Template talk:TransLink services

message: As an aside, should "History — Lines and stations — Rolling stock" be emboldened? Jc86035 (talk) Use to reply to me 05:42, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect it is because it's in the "title box" for the table, even though it's the second line. I would leave it. —Joeyconnick (talk) 21:39, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

text: I would go with the spaced en-dashes. Not having spaces between them looks very odd to me and may be confusing considering some are links. Sweetnhappy (talk) 22:48, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'd prefer spaced en dashes. Maybe enclose the line in  tags? Jc86035 (talk) Use to reply to me 01:26, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: History — Lines and stations — Rolling stock

message: What do people think about adding a "Historical" or "Former" section to the "Bus routes" section, as per :Template:Hammersmith & City line navbox? I am not a fan of the extreme amount of redlinks and the hard-on-the-eyes strikethroughs, so I mocked up what that might look like at User:Joeyconnick/sandbox/Template:TransLink Services2 (this also now has the spaced en-dashes for History/Lines and stations/Rolling stock, which is also in smaller text) —Joeyconnick (talk) 06:49, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks much better not having former exchanges/B-Lines mixed in with active ones, the smaller text for the  History/Lines and stations/Rolling stock is also a plus. It has come to my attention that there is no longer a Walnut Grove Park and Ride as it is no longer listed here on TransLink's website. I'm assuming it closed when Carvolth Exchanged opened in 2012. Northwest (talk) 12:33, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I just went through the List of transit exchanges in Greater Vancouver yesterday and took out any discontinued or otherwise unmentioned loops/park and rides. I think that the bus routes Exchanges section needs to match with the article (excluding major stations/interchanges that are on other lines above). And I'm also in favour of the changes Joeyconnick has made on his template. Sweetnhappy (talk) 20:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  creating a historical section and getting rid of the strikethrough and redlinks for the buses section 

message: Since Arbutus is no longer inbound, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:TransLink_Services&oldid=prev&diff=908347604 this edit is meaningless. We either need to change the wording or change the order. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:36, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: How is Arbutus no longer inbound? If you are at Lafarge Lake–Douglas and heading towards Arbutus, you are inbound. If you are at Arbutus heading towards Lafarge Lake–Douglas, you are outbound. —Joeyconnick (talk) 17:57, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Downtown is inbound. Once you reach Main (well, Ontario), you're outbound again. Direction of travel is no longer a binary inbound or outbound. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:14, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  And without a :WP:RS we should not assume what "inbound" means in relation to the extension. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:07, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Well we've worked fine without any :WP:RS to "officially" define outbound and inbound until now, so you implying we require one now seems to shifting the goalposts considerably. Until something contradicts what's established :WP:STATUSQUO, "towards Vancouver" seems to be what "inbound" means in the Greater Vancouver context of TransLink. Previously Lafarge Lake–Douglas to VCC–Clark was inbound; that hasn't changed simply now that there are future stations as we move farther in that same direction. —Joeyconnick (talk) 04:18, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Because until now, inbound has been obvious: trains travelling into the downtown core are inbound. No need to shift the goalposts, we simply need to correctly define them otherwise it's :WP:OR (at best) or a lie (at worst). I have been watching SkyTrain articles for several years and have seen a lot of assumptions be blown to pieces by decisions at the corporate level. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:03, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inbound is now meaningless