User talk:GK tramrunner

Hello, GK tramrunner, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• Tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  Tempshill 14:42, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

Thanks for the streetcar photos. Could you please add the appropriate license tag? I think {{GFDL-self}} is what you're looking for.

Thanks - Tempshill 14:42, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:DeutchBahn-ACloco.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or {{fairuse}}. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of image pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thanks so much.

Thanks for uploading Image:Yonge-Buildings.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Admrboltz (T | C) 18:29, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Yonge-House.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Admrboltz (T | C) 18:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You need to tag all your images, or reviewers less nice than myself :-) will delete them all preemptorily. I just add a "GFDL-presumed" at Image:T1-SubwayCarINSIDE.jpg, but your contribution list [1] shows a bunch more that need them, so please tag them as soon as possible. Thanks! Stan 14:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:BuffaloCentral-3.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 17:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Per Stan, above, you need to specify a copyright license for all the images you have uploaded or risk them being deleted. If you're confused about what to choose feel free to leave me or one of the people above, a message for help. _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 17:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Odessa914-Bilek1.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. -- Carnildo 21:46, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:KolnTram.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Longhair 06:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:BUffaloCentral-1.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. CLW 20:58, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:BC-QuadSnow.JPG. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or ask for help at Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. Thank you. -- Carnildo 07:01, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Bensonhurst-Bath.jpg. The image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the image qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of image pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. -- Carnildo 15:03, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:BC-QuadSnow.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or ask for help at Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. Thank you. -- Carnildo 05:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there! From reading through your page above it seems you have failed to add appropriate copyright tags onto a number of images which you have uploaded to Wikipedia. That's a real shame, since images such as Image:BC-QuadSnow.jpg, taken by yourself, would make a good contribution to the encyclopedia, and risk being deleted (indeed, some of the images listed above now have been). All you need to do is to add one of the appropriate tags from Wikipedia:Image copyright tags to the image description page. If it is an image you have created yourself, and you are happy for anyone to use it, then I would suggest {{PD-self}} or {{GFDL}} would be appropriate. Feel free to ask any questions by posting on my talk page if I can help. Thanks, _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 16:32, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Koln-Chorweiler.JPG. The image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the image qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of image pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. -- Carnildo 11:19, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:BrightonLIneStaircase.JPG. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Stifle 00:37, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:BayRidge-LivingQuarter.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or ask for help at Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. Thank you. -- Carnildo 07:55, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:BC-QuadSnow.JPG. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or ask for help at Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. Thank you. -- Carnildo 20:24, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Valkenburg26.JPG. The image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to indicate why we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the image qualifies under Wikipedia's fair use guidelines, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. If you want the image to be deleted, tag it as {{db-unksource}}.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of image pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion.

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you have any concerns, contact the bot's owner: Carnildo.

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:GerritsenEnd.JPG. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Shyam ^(T/C) 11:50, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:SIAC-MetroTech.JPG. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see User talk:Carnildo/images. 10:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:GermanNetherlandBORDER.JPG. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Image legality questions. 10:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:CameliaBlossom.JPG. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. --Hetar 02:33, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there, I saw that you added some photos to the Park Slope article. Do you live there? I do, too! Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 08:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there, after leaving the last message, I proceeded to check through some of your contributions. My, it seems like you've been a busy shutter bug. However, I am coming to express a concern for the formatting of your images when you place them in an article. Since you appear to be new-ish here, let me explain:

Usually when there is only one image in a section, we place it at the start of the header, for example:

== Blah Blah ==
[[Image:BlahBlah.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Blah Blah.]]
When there are two or more images, please do this:
== Blah Blah ==
[[Image:BlahBlah.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Blah Blah.]]
[[Image:BlahBlah.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Blah Blah.]]

It is also standard to wiki link within the images, since many people look at the images before they read the content, thus:

[[Image:BlahBlah.JPG|thumb|250px|right|[[Blah Blah]].]]

Also, please make sure that horizontal images are at the standard 250px while vertical images are somewhere around 220px. A period after the text in the image descriptor is also great!

Thanks so much, and keep up the great image contributions! Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 09:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:NJT-Arrow-Pantographs.JPG. Wikipedia gets hundreds of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 20:06, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading Image:MTAbus.JPG. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 03:10, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading Image:GardenCityHouses.JPG. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 00:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading Image:AachenRWTHmain.JPG. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 02:04, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:MTAbusOrion5.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 19:13, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop recreating that article. It meets WP:CSD Articles item 1. If you continue to recreate it after this notice, you may be blocked for disruption. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 20:55, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

forget about Odessa Film studio.

Hi there! Well, the thing is that I don't live in the US anymore. I moved back to Moscow almost a year ago and have no regrets about it whatsoever. Here in Russia, life is so rich with events, relaxed and enjoyable, unlike in NY, which I couldn't stand (my last year there especially). I miss Boston though and all the fun I had there with international students (mostly Ukrainian). I'd like to visit it again someday. Ask whatever questions you have about Boston or NY or Wikipedia :). Happy editing! KNewman 12:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I just wanted to say thanks for the greeting and letting me know about Mike's wonderful TTC website. If you're working on articles on particular trams in SPb, that's great! Make sure you link to them from the Tramways in Saint Petersburg page once those articles are complete; maybe I could help you out as well. As you see, my article on tramway service in SPb is still a work in progress, and a lot needs to be done, so you're welcome to help out. I'll try to finish the history section soon, if I have time. - Canwolf 21:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the O-Train fleet were built as part of an order for Deutsche Bahn — they’re superior in a number of ways to the usual passenger trains in Canada. I’m glad you liked the photograph. David Arthur 15:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I curious as to where this image was taken. Can you had the info to its description. Thanks. ccwaters 17:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. ccwaters 19:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my comment on the talk page. Cbdorsett 10:00, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Add it to Wikiversity? Hmmmmm... I don't know. I thought there was lots of good encyclopedia-type info on your page. It seems to me the better solution is make it all read like an encyclopedia article, and then add enough links to it on other pages so that they will take off that tag. Wikipedia has a policy against including "original" materials, so it will require some work to make sure that all available citations are included in the right places. As far as Wikiversity goes, I don't know anything at all about their standards, policies and aims. Maybe you should copy the content over there and see what happens. But don't delete it from Wikipedia.

