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Wikimedia New York City Annual Meeting Sat Jun 30

Join us at Jefferson Market Library on Saturday starting at 1pm for our annual meeting and elections, details at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC!--Pharos (talk) 17:32, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of New Jersey Route 177

The article New Jersey Route 177 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:New Jersey Route 177 for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? Statυs (talk) 07:30, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Didn't realize this one was also yours. I have reviewed New York State Route 179 and placed it on hold. Best, Statυs (talk) 08:01, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I have passed the article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Statυs (talk) 08:44, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 June newsletter

Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga (submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X (submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu (submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 11:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

New York State Routes

A few issues, but didn't feel as if I needed to put the articles on hold for them. Talk:New York State Route 93/GA1 and Talk:New York State Route 78/GA1 Great work! Your creations are always the easiest to review! Statυs (talk) 09:58, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Route 240/GA1 and Route 270/GA1

Check it. Leave me a message on my talk when you've fixed the issues. Statυs (talk) 20:37, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Passed. Have fun on your vacation! Statυs (talk) 21:56, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

USR at Wikimania

Good enough? Daniel Case (talk) 22:05, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

North Hawthorne Station

Hey, I was about to compose an article on the now defunct North Hawthorne station on the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway in the Hawthorne, NJ, when I stumbled upon the photo you transferred from FlickR...

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The photo shows the grade crossing at Rock Road, near the Hawthorne-Ridgewood border 40°58′11.42″N 74°08′56.54″W. This location is actually about a mile north of where the North Hawthorne station really was.

The North Hawthorne station sat at the end of Rea Ave, near the intersection with 4th Ave 40°57′30.66″N 74°09′15.63″W. There was also a car shop and a roundhouse in the North Hawthorne Yard. The roundhouse is the only structure still surviving. It's located at 40°57′28.18″N 74°09′10.96″W.

Check out the below link to see what the station/yard used to look like...
Garden State Model Railway Club page with images of former North Hawthorne station and yard

I think the image currently on Commons should probably be deleted since it is inaccurate. Let me know your thoughts.

Lithium6ion (talk) 02:12, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Trying to build up some sources for the article. I have a good deal of knowledge about the station from extensively exploring what was left of the yard and the surrounding industrial complex in the 90s, but I really need some decent refs. If you have any good sources let me know. I also cannot seem to find the Erie station code for North Hawthorne, which is odd.

Question about your infobox system...

So, dissecting the box on Hawthorne (NYS&W station), in the station/services panel the links to preceding/next stations are controlled by the template Template:Erie stations? Now, Hawthorne has two former Erie Stations, not counting North Hawthorne. So, for the box on the North Hawthorne page, I would have to set up a new entry in the template "| Hawthorne NYSW= Hawthorne (NYS&W station)|Hawthorne" in order to prevent linking to "Hawthorne (Erie Railroad station)" which would redirect to the NJT station?

I also plan to title the North Hawthorne page "North Hawthorne (NYS&W station)", so rather than put in a redirect off "North Hawthorne (Erie Railroad station)", I can also just add a "North Hawthorne" entry to the template?

Thanks for the taking the time to respond. Since you are an expert on the Erie, I would appreciate if you checked out the North Hawthorne article when it is ready. I'll let you know. Lithium6ion (talk) 03:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I know it's the not-North Hawthorne station. I ripped the box from that article, so I just left the photo in there for now as a place holder. Actually, I just removed it, so no confusion. I still have to upload a photo of the roundhouse to commons, which I'll try to do in a few min. I wasn't too happy with the image, but Port Authority (which owns the building) recently installed a seven foot privacy screen around the property. Had to stand on a guardrail to peer in... I'll try to get the article pushed out by next week. Thanks for the lightning fast reply. Oh, and thanks for the station code. I thought North Paterson might be the one, but wasn't sure. I know Hawthorne broke from Paterson in 1898 when Manchester split up, so it makes sense. Lithium6ion (talk) 03:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I think the article is as ready as I can make it for now. When you have a moment, take a look at my sandbox and let me know your thoughts. Thanks. Lithium6ion (talk) 17:07, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Appreciate the sincerity. I need better sources to make this pop. If you could share some refs I would be grateful. In the meantime, I will do more digging. Will check back in at some point down the road. Lithium6ion (talk) 18:47, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

