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Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Geographical index of New York City Subway stations. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - List of New York City Subway stations. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at List of New York City Subway stations - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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1. Sorry, where is the "Click here to contest" button?

2. If I put all that huge table in the List of New York City Subway stations page, is there a chance that it wouldn't be deleted?

Vcohen (talk) 11:17, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

The "click to contest" button was on the page before it was deleted. Secondly, that table wouldn't be allowed on the List of stations page because it already exists as an image. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:43, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

The image is not clickable! My idea was to create a clickable map with links leading to articles. As of now, there are about 500 articles without any connection to the geographical location of each station on the map.

Vcohen (talk) 16:56, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Edit Summaries

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your changes to an article, please provide an edit summary for your edits. Doing so helps everyone understand the intention of your edit (and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism). It is also helpful to users reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:49, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

OK.

Vcohen (talk) 17:07, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Revenue service

I am uncomfortable with your modifications to infoboxes as to the number of tracks "in revenue service." A better term might be "2 tracks normally used in revenue service." There are many trains throughout the system that use middle tracks to get to and from their starting point and the yard. I consider that part of revenue service; even though they are not "yet" in service, they will be soon. Also, there are many trains re-routed for construction using various middle tracks. For example, Sea Beach trains on the West End express or West End trains on the Sea Beach express. This information seems somewhat trivial because all of the above is not easily source-able. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:55, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

First of all, thank you for checking my work. I feel sure when I know that my errors will not stay without correction.

The formulation that I use is just a copypaste from other articles (UPD: and sometimes from the same article, since I copy from the text into the infobox), so I did not invent anything new. (By the way, I would prefer to say 'in regular service', it's more monosemantic.)

At this stage, my aim is just to complete the 'tracks' infobox field, because I see many articles that show it in a misleading (or at least inconsistent) way. The next stage will continue in two directions:

• Correcting the formulation, even maybe choosing something more appropriate for each individual station. I have a database and a program written in MS Access that allow me to see the value of every piece of data along all these more than 400 articles. It's possible to make a bot based on this database for such corrections.
• Creating the layout diagrams that I mentioned here. For this goal, it's enough to mark each track in the system if it's in service or not.

Vcohen (talk) 17:20, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

P.S. The stage is over. Check please these edits: 1, 2, and 3. Vcohen (talk) 16:39, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

I've got a better idea, how about (2 in regular service)? This covers revenue trains that are rerouted too. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

It's exactly what I've written some paragraphs above. Well, let's leave this replacement work to the future bot. Vcohen (talk) 22:09, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Whoops. Why didn't you incorporate that wording into your most recent edits? Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

I want it to be consistent. When I decide to change something, I replace all its occurrences. And after all, I don't feel safe in English. Vcohen (talk) 22:29, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok, but that seems like a lot of extra work to me. I understand that English is not your first language, but you are communicating just fine with me. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:35, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

I didn't and don't want to make extra work to you. I will write a bot, give me some days for it. I hope, it will be very useful.

For the same reason (not to make extra work to anybody) I didn't want to write (in this case, in tens and hundreds copies) anything that is not common and conventional. I don't know if it's OK in English. In Hebrew 'regular service' means military service (of somebody in an army).

Vcohen (talk) 08:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Check my work?

Hi, Could you please check my work on this mockup? Thanks! Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

P.S. Please excuse this message if you've already seen the update, as I don't know if you have this page on your watchlist. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

It's really impressive. I know that this form of displaying station succession was discussed in the past, but I don't know why it was decided not to use it. This form is much more readable and aesthetic than the current one (besides the issue of north and south).

As of now, I see only one problem in applying it to the NYC Subway: the colors. In most railway systems, where this form is used, each line has a color... It's a real pity to show all in black. (I suppose one brown segment at Essex Street is a bug.)

I'll prepare my answer to the WikiProject page. Vcohen (talk) 19:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

UPD. On second thought... Why not to write "Preceding station / Following station" instead of "Next north / Next south" in the current infobox? This would save a lot of work...

The second problem that I see is that "Preceding / Following" is more applicable to one-way lines, such as the AirTrain JFK. Vcohen (talk) 20:08, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Probably the reason it wasn't applied was that it is a Pain-in-the-ass to set up! Also, north and south adequately describe the rest of the system.

The colors only apply to the trunk lines, which only Essex Street is on a Trunk line. I did consider adding the color boxes, but they already exist at the top, which says which services and when. Used in this form, the lines are the primary focus, and the services are secondary.

Preceding and following really don't matter, because it can be read in either direction. That was part of the reason I chose to use this as a solution to the problem of having two trains headed in opposite directions on the same track.

Thanks again for checking it out. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:14, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Infobox NYCS

Hi,

I need your programming help with three things in {{Infobox NYCS}}.

I recently added the trunk line colors to the line parameter. Can you cleanup my hard coding to allow the trunk line colors to be added any time they are encountered? I had to add the hard coding to accommodate places where a trunk line and non-trunk line serve the same station, such as 145th Street (IND Concourse Line), Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street, etc.

Also, I removed the next north and south station parameters from several stations (example, 66th Street – Lincoln Center) where they duplicated the next north and south ADA stations. There is a switch that adds a horizontal rule if next north or south ADA is present, to separate them from the next north or south stations. Can you fix this switch to add the horizontal rule if both north and south and north ADA and south ADA are present, but remove it if only north and south ADA are present?

