Talk:Bloomington (Indiana)
Latest comment: 8 years ago by LPfi in topic Temporary information
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edit- Why was my link to Bloomingpedia removed?
- For a variety of reasons, we try to stick to only a few specific kinds of links here. The main reason is that we don't want Wikivoyage articles to rely on links to other web sites; we want people to add material to this guide, so it can be freely distributed, even in print. Take a look at Project:External links for more explanation. - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 09:45, 24 July 2006 (EDT)
- Thanks for the info. Must be a full time job keeping up with that policy :)
- This page states that Snow Lion is owned by the Dali Lama's brother in one part and the nephew in the restaurant description. Any confirmation on which one it is. I think it is the nephew. Also, if anyone knows i think that the owners of Little Tibet are also related to the Dali Lama.
- I have condensed much of the existing information into more formal listings and organized them by adding sub-categories. When I could not preserve the exact language of previous contributions, I have attempted to preserve the spirit. Please feel free to make edits where I have made omissions. - (WT-en) SaraBethTaylor 08 July 2009
Temporary information
edit- Swept in from the pub
Not being a frequent participant here, I'd appreciate input on this edit. Right now, the main dual-carriageway/divided highway through Bloomington (Indiana), connecting it to the larger city of Indianapolis, is being converted into an interstate highway, and the construction process has changed travel times from one hour to two for this trip. I know that it's good to include reminders about ongoing potential hiccups in travel, but what about temporary stuff? Obviously construction will be finished before too long; they're just upgrading the existing highway now, and it took them only a couple of years to build an entirely new interstate a little farther south. It's not like this information will be good to keep, but it's definitely useful at the moment. Nyttend (talk) 03:25, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- It is your call. I think it is fine to include since a potential traveler would want to know if there are any potential issues and be able to research them outside of this site. I would recommend including the anticipated completion date. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 03:32, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. I threw it in because it's a major local issue (friends in the area, where I used to live, have mentioned it as a big deal), and I figured I'd definitely want to know if I went back for a visit. I've added a bit about the projected completion, so thanks for that reminder. Nyttend (talk) 03:40, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) These types of informational warnings are common for issues that will affect travelers over a long period (like your highway construction example), but usually discouraged for short duration issues ("downtown roads will be busy this weekend due to a college football game"). As Andrewssi2 notes, please include an anticipated completion date so the information can be removed when it becomes outdated. See Big Sur#Get in for an example of how such a warning was implemented elsewhere. -- Ryan • (talk) • 03:41, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Ditto on the thanks. They've been working on this project for several years, and (especially in Bloomington) it's been highly contentious, so while I'm no longer in the area, it should be easy to find information about its completion. w:en:Interstate 69 in Indiana has been updated a good deal, so we should be able to update this page even without leaving the WMF servers. Nyttend (talk) 03:48, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) These types of informational warnings are common for issues that will affect travelers over a long period (like your highway construction example), but usually discouraged for short duration issues ("downtown roads will be busy this weekend due to a college football game"). As Andrewssi2 notes, please include an anticipated completion date so the information can be removed when it becomes outdated. See Big Sur#Get in for an example of how such a warning was implemented elsewhere. -- Ryan • (talk) • 03:41, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. I threw it in because it's a major local issue (friends in the area, where I used to live, have mentioned it as a big deal), and I figured I'd definitely want to know if I went back for a visit. I've added a bit about the projected completion, so thanks for that reminder. Nyttend (talk) 03:40, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- I wouldn't put a notice for a college football game, but a big enough short-term event with a huge influx of tourists, astronomical hotel prices, etc., such as Super Bowl or CES deserves highly visible notice, IMO. See Template index#Large events for one format. For longer-term road construction, what you did was perfect. The tricky part is remembering to remove it. As a partial solution, I try to insert a very visible comment, to grab the attention of someone viewing the edit window, e.g.:
<!-- ==================== Editor: Please remove after 1 January 2017 ======================= --><!-- ================= (end of material to be removed after 1 Jan 2017) ==================== -->- It would be nice if we had some more formal tickler mechanism. Peter Chastain (talk) 05:37, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- FYI&I (i.e. For Your Information and Inspiration ;-P) take a look to it:Template:Da aggiornare. That's how we manage temporary information. Furthermore with the help of dedicated categories, we are able to monitor and updated them when needed. --Andyrom75 (talk) 13:50, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- You can add "impressed" to that list. The three "update" categories seem easy to monitor. I am somewhat sensitive to the cost (to novice editors) of adding article-related templates, especially when wikitext is allowed as a template parameter. Given the way the visual editor handles nested template calls, I would not wish to be a newby visual-editing the text in
{{Da aggiornare|anno=2016|mese=09|{{Infobox|styles=margin-left: 15%;clear:left;float: center;|<center>Giubileo Straordinario|Inizia il giorno...}}}}(at the beginning of it:Roma#Eventi e feste), for example. But if the usage were limited to comments regarding what needs to be updated, I would consider the template worthwhile. Peter Chastain (talk) 19:37, 1 February 2016 (UTC)- How about embedding the {{event}} template in the message box, you then have a date check category with having to create a new template. --Traveler100 (talk) 22:25, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- I'm glad you mentioned {{event}} and the date check category, since I am enough of a newby not to have been aware of those. That template is good for things that need to be formatted like a listing, but I think that something that doesn't generate text would be more generally applicable. Peter Chastain (talk) 03:16, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- How about embedding the {{event}} template in the message box, you then have a date check category with having to create a new template. --Traveler100 (talk) 22:25, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- You can add "impressed" to that list. The three "update" categories seem easy to monitor. I am somewhat sensitive to the cost (to novice editors) of adding article-related templates, especially when wikitext is allowed as a template parameter. Given the way the visual editor handles nested template calls, I would not wish to be a newby visual-editing the text in
- FYI&I (i.e. For Your Information and Inspiration ;-P) take a look to it:Template:Da aggiornare. That's how we manage temporary information. Furthermore with the help of dedicated categories, we are able to monitor and updated them when needed. --Andyrom75 (talk) 13:50, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- I wouldn't put a notice for a college football game, but a big enough short-term event with a huge influx of tourists, astronomical hotel prices, etc., such as Super Bowl or CES deserves highly visible notice, IMO. See Template index#Large events for one format. For longer-term road construction, what you did was perfect. The tricky part is remembering to remove it. As a partial solution, I try to insert a very visible comment, to grab the attention of someone viewing the edit window, e.g.:
- On sv-wp there is w:sv:template:Bäst före ("best before"), which is invisible until the date given in the template (as YYYYMMDD, treated as a number) has passed. It also adds the page to a maintenance category by month. --LPfi (talk) 17:20, 4 February 2016 (UTC)