I think the article has reached an acceptable quality for creation. Your thoughts again appreciated when you have a moment, and feel free to tweak if necessary. Thanks. Lithium6ion (talk) 17:40, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

See previous comment↑ Thanks. Lithium6ion (talk) 20:04, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Alrighty. Give it a final look. As for the other stations, I would be interested in putting together as many as I can. I now have decent source materials I can apply for the rest of the line. Lithium6ion (talk) 17:28, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

I'll put it up soon, but first I'm curious to know exactly what material you feel is lacking citation. At a month in the works I wouldn't feel good putting it out there if there was something easy to adjust. Lithium6ion (talk) 20:32, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Slight tweak - I used the GSMRRC ref to back up the fact that the the roundhouse does currently survive. The only other info I feel is significantly unsupported is "Some of the surrounding industrial buildings also retain old rail freight platforms, although these are either sealed up or in a state of disrepair". I have not found this stated anywhere, but I am considering adding some photo(s) I took this year to at least kind of back it up. Not much I can do there unless someone writes a new book or creates a new website on the NYS&W. Most of the really good sources are, unfortunately, older than myself. Lithium6ion (talk) 22:00, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the welcome! I was reading Route 4's article for the first time in awhile and couldn't resist a little editing :P And now I just don't want to stop...

I'd be happy to help at IRC - I have some free time coming up this next week. Is there a particular time of day that I should aim for? Cheers, Rai•me 02:31, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

NY 22

Hi Friend,

I looked at the NYDOT logs and you are correct! :) :) The route still goes to the border! I remember not too long ago though the route was signed all the way to the International Border! Any idea why they put up end shields at US 11 thus rendering the rest unsigned? A road nerd like me loves it! :) :).

Hugs, Kate (aka >SalmonSteaks (talk) 20:03, 26 July 2012 (UTC))

US Roads WikiProject

Hi. Just a quick data point to add to your discontent with Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads, I too have experienced a combination of bewilderment and frustration at the pages and pages of seemingly never-ending conversations that go on in this area of Wikipedia. I really can't tell who's right or who's wrong, but I do know several people who could make good contributions to Wikipedia (and have the potential to make several FA candidates) won't because of people like this who occasionally spill over and pollute UK Road articles. Hey ho. --Ritchie333 (talk) 18:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 July newsletter

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:28, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

What the hell?

You've got two sources right there both showing the NYC history of Greystone (Metro-North station) right there, postcards and all. It's not as if they're both pulling the information out of their asses here. ----DanTD (talk) 01:55, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Be that as it may, it still has the links to the other sites which confirm it, and I used one of them after you deleted Emily's. Since you admit you're a fan of her site, I suppose I can relinquish my suspicion that you "hate the source, not the info," which would be another way of hating the player as opposed to the game. Plus, I did hide the history section until I could gather more info. ----DanTD (talk) 02:28, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Norman J. Levy

Hi I notice the article about Meadowbrook State Parkway at DYK. I started an article about Norman J. Levy the New York state senator who was mentioned in the Meadowbrook State Parkway article. Please feel free to expand the Norman J. Levy article. I have started many articles about Wisconsin territorial and state legislators. I do have a modest request-please do not get myself involved with the DYK-too much wikidrama that I can do without. Thank you-RFD (talk) 00:23, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 August newsletter