DanTD recently embedded National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) info into infoboxes. However, it embeds in the wrong place, it splits up the Station succession and Station service legend, see Astor Place. Can you move the station service legend out of the footer and move the NRHP info down below it so that the order will be, Station succession, Station service legend, then NRHP? (Please also verify that your change works with the "type=complex" option.)

Thanks, Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:10, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I will try. I hope you've seen my message saying that my knowledge is not enough to edit this template. But if you say that nobody else can edit it, I have no choice.

It will require time and questions from me. Vcohen (talk) 14:24, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

My mistake, sorry. I will ask these questions on the project discussion page instead. I had missed your ideas from the template talk page, but I will incorporate those into that discussion also. I have an appointment in a little while and can't devote any more time to this right now, but I will try to get to it later today. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:52, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

OK. Vcohen (talk) 14:54, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Frankly tried all the three tasks. In each one of them there's something that requires more familiarity with this language than I have. Vcohen (talk) 15:19, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

BMT Brighton Line

Hello, I need a big help of how to improve my skills in editing. The introduction of the BMT Brighton Line in the New York City Subway system reads "The BMT Brighton Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. Local service is provided at all times by the Q train. The Q is joined by the B express train on weekdays. The Q begins at the south end of the Brighton Line, at Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue, and travels over the Manhattan Bridge south tracks and along the BMT Broadway Line to Midtown Manhattan during late nights and weekends and Astoria, Queens weekdays while the B begins at Brighton Beach and runs via the bridge's north tracks and the IND Sixth Avenue Line to Harlem, Manhattan during middays and evenings and Bedford Park, Bronx rush hours."

This wording here of "The Q begins at the south end of the Brighton Line, at Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue, and travels over the Manhattan Bridge south tracks and along the BMT Broadway Line to Midtown Manhattan during late nights and weekends and Astoria, Queens weekdays while the B begins at Brighton Beach and runs via the bridge's north tracks and the IND Sixth Avenue Line to Harlem, Manhattan during middays and evenings and Bedford Park, Bronx rush hours." is what I feel that should be changed. Instead of that, we could say something more like "The Q begins at the south end of the Brighton Line at Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue while the B begins at Brighton Beach. Both services travel to the IND Sixth Avenue Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line under Central Park West, and the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge respectively. The B operates to Bedford Park, Bronx via the IND Concourse Line during rush hours and to Harlem, Manhattan during middays and evenings. The Q operates to Astoria, Queens via the BMT Astoria Line during weekdays and to Midtown Manhattan at all other times."

My reason for this being is because the current leading summary says "The Q travels over to the BMT Broadway Line via the Manhattan Bridge to Astoria, Queens on weekdays and to Midtown Manhattan other times." That actually means that the Astoria line is in Manhattan - which is not of course. I am trying as hard as I can to work on the wording of many of the New York City Subway articles and I figure I really need to ask for help first. I don't know how to use the test edit or sandbox but it's better if I ask for help anyway. Only I can't lay my own finger since User:Acps110 is too busy being opinionated and imaginative. 68.194.58.106 (talk) 22:30, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

It's better to list all lines used in the intro NYCS articles. However, most station articles actually included service while the line articles included where they serve and travel elsewhere. I am just follow through what has been said previously by Acps as station articles are not about the trains that they serve at. 68.194.58.106 (talk) 22:33, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Excuse me, I don't live in the USA and am not so familiar with English. When I find something that I can fix I do it myself. The changes you're trying to explain me are beyond my level of competence.

However, as far as I understand English, the cited statement doesn't say that the Astoria line is in Manhattan nor in any other place in the world, it doesn't say where it is. Vcohen (talk) 07:48, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

What does this edit do?

[1] I don't understand why the section wouldn't stay with its related data. When is the TOC hidden? Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:42, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Near the word Contents there is a link named 'hide'. If you click on it, the TOC shrinks and some following text jumps up. When that line break is absent, the jumping text ends after the History title, leaving the History section disconnected from its title. Vcohen (talk) 19:00, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

What browser are you using? I've checked it in Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera and it works fine in all of those. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:17, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

IE. Vcohen (talk) 19:24, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

What version of IE? and what version of OS? I'd like to test this. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:38, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

IE7, Windows XP. Vcohen (talk) 19:40, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't justify leaving a kludge in the article for your older browser. Can you update to a more standards-compatible browser? All of my remaining Windows XP machines have IE 8 on them, which is latest and greatest for those machines, but still a major version behind. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:02, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

I need this version for my work and can't update it, but I will remember that there are problems in its behavior. Thanks for information. Vcohen (talk) 20:11, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

That's a bummer that you can't update it. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:33, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

It doesn't disturb me. I have FF too, but typically use IE. Vcohen (talk) 20:41, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

