User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2024/Oct
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DYK for Edward S. Harkness House
On 1 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edward S. Harkness House, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when the Edward S. Harkness House was built, its owner took the address from his neighbor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edward S. Harkness House. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Edward S. Harkness House), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Tiffany & Co. flagship store
The article Tiffany & Co. flagship store you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Tiffany & Co. flagship store for comments about the article, and Talk:Tiffany & Co. flagship store/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 02:29, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
It appears the template was rightly flagged for the colored bullets-should we finally revert this back? Thanks. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 20:21, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up @Kew Gardens 613, but I disagree that the template is over colored. These are the real-life route emblems, and I don't quite see how they violate MOS:COLOR; the rest of the navbox is in compliance with that guideline. However, if you want, you can change these to regular links. Epicgenius (talk) 21:32, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Commercial property analytics company (CoStar Group)
Hi. I saw you listed as a member of WP:ARCH and, based on your interest in buildings, thought you'd be interested in some ideas about how to restructure the page for CoStar Group who deals with real estate analytics. Because I have a COI, I put my suggested edits in this conversation. If you have a chance to read it over and you agree that it improves the article, I'd appreciate you implementing it.
Thank you so much for your help, Hbensur (talk) 21:46, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Freedom of panorama
We have lost multiple images of stations (of which there are a limited number) since a user is overzealously deleting any images that have any small feature that might be copyrighted (it goes well beyond transit). There would be no images of Times Square if FOP was interpreted this way. Is there anything you think can be done about this? Thanks. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 20:19, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oof, yeah, that is pretty annoying. Awesome Aasim said in one of these discussions that "I'd say just blur out the billboard and call it a day." I agree, and I think it may be worth asking the Commons administrator if they'd be willing to reinstate a censored version of the picture. I notice that a few of these deleted images are by @Jim.henderson; if he still has the originals for File:Wakefield IRT term jeh.JPG and File:Culver Line over 4th jeh.JPG, maybe he might be willing to blur out the pictures in question and reupload them. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:22, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- There goes another two. Nearly all entrance photos, since they have ads, will likely be wiped in this purge. I think that even censoring them is ridiculous-you don't see news agencies like the Times doing it when an ad happens to be in the background of a photo of a crime scene, a parade, or any other event. This little stuff-missing the spirit of the rules on the books-is why so many people give up or don't even start editing Wikipedia. This helps no one, and, no, Sketchers will not sue us if an ad of theirs from 2008 is in a photo of an entrance to a station. I doubt this is winnable though. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 11:50, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Kew Gardens 613, sadly the user is correct with regard to advertisements. These do have copyright protection in the US. The only remedies are to blur or crop out the advertisements, neither of which is ideal, but at least someone would be able to claim that the entrances are the main subject of the image and that the advertisements are shown in a de minimis way. You could alternatively ask the user, who is nominating the images for deletion, to slow down the pace of their nominations. Epicgenius (talk) 12:32, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- yeah looks like I must learn the software that blurs pictures.Lately I've been snapping directly from Commons App which doesn't provide for any processing. I crop and sometimes rotate in Commons which seems to be most of what is available there Jim.henderson (talk) 12:48, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Kew Gardens 613, sadly the user is correct with regard to advertisements. These do have copyright protection in the US. The only remedies are to blur or crop out the advertisements, neither of which is ideal, but at least someone would be able to claim that the entrances are the main subject of the image and that the advertisements are shown in a de minimis way. You could alternatively ask the user, who is nominating the images for deletion, to slow down the pace of their nominations. Epicgenius (talk) 12:32, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- There goes another two. Nearly all entrance photos, since they have ads, will likely be wiped in this purge. I think that even censoring them is ridiculous-you don't see news agencies like the Times doing it when an ad happens to be in the background of a photo of a crime scene, a parade, or any other event. This little stuff-missing the spirit of the rules on the books-is why so many people give up or don't even start editing Wikipedia. This helps no one, and, no, Sketchers will not sue us if an ad of theirs from 2008 is in a photo of an entrance to a station. I doubt this is winnable though. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 11:50, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
DYK for 1939 New York World's Fair pavilions and attractions
On 3 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1939 New York World's Fair pavilions and attractions, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that attractions at the 1939 World's Fair included a roller coaster, a ski slope, and scantily clad women? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1939 New York World's Fair pavilions and attractions. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1939 New York World's Fair pavilions and attractions), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Promotion of 330 West 42nd Street
DCWC closing update
The 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest has come to a close! After a thrilling finish to the event with a slew of submissions on the final day, we have our winners. With 608 points, 
Thebiguglyalien (submissions) comes in third with his series of Kiribati and Botswanan submissions; 
BeanieFan11 (submissions) flies into second place at the last second with 771 points after a string of good articles about sportspersons; and after leading for much of contest's three months, 
Generalissima (submissions) finishes with a whopping 798 points to take home the Gold Belt Buckle. Congratulations to our winners!
In addition to his spot in the top three, BeanieFan11 (submissions) also wins the special awards for submitting under the most countries (44 countries) and for writing the most articles about women (15 Did you know? nominations)! 
