User talk:Declan128

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Declan128! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing! — Masum Ibn Musa ^Conversation 12:07, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Getting Started
Contributing to Wikipedia The five pillars of Wikipedia • Tutorial • Your first article How to: edit a page • upload an image
Getting Help
Frequently Asked Questions New contributors' help page Where to: ask questions • make requests Tip of the day Request administrator attention
Policies and Guidelines
Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Simplified Manual of Style • Three-revert rule Copyrights • Non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • Sock puppetry Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability

The Community
Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump IRC channels • Mailing lists Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community (The Signpost)
Things to do
Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Maintenance • Peer review • Requested articles Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism
Miscellaneous
Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

May 2017[edit]

Hello, I'm Epicgenius. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Grand Central–42nd Street (New York City Subway) have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. epicgenius (talk) 20:07, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Epicgenius. An edit that you recently made to 42nd Street Shuttle seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! epicgenius (talk) 21:25, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

June 2017[edit]

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Interstate 16, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. –Fredddie ™ 18:46, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

September 2017[edit]

Please refrain from making non-constructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Gay Street (Manhattan). This edit constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 20:13, 23 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete DYK nomination[edit]

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Kirby (series) at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 20:19, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

April fools, everyone...[edit]

I'd just like to let you know the only reason I vandalized that day was because it was April Fools Day. And I really don't understand how to do an unban request, so I guess I'm just an IP now... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.163.21 (talk) 23:45, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock Request[edit]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Declan128 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Hey I'm sorry for vandalizing a page on April 1st, 2020. I thought a little April Fools Day joke would be funny and glossed over without realizing how (redacted) me vandalized a lot of stuff. I promise I will only use my account to edit pages without ruining them, and you can see that in my IP's edit history (this is my IP I'm using to edit with).

Have a great day, Declan128's IP.

Decline reason:

Please make this request while logged in so we know it's you. Please also read this guidance for young editors and do not reveal personal information about yourself. 331dot (talk) 10:07, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I have blocked your IP address; the block is on you as a person, not just your account, meaning that you are not permitted to edit under any IP or account until this block is removed. 331dot (talk) 10:09, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request II[edit]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Declan128 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Hey I'm sorry for vandalizing a page on April 1st, 2020. I thought a little April Fools Day joke would be funny and glossed over without realizing how (redacted) me vandalized a lot of stuff. I promise I will only use my account to edit pages without ruining them, and will no longer vandalize pages for the heck of it.

Have a great day, Declan128

Decline reason:

This unblock request has been declined due to your history of vandalism and/or disruption to this encyclopedia. However, we are willing to give you another chance provided that you can earn back the trust of the Wikipedia community. To be unblocked you need to demonstrate that you are willing and able to contribute positively to Wikipedia. You can do this by:

Familiarizing yourself with our basic rules.
Read our guide to improving articles.
Pick any pre-existing article you wish to improve.
If you have trouble choosing an article to improve, see this index of articles needing improvement for ideas. Once you have decided on the article you will propose improvements to:
1. Click the Edit tab at the top of that article;
2. Copy the portion of the prose from that article that you will be proposing changes to. However:
  - do not copy the "infobox" from the start of the article (i.e., markup like this: {{infobox name|...}});
  - do not copy any image placement code (i.e., markup like this: [[File:Name.jpg|thumb|caption]]);
  - do not copy the page's categories from the bottom of the page (i.e., markup like this: [[Category:Name]]);
  - do not copy the stub tag (if there) from the bottom of the page (i.e., markup like this: {{Foo stub}});
3. Click edit at your talk page, and paste at the bottom under a new section header (like this: == [[Article title]] ==) the copied content but do not save yet;
4. Place your cursor in the edit summary box and paste there an edit summary in the following form which specifies the name of the article you copied from and links to it (this is required for mandatory copyright attribution): "Copied content from [[exact Name of Article]]; see that article's history for attribution."
5. You can now save the page. However, if your edits will include citations to reliable sources (which they should), add the following template to the end of your prose: {{reflist-talk}}. Once you have added the template, click Publish changes.
Now, edit that content. Propose significant and well researched improvements by editing the selected portion of the article. Please note that we are not looking for basic typo corrections, or small unreferenced additions; your edits should be substantial, and reflect relevant policies.
When you are done with your work, re-request unblocking and an administrator will review your proposed edits.
- If we (including the original blocking admin) are convinced that your proposed edits will improve Wikipedia as an encyclopedia, you will be unblocked.

If you need help while working with your proposed edits, you may add "{{Help me|your question here ~~~~}}" to your talk page. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 18:13, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

What contributions do you wish to make if unblocked? 331dot (talk) 14:51, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing pages I come across (e.g. if there's any grammar, punctuation, or factual errors), adding to pages with information that I'll cross reference with other (legitimate) sources before publishing, and adding pages on anything big enough to deserve on (e.g. An Interstate on the future interstate page begins construction and doesn't have a page, if there's enough info on the Interstate I'll make a page with the info from the future interstate page and any other sources (like the FHWA.)

I am providing you with a process above through which you can demonstrate a substantive edit you would make to an article of your choosing. You are free to decline to make use of the process and make another unblock request where you attempt to convince another administrator to unblock you without doing so, but using it would help your chances. I don't believe it is hopeless that you will be unblocked, but you will need to show that doing so will benefit this project. 331dot (talk) 18:13, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Troy Avenue station[edit]

Troy Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.^[1] It was opened sometime during the middle of 1888, and served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. Sometime between 1912 and 1924, the nearby Albany–Sumner Avenues station was closed^[2]^[3] due to the Dual Contracts addition of a third track between Nostrand Avenue and Hinsdale Street. Commuters from that station were redirected here. It was served by BMT 13 trains throughout its existence.

The next stop to the west was originally Albany-Sumner Avenues, and then replaced by Tompkins Avenue between 1912 and 1924. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway but did not install a subway station at Troy Avenue. The nearest subway stations to replace the el station were Utica Avenue to the east and Kingston and Throop Avenues to the west.^[4]^[5] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.^[6]