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Brittany Maynard

Brittany Maynard: "Her death, from barbiturates, was confirmed by her husband, Daniel Diaz, who noted that in accordance with Oregon law her death certificate listed a brain tumor as the cause." http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/us/brittany-maynard-death-with-dignity-ally-dies-at-29.html

Please leave brain tumor as cause of death. This is what is on her death certificate. A lung cancer patient may get pneumonia but in the end it's lung cancer that killed him. The article explains that it was assisted suicide. As Brittany preferred, it was death with dignity and it was the brain tumor that killed her, she just assisted in letting death happen sooner. She would not have taken the barbituates if she didn't have cancer that was going to make her suffering far worse before it killed her.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.105.132.130 (talk) 21:40, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Very well then. I will add a note saying that the death certification says the brain tumor was her cause of death, but that how she took her life was by suicide. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:47, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for your edits on One World Trade Center!

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Thanks! Epicgenius (talk) 02:52, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

About the photo of South Pole Telescope

Hi, about the SPT photo. I think that the one I use is more representative since it is taken recently compared to 2009. How do you think about it?

It is good. You can re-add it. I was mistaken... Epicgenius (talk) 18:25, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Reference Errors on 5 November

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VisualEditor newsletter—November 2014

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hello I need to ask you a question

can I join the Wikipedia new York city public transportation project as a semi active user. Please reply soon. Doorknob747 22:40, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

@Doorknob747: Yes, just sign your name here. Epicgenius (talk) 22:41, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
@Epicgenius: I signed yor signbook im waiting for the cool picture.

Please restore one part of my REFBLOAT

Hi Epicgenius. Thank you for correcting the Mark Satin entry in the "Notable alumni" section of the S. H. Rider High School page on November 4. You described my entry there as "REFBLOAT" and took all the references away. I am afraid I cannot create a "diff," but yours is currently the second edit down on the Rider history page.

For what it's worth, I want you to know that I was not trying to puff up Satin. I was concerned that, because all the other notable alums of that North Texas high school are sports figures, an actor, and a conservative politician, Satin's inclusion as a controversial political activist and author might seem inapposite without extra backup. I am sorry I ran afoul of Wikipedia policy here.

I do wish you would restore – or allow me to restore – the Wichita Falls Times reference. As you may have noticed, the editors of the Rider page have added to most of their notable alums a citation to a reference identifying Rider as their school. This practice appears to have been followed for most of the notable alums of three U.S. high schools whose Wikipedia pages are considered FA-class – Amador Valley High School, Plano Senior High School, and Stuyvesant High School (whose notable alums are listed separately at List of Stuyvesant High School people).

I have done extensive research on Satin over the years. To my knowledge, the only credible secondary source that names the high school Satin graduated from is that front-page Wichita Falls Times article. It is not currently cited in the Satin Wikipedia bio, and I think it should be cited after his descriptors in the Notable alumni section of the Rider page.

I do not feel comfortable reversing any part of the work of what I gather is an extremely senior Wikipedia editor!!! But I do urge you to resurrect that one citation, or to grant me permission to do so. I will watch this space for your reply, and if I see nothing I will take that as a "No." Best, - Babel41 (talk) 02:48, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Okay. I will try to see what I can do to put all the references in as one reference. FTR, this is  Done. Epicgenius (talk) 17:12, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Cheers

Hello, I was just wondering what the edit summary "1 paras" meant and which 20 bytes were removed from the politics section of Transportation in South Florida. Sorry for being OCD, lol. B137 (talk) 23:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

@B137: It's OK. I type very quickly so I type very badly as well. I mean to say "I split the sentence from 1 paragraph to 3 paragraphs" or "1 to 3 paras", but the middle was omitted. I also rephrased the sentence about the Metrorail and Metromover not being very profitable, so that is where the 20 bytes went. Thanks, Epicgenius (talk) 23:06, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Culture Shed, Criticism

Hi,

I don't think that your recent version: "Despite praise of the shed, several have criticized it" is any less biased than the version I just removed: "In spite of the shed's qualities, several have criticized it." Both versions emphasize praise or good qualities before admiting criticism. They read like "Even though the shed is great, some people have the gall to criticise it."

As a middle ground, I propose that we simply remove the first sentence all together. What do you say? 71.63.4.110 (talk) 17:08, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes. It should be removed anyway since it's obvious that the section is about criticism. Epicgenius (talk) 17:10, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Reference Errors on 16 November

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Your GA nomination of North Shore Towers

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Please do not change date format in article with military subject and references

The article New York Port of Embarkation is a military subject with almost all references using the dmy format. Your changes even changed the designation of certain War Department directives. I am currently going back and fixing all those changes to dmy format to be consistent with references and format of military subject articles. Palmeira (talk) 19:29, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

If it's how military articles are structured, then OK, I'm fine with that. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:45, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Yes, dmy is the military format and I am in a long process of completely revising this one from a mistaken "just the port of New York" sort of idea to the reality that Army Ports of Embarkation were Army commands, not "a port," with authority and facilities far beyond a particular harbor or port facility. This morning I am starting a complete reorganization of existing text with a new introduction. Long term, possible, result will be a new article on the ports in general and then working on at least the other major ports at San Francisco, Hampton Roads and so on. Then the general stuff in NYPOE would migrate there with specifics remaining. NYPOE is the target now since it was the largest, earliest, and developed a number of concepts used later. Palmeira (talk) 12:43, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks. I thought it was a little weird and counterintuitive earlier given the setting of this article, but I'm fine with it. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:32, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for High Line (New York City)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:03, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Kingsbridge Road (IND Concourse Line)

Hello Epicgenius,

I'd like you to check my edit. I am not sure it's totally correct. Thanks in advance. Vcohen (talk) 12:28, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

@Vcohen: There aren't any problems. I trust you know what you're doing, but in case if you are asking about the mezzanine, it does indeed exist at that location, and the mezzanine is the same level as the underpass. The underpass does not need mention. Epicgenius (talk) 15:42, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
OK, I will ask more specifically. Is it correct to write Exit/Entrance on the mezzanine level? Is it correct to enumerate the mezzanines as M1 and M2? Vcohen (talk) 15:56, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
That is a hard dilemma, as NYC subway station levels don't have exact lettered or numbered designations. You can write "Upper Mezzanine" and "Lower Mezzanine" instead. Epicgenius (talk) 16:27, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. Vcohen (talk) 17:26, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

bot question

Hi Epicgenius, can you adjust the bot to archive several of the threads? Thanks. SW3 5DL (talk) 19:34, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

It appears that the bot hasn't archived the page since 1 November. So I have manually archived the threads. Epicgenius (talk) 19:37, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

lincity reset

First if all, I thank you for watching Wikipedia's topics and fixing thing as you see fit. I would also like to inform you at I am the author of the edited text; although I am not the developer of lincity-ng, I have been handling the hosting for awhile now. I update the Wikipedia article every now and then as the current state of the project/hosting- we would like to use fedorahosted, but it has not work out yest, so we are currently using googlecode and bintray

@Tux peng: I don't see where we could have interacted. In fact, I can't see any other edits that you have made. Can you please tell me the page you're talking about? Epicgenius (talk) 20:49, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
@Epicgenius:Sorry, I should have mentioned. I edited lincity from the IP address 24.49.205.47
Oh, That was a mistake. In this case, I have reverted it. Epicgenius (talk) 21:03, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

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