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Talk:B42 (New York City bus)

message: I don't have the correct history at hand, but the history given here is wrong. Although the current B42 route is the effective replacement for the Canarsie Shuttle, as a trolley it was a separate line distinct from the Canarsie shuttle that operated on the PROW. IOW, the Rockaway Parkway trolley and the Canarsie shuttle operated at the same time as two different lines. When the Canarsie shuttle was abandoned, the Rockaway Parkway line took up the slack. -- Cecropia 16:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right; this was one of the first of these articles I wrote, and I didn't have as much information. Do you know when the Williamsburg-Canarsie line was split? --NE2 20:29, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Canarsie Shuttle was formally established after the end of the 1917 summer season. Undoubtedly the reason was the same as the other overhead wire lines that were severed from the main system because the BRT wanted to have all rapid transit operations by third rail only. Apparently the service was severed but not the connection because the BRT operated some elevated excursion trains all the way to the Shore at least for the 1918 season. As of November 1918 steel cars began to be operated to Rockaway Parkway. Were any elevated "specials" operated beyond Rockaway Parkway in the 1919 season or later? I don't know but once steel car service began I would say it became a lot less likely. -- Cecropia 02:51, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually I was wondering about the Nassau Electric Railroad line on Rockaway Parkway, which had been continuous at the Canarsie Line crossing. --NE2 03:27, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I knew I had it someplace. The line ran from Rockaway and Hegeman Avenues (i.e., Canarsie Depot) to the shore via Rockaway Avenue and Rockaway Parkway. The northern end was back to Rockaway Parkway subway station on November 21, 1942. -- Cecropia 02:25, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, so it was the same day that the old shuttle ended. That definitely makes sense. --NE2 03:25, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So I will rewrite the history and see if you think it is adequate. -- Cecropia 02:29, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. I clarified and added a few things. --NE2 03:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good. :) -- Cecropia 03:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History is incorrect 

message: The article currently says the free transfer arrangement was discontinued with the arrival of the MetroCard. But today, I know the B42 bus still enters the fare control of the Rockaway Parkway station, but the free transfer is from the subway to the B42 only, with B42 passengers headed to the station being dropped off outside the fare control. (I have never rode the B42, but I have observed the Rockaway Parkway station and its transfer and I'm certain of the subway to bus transfer.) How can I find references to this? Tinlinkin 03:06, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subway-bus transfer
Talk:B75 (New York City bus)

message: : tracks on Main Street north of Water Street are unused; still show up on 1880 plat --NE2 23:53, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

message: Can this article be moved to B75 (New York City bus)? Thanks.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 15:28, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: . epicgenius (talk) 17:01, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  B75
Talk:Rickwood Field

message: * User:69.9.11.60 changed the first sentence to "Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, was thought to be the oldest professional baseball park in the United States. It is predated by the Warren Ballpark in Bisbee, Arizona by one year." The ball grounds in Warren, with wood seats dating to 1908, did host professional baseball games in 1909, but the current stadium structure was built by the WPA in the 1930s. Much of Rickwood Field's structure actually does date to 1910 when professional baseball moved there from the older Slag Pile Field closer to downtown. These distinctions (or disclaimers) are probably worth including in the article, but I thought it better to discuss how to address them here than to edit war over the lead section. --Dystopos (talk) 15:34, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Warren Ballpark

message: Warren Ballpark in Bisbee Arizona is the oldest operating ball park in America. 2600:8800:7C97:1E00:6D04:B586:EB38:5CE7 (talk) 00:32, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second oldest ball park in America.
Talk:Sixth Avenue Line (Manhattan surface)

message: The branch on Canal Street to Broadway was open by March 26, 1853: 
*"Two elegant new cars have been placed on the Broadway branch of the Sixth-Avenue Railroad. They are superior specimens of workmanship, and so easy that a carriage would scarcely be more thoroughly comfortable. Spring seats, lined roof, earved work about the windows, and a general neatness of finish, are peculiar improvements. The Broadway and Canal-street branch of this road is doing a good business, and is popular."
--NE2 10:22, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Suiō-ryū

message: Added some information, mainly just reformed the article a bit. I'll add some information on the curriculum later. Ajjunn 20:34, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you explain a bit more? Is it a broader policy or has it got something to do with Kishikawa in person? (I am aware of the controversy surrounding his school and the branch of "niten ichi-ryu" he claims to be teaching, but I have not been albe to find any information relating to him and suio-ryu, other than the information provided by himself and his students. I'd like to know if he really is an official representative of the ryu.) Also, would you then be able to provide a picture of the headmaster we could use (compactible with the wikipedia image use policy)? Ajjunn (talk) 13:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