The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Grapple X (submissions) once again finishes the round in first place, leading Pool B. Grapple X writes articles about television, and especially The X-Files and Millenium, with good articles making up the bulk of the score.
2. Miyagawa (submissions) led Pool A this round. Fourth-place finalist last year, Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, and has reached the final primarily off the back of his massive number of did you knows.
3. Ruby2010 (submissions) was second in Pool B. Ruby2010 writes primarily on television and film, and scores primarily from good articles.
4. Casliber (submissions) finished third in Pool B. Casliber is something of a WikiCup veteran, having finished sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2010. Casliber writes on the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. Over half of Casliber's points this round were bonus points from the high-importance articles he has worked on.
5. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second in Pool A. Also writing on biology, especially marine biology, Cwmhiraeth received 390 points for one featured article (Bivalvia) and one good article (pelican), topping up with a large number of did you knows.
6. Muboshgu (submissions) was third in Pool A. Muboshgu writes primarily on baseball, and this round saw Muboshgu's first featured article, Derek Jeter, promoted on its fourth attempt at FAC.
7. Dana Boomer (submissions) was fourth in Pool A. She writes on a variety of topics, including horses, but this round also saw the high-importance lettuce reach featured article status.
8. Sasata (submissions) is another WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist in 2009 and 2010. He writes mostly on mycology.

However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle: GreatOrangePumpkin (submissions), Ealdgyth (submissions), Calvin999 (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), The Bushranger (submissions) and 1111tomica (submissions). We hope to see you all next year.

On the subject of next year, a discussion has been opened here. Come and have your say about the competition, and how you'd like it to run in the future. This brainstorming will go on for some time before more focused discussions/polls are opened. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:19, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

USRD Summer 2012 Newsletter

Volume 5, Issue 3 • Summer 2012 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup Portal selected articles and pictures	Features U.S. Roads Project Goes to Wikimania Driving to 4 Million Michigan Reaches Milestone Maple Syrup Report	State and national updates Project news Task force reports for AK, CA, DE, GA, GU, LA, MO, MT, ND, OK, and TX
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

—Imzadi 1979 → 22:59, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Sparta station

You're right ... that's why we do this. I think I will see what pics I have and upload them too.

Isn't it nice to have gotten there before the fire, for once? I wonder what started it. Probably some kids out sneaking a smoke. Daniel Case (talk) 22:11, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, I don't think there's any great rush to determine what caused the fire that burned down a century-and-then-some no-longer-in-use railroad station building, and frankly as long as the SFD is satisfied that this was not arson there's no need to know. But it could, to me, easily have been kids sneaking a smoke—it was out of the way yet had easy parking. And 3:49 was only when the fire was reported ... by a passing motorist along Route 15. If there was enough of a fire by that time to be visible through trees in full leaf, while driving, it had to have been burning for some time already, perhaps even longer than an hour. And 2:30 a.m. or so is not so late for kids on a Friday or Saturday night to be hanging out. Daniel Case (talk) 01:58, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

I was once a kid who hung out a little, and I knew other kids who hung out more. There is no such thing as too rural or too far when you've got friends, some beer and/or weed. Daniel Case (talk) 02:05, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Meadowbrook State Parkway

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:02, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

TFA

Coming in a hurry, did you know? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:44, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

New road! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:17, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

California State Route 186

I've added a photo and KML and made a few copyedits. Since you did most of the work on this, are you interested in nominating this for GAN? --Rschen7754 07:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 September newsletter

We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Grapple X (submissions) currently leads, followed by Sasata (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 19:58, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

You're invited: Ada Lovelace, STEM women edit-a-thon at Harvard

U.S. Ada Lovelace Day 2012 edit-a-thon, Harvard University - You are invited!

Now in its fourth year, Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Participants from around New England are invited to gather together at Harvard Law School to edit and create Wikipedia entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields. Register to attend or sign up to participate remotely - visit this page to do either. 00:34, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

NW Philly SEPTA station pix

Mitch,

I noticed you replaced 6 of my photos at Queen Lane (SEPTA station)‎, Tulpehocken (SEPTA station)‎; Upsal (SEPTA station)‎; Carpenter (SEPTA station)‎; St. Martins (SEPTA station)‎; and Highland (SEPTA station)‎.

