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editHey @Redpandatrans!
Welcome to this Wikipedia experiment! I've come across your excellent beginning efforts at Bucoda, Washington and the Yelm–Rainier–Tenino Trail. Really well done right from the start!
I wanted to reach out to you regarding one change I had to make regarding the transit route at Bucoda...any bit of information, not matter how small, has to be backed up by either an existing citation on an article page or with the addition of a new citation mentioning the details...exactly what you did very well at the trail article. For more information, see WP:WHYCITE and the 2.3 million connected guidelines and essays attached!
Speaking of the YRT trail, if you come across a non-blog source for the Nisqually River extension, please feel free to replace the existing. Other editors would remove a blog reference (see WP:BLOG), but I'm not that way. The chance of a Thurston or Pierce county guvmint page update, or a report in the Nisqually Valley News, is probably fairly high.
I'm so very glad to see a new editor who may have an interest in working Thurston County articles. Boy, can we use the help! I hope that my note to you does not come across as critical or causes you any negative effects; it's all done in the spirit of being there for a new editor, helping to guide them through a difficult if not confusing start, trying to navigate the enormous litany of guidelines and consensus. If I can be of any guidance, please reach out. Just not for coding. You're better off listening to a rabid raccoon.
OlympiaBuebird (talk) 16:24, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
- hi @OlympiaBuebird I checked, and still so far the NVN most recent is about how the section of trail will be completed end of 25 and yelm city government hasn't updated the webpage about it either. Might try and go take some pictures this Sunday of the new pedestrian bridge (pedestrianized?) if everything goes well and I remember. I tried last Sunday but after biking from Olympia had call it at the bus stop my poor legs where shot. Also, my bad on missing the Bucoda citation.
- Right now, just been going through all the municipalities in Washington state reading up on them and correcting little things here and there or leaving questions in the talk pages if I'm confused on verbiage. Redpandatrans (talk) 02:37, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
- @OlympiaBuebird not sure if this would be a clear enough source for the nisqually river extension. City of Yelm public services highlights projects set for 2026 | Nisqually Valley News Redpandatrans (talk) 02:45, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hey @Redpandatrans!
- The NVN article would've been perfect for a temporary inclusion on future plans but since it does specifically state that the bridge part of the trail was final, it works more like a WP:CRYSTAL source. Basically "it's done because a prior source says it would be". The WP:PRIMARY source is better than nothing, but if we can, a WP:SECONDARY helps solidify the inclusion. I wouldn't doubt a news source will mention the new portion of the YRT trail soon, so no rush or anxiety necessary(!), but I can't wait to see a photo of the "pedestrianized" bridge!
- I would, however, recommend using the NVN article you linked, either specifically or as motivation to find other sourcing, to perhaps expand the Yelm page to include more about Cochrane and the planned Veterans Memorial parks. A mention of the water reclamation facility under an Infrastructure section (see WP:USCITIES for guidance) would be interesting and notable as well.
- No worries on the Bucoda thing. There's a long-standing tradition here about WP:CLUE...that used to be me once! Some editors swing hammers when a new member joins in, others take a lighter touch. We're all here to help!
- I'll be on the watch for your new photo but until then, if you need any help, feel free to reach out to me, other WA editors at Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington, or at the WP:TEAHOUSE.
- OlympiaBuebird (talk) 15:17, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hey fellow trail person!
- Several news articles came out about the new extension...as I predicted, like the Nostradamus I am not! I went ahead and added the secondary source and did a little bit of shifting and rework on the page while I was there.
- Appreciate working with you on this, and still can't wait to see the photos! If you have any questions, let me know...otherwise, hope to see you around more often!
- OlympiaBuebird (talk) 16:41, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
- @OlympiaBuebird not sure if this would be a clear enough source for the nisqually river extension. City of Yelm public services highlights projects set for 2026 | Nisqually Valley News Redpandatrans (talk) 02:45, 28 March 2026 (UTC)