text: The picture was not meant to promote any one person, Kishikawa or other, just to provide a picture of Suio-ryu "in action". A copyright-free picture of Katsuse-sōke demonstrating techniques from the ryu would be ideal. No pic is just as fine for me, though. I was just thinking that this article could use one too, seeing that many other koryu-articles have them. Curriculum information I gathered from various resources on the internet that I deemed reliable enough (mainly those listed under the "resources and links"-section) and an article concerning Suio-ryu published on the Finnish Kendo associations magazine Tengu (Number 2/2006) Ajjunn (talk) 13:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent editing 

message: To Tenteisai: None of your corrections were actually spelling errors, only differences (please see American and British English spelling differences, for example), so even though I like the other ways of spelling more, both ways are equally acceptable, so I'm not going to revert them. I will, however, change the Buraian back to BuRaiAn because apparently that is the way they want it to be written.
EDIT: I did decide to undo the whole revision after all, seeing that the user has been systematically doing the same thing in a number of articles even when asked to not do so. Although apparently done with good intentions, American English is no more correct than British English and any corrections are useless. Ajjunn (talk) 13:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling errors?
Talk:Get It On (Grinderman song)

message: There's a start. More can be added as the single is released, and more information is released. Until then I think this will suffice. Codu (t)⁄(c) •  02:33, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Start 
Talk:Pimm's cup

message: Is there anything else that can be said about this? Is this article going to be more than a recipe? Is there a reason the drink is notable? I don't want to be hasty in making a judgment, but let me know if you plan to add something more substantial here. Leebo86 02:33, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It comes up a fair amount when I am researching other drinks. I'm not sure if it is because there are so many variations, because Pimm's is something of a unique drink, or why. I haven't investigated it yet. I do believe that more information can (and should) be added. The WikiProject Mixed Drinks will be happy to look into it. If it's not already tagged as a stub, I will do that to add it to our list of things to work on. --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 06:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk:M9 (New York City bus)

message: I live in Manhattan and have never met any person who would have any idea what you meant if you said "Avenue C Line." 
Subway lines are called by letter — the C runs local on 8th Avenue perpendicular to the purported Avenue C Line — bus lines by number with a letter (or two) in front to indicate which of the five boroughs. 
M21 redirects here and that is where this page belongs, with a redirect there from Avenue C Line. 
It makes one wonder how many other articles and their redirects are posted bass ackwards! — Robert Greer (talk) 15:46, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  rename 

message: Where's the association with the Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company?  ---------User:DanTD (talk)  12:55, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company
Talk:M5 and M55 buses

message: The article states: "The Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad was leased by the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad on June 30, 1893, and the lessee merged with the Broadway Surface Railroad and South Ferry Railroad on November 29, 1893 to form the Metropolitan Street Railway." This disagrees with the information in , which states that the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad and the Avenue C Railroad Company merged in 1874 to form the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad. Can anyone settle this discrepancy? -- BRG (talk) 20:49, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that your book is incorrect, though some of what I wrote is too.  generally agrees with the article, though the dates are a bit different (since I hadn't found that book when I wrote this). 1874 is when the Avenue C Railroad was reorganized to form the HWS&SF. I think the notes I took at Talk:List of streetcar lines in Manhattan/Consolidation were from that book, and should be accurate. --NE2 15:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chronology
Talk:Redmont Hotel

message: * Actually, there's at least one not in the US, per se, the American Legation, Tangier. But I add the USA part, as comments are made about articles being more 'global'. Figure it doesn't hurt anything, and if it helps someone in a foreign country understand an article a bit better, then it's all good. So I'll add back in the USA flag bit, okey-dokey? :) --Ebyabe 22:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: * I switched the flag out for a text link per the example at :Template:Infobox nrhp. --Dystopos 16:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: * Also, per my suggestion, the infobox header now specifies that the NRHP is for the US. --Dystopos 16:53, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NRHP in the USA
Talk:Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad

