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Minor edits

A reminder: this is NOT a minor edit. Don't use the minor edit tag unless you're really making minor edits (e.g. fixing typos). Pburka (talk) 14:15, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

They were typos—and I simply merged several sections, so that is technically minor. Next time, I will try not to do that, though. Epicgenius^{(talk to me • see my contributions)} 14:16, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Platform layouts on London Underground

Hi, re your edits such as: Gloucester Road; Mansion House; St. James's Park; etc. please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains#Platform layouts on less complex systems. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:38, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Formal warning

If you continue to add any platform layouts to any station article, regardless of complexity, without explicit consensus for them at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains#Platform layouts on less complex systems you are liable to be blocked from editing. Thryduulf (talk) 23:36, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I'll not add them. Epicgenius^{(talk to me • see my contributions)} 23:37, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

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September 2013

Your recent editing history at Goldhawk Road tube station shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

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MRT test edits

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. I have seen one of them and fully disagrees due to being unconstructive. Sni56996 (talk) 18:27, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

They are not test edits... they are the sides of the train that people will be exiting on. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 18:51, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Flags etc at the Westgate shopping mall

Hello Epicgenius,

You might want to take a look at Talk:Westgate shopping mall shooting#Flagcruft again to see how controversial the use of flag icons has been there. And why they have been in and out several times over the last few days.

1. I would also strongly recommend the use of edit summaries, especially with the largish edits (-1,470, -845 & +535) you did there.
2. This here (-1,470 bytes) is not a minor edit. I note this has issue been raised with you before. Suggest you un-tick the "This is a minor edit" box. Regards, 220 of ^Borg 17:54, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Okay, no more minor edits. Also, I wanted to link the countries' names, which is all I wanted to do in the first place. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 18:30, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

  I have indented your reply a little more to make it more apparent. The numbering I used moves the text over to the right. --220 of ^Borg 20:24, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

That's fine, except you are still wrongly marking edits as minor. This here adding +357 bytes is not a minor edit. Help:Minor edit says: "A check to the minor edit box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions. Examples include typographical corrections, formatting and presentational changes, and rearrangements of text without modification of its content." (my bolding) Adding a sentence and reference is NOT a minor edit.

1. Remember that WP is a collaborative project. It will help if you take heed of other editors when they make constructive comments about your editing practices. You don't seem to be doing this
2. Note that we generally don't link anything and everything that has a WP page. Please see WP:OVERLINK regarding normal WP linking practices. --220 of ^Borg 20:24, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

I will take note of that. Sometimes I forget what I say. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 20:30, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for listening and replying. (sometime we get editors who are, shall I say 'un-communicative', and despite doing heaps of edits, don't do them very well or go against policies like wp:BLP and don't even acknowledge any talkpage comments. (other than blanking them!). Sometimes, many editors give many warnings but the person never answers. They eventually get blocked or banned. I can think of one who had 70,000 or so edits, but when they caused problems, wouldn't edit co-operatively, and after being repeatedly warned were eventually blocked.

You do realise that you have or can create your own 'sandbox' or WP:Sub-pages to develop templates in don't you? That way you can do large edits without doing it on a 'live' page. I see that the answer is a big yes! See here--220 of ^Borg 04:16, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

No problem! Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 11:42, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

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Platform layout Templates

Do you think it is really necessary to include the mezzanine? This would require the creation of more templates. I was thinking we could use this Template:NYCS Platform Layout IRT Pelham Line Bronx Local Stations/elevated for the stations north of Parkchester and East 180 Street, that do not use the middle track. Please let me know your opinion. Mysteryman557 (talk) 23:52, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

We could use the template for unused middle track stations, but that will require a different template altogether: Template:NYCS Platform Layout IRT Pelham Line Bronx Local Stations/elevated with unused middle track. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 23:56, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Okay Mysteryman557 (talk) 23:58, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Abuse of edit summaries and minor edit tags

EG: after this topic has been discussed with you by multiple editors on multiple occasions, you continue to abuse the minor edit tag and you're now supplementing that by using misleading edit summaries. I'm having trouble believing that these are still novice mistakes; it looks more like you're trying to hide your edits to avoid scrutiny by other editors. Such behavior is abusive and will not be tolerated. As an example, this edit was tagged as minor and your edit summary was "removed self-link". In fact, you used this edit to resume an edit war about the correct name of the topic (The Bowery vs. Bowery) despite clear consensus on the issue. I know that asking you to stop is pointless, but if you continue we're going to end up at WP:RFC/U. Pburka (talk) 17:41, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Why would you assume that I was resuming an edit war? The link was on the Bowery page to Bowery, Manhattan, which redirects back to Bowery, and ad infinitum. In fact, I did not change the meaning of the text. Besides, the Bowery is both a street and an area. I made the meaning clear in my edit. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 22:56, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

You have looked at the change I linked to, right? You made seven distinct changes, three of which reintroduced your preferred (but incorrect) nomenclature, and one of which was a completely new paragraph. You know that there is consensus to use the definite article, and you hid these changes in a minor edit. It's hard to believe that, after this many edits, you don't know what you're doing, so I assume that it's intentional. Just three days ago you said (again) that you would stop using the minor edit tag, but once again you've reneged on that commitment. Pburka (talk) 23:45, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Final warning. If you don't stop hiding substantial changes like this (changing red line to orange line) and this (changing station names) behind minor edit tags I will initiate an WP:RFC/U review of your behavior. If you're unsure of what constitutes a minor edit (hint: typos and minor grammar corrections) just don't use the tag. Pburka (talk) 19:21, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

The first one IS a minor edit—it's a typo that was corrected. The second one is also a minor edit, being that I changed the links so they are no longer redirects. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 19:52, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

No. It's not minor. In the first one you fixed a (claimed) factual error; a typo is a misspelling. In the second one you changed the visible text, not the links. Please just stop using the tag. Pburka (talk) 20:20, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

The second one is, visually, an empty page! With the first one, you are right, however. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 20:24, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

The second one is transcluded on more than 25 pages. Pburka (talk) 20:31, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

But each page has a different entry. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 20:41, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Sullivan edits

My apologies for not editing correctly. I actually wrote this first article--as TDS was my great grandfather. Couldn't figure out the code. RW — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.57.42.27 (talk) 16:01, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

• I am sorry, what is the name of the article? Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 16:03, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

"Timothy D. Sullivan." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.57.42.27 (talk) 16:06, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

• Okay. Now what is the edit in question? Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 17:08, 30 September 2013 (UTC

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Triborough Bridge

Hi. In line with our discussion on my talk page, I wanted to let you know that I made one change to your edit to the Triborough Bridge article. You had inserted "(Triborough)" into the bridge's name at the top of the infobox, and I changed that to "(Triborough Bridge)" below the name. I did this because I think there's a possibility of misleading readers into thinking that the "(Triborough)" is part of the bridge's official name, which it isn't.

I made no other changes to your edit. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:59, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Okay, that's fine with me. I was just adding the second optional name in the heading, as it was not listed previously. --Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 20:02, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

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