User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2013/Mar

March 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Harlem Shake (song), disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Dan56 (talk) 00:22, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Please stop making arbitrary personal style changes to Harlem Shake (song). Use your edit summaries to explain why your change is constructive, not "minor edit" or "heading will be made concise", which offers no insight as to your rationale for the change. Per MOS:HEAD, "Headings should not refer redundantly to the subject of the article, or to higher-level headings, unless doing so is shorter or clearer. (Early life is preferable to His early life when his refers to the subject of the article; headings can be assumed to be about the subject unless otherwise indicated.)" In this case, it is "(This song's) Remix", not "Azealia Banks remix". Removing "by" from your previous revision is not concise. The heading as is, "Remix", is concise. Dan56 (talk) 00:38, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

I need to change the title of the section because there is only one remix. The title is appropriate. Epic Genius 00:41, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Your argument serves my point. There's no need to distinguish, so please do not change. Also, using "Azealia Banks" as the adjective to "remix" is not the most grammatically correct phrase either. And please address what I cited in MOS:HEAD, which "the title is appropriate" did not. Dan56 (talk) 00:43, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Discuss this at the article's talk page here if you still feel you have a point, rather than restoring your change, which is not appropriate per the guideline I cited nor the reasoning I offered. "Revert-warring over optional styles is unacceptable. If discussion cannot determine which style to use in an article, defer to the style used by the first major contributor." Dan56 (talk) 00:45, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit summary, marking edits as minor

Hello, Epicgenius. You recently edited Orange (word) and marked the edit as minor. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content.

I assume that you considered your edit minor since it primarily changed the wording of the lead section and did not add much new information. Strictly in terms of word count, however, your edit was noticeable; it added 65 bits to the section. I was a bit taken aback to see such a change with no edit summary marked as minor.

Please make sure to include an edit summary before saving your changes to an article, as the summaries are quite helpful to people browsing an article's history. Thanks! Cnilep (talk) 02:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello again. It appears that you are marking most of your edits as minor, even when adding substantial content, as you did here. You may want to review Help:Minor edit regarding when to mark, and when not to mark an edit as minor. When in doubt, it is generally better not to mark edits as minor. Happy editing, Cnilep (talk) 00:49, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Oops, sorry. I got to stop checking these boxes when I edit certain pages. Epic Genius 00:50, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately this behavior is continuing, as in Third rail. I suggest that on your Preferences page Editing tab, you check the option marked "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary". This works great for me as reminder since I sometimes forget. Regarding the This is minor edit check box, my advice is if there is the slightest doubt, don't check it. I rarely check it. It is better to make a minor edit and leave the box unchecked than to make a non-minor edit and check the box. Thanks for you contributions. --hulmem (talk) 03:57, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought I was editing only one line. I didn't realize that I'd deleted the entire thing. Epicgenius (talk) 12:13, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Station layouts

Hello. I see you are adding station layouts to articles about NYC Subway stations.

I have performed a similar work, but have not finished it. Let me introduce what I have.

Before I continue, I'd like to hear your reaction. Thank you. Vcohen (talk) 09:28, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Those are very nice layouts! I see you have put a lot of work into these layouts. Would it be feasible for you to put some of those layouts on the actual Wikipedia articles, to supplement what I have? Epic Genius 11:10, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. This is exactly what I want to discuss with you. My final goal is to put all of them where you say, but I don't want to do it manually. I have a bot that has the appropriate rights in the Russian wikipedia. When I have a little more spare time (I suppose in a few next months), I am going to put my layouts in the Russian wikipedia first (here you can see some examples: 1 2 3), and then request the rights for the bot in the English wikipedia. Vcohen (talk) 11:39, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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OK, thanks. I must have forgotten to sign my posts. Epic Genius 02:12, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

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IND/BMT 63rd Street Line

Would you care for an infobox for your proposed merger of the IND 63rd Street Line and BMT 63rd Street Line articles? I might be able to whip one up for you. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 17:33, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, thanks! Epic Genius 19:39, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Check your sandbox, and make whatever changes you see fit. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 00:13, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Epic Genius 00:14, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Abius Akwaake, film producer, communication specialist

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Okay. Next time I'll do that. But it wasn't my page. Epicgenius (talk) 23:19, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Tappan Zee Bridge revert

Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and the articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Tappan Zee Bridge. Readers looking for accurate information will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, try the sandbox, where you are given a good deal of freedom in what you write. - Denimadept (talk) 00:30, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

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