NYCS

Я смотрю, вы наблюдаете за страницами Нью-Йоркского метро. Не могли бы вы поисправлять ошибки, а при желании перевести парочку статей? (спасибо за предупреждение, файл оформил под несвободной лицензией).--Kononenko Alex (talk) 18:57, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Спасибо, что не обиделись за то, что я сделал с файлом. :^) У меня мало свободного времени, поэтому переводить я точно не смогу, а ошибки я и так исправляю по мере возможности. Меня пугает количество статей. Сколько их переведено на данный момент? Vcohen (talk) 19:58, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Я подсчитал – 343 (включая 5 закрытых станций). Это приблизительно 73% от всех. Полностью переведены маршруты 1, 7, A, C, E, F, N, R и S. Среди созданных статей большинство (52%) создано мной и в них полный перевод, ещё 47% создал участник Jimmy Slade, и 3% – Сельджуко. Статьи Jimmy Slade (преимущественно цифровые маршруты) кратки и нуждаются в дополнении, этим я займусь только когда все переведу. Вот такой расклад.--Kononenko Alex (talk) 08:03, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Вас понял. Рассеялась надежда на то, что пока сделана небольшая часть и я могу пока исправить только ее. Ладно, буду продолжать как есть. Но буду иметь в виду (спасибо за информацию), что короткие статьи пока проверять не надо. Vcohen (talk) 09:41, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Заходите, там уже идет работа.--Kononenko Alex (talk) 18:14, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Вижу, спасибо. Я все-таки хочу дождаться, пока будет заполнен до конца русский столбик. Vcohen (talk) 18:28, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Re:The St George infobox

Yes, I do think it's wrong. Leaving it only in the SIR chapter throws it out of balance. The infobox would be better off at the top of the page, and the segment regarding the SIR would still be right along side of it. ----DanTD (talk) 15:17, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Vcohen (talk) 15:31, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. BTW, I just added a new list of Staten Island Railway stations, which has the added benefit of removing the Staten Island Railway article form the Category:Lists of New York railway stations. ----DanTD (talk) 19:34, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

I have some "why nots". Why not to remove the duplicate list of active stations from the old article (and add a link to the new article in that section too)? Why not to split the new list by line? I can do it myself, but prefer to get your agreement first. Vcohen (talk) 07:07, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't mind the idea of removing the duplicate list at all. I really wanted a general list split between active and former stations, similar to List of Long Island Rail Road stations. It's pretty obvious the SIR station list could use some work. I should've added a "needs attention" parameter on the talk page. ----DanTD (talk) 15:12, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, let's assume that I've understood you. If you dislike some of my edits, undo them. Vcohen (talk) 17:46, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

My idea was to put everything in alphabetical order. I should've done that with the main line too, but that was a mistake on my part. Plus, I added a citation for the former Mount Loretto Branch. ----DanTD (talk) 11:26, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Let it be. Vcohen (talk) 12:27, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

P.S. Do you want me to restore the sorting?

P.P.S. I don't see any mention of the Mount Loretto Branch in the source you cite. Vcohen (talk) 12:40, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Click the image, and zoom in on the main line further south on the island. ----DanTD (talk) 16:14, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Wow, indeed. But I see more branches on that map. Why did you include Mt.Loretto only? Vcohen (talk) 18:38, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

The others seemed strictly industrial, not that I haven't considered adding them as well. Here's another reference. I'm going to add that too. ----DanTD (talk) 19:40, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

I understand, thank you. Vcohen (talk) 20:18, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Geocodes

I note you've re-instated some co-ordinates that were removed over WP:RS concerns.

However, you've reinstated the same coordinates, without providing an alternative 'reliable' source.

Please stop doing this, unless you are prepared to provide the appropriate alternaive and relibale citation for the coordinates concernedSfan00 IMG (talk)

Excuse me, I agree that there are things that I don't know, but there are many articles with coordinates built in the same pattern. I see you're editing them right now, so you don't need me to provide examples. These coordinates bring correct locations on Google Maps. What's missing? Vcohen (talk) 11:21, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

You need to add a _source:Google or something in the coord template. Also please note Google ToU do not seem to permit GeoCode capture in any event, Please read [2] Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:24, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for educating me, I'll read it. Vcohen (talk) 11:32, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I see some articles with source:nlwiki. Is it OK? Vcohen (talk) 11:42, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Well ideally, you should check what source nlwiki is using, if any. Generally though it's not a good idea to use other wikis as a source, a direct link to the actual source rather than a wiki is preferable. Same goes for things sourced as eswiki, dewiki and so on. They aren't 'unsourced' as such, but there might be a concern about WP:RS if there are only sourced to another WMF project. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:05, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I understand, thank you very much. Vcohen (talk) 12:06, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I see you've reverted your own edits. Why? Vcohen (talk) 07:27, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

IND Queens Boulevard Line map

Regarding the line template for the IND Queens Boulevard Line, I don't know what you did that was different, but it seems to be working this time. ----DanTD (talk) 14:40, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, I just wanted to make sure we were speaking about the same problem. What I did is here. Thank you for your response, I'll fix all the other line maps. Vcohen (talk) 17:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done Vcohen (talk) 17:01, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Снова в деле

Думаю, умесно было бы сообщить о досрочном завершении моего вики-отпуска, что я собственно и делаю. PS: Огромное спасибо за проделанную работу, я ознакомился со всеми вашими комментариями в обсуждении и полюбовался новенькой таблицей. --Kononenko Alex (talk) 14:04, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

С возвращением Вас. К сожалению, работа пока не доведена до конца.

Во-первых, ru:User:Koryakov Yuri уже выложил Инструкцию по русской передаче английских географических названий, однако ни он, ни я еще не вычитали эту таблицу в соответствии с этой инструкцией.