message: I have de-linked most of the red links. Those links have been red for almost 2½ years, suggesting that there is no reasonable prospect that articles will be written about them. Marc Shepherd 22:37, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I restored the ferries and rail companies and lines, which are valid topics for articles. --NE2 00:24, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: When years go by and no article is created, how valid are they? Marc Shepherd 00:30, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no deadline. --NE2 00:59, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But, by the same token, when an article has a significant number of redlinks, and they've been there for years with no articles being created, it's a strong indication that they will never be. Marc Shepherd 02:17, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or that nobody's gotten around to it. --NE2 03:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just in the event it's not as obvious, would I be wrong in redirecting the 42nd Street and Grand Street Ferry Line redlink to this article? ---------User:DanTD (talk)  06:45, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Excessive red-linking removed
Talk:List of streetcar lines in Staten Island

message: When these Staten Island streetcar lines began operating in the late 1800s, were any powered by horse or coal? Or were they all running on electricity from the start? Great if anyone can add a little more info about those early years. —173.56.25.136 (talk) 07:16, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The Staten Island Advance reference says 1892 was the first trip, and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle article (above) says 1897 already had an extensive, fully electrified network. So, it seems "likely" that all these streetcar lines were electric from the beginning. Does anyone have a published reference that would confirm this? —173.68.139.31 (talk) 04:02, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The Advance just posted an interesting slideshow of vintage photos on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHizUXbXF5Y . At 0:29, one historical photo confirms the use of electrical streetcars in 1892, so I updated our lead sentence accordingly. —24.191.101.189 (talk) 01:39, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Originally powered by horse, coal, or electricity?
Talk:List of streetcar lines in the Bronx

message: Here's an article that may be useful:  --NE2 11:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: *Fordham and Woodlawn Line: first street railway in the Bronx (Harlem Bridge, Morrisiana and Fordham Railway); from Harlem Bridge to Fordham Road by 1879
*Boston Road Line: to West Farms (Tremont Avenue) by 1879; to Bronx Park along Boston Road by 1891
*Southern Boulevard Line: Third Avenue (directly) to Boston Road by 1891
*138th Street Crosstown Line: Third Avenue to East River by 1891; tracks also on Madison Avenue and over the bridge but not on the Bronx side or on 135th Street in Manhattan
*Lincoln Avenue: Harlem River (132nd Street) to 138th Street by 1891
*St. Ann's Avenue Line: planned in 1911, including connection to Willis Avenue Bridge 
*Westchester Avenue Line: work began to Unionport in 1899 
The New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company built some lines in Mt. Vernon, including Lincoln Avenue to Chester Hill and probably South 5th Avenue (into the Bronx on Dyre Avenue).
Brooklyn Daily Eagle January 29, 1889 refers to the Harlem and Morrisania Line and 138th Street and Port Morris Line.
Here's a list in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle February 17, 1902 page 2:
*"cross-country line" from Jerome Avenue to Unionport
*Mount Vernon Line
*Fordham Line
*West Farms Line
*Westchester Avenue Line
*161st Street Crosstown Line
*"Union line" from 8th Avenue and 135th Street to Port Morris
*Willis Avenue Line from 129th Street to High Bridge
*"trolley from Fordham" mostly under the L
*Mount Vernon Line
*West Farms Line
*Westchester Line
*Boston Road Line
And from  (1906):
*138th Street Line: 138th Street Crosstown Line
*161st Street Line: 163rd Street Crosstown Line
*177th Street Line (east): 180th Street Crosstown Line
**Fort Schuyler Line branches off: Tremont Avenue Line
*177th Street Line (west): Sedgwick Avenue Line
*Fordham Line: Fordham and Woodlawn Line
*Jerome Avenue Line: Jerome Avenue Line
*McLean Avenue Line: part of Willis Avenue Line
*Morris Avenue Line: Morris Avenue Line
*Mt. Vernon Line: Webster and White Plains Avenues Line
*Southern Boulevard Line: Southern Boulevard Line
*Westchester Avenue Line: Westchester Avenue Line
*West Farms Line: Boston Road Line
*West Mt. Vernon Line: part of Willis Avenue Line
*Williamsbridge Line: Williamsbridge Line
*Willis Avenue Line: Willis Avenue Line
Proposed lines from June 30, 1900 page 13:  All of these existed by 1906.
--NE2 00:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History of lines

message: Regarding the City Island Line, does this have anything to do with the Pelham Park and City Island Railway? If so, maybe the redlink should be redirected there. ----DanTD (talk) 13:56, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  City Island Line
Talk:Putnam Memorial State Park

