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I am working on the new monthly newsletter that I hope to get out by the end of the week. As a warning I still have a lot to do IMO so try not to be too critical but specific wording. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. There are a couple of specific areas I would like comments on if possible.
Please let me know if you have any ideas, questions, comments or concerns. -- Kumioko ( talk) 20:51, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
17:17, 3 February 2011 (UTC) I would keep this to just WPUS. What happened between the Jan 28 draft and this? Racepacket ( talk) 06:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Starting with the February 2011 issue WikiProject United States has established a newsletter to inform anyone interested in United States related topics of the latest changes. This newsletter will not only discuss issues relating to WikiProject United States but also:
You may read or assist in writing the newsletter, subscribe, unsubscribe or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following this link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page or the Newsletters talk page.-- Kumioko ( talk) 20:24, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
I just noticed that a Peer Review for the F-111 started today. All editors are welcome to participate. Thanks for comments and any help! -- Kumioko ( talk) 21:51, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
I have started a page at Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Periodicals listing periodicals which are at least partially available through online databanks, and will be adding to it as time and circumstances permit over the next few days and weeks. John Carter ( talk) 17:38, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Here is a source:
WhisperToMe ( talk) 11:41, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
I've gnomed through quite a few. Is there a specific WikiProject where people discuss those articles? I have some queries about the infoboxes and about the formulaic way the (census-related) race stats are set out. Thanks. Tony (talk) 14:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
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or the button for it under the edit boxed clicked. Easy. See
Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Common_mathematical_symbols.
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(talk) 06:31, 12 February 2011 (UTC)Tony, this wikiproject has been inactive AFAICT for a few years, predating alot of firming up of editing/MOS guidelines I would think. It has only just become active again recently and is finding its feet. I suspect some sort of geography wikiproject might have been the venue in the past, but otherwise I think all these articles have just grown in an ad hoc manner over the past few years. The strike rate for material to reach GA/FA level was lower than some other wikiprojects I've worked on (hopefully this will change this time round...) Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:00, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Portal:United States is a current featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. -- RichardF ( talk) 05:55, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
The categories Category:WikiProject United States and Category:United States WikiProjects are categorized under each other. I don't know how the relation should be, but it surely should not inclued a closed loop of categorization. My suggestion would be removing Category:United States WikiProjects from Category:WikiProject United States. Huon ( talk) 13:11, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
This is an article about an American fashion blogger; there's another contributor quite set on deleting this article which is currently a few days into a PROD; I'm more on the fence -- sorry to be so wishy-washy -- there are references but I don't know how good they are. Plus the article is well trafficked (50 readers/day). So if others want to weigh in on this, please have a look.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 13:27, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/United States Law and Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/NAIA for two newly proposed US wikiprojects. 65.95.14.96 ( talk) 07:54, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
I am not going to be around much longer so I wanted to suggest that if the project wants to continue to have a newsletter then someone should step forward and keep it going. I'm not going to be around much to support after my ANI concludes. -- Kumioko ( talk) 16:09, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
It has been proposed to move NHL Winter Classic ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) to NHL outdoor games to better cover the contents, and both Classics (Heritage and Winter). 65.95.14.96 ( talk) 01:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
So the 2010 Census results have started to be released (see press release), with everything scheduled to be released by April 2011. Is anyone aware of a bot under development to update articles with current statistics? Thanks. -- ChrisRuvolo ( t) 22:35, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
I've gathered decennial population counts from 1850 through 2009 for all 351 municipalities in Massachusetts from US census records. Unfortunately municipal population counts for all US municipalities in the three decades between 1900 and 1920 are not available from the US census; municipalities with a population below 1000 do not have their population count recorded. This is odd given that the US censuses between 1850 and 1900 include counts all municipalities (as do censuses after 1920).
In the case of Massachusetts -- and I suspect many other states -- there are state census records that could fill these omissions in federal census records. Would it be reasonable to supplement population counts of municipalities with data from state census records if the US census data for that municipality for that year is missing? One of the destinations of this data would be in tables of historical population count in Wikipedia articles on municipalities. Presumably, one could simply add an asterisk to the rows containing state census-supplemented data, and add a brief explanatory note in the table footer. Emw ( talk) 13:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
I've put together an animated SVG showing population flows within Massachusetts for each decade between 1850 and 2009, available at http://toolserver.org/~emw/Massachusetts_municipal_population_flows.svg. I've also uploaded it at File:Massachusetts municipal population flows.svg. If anyone reading this uses Chrome, Opera or Firefox 4 (beta), then I would appreciate feedback on how the animation could be improved. I would like to eventually put the animation (possibly ported to .ogv video format) into the article space including any improvements suggested here. Emw ( talk) 17:03, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
The method summarized above may be scalable to other US states. Animations for population changes within states could be stitched together to show interesting intra- and inter-regional demographic trends. The underlying population data could also be used by a bot to automatically add to articles on municipalities a detailed table of historical population counts over time (expanding their existing coverage).
I think the main obstacle to this would be gathering decennial population counts for municipalities. Taking the scanned data available in .pdf files available from the US Census Bureau and converting that into programmatically manipulable text is difficult. The task is both extremely tedious, and infeasible to automate given the poor print quality of available scans and the current state of OCR technology.
The best approach would probably be to distribute this massive data entry task among many people. Given the task's tedium, scale, and embarassingly parallel nature it sounds like an ideal project to use Amazon Mechanical Turk. The work could be distributed into "human intelligence tasks" (HITs, as Amazon calls them) where the Mechanical Turk worker (turker) would be provided A) an image of the scanned US Census record for a given decade for a given state and B) a browser-based spreadsheet template listing all municipalities in that state (for that year) with blank fields that the turker would fill in with population counts.
To ensure accuracy, turker-transcribed population counts could be done multiple times for each state/decade and cross-checked against each other and county- and state-level population counts. And turkers could learn more about where there work would end up through a brief text explanation and link back to a Wikipedia page with more information.
I'm not aware of any other Wikipedia-related work that has involved Mechanical Turk. If possible I'd like to get opinions on how feasible this sounds and any problems that seem likely to pop up. Emw ( talk) 05:01, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
I have accounts for @wikimediaus (on identi.ca) and synced with @wikimediaus on Twitter. Perhaps someday there will be a US Wikimedia chapter to use this, but now we have subnational chapters (NYC) and one forming for DC. For now & the future, I would like the account to be used for outreach in the US, highlighting things like US COTM, meetups, etc. If anyone wants to help maintain the account or has suggestions of things to tweet., please let me know. Cheers. -- Aude ( talk) 18:30, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
FYI, Kumioko is gone and so...I guess we just have to go on? -- Highspeedrailguy ( talk) 15:06, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
I've made a suggestion that might aid census maintenance at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Use_bots_to_maintain_census_figures. Your comments are welcome. Student7 ( talk) 13:21, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
I've put a possible boilerplate for census data on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_United_States/proposed census boilerplate. Note that we will change and discuss changes on the same page. Student7 ( talk) 19:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of Asian American astronauts. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 12:38, 11 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
{{ American English}} use of the flag is in question, see Template talk:American English
184.144.160.156 ( talk) 06:24, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Done - The article has since been promoted. -- Kumioko ( talk) 11:25, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Could I please get a project person to review this article? TCO ( talk) 08:46, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#Missing Vietnamese American Representative. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 13:40, 18 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
There are several active discussions in various places about redirects and because many of these relate directly to WPUS related articles I wanted to bring it up here and see what the project thinks. Using United States as an example there are dozens of redirects to United States from other languages many with multiple variations to account for misspellings and slang as well as accounting for misspellings of United States such as Untied States that I would like to gather some comment on.
IMO there are pros and cons to keeping and removing some of these and here are some that I can see:
Note: Not all redirects to United States are currently listed in the link above because I have submitted some for deletion already so they don't show in the redirect listing. Here are links to those: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 March 22, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 March 20, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 March 19.
Again I used United States as an example but this applies to many other articles as well. Basically I am trying to determine if there is consensus to keep all these myriads of links and if so where to draw the line. Please let me know what you think. -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:03, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
After speaking with a few of the members of WikiProject United States Government there seems to be interest in bringing WikiProject United States Government into the family of projects that WikiProject United States supports. I would like to suggest pursuing the possibility of including this project in the family and wanted to solicit comments before doing so. As with other projects like Washington DC and Superfunds the project would maintain its own independence but I believe this would benefit both projects by grouping the government related articles under this topic. Does anyone have any comments or concerns about this? -- Kumioko ( talk) 20:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Mexican-American War and Battles of the Mexican–American War are up for renaming, in opposite directions. See Talk:Mexican-American War and Talk:Battles of the Mexican–American War.
This is a dash-hyphen war, with MOS vs Original-Research arguments being forwarded, along with consistency arguments. 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 03:34, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
{{ Class A article}} has been nominated for deletion. As this wikiproject uses A-class as a quality rating, I thought I'd let you know. 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 07:39, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#South Asian Americans are not considered Asian Americans. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 16:34, 28 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
The United States Bill of Rights article has been submitted as a possible candidate for the U.S. Collaboration of the Month. -- Kumioko ( talk) 16:20, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
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Soccer in the United States has been requested to be renamed. 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 04:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval#Petan-Bot_task_4 Petrb ( talk) 17:19, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
The Southwest Airlines Flight 812 article has been nominated for deletion. Mjroots ( talk) 05:24, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Football in the United States is under discussion, see Talk:Football in the United States
65.93.12.101 ( talk) 17:54, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I'm trying to help someone represent their white house china collection, and was wondering if what I'm doing is within the scope of this project. Basically a private collector has amassed one of the largest white house china collections, and is looking to chronicle the history of how they were acquired and why they are important. Comments anyone? And please, comments like "go read this wikipedia article" are not helpful. I've already read and bookmarked many of the wikipedia guidelines. These items, among others in his collection, are of great historical significance (such as FDR's cape from World War II), beyond just their appraised monetary value.
Thanks 71.237.43.126 ( talk) 16:30, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I have compiled a list of several thousand US related pages that currently do not have Template:WikiProject United States. I have made every effort to exclude most of the other US projects and most of the links are red indicating there is no talk page and no banner of any kind. Many are redirects but there are also a lot that are not. Either way I think that these articles should be tagged with a project even if they are redirects so that someone can monitor for things like commments, redirects for deletion, etc. Here are links to the pages I have compiled so far:
I am also leaving these links on a couple of the more active projects to see if they want to account for them or if they want me to go ahead and throw them under this project. My question to all of you is, does anyone have any comments or concerns related to adding these articles to this project? I would like to get a bot setup to do this task in the next couple weeks if possible. -- Kumioko ( talk) 04:00, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Should we get a bot to deliver the newsletter? Seems like it'd be easier that way Purpleback pack 89≈≈≈≈ 02:11, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I would appreciate any comments at Template talk:Omaha#Orange. Thank you. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:17, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#Undue tag. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 23:49, 11 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
File:Battle of Los Angeles LATimes.jpg has been nominated for deletion. 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 04:11, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am part of a team involved with the WikiProject United States Public Policy. My team and I would appreciate your comments and suggestions on our article Benefits for United States veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgrandfield ( talk • contribs) 00:26, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Flag of California#State Ensign. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 23:44, 18 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Instant-runoff voting has been proposed to be renamed Alternative Vote (apparently, the British term), see Talk:Instant-runoff voting. The current name is indicated to be the American term... 65.94.45.160 ( talk) 03:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Rosie O'Donnell#Does the "Chinese language parody" merit inclusion or not?. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 21:36, 19 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Some users at DYK have expressed the view that Dickshooter, Idaho is not a valid article (discussion here). Could we have some opinions from users experienced in U.S. geography articles? Thanks, Gatoclass ( talk) 05:24, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
If anyone has ideas or thoughts about the newsletter for next month please speak up so we can get working on them. I am sure that some folks out there have some great ideas of projects they are working on are interested in that could use more help and this is how to get the word out there for others to assist.
I have added a tab to the WikiProject for the Newsletter to help Market it to anyone who might stop by the page. This is a good tool for us to communicate with each other. It contains infomration about the Portal, the Collaboration of the Month, New featured articles and other bits of information but it needs more voices than just me so any advice, comments, suggestions or assitance is greatly appreciated and welcomed. -- Kumioko ( talk) 20:27, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Could someone from this project please let us know if Rosie O'Donnell should be a part? And remove the template if not? Jnast1 ( talk) 22:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Rosie O'Donnell#Removal of templates from Wikiprojects
Should there be an article on the April 2011 St. Louis, Missouri storm ? I notice that Lambert Airport currently has a "current" tag on it. 65.94.45.160 ( talk) 12:28, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
There is presently a debate over whether the list article Declaration of independence ought to include a hatnote pointing specifically to the United States Declaration of Independence. Those in favor argue that historical, demographic, and practical factors justify this treatment, while those in opposition argue that no country's document should receive special treatment under any circumstances. I am bringing the discussion to your attention because United States Declaration of Independence is included in this wikiproject. Please see here if you are interested in weighing in on the matter. Thank you. — Bill Price ( nyb) 17:45, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Thanksgiving is under discussion at Talk:Thanksgiving, with the proposal that US usage should be placed at the primary location. 65.94.45.160 ( talk) 10:15, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Please comment at Talk:Rod_Blagojevich_corruption_charges#Requested_move on moving Rod Blagojevich corruption charges → United States v. Blagojevich.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 18:05, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at WP:RSN#sandiegostreetcars.org. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 01:37, 28 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
File:Lolo Soetoro Ann Dunham Maya Soetoro-Ng Barack Obama.jpg has been nominated for deletion. 65.94.45.160 ( talk) 05:37, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
There is a final discussion taking place here about WikiProject United States supporting WikiProject United States Government. All editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks. -- Kumioko ( talk) 02:35, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Hayley Smith is under discussion, see Talk:Hayley Smith (American Dad!). This is a character in "American Dad" and "Home and Away" (see Hayley Smith (Home and Away)). 65.93.12.8 ( talk) 05:57, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at WP:BLPN#Leroy A. Mendonca. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 18:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Wall Street, a page within the scope of this project, has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for May 2011. All editors interested in improving this article are encouraged to participate. You can also vote for next months article of the Month here. -- Kumioko ( talk) 20:43, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
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There is a content dispute currently going on at Natural born citizen clause of the U.S. Constitution over whether material in Emerich de Vattel's work The Law of Nations may, or may not, be cited as an influence (or a potential influence) on what the framers of the Constitution meant by the phrase "natural born citizen". The question has given rise to various different opinions, as well as some edit-warring, and I'm unsure of whether a credible consensus for any position can be reached at present with only those editors currently involved. Participation from others (no matter what side they might end up taking) would be helpful. Richwales ( talk · contribs) 18:08, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated List of U.S. states by date of statehood for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.-- Cheetah (talk) 02:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion which is leading to compartmentalizing the US gun laws by state article into individual state articles. If any members are interested in voicing opinions on the matter please do so. It seems like a resounding support at the moment. If we do decide to do this, it will be a fairly large undertaking that would require the assistance of WP:GUNS to complete, that is for sure.-- Jax 0677 ( talk) 19:25, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans#Change from Redirect. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 16:56, 19 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
In looking for information about immigration to the United States, I noticed that the navigation box is titled Illegal Immigration to the United States and related topics, whose neutrality in the main article is under dispute. I would suggest that the navigation box be retitled to Immigration in the United States (or something similar) and that the navigation box be reordered to reflect the change. While I could just change it, I wanted some consensus before doing so. -- Enos733 ( talk) 18:20, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
I would like to gather folks input on creating a new class for featured media. This new class would be for Featured Sounds, pictures, videos (currently listed under featured sounds) and potentially topics that relate to United States. I believe that WP now has enough featured media that a category and class would be beneficial. Since these content types have relatively few items individually however (maybe a thousand total at most would pertain to US) I do not think we need separate categories for each. Currently some of these are tagged as File, however this would give us a better understanding of what media is currently featured.