Во-вторых, наши англоязычные коллеги так до сих пор и не отозвались на мой вопрос о произношении недостающих названий. Vcohen (talk) 14:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Кстати, я проштудировал эту таблицу (правда ваше сообщение позже увидел) и те названия, которые по-моему "безвариативны" пометил галочкой. Также ещё я выбирал и тоже помечал одно из предложенных названий, которые если так можно выразится, "одобряю". В остальных случаях я предложил другие названия (кое-где даже пояснил). В процессе переработки у меня появилось колосальное количество вопросов, которые я сегодня-завтра утром помещу в Обсуждение.--Kononenko Alex (talk) 16:58, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Я видел, с удовольствием обсужу. Только прежде, чем ставить "одобряю", я бы все-таки проверил по инструкции. Vcohen (talk) 17:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Именно поэтому я это делал во второй таблице: окончательный вариант будет размещаться в первой. (Возможно, вы не правильно поняли – не одобряю, а поддерживаю). Проверку сделаем в ближайшее время.--Kononenko Alex (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Про англоязычных коллег: там наверно русских-то и нет, как они на такой вопрос ответят?--Kononenko Alex (talk) 17:05, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Вы, наверно, моего вопроса не видели. Vcohen (talk) 17:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Вы надеетесь получить транскрипцию? (впринципе этот вопрос понятен, потому что на гугл переводчике именно по этим статьям непонятное бормотанье).--Kononenko Alex (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Да, транскрипцию по любой удобной для отвечающего системе. Vcohen (talk) 19:04, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Теперь о статьях. Меня вдруг только-что осенила гениальная мысль: почему бы в каждой из статей не добавить схему расположения путей и платформ: так наглядно становится понятно о чем речь в статье. Тем более фотки я нашел случайно (все благодаря вашему верхнему обсуждению), в List of New York City Subway stations. Что вы по этому поводу думаете?--Kononenko Alex (talk) 17:05, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Такой проект у меня уже есть. Я долго обсуждал эти схемы с человеком, который уже, к сожалению, из Википедии ушел. А теперь те же коллеги никак не реагируют на мой вопрос о создании бота и о добавлении этих схем в статьи. Vcohen (talk) 17:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Так почему бы (может несколько позже ввиду глобальности обновления) не внедрить этот проект сначала в русскую вики? По-моему эти фото там более чем уместны. Плюс ко всему уже ведь вы все подготовили: списки всех станций с таким-то расположением путей/платформ уже есть: осталось только вставить в статьи! Ладно, этот вопрос я подниму несколько позже. PS: Я просто обескуражен проделанной вами на подстраницах работой! Чего только схема NYCS в виде таблицы стоит!--Kononenko Alex (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Вы знаете, у меня нет ощущения, что эти вещи уже готовы к вставке в статьи. Ладно, потом обсудим. Vcohen (talk) 19:02, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

P.S. А что Вы здесь называете фотками? Vcohen (talk) 19:08, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Изображения (схематичное изображение платформ и путей)--Kononenko Alex (talk) 17:28, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Понятно. Я тормознул. Vcohen (talk) 19:21, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

P.P.S. Я думаю, что я превращу эти схемы в шаблоны типа тех, которые сделаны для схем железнодорожных линий, например вот этот. Они будут собираться из деталек, и тогда появится возможность их редактировать, не обращаясь ко мне для загрузки нового файла. Vcohen (talk) 10:19, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Да зачем все так усложнять, если все они повторяются. Я думаю что новых и не будет (вопрос только в том, на все ли существующие в системе расположения путей/платформ есть подобные схемы)--Kononenko Alex (talk) 17:28, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Есть на все. Но всегда может возникнуть необходимость что-то исправить (если найдена ошибка) или изменить (например, изменились маршруты на той станции, где они обозначены на схеме). Vcohen (talk) 19:21, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Это вы загружали что ли все? Что тогда мешает сделать новые? Конечно все может случиться, но я вовсе не думаю что там будут настолько глобальные изменения. Ведь отмечены маршруты только в единичных случаях, а само расположение путей/платформ вообще вряд ли когда либо уже поменяется.--Kononenko Alex (talk) 08:59, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Я создавал (при помощи базы данных и программы) и я загружал, и не хочу, чтобы возможность изменений зависела от меня. Кроме изменения маршрутов, там могут используемый путь превратить в неиспользуемый или наоборот, отгородить от станции платформу и т.д. Да и новые станции на подходе, там тоже могут оказаться неожиданности. Vcohen (talk) 09:04, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Разве что все будет зависеть от вас и это основная заминка. Только вот вам не жалко проделанной работе по составлению и загрузке этих изображений? Они же потом окажутся ненужными... PS: Как часто в NYCS происходят подобного рода изменения?--Kononenko Alex (talk) 09:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Впустую проделанная работа - только по собственно загрузке. Но этих впустую загруженных файлов у меня много и без того. Сама база и программа никуда не денутся, они послужат для создания тех самых темплейтов, в которые я хочу превратить эти картинки. Что касается "как часто", то вопрос не в этом. Просто если большая работа проделана, то надо довести ее до ума, чтобы можно было пользоваться. В противном случае как раз будет работа, потраченная впустую. Vcohen (talk) 09:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Логично. Доведем. Вы инструкцию-то по переводу смотрели?--Kononenko Alex (talk) 09:41, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Нет еще. Пока только сгрузил к себе. Vcohen (talk) 09:47, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Fulton Center page

As I could tell, from the edit history of the Fulton Center page and our conversation a while ago, you are very committed to making the page better. I'd like to thank you for these efforts.