Good luck on your final.

Cbdorsett 05:44, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey man, yeah I don't live in NJ anymore which is a shame. I've been busy lately though... —lensovet–talk – 04:49, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hey there, thank you very much for the barnstar! i was very surprised. lately i've been busy writing a new program for my computer, but i will email you soon. have a good day! —lensovet–talk – 21:06, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		Thanks for your photographic contributions to New York City related articles. NewYork1956 08:58, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, GK tramrunner! According to your wish I've taken some fifty photos and three very short (and poor) videos of Lomená Street. The weather wasn't much favourable on the last Sunday here, mostly overcast, but better than nothing. Now I ask, what to do with those images? It's about 60 MB total, which is not very comfortable for a man with a low-speed GPRS connection like me. :-) What do you need it for? I would also need your e-mail address. Пока! --Miaow Miaow 23:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the message. Unfortunately, I never went to New Utrecht High School. I started the article after writing one about Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, who was a student there in the 1950s. I knew that a lot of famous people had gone to the school, so I was surprised that it didn't have an article already. I grew up in West Virginia, which is very different from New York!

I hope you get to visit London one day. It's a very interesting city. I have not been to Aachen, but I have visited Berlin and Munich. I would like to visit more of central and eastern Europe -- so far I have only made one brief trip to Poland. I'm part Ukrainian myself; my great-grandmother was an ethnic Ukrainian from Przemyśl.

I did make a few of the userboxes on my page myself (the spaghetti, Aubrey-Maturin and environmentalist boxes, for example), but I'm afraid most of the stuff on there is copied from other people!

Your photographs of Brooklyn are very good. I hope you plan to contribute more to Wikipedia in future.

Perodicticus 15:45, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:HudsonLine10.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. This is an automated message from BJBot 05:33, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome! We are glad to see another user take park in our project. As we are still working hard after 2+ years, yet, we are glad to see more people helping us. Remember to try to engage in discussions we hold to reach a consensus, which is a form of agreement via discussion. It helps, and it is for the best for the project and us. Anyway, thanks, and again, welcome. --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 00:55, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your enthusiasm about the New York City Subway. However, try to keep things relevant to the wikiproject. As you may see its past discussions on its talk page, that is what is kinda expected, okay? --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 08:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Your biography seems pretty interesting, as you've left on my talk page.

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Hradchany1.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 12:28, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Hradcany1.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 12:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, GK tramrunner. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:RetroCompSmall.jpg) was found at the following location: User:GK tramrunner. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 08:22, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:ParkSLopeStreet-Winter.JPG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Aksibot 10:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:ParkSlope-closerlook.JPG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Aksibot 10:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. An image you had previously uploaded, Image:Aachen-ElegantStreet.JPG, did not have a licensing tag. Another editor has tagged the image as {{GFDL-presumed}}. You may wish to visit the image page and provide the correct license. You can view a list of all the image licensing tags at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/All. The image risks being nominated for deletion as failing to have a license. Many of these {{GFDL-presumed}} image are used on User pages. --User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 00:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In cleaning up the articles, most of the pictures that were on that page were moved to a Wikimedia Commons link. If possible, please move the pictures on that page that you uploaded to the Commons. They will then be included in the Wikimedia Commons link. Thanks. --AEMoreira042281 01:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I might be wrong, I've never made one myself, but I think you're going to need to move the pages for your recently created userboxers.
From WP:UBX:

"In the user namespace, you may create a subpage of your own user page or User:UBX."

The way they are created now, they look like the userpages of editors who don't exist.
Again, maybe I'm just reading the guideline incorrectly. I just noticed them while new page patrolling and thought it looked odd. --Onorem♠Dil 16:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:4ptMotorStarter.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Liftarn 15:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't really add much to the article, but yes, I have sentimental feelings about that calculator, too :) By the way, if the MK-61 emulator is available online, could you add a link to it to the article? I think the article will benefit from it. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, GK! Thanks for the links, I'm sure I'm going to give the emulator a try this weekend! Ahh, the memories! :)

I do live in the U.S. (Midwest), but being rather paranoid about privacy I prefer not to disclose where exactly. Nothing personal; I hope you understand! Same goes for ICQ communications. However, if you need to ask me anything that's not suitable to be asked here on my talk page (perhaps because it is not really Wikipedia-related), you are more than welcome to email me. You didn't happen to be a member of клуб электронных игр for MK-61 & 52 in the beginning of the 1990s by any chance? The club was run by mail by some guy in Samara (I forgot his name, unfortunately), who published a newsletter and helped folks connect to exchange various MK-61 programs. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comment. I have responded to it on my talk page. ZICO (talk) 21:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your edits to the NYC subway pages, especially bus connections. There are a few things you could do to make your edits more productive.

When linking, you need to check two things:

1. There actually is a Wikipedia article by that name;
2. The article is the place or thing you intended

Here are some examples:

• Several of your edits included a link to Williamsburgh. What you actually needed was Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In the article text, you would put [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]]
• Several of your edits included a link to Ocean Avenue, which is a rock album. What you actually needed was Ocean Avenue (Brooklyn). In the article text you would put [[Ocean Avenue (Brooklyn)|Ocean Avenue]].
• Several of your edits included a link to Prospect Park. There are many Prospect Parks, so this link goes to a disambiguation page. What you actually needed was Prospect Park, Brooklyn. In the article text, you would put [[Prospect Park, Brooklyn|Prospect Park]].

