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DYK for Stoughton station

On 25 May 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stoughton station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a 1924 derailment at Stoughton station was caused by two boys who wanted to "see a real train wreck"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stoughton station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stoughton station), 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.

— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Complaint

im douglas15amor, you apparently reversed my edit on Atlantic City Line due to the table not needed to be sorted, what if people just want to know their names in alphabetical order? thats the EXACT reason on why i made it sortable. Douglas15amor (talk) 11:04, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is unlikely that the vast majority of readers will ever need to sort by alphabetical order. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:33, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Worcester Consolidated Street Railway

The article Worcester Consolidated Street Railway you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Worcester Consolidated Street Railway for comments about the article, and Talk:Worcester Consolidated Street Railway/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 Trainsandotherthings -- Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:45, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge

On 1 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first version of the Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge was heavily damaged by a tornado during construction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge), 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.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:02, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The World Destubathon

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GO Transit

Seeing as the renaming proposal got shot down again, do you think we should focus on changing "Station" to "station" for now? Cards84664 17:48, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Worcester Consolidated Street Railway

On 11 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that officials of the Worcester Bus Company blamed television for declining ridership? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Worcester Consolidated Street Railway. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Worcester Consolidated Street Railway), 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.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:04, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Content Creativity Barnstar
		Even by your elevated standards, the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway article is outstanding work. I enjoyed reading it! *Ravenswing* 12:04, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ravenswing: Thank you so much for the kind words! It was a fascinating topic to research. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Charlestown Bridge edit

Hello you reverted my edit however the bridge construction is complete. I have surveyed the area Cubbe8 (talk) 02:09, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cubbe8: Personal observations are considered original research and are not permitted on Wikipedia. You need to cite a reliable published source such as a newspaper article or press release. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:41, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Caltrain transfer image

Hi. I saw the reversion comment "the other train is too far away to be properly seen at thumbnail size" and edited the image to zoom in on the central part. Does this version look reasonably clear in your opinion?SaarPro (talk) 06:54, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SaarPro: It's still not a great illustration of the cross-platform transfer because the South County Connector train is very small in the frame, and is in shadow. If you have the opportunity, I would take another photo from a position closer to the shuttle train - similar to File:South County Connector train at San Jose Diridon station, February 2025.jpg, but with more of the electric train visible.

Some other notes about images:

Infobox images for stations should illustrate the stations themselves. (Depending on the station, that may mean platforms, station building, or both.) It's nice to have a train as well, but that shouldn't come at the expense of actually showing the station. Images like File:Caltrain and VTA at Mountain View station.png that primarily show trains, with little of the station itself visible, aren't the best choice for infobox images.
In most cases, galleries are not necessary, and they shouldn't be used merely as a way to add more images. (That's why we have Commons categories to contain all images of a subject). They should only be used when there is a specific need to illustrate certain aspects of a topic AND there is not enough prose for all the needed images.
PNG is not the best filetype for photographs; it results in large file sizes and doesn't always render well in thumbnails. JPG is fine for the vast majority of purposes (such as any photo taken with a cell phone). If there's a particular need for a lossless image - which is only relevant if you're shooting in raw image format to begin with - then use TIFF for uploading.

Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:08, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]