User talk:Lightmetro

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Hi, Lightmetro! Are you by any chance user:stledits? If so, would you please disclose per WP:SOCK#NOTIFY?Schierbecker (talk) 05:02, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that was me. I lost my password and couldn’t get back in. I won’t ever be using that account again and I’m going to make this one here linked or verified or whatever you would call it. But yes, stledits was mine but is no more. You can remove it if you’d like. Lightmetro (talk) 17:44, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject St. Louis

Thank you and nice job on updating St. Louis transportation articles. It is sorely needed, as I’m sure you noticed. If you wish, check out WikiProject St. Louis and WikiProject Missouri. You will find like-minded editors and ideas for future edits. Thanks! Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:22, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure! Some of them were woefully out of date. I'm still working on some others as well. I'm relatively new here, so let me know if I'm running afoul of any of the rules.

Thoughts on merging Transportation in St. Louis and Transportation in Greater St. Louis into a single page? Seems a bit redundant considering the city only accounts for roughly 10% of Greater St. Louis and nearly all of the highways, roads, public transit, etc. in the city generally traverse multiple jurisdictions. Lightmetro (talk) 22:38, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that does seem the obvious thing to do. I think one article at Transportation in St. Louis would be best. As long as it makes clear in the first sentence that the article covers both the municipality of St. Louis and the surrounding metropolitan area. The St. Louis Metro Area is so unique in its geographically small primary city. It’s a shame the Better Together consolidated city/county proposal never passed…it would make our job here on Wiki much easier (nevermind the benefits to the region). Grey Wanderer (talk) 23:23, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Totally agree! I'll work on merging the info from the Greater St. Louis thread into the St. Louis thread and then we can delete or merge them or however that works. Lightmetro (talk) 00:09, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking this on. Ping me here, or leave a message at my talk page, when the article is ready and I’ll help delete the spare one. You probably should leave a message on the article talk page so that anyone else who may want to chime in can. More info on merging and the proper steps to follow can be found here. Grey Wanderer (talk) 15:11, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gary,

I've completed migrating the information from the Greater St. Louis transportation page to the regular St. Louis page. I attempted to change the "main article" tags to the updated Transportation in St. Louis page, but someone is reverting my edits. You might want to go ahead and get that page deleted. Lightmetro (talk) 23:29, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cool! Looks like they figured out what was up. I have placed a merge notice on the pages and left a blurb about our intentions at Talk:Transportation in St. Louis. Let’s have any further conversation about the article there so it will always be easily associated with the article. Grey Wanderer (talk) 04:10, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and will do. I was planning on putting a post together for the group to let them know which articles I’ve been focused on. I’ve done quite a bit of updating on the MetroLink pages as well.

Will be in touch! Lightmetro (talk) 18:58, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When making edits to these articles, please use edit summaries so others know what you are doing. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 08:14, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is good advice. You may also consider creating a WP:User page. Unfortunately sometimes experienced editors see the red-link as a warning sign of unconstructive or inexperienced editing. Grey Wanderer (talk) 04:10, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pending merger

Just wanted to drop by and let you know I haven't forgot about the merger. Just very busy in RL. Will get around to it soon. Grey Wanderer (talk) 00:26, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated Transportation in Greater St. Louis for deletion. It will likely be redirected to Transportation in St. Louis. Thanks again for you work, I always look forward to seeing your edits in the St. Louis topic area. Grey Wanderer (talk) 16:19, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Fixed! Thank you! Lightmetro (talk) 17:28, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you for all your work on St. Louis Metrolink matt. (talk) 17:49, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Template:Green Line (St. Louis MetroLink) (April 25)

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microbiologyMarcus ^{[petri dish·growths]} 18:45, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did not see that one! Thank you very much! Lightmetro (talk) 19:01, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:01, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]