These are only examples. Unfortunately, there is no substitute for checking every link.

When you're finished editing, if a link is colored red, it means that Wikipedia has no article by that title. In many cases, you'll find the article under another name. One of your edits included a link to Hil Hodges Memorial Bridge. This was a misspelling for Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, but Wikipedia doesn't have that either. The correct link was to Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.

I know it can be tedious, but these links do need to be checked. Thanks, and Happy Editing! Marc Shepherd (talk) 15:39, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article General circuit theory, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of General circuit theory. — BillC ^talk 23:08, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Template:User RetroElectronics requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 19:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Template:Article RetroElectronics requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 22:58, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I've noticed that you have registered as a member of WP:NYCPT. Please go to Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation/Participants and add or correct you status as an active or semi-active member, as well as if you are an admin, whay projects you work on, and a sample of the work you do in the NYCPT scope. Thank you. —Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs • email) 15:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there...

I am going through a number of images that have some minor licensing issues. I came across Image:ParkSLope-Fabulous.JPG (and also Image:ParkSlope-street.JPG) which you uploaded. The licensing on this image is not complete as it was uploaded many years ago. I wonder if you could follow the link to the image page and correct the licensing with a GFDL license (or other free license). If you have any questions or issues, please drop me a note on my talk page. Thanks. --Jordan 1972 (talk) 23:25, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there...

I am going through a number of images that have some minor licensing issues. I came across Image:SaltMarsh-Winter.JPG which you uploaded. The licensing on this image is not complete as it was uploaded many years ago. I wonder if you could follow the link to the image page and correct the licensing with a GFDL license (or other free license). If you have any questions or issues, please drop me a note on my talk page. Thanks. --Jordan 1972 (talk) 22:03, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for your suggestion. You are right but in this case the only text in english on Ettore Pozzoli is practicaly only on the web site of the contest and those are the only things known regarding his biography. Anyway....thanks again for your attention :-))--Vpower1962 (talk) 22:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC) "Ettore Pozzoli" seems to have died....sob !!--Vpower1962 (talk) 23:05, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see you were attempting a re-write of above article but it still go deleted by User:Sandstein, you can request that the admn can set you up a copy in your sandbox so you can do further work if you desire. BigDunc^Talk 23:04, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tram Runner,

I have added the coordinates to Elinkine. Thanks for the suggestion!

Happy editing,

Neelix (talk) 01:48, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for uploading File:ParkSlope-street.JPG. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 16:55, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for uploading File:SaltMarsh-Winter.JPG. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 07:35, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Quartermaster (talk) 15:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not remove speedy deletion tags from articles you created, as you did with Ghent Tram. If you do not believe the article deserves to be deleted, then please do the following:

1. Place {{hangon}} on the page. Please do not remove any existing speedy deletion tag(s).
2. Make your case on the article's talk page.

Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 15:47, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to create a sandbox page to create articles. Once you are finished, you can then copy and paste the entire article at once and avoid speedy delete tags that get placed in blank (as in my case) or short articles. Note that a speedy delete tag can be placed by anyone, but only an administrator can delete an article. I am not an administrator. --Quartermaster (talk) 15:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article is looking good. Keep up the good work! --Quartermaster (talk) 16:11, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:KrolikovRunsAwayonatram.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 07:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:KrolikovCollidingWith5491.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 07:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:BeerbarDepo.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 07:09, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:BrightonLIneStaircase.JPG is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:File:BrightonLIneStaircase.jpg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[File:BrightonLIneStaircase.jpg]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 02:29, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, I can't say I'm a fan. I am a great sympathizer though.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:59, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

--Maxim75 (talk) 03:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes in live in Sydney, Australia. Also from Ukraine :-)

A tag has been placed on Railway switching networks, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

This article duplicates better-written articles elsewhere.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Archolman User talk:Archolman 23:33, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for uploading File:23rdStreetMidtown.JPG. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

If the necessary information is not added within the next days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please refer to the image use policy to learn what images you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. Please also check any other files you have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 22:54, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:3ptMotorStarter.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Bulwersator (talk) 17:12, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GK tramrunner, I am a new user. It would be really helpful if you could replace all the text on the Polytechnic Institute of New York University page with the updated, fixed and improved page I made(see below). NYU-Poly page currently is not open to very new users like me. Thanks--Lionkill (talk) 22:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Polytechnic Institute of New York University

File:Poly logo seal.jpg
Motto	Homo et Hominis Opera Partes Naturae
Motto in English	The human being and human works are parts of nature
Type	Private
Established	1854
Endowment	US $122.4 million[1]
President	Jerry MacArthur Hultin[2]
Provost	Katepalli R. Sreenivasan[3]
Academic staff	374
Undergraduates	2,071[4]
Postgraduates	2,581[4]
Location	Brooklyn , NY , US 40°41′40″N 73°59′12″W / 40.694412°N 73.986531°W / 40.694412; -73.986531
Campus	Urban 28 acres (Brooklyn Campus)[5]
Newspaper	The Polytechnic Reporter
Colors	Purple and Green
Mascot	Fighting Blue Jays, Engineers
Website	www.poly.edu