I have already spoken to CBM who programs the bot that updates the assessment tables and he indicated that it could be done. Before I suggest this to a larger audience via the Village pump I wanted to start a discussion here to see how the members of our project felt about the idea first.
A few notes about the idea.
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Filipino American#Changing of Pictures. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 11:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
See talk:Naphtha launch where it is said that this article should use British English, but the article says that these kind of boats are only used in the USA... Seems weird that you should use Brit-speak for American things. 65.95.13.213 ( talk) 06:15, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
The navigational template {{ Political neologisms}} has been nominated for deletion. Please see discussion, at Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2011_May_25#Template:Political_neologisms. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 17:52, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Wikipedia:WikiProject Bluegrass Region for deletion at WP:MFD. Please comment here for any concerns. Thanks, JJ98 ( Talk) 01:40, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
What if any, pre-existing WikiProjects have been subsummed as Task Forces of this WikiProject?
WP:US Government has already been included in WP:US's banner. Should the semi-active/inactive WikiProjects for US politicians, governors, and presidents be merged into the WP:US banner as well? I'm almost inclined to think governors and presidents should be reduced to task forces of either the government or politicians project. Any thoughts? - Mabeenot ( talk) 22:24, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
I have added WikiProject US governors to the WPUS template and the US template documentation. I also created importance categories because the former project didn't employ them. This will help to focus efforts on the more important characters first (former presidents, Famous actors turned Governators, etc) as well as standardize the structure of things across projects. I will start transitioning the articles in the next few days but it may take a few days to do because I have a lot going on in the next couple weeks. I will start with the articles that have both the WPUS and WPUSGovernors templates and then pull in the rest. Right now its a full blown WikiProject but if the determination comes to downgrade it to a task force then we can do that. -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:49, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Filipino American#second or third. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 15:02, 28 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Here are the articles:
I will not object to any changes proposed, discussed, or implemented.
Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 20:46, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines#section idea. I have begun a discussion that members of this WikiProject maybe interested in joining. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 00:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Discussing rename of prejudicial term "Chink" to more appropriate article title06:39, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
The United States Bill of Rights, an article within the scope of this project, has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for June 2011. The goal this month is to get this article to Good Article standards by July 4th, 2011. All editors interested in improving this article are encouraged to participate. You can also vote for next months article of the Month here. -- Kumioko ( talk) 16:01, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
I have placed WikiProject Myrtle Beach for deletion at WP:MFD. Please comment here for any concerns. Thanks, JJ98 ( Talk) 01:21, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Request for Comment discussion started, please see Talk:Santorum_(neologism)#Proposal_to_rename.2C_redirect.2C_and_merge_content.
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Filipino American#June 2011. This is the second event regarding similar content. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 22:25, 4 June 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
-- 98.230.112.170 ( talk) 04:18, 7 June 2011 (UTC)topographical map of Dust cave; anyone have one. Growing up in this area I may, or may not have knowledge of an unknown, or as you would say, an as yet undiscovered opening into this cave system. I believe three are currently listed. Please advise.
There are quite a few Featured Sounds that I am going to tag as FM of this project. If you feel anything is outside your scope please contact me. cheers -- Guerillero | My Talk 19:46, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Thunderbirds is under discussion, see Talk:Thunderbirds (TV series) and WP:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2011_May_27#Thunderbirds, for the two discussions underway. As the Thunderbirds are the USAF performance aerobatics team, I thought I'd let you know. 184.144.166.87 ( talk) 06:03, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
{{portal|Super Bowl}} Portal:Super Bowl has been nominated for deletion. 184.144.166.87 ( talk) 06:47, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject Elements is working to turn the Periodic Table to all featured. What about turning the map of the 50 states to all featured? They are both high profile, but defined in number (not like all the chemistry articles or all the US project articles). And I think now theses articles drive from the individual states. But lots of people have lived in more than one state. And once you do an FA of one state, probably can do an FA of another.
They are probably even tougher than element articles in terms of the amount of content and in that people can judge you easier than on a technical topic.
Still...these are the most important articles and would be stellar to have them all starred.
P.s. The Elements crew has a really cool colored Periodic Table that shows quality status. You could do that with states! Maybe get one of them to code it for you. TCO ( talk) 05:52, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Prime Minister of the United States has been nominated for deletion. 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 06:04, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
I would like to see more information provided on the 253 area code. To include a map depicting the borders of the area code in relation to the geographic representation of the Earth's surface for "Tacoma and surrounding areas". I feel this would help give a better understanding of just how large this area code is. I already realized it encompassed the area South of Metropolitan Seattle in the Southern Puget Sound areas, to include Western Pierce County etc. Just something to think about I would like to see all of this information further developed nation wide; not just this (253) area code. I'm almost certain Seattle's area codes would already have a map depicting how the different area codes correlate, giving a visual depiction of said area codes on a map. Thank you for your time, I hope this may help some if any, to whomever it may concern. Jasonbrooks1984 ( talk) 07:15, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
{{ WPLA}} is under discussion, see WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 June 15 . 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 09:45, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Portal:Houston has been nominated for delisting as a Featured Portal at Wikipedia:Featured portal review/Houston because it is no longer maintained. It is likely to be delisted speedily unless immediate action is taken. Bencherlite Talk 10:39, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I've created a new portal for this topic. Collaboration and help would be appreciated, just drop a note at Portal talk:Supreme Court of the United States. -- Cirt ( talk) 17:07, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
File:Didrikson.jpg has been nominated for deletion. 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 07:08, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
A new portal Portal:Supreme Court of the United States is now up for portal peer review, the review page is at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Supreme Court of the United States/archive1. I put a bit of effort into this and feedback would be appreciated prior to featured portal candidacy. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 17:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
three US coin images from coins of 200, 150, 120 years old have been nominated for deletion. See WP:Files_for_deletion/2011_June_19
65.94.47.63 ( talk) 10:26, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject United States for a Signpost article to be published on the Fourth of July. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Is anyone willing to be interviewed? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions and responses may be trimmed if the final article becomes too long. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. -- Kumioko ( talk) 16:57, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
User:Michael J/County table is a useful page.— Wavelength ( talk) 17:46, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
The suggestion has been made to add the B-Class checklist functionality to the WikiProject United States template. Since this is a significant change I wanted to take the opportunity to allow for comments about this from the members of the projects. If you have any comments, ideas or suggestions plesae take the time to participate in the discussion. -- Kumioko ( talk) 15:42, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated WikiProject Franco-Americans for deletion at WP:MFD. Please comment here for any concerns. Thank for your time. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 18:14, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Daniel Webster for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 00:53, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated International Space Station for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Penyulap talk 14:36, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion about my tagging articles relating to WikiProject United States. Because this discussion relates directly to the project, its scope and the association of United States related projects I felt it important to notify the project in this fashion. Please take a moment to comment on this discussion so that all (including myself) will be clear on what the project wishes its scope to be.
The notice below was copied from my talk page.
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Bot-like addition of WikiProject United States tags. Thank you.-- Kumioko ( talk) 01:56, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
As was open for discussion there was no opposition posted to the idea of having WikiProject Asian Americans, being either a task force or a supported WikiProject. I imagine the difference between Task Force and supported WikiProject is the level of integration and independence; and that point itself hasn't really been discussed. Since the previous discussion has been auto archived, I am renewing the discussion. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 03:32, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Asian or not? See talk page discussion. Since it has been shown that DEOMI isn't always reliable. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 01:37, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey WP:US people, do you (or will you, I suppose) accept WP:MILHIST A-class ratings in your project template? An example of this would be here at James B. McCreary. Milhist's A-class criteria are located at WP:MH/A. Regards, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:32, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
The Hope Diamond, an article within the scope of this project, has been nominated to be a future United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month. All editors interested in improving this article are encouraged to participate. You can vote for this or other articles article of the Month here. -- Kumioko ( talk) 19:35, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Philippine cuisine#Philippine cuisine in the United States. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 16:45, 1 July 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
United States dollar, a page within the scope of this project, has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for July 2011. All editors interested in improving this article are encouraged to participate. You can also vote for next months article of the Month here. -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:58, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I have listed San Diego for peer review. Please comment here. Thank you. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 00:46, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:International Space Station about which dialect of English the article should be using. It is currently using British English; however there's no British module (there's a European module with British contributions, and a Canadian module, plus several American modules, of the English speaking countries involved) 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 07:30, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject English has been nominated for deletion. As this project was proposed for maintaining national varieties of English on how articles are written/formatted/spelled, you may be interested. (essentially, maintaing WP:ENGVAR compliance on articles) 65.93.15.213 ( talk) 04:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Native Americans in the United States has been requested to be renamed. See Talk:Native Americans in the United States for the discussion. 65.93.15.213 ( talk) 05:30, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Should there be an article regarding, Timorese Americans? There are two reliable source references which I have found. One indicates that there are about 40 Timorese immigrants in the United States, the other indicating that there is at least one American born Timoran.
Pinto certainly doesn't need a big staff to look after the Timorese-American immigrant community: He says that no more than 40 Timorese nationals live in the United States.
We named her Tima, for Timorese American.
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Portal:Supreme Court of the United States is a candidate for Featured Portal, with discussion at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Supreme Court of the United States. — Cirt ( talk) 16:03, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith#Asian American. Discussion regarding ethnicity and whether certain sources are reliable. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 20:56, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Historiography of the United States, an article within the scope of this project, has been nominated to be the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for next August 2011. You can vote for this or other articles to be next months Collaboration of the Month here. Project Messenger Bot 19:37, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Democratic Party (United States), an article within the scope of this project, has been nominated to be the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for next August 2011. You can vote for this or other articles to be next months Collaboration of the Month here. Project Messenger Bot 19:38, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Bonfire Night (disambiguation)#Requested move. Trevj ( talk) 23:35, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Bonfire Night#Requested move. Trevj ( talk) 23:35, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
I would like to announce the first featured article contest for the National Archives project. The National Archives has graciously provided us with prizes to give out to winners, including National Archives publications, tote bags, and other swag. The first contest is a challenge to get any of the articles on the three documents on display in the National Archives building's rotunda—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—featured (in any language).
There is a one-month timeline for this contest, with the deadline tentatively set for August 20. Please read more about how to participate here. Good luck! Dominic· t 20:45, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Just found a census pointer for those of us who monitor that sort of thing. By counties with cursor, by state on the left. http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 If there is a govt (one-pointer-meets-all) link, ignore this one! Student7 ( talk) 22:57, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
There has been conflict at American Left, largely (although not exclusively) about two sections:
In 1958 the Socialist Party welcomed former members of the Independent Socialist League, which before its 1956 dissolution had been led by Max Shachtman. Shachtman had developed a Marxist critique of Soviet communism as " bureaucratic collectivism", a new form of class society that was more oppressive than any form of capitalism. Shachtman's theory was similar to that of many dissidents and refugees from Communism, such as the theory of the " New Class" proposed by Yugoslavian dissident Milovan Đilas (Djilas). Shachtman's ISL had attracted youth like Irving Howe, Michael Harrington, [1] Tom Kahn, and Rachelle Horowitz. [2] [3] [4] The YPSL was dissolved, but the party formed a new youth group under the same name. [5]
Kahn and Horowitz, along with Norman Hill, helped Bayard Rustin with the civil-rights movement. Rustin had helped to spread pacificismand non-violence to leaders of the civil rights movement, like Martin Luther King. Rustin's circle and A. Philip Randolph organized the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King delivered his I Have A Dream speech. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Michael Harrington soon became the most visible socialist in the United States when his The Other America became a best seller, following a long and laudatory New Yorker review by Dwight Macdonald. [10] Harrington and other socialists were called to Washington, D.C., to assist the Kennedy Administration and then the Johnson Administration's War on Poverty and Great Society. [11]
Shachtman, Michael Harrington, Kahn, and Rustin argued advocated a political strategy called "realignment," that prioritized strengthening labor unions and other progressive organizations that were already active in the Democratic Party. Contributing to the day-to-day struggles of the civil-rights movement and labor unions had gained socialists credibility and influence, and had helped to push politicians in the Democratic Party towards " social-liberal" or social-democratic positions, at least on civil rights and the War on Poverty. [12] [13]
Harrington, Kahn, and Horowitz were officers and staff-persons of the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), which helped to start the New Left Students for a Democratic Society(SDS). The three LID officers clashed with the less experienced activists of SDS, like Tom Hayden, when the latter's Port Huron Statement criticized socialist and liberal opposition to communism and criticized the labor movement while promoting students as agents of social change. [14] LID and SDS split in 1965, when SDS voted to remove from its constitution the "exclusion clause" that prohibited membership by communists: [15]The SDS exclusion clause had barred "advocates of or apologists for" "totalitarianism". [16] The clause's removal effectively invited "disciplined cadre" to attempt to "take over or paralyze" SDS, as had occurred to mass organizations in the thirties. [17] Afterwords, Marxism Leninism, particularly the Progressive Labor Party, helped to write "the death sentence" for SDS, [18] [19] [20]which nonetheless had over 100 thousand members at its peak.
In 1972, the Socialist Party voted to rename itself as Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA) by a vote of 73 to 34 at its December Convention; its National Chairmen were Bayard Rustin, a peace and civil-rights leader, and Charles S. Zimmerman, an officer of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). [21] In 1973, Michael Harrington resigned from SDUSA and founded the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC), which attracted many of his followers from the former Socialist Party. [22] The same year, David McReynolds and others from the pacifist and immediate-withdrawal wing of the former Socialist Party formed the Socialist Party, USA. [23]
Drucker, Peter (1994). Max Shachtman and his left: A socialist's odyssey through the "American Century". Humanities Press.
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Bayard Rustin was the national chairperson of SDUSA during the 1970s. SDUSA sponsored a biannual conference [1] that featured discussions, for which SDUSA invited outside academic, political, and labor-union leaders. These meetings also functioned as reunions for political activists and intellectuals, some of whom worked together for decades. [2] SDUSA also published position papers, e.g. opposing many of the G. W. Bush administration's domestic policies. [3] From 1979–1989, SDUSA members like Tom Kahn organized the AFL–CIO's fundraising of 300 thousand dollars, which bought printing presses and other supplies requested by Solidarnosc (Solidarity), the independent labor-union of Poland. [4] [5] [6] SDUSA members helped form a bipartisan coalition (of the Democratic and Republican Parties to support the founding of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), whose first President was Carl Gershman. The NED publicly allocated 4 million USD of public aid to Solidarity through 1989. [7] [8] Because of their service in government, Gershman and other SDUSA members were called "State Department socialists" by Massing (1987) , who wrote that the foreign policy of the Reagan administration was being run by Trotskyists, a claim that was called a "myth" by Lipset (1988, p. 34) . [9] This conspiracy charge has been repeated and even widened by journalist Michael Lind to assert a takeover of the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration by former Trotskyists; [10] Lind's "amalgamation of the defense intellectuals with the traditions and theories of 'the largely Jewish-American Trotskyist movement'" was criticized by Alan M. Wald, a professor at the University of Michigan who has written a history of Trotskism and neo-neoconservatism, The New York intellectuals. [11] [12]
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"became devotees of a former Trotskyist named Max Shachtman—a fact that today has taken on a life of its own. Tracing forward in lineage through me and a few other ex-YPSL’s [members of the Young Peoples Socialist League] turned neoconservatives, this happenstance has fueled the accusation that neoconservatism itself, and through it the foreign policy of the Bush administration, are somehow rooted in 'Trotskyism.'
I am more inclined to laugh than to cry over this, but since the myth has traveled so far, let me briefly try once more, as I have done at greater length in the past, to set the record straight.[See "The Neoconservative Cabal," Commentary, September 2003] The alleged connective chain is broken at every link. The falsity of its more recent elements is readily ascertainable by anyone who cares for the truth—namely, that George Bush was never a neoconservative and that most neoconservatives were never YPSL’s. The earlier connections are more obscure but no less false. Although Shachtman was one of the elder statesmen who occasionally made stirring speeches to us, no YPSL of my generation was a Shachtmanite. What is more, our mentors, Paul and Tom, had come under Shachtman’s sway years after he himself had ceased to be a Trotskyite.
