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What's the deal with deleting a well respected blog? The Bronx Chronicle isn't a newspaper and to call it such is misleading. The Bronx Times is a Newspaper, The Mott Haven Herald is a newspaper. This is the second time Welcome2TheBronx has been deleted and it seems rather fishy that The Bronx Chronicle is the one that keeps appearing.
Reliable? Welcome2TheBronx has a proven track record in the mainstream media followed by city Hall, city Council, state Senate and assembly, has constantly created news stories that were later picked up by News12, The New York Daily News, The New York Times, NY1, PIX11 News, Mott Haven Herald, Hunts Point Express, Gothamist, The Atlantic, Curbed, The Real Deal, Capital New York, and many others.
Welcome2TheBronx is constantly breaking news stories even faster than our main stream media. Not also, not only has Welcome2TheBronx helped shape local stories and narratives, they are also quoted by the aforementioned news sites so if that's not reliable, I'm not sure what is then.
The Bronx Chronicle, on the other hand, does not even remotely have that level of visibility, engagement and acknowledgement by the mainstream media.
Welcome2TheBronx is currently up for discussion at the reliable sources noticeboard if you are interested. 73.17.21.143 (talk) 14:30, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
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Epic, I reverted the change you made only to find a short while later you reverted back and made it impossible for us to clean up what you found to be "puffery". I work at NAM, but I am not the one who has invested the time to recreate the page that we did. We tried to do proper citing of articles, we also made a huge attempt to clean up the page from a year ago. We are just trying to present current information on the organization. I understand your position in wanting the page to be neutral, but please help us, guide us, rather than shut us down. We are trying, please be patient with us. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.58.49.83 (talk) 16:52, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
This sounds like advertising because in the "History" section, there is too much coverage related to awards/accolades, which should go in another section. Additionally, you had too many references, especially biased/unreliable ones. In order to learn to properly cite references, please see Help:Footnotes. Epic Genius (talk) 17:02, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
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and then put your reference inside them, instead of numbering all your references at the bottom. Epic Genius (talk) 17:19, 4 February 2015 (UTC)To the big 100K. We'll have to throw you a wikiparty! — MusikAnimal talk 20:26, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
U know that user Dodo birds die, he also kept on thanking me, i was thinking to help him in his edits so when i went to his contibs i saw he vandalised ur sighnin book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Regarding the COI tag, I have no particularly strong feelings on this other than that the IP seems to have a possessory interest in this article. You might check with User:Mee Merone who also noted NPOV. Cheers. Mannanan51 (talk) 22:50, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I am unsure as to why you decided to roll back the minor edit I made to Emotion made this morning. I simple replaced a dead link with a live link that points to the exact original PDF that the dead link referenced. I fight link rot by finding dead links and then using internet archives to find the original material. I then search the internet to try an find this material currently published. Then. replace dead links with live links to the original material.
Not that it matters a great deal to me except I do not want to waste the time doing this if Wikipedia won't accept it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tooleyweed (talk • contribs) 18:30, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
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I've lived in the area nearly 25 years, and have never heard anyone call the Gowanus Canal the "Gowanus Creek Canal." I admit you can find references to its usage, but they're pretty obsolete.
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q="gowanus+Creek"
Frank Lynch (talk) 19:56, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm flattered that you thought I'd be able to take pictures, but in actuality ɱ lives much closer to the site than I do. I'm not even sure we'd have gotten good photos, though, as my understanding is that we wouldn't have been allowed too close to the site. Daniel Case (talk) 05:14, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, I see you reverted some of my edits and most (all?) of my tags on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital. I've explained them all at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:NewYork–Presbyterian_Hospital#Proposed_deletions could you run past and let me know how best you think I should deal with this? My understanding was to tag citation needed first, then delete after a reasonable amount of time, not just run in and delete. Cheers, 69.124.77.178 (talk) 19:52, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
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Epicgenius, You deleted a image of The Comcast Building with the new signage. The GE signage is no longer there on the Comcast Building. The name was changed so please do not delete the new Comcast Building image. It is no longer called the GE Building. Thank you, Jodiaz104 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jodiaz104 (talk • contribs) 07:39, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
...who it was who posted harassing comments on the talk pages of a handful of editors before they were blocked? Anyone you can think of who wants to get you into trouble?
In any case, watch your back. BMK (talk) 03:39, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
I still need newer pictures to be reformed into the Commons, and adjusted so that it could work in a page.
By the way on my iPad, the pages you said you edited seemed the same...especially there's lots of white space on South Pasadena station. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HanSangYoon (talk • contribs) 18:18, 7 February 2015 (UTC) --HanSangYoon (talk) 17:32, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
This article needs a complete re-think of its image layout -- I shudder every time I look at it: too many pictures, boringly presented. I think at the moment you're just re-arranging desk chairs on the Titanic. BMK (talk) 21:34, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
All of this is more than a moment's work, and will probably be met by blow-back from people missing their favorite image, but the article is a ghastly mess and needs significant work. BMK (talk) 21:51, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Epic -
The current page for our organization contains much out of date/incorrect information, most particularly that Frank Gehry has not been the associated architect for about a year, and that plans are stalled. I can send you more recent newspaper articles to back this up, if you provide an address. Or here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/arts/design/arts-center-at-ground-zero-shelves-gehry-design.html, and http://www.downtownexpress.com/2015/01/19/ideas-for-w-t-c-arts-center-taking-shape-although-building-remains-on-hold/
Please delete the architectural model photo, and all this text, as it is no longer true:
"As of 2014, plans for the construction of the PAC are stalled over financing and design, although construction is also hindered by the presence of the temporary World Trade Center PATH subway station entrance.[2][3][4]
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) announced on October 12, 2004 that Gehry Partners LLP and Snøhetta, an architectural firm from Norway, would design the PAC.[5][6][7] Gehry's performing arts complex will house the Joyce Theater, as the Signature Theater Company dropped out due to space constraints and cost limitations.[7]"
You can contact me at [note: email redacted], if you like, to verify. This page was not created by a Performing Arts Center staff member, and if we can't edit it, we will request that the entire listing be removed.
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Hi Epic Genius,
I'm writing to invite you to join a discussion about how to refer to a city. It's motivated by an edit I made. You reverted that edit, clearly in good faith. You won't be surprised to hear that I like my version better, and I make my case for it on the talk page linked above. Please take a look, and let me know what you think. TypoBoy (talk) 03:51, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Epicgenius, thank you very much for your contributions to Serralves. Just wanted to discuss the elimination of the transports section table. I guess it was because you considered it shouldn´t have that format, but I would like to know your reasons. Thank you very much. ~~Caravasar~~ (talk) 9:12, 13 February 2015 (UTC+1)
EpicGenius -- thank you for the great improvements to Jackson Square Park. I have just come across an extraordinary image from 1892 but am feeling too close to this now and would appreciate your perspective especially since you have just organize pics on page to much greater effect! I found a rare illustration of Jackson Square Park in 1892. Rare because it was mis-labled in 1892 as another park! I have created a link to it with text in the section "becoming a park" but if you feel it should be / could be shown in page I'd be interested in what you think, when you have a moment. This is the image. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jackson_Square_Park_NYC_1892.jpg Thanks, not urgent! WindingRoad (talk) 02:21, 18 February 2015 (UTC)WIndingRoad
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Would you care to discuss your attempted changes to Federal Hall? 72.251.70.158 (talk) 19:25, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
i am just helping to contribute to wikipedia and i think that that page could be improved. Could you explain what was wrong, because i have no idea.
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So you saw what happened on the conflict between me and those other two, and it now seems I have to ask permission to create a new article or edit a existing article, because I'm afraid if I do a edit then one of them is going to report me, so do you think you can tell me on when I should edit something and if it's useful?
Also, do you think I can make a article on the 6 train derailment in the Bronx that happened yesterday? I have all the articles I need to make it.
Thank you, AahdTahar (talk) 17:17, 25 February 2015 (UTC)AahdTahar
Did you know it was my birthday on the 23rd? 21:28, 25 February 2015 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs)
if by chance you come accros a name A**l S****i that is me, astriks are not there on that page i just blanked out the leetters of my name here on the talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Epicgenius. You moved pages King Street–Old Town Station and Wiehle–Reston East Station. Could you explain the reason? I understand that no-spaced endash is used per MOS:ENDASH. Also wmata.com uses no-spaced dashes per [1], [2]. Maybe you know something I don't know. Sawol (talk) 03:58, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
I opened the move discussion Talk:King Street–Old Town Station#Requested move 26 February 2015. Thanks. Sawol (talk) 09:22, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Hey, sorry to bother you again. Im writing a book and I was wondering what I needed in order to make a article for it on wikipedia. Thanks, AahdTahar (talk) 15:54, 26 February 2015 (UTC)AahdTahar
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