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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair(wikiquote)

Pennsylvania Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Reporting markPRR
LocaleChicagoandSt. LouistoNew York CityandWashington, DC
Dates of operation1846–1968
Technical
Track gauge4 ft8+1⁄2in(1,435 mm)standard gauge

Toolbox

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Trying something based on a Japanese organization system I read about: each time I use one of these templates, I move it to the top.

  • Official website: {{official| barnesfoundation.org}}
  • Redirects: #REDIRECT [[Yale University]]
  • IABot (auto-find archive pages for cites):Analyze a page
  • {{anchor|tennallytownrockville}}
  • Inflation template:
    • (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|amount|year|r=0}}}} today{{Inflation-fn|US}})
    • US$17 million (about ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|17000000|1889|r=-6}}}} today{{Inflation-fn|US}}): US$17 million (about $576 million today[1])
  • "Wikimedia Commons has material relating to" template: {{Commons category|Toledo, Ohio}}
  • Linking from WM Commons to WP: "Works cast by the [[w:Bureau Brothers|Bureau Brothers]], a foundry established in Philadelphia in the 1970s."
  • Inline conversion:{{convert|2.7|mi|km|abbr=off}}: "2.7 miles (4.3 kilometres)"
  • {{Years ago|1910}}
  • Frequently cited sources

MasterTemplatespage

{{Quote|Quote goes here.|Attribution goes here<ref>Cite goes here</ref>}}

Citations

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  • Citation templates
  • Help:References and page numbers#Inline page numbers/Help:List-defined references/Help:Footnotes
  • <ref name= "germantownhistory" />{{rp|189}} produces[2]: 189 
  • Books(documentation): <ref name= "NAME" >{{cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>
    • The brontosaurus is thin at one end.<ref name=elk1972>{{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972}}</ref>{{rp|5}} Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{r|elk1972|p=6–7}}
    • The brontosaurus is thin at one end.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=5}} Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=6–7}} ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972a}} {{refend}}
  • Website(documentation): <ref name= "NAME" >{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = | work = | publisher = | date = | url = | format = | doi = | accessdate = }} </ref>
  • Publication:<ref name= "NAME" > {{cite journal | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | publisher = | location = | date = | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate = }} </ref>
  • News(documentation): <ref name= "NAME" > {{cite news |title= |first= |last= |newspaper= |date= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>
  • {{who|date=April 2012}}[who?]
  • Citation bot instructions

Location

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  • WP:USPLACE:WP style on U.S. place names
  • GeoLocator:Get digital lat/long by zooming in and alt-clicking on location, then copy the autogenerated {{location dec}}
  • Location:
    • Template:Coord:{{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=title}}
    • {{coord|43.315624|-70.564756|type:landmark_region:US|format=dms|display=title}}
    • {{Location map |New York |label = Seneca Army Depot |label_size = 100 |lat = 42.754367 |long = -76.865845 }} {{coord|42.754367|-76.865845|display=title}}<nowiki>{{Location map |New York |label = Seneca Army Depot |label_size = 100 |lat = 42.754367 |long = -76.865845 }} {{coord|42.754367|-76.865845|display=title}}

Hatnotes

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  • Hatnote templates
    • Distinguish: {{Distinguish|foo|bar|something|baz}} (Not to be confused with foo, bar, something, or baz.)
    • About: {{About|the passenger train|other uses|Down Easter (disambiguation){{!}}Down Easter}} (This article is about the passenger train. For other uses, see Down Easter.)

Talk page

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  • {{Reply to|PRRfan}}
  • Unsigned-talkpage-comment attrib template: {{unsigned|[username]}}
  • Spam warning for user Talk pages: {{Uw-advert1}}
  • Ping someone (or someones): {{ping|Ɱ|Epicgenius}}

Model wiki-interactions

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Working

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To do

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Nice gestures

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The Editor's Barnstar
For trimming the material on the pageIowa class battleshipto its current and much improved version I herby award you The Editor's Barnstar. Keep up the good work!TomStar81(Talk) 09:22, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
For your assistance with copyedittingUSSNew Jersey(BB-62)while the article was up on the mainpage I herby award you The Editor’s Barnstar. Keep up the good work!TomStar81(Talk) 00:27, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thanks for the relentless copyediting on theiPadarticle, its definitely been useful in making the article good. --Eraserhead1<talk> 19:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
For exceptional skill in editing, especially your significant reorganization and copyediting ofLambert-St. Louis International AirportDan Dassow(talk) 09:56, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar
For recognition of your skill as a writer, seen in your improvements toSummit, New Jersey.--Tomwsulcer(talk) 13:09, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
For your work onBoston Marathon bombings.Bearian(talk) 22:25, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
Philadelphia Barnstar
For your work on theMill Creekarticle. --evrik(talk)03:36, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
For your dedicated, extensive, and instructive editing of theRailroaders Memorial Museumpage.Public Thing(talk) 16:37, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thank you for your help onFrancis Pharcellus Church-- your copyediting was invaluable in catching the (number) of errors my rushed editing made, not to mention the great content you found, specifically (though not exclusively) by tracking downBigelow-- great find! The article would not look near as good without your help, and I'm excited to see the article grace the main page come Christmas! As Church himself wrote; "Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world." I like to think that collaboration is one of those overlooked wonders. Happy holidays and I wish you all the best in the year to come!Eddie891TalkWork22:50, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

railroad bios

Thank you for quality articles such asHerman J. LombaertandHenry J. Reilly,for beginning articles about historic places such asStrivers' Section Historic District,for quality copy-editing and adding to content on the way as forFrancis Pharcellus Church,for your first DYK in 15 years of service, - you are anawesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no.2686of Precious, a prize ofQAI.--Gerda Arendt(talk) 10:07, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

  1. ^1634–1699:McCusker, J. J.(1997).How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda(PDF).American Antiquarian Society.1700–1799:McCusker, J. J.(1992).How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States(PDF).American Antiquarian Society.1800–present:Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis."Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–".RetrievedFebruary 29,2024.
  2. ^Cite error:The named referencegermantownhistorywas invoked but never defined (see thehelp page).
  3. ^"NYT"(PDF).
  4. ^"Mary Clark"(PDF).{{cite web}}:Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help)
  5. ^"sale of library"(PDF).New York Times.
  6. ^"Endow prof".New York Times.
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