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"Pittsburgh Historical and Landmarks Commission" in the references should be "Pennsylvania" but I don't know how to fix it. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 11:12, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
The PA state markers are often different than the NRHP designations or other local designations (e.g. Pittsburgh Landmarks) in that they often refer to people, places, events, etc., not just structures. The physical evidence of these historic events are often long gone leaving nothing but empty fields or unrelated new structures.
The PA plaques and their text are copyrighted so using images whose primary subject is a plaque is a copyright violation and is not appropriate for Wikipedia in list-type of article such as these (see WP:NFLISTS). The PA historical plaques can be included in a picture (as an extraneous part like this photo here), but the cannot be the main subject of the photo ( like here...this photo is likely a © violation, tagged wrong & shouldn't be at Commons). The plaques fall under the same category as sculptures (see Freedom of panorama#United_States and Template:Non-free 3D art). So please keep this in mind when you are adding photos to these tables.
For these reasons, some of the images in the table are likely to be contextual just like the markers themselves. Often a marker is about a person, not the person's birthplace or workplace in particular although it might be near such a location. Therefore, an image of a person or event is probably appropriate for use in the table. This is quite different than the NRHP lists that most editors are familiar with, but those lists are most for historic places and structures that have maintained their integrity, unlike the PA markers. For an example of how images can be used to populate a PA historical marker list, please see List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Allegheny County.
Also, before Wiki-linking a marker title to an article, it is probably good check the marker context of the marker by reading its text after finding it at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's database (here). Sometimes the topic of the marker is not obvious from the title. CrazyPaco ( talk) 23:55, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
All 2,300+ markers in 67 counties are now entered. As far as I know, the list is up-to-date with the PHMC database as of today. There will be new markers dedicated this year. A list of approved markers can be found here and a schedule of dedication ceremonies can be found here. CrazyPaco ( talk) 04:02, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
For anyone interested in creating or editing articles on Pennsylvania historic sites or landmarks, I have created a new Pennsylvania historic infobox modeled on the National Registry of Historic Places infobox. This infobox is intended for state or local historic sites and landmarks that are not listed on the national registry, but are designated as historic by Pennsylvania and/or regional or local authorities and organizations. Like the NRHP infobox, the PAhistoric infobox will place color-coded banners signifying the historical significance of the subject at the top of the infobox, can handle both local Pittsburgh designations that are already thoroughly covered in Wikipedia articles/lists, and also provides the ability for other fully-customizeable local designations. CrazyPaco ( talk) 05:45, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Template:Infobox PAhistoric has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. CrazyPaco ( talk) 15:30, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
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"Pittsburgh Historical and Landmarks Commission" in the references should be "Pennsylvania" but I don't know how to fix it. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 11:12, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
The PA state markers are often different than the NRHP designations or other local designations (e.g. Pittsburgh Landmarks) in that they often refer to people, places, events, etc., not just structures. The physical evidence of these historic events are often long gone leaving nothing but empty fields or unrelated new structures.
The PA plaques and their text are copyrighted so using images whose primary subject is a plaque is a copyright violation and is not appropriate for Wikipedia in list-type of article such as these (see WP:NFLISTS). The PA historical plaques can be included in a picture (as an extraneous part like this photo here), but the cannot be the main subject of the photo ( like here...this photo is likely a © violation, tagged wrong & shouldn't be at Commons). The plaques fall under the same category as sculptures (see Freedom of panorama#United_States and Template:Non-free 3D art). So please keep this in mind when you are adding photos to these tables.
For these reasons, some of the images in the table are likely to be contextual just like the markers themselves. Often a marker is about a person, not the person's birthplace or workplace in particular although it might be near such a location. Therefore, an image of a person or event is probably appropriate for use in the table. This is quite different than the NRHP lists that most editors are familiar with, but those lists are most for historic places and structures that have maintained their integrity, unlike the PA markers. For an example of how images can be used to populate a PA historical marker list, please see List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Allegheny County.
Also, before Wiki-linking a marker title to an article, it is probably good check the marker context of the marker by reading its text after finding it at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's database (here). Sometimes the topic of the marker is not obvious from the title. CrazyPaco ( talk) 23:55, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
All 2,300+ markers in 67 counties are now entered. As far as I know, the list is up-to-date with the PHMC database as of today. There will be new markers dedicated this year. A list of approved markers can be found here and a schedule of dedication ceremonies can be found here. CrazyPaco ( talk) 04:02, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
For anyone interested in creating or editing articles on Pennsylvania historic sites or landmarks, I have created a new Pennsylvania historic infobox modeled on the National Registry of Historic Places infobox. This infobox is intended for state or local historic sites and landmarks that are not listed on the national registry, but are designated as historic by Pennsylvania and/or regional or local authorities and organizations. Like the NRHP infobox, the PAhistoric infobox will place color-coded banners signifying the historical significance of the subject at the top of the infobox, can handle both local Pittsburgh designations that are already thoroughly covered in Wikipedia articles/lists, and also provides the ability for other fully-customizeable local designations. CrazyPaco ( talk) 05:45, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Template:Infobox PAhistoric has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. CrazyPaco ( talk) 15:30, 21 April 2014 (UTC)