The Polytechnic Institute of New York University, often referred to as NYU Polytechnic, NYU-Poly, Poly or New York University School of Engineering and Technology is one of the 18 schools and colleges that comprise New York University (NYU).^[6][7][8][9] It is the second oldest private engineering and technology institute in the United States as well as the second oldest polytechnic universities in the United States and has made contributions in the fields of electrical engineering, polymer chemistry, aerospace, and microwave engineering.^[10] The institute is associated with people having won 2 Nobel Prize in Physics, 2 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 3 Putnam Mathematical Competition winners, 2 Wolf Prize in Physics, 1 Russ Prize, 3 Gordon Prize, 1 Draper Prize, 2 Turing Award winners, 2 W. Wallace McDowell Award, and several Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Awards winners. Several current and former presidents of professional societies such as American Chemical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), are alumni. The financial engineering program was the second program of its kind, anywhere and the first curriculum to be certified by the International Association of Financial Engineers.^[11][12] NYU-Poly was one of the first universities to introduce a cyber security program, and is designated as both a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and a Center of Academic Excellence in Research by the National Security Agency.^[13] Polytechnic is the first school in New York City to receive the designation Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the U.S. National Security Agency.^[14] Polymer engineering in the United states began at NYU-Poly. Polytechnic people include the first president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), founders of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)),^{[15][16][17][18]} and founder of United States of America Mathematical Olympiad. Polytechnic people played a key role in the establishment of bioengineering and biomedical engineering^[19][20] NYU-Poly operates several on-campus and off-campus business incubators and is one of the ten schools of NYU that is part of the NYU Entrepreneurs Network (NYUEN).^[21][22] It is a founding member of the Association of Independent Technological Universities. Poly Prep Country Day School, a college preparatory school, was once integrated with the University and shares its founding.

NYU-Poly was formerly Polytechnic University and it is currently an interim entity that maintains a formal affiliation with NYU, allowing NYU to complete the transition for Poly to become the School of Engineering and Technology within NYU (see NYU Affiliation below).^[23][24]

Timeline[edit]

The official timeline for the Institute is maintained on Poly at a Glance: the Poly Timeline.^[25]

• A group of Brooklyn businessmen drew up a charter on May 17, 1853, to establish a school for young men.
• In 1854, the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute was chartered and moved into its first home at 99 Livingston Street.
• In 1855, the school opened its doors September 10 to 265 young men, ages nine to 17. From 1889 to 1973 it was known as "Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn" (but often referred to as "PIB" or "Brooklyn Poly").
• Baccalaureate degrees were conferred for the first time in 1871.
• Postgraduate programs began in 1901.
• In 1917, the preparatory program was separated from Institute and renamed the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, or Poly Prep for short. It is located in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn.

  

• First doctoral degree awarded in 1921.
• Polymer Research Institute established in 1942.
• Microwave Research Institute established in 1945.
• In 1957, Poly moved to its present location (333 Jay Street, the former site of the American Safety Razor factory), and became a co-educational institution.
• In 1973, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn acquired the faculty and programs of New York University’s School of Engineering and Science to form Polytechnic Institute of New York after NYU was forced to sell the University Heights campus (where the engineering school was situated) because of financial hardships.
• Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) established in 1983.
• In 1985, the school gained university status and its name was changed to Polytechnic University.
• In 2008, Polytechnic changed its name to Polytechnic Institute of New York University when it became affiliated with NYU, in order to align itself to become the School of Engineering and Technology within NYU.

Name[edit]

Polytechnic Institute of NYU has carried a number of different names.^[26]

• 1854: Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute (founding name)
• 1889: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (separated from preparatory program)
• 1973: Polytechnic Institute of New York (merged with New York University School of Engineering and Science)
• 1985: Polytechnic University (acquired university status)
• 2008: Polytechnic Institute of New York University (officially affiliated with New York University)

New York University affiliation[edit]

In 1973, New York University’s School of Engineering and Science was merged into the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn to form the Polytechnic Institute of New York.^[27] The 2008 affiliation between Poly and NYU re-established a formal relationship between New York University and the former Polytechnic Institute of New York after nearly 35 years of separation.^[28] The Institute is now an interim entity while it aligns itself to become NYU's dedicated resource for applied sciences and engineering.^[29]

On August 7, 2007, Polytechnic and New York University (NYU) announced that the two institutions were engaged in merger discussions.^[30][31] In October 2007, NYU’s and Polytechnic's Boards of Trustees both approved continuation of talks on a merger of NYU and Polytechnic. Both institutions decided to continue drafting a Definitive Agreement to more fully define the relationship between the universities.^[32][33]

On March 6, 2008, Polytechnic’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the "Definitive Agreement" to affiliate with New York University, with the goal that Polytechnic would become NYU's engineering, applied science, and technology school. On June 24, 2008, the New York State Regents approved an affiliation between Polytechnic and NYU by a change of charter which made NYU the sole member of the Polytechnic, effective July 1, 2008.^[32][32][34]

Consolidation into New York University[edit]

It has been confirmed by the school authorities that the interim Polytechnic Institute of NYU is on the path to being completely consolidated into NYU as its School of Engineering and Technology by 2014, similar to that of NYU College of Arts and Sciences, Stern School of Business, Tisch School of the Arts, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and other NYU schools.^[35][36]

Presidents of Polytechnic[edit]

	President	Years as president
1	John Howard Raymond	1855–1864
2	David Henry Cochran	1864–1899
3	Henry Sanger Snow	1899–1904, Interim President
4	Frederick Washington Atkinson	1904–1925
5	Parke Rexford Kolbe	1925–1932
6	Charles Edwin Potts	1932–1933, Interim President
7	Harry Stanley Rogers	1933–1957
8	Ernst Weber	1957–1958, Interim President
9	Ernst Weber	1958–1969
10	Benjamin Adler	1969–1971, Acting President
11	Arthur Grad	1971–1973
12	Norman Auburn	1973, Acting President
13	George Bugliarello	1973–1994
14	David C. Chang	1994–2005
15	Jerry MacArthur Hultin[2]	2005–2012
16	Katepalli R. Sreenivasan	2012–Present, Acting President

