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(→‎Important notes (so you can know better when you edit articles in Bluepages: A user wanted information here about the edits to pages like Family Dollar 5901; changed it to "FALSEHOODS/BAD INFORMATION... & TROLLING" because that better describes what was happening.)
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* INFOBOXES: The "replaced"/"replaced by" sections in infoboxes is meant to be used for relocations; if a store (i.e. Kmart 4413) moves to a new location/is replaced by another store (i.e. Kmart 3891), this info goes into one of those sections. If you are adding information regarding the most recent tenant before or the next tenant/occupant following a business, use the "previous"/"next" sections in the infobox (i.e. [[The Bicycle Shoppe (1813 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming)|The Bicycle Shoppe]] was the ''next tenant'' that followed in the location of [[Sears (1813 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming)|Cheyenne's original Sears location]].
* INFOBOXES: The "replaced"/"replaced by" sections in infoboxes is meant to be used for relocations; if a store (i.e. Kmart 4413) moves to a new location/is replaced by another store (i.e. Kmart 3891), this info goes into one of those sections. If you are adding information regarding the most recent tenant before or the next tenant/occupant following a business, use the "previous"/"next" sections in the infobox (i.e. [[The Bicycle Shoppe (1813 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming)|The Bicycle Shoppe]] was the ''next tenant'' that followed in the location of [[Sears (1813 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming)|Cheyenne's original Sears location]].
* PAGE CREATION: You can create a page by searching exactly what you want the URL to be (i.e. [[Sears (1813 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming)]] or [[Dillard's 999 (West)|Dillard's 999 (West) (Cheyenne, Wyoming)]] as existing examples), then create the page from there. You can also just visit the link you want to create (i.e. https://www.bluepageswiki.org/wiki/Sears_(1813_Carey_Avenue,_Cheyenne,_Wyoming) or https://www.bluepageswiki.org/wiki/Dillard%27s_999_(West)_(Cheyenne,_Wyoming)<nowiki/>) and create the page from there. If you have an account with Bluepages, one way I like to do it is create the link in my user page, save the edit, then visit the new red link and create the page. P.S. Please do not use theOptopolis user page (this page you are on right now) to create these pages.
* PAGE CREATION: You can create a page by searching exactly what you want the URL to be (i.e. [[Sears (1813 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming)]] or [[Dillard's 999 (West)|Dillard's 999 (West) (Cheyenne, Wyoming)]] as existing examples), then create the page from there. You can also just visit the link you want to create (i.e. https://www.bluepageswiki.org/wiki/Sears_(1813_Carey_Avenue,_Cheyenne,_Wyoming) or https://www.bluepageswiki.org/wiki/Dillard%27s_999_(West)_(Cheyenne,_Wyoming)<nowiki/>) and create the page from there. If you have an account with Bluepages, one way I like to do it is create the link in my user page, save the edit, then visit the new red link and create the page. P.S. Please do not use theOptopolis user page (this page you are on right now) to create these pages.
* FALSEHOODS/BAD INFORMATION... & TROLLING: Sometimes, users of Bluepages decide to edit information on pages to say something that is blatantly and easily proved to be false. For example, a while back, a user set a [[Family Dollar 5901|Family Dollar located in Cheyenne, Wyoming]] to be located in Cheyenne, Ohio (which, by the way, there is no city in Ohio called Cheyenne). In doing this edit, the user also edited the [[Ohio]] page and the [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]] page such that t<nowiki/>hose associated pages also displayed this incorrect information.
* LOCATIONS:
** It can be helpful to catch this early so that it's easy to undo edits involving false information; to undo an edit, you want to visit the page affected by false information, go to the "View history" tab, then click the undo button at the end of each edit containing false information (note the next bullet point). If there are multiple edits, usually, it's best to undo one edit at a time, going from the top (most recent) to the bottom (oldest) until the edits containing false information are removed, then repeat this on other affected pages.
** If new, good edits have been made since the time of the edits containing false information, you may have to manually correct the information at hand. To find the information that was present before an edit containing false information was made, go to the View history tab on the affected page, then click on the time/date of the edit directly before (below) the edit containing the false information. Obviously, it's ideal to also make sure to not remove the good information that was added more recently than the edits containing bad information.


== Locations lists ==
== Locations lists ==

Revision as of 20:16, 29 March 2024

My name's Optopolis... or at least, that's what I typically go by on the web. I document history of the urban environment, especially regarding retail in the areas of Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska. My connection to Bluepages goes back to when it was mainly made up of a couple of Google sheets listing Kmart and Sears stores across the country. If you'd like to contact me with questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me on my talk page.

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Important notes (so you can know better when you edit articles in Bluepages)

  • INFOBOXES: The "replaced"/"replaced by" sections in infoboxes is meant to be used for relocations; if a store (i.e. Kmart 4413) moves to a new location/is replaced by another store (i.e. Kmart 3891), this info goes into one of those sections. If you are adding information regarding the most recent tenant before or the next tenant/occupant following a business, use the "previous"/"next" sections in the infobox (i.e. The Bicycle Shoppe was the next tenant that followed in the location of Cheyenne's original Sears location.
  • PAGE CREATION: You can create a page by searching exactly what you want the URL to be (i.e. Sears (1813 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming) or Dillard's 999 (West) (Cheyenne, Wyoming) as existing examples), then create the page from there. You can also just visit the link you want to create (i.e. https://www.bluepageswiki.org/wiki/Sears_(1813_Carey_Avenue,_Cheyenne,_Wyoming) or https://www.bluepageswiki.org/wiki/Dillard%27s_999_(West)_(Cheyenne,_Wyoming)) and create the page from there. If you have an account with Bluepages, one way I like to do it is create the link in my user page, save the edit, then visit the new red link and create the page. P.S. Please do not use theOptopolis user page (this page you are on right now) to create these pages.
  • FALSEHOODS/BAD INFORMATION... & TROLLING: Sometimes, users of Bluepages decide to edit information on pages to say something that is blatantly and easily proved to be false. For example, a while back, a user set a Family Dollar located in Cheyenne, Wyoming to be located in Cheyenne, Ohio (which, by the way, there is no city in Ohio called Cheyenne). In doing this edit, the user also edited the Ohio page and the Cheyenne, Wyoming page such that those associated pages also displayed this incorrect information.
    • It can be helpful to catch this early so that it's easy to undo edits involving false information; to undo an edit, you want to visit the page affected by false information, go to the "View history" tab, then click the undo button at the end of each edit containing false information (note the next bullet point). If there are multiple edits, usually, it's best to undo one edit at a time, going from the top (most recent) to the bottom (oldest) until the edits containing false information are removed, then repeat this on other affected pages.
    • If new, good edits have been made since the time of the edits containing false information, you may have to manually correct the information at hand. To find the information that was present before an edit containing false information was made, go to the View history tab on the affected page, then click on the time/date of the edit directly before (below) the edit containing the false information. Obviously, it's ideal to also make sure to not remove the good information that was added more recently than the edits containing bad information.

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