The Shachtmanites, called the Realignment Caucus, in the SP-SDF argued that since organized labor supported the Democratic Party, they should join the Democratic Party and transform it into a left-wing party, with the Republicans becoming a right-wing party. Further, they argued that they should support the War in Vietnam to stop Communist expansion. In 1972, they supported Senator Henry Jackson for the Democratic presidential nomination, and re-named the party Social Democrats USA (SDUSA), dropping the term "socialist". While they retained membership in the Socialist International, they supported Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election and had moved sufficiently right by 1980, that many of their members served in the Reagan administration. [1]
Second opinions would be helpful. Thanks! Kiefer. Wolfowitz 05:46, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Years by various state for 2014 back to 1861 have been created, but are all these categories necessary, in addition to the main category eg Category:2008 in the United States? The content is largely elections in the state for which there is already a series of categories by year. See say Category:2008 in the United States by state, where for 2008 while California has 10 pages; and Arkansas, Connecticut and Texas one page each (plus the elections subcategory), the categories for the remaining 9 states only contain one subcategory for elections eg Category:Alabama elections, 2008. Most of the content of the 19th & 20th century years seem to relate to one state, California. Hugo999 ( talk) 02:23, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
So, I have been informed that I should seek permission to add your banner to articles. Should List of United States Foreign Service Career Ambassadors be bannered with this project? 65.93.15.213 ( talk) 04:22, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated United States Marine Corps for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 01:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
This notice is to advise interested editors that a Contributor copyright investigation has been opened which may impact this project. Such investigations are launched when contributors have been found to have placed copyrighted content on Wikipedia on multiple occasions. It may result in the deletion of images or text and possibly articles in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. The specific investigation which may impact this project is located here.
All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to CCI clean up. There are instructions for participating on that page. Additional information may be requested from the user who placed this notice, at the process board talkpage, or from an active CCI clerk. Thank you. MER-C 07:22, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey Editors,
I have some edits to suggest for the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee article, and I came here because the talk page for the article is a ghost town. I've outlined a potential conflict of interest on my bio page, so I wanted to get approval from others before I make any edits.
My suggested edits include the addition of information in the controversy section involving the resignation of one committee member following complaints of a conflict of interest, plus a lawsuit filed by two tobacco companies. Also, I would add a new section about the committee's recent decision on menthol cigarettes. I've put a draft of how I think the page should look in my sandbox, if any of you would be kind enough to take a look. Thanks so much! Balloccoli ( talk) 15:36, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Please comment here for the requested move for discussion of renaming to Aqua Teen Hunger Force to Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1. Thank you for your time. Regards, JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 08:25, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Currently there are over 1700 Unassessed articles in the project (and growing) plus 976 in the South Carolina project and another 848 in West Virginia. I have been talking to one of the bot operators about running a bot to autoassess some of these so that we can reduce that somewhat and don't have to do them all manually. Here is what I have proposed that the bot do if the article is Unassessed:
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Does anyone have a problem with doing this? I will also leave notes on the Supported projects talk pages shortly. -- Kumioko ( talk) 17:58, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
I have performed a review at Talk:United States Declaration of Independence/GA1. However, the nominator has exercised his WP:RTV. The article needs someone to adopt it and address my concerns in order to regain its GA status. I will allow seven days for someone to step forward.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 02:35, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, is it possible to convert WikiProject San Diego into a task force into WikiProject California? I left a note at WikiProject San Diego for any concerns. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 18:45, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Support is fine with me. Raymie ( t • c) 22:53, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
This article is rated "list class," but I just added information which I think moves it from a "list" to an "article." Could someone take a look and consider reevaluating it? Thanks! NearTheZoo ( talk) 13:17, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated USS Kentucky (BB-66) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 05:48, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Why is this bot removing state and city wikiprojects from articles? Why are photo requests being removed from assessments? Why are wikiproject work lists being removed? Why are assessments being changed? Did this activity get discussed with the affected wikiprojects? Vegaswikian ( talk) 18:36, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Glad vegaswikian brought it up -- I was wondering what was happening but too new to know who to ask Nevadaresident ( talk) 18:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)nevadaresident
My apologies for the bot's malfunction. I'd mis-configured it, so it was replacing {{ WikiProject Nevada}} instead of {{ WikiProject Nebraska}}. The bot is stopped now and I've checked all the pages where it replaced the template and it looks they were all taken care of by Vegaswikian. Many thanks for cleaning up after the bot, and apologies once again for the misconfiguration. - EdoDodo talk 19:32, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Articles on my watchlist, such as Aliante Station, that were tagged Wikiproject Nevada are now tagged Wikiproject Nebraska. I can take care of the ones on my watchlist, but it isn't a lot. Nevadaresident ( talk) 20:17, 12 August 2011 (UTC)nevadaresident
I spotted new User:UMDSpecColl making spam-like edits to Maryland related articles so I welcomed the user and linked the spam page. The user seems to be interested in participating in a larger way so I thought I'd bring this discussion to members' attention. This could be an opportunity to work with a state library special collection in a very positive way for both the pedia and the collection. BusterD ( talk) 21:22, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
They seem to only be semi-active as well, and might benefit from being added to this project. I swear we are not trying to upset our neighbors! Valfontis ( talk) 16:52, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
How many km2 were in Great Sioux Reservation in 1868?-- Kaiyr ( talk) 09:50, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
There are proposals to eliminate the categories for volunteers in the Peace Corps and VISTA ( Volunteers in Service to America, often called the "domestic Peace Corps").
Briefly, one argument for elimination is that a 2 year experience is not an essential part of the individuals. Kiefer. Wolfowitz 23:08, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Do to my busy real life and the feverish pace the tasks the project is doing this month I didn't have time to produce the newsletter until this week so for anyone who might be watching this page and wondering where its at there will be no WikiProject Newsletter for August. The next newsletter will by in September and there will be a lot of information in it so I encourage everyone to read it. If anyone has comments about the newsletter; Style, Layout, length, frequency, etc. or if you have ideas for what it should contain I invite you to make comments and they will be incorporated into the next version. I am thinking about changing the format to be a bit smaller so unless anyone has objections to that the one in September will have the new format. -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:46, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated List of United States Navy ratings for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. The Rambling Man ( talk) 12:26, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
I would like to do a bot run to tag some articles that start with United States, US, U.S. and American. Before I do this I wanted to give anyone interested a chance to discuss it and leave their comments. The links to the lists of articles are below:
A couple notes about these links:
In addition to this task I would like to start doing the same thing with several of the supported projects, starting with the states. I will compile a listing of the related articles that start with or contain the names of the various states (such as Colorado, Idaho, etc.) for tagging. I will leave a message here and on the projects talk page as I complete each list. -- Kumioko ( talk) 17:59, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi-with the addition of the /Section header and other subpages, something needs to be added to make the 'span' only 100% wide. The page is currently expanded out to the right quite a bit. I haven't been able to find which subpage yet needs to be fixed. Help is appreciated!! -- Funandtrvl ( talk) 03:21, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi. :) Some of you know me as User:Moonriddengirl. I'm not here in that capacity, though, but as one of my assignments under my contract for the Wikimedia Foundation, as its temporary community liaison. I've been asked to talk to a few projects and see if I can inspire some self-assessment: WMF wants to know what you think you guys are doing well and what might be improved. It would also be good if we can get some dialogue going on how projects can help welcome and nurture newcomers interested in their areas. User:Kumioko suggested that your project might be willing to help out. If you're willing, I'll set up a subpage so we can talk without overwhelming this one and keep the conversation concentrated in one area. That page will be included in my report to the WMF along with my summary of the conversation (which I will present for your approval before submitting).
Are you guys willing to chat? -- Maggie Dennis (WMF) ( talk) 13:55, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
FYI-there is a new Category:WikiProject United States newsletters for organizing the newsletter-related pages. Also, I updated the colors on the project's navbox to match the tab header's colors. Hope you like it! -- Funandtrvl ( talk) 22:41, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey WikiProject United States members! I wanted to let you know that the Wikipedia Ambassador Program is working with a number of U.S. politics-related classes in the fall 2011 term, and we're looking for experienced Wikipedians with interest in the subject area to support some of these classes. If you're interested, please let me know.-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 16:38, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:1st Filipino Infantry Regiment (United States)#Before FAR. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 21:48, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
The text of the following notice was written by Gerry D on my talk page. I'm reproducing here in the interest of seeking broad participation in the discussion. older ≠ wiser 13:53, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
I realize that category talk pages are not the usual place for discussions, but I think this is the best place for this discussion. It covers all of the townships in Pennsylvania. There has been much discussion lately about how township names in Pennsylvania should be titled. Some go for X Township, Pennsylvania. Others want X Township, Y County, Pennsylvania. Of course there are many Washington Townships in Pennsylvania so they and others like it will need to include the county name in the title. The townships in question are the unique ones like
Horton Township and
Plunketts Creek Township. I think it is best to limit this discussion to Pennsylvania. If other wikiprojects want to do it differently that is fine. The status of townships vary greatly from state to state.
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I would like a third party to take a look at. I have tried to edit it, but I am getting reverted by a possible WP:SPA named Mayor Smith ( talk · contribs) that I feel is having some WP:COI issues.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 05:46, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
None of the major registries recognize Chihuahua as part of the Rat Terriers foundation stock. It is believed the Chihuahua been crossbred in as early as the 1980's and was done mainly to make a small easy to sale dog using the Rat Terriers good reputation. They are now part of what is being called "toy rat terrier", "tiny tot rat terriers" and "merle rat terriers" none of which are accepted by any of the major reputable registries i.e. AKC (American Kennel Club) or UKC (Uninted Kennels Club).
Rat Terriers was made mostly from working terriers. They needed them to be fast, strong and agile they also need that hunting instinct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darlaknd ( talk • contribs) 20:01, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Mariano Laya Armington#Notability. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 15:35, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated the article 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment (United States) for FA. The review can be found here. Comments from reviewers are needed to help determine whether the article meets the criteria for featured articles; all editors are invited to participate. Any assistance with this nomination would be greatly appretiated. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 00:38, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
The September 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Your attention is called to a requested change in name of the above article. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 22:37, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
I really must protest the boilerplate being used to add information to U.S. communities. It is capitalizing white, which should be lower-cased, and it is giving the amount of the ocean or rivers or lakes or whatever to areas that are almost completely dry. Also it is using a percent symbol (%) in text when it should be in a word, percent. And it is substituting the governmental jargon "census-designated place" for the more normal and accepted "Unincorporated community." Now I have to go through all the articles I am watching and correct everything. I asked the operator of the bot how to protest this, but have received no reply. (I must say, though, that the boilerplate for 2010 is much better than the 2000 version.) Anyway, help, help and more help! is needed. Who decided on this boilerplate, and where is the WP:consensus? Sincerely, your pal, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 02:40, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Now that users are adding 2010 Census data to various articles, there are numerous specific issues needing resolution on how to document the 2010 Census. Because they affect a diverse range of United States articles, this seems like the ideal place to discuss them. I'll start a couple of discussions here as subtopics of this topic, and start inviting other participants. -- Orlady ( talk) 18:54, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
The census designated place (CDP) is a unit that is, as far as I know, unique to the U.S. Census. The 2010 Census saw a great increase in the number of CDPs in some parts of the country. In some cases, there was an existing article about the populated place that has now been designated a CDP, but in other cases, new articles are being created for CDPs to hold the census statistical data for the newly designated entities. As alluded to above, there is a history of edit-warring over the terminology for CDPs. I hope we can prevent some future edit wars by adopting some semi-standard conventions regarding how to name, describe, and cross-reference CDPs. To get discussion started, I suggest the following typology and conventions for CDPs (numbered solely for convenience in discussion):
-- Orlady ( talk) 18:54, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know of this discussion. I dislike any title with "CDP" in it for a few reasons: 1. abbreviations should be avoided in titles 2. few people outside of those specifically attuned to the subject have any idea what CDP means 3. most people looking for a place may not know its status vis-a-vis the census (a status which may change each census) 4. it just lacks simplicity, elegance, and permanence
If the name is one that the Census folks pulled out of thin air, then there will be no confusion in calling it Thin Air, State; if there is another Thin Air in that State, if it is the more prominent (or say, incorporated) then it gets Thin Air, State and the other gets disambiguated; if neither is obviously the major use of the term, then Thin Air, State can be a disambiguation page, and we then disambiguate articles the normal way (by county, parish in Louisiana, borough in Alaska), so Thin Air, County 1, State vs. Thin Air, County 2, State.
If there was an unincorporated community that was made a CDP, it is handled in the same manner. For example: Rolling Hills, California is the city in Los Angeles County - the primary use of the name, and Rolling Hills, Madera County, California is the CDP in Madera county, hatdabbed at the city article, but not Rolling Hills CDP, California because before 2010 it wasn't a CDP and may not be in 2020 ( WP:CRYSTAL).
Carlossuarez46 ( talk) 19:19, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps rather than than naming an article X (Village/town/city/CDP), Y an article should be simply X, Y with whether it is incorporated, unincorporated, CDP, etc. in an entomology/terminology/designation section. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 17:05, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Just speaking more about the New Hampshire situation, we merged most of the CDP articles (thanks to Polaron's initial suggestion) into their respective towns a few years ago, after it became clear that people were starting to add duplicate material to the CDP and the town articles. We had one case ( Conway, New Hampshire) where the Conway CDP was smaller than the North Conway CDP, so the Conway CDP article was kept separately. I would support changing the article name to "Conway (village), New Hampshire" in this case. With the 2010 census, a few more cases of this sort have arisen ( Goffstown, for instance, versus Pinardville), where I have simply redirected a new Goffstown CDP article title to the town article. I'd be open to converting the Goffstown CDP redirect to a "Goffstown (village)" article if that's where we're headed. As for the "Oxoboxo River"-type name that no one uses, we have an East Merrimack, New Hampshire that is of that type. I would prefer we stick with the existing article title, as it is the simplest way to name it, and simply mention the usage or non-usage of the name within the article, as is currently the case. -- Ken Gallager ( talk) 12:45, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
With new census data, the demographics sections of the US named places articles will need to be updated. Is there a way to remove this phrase? I think it is borderline non-English; it is certainly not meaningful. Jd2718 ( talk) 19:15, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
The phrase appears to occur in the vast majority of our articles. Jd2718 ( talk) 19:16, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
I have found it challenging to cite the 2010 Census, since there don't seem to be good ways of linking to any page at the new http://factfinder2.census.gov/ website, other than the home page. I've thought about listing the name and number of any data report I cite (for example, the geography-specific "DP-1, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data" is the source for most of the data that Wikipedia typically reports). One source that looks handy -- and seems to provide stable links for specific geographies -- is this University of Missouri data compilation. That source currently has total population counts and ethnicity data for the total population.
Has anyone else found good data sources and/or ways to cite factfinder2? -- Orlady ( talk) 12:10, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Increasingly, reliable secondary sources of 2010 Census dates, like that U. of Missouri site, are popping up. However, one thing I have not seen yet is a source for the geographic areas of "places" in the 2010 Census. States and counties can be assumed to be geographically the same as they were in 2000, but municipalities and CDPs are likely to have changed due to annexations and redefinitions. I don't know how to extract this information from Factfinder, and I have a hunch that the 2000 values were developed from GIS output by a tech-savvy Wikipedian. Does anyone here have insights as to how that was done -- or who did it? -- Orlady ( talk) 14:03, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
We still need to define standard boilerplate for these sections. To start discussion, here's some slightly streamlined language for reporting the same information that was reported for 2000:
Note that I've eliminated the offensive capital W on "white", simplified some wording, eliminated repetitive links, and delinked Marriage. -- Orlady ( talk) 23:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
This redirect is up for discussion. Please see WP:RFD#Wikipedia:Moon landing. Simply south.... .. creating lakes for 5 years 20:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
I created a new template to display state economic data: Template:Infobox subnational economy. The idea is to eventually put this template on all the "Economy of ..." articles. So far I have the template up on Economy of Virginia. Please take a look at the template and give feedback on the template design, data fields, etc.-- Bkwillwm ( talk) 01:55, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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Jayhawker needs some attention from an expert - lots of unencyclopedic, non-NPOV comments have crept back in. - PKM ( talk) 19:53, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
There is an article State governments of the United States and U.S. state that describes the general functions of all state government in an objective tone.
