User talk:Dave Mackey

MCI electric coaches

Should I rename the J4500e and D45 CRTe LE pages? 8050 (talk) 00:19, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Go for it! Dave Mackey (talk) 01:03, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

New Jersey Transit 2016-2022 D4500CT order summary page

Hi Dave,

I notice that you have created a summary page (New Jersey Transit 16001-16003, 17001-17240, 18001-18129, 19001-19184, 20001-20183, 21001-21334, 22001-22151) for the 2016-2022 D4500CT order by New Jersey Transit. I'm not sure what the point or purpose of this page is - the content only seems to describe the specifications of the individual buses, and their general allocation - information which is already on the individual series pages, and is better suited to stay on those pages. While I appreciate the work that you've put into the page, I'm not sure that it is productive or useful to keep and maintain a second, separate page for this information. In this context, please note that I will be deleting the page on Saturday, so please move any necessary content over to the main NJT page or the individual series pages before then.

As well, it has come to my attention that you created an identical page, then duplicated the content onto a new page when you discovered you named the title incorrectly. This is against Wiki rules and practice, as now there is a duplicate page floating around that will not get updated, and the full edit history of the page is lost if a new page is created. If you need to modify a page title, please leave a message in the Modifying a page title thread on the forum, and one of the admins/moderators will move it to the correct title. From speaking with the other administrators, this is not the first time you've done this, nor is it the first time you've been warned not to do it. Please consider this post as an official warning, and continued contravention of the Wiki rules may result in further action being taken. Thank you! --Articulated^Talk_Contrib 00:39, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

VIN Page formatting

Hey Dave, you contribute a lot of information regarding VINs to the Wiki. Would you like to join the discussion on the formatting of VIN pages that is occurring on the CPTDB forum? We have tried implementing a new condensed formatting for VIN pages to solve issues a number of users were encountering (such as the alternating blue colour, which was very time-consuming to change when units were added to the middle of a page), although I see many of the edits you've done recently haven't followed this format, so maybe you are just not aware of the new format?

There are other topics that are currently being discussed, such as switching from letter-code VIN pages to the model years. Considering the amount of work you do, I think your input would be valuable in this discussion! --Articulated^Talk_Contrib 18:26, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Page move requests

Hey Dave, in future if you have a page that needs to be moved, can you please make a post in the Modifying a page title thread on the forums? This keeps all of the requests in a central location, and admins/moderators will be able to track what moves need to be done. If you just leave a message on a talk page (or worse, as note in the edit history), it's very difficult to see those "requests", and as soon as those edits disappear from the Recent Changes, it becomes nearly impossible to find/track those down later. Thanks! --Articulated^Talk_Contrib 23:33, 11 January 2024 (EST)