There clearly is no rule against replacing pix, but I'm thinking my pix are the better ones. Obviously this is subjective (from either of us) and perhaps we have different approaches. I tend to photograph NRHP buildings and you tend to photograph train stations. I'll say that I tend to concentrate on the buildings and you tend to concentrate on the tracks and platforms (which I find a bit boring). You're photos tend to be very dark, but perhaps you think mine are over-exposed. Would you be against having a third party look at these and decide which should go in the article?

All the best,

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 15:51, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

While over a month later, I'm going to second Smallbones' comment. While I'm certainly glad you're willing to put all these images on Wikipedia, the composition of the images is actually pretty weak. The focus on the vanishing point of the tracks winds up creating images that a)leave out so much detail b) look repetitively alike, and c) often times miss the most important part, the actual station building. Glen Rock Boro Hall may be pretty featureless, but the image on the page shows nothing to indicate where it is; the platform is just like anyother low level platform in the world and the signs are too distant or obscured to be useful. Your Glen Rock Main Line image is much better, as its composition focuses on the distinguishing features of the image. To sum up, the platform and tracks are rarely the best image for a train station, unless that's all there is to it.oknazevad (talk) 21:39, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 October newsletter

The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

1. Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
2. Sasata (submissions)
3. Grapple X (submissions)
4. Casliber (submissions)
5. Muboshgu (submissions)
6. Miyagawa (submissions)
7. Ruby2010 (submissions)
8. Dana Boomer (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The featured article award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for four featured articles in the final round.
• The good article award also goes to Grapple X (submissions), for 19 good articles in the second round.
• The list award goes to Muboshgu (submissions), for three featured lists in the final round.
• The topic award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
• The did you know award goes to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
• The news award goes to ThaddeusB (submissions), for 10 in the news items in round 3.
• The picture award goes to Grandiose (submissions), for two featured pictures in round 2.
• The reviewer award goes to both Ruby2010 (submissions) (14 reviews in round 1) and Grandiose (submissions) (14 reviews in round 3).
• Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to Cwmhiraeth (submissions).

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Ohio City

Sorry, but I'm on lunch break and can't check it in detail yet. See here, when it was first added; it's my guess that (1) the text developed organically here and that they took it from us without attribution, or (2) that the chunk in that diff was copied from an earlier version of the village website. When I get the chance later, I'll go through the history diff by diff, and if necessary I'll check with the Internet Archive for old versions of the village website. Nyttend (talk) 17:39, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry; I'd completely forgotten. While the text on the article is currently almost identical to that of the village website, there are lots of small changes between now and when it was originally added. What's more, see my edit summary here — the bit about the Lambert car wasn't even mentioned in the source. As a result, I'm confident that the village's webmaster copied from us. Nyttend (talk) 04:13, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not going to bother, but of course you're free to do it if you so desire. Nyttend (talk) 04:18, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC this Saturday Dec 1

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC

You are invited to Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and workshops focused on film and the performing arts that will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.

All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and at meetup.com!--Pharos (talk) 07:30, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Main page appearance: New York State Route 319

This is a note to let the main editors of New York State Route 319 know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on December 23, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 23, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegates Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), Gimmetoo (talk · contribs), and Bencherlite (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

New York State Route 319 was a state highway in Chenango County, New York, in the United States. It was 5.47 miles (8.80 km) long and connected the hamlet of Preston to the nearby city of Norwich. What became NY 319 was originally built during the early 19th century as the privately owned Norwich and Preston Turnpike. The state of New York assumed ownership in the early 20th century, and the Preston–Norwich state highway was designated as NY 319 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. Maintenance of NY 319 was split between the state and the city of Norwich, with the New York State Department of Transportation handling the part of the route west of the city limits. In 1962, the New York State Legislature approved a highway maintenance swap that would transfer the state-maintained section of NY 319 to Chenango County when a new alignment was constructed for NY 23 through the northwestern part of the county. The project was completed in July 1984, at which time the NY 319 designation was completely removed and Chenango County assumed maintenance of the route's former alignment west of Norwich. The new county road was redesignated County Route 10A. (Full article...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