What is lacking is an article that describes real problems/powers/lack of power with various state governments. Right now there is no place for telling a foreign reader that each state registers vehicles, unusual for a sub-federal level government unit in most countries. No place to talk about extraditing accused citizens from another state. No place to discuss joint suits by various state attorneys general, etc.
Could be something like "Politics of State governments of the United States" except Americans get confused by the word "politics" (they think it is campaigns or elections) and, anyway, this title is a bit of a mouthful. Student7 ( talk) 22:58, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
This helps with research of old post offices WhisperToMe ( talk) 21:15, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
A user and I are in a debate over whether a select number of prisons should be listed in county templates.
To help the users of the WikiProject United States, I have assembled a series of facts to help with the understanding of the issue.
The following templates are affected:
Relating to the following articles:
As seen here, the US GNIS treats all three prisons as populated places and have GNIS ID designations as populated places.
Several state highway maps treat them as places too, designating points on maps of where the prison is, as if its a regular town. This is the case with Parchman, ( See this page - and also see State of Mississippi Sunflower County Highway Map - Parchman is given the marker for "Other Cities and Villages") and Angola ( On this map as "Cities, Towns of Villages") while in current highway maps this is not the case for Cummins ( "Cummins" is not listed in the current Lincoln County, AR highway map).
These prisons have on-site housing for employees and dependents. Two of them have post offices. All of them have children (dependents of employees) who attend local schools. Several have their own sewage treatment plants. All have their own fire/EMS stations.
In Louisiana LSP is often referred to as "Angola, Louisiana" and in Mississippi MSP is often called "Parchman, Mississippi" - "Free world" people who live on those facilities say they live in "Angola, LA" and "Parchman, MS"
I argue that these prisons (only prisons with GNIS IDs as "populated places") should be treated as "populated places" and therefore listed on Wikipedia county templates because the GNIS is treating them as populated places. The other user argues that we should not do such a thing, because it is not possible for a place to be a prison and a community at the same time.
The GNIS designates a populated place as "Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. Distinct from Census and Civil classes." [3] - All three prisons are in unincorporated areas, and all three have permanent "free world" residents.
Now, the user suggested separating the "community" aspect of the prisons from the prison articles themselves (i.e. having "Parchman, MS" as a separate article). But I feel that this cannot be done unless one can write an extensive history of the place before it became a part of prison property and that the place name was used back then. As it stands now for all three the community IS a part of the prison (the housing is owned by the state, and all residents are employees or dependents of employees) - and the prison IS a part of the community.
See the talk pages:
Thanks, WhisperToMe ( talk) 02:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Due to the rather destructive upgrade of Wikipedia I am having an extremely hard time editing to include working on the newsletter and other project related functions. I will attempt to get the Newsleter completed and will continue to develop the project but it may be a couple weeks before the upgrade issues are worked out so its possible there may not be a newsletter for October. I will post back here with any updates. -- Kumioko ( talk) 15:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I would like to propose that WP US should establish a Memphis, Tennessee area task force.
It would cover the Memphis MSA, which would include territory in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Because the territory would be in multiple states, I propose making a Memphis task force the child of the USA project. Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 09:35, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
WP:NRHP is having a Fall Photo Contest running from Oct. 21-Dec. 4, 2011. I'd like to encourage anybody who enjoys photography, and anybody who is interested in historic places to participate. One way that an individual editor or a project can participate is to include their own challenge. For example, somebody here might want to include a challenge such as "A barnstar will be awarded to the photographer who adds the most photos of NRHP listed Post Offices to the NRHP county lists." To sponsor a challenge all you need to do is come up with an idea, post it on the contest page, and do the bit of work needed to judge the winner(s).
Any and all contributions appreciated.
Smallbones ( talk) 02:35, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Your input is sought at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Kiefer.Wolfowitz -- Elen of the Roads ( talk) 21:31, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
This article argues that American science education is not causing lesser numbers of Americans to appear in university research positions, but instead the way the science job market is structured. WhisperToMe ( talk) 14:24, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
A collaboration is being organized to promote this article to GA. Interested editors should join the discussion here. – Lionel ( talk) 02:35, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
{{ U.S. Senator row}} , {{ Start U.S. Senator}} , {{ End U.S. Senator}} , have been nominated for deletion. These are currently unused, however, it appears that lists of US senators by state table articles use plain wikitable code instead of templatized rows. So, is it preferable to use a template or plain wikicode? 70.24.251.158 ( talk) 05:12, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:John Quincy Adams#WP tags. There are duplicate WP tags for the "Presidential elections" WikiProject, need input about which importance level should be assessed. Funandtrvl ( talk) 17:51, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone know if there is work happening to 'bot' fix every US populated place article (state, county, city, town, township, village, etc, etc) with 2010 census info instead of the current 2000 census info that is present? Is this being discussed somewhere? Is there is techie to do this? Hmains ( talk) 18:52, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
There is a Request for comment at Talk:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Request_for_comment. Please do; constructive suggestions particularly welcome. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:02, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
I recently created the 99 Percent Declaration article, and now it's been nominated for deletion and rescue. I have lots of possible sources on the talk page, but I would feel more comfortable if there were other editors. Would you please help improve it? Or at least chime in on the deletion discussion or respond to the questions on the talk page? Thank you. Dualus ( talk) 19:34, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Orion (spacecraft). Since you had some involvement with the Orion (spacecraft) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). 65.94.77.11 ( talk) 11:05, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I've just come across The Iran lobby in the United States, an orphaned article which looks potentially quite problematic - I don't know much about the topic, but it reads fairly one-sided, and may not be appropriate for a Wikipedia article. (Apart from anything else, a contribution by a user called "Minitrue Propdep" is faintly alarming). Could someone with expertise take a look? If need be, it may need deleting, or partially merging into Iran – United States relations.
Thanks, Shimgray | talk | 10:30, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Can someone with knowledge of Los Angeles, merge the two duplicate articles together, Los Angeles Fifth District and Los Angeles City Council District 5 ? I don't know enough about LA to know what parts of Los Angeles Fifth District should just be ignored, or if a simple conversion to a redirect should be done. 65.94.77.11 ( talk) 04:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello, project. Could someone please check if this assessment is valid? Many thanks, Chzz ► 20:13, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
We need a broader spectrum of opinion at Talk:Native_Americans_in_the_United_States#Strychnine with concurrent edits in the article. Thanks. Student7 ( talk) 14:25, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Rosa Parks for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 03:36, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Due in large part to some of the new Wikipedia upgrades (it takes several minutes to load my Watchlist) and a very large increase of things in my real life I am not going to be able to participate as much as I used too. I have also grown a bit tired of the bickering and general attitude that many editors are displaying that they would rather do things individually than to collaborate and work together. All of these just make it too hard for me to edit and do the things that I think need to be done to help the project.
With that said if the members of the project want to continue to have a working project with a collaboration and newsletter then some folks need to come forward and make that happen. I just don't have the time to wait 5 minutes for WP to load a page and then have to fight about everything. If anyone has questions or needs assistance I would be glad to help out but until WP can fix the screwy new updates there's not much I can do. -- Kumioko ( talk) 15:35, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I found a source that discusses Hispanic assimilation in the USA and drinking while being pregnant. It says that as assimilation increases, drinking while being pregnant increases:
Hope it helps WhisperToMe ( talk) 13:18, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Sunset Boulevard (film) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 05:56, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
Check this out: Time lapse 12,225 mile journey around US in 5 minutes by Brian DeFrees FYI.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 19:27, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southside Composite Squadron if anybody is interested in taking a look. Safiel ( talk) 04:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
{{ United States political party shading}} has very low contrast between text and background colours; technically, it fails WCAG AA luminosity tests, and thus breaches the relevant section of our manual of style. See discussion at Template talk:United States political party shading#Accessibility. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:11, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
This United States Virgin Islands work group of WikiProject Caribbean isn't very active anymore. It has only one member. I would suggest a to add this work group to the supported project here. I have begin a discussion at the work group's talk page for any comments. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 07:30, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
An editor has been removing the links to month-and-day articles, claiming that WP:LINKING (and specifically WP:LINKING#Chronological items) prohibits it. I say it clearly does not prohibit it, as this is an intrinsically chronological article. However, if the project doesn't want the links, you can say that you don't want them, and I won't object further. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 22:32, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Good day. Two years ago, some users tried to merge all infoboxes of sub-federal states into {{ Infobox settlement}}. Consensus ruled that doing so would not be a good idea because the sub-federal infoboxes purposefully do not include some of the features of {{ Infobox settlement}} and do include other fields, such as the number of seats in the federal legislature and the date of joining the union. In those respects, the three infoboxes {{ Infobox U.S. state}}, {{ Infobox province or territory of Canada}}, and {{ Australia state or territory}} are very similar to eachother, but they put fields in a slightly different order and look slightly different. In the interest of standardization, would you be interested in jointly creating {{ Infobox federated state}} to make sure that the infoboxes for states, provinces, and territories of the U.S., Canada, and Australia all keep a common design? I think that the differences that currently exist between the three templates are small enough that we could come to an agreement about how to resolve them. — Arctic Gnome ( talk • contribs) 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
May I suggest that we do it similar to how Infobox person is done with smaller module Infobox's that can be embedded in it. We could use one template that has the majority of the parameters and then we could use the others for anything that doesn't fit in the main one if needed. Also, looking at Category:Country subdivision infobox templates this is a much bigger issue than just the 2 or 3 infoboxes listed above. -- Kumioko ( talk) 14:27, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
It is going to require some coding changes to the templates and some of these templates are fairly complicated. I would recommend we approach this in three parts. I also think that we need to involve some of the other major WikiProjects that deal with these infoboxes such as Australia, History, USHistory and others.
The redirects Next great american city and The next great american city, which currently point to West Palm Beach, Florida, have been nominated for deletion or retargetting, possibly to Philadelphia. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 December 1#Next great american city. Thryduulf ( talk) 01:45, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
I found a source, but I'm not sure if we have an article about British cultural perspectives of the USA...
WhisperToMe ( talk) 03:41, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
The December 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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It has come to my attention that article United States Constitution, which formerly held a place of honor, has slipped badly this year and last, having become bloated with WP:FORKs of History of the United States Constitution and Philadelphia Convention and perhaps a few others. I would appreciate some help in distinguishing the parts that should move from those that should die. Jim.henderson ( talk) 03:24, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion taking place at WT:HWY regarding the potential use of coordinates in highway articles. Your input is welcomed. -- Rs chen 7754 01:42, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
I've seen many articles that I'm involved with getting the WikiProject United States banner. Some were a bit of a reach (e.g. Calvin Rutstrum) a US author who wrote more about travels in Canada than the USA.) Also appears that any article that is about anyone who is an American is within the scope of these tags. I have no problem with any specific tags, but with this much of a reach / broad definition, it looks like you'll end up tagging maybe a 1/2 million articles as being in the project. Is that viable / do you really want that? Sincerely, North8000 ( talk) 14:09, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
the U/S for Political Affairs is no longer WIlliam Burns. It is now Wendy Sherman. Please update! 72.229.9.252 ( talk) 15:20, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
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I have nominated Federalist No. 10 for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 02:34, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Please see User:The ed17/NARA to brainstorm ideas and a structure on how we can help make the National Archives ExtravaSCANza a success, in the hope that such events will continue in the future. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:26, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
I noticed today that User:Rreagan007 again removed the word "Commonwealth" from the bold titles, that's the first words of an article, from the pages about Virginia and Massachusetts. The user previously removed this from the title on those pages, as well as the other two commonwealths, Kentucky and Pennsylvania earlier this month on December 3, all with the edit summary of "formatting". This isn't the first time this has come up, and I'd like some feedback as to which way we should go with these articles' titles. One can note that commonwealth is the proper name of these places, but also that Wikipedia doesn't always go with the proper name. The policy at WP:BEGINNING does give editors ample leeway when it comes to these things, and the pages could also start "The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a..." with only the exact title bolded. Thoughts?-- Patrick, oѺ∞ 22:04, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
The MOS isn't as clear as it could be. (From WP:BEGINNING) "When the page title is used as the subject of the first sentence, it may appear in a slightly different form, and it may include variations, including synonyms." Not particularly clear. - Achowat ( talk) 20:27, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
(undent) As the title of the article is "Virginia" I think "Virgina" should be first. Also, it would help maintain format consistency with the other state articles as they all begin with the common name rather than the more formal "State of..." title. In addition, now that all the state articles have the pronunciation parenthetical right after the bolded state name, I think it makes more sense to keep the short form name with the pronunciation parenthetical after it as close to the beginning of the article as possible. Rreagan007 ( talk) 00:46, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
I would like The Great Lakes Region to become a proper noun.
Uncapitalized, common regions can be created by anyone. Anyone can call anything a region.
Regions become proper in four ways: (1) formal political designation, the way the US Census has designated national "Regions" for both census and federal administrative purposes; (2) by becoming judicatories -- geographic designates -- of official bodies that include "regions" as one of their geographic divisions, such as "The Great Lakes Region" of the United Auto Workers; (3) by common usage, such as "The Midwest", which is commonly thought to include the American states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa; although no formal designation of the region by the federal government has ever been made following those boundaries.
I argue that The Great Lakes fulfills all three of these nominations.
The Great Lakes Commission implements the Great Lakes Compact for conserving and improving the water and ecology of the Great Lakes; and designates the region.
A number of athletic, corporate, labor, cooperative, industrial, and fraternal organizations include bi-national designations of Ontario and one, two or more American states within the Region.
And a number of scholars, managers and institutions have already so designated, notably Richard White's classic "The Middle Ground: Empires, Republics and Indians in The Great Lakes Region 1620-1815"; the standard aquacultural management manual about safe practices in The Great Lakes Region; and the Joyce Foundation's grant program for The Great Lakes Region.
Anybody agree? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GreatLakesdemocracy ( talk • contribs) 06:14, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Several USN and CS Navy ship images have been placed for deletion as providing no source. The description pages show a claim of US government ownership of the images. See Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2012 January 3 -- 76.65.128.132 ( talk) 07:53, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
This is a useful page for me. But the list of medical schools could easily be made more valuable by including a fixed column of line numbers so that the rank of a school according to any sorting would be immediately evident. I imagine this is easy to do although I would have to learn stuff to do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.135.90 ( talk) 05:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
This statement was copied from the talk page of United States Virgin Islands. Ive seen variations of this at other articles. Is there a specific place where "standards" are discussed or listed? or is this just meant to be a general pointer to this project? i removed the word "standards" from the sentence there, until i can get clarification. If replied to here, please drop a note at my talk page in addition. thanks. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 06:38, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
I found the U.S. Census Factfinder - It says it is ending on January 20, 2012. Please use http://webcitation.org to back up any and all citations from the 2000 U.S. Census Factfinder!
For example
WhisperToMe ( talk) 14:27, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Assistance is requested as a new editor is violating an MOS and is not responding to requests to talk. The new editor is also violating WP:NOTPROMOTION through attempts to edit as Filipino Americans & List of Filipino Americans in a way to enhance an individual's notability. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 00:26, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Filipino American#Spinout proposal. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 01:16, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
List of locations in the United States with an English name is a mess. There's no inclusion/exclusion criteria, and we end up with any place with an English-sounding name. For instance, Lincoln, Alabama is in the list, but that town was actually named for American army officer Benjamin Lincoln. The list of inaccuracies goes on and on.