Living in the area, I've watched the project develop from an article on the newspaper and various photographs of renderings into what we see today. It's a very emotional part of me, after seeing what had happened on 9/11 a few blocks away. It's like watching a child grow up. Because of that, I would like to turn the article into something great, and watch it develop really well. I went to check the rating earlier on the talk page for the article, and it had only received a C. I am sure, we can progress this article to higher ratings, incrementally from C to B to GA to A.. all the way to featured.

As a regular contributor to Wikipedia, I am sure you know what makes a featured article a featured article and what distinguishes a C article from others. I live around the area, and I can easily get photographs of the site. That said, I wish we could further collaborate and coordinate our efforts to further transform the article, as it has already transformed itself over these past two months, so that eventually it could become featured. Hmanck (talk) 03:59, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your acknowledgment.

Being a foreigner and not being an English-speaker, I try not to write texts in English. My participation here is reduced to corrections in formatting or in numeric data, adding pictures and schematics, sometimes adding missing text by copying it from other articles. Particularly, in the Fulton Center article I again see the problem of duplicate references and missing titles of references, and I'll fix it if you want. UPD:  Done

You are welcome to the whole project. I have a feeling that the project is missing people living in NYC. There was a long period that four articles didn't have images in their infoboxes and there was nobody to come and make a shot. Eventually I completed it using Flickr for three articles and by re-arranging existing images in one more.

By the way, maybe you can help me with some of my questions on the project's talk page: Entrances on Broad Street, I need the correct English pronunciation, and Dey Street Headhouse.

Thank you once more. Vcohen (talk) 09:45, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

West St bridges

Just a head's up, I just started the article for the West Street bridges and it's still under way at least for the week. I'm going to add more stuff onto it, but I wondered why you have marked Winter Garden as Winter garden. I find that edit rather unnecessary, please research this before you make change the stuff. And as the page has not been linked to any projects, I am curious as to how you landed upon the page. No interrogation, just friendly asking. H-Man (talk) 06:23, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

I am watching your talk page, and I've seen the message you got from a bot about that link. I just fixed it according to the bot's message. If my guess is wrong, feel free to undo it and to fix the link as you wish. Vcohen (talk) 10:56, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

I am not quite sure what I should comment regarding you watching my talk page. H-Man (talk) 14:24, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

What do you want to comment? Our user pages and talk pages are available to everyone. Your talk page remains in my watchlist because about a month ago I asked you some questions and waited for your reply. My talk page is not in your watchlist and therefore you don't reply to my message about the edits that I did for you and at your request. Vcohen (talk) 15:20, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Honestly, I think if you want to make an edit, you need to do some research first. And secondly, I am not so sure about have people to watch my talk page and then follow my edits. Take my talk page off your watch list. I hope you respect my decisions. H-Man (talk) 20:12, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

You are right about some research, and I've removed your talk page from my watchlist.

By the way, if you wish some article not to be edited by anybody during some period, you can use the {{In use}} template. Otherwise the default is that everyone may edit every article. Vcohen (talk) 20:41, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line), edits

If you are wondering why those links were removed I thought that as I had converted them into internal references they were now redundant. I will keep this in mind for next time.Graham1973 (talk) 09:12, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I've seen your edits, and I understand your reasons. I hope you understand mine too. Vcohen (talk) 11:37, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Props

Props to you for watching the NYCTA pages. I quit 2 years ago and came back but obviously I no longer do my minor edits on them as much anymore. Surprised to see Acps quit also. Anyways, keep it up since it is mostly you and Legendary Ranger who watches those pages at this point.--iGeMiNix 17:49, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Vcohen (talk) 17:55, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Rockaway Park Shuttle

Thanks for fixing my crappy links! :) (I'll be less lazy and do better next time!) -- SkipperRipper (talk) 01:11, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your thanks. Vcohen (talk) 08:40, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

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Re: Birushalayim

It's true that it's unintuitive, but we generally write two names (if different) for Hebrew words: one common name (could be in English, like in this case) and one exact WP:HE transliteration, which is in this case Birushalayim. I agree that it's unintuitive and not many people actually take care to pronounce this correctly. However, without changing existing guidelines we should stick to the transliteration. It is however possible to change the guideline if you feel strongly about it and others agree. Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 18:47, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

OK, thank you for your response. I didn't know about these rules. If so, let it remain as is. Vcohen (talk) 18:52, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

тебе печенька:) Saminmihail (talk) 05:54, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Some falafel for you!