Presidents of Polytechnic Institute and Deans of Engineering at NYU[edit]

	Dean	Years as Dean of Engineering at NYU
1	Katepalli R. Sreenivasan	2012–Present

NYU-Poly has its main campus in Downtown Brooklyn and is close to transportation routes and easily accessible from all parts of New York City and Long Island. In addition to its main address at MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, the institute offers programs at other sites throughout the region, including Long Island, Westchester, and Manhattan, as well as several programs in Israel, China and the Middle East.^[10][37] NYU-Poly is an integral part of NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai and the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) in downtown Brooklyn.^[38]

Brooklyn Campus[edit]

The Institute played a leadership role in bringing about MetroTech Center, one of the largest urban university-corporate parks in the world and the largest in the United States. Today, the 16-acre (65,000 m²), $1 billion complex is home to the Institute's main campus and several technology-dependent companies, including Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC), New York City Police Department's 911 Center, New York City Fire Department Headquarters and the U.S. technology and operations functions of JPMorgan Chase. In 1998, a Marriott Hotel was built adjacent to MetroTech. MetroTech has proven to be a case study in effective university, corporate, government and private-developer cooperation. It has resulted in renewing an area that once was characterized more by urban decay.

Wunsch Building houses the school's undergraduate admissions offices and is used to host many social, cultural, and academic events for the school and community.^[39] The building dates back to 1847 and was the first independent black church in Brooklyn. It was also a stop on the Underground Railroad and has been designated a historic landmark since November 24, 1981.^[40]

The Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, opened in 1990 in a new building, is Polytechnic's information hub, with many of its offerings accessible online.

The Othmer Residence Hall is a 18-story building housing over 400 students and was opened in 2002, and currently houses freshmen and sophomores. It is named after Donald Othmer, a past chemical engineering professor at the Institute, and his wife, Mildred Othmer.

The Clark Residence, which opened in September 2010, offers housing to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

It has been confirmed that NYU-Poly will build a massive tower on Jacobs Administration and Civil Engineering building site.^[41] The developer will be selected in Spring 2013.^[42]

Long Island Campus[edit]

The Long Island Graduate Center was opened in 1961. Recently, It was closed and classes were moved to a small portion of the Melville Corporate Center. Graduate programs were expanded to include Electrophysics, Systems Engineering, Telecommunication Networks and Wireless Innovation.

Westchester Campus[edit]

Established in the 1980s, in the Hudson Valley, NYU-Poly's Westchester campus offers several graduate programs and operates similarly to the Long Island Campus.

Manhattan Site[edit]

Located in Manhattan, this site offers degree programs in Financial Engineering, Management of Technology, Information Management and Accelerated Management of Technology. The Manhattan Graduate Center offers a facility for working professionals.

Located at 2 Broadway in downtown Manhattan. This site offers NYU Poly Exec 21 Construction Management certificate.

Center for Urban Science and Progress at Brooklyn Campus[edit]

The Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) is a degree-granting technology and research institute, that will be located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. The 460,000-square-foot building is located on NYU's Brooklyn campus. It will be a research facility at Polytechnic Institute of New York University mainly focusing on urban engineering, civil engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering.^[43] It will open by September 2013, and will be located in the MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn. NYU hopes the new center will help to encourage collaboration between experts in different fields, allowing them to solve problems that they would be unable to solve alone.

Bioengineering Institute in Manhattan[edit]

New York University is creating an innovative Institute for Bioengineering that will cross multiple disciplines and schools of the university. It is intended to foster close collaboration particularly among the Polytechnic Institute (NYU-Poly), Courant Institute, Faculty of Arts and Science, Center for Neural Science, Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing, as well as the School of Medicine. The combined expertise and talent available in these units is already considerable. Part of the Institute’s new activities will occur on the Campus of NYU-Poly in Brooklyn while the part particularly devoted to applied biomedical research and development will be housed in a new building under construction in Manhattan near the Medical School, cohabiting with the College of Dentistry and Nursing. The 11-story, state-of-the-art facility, planned for 433 First Ave., will be 170,000-square-feet large and 183-feet high. The previous building on the site, which was used for administrative and academic office for the school’s College of Dentistry, was demolished in September. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates is designing the exterior, while EYP Architecture & Engineering is working on the interior design. It is slated to open in 2015. The new building will cost $140 million. The area is already home to a cluster of health-related University programs, including the NYU College of Dentistry and the NYU School of Medicine.

Israel Campus[edit]

Located in Rishon LeZion in the College of Management. This campus offers Master of Science in Management and Master of Science in Organizational Behaviour degrees.

New York University Abu Dhabi[edit]

In October 2007, New York University announced its intention to open a complete branch campus in Abu Dhabi, financed by the Abu Dhabi government.^[44] The Abu Dhabi campus was planned by New York University, and the funding mainly came from the Government of the United Arab Emirates.^[45] It was first opened in 2008 on a temporary site in downtown Abu Dhabi, and held various public events such as academic conferences, workshops, and performances.^[46] It accepted its first class of 150 students in September 2010.^[45] As of 2010 the college offered liberal arts and science subjects, including engineering.^[47] New York University plans to move the Abu Dhabi campus to a new site by 2014, and plans to increase the number of students at the campus to two thousand.^[45] The university plans to open a graduate school and to make the school a center for research.^[47] The new campus will be in the Marina district of Saadiyat Island, and is designed by Rafael Viñoly, an Uruguayan architect.^[48]

NYU-Poly is integrally connected to NYU Abu Dhabi like other schools of NYU and is responsible for NYU Abu Dhabi's engineering programs.