How can we make this list actually useful? Require a reference for every entry? -- JaGa talk 19:54, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I wanted to drop a note here to let people involved in this project know about an open FA nomination for William S. Clark. His article is not currently part of WikiProject United States, but it probably should be. Clark was an American educator who helped establish Sapporo Agricultural College which became Hokkaido University and was a significant figure in East/West relations of that era. I hope that some folks from this project might be inclined to comment. The nomination can be found here. Thanks. Historical Perspective ( talk) 14:26, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
This has led to a lot of articles, particularly Mississippi-, Kentucky- and Utah-related ones, being assessed as Top-priority that should probably only be Mid or Low here, as we generally agreed that broad umbrella topics or very important biographies or whatnot. This isn't the case right now; according to categorization, Egg Bowl is top importance here. I've started cleaning some of these up, but I'd appreciate some help Purpleback pack 89≈≈≈≈ 19:03, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
New template for Inline tags (tags added at the end of sentences) has been created that may be useful to project members.
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I created the Biosecurity in the United States as a split from the biosecurity article. It needs work. -- Alan Liefting ( talk) - 07:30, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
-- Kumioko ( talk) 20:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
I have nominated Katie Holmes for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 17:18, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello editors interested in Abraham Lincoln. I just created a proposal for a new WikiProject with a focus on Lincoln, similar to the WikiProject that exists for Barack Obama. Please feel free to comment on my proposal at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Abraham Lincoln. – Muboshgu ( talk) 22:38, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
This is really interesting — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.219.47.42 ( talk) 03:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
I would appreciate it if interested parties would have a look at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas, specifically about the Redesign of the project's main page, and about it joining WikiProject United States. For all intents and purposes, this project has reached a comatose state of involvement. Editors are creating and contributing to Texas articles. But the project site itself has been pretty dead on its own for a long time. Anything anyone add to the current discussions on that page would be appreciated. Maile66 ( talk) 21:07, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Is there somewhere on Internet some data about all US states by race and/or religion? -- 84.245.231.134 ( talk) 17:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
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I am working on the new monthly newsletter that I hope to get out by the end of the week. As a warning I still have a lot to do IMO so try not to be too critical but specific wording. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. There are a couple of specific areas I would like comments on if possible.
Please let me know if you have any ideas, questions, comments or concerns. -- Kumioko ( talk) 20:51, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
17:17, 3 February 2011 (UTC) I would keep this to just WPUS. What happened between the Jan 28 draft and this? Racepacket ( talk) 06:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Starting with the February 2011 issue WikiProject United States has established a newsletter to inform anyone interested in United States related topics of the latest changes. This newsletter will not only discuss issues relating to WikiProject United States but also:
You may read or assist in writing the newsletter, subscribe, unsubscribe or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following this link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page or the Newsletters talk page.-- Kumioko ( talk) 20:24, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
I just noticed that a Peer Review for the F-111 started today. All editors are welcome to participate. Thanks for comments and any help! -- Kumioko ( talk) 21:51, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
I have started a page at Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Periodicals listing periodicals which are at least partially available through online databanks, and will be adding to it as time and circumstances permit over the next few days and weeks. John Carter ( talk) 17:38, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Here is a source:
WhisperToMe ( talk) 11:41, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
I've gnomed through quite a few. Is there a specific WikiProject where people discuss those articles? I have some queries about the infoboxes and about the formulaic way the (census-related) race stats are set out. Thanks. Tony (talk) 14:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
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or the button for it under the edit boxed clicked. Easy. See
Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Common_mathematical_symbols.
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(talk) 06:31, 12 February 2011 (UTC)Tony, this wikiproject has been inactive AFAICT for a few years, predating alot of firming up of editing/MOS guidelines I would think. It has only just become active again recently and is finding its feet. I suspect some sort of geography wikiproject might have been the venue in the past, but otherwise I think all these articles have just grown in an ad hoc manner over the past few years. The strike rate for material to reach GA/FA level was lower than some other wikiprojects I've worked on (hopefully this will change this time round...) Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:00, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Portal:United States is a current featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. -- RichardF ( talk) 05:55, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
The categories Category:WikiProject United States and Category:United States WikiProjects are categorized under each other. I don't know how the relation should be, but it surely should not inclued a closed loop of categorization. My suggestion would be removing Category:United States WikiProjects from Category:WikiProject United States. Huon ( talk) 13:11, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
This is an article about an American fashion blogger; there's another contributor quite set on deleting this article which is currently a few days into a PROD; I'm more on the fence -- sorry to be so wishy-washy -- there are references but I don't know how good they are. Plus the article is well trafficked (50 readers/day). So if others want to weigh in on this, please have a look.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 13:27, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/United States Law and Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/NAIA for two newly proposed US wikiprojects. 65.95.14.96 ( talk) 07:54, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
I am not going to be around much longer so I wanted to suggest that if the project wants to continue to have a newsletter then someone should step forward and keep it going. I'm not going to be around much to support after my ANI concludes. -- Kumioko ( talk) 16:09, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
It has been proposed to move NHL Winter Classic ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) to NHL outdoor games to better cover the contents, and both Classics (Heritage and Winter). 65.95.14.96 ( talk) 01:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
So the 2010 Census results have started to be released (see press release), with everything scheduled to be released by April 2011. Is anyone aware of a bot under development to update articles with current statistics? Thanks. -- ChrisRuvolo ( t) 22:35, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
I've gathered decennial population counts from 1850 through 2009 for all 351 municipalities in Massachusetts from US census records. Unfortunately municipal population counts for all US municipalities in the three decades between 1900 and 1920 are not available from the US census; municipalities with a population below 1000 do not have their population count recorded. This is odd given that the US censuses between 1850 and 1900 include counts all municipalities (as do censuses after 1920).
In the case of Massachusetts -- and I suspect many other states -- there are state census records that could fill these omissions in federal census records. Would it be reasonable to supplement population counts of municipalities with data from state census records if the US census data for that municipality for that year is missing? One of the destinations of this data would be in tables of historical population count in Wikipedia articles on municipalities. Presumably, one could simply add an asterisk to the rows containing state census-supplemented data, and add a brief explanatory note in the table footer. Emw ( talk) 13:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
I've put together an animated SVG showing population flows within Massachusetts for each decade between 1850 and 2009, available at http://toolserver.org/~emw/Massachusetts_municipal_population_flows.svg. I've also uploaded it at File:Massachusetts municipal population flows.svg. If anyone reading this uses Chrome, Opera or Firefox 4 (beta), then I would appreciate feedback on how the animation could be improved. I would like to eventually put the animation (possibly ported to .ogv video format) into the article space including any improvements suggested here. Emw ( talk) 17:03, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
The method summarized above may be scalable to other US states. Animations for population changes within states could be stitched together to show interesting intra- and inter-regional demographic trends. The underlying population data could also be used by a bot to automatically add to articles on municipalities a detailed table of historical population counts over time (expanding their existing coverage).
I think the main obstacle to this would be gathering decennial population counts for municipalities. Taking the scanned data available in .pdf files available from the US Census Bureau and converting that into programmatically manipulable text is difficult. The task is both extremely tedious, and infeasible to automate given the poor print quality of available scans and the current state of OCR technology.
The best approach would probably be to distribute this massive data entry task among many people. Given the task's tedium, scale, and embarassingly parallel nature it sounds like an ideal project to use Amazon Mechanical Turk. The work could be distributed into "human intelligence tasks" (HITs, as Amazon calls them) where the Mechanical Turk worker (turker) would be provided A) an image of the scanned US Census record for a given decade for a given state and B) a browser-based spreadsheet template listing all municipalities in that state (for that year) with blank fields that the turker would fill in with population counts.
To ensure accuracy, turker-transcribed population counts could be done multiple times for each state/decade and cross-checked against each other and county- and state-level population counts. And turkers could learn more about where there work would end up through a brief text explanation and link back to a Wikipedia page with more information.
I'm not aware of any other Wikipedia-related work that has involved Mechanical Turk. If possible I'd like to get opinions on how feasible this sounds and any problems that seem likely to pop up. Emw ( talk) 05:01, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
I have accounts for @wikimediaus (on identi.ca) and synced with @wikimediaus on Twitter. Perhaps someday there will be a US Wikimedia chapter to use this, but now we have subnational chapters (NYC) and one forming for DC. For now & the future, I would like the account to be used for outreach in the US, highlighting things like US COTM, meetups, etc. If anyone wants to help maintain the account or has suggestions of things to tweet., please let me know. Cheers. -- Aude ( talk) 18:30, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
FYI, Kumioko is gone and so...I guess we just have to go on? -- Highspeedrailguy ( talk) 15:06, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
I've made a suggestion that might aid census maintenance at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Use_bots_to_maintain_census_figures. Your comments are welcome. Student7 ( talk) 13:21, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
I've put a possible boilerplate for census data on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_United_States/proposed census boilerplate. Note that we will change and discuss changes on the same page. Student7 ( talk) 19:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of Asian American astronauts. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 12:38, 11 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
{{ American English}} use of the flag is in question, see Template talk:American English
184.144.160.156 ( talk) 06:24, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Done - The article has since been promoted. -- Kumioko ( talk) 11:25, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Could I please get a project person to review this article? TCO ( talk) 08:46, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#Missing Vietnamese American Representative. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 13:40, 18 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
There are several active discussions in various places about redirects and because many of these relate directly to WPUS related articles I wanted to bring it up here and see what the project thinks. Using United States as an example there are dozens of redirects to United States from other languages many with multiple variations to account for misspellings and slang as well as accounting for misspellings of United States such as Untied States that I would like to gather some comment on.
IMO there are pros and cons to keeping and removing some of these and here are some that I can see:
Note: Not all redirects to United States are currently listed in the link above because I have submitted some for deletion already so they don't show in the redirect listing. Here are links to those: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 March 22, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 March 20, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 March 19.
Again I used United States as an example but this applies to many other articles as well. Basically I am trying to determine if there is consensus to keep all these myriads of links and if so where to draw the line. Please let me know what you think. -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:03, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
After speaking with a few of the members of WikiProject United States Government there seems to be interest in bringing WikiProject United States Government into the family of projects that WikiProject United States supports. I would like to suggest pursuing the possibility of including this project in the family and wanted to solicit comments before doing so. As with other projects like Washington DC and Superfunds the project would maintain its own independence but I believe this would benefit both projects by grouping the government related articles under this topic. Does anyone have any comments or concerns about this? -- Kumioko ( talk) 20:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Mexican-American War and Battles of the Mexican–American War are up for renaming, in opposite directions. See Talk:Mexican-American War and Talk:Battles of the Mexican–American War.
This is a dash-hyphen war, with MOS vs Original-Research arguments being forwarded, along with consistency arguments. 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 03:34, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
{{ Class A article}} has been nominated for deletion. As this wikiproject uses A-class as a quality rating, I thought I'd let you know. 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 07:39, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#South Asian Americans are not considered Asian Americans. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 16:34, 28 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
The United States Bill of Rights article has been submitted as a possible candidate for the U.S. Collaboration of the Month. -- Kumioko ( talk) 16:20, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
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Soccer in the United States has been requested to be renamed. 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 04:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval#Petan-Bot_task_4 Petrb ( talk) 17:19, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
The Southwest Airlines Flight 812 article has been nominated for deletion. Mjroots ( talk) 05:24, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Football in the United States is under discussion, see Talk:Football in the United States
65.93.12.101 ( talk) 17:54, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I'm trying to help someone represent their white house china collection, and was wondering if what I'm doing is within the scope of this project. Basically a private collector has amassed one of the largest white house china collections, and is looking to chronicle the history of how they were acquired and why they are important. Comments anyone? And please, comments like "go read this wikipedia article" are not helpful. I've already read and bookmarked many of the wikipedia guidelines. These items, among others in his collection, are of great historical significance (such as FDR's cape from World War II), beyond just their appraised monetary value.
Thanks 71.237.43.126 ( talk) 16:30, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I have compiled a list of several thousand US related pages that currently do not have Template:WikiProject United States. I have made every effort to exclude most of the other US projects and most of the links are red indicating there is no talk page and no banner of any kind. Many are redirects but there are also a lot that are not. Either way I think that these articles should be tagged with a project even if they are redirects so that someone can monitor for things like commments, redirects for deletion, etc. Here are links to the pages I have compiled so far:
I am also leaving these links on a couple of the more active projects to see if they want to account for them or if they want me to go ahead and throw them under this project. My question to all of you is, does anyone have any comments or concerns related to adding these articles to this project? I would like to get a bot setup to do this task in the next couple weeks if possible. -- Kumioko ( talk) 04:00, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Should we get a bot to deliver the newsletter? Seems like it'd be easier that way Purpleback pack 89≈≈≈≈ 02:11, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I would appreciate any comments at Template talk:Omaha#Orange. Thank you. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:17, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#Undue tag. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 23:49, 11 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
File:Battle of Los Angeles LATimes.jpg has been nominated for deletion. 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 04:11, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am part of a team involved with the WikiProject United States Public Policy. My team and I would appreciate your comments and suggestions on our article Benefits for United States veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgrandfield ( talk • contribs) 00:26, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Flag of California#State Ensign. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 23:44, 18 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Instant-runoff voting has been proposed to be renamed Alternative Vote (apparently, the British term), see Talk:Instant-runoff voting. The current name is indicated to be the American term... 65.94.45.160 ( talk) 03:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Rosie O'Donnell#Does the "Chinese language parody" merit inclusion or not?. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 21:36, 19 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Some users at DYK have expressed the view that Dickshooter, Idaho is not a valid article (discussion here). Could we have some opinions from users experienced in U.S. geography articles? Thanks, Gatoclass ( talk) 05:24, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
If anyone has ideas or thoughts about the newsletter for next month please speak up so we can get working on them. I am sure that some folks out there have some great ideas of projects they are working on are interested in that could use more help and this is how to get the word out there for others to assist.
I have added a tab to the WikiProject for the Newsletter to help Market it to anyone who might stop by the page. This is a good tool for us to communicate with each other. It contains infomration about the Portal, the Collaboration of the Month, New featured articles and other bits of information but it needs more voices than just me so any advice, comments, suggestions or assitance is greatly appreciated and welcomed. -- Kumioko ( talk) 20:27, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Could someone from this project please let us know if Rosie O'Donnell should be a part? And remove the template if not? Jnast1 ( talk) 22:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Rosie O'Donnell#Removal of templates from Wikiprojects
Should there be an article on the April 2011 St. Louis, Missouri storm ? I notice that Lambert Airport currently has a "current" tag on it. 65.94.45.160 ( talk) 12:28, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
There is presently a debate over whether the list article Declaration of independence ought to include a hatnote pointing specifically to the United States Declaration of Independence. Those in favor argue that historical, demographic, and practical factors justify this treatment, while those in opposition argue that no country's document should receive special treatment under any circumstances. I am bringing the discussion to your attention because United States Declaration of Independence is included in this wikiproject. Please see here if you are interested in weighing in on the matter. Thank you. — Bill Price ( nyb) 17:45, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Thanksgiving is under discussion at Talk:Thanksgiving, with the proposal that US usage should be placed at the primary location. 65.94.45.160 ( talk) 10:15, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Please comment at Talk:Rod_Blagojevich_corruption_charges#Requested_move on moving Rod Blagojevich corruption charges → United States v. Blagojevich.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 18:05, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at WP:RSN#sandiegostreetcars.org. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 01:37, 28 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
File:Lolo Soetoro Ann Dunham Maya Soetoro-Ng Barack Obama.jpg has been nominated for deletion. 65.94.45.160 ( talk) 05:37, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
There is a final discussion taking place here about WikiProject United States supporting WikiProject United States Government. All editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks. -- Kumioko ( talk) 02:35, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Hayley Smith is under discussion, see Talk:Hayley Smith (American Dad!). This is a character in "American Dad" and "Home and Away" (see Hayley Smith (Home and Away)). 65.93.12.8 ( talk) 05:57, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at WP:BLPN#Leroy A. Mendonca. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 18:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Wall Street, a page within the scope of this project, has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for May 2011. All editors interested in improving this article are encouraged to participate. You can also vote for next months article of the Month here. -- Kumioko ( talk) 20:43, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
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There is a content dispute currently going on at Natural born citizen clause of the U.S. Constitution over whether material in Emerich de Vattel's work The Law of Nations may, or may not, be cited as an influence (or a potential influence) on what the framers of the Constitution meant by the phrase "natural born citizen". The question has given rise to various different opinions, as well as some edit-warring, and I'm unsure of whether a credible consensus for any position can be reached at present with only those editors currently involved. Participation from others (no matter what side they might end up taking) would be helpful. Richwales ( talk · contribs) 18:08, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated List of U.S. states by date of statehood for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.-- Cheetah (talk) 02:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion which is leading to compartmentalizing the US gun laws by state article into individual state articles. If any members are interested in voicing opinions on the matter please do so. It seems like a resounding support at the moment. If we do decide to do this, it will be a fairly large undertaking that would require the assistance of WP:GUNS to complete, that is for sure.-- Jax 0677 ( talk) 19:25, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans#Change from Redirect. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 16:56, 19 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
In looking for information about immigration to the United States, I noticed that the navigation box is titled Illegal Immigration to the United States and related topics, whose neutrality in the main article is under dispute. I would suggest that the navigation box be retitled to Immigration in the United States (or something similar) and that the navigation box be reordered to reflect the change. While I could just change it, I wanted some consensus before doing so. -- Enos733 ( talk) 18:20, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
I would like to gather folks input on creating a new class for featured media. This new class would be for Featured Sounds, pictures, videos (currently listed under featured sounds) and potentially topics that relate to United States. I believe that WP now has enough featured media that a category and class would be beneficial. Since these content types have relatively few items individually however (maybe a thousand total at most would pertain to US) I do not think we need separate categories for each. Currently some of these are tagged as File, however this would give us a better understanding of what media is currently featured.