А ещё тебе фалафель:) Saminmihail (talk) 05:55, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

R33/R36 Image Gallery

Why do you put the Image Galleries below the "See also" line? In non-train articles, I see the "See also" line at the very end, right before references. A gallery should come before that, as part of the body of the article, I think. Shelbystripes (talk) 18:00, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

No problem, change it as you wish. My idea was to put the gallery at the bottom of the article, not in any specific section. Vcohen (talk) 20:31, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

R46 Subway car

I apologize, I was unaware of how to make the change Mysteryman557 (talk) 15:55, 30 May 2013 (UTC)Mysteryman557

No problem, I have already edited the template. Vcohen (talk) 16:00, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

For future references, how would the change be made. I am aware of the principles of Wikipedia regarding sources Mysteryman557 (talk) 16:21, 30 May 2013 (UTC)Mysteryman557

You can learn the structure of the {{NYCS const}} template from my edit. Vcohen (talk) 17:08, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank You Mysteryman557 (talk) 17:14, 30 May 2013 (UTC)Mysteryman557

Template Change

I have made a small change to the {{NYCS const}} template. If you click here, you will see I have rearranged the R160-4 from to read . I thought that arranging the assigned services by assigned trunk line and color had a better physical apperance than alphabetical order, but please feel free to change back if you do not agree. Mysteryman557 (talk) 14:33, 25 June 2013 (UTC)Mysteryman557

I saw your edit, it's OK. Anyway, thank you. Vcohen (talk) 14:36, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

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Livonia Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) station layout

Hello Vcohen. In the Livonia Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) article, you changed the directions of the tracks in the station layout, for the New Lots Line tracks, from westbound/eastbound to northbound/southbound. This gives the wrong impression that the 3 train runs parallel to the L train. Should this be clarified, or would it be easier to leave it as is? --Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello to you too. This problem is common in all your layouts that include intersections of perpendicular lines. All of them show directions as northbound/southbound, and it is both correct and misleading. One solution might be to redraw them so that they show real compass directions, turning some platforms by 90 degrees, but I know that it's almost impossible in HTML. Another solution might be to mark directions as north, west and so on, not northbound and southbound. However, leaving them as they are might be a solution as well. Vcohen (talk) 15:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

I guess another solution would be to include the real compass directions below the railroad directions. Epicgenius (talk) 16:22, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Or to place an arrow pointing north on each set of platforms. ⇦N ⇧N ⇨N ⇩N ⇖N ⇗N ⇘N ⇙N Vcohen (talk) 18:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

The arrows would be very confusing, although they can be used to show actual compass directions. Epicgenius (talk) 00:26, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Undo (Fulton Center) in WTC Transportation Hub article

VCohen,

Your undoing of my edits repeatedly for that instance has become a little issue. We ought to discuss it, without you arbitrarily undoing the edit. I affirm that this is unproductive and unnecessary. H-Man (talk) 09:05, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

You are totally right, we have to discuss it. What I am saying is:

1. The station list below the controversial line is the station list of the Fulton Street complex, not the Fulton Center.
2. In fact, both lists should be identical, because the list shown in the Fulton Center article contains stations connected with others by out-of-system transfer only, but I don't want to fix that article now.
3. Even if we fix that article and make the two lists identical, the Fulton Center is still under construction and we cannot mention it as an existing entity. Vcohen (talk) 10:05, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I've, hopefully, found a way to fix it here by mentioning both links. Epicgenius (talk) 14:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I have to say the following, the article needs to be rewritten entirely. I can lead the effort. The rationale is, the information is all over the place and needs to be rewritten concisely to avoid potential ambiguities.

While much of the system is stable, that is, not undergoing any current construction or major changes, there are parts of it there are. Allow us, those who are able to keep track and relay information to the public about updates, to make any necessary changes. If you do have a particular issue or objection to an edit, you should post it on the talk page, rather to undo edits without reason. It really becomes irresponsible conduct for that to have occurred. H-Man (talk) 18:36, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

As far as I see, we have reached a consensus. Epicgenius, thank you. Vcohen (talk) 18:58, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Wi-Fi in station infoboxes

I noticed you put a new Wi-Fi parameter in {{infobox NYCS}}. Good work; I hadn't thought of that.

However, now that the new parameter has been placed, don't all the aboveground subway stations, by default, have Wi-Fi? Or am I just confusing that with cell service (in which case I am wrong)? Epicgenius (talk) 20:03, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Frankly, I don't know. I just rely on sources. The source linked from the new parameter lists 36 stations only.

Besides, the source says, "to make and receive cell phone calls, send and receive texts and e-mail and access Wi-Fi underground." That means at least two things. First, the new service provides support for Wi-Fi, not only cell service (the label of the new parameter in the infobox is Wi-Fi too). Second, since Wi-Fi is only a part of it, I am going to change this label to Wireless service. Vcohen (talk) 20:49, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for clearing up the confusion. Epicgenius (talk) 21:14, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays

Happy holidays and happy new year to my Editing Wikipedia "WikiProject New York City Public Transportation", editing coleuge(I have trouble speeling this word, it means two people who work at the same place.). From, very friendly, Doorknob747 00:56, 17 December 2014 (UTC) here is a gift of something rarely seen: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_interior_of_a_busy,_R160B_R_train.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

These words are spelled this way: colleague and spelling. Sorry for my English, I am not an English-speaker nor a USA-resident. Vcohen (talk) 16:41, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

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R68As and the G train

Okay, Vcohen. I was the one you replied to about me observing r68As on the G line. I have since made an account. Anyway, you said I probably just mistook the model and gave me a source. Well I have a better one. My camera. I have many pictures and videos of G trains, and quite a big amount of them are R68As. They are in the 5000s (as in car number), have rubber between the side rollsign and the window, and have MTA logos in a different pattern. There is no denying that they are R68As. I unfortunately can't show you the pictures as of right now, because I just made my account, and I have to make 10 edits to pages and be more than 4 days old on Wikipedia in order to upload a photo. But I do have them. Also, (I don't mean to sound like a jerk) I didn't like being put down about my thought because I've been staring at NYC trains for many years. I know very much about the current models used and on which lines. Sorry if that sounded mean. I just wanted to tell you within one message. (GeneralPunger (talk) 00:00, 26 June 2015 (UTC))

