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* Sears - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zfLlX5QiRKuBQkWKmkKj-_3-YHtBsiquWNpBUB02ON4/ Spreadsheet by Reschultzed]
* Sears - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zfLlX5QiRKuBQkWKmkKj-_3-YHtBsiquWNpBUB02ON4/ Spreadsheet by Reschultzed]
* Sinclair (oil and gas) - [https://www.sinclairoil.com/locations Sinclair locations table with store numbers] | [https://stations.sinclairoil.com/ Sinclair locations by state (no store numbers)]
* Sinclair (oil and gas) - [https://www.sinclairoil.com/locations Sinclair locations table with store numbers] | [https://stations.sinclairoil.com/ Sinclair locations by state (no store numbers)]
* Walmart - [https://github.com/cjbayesian/walmart/blob/master/data/store_openings.csv Store_Openings.csv on GitHub]
* Walmart - [https://github.com/cjbayesian/walmart/blob/master/data/store_openings.csv Store_Openings.csv on GitHub] | [https://www.walmart.com/store-directory Store Directory US]


== Page/Article creation ==
== Page/Article creation ==

Revision as of 02:31, 30 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.

Tools for wiki

Coordinates for info boxes

  • GeoLocator - Geo-referencing and geo-tagging especially for maps in info boxes
  • Google Maps - For getting coordinates to use in GeoLocator

Website research

Researching stuff that just works

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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.
  • LOCATION NEVER EXISTED/SPAM: Sometimes, users of Bluepages will create a page for a location of a business or entity that never existed. For example, a user recently created a Kmart with a store number that never existed and set it to be located in Cheyenne, Wyoming on South Greeley Highway at the location of a Safeway... which, to no ones surprise, was never occupied by a Kmart. In other instances, some users will make random spam pages that don't ultimately help anyone using Bluepages. If you have rights to delete pages, visit the page of the place that never existed (or a spam page), click More at the top right of the page, then click delete. Select the reason that is appropriate and/or type an other/additional reason, then click Delete Page. Note that other pages may contain a link to the page you are deleting, and those pages may need dealt with accordingly.

Locations lists

Lists of locations displayed here may not (and usually, probably don't) include all locations that ever existed. Some locations may exist that are not listed here. These lists do not include links on Bluepages as you can find those using the category system or other methods of searching Bluepages.

Page/Article creation

DO NOT ADD ANY PAGES WITHIN PAGE/ARTICLE CREATION! ONLY OPTOPOLIS IS ALLOWED TO ADD PAGES HERE!

A list of some articles on Bluepages (oldest to newest)

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Tables

Random things of interest:

  • There's a different Hobby Lobby called Hobby Lobby International which is now known as Hobby Express Inc. [1]
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