User:Wslupecki
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Hey there, I'm WSlupecki. I have been an active Wikipedia member since 2006. I find Wikipedia to be a very knowledgeable source for information that can be easily updated as needed. Unlike the traditional book encyclopedias that only get updated once a year and don't cover the many sources found on Wikipedia.
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[edit] Contributions
Now, like some people out there, I am a roadgeek and I love covering the highways and byways of the US. More specifically, the Tampa Bay Area. Thus most of my contributions to Wikipedia have been on Transportation-Related articles and issues. Other interests that have led to Wiki contributions include Tampa area Tv stations and a couple of Tampa area landmarks here and there. I've also made contributions to a couple of other topics as well.
[edit] Bay News 9 (Tampa TV Station)
One of my largest contributions to Wikipedia so far, is the expansion of the Bay News 9 article. Bay News 9 is a 24-hour local news channel in Tampa, Florida that was launched in 1997. Since it's inception, I have paid a great deal of attention to the station's journey and I must say, after nine years of being on the air, Bay News 9 has certainly achieved it's mainline goal of providing news to the Tampa Bay Area on the viewer's schedule.
- When I saw the Bay News 9 article for the first time in May 2006, I was disgusted at the lack of content provided on the station. I quickly gathered what I knew about the station thus far and gathered as many sources as possible, and began a major expansion of the article. As of August 2006, much of the expansion, along with some major cleanup, is complete.
- My goal with the Bay News 9 article now is to improve it to the extent that it can be featured on the Wikipedia Main Page.
[edit] Transportation-Related Articles
As mentioned above, one of my large interests is Transportation. If you have viewed some of the articles regarding Tampa's Interstate highways, tollways, and other major transportation facilities recently; you've probably noticed some of my contributions to them. My mainline goal is to bring these Tampa transportation articles to high standards so that they can be featured on the Wikipedia main page. As you may also noticed, I recently joined WikiProject Florida to help out with other Florida related articles. The main transportation-related articles that I have made major contributions to recently to are listed below.
- Interstate 4 I recently completed an expansion to the history section.
- Interstate 175 (Florida) Updated history.
- Interstate 275 (Florida) I recently completed an extensive revision/expansion to the history section.
- Interstate 375 (Florida) Updated history.
- Clearwater Bayside Bridge Started article.
- Howard Frankland Bridge Updated history.
- Gandy Bridge Updated history.
- Veterans Expressway Added reconstruction project information.
- Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway Completed a major rewrite of the article.
- Dale Mabry Highway Reorganized designations list.
- State Road 694 (Florida) Added freeway project information and updated the history.
- East Lake Road Started article.
- State Road 573 (Florida) Started article. Based on user opinions, this article may be merged with Dale Mabry Highway.
- State Road 55 (Florida) Started article. Cleanup Required
- U.S. Route 92
- Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority Started article.
- Kennedy Blvd Started article.
- Northwest Hillsborough Expressway Started article. Need Expert help with cleanup and verification
- Tampa International Airport Revised/Expanded the Terminal section.
- Clearwater Memorial Causeway Started article. Still doing lots of work to expand the article and add sources.
- State Road 685 (Florida) Started article.
- Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Revised information regarding Bus routes to reflect upcomming changes by the authority.
- Interstate 4/Crosstown Expressway Connector Started article.
- Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Started article with fare and route info.
Articles in which minor contributions were made include:
- State Road 60 (Florida)
- State Road 616 (Florida) (Talk page only)
- Interstate 475 (Georgia)
[edit] Non-transportation-related articles (which I have made ethier major or minor contributions to) include:
- Janet Jackson (Talk page only)
- Tampa Museum of Art Added the "Controversy" section, since the museum replacement project has been full of nothing but controversy and other such mess.
- Rafael Viñoly Added the TPA Art Museum to the list of "Cancelled" projects.
[edit] Photos uploaded to Wiki Commons:
Interstate 275 (Florida) (Southbound) near Tampa, Florida
Gandy Bridge (Eastbound) in Tampa
The new shield/logo for the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway in Tampa
HART's new express bus.
[edit] IP Addresses
Occaisonally, I will use my older desktop computer, which has a Firefox browser that sometimes rejects cookies, to edit Wikipedia. If any questions regarding edits with the address 71.99.230.137 arises; please contact me.