message: There are at least three Putnam Parks with Wikipedia entries and a few in the US without entries. 
The most noted and historical one, site of an American Revolutionary War encampment in Connecticut under the Wikipedia page Putnam Memorial State Park , but mostly known as "Putnam Park".
A Putnam Park owned by the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, which all searches for "Putnam Park" are directed.
As well as a Helen Putnam Regional Park in or near Petaluma, California.
--DCX (talk) 18:34, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Putnam Park (disambiguation) created. NtheP (talk) 19:26, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Putnam Park" needs a disambiguation page
Talk:Creative evolution

message: Hi -- I'm somewhat new to this, so please correct me if I've screwed up; but it seems like a bad idea to redirect this page to "theistic evolution." I came here looking for the book Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson, and I imagine I'm not the only one...would it be better to make a disambiguation page of some sort? Thanks, Gotterfunken 02:38, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A disambiguation page doesn't make an awful lot of sense unless more than one of the possibilities actually has an article, but I've set one up anyway; you are welcome to create an article about the book by following the red link to Creative Evolution (book) if you wish – Gurch 16:29, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks so much for responding. I've set up the beginnings of an article for now, and will try to expand on it later... Cheers, Gotterfunken 19:27, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Counts and dukes of Penthièvre

message: Pierre Dubois Davaugour is a descendent of the Lords D'Avaugour.  Just how, I do not know.  Adam Bishop doesn't understand why I put it there, but I thought it interesting.  Most often, the world at large does not connect the internal affairs of colonizing powers with their colonies.  They just assume it is a national matter, with no scope of the local or provinical element.  Davaugour was obviously Breton and it is said that the northwestern regions of France were chief of all areas to provide the population of New France.  I think population studies are important, but you may disagree.  Sorry for this "crap", as Mister Bishop calls it.  Good riddance...  Rhode Islander 02:39, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's better to ask about it here on the talk page, not the article itself, where it doesn't seem to fit. And I did not know you were referring to this on my talk page. Adam Bishop 07:59, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The information (not the exact descent) is in the CDNB article linked there, although it does seem rather unbalanced for that to be the only content of his bio. Choess 16:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Prospect Place

message: This section seems inappropriate for the encyclopedia article about the mansion, as its importance is not related to any purported family issues, but to GW Adams and his brother's role in maintaining stations on the Underground Railroad, and on the house's architectural quality.  No scholarly or even census sources are noted. I think it could all be deleted.--Parkwells (talk) 21:33, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the G.W. Adams section should necessarily be deleted, but I do think it should be moved to its own page. Todd Carnes (talk) 22:10, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Genealogy

message: While there are many requests for cites, it looks as if most of the material comes from the nomination of the building to the National Register of Historic Places pie. Sources would be available in that document, probably to be found online. Editors should use those sources.--Parkwells (talk) 21:33, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: I don't feel like this is in any way beneficial to the article itself. Cjones132002 (talk) 20:36, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Can We Remove the Satanic Break in section?

message: Though the story that G.W. Adams had the original bridge designed by John Roebling, is a popular one among the locals here (I live one street over from Prospect Place), it has no basis in fact. I have re-written the section regarding the bridge to reflect the fact that the bridge was actually designed by Adams' nephew, George Copeland. I have included my source for this information as well - unlike the original author.
I think it's also instructive to note that the area on the opposite side of the bridge from Dresden is known today as Copeland's Woods as the land at that end of the bridge was originally owned by Adam's nephew. Todd Carnes (talk) 21:57, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Dresden Suspension Bridge
Talk:Prince Hall Mystic Cemetery

message: I took a bunch of photos today at the annual Memorial Day observance.  I'd appreciate feedback as to which would be best to add to this article.  Permission is granted to temporarily copy photos for purposes of proposing edited copies, and of course once we agree on which one, I'll grant a general license on that one. Matchups 03:25, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a bit hard to select a photo without seeing the site and knowing what's there, but a couple of rules of thumb I use might help.  1st, NRHP photos should be about the site, rather than about living people. So, e.g. photos 14-16 are mostly about people, so probably should not be used.  2nd, "the main feature" should be shown.  Taking the main features to be the big stone, the fence, and maybe the house and the sign on the gate, photo 12 seems to have all of those.  There are lots of people in it too, but they are clearly NOT the point of the photo.  I'd probably crop out the top of the car on the bottom left, which might mean taking out the woman in the red/pink blouse.  I'll download it and see what comes out.  Smallbones (talk) 03:15, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

text: Thanks for the comments.  I appreciate the comment about site vs living people, but where a site is in active use in some fashion, I believe it's important to document that as well.  So I've selected a picture which shows both.  I'm also adding some information about current use of the site. Matchups 12:49, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos