Talk:San Jose Diridon station

Interior Photo of San Jose Diridon

I uploaded the image above to the Wikimedia Commons, and I'm wondering whether it would be worth including it in the Diridon Station article, and how best to do so. // Internet Esquire (talk) 17:33, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Assessment

I have just assessed this article as Start Class. I think that it wouldn't take a great deal of work for this article to become C Class though. The boss 1998 (talk) 16:39, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Google

Aerial view of Diridon station and vicinity

It's odd that there's no mention of the Diridon-related plans of Google described here in WP. Would the "Future" section of this article be a place to at least mention the planning? Dicklyon (talk) 06:03, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Pi.3... removed my aerial as a "vanity image". I think it's useful for showing some context for the station. Maybe more so in relation to future plans than to what's in the article about the station itself, I agree. Dicklyon (talk) 06:25, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

It's a great photo, and it very well may be useful if there was room for it in the article and if it was used to supplement prose. Currently, placing it in the very short Future section of the article (which is already mostly parallel to the track layout) causes it to protrude into the References section, which reduces the number of columns and adds significant whitespace. There is no logical connection between the current prose and this image; if you add a sentence or three about the Google development and caption the image appropriately, then the image would be more valuable to readers. And "vanity image" may have been overstating it a bit; however, I find it very frustrating when users repeatedly insert their own photos without due consideration for how they fit into the article. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:39, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm not going to add content about Google due to my COI from working for them; but someone else can. As for fit and whitespace, that seems like an odd consideration to put a lot of weight on, when everyone's setup formats differently. In particular, extending into the refs section, causing fewer columns and white space, is a complete non-problem. Dicklyon (talk) 16:40, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

If you wish to suggest prose and references here, I'll be more than happy to check and add it per the usual COI process. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:40, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

I don't want to suggest prose, but here's a recent local news story: [1]; and an older one: [2]. Dicklyon (talk) 00:10, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Infobox photo

@Cristiano Tomás: I don't think that File:Southern Pacific Depot, 65 Cahill St., San Jose, CA 9-30-2012 1-21-02 PM.JPG is a good choice for the infobox image. It is awkwardly cropped - the crown and canopy are cut off at right, the wing at left, and the lamp post at top - and there's a bit of foliage at top. Additionally, the entire right wing is not visible. The existing photo, File:San Jose Diridon station, November 2019.JPG, is unobstructed, shows the complete station, and reflects its symmetry. If there is some need for a sunlit photo - which I don't think is essential - then File:USA-San Jose-Diridon Station-5.jpg would be a far better alternative to the image you have been adding. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:35, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. The old photo was better. Also agree that a sunlit picture isn't essential. RickyCourtney (talk) 20:52, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Bike facilities

Caltrain upgraded the facilities to include elockers. Recommend an addition to that section.

https://www.caltrain.com/rider-information/bicycles/bike-parking-options-station Nawledge (talk) 21:29, 28 March 2024 (UTC)