Magentic Manifestations (submissions), after making 16 submissions under the Indian flag—15 of them good articles—receives the awards for most submissions for a single country and most featured or good articles promoted. For their submission of one FAC review, five FLC reviews, and 20 GAN reviews, Simongraham (submissions) wins for most article reviews.
The results of the contest have far exceeded any expectations the coordinators had for it at the beginning: among the submissions to the event were 3 FAs, 10 FLs, 88 GAs, dozens of article reviews of every kind, and more Did you know? submissions than we can count! Regardless of your level of participation, every contestant can be proud to have contributed towards a major step in countering the systemic bias on Wikipedia. Every year, millions of readers and editors around the globe use Wikipedia to educate themselves and communicate with others about parts of the world that often receive less attention than they deserve. Thank you for participating with us in the contest and contributing to this effort. The DCWC will return next year and we look forward to seeing you contribute again! However, before that...
We need your feedback! Join the conversation on the talk page to discuss your reflections on the contest (even if you didn't participate!) and help us make it better.
If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Ixtal (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 19:02, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Kevin Roche
He Epicgenius, look at the beautiful pix Linda submitted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Roche Cheers, EliBigeez (talk) 21:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Queens Zoo
On 5 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Queens Zoo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New York City's Queens Zoo once received a lion cub despite having no lion enclosure? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Queens Zoo. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Queens Zoo), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedia Apps newsletter – Third quarter of 2024
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hello, and welcome to the app's third newsletter of 2024! In this edition, we will highlight the accomplishments and progress made during July, August, and September 2024!
iOS Updates
Over 20,000 images have been added via the "Add an Image" feature across both iOS and Android! (T372954), good opportunity to try it yourself ;) This tool allows users to enhance Wikipedia articles by adding relevant images. It’s a great way to contribute and improve the visual experience for readers.
The iOS team kicked off the Alt Text experiment to improve image descriptions for accessibility. This feature helps ensure that visually impaired users can better understand the content of images through descriptive text.
The iOS App has been transitioning from a primarily reader-focused app, to an app that fully supports both reading and editing. After adding a number of editing features, the navigation system of the app needs to grow and change to support them and future additions. Improving our navigation will allow for more app users to discover editing features, and allow experienced users quicker access to their most-used tools. This refresh incorporates findings from usability testing with multiple variants of the App's navigation. The team is currently planning phased rollouts over the coming year to improve user experience. (Phase 1: T373714)
Android Updates
Improvements were made to the Places feature in response to user feedback, including larger cluster icons and a Wikipedia logo for articles without images (T371067, T370094). Also, the team is exploring designs to allow users to explore articles from multiple language wikis simultaneously and will adjust the zoom logic to show nearby locations upon launch (T352757, T368792).
- WikiTrivia Game
The team prepared for the WikiTrivia Game during a hackathon, selecting a data source and creating initial designs (T371508, T371510).
Work began on adding Recommended Content to search, iterating on design concepts and testing performance (T371613).
The team is now engaging with several wikis to implement Machine-Assisted Article Descriptions based on prior experimental results.
- Sharing reading lists
Android users can now share reading lists with others, expanding community collaboration (T370703).
And some performance enhancements: Revision tags for app edits were successfully implemented (T366731, T366732).
The app now supports URL sharing on Pixel devices, thanks to volunteer developer contributions (T370020).
Stay tuned for future updates as we continue to enhance your Wikipedia experience! And you can subscribe to this newsletter.
--17:17, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
DYK for University Village (Manhattan)
On 8 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article University Village (Manhattan), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Picasso sculpture at University Village was called "half as high and twice as sexy as the Great Sphinx of Egypt"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/University Village (Manhattan). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, University Village (Manhattan)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Admin elections are upon us!
I think you already know that you'd be a stellar admin in DYK and beyond, so I hope I don't need to make that case to you. Suffice to say that you'd handle a mop well and that the project would benefit massively if you stepped up.
But I do want to say: I know a lot of people feel really shaky about the toxicity of RfA. There's no denying that it ranges from overly harsh to downright cruel. But this is a cake walk – three days of discussion with no voting instead of an agonizing week, and all of the votes are private. If something comes up in the discussion that scares you, you can always withdraw. There's really no harm in putting your name forward. I would really really strongly encourage you to throw your hat in the ring and see what happens – it'd be an honor to have you on the mop corps :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 11:38, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the vote of confidence - I really appreciate it. An admin election sounds like something I might want to try, as it seems to be less stressful than regular RFAs from the looks of it. However, I should also say that even if I do decide to run in a theoretical admin election, I wouldn't be able to do so for several months at least. Epicgenius (talk) 13:26, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Whoops, I missed that the admin elections trial closes in one week. I'll think on it for the next few days, but I can't make any promises about nominating myself. Epicgenius (talk) 13:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- If or when you decide to go for it, you have my vote of confidence as well. Complex/Rational 14:12, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Whoops, I missed that the admin elections trial closes in one week. I'll think on it for the next few days, but I can't make any promises about nominating myself. Epicgenius (talk) 13:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- +1. Although I have absolutely no business being in this discussion, I would 100% support you in an election. Your content work is extremely admirable. :) SirMemeGod 14:18, 8 October 2024 (UTC)