I have already spoken to CBM who programs the bot that updates the assessment tables and he indicated that it could be done. Before I suggest this to a larger audience via the Village pump I wanted to start a discussion here to see how the members of our project felt about the idea first.
A few notes about the idea.
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Filipino American#Changing of Pictures. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 11:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
See talk:Naphtha launch where it is said that this article should use British English, but the article says that these kind of boats are only used in the USA... Seems weird that you should use Brit-speak for American things. 65.95.13.213 ( talk) 06:15, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
The navigational template {{ Political neologisms}} has been nominated for deletion. Please see discussion, at Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2011_May_25#Template:Political_neologisms. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 17:52, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Wikipedia:WikiProject Bluegrass Region for deletion at WP:MFD. Please comment here for any concerns. Thanks, JJ98 ( Talk) 01:40, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
What if any, pre-existing WikiProjects have been subsummed as Task Forces of this WikiProject?
WP:US Government has already been included in WP:US's banner. Should the semi-active/inactive WikiProjects for US politicians, governors, and presidents be merged into the WP:US banner as well? I'm almost inclined to think governors and presidents should be reduced to task forces of either the government or politicians project. Any thoughts? - Mabeenot ( talk) 22:24, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
I have added WikiProject US governors to the WPUS template and the US template documentation. I also created importance categories because the former project didn't employ them. This will help to focus efforts on the more important characters first (former presidents, Famous actors turned Governators, etc) as well as standardize the structure of things across projects. I will start transitioning the articles in the next few days but it may take a few days to do because I have a lot going on in the next couple weeks. I will start with the articles that have both the WPUS and WPUSGovernors templates and then pull in the rest. Right now its a full blown WikiProject but if the determination comes to downgrade it to a task force then we can do that. -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:49, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Filipino American#second or third. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 15:02, 28 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Here are the articles:
I will not object to any changes proposed, discussed, or implemented.
Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 20:46, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines#section idea. I have begun a discussion that members of this WikiProject maybe interested in joining. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 00:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Discussing rename of prejudicial term "Chink" to more appropriate article title06:39, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
The United States Bill of Rights, an article within the scope of this project, has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for June 2011. The goal this month is to get this article to Good Article standards by July 4th, 2011. All editors interested in improving this article are encouraged to participate. You can also vote for next months article of the Month here. -- Kumioko ( talk) 16:01, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
I have placed WikiProject Myrtle Beach for deletion at WP:MFD. Please comment here for any concerns. Thanks, JJ98 ( Talk) 01:21, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Request for Comment discussion started, please see Talk:Santorum_(neologism)#Proposal_to_rename.2C_redirect.2C_and_merge_content.
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Filipino American#June 2011. This is the second event regarding similar content. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 22:25, 4 June 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
-- 98.230.112.170 ( talk) 04:18, 7 June 2011 (UTC)topographical map of Dust cave; anyone have one. Growing up in this area I may, or may not have knowledge of an unknown, or as you would say, an as yet undiscovered opening into this cave system. I believe three are currently listed. Please advise.
There are quite a few Featured Sounds that I am going to tag as FM of this project. If you feel anything is outside your scope please contact me. cheers -- Guerillero | My Talk 19:46, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Thunderbirds is under discussion, see Talk:Thunderbirds (TV series) and WP:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2011_May_27#Thunderbirds, for the two discussions underway. As the Thunderbirds are the USAF performance aerobatics team, I thought I'd let you know. 184.144.166.87 ( talk) 06:03, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
{{portal|Super Bowl}} Portal:Super Bowl has been nominated for deletion. 184.144.166.87 ( talk) 06:47, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject Elements is working to turn the Periodic Table to all featured. What about turning the map of the 50 states to all featured? They are both high profile, but defined in number (not like all the chemistry articles or all the US project articles). And I think now theses articles drive from the individual states. But lots of people have lived in more than one state. And once you do an FA of one state, probably can do an FA of another.
They are probably even tougher than element articles in terms of the amount of content and in that people can judge you easier than on a technical topic.
Still...these are the most important articles and would be stellar to have them all starred.
P.s. The Elements crew has a really cool colored Periodic Table that shows quality status. You could do that with states! Maybe get one of them to code it for you. TCO ( talk) 05:52, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Prime Minister of the United States has been nominated for deletion. 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 06:04, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
I would like to see more information provided on the 253 area code. To include a map depicting the borders of the area code in relation to the geographic representation of the Earth's surface for "Tacoma and surrounding areas". I feel this would help give a better understanding of just how large this area code is. I already realized it encompassed the area South of Metropolitan Seattle in the Southern Puget Sound areas, to include Western Pierce County etc. Just something to think about I would like to see all of this information further developed nation wide; not just this (253) area code. I'm almost certain Seattle's area codes would already have a map depicting how the different area codes correlate, giving a visual depiction of said area codes on a map. Thank you for your time, I hope this may help some if any, to whomever it may concern. Jasonbrooks1984 ( talk) 07:15, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
{{ WPLA}} is under discussion, see WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 June 15 . 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 09:45, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Portal:Houston has been nominated for delisting as a Featured Portal at Wikipedia:Featured portal review/Houston because it is no longer maintained. It is likely to be delisted speedily unless immediate action is taken. Bencherlite Talk 10:39, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I've created a new portal for this topic. Collaboration and help would be appreciated, just drop a note at Portal talk:Supreme Court of the United States. -- Cirt ( talk) 17:07, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
File:Didrikson.jpg has been nominated for deletion. 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 07:08, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
A new portal Portal:Supreme Court of the United States is now up for portal peer review, the review page is at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Supreme Court of the United States/archive1. I put a bit of effort into this and feedback would be appreciated prior to featured portal candidacy. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 17:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
three US coin images from coins of 200, 150, 120 years old have been nominated for deletion. See WP:Files_for_deletion/2011_June_19
65.94.47.63 ( talk) 10:26, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject United States for a Signpost article to be published on the Fourth of July. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Is anyone willing to be interviewed? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions and responses may be trimmed if the final article becomes too long. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. -- Kumioko ( talk) 16:57, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
User:Michael J/County table is a useful page.— Wavelength ( talk) 17:46, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
The suggestion has been made to add the B-Class checklist functionality to the WikiProject United States template. Since this is a significant change I wanted to take the opportunity to allow for comments about this from the members of the projects. If you have any comments, ideas or suggestions plesae take the time to participate in the discussion. -- Kumioko ( talk) 15:42, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated WikiProject Franco-Americans for deletion at WP:MFD. Please comment here for any concerns. Thank for your time. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 18:14, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Daniel Webster for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 00:53, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated International Space Station for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Penyulap talk 14:36, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion about my tagging articles relating to WikiProject United States. Because this discussion relates directly to the project, its scope and the association of United States related projects I felt it important to notify the project in this fashion. Please take a moment to comment on this discussion so that all (including myself) will be clear on what the project wishes its scope to be.
The notice below was copied from my talk page.
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Bot-like addition of WikiProject United States tags. Thank you.-- Kumioko ( talk) 01:56, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
As was open for discussion there was no opposition posted to the idea of having WikiProject Asian Americans, being either a task force or a supported WikiProject. I imagine the difference between Task Force and supported WikiProject is the level of integration and independence; and that point itself hasn't really been discussed. Since the previous discussion has been auto archived, I am renewing the discussion. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 03:32, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Asian or not? See talk page discussion. Since it has been shown that DEOMI isn't always reliable. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 01:37, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey WP:US people, do you (or will you, I suppose) accept WP:MILHIST A-class ratings in your project template? An example of this would be here at James B. McCreary. Milhist's A-class criteria are located at WP:MH/A. Regards, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:32, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
The Hope Diamond, an article within the scope of this project, has been nominated to be a future United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month. All editors interested in improving this article are encouraged to participate. You can vote for this or other articles article of the Month here. -- Kumioko ( talk) 19:35, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Philippine cuisine#Philippine cuisine in the United States. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 16:45, 1 July 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
United States dollar, a page within the scope of this project, has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for July 2011. All editors interested in improving this article are encouraged to participate. You can also vote for next months article of the Month here. -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:58, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I have listed San Diego for peer review. Please comment here. Thank you. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 00:46, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:International Space Station about which dialect of English the article should be using. It is currently using British English; however there's no British module (there's a European module with British contributions, and a Canadian module, plus several American modules, of the English speaking countries involved) 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 07:30, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject English has been nominated for deletion. As this project was proposed for maintaining national varieties of English on how articles are written/formatted/spelled, you may be interested. (essentially, maintaing WP:ENGVAR compliance on articles) 65.93.15.213 ( talk) 04:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Native Americans in the United States has been requested to be renamed. See Talk:Native Americans in the United States for the discussion. 65.93.15.213 ( talk) 05:30, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Should there be an article regarding, Timorese Americans? There are two reliable source references which I have found. One indicates that there are about 40 Timorese immigrants in the United States, the other indicating that there is at least one American born Timoran.
Pinto certainly doesn't need a big staff to look after the Timorese-American immigrant community: He says that no more than 40 Timorese nationals live in the United States.
We named her Tima, for Timorese American.
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Portal:Supreme Court of the United States is a candidate for Featured Portal, with discussion at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Supreme Court of the United States. — Cirt ( talk) 16:03, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith#Asian American. Discussion regarding ethnicity and whether certain sources are reliable. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 20:56, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Historiography of the United States, an article within the scope of this project, has been nominated to be the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for next August 2011. You can vote for this or other articles to be next months Collaboration of the Month here. Project Messenger Bot 19:37, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Democratic Party (United States), an article within the scope of this project, has been nominated to be the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for next August 2011. You can vote for this or other articles to be next months Collaboration of the Month here. Project Messenger Bot 19:38, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Bonfire Night (disambiguation)#Requested move. Trevj ( talk) 23:35, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Bonfire Night#Requested move. Trevj ( talk) 23:35, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
I would like to announce the first featured article contest for the National Archives project. The National Archives has graciously provided us with prizes to give out to winners, including National Archives publications, tote bags, and other swag. The first contest is a challenge to get any of the articles on the three documents on display in the National Archives building's rotunda—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—featured (in any language).
There is a one-month timeline for this contest, with the deadline tentatively set for August 20. Please read more about how to participate here. Good luck! Dominic· t 20:45, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Just found a census pointer for those of us who monitor that sort of thing. By counties with cursor, by state on the left. http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 If there is a govt (one-pointer-meets-all) link, ignore this one! Student7 ( talk) 22:57, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
There has been conflict at American Left, largely (although not exclusively) about two sections:
In 1958 the Socialist Party welcomed former members of the Independent Socialist League, which before its 1956 dissolution had been led by Max Shachtman. Shachtman had developed a Marxist critique of Soviet communism as " bureaucratic collectivism", a new form of class society that was more oppressive than any form of capitalism. Shachtman's theory was similar to that of many dissidents and refugees from Communism, such as the theory of the " New Class" proposed by Yugoslavian dissident Milovan Đilas (Djilas). Shachtman's ISL had attracted youth like Irving Howe, Michael Harrington, [1] Tom Kahn, and Rachelle Horowitz. [2] [3] [4] The YPSL was dissolved, but the party formed a new youth group under the same name. [5]
Kahn and Horowitz, along with Norman Hill, helped Bayard Rustin with the civil-rights movement. Rustin had helped to spread pacificismand non-violence to leaders of the civil rights movement, like Martin Luther King. Rustin's circle and A. Philip Randolph organized the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King delivered his I Have A Dream speech. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Michael Harrington soon became the most visible socialist in the United States when his The Other America became a best seller, following a long and laudatory New Yorker review by Dwight Macdonald. [10] Harrington and other socialists were called to Washington, D.C., to assist the Kennedy Administration and then the Johnson Administration's War on Poverty and Great Society. [11]
Shachtman, Michael Harrington, Kahn, and Rustin argued advocated a political strategy called "realignment," that prioritized strengthening labor unions and other progressive organizations that were already active in the Democratic Party. Contributing to the day-to-day struggles of the civil-rights movement and labor unions had gained socialists credibility and influence, and had helped to push politicians in the Democratic Party towards " social-liberal" or social-democratic positions, at least on civil rights and the War on Poverty. [12] [13]
Harrington, Kahn, and Horowitz were officers and staff-persons of the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), which helped to start the New Left Students for a Democratic Society(SDS). The three LID officers clashed with the less experienced activists of SDS, like Tom Hayden, when the latter's Port Huron Statement criticized socialist and liberal opposition to communism and criticized the labor movement while promoting students as agents of social change. [14] LID and SDS split in 1965, when SDS voted to remove from its constitution the "exclusion clause" that prohibited membership by communists: [15]The SDS exclusion clause had barred "advocates of or apologists for" "totalitarianism". [16] The clause's removal effectively invited "disciplined cadre" to attempt to "take over or paralyze" SDS, as had occurred to mass organizations in the thirties. [17] Afterwords, Marxism Leninism, particularly the Progressive Labor Party, helped to write "the death sentence" for SDS, [18] [19] [20]which nonetheless had over 100 thousand members at its peak.
In 1972, the Socialist Party voted to rename itself as Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA) by a vote of 73 to 34 at its December Convention; its National Chairmen were Bayard Rustin, a peace and civil-rights leader, and Charles S. Zimmerman, an officer of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). [21] In 1973, Michael Harrington resigned from SDUSA and founded the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC), which attracted many of his followers from the former Socialist Party. [22] The same year, David McReynolds and others from the pacifist and immediate-withdrawal wing of the former Socialist Party formed the Socialist Party, USA. [23]
Drucker, Peter (1994). Max Shachtman and his left: A socialist's odyssey through the "American Century". Humanities Press.