New York State Route 319 was a state highway in Chenango County, New York, in the United States. It was 5.47 miles (8.80 km) long and connected the hamlet of Preston to the nearby city of Norwich (pictured). What became NY 319 was originally built during the early 19th century as the privately owned Norwich and Preston Turnpike. The state of New York assumed ownership in the early 20th century, and the Preston–Norwich state highway was designated as NY 319 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. Maintenance of NY 319 was split between the state and the city of Norwich, with the New York State Department of Transportation handling the part of the route west of the city limits. In 1962, the New York State Legislature approved a highway maintenance swap that would transfer the state-maintained section of NY 319 to Chenango County when a new alignment was constructed for NY 23 through the northwestern part of the county. The project was completed in July 1984, at which time the NY 319 designation was completely removed and Chenango County assumed maintenance of the route's former alignment west of Norwich. The new county road was redesignated County Route 10A. (Full article...)

New York State Route 319 was a state highway in Chenango County, New York, in the United States. It was 5.47 miles (8.80 km) long and connected the hamlet of Preston to the nearby city of Norwich. What became NY 319 was originally built during the early 19th century as the privately owned Norwich and Preston Turnpike. The state of New York assumed ownership in the early 20th century, and the Preston–Norwich state highway was designated as NY 319 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. Maintenance of NY 319 was split between the state and the city of Norwich, with the New York State Department of Transportation handling the part of the route west of the city limits. In 1962, the New York State Legislature approved a highway maintenance swap that would transfer the state-maintained section of NY 319 to Chenango County when a new alignment was constructed for NY 23 through the northwestern part of the county. The project was completed in July 1984, at which time the NY 319 designation was completely removed and Chenango County assumed maintenance of the route's former alignment west of Norwich. The new county road was redesignated County Route 10A. (Full article...)

The trouble with the 1966 picture is, at the standard TFA image size of 100px, you can't make out what the photo shows. Even at 150px, all you really see is the building, which isn't the focus of the article. What about the road picture below it? Bencherlite^Talk 13:23, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Precious

NY State roads
Thank you for quality articles articles on roads connecting people, such as New York State Route 319, 22, the Meadowbrook State Parkway, for "Never support those who think in the box", for being "sort of splendid torch", - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (31 March 2009)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:45, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Season's greetings

	Belated Happy Chanukah and Happy Holidays 2012! Happy New Year and all the best in 2013! Thanks for all you do here, and best wishes for the year to come.
	Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:52, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

PS The PA 973 bridge over Loyalsock Creek has reopened. I've driven over it and have a few construction pics, will get a pic of the new bridge someday when it is sunny. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:52, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

I put links to two pictures and more news story links on the Talk:Pennsylvania Route 973 page. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:36, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Re; Ponquogue Bridge vs. Causeway

I'm not sure I really want to revert the your move, despite the fact that the Ponquogue Bridge and formerly proposed Ponquogue Causeway are two separate entities, although I could just split the talk page for the Ponquogue Causeway into an archived talk page, and put the bridge under WikiProject Bridges. -------User:DanTD (talk) 22:13, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, the article as it stands is fine, but the proposed parkway was intended to include the bridge and just run up from the proposed extension of Ocean Parkway to the area around Montauk Highway. The bridge as it is is simply the bridge, so that makes them separate. Think of Robert Moses Causeway vs. the Fire Island Inlet Bridge, State Boat Channel Bridge, or Great South Bay Bridge, and you'll probably get the idea. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 22:45, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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