• Needs destruction section
• Potentially needs rewrite, after reading it I spotted a few errors

3 World Trade Center

• Actually has a history section, but needs expanded
• Rewrite Destruction section
• May need a "design" section

4 World Trade Center

• Has history and destruction sections
• Both need expanded
• More images needed

5 World Trade Center

• Half of the article is about 9/11, meaning half of the article is about 1 day when the structure existed for 31 years
• Needs a design section
• Either the gallery section needs removed or expanded to comply with MOS, it's currently just 3 images chilling around

7 World Trade Center

• Needs architecture section
• Needs more history pre-2001
• The destruction section may need to be summarized per WP:SUMSTYLE

I added the above subheaders just in case we need a list of things to do. :) Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 16:36, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

@Sir MemeGod: Thanks for starting this section. I might move this to User:Epicgenius/sandbox/to do when we're done figuring out what to do (since idk where else to put it). Epicgenius (talk) 16:41, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

By the way, Construction of the World Trade Center has some info about the Twin Towers' structural design, so we can copy some of the relevant info into these articles. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:46, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

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NRHP cats for contributing properties

Re this edit - I would keep the NRHP-by-county category for contributing properties, unless there are enough to have a contributing-property-by-county subcategory. I've re-added the category in this case. Best, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:04, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535, fair enough. I was attempting to separate out the actual listings from contributing properties while cleaning up some western Massachusetts NRHP listings, since I'd noticed that, for other states, contributing properties weren't typically part of "NRHP in X county" categories unless they're also individually listed. I think this would be the only page in Category:Historic district contributing properties in Berkshire County, Massachusetts if that were to be created, however, so this might work as a stopgap. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:09, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Actually, I'm mistaken. The Historic district contributing properties in Berkshire County category would have at least 10 other buildings as well; I'm going to create the above category shortly. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:13, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Looks good, thanks! Might be a question worth raising at the NRHP wikiproject - my instinct is to include contributing properties in categories. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:50, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

DYK for General Motors Technical Center

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Ennis House

I am interested in picking up the review of Ennis House if the original reviewer doesn't pop back up. I have the review page watchlisted. I want to give them time to get back to it but no response when you pinged doesn't bode well. Snuggle 📫 🖤 00:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

@Snugglebuns, thanks for the offer, I appreciate it. I'll ping them and see if they respond, but if the original reviewer doesn't come back by Monday or so, feel free to pick the review up. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:08, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

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Promotion of Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State

Congratulations, Epicgenius! The article you nominated, Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 20:18, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations, EG, on yet another FA. I wonder what your next article will be. Looking forward to future collaborations. Cheers. MSincccc (talk) 06:34, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it, and I appreciate your feedback as well. I have a few NYC buildings I'm thinking of next, but there are some modernist structures in the US (outside NYC) that I'm also thinking of. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:23, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

New York City Subway, Platform escalators

12-14-2025 Hi Epicgenius, How do I resolve my edit which you removed on 12-14-2025, please? This is my first contribution to Wikipedia. Derek DD635DEREK — Preceding unsigned comment added by DD635DEREK (talk • contribs) 19:11, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @DD635DEREK, welcome to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, a list of escalator locations violates our policy that Wikipedia is not a directory. Additionally, even if these were appropriate, a list of escalators on just one line of the NYC Subway is giving undue weight to these specific escalators, violating our neutral point of view policy.

I've added some statistics about NYC Subway escalators to the New York City Subway stations article and will copy them over to the NYC Subway article shortly. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:26, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Broadway_theatre#Broadway_theaters_and_current_productions

Hey Epicgenius--help me out here please. Is this section encyclopedic at all? Why are we doing the programs of a set of theaters, and a list of upcoming production? Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:48, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

@Drmies, thanks for bringing this up. My impression is mixed - the list of theaters is encyclopedic, as there are only a limited number of theaters classified as Broadway venues; this is a separate issue from whether the list of productions is appropriate, which I'm unsure about. However, I think this should be raised at Talk:Broadway theatre so more people could opine on this. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:02, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Gotcha. I wasn't going to mess with a list of theaters, but I saw that that already has a page. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:04, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

successful AELECT

Felicidades 🗿 Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Congrats! Surprised you weren't already one tbh. ^EF⁵ 19:53, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Huge win for the moyai cabal... HurricaneZeta^C 20:04, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

🗿🗿🗿🥳 Sdkb ^talk 20:05, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Outcome of your Administrator Election

Barkeep49 (talk) 19:59, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

story · music · places

Congratulations! - Check my talk for music in architecture. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:06, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Accelerated stick-throwing

The admin baton!

Congratulations! And now, per "ancient tradition", it is my great pleasure to pass on this baton to you. Tamzin gave it to DanCherek, who passed it along from admin to admin until Rjjiii gave it to me. It reminds us that we all like shiny things... sorry, that we're all in this together, despite adversity and petty drama – working to build an encyclopedia. And build an encyclopedia you certainly did, with your number of support votes (the first RFX400!) only surpassed by your own roster of 500+ quality articles! Becoming an administrator can be a bit overwhelming: we have a pretty helpful guide, but the true secret is to be unafraid to ask others (your nominators, me, or anyone else) for help and guidance. You'll suddenly get so many new buttons, and it's okay to not know what each and every one of them does right off the bat. On your first days, you can start with areas you feel most confident in: there is no pressure to use the tools everywhere at once, or even to use them immediately at all! Take some time to enjoy the moment, before passing it forward in the great AELECT relay race! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 20:21, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

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