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Bayard Rustin was the national chairperson of SDUSA during the 1970s. SDUSA sponsored a biannual conference [1] that featured discussions, for which SDUSA invited outside academic, political, and labor-union leaders. These meetings also functioned as reunions for political activists and intellectuals, some of whom worked together for decades. [2] SDUSA also published position papers, e.g. opposing many of the G. W. Bush administration's domestic policies. [3] From 1979–1989, SDUSA members like Tom Kahn organized the AFL–CIO's fundraising of 300 thousand dollars, which bought printing presses and other supplies requested by Solidarnosc (Solidarity), the independent labor-union of Poland. [4] [5] [6] SDUSA members helped form a bipartisan coalition (of the Democratic and Republican Parties to support the founding of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), whose first President was Carl Gershman. The NED publicly allocated 4 million USD of public aid to Solidarity through 1989. [7] [8] Because of their service in government, Gershman and other SDUSA members were called "State Department socialists" by Massing (1987) , who wrote that the foreign policy of the Reagan administration was being run by Trotskyists, a claim that was called a "myth" by Lipset (1988, p. 34) . [9] This conspiracy charge has been repeated and even widened by journalist Michael Lind to assert a takeover of the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration by former Trotskyists; [10] Lind's "amalgamation of the defense intellectuals with the traditions and theories of 'the largely Jewish-American Trotskyist movement'" was criticized by Alan M. Wald, a professor at the University of Michigan who has written a history of Trotskism and neo-neoconservatism, The New York intellectuals. [11] [12]
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"became devotees of a former Trotskyist named Max Shachtman—a fact that today has taken on a life of its own. Tracing forward in lineage through me and a few other ex-YPSL’s [members of the Young Peoples Socialist League] turned neoconservatives, this happenstance has fueled the accusation that neoconservatism itself, and through it the foreign policy of the Bush administration, are somehow rooted in 'Trotskyism.'
I am more inclined to laugh than to cry over this, but since the myth has traveled so far, let me briefly try once more, as I have done at greater length in the past, to set the record straight.[See "The Neoconservative Cabal," Commentary, September 2003] The alleged connective chain is broken at every link. The falsity of its more recent elements is readily ascertainable by anyone who cares for the truth—namely, that George Bush was never a neoconservative and that most neoconservatives were never YPSL’s. The earlier connections are more obscure but no less false. Although Shachtman was one of the elder statesmen who occasionally made stirring speeches to us, no YPSL of my generation was a Shachtmanite. What is more, our mentors, Paul and Tom, had come under Shachtman’s sway years after he himself had ceased to be a Trotskyite.
The Shachtmanites, called the Realignment Caucus, in the SP-SDF argued that since organized labor supported the Democratic Party, they should join the Democratic Party and transform it into a left-wing party, with the Republicans becoming a right-wing party. Further, they argued that they should support the War in Vietnam to stop Communist expansion. In 1972, they supported Senator Henry Jackson for the Democratic presidential nomination, and re-named the party Social Democrats USA (SDUSA), dropping the term "socialist". While they retained membership in the Socialist International, they supported Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election and had moved sufficiently right by 1980, that many of their members served in the Reagan administration. [1]
Second opinions would be helpful. Thanks! Kiefer. Wolfowitz 05:46, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Years by various state for 2014 back to 1861 have been created, but are all these categories necessary, in addition to the main category eg Category:2008 in the United States? The content is largely elections in the state for which there is already a series of categories by year. See say Category:2008 in the United States by state, where for 2008 while California has 10 pages; and Arkansas, Connecticut and Texas one page each (plus the elections subcategory), the categories for the remaining 9 states only contain one subcategory for elections eg Category:Alabama elections, 2008. Most of the content of the 19th & 20th century years seem to relate to one state, California. Hugo999 ( talk) 02:23, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
So, I have been informed that I should seek permission to add your banner to articles. Should List of United States Foreign Service Career Ambassadors be bannered with this project? 65.93.15.213 ( talk) 04:22, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated United States Marine Corps for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 01:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
This notice is to advise interested editors that a Contributor copyright investigation has been opened which may impact this project. Such investigations are launched when contributors have been found to have placed copyrighted content on Wikipedia on multiple occasions. It may result in the deletion of images or text and possibly articles in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. The specific investigation which may impact this project is located here.
All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to CCI clean up. There are instructions for participating on that page. Additional information may be requested from the user who placed this notice, at the process board talkpage, or from an active CCI clerk. Thank you. MER-C 07:22, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey Editors,
I have some edits to suggest for the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee article, and I came here because the talk page for the article is a ghost town. I've outlined a potential conflict of interest on my bio page, so I wanted to get approval from others before I make any edits.
My suggested edits include the addition of information in the controversy section involving the resignation of one committee member following complaints of a conflict of interest, plus a lawsuit filed by two tobacco companies. Also, I would add a new section about the committee's recent decision on menthol cigarettes. I've put a draft of how I think the page should look in my sandbox, if any of you would be kind enough to take a look. Thanks so much! Balloccoli ( talk) 15:36, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Please comment here for the requested move for discussion of renaming to Aqua Teen Hunger Force to Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1. Thank you for your time. Regards, JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 08:25, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Currently there are over 1700 Unassessed articles in the project (and growing) plus 976 in the South Carolina project and another 848 in West Virginia. I have been talking to one of the bot operators about running a bot to autoassess some of these so that we can reduce that somewhat and don't have to do them all manually. Here is what I have proposed that the bot do if the article is Unassessed:
|auto=yes
, |auto=inherit
, or |auto=length
parameters to the articles it assesses so that we can manually review them if needed.I understand that some editors do not like auto-assessing articles and that the process of a bot auto-assessing an article is an imperfect one however assessing articles is subjective between users anyway and this at least gives us a general idea of the grade of the article without having to manually touch each and every one of the 2000+ articles that are currently unassessed. IMO a bot assessing an article as stub is close enough to give us a general idea of the amount of work the article needs.
Does anyone have a problem with doing this? I will also leave notes on the Supported projects talk pages shortly. -- Kumioko ( talk) 17:58, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
I have performed a review at Talk:United States Declaration of Independence/GA1. However, the nominator has exercised his WP:RTV. The article needs someone to adopt it and address my concerns in order to regain its GA status. I will allow seven days for someone to step forward.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 02:35, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, is it possible to convert WikiProject San Diego into a task force into WikiProject California? I left a note at WikiProject San Diego for any concerns. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 18:45, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Support is fine with me. Raymie ( t • c) 22:53, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
This article is rated "list class," but I just added information which I think moves it from a "list" to an "article." Could someone take a look and consider reevaluating it? Thanks! NearTheZoo ( talk) 13:17, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated USS Kentucky (BB-66) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 05:48, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Why is this bot removing state and city wikiprojects from articles? Why are photo requests being removed from assessments? Why are wikiproject work lists being removed? Why are assessments being changed? Did this activity get discussed with the affected wikiprojects? Vegaswikian ( talk) 18:36, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Glad vegaswikian brought it up -- I was wondering what was happening but too new to know who to ask Nevadaresident ( talk) 18:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)nevadaresident
My apologies for the bot's malfunction. I'd mis-configured it, so it was replacing {{ WikiProject Nevada}} instead of {{ WikiProject Nebraska}}. The bot is stopped now and I've checked all the pages where it replaced the template and it looks they were all taken care of by Vegaswikian. Many thanks for cleaning up after the bot, and apologies once again for the misconfiguration. - EdoDodo talk 19:32, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Articles on my watchlist, such as Aliante Station, that were tagged Wikiproject Nevada are now tagged Wikiproject Nebraska. I can take care of the ones on my watchlist, but it isn't a lot. Nevadaresident ( talk) 20:17, 12 August 2011 (UTC)nevadaresident
I spotted new User:UMDSpecColl making spam-like edits to Maryland related articles so I welcomed the user and linked the spam page. The user seems to be interested in participating in a larger way so I thought I'd bring this discussion to members' attention. This could be an opportunity to work with a state library special collection in a very positive way for both the pedia and the collection. BusterD ( talk) 21:22, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
They seem to only be semi-active as well, and might benefit from being added to this project. I swear we are not trying to upset our neighbors! Valfontis ( talk) 16:52, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
How many km2 were in Great Sioux Reservation in 1868?-- Kaiyr ( talk) 09:50, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
There are proposals to eliminate the categories for volunteers in the Peace Corps and VISTA ( Volunteers in Service to America, often called the "domestic Peace Corps").
Briefly, one argument for elimination is that a 2 year experience is not an essential part of the individuals. Kiefer. Wolfowitz 23:08, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Do to my busy real life and the feverish pace the tasks the project is doing this month I didn't have time to produce the newsletter until this week so for anyone who might be watching this page and wondering where its at there will be no WikiProject Newsletter for August. The next newsletter will by in September and there will be a lot of information in it so I encourage everyone to read it. If anyone has comments about the newsletter; Style, Layout, length, frequency, etc. or if you have ideas for what it should contain I invite you to make comments and they will be incorporated into the next version. I am thinking about changing the format to be a bit smaller so unless anyone has objections to that the one in September will have the new format. -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:46, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated List of United States Navy ratings for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. The Rambling Man ( talk) 12:26, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
I would like to do a bot run to tag some articles that start with United States, US, U.S. and American. Before I do this I wanted to give anyone interested a chance to discuss it and leave their comments. The links to the lists of articles are below:
A couple notes about these links:
In addition to this task I would like to start doing the same thing with several of the supported projects, starting with the states. I will compile a listing of the related articles that start with or contain the names of the various states (such as Colorado, Idaho, etc.) for tagging. I will leave a message here and on the projects talk page as I complete each list. -- Kumioko ( talk) 17:59, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi-with the addition of the /Section header and other subpages, something needs to be added to make the 'span' only 100% wide. The page is currently expanded out to the right quite a bit. I haven't been able to find which subpage yet needs to be fixed. Help is appreciated!! -- Funandtrvl ( talk) 03:21, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi. :) Some of you know me as User:Moonriddengirl. I'm not here in that capacity, though, but as one of my assignments under my contract for the Wikimedia Foundation, as its temporary community liaison. I've been asked to talk to a few projects and see if I can inspire some self-assessment: WMF wants to know what you think you guys are doing well and what might be improved. It would also be good if we can get some dialogue going on how projects can help welcome and nurture newcomers interested in their areas. User:Kumioko suggested that your project might be willing to help out. If you're willing, I'll set up a subpage so we can talk without overwhelming this one and keep the conversation concentrated in one area. That page will be included in my report to the WMF along with my summary of the conversation (which I will present for your approval before submitting).
Are you guys willing to chat? -- Maggie Dennis (WMF) ( talk) 13:55, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
FYI-there is a new Category:WikiProject United States newsletters for organizing the newsletter-related pages. Also, I updated the colors on the project's navbox to match the tab header's colors. Hope you like it! -- Funandtrvl ( talk) 22:41, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey WikiProject United States members! I wanted to let you know that the Wikipedia Ambassador Program is working with a number of U.S. politics-related classes in the fall 2011 term, and we're looking for experienced Wikipedians with interest in the subject area to support some of these classes. If you're interested, please let me know.-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 16:38, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:1st Filipino Infantry Regiment (United States)#Before FAR. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 21:48, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
The text of the following notice was written by Gerry D on my talk page. I'm reproducing here in the interest of seeking broad participation in the discussion. older ≠ wiser 13:53, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
I realize that category talk pages are not the usual place for discussions, but I think this is the best place for this discussion. It covers all of the townships in Pennsylvania. There has been much discussion lately about how township names in Pennsylvania should be titled. Some go for X Township, Pennsylvania. Others want X Township, Y County, Pennsylvania. Of course there are many Washington Townships in Pennsylvania so they and others like it will need to include the county name in the title. The townships in question are the unique ones like
Horton Township and
Plunketts Creek Township. I think it is best to limit this discussion to Pennsylvania. If other wikiprojects want to do it differently that is fine. The status of townships vary greatly from state to state.
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I would like a third party to take a look at. I have tried to edit it, but I am getting reverted by a possible WP:SPA named Mayor Smith ( talk · contribs) that I feel is having some WP:COI issues.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 05:46, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
None of the major registries recognize Chihuahua as part of the Rat Terriers foundation stock. It is believed the Chihuahua been crossbred in as early as the 1980's and was done mainly to make a small easy to sale dog using the Rat Terriers good reputation. They are now part of what is being called "toy rat terrier", "tiny tot rat terriers" and "merle rat terriers" none of which are accepted by any of the major reputable registries i.e. AKC (American Kennel Club) or UKC (Uninted Kennels Club).
Rat Terriers was made mostly from working terriers. They needed them to be fast, strong and agile they also need that hunting instinct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darlaknd ( talk • contribs) 20:01, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Mariano Laya Armington#Notability. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 15:35, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated the article 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment (United States) for FA. The review can be found here. Comments from reviewers are needed to help determine whether the article meets the criteria for featured articles; all editors are invited to participate. Any assistance with this nomination would be greatly appretiated. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 00:38, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
The September 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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talk) 03:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Your attention is called to a requested change in name of the above article. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 22:37, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
I really must protest the boilerplate being used to add information to U.S. communities. It is capitalizing white, which should be lower-cased, and it is giving the amount of the ocean or rivers or lakes or whatever to areas that are almost completely dry. Also it is using a percent symbol (%) in text when it should be in a word, percent. And it is substituting the governmental jargon "census-designated place" for the more normal and accepted "Unincorporated community." Now I have to go through all the articles I am watching and correct everything. I asked the operator of the bot how to protest this, but have received no reply. (I must say, though, that the boilerplate for 2010 is much better than the 2000 version.) Anyway, help, help and more help! is needed. Who decided on this boilerplate, and where is the WP:consensus? Sincerely, your pal, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 02:40, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Now that users are adding 2010 Census data to various articles, there are numerous specific issues needing resolution on how to document the 2010 Census. Because they affect a diverse range of United States articles, this seems like the ideal place to discuss them. I'll start a couple of discussions here as subtopics of this topic, and start inviting other participants. -- Orlady ( talk) 18:54, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
The census designated place (CDP) is a unit that is, as far as I know, unique to the U.S. Census. The 2010 Census saw a great increase in the number of CDPs in some parts of the country. In some cases, there was an existing article about the populated place that has now been designated a CDP, but in other cases, new articles are being created for CDPs to hold the census statistical data for the newly designated entities. As alluded to above, there is a history of edit-warring over the terminology for CDPs. I hope we can prevent some future edit wars by adopting some semi-standard conventions regarding how to name, describe, and cross-reference CDPs. To get discussion started, I suggest the following typology and conventions for CDPs (numbered solely for convenience in discussion):
-- Orlady ( talk) 18:54, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know of this discussion. I dislike any title with "CDP" in it for a few reasons: 1. abbreviations should be avoided in titles 2. few people outside of those specifically attuned to the subject have any idea what CDP means 3. most people looking for a place may not know its status vis-a-vis the census (a status which may change each census) 4. it just lacks simplicity, elegance, and permanence
If the name is one that the Census folks pulled out of thin air, then there will be no confusion in calling it Thin Air, State; if there is another Thin Air in that State, if it is the more prominent (or say, incorporated) then it gets Thin Air, State and the other gets disambiguated; if neither is obviously the major use of the term, then Thin Air, State can be a disambiguation page, and we then disambiguate articles the normal way (by county, parish in Louisiana, borough in Alaska), so Thin Air, County 1, State vs. Thin Air, County 2, State.
If there was an unincorporated community that was made a CDP, it is handled in the same manner. For example: Rolling Hills, California is the city in Los Angeles County - the primary use of the name, and Rolling Hills, Madera County, California is the CDP in Madera county, hatdabbed at the city article, but not Rolling Hills CDP, California because before 2010 it wasn't a CDP and may not be in 2020 ( WP:CRYSTAL).