Alfred Bloom, former president of Swarthmore College, was appointed to lead NYU Abu Dhabi as vice chancellor in September 2008. ^[49]

New York University Shanghai[edit]

NYU Shanghai (NYU-SH) is the latest of NYU's new base campuses, and will have its first class in 2013. The NYU Shanghai curriculum will include a variety of majors in the Life and Behavioral Sciences (such as Neural Science), the Physical Sciences (such as Chemistry and Physics), Social Sciences (including Business and Finance), Mathematical and Engineering Sciences (including Computer Science and Electrical Engineering), and the Humanities. NYU-Poly will be integrally connected like other schools of NYU and will be responsible for NYU Shanghai's engineering programs. As members of NYU's global network, students at NYU Shanghai will be expected to spend at least one semester and up to three semesters pursuing their studies at the other NYU global academic centers. In this way students will have the opportunity to pursue major-specific courses in New York or Abu Dhabi with professors from those campuses. In addition, the study-away sites will offer special opportunities for a semester abroad.

The Polytechnic Institute of New York University was established in 1854 as an engineering institute. Currently the Institute has 4652 students^[4] and 374 faculty members, giving a 13:1 students to faculty ratio.

Departments

• Applied Physics
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Civil and Urban Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering (Applied computer science division of NYU)^[50]
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Finance and Risk Engineering
• Mathematics (sub-division of Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Technology Management and Innovation (affiliated with Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
• Technology, Culture and Society

Cross-school Minors[edit]

NYU-Poly is one of the 10 schools^[51] of NYU that are eligible for cross-school minoring^[52]

Student exchange program[edit]

NYU operates programs during the academic year in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Accra, Ghana; Berlin, Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Florence, Italy; London, England; Madrid, Spain; Prague, the Czech Republic; Shanghai, China; Paris, France; and Tel Aviv, Israel.^[53]

NYU-Poly also has echange programs with MCI Management Center Innsbruck, École Centrale Paris, Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Dankook University^[54], Sapienza University of Rome, Polytechnic of Bari^[55], Paris Dauphine University and Ajou University^[56]

NYU-Poly is also a part of The Global E3 Program, which consists of a consortium of universities working together to provide an excellent study abroad experience for engineering students. Nearly 60 universities worldwide - 31 in the United States and 28 in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East - comprise the Global E3 consortium. This consortium is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York, under the guidance of the member-elected Executive Committee. Students from members of this consortium may apply to go to any participating university outside their own country.^[57][58][59]

New departments that are being created.[edit]

• Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering (affiliated with The Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science (CAOS) at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences) ^[60]

• Bioengineering (affiliated with NYU Courant Institute, NYU College of Arts and Science, NYU Center for Neural Science, NYU Colleges of Dentistry, NYU Colleges of Nursing, and NYU School of Medicine.)^[61]

Accreditation[edit]

All undergraduate and graduate programs at Polytechnic are accredited by the Middle States Association. Undergraduate chemistry students have the option to pursue a degree approved by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE), Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), American Society for Metals, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Physical Society (APS) and the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) have recognized the institute's undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, computer science and physics, chemistry and mathematics.

Rankings[edit]

In 2012, National Broadcasting Company (NBC) listed NYU-Poly among the world’s top universities and institutions for engineering^[62]

NYU-Poly ranks #40 by electrical engineering bachelor's degree awarded in the United States and ranks #44 by computer engineering bacelor's degree awarded in the United States^[63]

NYU-Poly ranks #13 in the United States for engineering master’s degrees awarded^[63] and ranks #21 for graduate engineering enrollment in the United States^[63]

In 2012, NYU-Poly was ranked #101 for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.^[64]

In 2012, NYU-Poly ranked 34th on “The World's Best Engineering Schools” list by Business Insider^[65]

Polytechnic Institute of New York University's graduate engineering program was ranked #66 in its list of top 198 graduate engineering schools by U.S. News.^[66]

QS World University Rankings ranked NYU-Poly 184 out of 700 top Engineering & Technology universities in the world in 2012^[67]

The Princeton Review ranks NYU-Poly among the best northeastern engineering colleges along with Massachusetts Institute of Technology ^[68]

The Princeton Review ranks NYU-Poly's undergraduate electrical engineering program 12th in the nation ^[69]

The Princeton Review ranks NYU-Poly's graduate electrical engineering program 13th in the nation.^[70]

U.S. News ranked NYU-Poly's electrical engineering program #32 in the world^[71]

U.S. News ranked NYU-Poly's graduate computer engineering program #34 in the United States of America^[72][73]

NYU-Poly is ranked #51 in the world for Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering^[74]

NYU-Poly is ranked #101 in the world for chemical engineering^[74]

NYU-Poly's Financial Engineering Program is ranked #17 in the United States of America^[75]

One of the electrical engineering research centers of the NYU-Poly, the Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT) ranks #1 among technology research centers in funding and #2 in the number of industry participants according to the United States National Science Foundation.^[76]

The Princeton Review's 2012 ranked NYU (Polytechnic Institute and Tisch School of Arts) among the top undergraduate and graduate schools for video game design.^[77]

NYU-Poly is ranked as one of the top 10 Innovative Schools in the United States of America by Computerworld^[78]

NYU-Poly is ranked as one of the top 56 Information Technology (IT) schools in the United States of America by Computerworld^[79]

U.S. News ranks NYU-Poly's online graduate engineering program #3 in the United States of America for Student Services and Technology^[80]

U.S. News ranks NYU-Poly's online graduate engineering program #5 in the United States of America for Student Engagement and Accreditation^[81]

Sloan-C Named NYU-Poly’s Cyber Security Virtual Master’s Program as the Nation’s ‘Outstanding Online Program’^[82]

Forbes Editors Named NYU-Poly Among Best Colleges for Women and Minorities in Science, Tech, Engineering and Math^[83]

Forbes Ranks NYU-Poly in Top Ten for Diversity^[84]