I think my edit summary was too short and therefore not clear enough. Your camera cannot be a source. Your camera can catch a temporary replacement or something like this, that we don't reflect in articles. We only reflect car models assigned to routes according to the source I gave you. Vcohen (talk) 09:30, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I guess that makes sense, but where does your source get its information? Is he an actual MTA worker, or does he just get his information out on the field? I think I'll do some out on the field observations myself to see if the R68As are swapped often, but I still do find it kind of weird how R68A didn't make it to the article. (GeneralPunger (talk) 12:31, 26 June 2015 (UTC))

Yes, he is an actual MTA worker. Field observations cannot be a source, it's simply prohibited. Vcohen (talk) 13:12, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Actually, there's something weird about your source. For the A train, it says that only R46s are assigned, but here on Wikipedia, it says that there is one R32 and one R68A assigned to the A. (GeneralPunger (talk) 21:40, 26 June 2015 (UTC))

EDIT: Never-mind, I misread it. (GeneralPunger (talk) 00:05, 27 June 2015 (UTC))

R143's on the J/Z

@Vcohen: One of the source's that R143's are running on the J/Z is this: http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?145649 Another One: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFPbp04q03o Another one: http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/47830-r143-jz/. This is FAR then enough information to show that the R143's run on the J/Z almost everyday. EDIT: I also contacted the owner on thejoekorner, he said that R143's have been assigned to the J/Z, and he's working on updating the list right now. AahdTahar (talk) 19:06, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I am sorry, but these sources are not reliable. Our source is here. Vcohen (talk) 20:00, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

thejoekorner is unreliable 107.150.180.158 (talk) 17:13, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

He is an MTA insider. It's not very likely that he is not reliable. @Vcohen: What do you think? 157.150.62.35 (talk) 21:38, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

I think he is the most reliable of what we have. Vcohen (talk) 04:23, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

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Two identical photos

you're dumb how is that vandalism the b train article has two identical photos are you going to call that vandalism too cut your crap — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheManchoMan (talk • contribs) 12:32, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

if you cant tell the difference between an r142 and an r142a on that picture then that's your problem guy — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheManchoMan (talk • contribs) 12:37, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

not to mention the l train article has two nearly identical photos yet nobody gave a crap how ironic — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheManchoMan (talk • contribs) 12:40, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Yes, you are right with your edit, I am sorry. However, it would be better if you explained your edits in edit summaries, instead of just warring and fighting. Vcohen (talk) 12:55, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Park Place Franklin Shuttle images

When I posted requests for images of Park Place (BMT Franklin Avenue Line) on Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation/New York City Subway/Station pictures, I wanted to request more than just a station entrance. I was thinking more about the platform and/or the interior. I just wanted you to know why I don't necessarily think only the entrance should be covered. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 14:22, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

It's OK, but you requested "any view of the station house." Do you see the platform as part of the station house? Vcohen (talk) 14:28, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Not really, but a shot of the station house could be captured from the platform. I actually thought about taking some of these when I was up there in September 2015, and I regret not doing so. Although I certainly like the ones that I captured, I can't deny this. My main issue is that the only images of the station itself are within the station artwork "Units of the Free." Naturally, they belong there, because the artwork is in those images. But I wanted to have something at the station itself that has nothing to do with the artwork or the bridges. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 15:49, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Do you want to omit the word house and say "any view of the station?" Vcohen (talk) 17:42, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

It was a tough decision, but I'd have to say no. I consider "any other view of the station," but that doesn't seem specific enough. Having said that though, I think the images that are already in the article itself as of this writing are sufficient. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 04:30, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

But we always categorize station houses under entrances, at least when talking about images. If you say "station house," we should move this request to the Entrances column, shouldn't we? Vcohen (talk) 10:08, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) Applebee's entrance

I think you're going to like this. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 15:15, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

If not, I have four others you might be interested in.

Yes, I saw it a few minutes ago and already appreciated it. Thanks a lot. Vcohen (talk) 15:21, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Station image updates

So you liked my images of the entrance to 174th-175th Streets (IND Concourse Line) station too? I'm glad you do. I'd also like you to know I have some more for Park Place (BMT Franklin Avenue Line) planned tomorrow, if not then tonight. Then I have a couple from Queens. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 02:21, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I do, and I have used one of them in another language. Among your images there are many that really make me happy. Vcohen (talk) 12:07, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

I knew my work was turning up in other languages, including Russian, and I'm glad it is. Personally, I think I should've grabbed a shot of the 174th-175th station entrance from across the street. I have to warn you though that I am going to rename a lot of these. Also, I just finished Park Place (BMT Franklin Avenue Line) early this morning, and I just did Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line) a few minutes ago, and those will all be renamed at some point as well. Sorry I didn't get 65th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), but I will be working on some images of Court Square (New York City Subway) on both the IND Queens Boulevard Line and IND Crosstown Line platforms. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 15:17, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

