Hey, Epicgenius! So here's the thing about dyk: if you haven't created preps, you have no idea what prep-setters and admins at dyk do or what challenges they face. Many editors who are regular nominators and reviewers think they'd be willing to admin, but have never filled preps, and when they become admins and start moving preps to queues, they quickly realize they didn't know what they were volunteering for. A prep-setter doesn't just create a balanced set. They also do a quick re-review on many of the hooks; you get to know whose hooks you don't have to review too heavily, but you always have to at least go check for a recent edit war or tags. If the nominator or the reviewer are new or known to be sloppy, you'll have to do a full re-review of that hook. Often prep-setters have questions they have to ask at the hook, and they deal with pushback from noms/reviewers/passersby for that. Then once you've finished a prep you have to deal with fallout at DYK talk and ERRORS. Admins do the exact same thing -- a re-review, because prep-setters miss things too, then the move (fairly simple), posting questions at DYK talk and pinging involved parties, dealing with pushback from them, and finally any fallout at ERRORS when someone finds an error you missed. So if you think you would be willing to admin at dyk, definitely go fill preps for a while to see if you like it or not. Some people love it -- I did, and I like adminning there -- but not everyone is cut out for it. It's a high-visibility job. People catch your mistakes, and the only way to prevent that is to catch other people's mistakes first. —valereee (talk) 15:20, 5 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Valereee, thanks for the advice. That is good to know. I think this sort of stuff should be enjoyable for me, even if a bit difficult. I just read the project page on prep areas, and it seems a bit difficult to get a good balance on hooks. epicgenius (talk) 15:23, 5 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
That's one of the most fun parts of setting preps. The thing to do for your first prep is pick the bottom empty set (which right now gives you three days to fill it but normally six days.) Count to figure out whether the image hook needs a bio or a non-bio (it alternates by day). Go find one, vet it, and transfer it. That'll let the other prep setters know you'll fill that set. Not that they or an admin won't move stuff in and out if they need it or think another set is better for that hook, but in general one prep-setter works on a set. Then start putting the puzzle together -- no more than four bios (alternating in the set with non-bio), no more than one music/science/military/whatever subject. Not too many from any one country, though 2 - 4 USA hooks will be necessary. A balance of geographical area, not all from English-speaking countries. A balance of long and short. And of course a quirky. It's an art. Don't be afraid to trim or tweak hooks, but read the nom first if you do, as there may have already been discussion. Keep on top of talk in case someone asks a question about one of the hooks in that set, because some people won't realize they need to ping you as the promoter.:) Ping me any time, and Yoninah will often leave pointers on how to improve at your talk. When she stops, you know you're getting near the point of competence.:) —valereee (talk) 15:47, 5 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
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@Kew Gardens 613, the pleasure is mine. I do agree that the Clark Street Tunnel should get its own page in the future. I've also noticed that there's a lot more that can be said about the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, especially its construction, and will have to work on it gradually. The biggest mess, though, is the Canal Street article - there are a lot of details about the BMT station that are just not mentioned at the moment, and the article in general needs more refs.As for the Union Square station, the article already mentions both the 9/11 memorial and the post-it wall (the second paragraph of 14th Street–Union Square station#Artwork). I thought one paragraph would be sufficient, seeing as how the artwork was not sanctioned by the MTA but seems to be covered by multiple reliable sources. –Epicgenius (talk) 14:38, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
I fully agree. I missed it somehow. Don't forget the Stantec studies, like the one that found making Clark Street accessible was infeasible, and which provides some sourcing for station layout (i.e. platform length/width). Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 15:17, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
I agree and can get around to that soon. In the meantime, I was looking at the study for Union Square, which says: This technology does not meet ADA standards, and since there is currently no technology that does, there is no fully accessible solution for the southbound platform. We are including an option for providing elevator service to this platform in this report with the understanding that this will not provide a fully accessible solution at this time. So I suppose this means the southbound platform can get an elevator, it just won't be ADA-accessible because gap fillers, by their very nature, are ADA-inaccessible. –Epicgenius (talk) 15:47, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
Yeah. Also, unrelated, but the 1990 Clark Street Tunnel fire was very notable, and there were major reports done on fire safety/communication, etc. in its aftermath. It would warrant an article of its own. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 16:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
Also-the provisions in the Eastern Parkway Line used for the Clark Street Tunnel connection were initially intended for a line over the Manhattan Bridge. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:27, 5 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
That is interesting. If we can find a reliable source for this, I could add it to the Borough Hall or Eastern Parkway Line articles. –Epicgenius (talk) 14:35, 5 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
I have seen reliable sources for this-if you cannot find them, I can look for them after I get my final paper for the semester done today. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:49, 5 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
I agree. I've noticed quite a bit of info about how Canal Street's proximity to the old Collect Pond contributed to tons of water problems there. I can add these sources in later. –Epicgenius (talk) 18:04, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
That's very interesting. I might have to look through this journal to, um, shore up some architectural articles as well. That Canal Street article was really detailed, and I expect the others will be no different. –Epicgenius (talk) 18:46, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
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On 13 October 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charlie Parker Residence, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when the residence(pictured) of musician Charlie "Bird" Parker was nominated for New York City landmark designation, one person sent a bird feather to the city government in support? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charlie Parker Residence. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Charlie Parker Residence), 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 nominate it.
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Could you take a look at Danbury Railway Museum and possibly protect it? There's been a string of railfans there (and at GE Genesis) breathlessly posting about an alleged locomotive donation. TriStateGuy seems unwilling to understand that Reddit is not a reliable source despite my best attempts, and I don't wish to get dinged for edit warring. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:04, 14 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Pi.1415926535, since technically both of you are edit warring, I've fully protected the page for one day. It's not the ideal outcome, as the WP:WRONGVERSION would inevitably have been protected, but unfortunately WP:3RRNO does not make exception for material that is merely poorly sourced (as opposed to something like unambiguous spam, vandalism, BLP, or copyright violations) –Epicgenius (talk) 04:04, 14 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Seasider53, if you decide to do this, good luck. I just searched "Manhattan Club" on ProQuest, and it gave me 28,000 results, most of which are for various lowercase-c Manhattan clubs. I don't even think I can even find the uppercase-c Manhattan Club you're looking for, The Park Central Hotel article says that "Eichner converted half the hotel's 1,450 rooms into the Manhattan Club", which brings up more questions than it answers - was there another Manhattan Club next to the Park Central Manhattan Club? In any case, the hotel's Manhattan Club is indeed completely different from Manhattan Club (social club). –Epicgenius (talk) 20:58, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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