In the 2011 "U.S. News & World Report", The Polytechnic Institute of NYU tied for fourth among all national schools in the ethnic and racial diversity of its undergraduate student body, tied for seventh in the proportion of international undergraduate students, and it ranked 22nd in economic diversity.^[85]

The 2011–2012 PayScale College Salary report ranked NYU-Poly top eight among all four-year colleges in the nation by starting salary potential and mid-career salaries and #4 of engineering colleges.^[86][87] CNBC ranks NYU-Poly 15th among Colleges That Bring the Highest Paycheck^[88] and Forbes.com ranks NYU-Poly among the top ten in its list of “Top Colleges for Getting Rich”.^[89][90] AOL ranks NYU-Poly #8 among The Colleges That Guarantee the Highest Salaries.^[91]NYU-Poly ranked 8th in the nation for alumni with the highest mid-career salaries by CNNMoney.com.^[92] NYU-Poly ranked #49 in the nation for return on investment for students in a 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek study.^[93]

Strategic plan[edit]

NYU-Poly aims to grow enrollment to 6000 students by 2015.^[94] The student body will exemplify a higher academic profile. NYU-Poly will have significant growth in faculty numbers, with a target of at least 100 full-time faculty hires over the next five years. Most of the new faculty members will have joint appointment with other schools of NYU. NYU-Poly currently ranks #33 in the nation by average SAT score( 3rd among all schools of NYU ).^[95] Undergraduate applications to Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) keeps increasing every year.^[96]

Polytechnic Institute of New York University offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in a wide range of majors and programs. More than 89% of undergraduate students receive job offers within 6 months of graduation. NYU Poly's current student-to-faculty ratio is 13-to-1.^[97]

Admission to Polytechnic Institute of New York University is highly competitive and is offered only to students who are on the top 25% of their high school classes with high SAT or ACT scores and at least 3.3 (B+) GPA (grade point average).^[98] Admission to Polytechnic Institute of New York University is considered more selective by U.S. News & World Report^[99] and applicants will need:

• Competitive SAT or ACT scores
• At least 3.3(B+) GPA (grade point average)^[98]
• 4 years of Science (including chemistry and physics)
• 4 years of Mathematics (algebra through pre-calculus minimum)
• 4 years of English
• An exceptional personal essay
• 2 letters of recommendation^[100]

Polytechnic Institute of New York University has an average SAT Critical Reading and Math score (combined) of 1320^[4]

Polytechnic Institute of New York University's average Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) quantitative score is 763^[101]

Polytechnic Institute of New York University's average high school GPA is 3.5^[68]

Polytechnic Institute of New York University's acceptance rate is 68% ^[102]

Polytechnic Institute of New York University's graduate engineering acceptance rate is 43%^[66]

At least a 2.5 (3.0 for all undergraduate engineering programs) GPA (grade point average) and 24 credits are required to be considered for undergraduate transfer admission.^[103]

At least a 3.0 undergraduate GPA (grade point average) is required to be considered for graduate admission.^[104]

Among NYU-Poly's top feeder schools are prestigious high schools including Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Technical High School, Bronx High School of Science, and several top private schools in the northeast.

NYU-Poly is ranked #4 for diversity by U.S. News & World Report.^[105]

NYU-Poly has strong enrollments from South Asia^[106]

NYU-Poly has over 40 student organizations including:^[107]

Fraternities[edit]

Alpha Phi Omega

A co-ed service fraternity organized to provide community service, leadership development, and social opportunities for college students.

Lambda Chi Alpha

A national social fraternity seeks to promote higher education by providing opportunities for academic achievement and leadership. Nu Alpha Phi

An Asian-interest social fraternity founded in 1994. Activities include the improvement of the surrounding environment through community service and other philanthropic activities. Past activities have included charity walks, donation drives, voter registration, and soup kitchens.

Omega Phi Alpha

A local, independent, co-ed social fraternity founded in 1986. They are not affiliated with the Omega Phi Alpha national service sorority. They were originally based on the Farmingdale, Long Island Campus. They moved to Brooklyn when the Long Island campus closed and the student body integrated with the main Brooklyn Campus.

Interest groups[edit]

PolyBots[edit]

The mission of the PolyBOTS^[108] is to provide an interdisciplinary environment allowing for the engineering and construction of original robotic and mechanical devices. The PolyBOTS present the means by which students have the ability to learn and excel in multiple technical and engineering fields through hands-on experience.(source) Since its start in 2001, the organization has volunteered to FIRST robotics and FIRST Lego League. They have hosted several workshops for high school students, and have earned several awards by the Institute and FIRST.

Polytechnic Anime Society[edit]

The Polytechnic Anime Society^[109] consists of students who enjoy gaming, anime, manga, and other aspects of both popular culture and Japanese culture. Besides hosting weekly anime showings and gaming sessions in the university, PAS also hosts and participates in various outside events. Members can often be found in costume attending conventions and parades. They have attended the annual Otakon. In addition, PAS notably hosts the annual SpringFest, a gaming, anime, and pop culture-oriented convention open to everyone. Average attendance per year is usually around 800-1000 people, with tournaments, panels, and anime showings running throughout the day.

Engineers Without Borders (EWB)[edit]

Engineers Without Borders^[110] was founded in the spring of 2008, to allow students to apply their technical skills to benefit developing communities around the world. Current EWB projects include providing sustainable, scalable engineering solutions for municipal and civic infrastructures in El Salvador^[111] and the sustainable water and sanitation in the Dominican Republic.^[112]

U.S. Air Force ROTC[edit]

All NYU Polytechnic and affiliated students may participate in the U.S. Air Force ROTC program headquartered at Manhattan College;^[113] Detachment 560 provide training to students from over 30 schools.^[114]

U.S. Army ROTC[edit]

All NYU Polytechnic and affiliated students may participate in the U.S. Army ROTC program^[113] through NYC Army ROTC, headquartered at Fordham University.^[115]

Athletics[edit]

Polytechnic is the home of the Fighting Blue Jays^[116] and offers its students a wide array of sports teams. The Blue Jays compete in NCAA Division III Championships in Men's and Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, Women's Lacrosse, Men's Track, Men's and Women's Basketball, Softball, and Baseball.