I saw your warning about renaming the files, and I don't see any problem with this, as every rename triggers an automatic update on each page where the file is used. Thank you once more. Vcohen (talk) 15:28, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Glad you're okay with this. Also I saw that you redesigned the request list. Do you think we should add these items at 121st Street (BMT Jamaica Line) as a new request? And what else should we request and get other people to add? ---------User:DanTD (talk) 03:47, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

If you want to request something, why not? I think our main problem is not to request, but to get a photo... Vcohen (talk) 08:22, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Scarborough station

re your recent reversion, WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS isn't a useful argument. The coordinates show where the station is, and a bad street view photo adds an unprofessional aspect to a page, while not being very useful to readers anyway. The external links section is really only meant for sites related to the topic, not navigation help or similar aspects. A photo of the station exterior, which I do have there, is just as beneficial ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 23:12, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

OK, let it remain without Street View. Vcohen (talk) 10:19, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

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Sutphin-Archer-JFK with Jamaica station

I think you might like this one, even if it's a little off center. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 02:06, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Sorry if I couldn't get the view from the middle of the street.

It's great! Thank you. Vcohen (talk) 04:30, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Your welcome. I also have some Lower Level BMT images coming soon as well. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 15:45, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Half Million Award

	The Half Million Award
	For your contributions to bring New York City Subway (estimated annual readership: 7005650000000000000♠650,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! – Rhinopias (talk) 23:55, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Archer Avenue Lines)

Please see my comments on the page Talk:Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Archer Avenue Lines).

At this moment i have nothing to add here, except that i think that what you are doing is not right. --Paulbe (talk) 02:14, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

I responded in kind there too. --SkipperRipper (talk) 04:06, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Third Avenue – 149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line) new images

I don't know if any of my recent images of Third Avenue – 149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line) are suitable enough to replace the existing one for you, but I have some anyhow. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 15:47, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks! I will replace it. Vcohen (talk) 18:13, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

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Nice work on going to the reopened station and provided the images I wish I was there. Lol NYers for life A.R.M. 21:14, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks. I live in Israel and cannot go to the station, even if I wish to. It's very strange that any wikipedian living in NYC did not do it. :^) Vcohen (talk) 21:36, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

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Там всё слишком ужасно... И у меня были планы в Enwiki, которые я из-за ненужных споров в русском разделе просто забросил... (Короче, я подумаю об этом месяца через два. В любом случае надо будет забегать и кое-что доделывать. Жалко, если заготовки пропадут. Но сейчас мне точно надо проветриться.)
Что я вообще там делаю? Я же только всем мешаю. Там же школьники (и примкнувшие к ним) переводят прекрасные статьи про Лану дель Рей, испанские замки и Эминема и на КДС ставят друг другу звёздочки. И музыкальные категории выглядят просто идеально. :-)
А если я вот к этому придирусь, то на меня нападут вообще все. :-) --Moscow Connection (talk) 17:30, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

• В этом я вообще не разбираюсь... Но я надеюсь, что Вы сможете найти для себя какой-то ритм, чтобы меньше попадать в неприятные ситуации. Vcohen (talk) 17:55, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Deleted SubwatNut pictures

I saw that a lot of the Subway Nut pictures were deleted. I wish I could find them all. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 20:58, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

I wish you to find them. Vcohen (talk) 21:04, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

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en-2?!?!

I saw a revert you did and caught eye of your user page. I had noticed much of your work on New York City subway station articles over the years (I also edit some of these articles now and then), but I had never noticed your background. I have no doubt that your Russian and Hebrew language skills are accurately assessed, but I think you sell your English language a bit short; you're assessment as intermediate appears to underestimate your abilities. I've been in Rishon LeZion a number of times (not just in the Ikea store), and I can only aspire to speak Hebrew as confidently and as well as you communicate in English. Out of sheer curiosity, may I ask what draws you to your interest in the subway? Alansohn (talk) 19:09, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

You are asking difficult questions. I just like subways, like somebody other likes fishing or collecting stamps, and I like the NYC Subway in particular for its complex topology. Regarding my English skills, you will be surprised to see this edit (this does not mean I am inviting you to upgrade me once more). Vcohen (talk) 19:51, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Maybe once a decade you should reconsider whether or not your English-language skills have earned a promotion. Again, a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Once Ben Gurion Airport is reopened to foreigners and I've been fully vaccinated, I'll let you know when I'm in your neighborhood. Alansohn (talk) 21:32, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

You are welcome. I hope we'll be able to communicate in Hebrew. Vcohen (talk) 21:40, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Dab links on New York City Subway stations

I note your revert of my disambiguation on New York City Subway stations with the edit summary "all this column is disambiguation pages". I wonder whether these could be made more specific links eg a reader following the link Myrtle Avenue gets a list whch includes a road in the UK & stations on the Long Island Rail Road. The dab page for Third Avenue includes a band and an album. Would you, or someone else knowledgable about the NY subway, be able to make these link to the specific location/street etc so that the reader can find out more about the station? Currently this article adds lost of entries to Disambiguation pages with links which we are always trying to reduce.— Rod ^talk 13:03, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

As far as I understand the idea, each row in that table represents a list of stations bearing the same name. I am not sure if it's possible to create disambiguation pages including only NYCS stations. Vcohen (talk) 14:12, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. I wonder how useful that is for readers. I will put a question on the article talk page and ask for advice from experts in disambiguation.— Rod ^talk 14:20, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

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