NYU Poly has advanced its athletics program in the last few years.^[when?] They have constructed a new gym, the Jacobs Gymnasium, located on the Brooklyn campus.

NYU Poly has a long athletic history. For instance, NYU Poly and Pratt Institute’s basketball teams have battled it out in some of the world's most famous arenas, including the old Madison Square Garden, the Brooklyn Armory, and the Meadowlands since 1904. In Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 the women's volleyball team won their conference. In spring 2010 the women's softball team also won their conference and got an NCAA bid to regionals in Ithaca. The team earned the school's first ever NCAA tournament win.

• Dan Bailey – fly-shop owner, innovative fly developer and staunch Western conservationist.
• Leonard Bergstein- invented the original zoom lens, and patented different variations on it. This single invention has revolutionized photography and film forever, now zoom lenses are standard on almost every camera made worldwide.^[117]
• Barouh Berkovits - invented the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker^[118]
• George Bugliarello- Chairman of the Board of Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID) of the National Academy of Sciences. Chairman of the National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee. Chair of the National Academy of Engineering Council’s International Affairs Committee.
• Charles Camarda
• Ju Chin Chu - Member of Academia Sinica. Won Noble Prize in physics.^[119]
• Morgan Chu – Intellectual property attorney, is one of the first Asian Americans to lead a major U.S. law firm.
• David and Gregory Chudnovsky – famous mathematicians who held the record for number of digits of pi in 1989. They now run the Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing (IMAS) at Polytechnic
• Francis Crick – Co-discoverer of DNA structure; awarded Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
• Paul M. Doty – emeritus Harvard Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry who specialized in the physical properties of macromolecules and has been strongly involved in peace and security policy issues.
• R. Luke DuBois – American composer, performer, conceptual new media artist, programmer, record producer and pedagogue based in New York City.
• Paul Peter Ewald – Inventor of X-ray diffraction method for determination of molecular structure; Physics Department chair until 1957 (while Francis Crick was a student).
• Isadore Fankuchen - Pioneer of X-ray diffraction crystallography; determined (with Bernal) the structure of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus; predicted the "Fankuchen effect in curved crystals"^[120]
• Leopold B. Felsen - Physicist and recipient of the IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal^[121]
• R. M. Foster – Bell Labs mathematician whose work was of significance regarding electronic filters for use on telephone lines.
• Herbert Freeman
• Eugene D. Genovese – American historian of the American South and American slavery.
• Gordon Gould – Former Polytechnic Professor who was the inventor of the laser
• S. L. Greitzer – American mathematician, the founding chairman of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, and the publisher of the precollege mathematics journal Arbelos.
• Leslie Greengard^[122]
• Charles William Hanko – American historian and politician.
• David Harker – American physicist, X-ray crystallographer, and discoverer of the Donnay-Harker law and Harker-Kasper inequalities.
• Jerry MacArthur Hultin
• Katherine Isbister
• Myles Jackson
• Andrew Kalotay
• Maurice Karnaugh – A inventor of Karnaugh Maps, or K-Maps, while at Bell Labs. He was a professor at the Westchester campus from 1980–1999 and is now retired
• Edward Kimbark – power engineer.
• Parke Kolbe
• Steven E. Koonin- Director of NYU-Polytechnic's Center for Urban Science and Progress
• Sunil Kumar- Dean of Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi.Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, and a visiting scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California.^[123]
• Erich E. Kunhardt
• Joseph Wood Krutch – American writer, critic, and naturalist.
• Paul Levinson – author of The Plot To Save Socrates, media commentator on The O'Reilly Factor and other TV and radio. He was Visiting Professor at the Philosophy and Technology Study Center at Polytechnic, 1987–1988.
• Frederick B. Llewellyn – a American electrical engineer.
• Rudolph Marcus – Former Polytechnic Professor awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
• Nathan Marcuvitz – Electrical engineering pioneer.
• Hans Mark
• Herman F. Mark – Founder of the Polymer Research Institute
• Phil Maymin - Assistant Professor of Finance and Risk Engineering and Libertarian Party House candidate in Connecticut
• David Miller (Canadian politician)
• Elliott Waters Montroll – American scientist and mathematician.
• Cathleen Synge Morawetz
• Samuel Morse – co-inventor of the Morse code, contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs
• J. H. Mulligan. Jr – IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
• Tsuneo Nakahara
• Donald Othmer – Co-Author, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, inventor of the Othmer Still (a laboratory device for vapor-liquid equilibrium measurements)
• Krishna Palem- W. Wallace McDowell Award winner
• Eli Pearce- President, American Chemical Society^[124]
• Leonard Peikoff – Former Philosophy Professor, founder of the Ayn Rand Institute
• Athanasios Papoulis – Pioneer in the field of stochastic processes.
• Amir Pnueli- Israel Prize and Turing Award winner
• Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport- Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Industrial/University Collaborative Research Center for Wireless Internet Communications and Advanced Technology (WICAT), a national research center that involves 5 major universities and is headquartered at NYU-Poly. 2012 recipient of the William E. Sayle Award for Achievement in Education by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Education Society^[125]
• John R. Ragazzini
• Hans Reissner – German aeronautical engineer.
• Murray Rothbard – Former economics professor, key figure in libertarian movement
• Dennis Shasha^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Shelley (mathematician) – Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Joshua W. Sill – Professor of Mathematics