Carlossuarez46 ( talk) 19:19, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps rather than than naming an article X (Village/town/city/CDP), Y an article should be simply X, Y with whether it is incorporated, unincorporated, CDP, etc. in an entomology/terminology/designation section. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 17:05, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Just speaking more about the New Hampshire situation, we merged most of the CDP articles (thanks to Polaron's initial suggestion) into their respective towns a few years ago, after it became clear that people were starting to add duplicate material to the CDP and the town articles. We had one case ( Conway, New Hampshire) where the Conway CDP was smaller than the North Conway CDP, so the Conway CDP article was kept separately. I would support changing the article name to "Conway (village), New Hampshire" in this case. With the 2010 census, a few more cases of this sort have arisen ( Goffstown, for instance, versus Pinardville), where I have simply redirected a new Goffstown CDP article title to the town article. I'd be open to converting the Goffstown CDP redirect to a "Goffstown (village)" article if that's where we're headed. As for the "Oxoboxo River"-type name that no one uses, we have an East Merrimack, New Hampshire that is of that type. I would prefer we stick with the existing article title, as it is the simplest way to name it, and simply mention the usage or non-usage of the name within the article, as is currently the case. -- Ken Gallager ( talk) 12:45, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
With new census data, the demographics sections of the US named places articles will need to be updated. Is there a way to remove this phrase? I think it is borderline non-English; it is certainly not meaningful. Jd2718 ( talk) 19:15, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
The phrase appears to occur in the vast majority of our articles. Jd2718 ( talk) 19:16, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
I have found it challenging to cite the 2010 Census, since there don't seem to be good ways of linking to any page at the new http://factfinder2.census.gov/ website, other than the home page. I've thought about listing the name and number of any data report I cite (for example, the geography-specific "DP-1, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data" is the source for most of the data that Wikipedia typically reports). One source that looks handy -- and seems to provide stable links for specific geographies -- is this University of Missouri data compilation. That source currently has total population counts and ethnicity data for the total population.
Has anyone else found good data sources and/or ways to cite factfinder2? -- Orlady ( talk) 12:10, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Increasingly, reliable secondary sources of 2010 Census dates, like that U. of Missouri site, are popping up. However, one thing I have not seen yet is a source for the geographic areas of "places" in the 2010 Census. States and counties can be assumed to be geographically the same as they were in 2000, but municipalities and CDPs are likely to have changed due to annexations and redefinitions. I don't know how to extract this information from Factfinder, and I have a hunch that the 2000 values were developed from GIS output by a tech-savvy Wikipedian. Does anyone here have insights as to how that was done -- or who did it? -- Orlady ( talk) 14:03, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
We still need to define standard boilerplate for these sections. To start discussion, here's some slightly streamlined language for reporting the same information that was reported for 2000:
Note that I've eliminated the offensive capital W on "white", simplified some wording, eliminated repetitive links, and delinked Marriage. -- Orlady ( talk) 23:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
This redirect is up for discussion. Please see WP:RFD#Wikipedia:Moon landing. Simply south.... .. creating lakes for 5 years 20:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
I created a new template to display state economic data: Template:Infobox subnational economy. The idea is to eventually put this template on all the "Economy of ..." articles. So far I have the template up on Economy of Virginia. Please take a look at the template and give feedback on the template design, data fields, etc.-- Bkwillwm ( talk) 01:55, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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Jayhawker needs some attention from an expert - lots of unencyclopedic, non-NPOV comments have crept back in. - PKM ( talk) 19:53, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
There is an article State governments of the United States and U.S. state that describes the general functions of all state government in an objective tone.
What is lacking is an article that describes real problems/powers/lack of power with various state governments. Right now there is no place for telling a foreign reader that each state registers vehicles, unusual for a sub-federal level government unit in most countries. No place to talk about extraditing accused citizens from another state. No place to discuss joint suits by various state attorneys general, etc.
Could be something like "Politics of State governments of the United States" except Americans get confused by the word "politics" (they think it is campaigns or elections) and, anyway, this title is a bit of a mouthful. Student7 ( talk) 22:58, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
This helps with research of old post offices WhisperToMe ( talk) 21:15, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
A user and I are in a debate over whether a select number of prisons should be listed in county templates.
To help the users of the WikiProject United States, I have assembled a series of facts to help with the understanding of the issue.
The following templates are affected:
Relating to the following articles:
As seen here, the US GNIS treats all three prisons as populated places and have GNIS ID designations as populated places.
Several state highway maps treat them as places too, designating points on maps of where the prison is, as if its a regular town. This is the case with Parchman, ( See this page - and also see State of Mississippi Sunflower County Highway Map - Parchman is given the marker for "Other Cities and Villages") and Angola ( On this map as "Cities, Towns of Villages") while in current highway maps this is not the case for Cummins ( "Cummins" is not listed in the current Lincoln County, AR highway map).
These prisons have on-site housing for employees and dependents. Two of them have post offices. All of them have children (dependents of employees) who attend local schools. Several have their own sewage treatment plants. All have their own fire/EMS stations.
In Louisiana LSP is often referred to as "Angola, Louisiana" and in Mississippi MSP is often called "Parchman, Mississippi" - "Free world" people who live on those facilities say they live in "Angola, LA" and "Parchman, MS"
I argue that these prisons (only prisons with GNIS IDs as "populated places") should be treated as "populated places" and therefore listed on Wikipedia county templates because the GNIS is treating them as populated places. The other user argues that we should not do such a thing, because it is not possible for a place to be a prison and a community at the same time.
The GNIS designates a populated place as "Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. Distinct from Census and Civil classes." [3] - All three prisons are in unincorporated areas, and all three have permanent "free world" residents.
Now, the user suggested separating the "community" aspect of the prisons from the prison articles themselves (i.e. having "Parchman, MS" as a separate article). But I feel that this cannot be done unless one can write an extensive history of the place before it became a part of prison property and that the place name was used back then. As it stands now for all three the community IS a part of the prison (the housing is owned by the state, and all residents are employees or dependents of employees) - and the prison IS a part of the community.
See the talk pages:
Thanks, WhisperToMe ( talk) 02:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Due to the rather destructive upgrade of Wikipedia I am having an extremely hard time editing to include working on the newsletter and other project related functions. I will attempt to get the Newsleter completed and will continue to develop the project but it may be a couple weeks before the upgrade issues are worked out so its possible there may not be a newsletter for October. I will post back here with any updates. -- Kumioko ( talk) 15:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I would like to propose that WP US should establish a Memphis, Tennessee area task force.
It would cover the Memphis MSA, which would include territory in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Because the territory would be in multiple states, I propose making a Memphis task force the child of the USA project. Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 09:35, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
WP:NRHP is having a Fall Photo Contest running from Oct. 21-Dec. 4, 2011. I'd like to encourage anybody who enjoys photography, and anybody who is interested in historic places to participate. One way that an individual editor or a project can participate is to include their own challenge. For example, somebody here might want to include a challenge such as "A barnstar will be awarded to the photographer who adds the most photos of NRHP listed Post Offices to the NRHP county lists." To sponsor a challenge all you need to do is come up with an idea, post it on the contest page, and do the bit of work needed to judge the winner(s).
Any and all contributions appreciated.
Smallbones ( talk) 02:35, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Your input is sought at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Kiefer.Wolfowitz -- Elen of the Roads ( talk) 21:31, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
This article argues that American science education is not causing lesser numbers of Americans to appear in university research positions, but instead the way the science job market is structured. WhisperToMe ( talk) 14:24, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
A collaboration is being organized to promote this article to GA. Interested editors should join the discussion here. – Lionel ( talk) 02:35, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
{{ U.S. Senator row}} , {{ Start U.S. Senator}} , {{ End U.S. Senator}} , have been nominated for deletion. These are currently unused, however, it appears that lists of US senators by state table articles use plain wikitable code instead of templatized rows. So, is it preferable to use a template or plain wikicode? 70.24.251.158 ( talk) 05:12, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:John Quincy Adams#WP tags. There are duplicate WP tags for the "Presidential elections" WikiProject, need input about which importance level should be assessed. Funandtrvl ( talk) 17:51, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone know if there is work happening to 'bot' fix every US populated place article (state, county, city, town, township, village, etc, etc) with 2010 census info instead of the current 2000 census info that is present? Is this being discussed somewhere? Is there is techie to do this? Hmains ( talk) 18:52, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
There is a Request for comment at Talk:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Request_for_comment. Please do; constructive suggestions particularly welcome. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:02, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
I recently created the 99 Percent Declaration article, and now it's been nominated for deletion and rescue. I have lots of possible sources on the talk page, but I would feel more comfortable if there were other editors. Would you please help improve it? Or at least chime in on the deletion discussion or respond to the questions on the talk page? Thank you. Dualus ( talk) 19:34, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Orion (spacecraft). Since you had some involvement with the Orion (spacecraft) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). 65.94.77.11 ( talk) 11:05, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I've just come across The Iran lobby in the United States, an orphaned article which looks potentially quite problematic - I don't know much about the topic, but it reads fairly one-sided, and may not be appropriate for a Wikipedia article. (Apart from anything else, a contribution by a user called "Minitrue Propdep" is faintly alarming). Could someone with expertise take a look? If need be, it may need deleting, or partially merging into Iran – United States relations.
Thanks, Shimgray | talk | 10:30, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Can someone with knowledge of Los Angeles, merge the two duplicate articles together, Los Angeles Fifth District and Los Angeles City Council District 5 ? I don't know enough about LA to know what parts of Los Angeles Fifth District should just be ignored, or if a simple conversion to a redirect should be done. 65.94.77.11 ( talk) 04:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello, project. Could someone please check if this assessment is valid? Many thanks, Chzz ► 20:13, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
We need a broader spectrum of opinion at Talk:Native_Americans_in_the_United_States#Strychnine with concurrent edits in the article. Thanks. Student7 ( talk) 14:25, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Rosa Parks for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 03:36, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Due in large part to some of the new Wikipedia upgrades (it takes several minutes to load my Watchlist) and a very large increase of things in my real life I am not going to be able to participate as much as I used too. I have also grown a bit tired of the bickering and general attitude that many editors are displaying that they would rather do things individually than to collaborate and work together. All of these just make it too hard for me to edit and do the things that I think need to be done to help the project.
With that said if the members of the project want to continue to have a working project with a collaboration and newsletter then some folks need to come forward and make that happen. I just don't have the time to wait 5 minutes for WP to load a page and then have to fight about everything. If anyone has questions or needs assistance I would be glad to help out but until WP can fix the screwy new updates there's not much I can do. -- Kumioko ( talk) 15:35, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I found a source that discusses Hispanic assimilation in the USA and drinking while being pregnant. It says that as assimilation increases, drinking while being pregnant increases:
Hope it helps WhisperToMe ( talk) 13:18, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Sunset Boulevard (film) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 05:56, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
Check this out: Time lapse 12,225 mile journey around US in 5 minutes by Brian DeFrees FYI.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 19:27, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southside Composite Squadron if anybody is interested in taking a look. Safiel ( talk) 04:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
{{ United States political party shading}} has very low contrast between text and background colours; technically, it fails WCAG AA luminosity tests, and thus breaches the relevant section of our manual of style. See discussion at Template talk:United States political party shading#Accessibility. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:11, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
This United States Virgin Islands work group of WikiProject Caribbean isn't very active anymore. It has only one member. I would suggest a to add this work group to the supported project here. I have begin a discussion at the work group's talk page for any comments. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 07:30, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
An editor has been removing the links to month-and-day articles, claiming that WP:LINKING (and specifically WP:LINKING#Chronological items) prohibits it. I say it clearly does not prohibit it, as this is an intrinsically chronological article. However, if the project doesn't want the links, you can say that you don't want them, and I won't object further. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 22:32, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Good day. Two years ago, some users tried to merge all infoboxes of sub-federal states into {{ Infobox settlement}}. Consensus ruled that doing so would not be a good idea because the sub-federal infoboxes purposefully do not include some of the features of {{ Infobox settlement}} and do include other fields, such as the number of seats in the federal legislature and the date of joining the union. In those respects, the three infoboxes {{ Infobox U.S. state}}, {{ Infobox province or territory of Canada}}, and {{ Australia state or territory}} are very similar to eachother, but they put fields in a slightly different order and look slightly different. In the interest of standardization, would you be interested in jointly creating {{ Infobox federated state}} to make sure that the infoboxes for states, provinces, and territories of the U.S., Canada, and Australia all keep a common design? I think that the differences that currently exist between the three templates are small enough that we could come to an agreement about how to resolve them. — Arctic Gnome ( talk • contribs) 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
May I suggest that we do it similar to how Infobox person is done with smaller module Infobox's that can be embedded in it. We could use one template that has the majority of the parameters and then we could use the others for anything that doesn't fit in the main one if needed. Also, looking at Category:Country subdivision infobox templates this is a much bigger issue than just the 2 or 3 infoboxes listed above. -- Kumioko ( talk) 14:27, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
It is going to require some coding changes to the templates and some of these templates are fairly complicated. I would recommend we approach this in three parts. I also think that we need to involve some of the other major WikiProjects that deal with these infoboxes such as Australia, History, USHistory and others.
The redirects Next great american city and The next great american city, which currently point to West Palm Beach, Florida, have been nominated for deletion or retargetting, possibly to Philadelphia. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 December 1#Next great american city. Thryduulf ( talk) 01:45, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
I found a source, but I'm not sure if we have an article about British cultural perspectives of the USA...
WhisperToMe ( talk) 03:41, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
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Kumioko (
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It has come to my attention that article United States Constitution, which formerly held a place of honor, has slipped badly this year and last, having become bloated with WP:FORKs of History of the United States Constitution and Philadelphia Convention and perhaps a few others. I would appreciate some help in distinguishing the parts that should move from those that should die. Jim.henderson ( talk) 03:24, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion taking place at WT:HWY regarding the potential use of coordinates in highway articles. Your input is welcomed. -- Rs chen 7754 01:42, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
I've seen many articles that I'm involved with getting the WikiProject United States banner. Some were a bit of a reach (e.g. Calvin Rutstrum) a US author who wrote more about travels in Canada than the USA.) Also appears that any article that is about anyone who is an American is within the scope of these tags. I have no problem with any specific tags, but with this much of a reach / broad definition, it looks like you'll end up tagging maybe a 1/2 million articles as being in the project. Is that viable / do you really want that? Sincerely, North8000 ( talk) 14:09, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
the U/S for Political Affairs is no longer WIlliam Burns. It is now Wendy Sherman. Please update! 72.229.9.252 ( talk) 15:20, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
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I have nominated Federalist No. 10 for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 02:34, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Please see User:The ed17/NARA to brainstorm ideas and a structure on how we can help make the National Archives ExtravaSCANza a success, in the hope that such events will continue in the future. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:26, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
I noticed today that User:Rreagan007 again removed the word "Commonwealth" from the bold titles, that's the first words of an article, from the pages about Virginia and Massachusetts. The user previously removed this from the title on those pages, as well as the other two commonwealths, Kentucky and Pennsylvania earlier this month on December 3, all with the edit summary of "formatting". This isn't the first time this has come up, and I'd like some feedback as to which way we should go with these articles' titles. One can note that commonwealth is the proper name of these places, but also that Wikipedia doesn't always go with the proper name. The policy at WP:BEGINNING does give editors ample leeway when it comes to these things, and the pages could also start "The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a..." with only the exact title bolded. Thoughts?-- Patrick, oѺ∞ 22:04, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
The MOS isn't as clear as it could be. (From WP:BEGINNING) "When the page title is used as the subject of the first sentence, it may appear in a slightly different form, and it may include variations, including synonyms." Not particularly clear. - Achowat ( talk) 20:27, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
(undent) As the title of the article is "Virginia" I think "Virgina" should be first. Also, it would help maintain format consistency with the other state articles as they all begin with the common name rather than the more formal "State of..." title. In addition, now that all the state articles have the pronunciation parenthetical right after the bolded state name, I think it makes more sense to keep the short form name with the pronunciation parenthetical after it as close to the beginning of the article as possible. Rreagan007 ( talk) 00:46, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
I would like The Great Lakes Region to become a proper noun.
Uncapitalized, common regions can be created by anyone. Anyone can call anything a region.
Regions become proper in four ways: (1) formal political designation, the way the US Census has designated national "Regions" for both census and federal administrative purposes; (2) by becoming judicatories -- geographic designates -- of official bodies that include "regions" as one of their geographic divisions, such as "The Great Lakes Region" of the United Auto Workers; (3) by common usage, such as "The Midwest", which is commonly thought to include the American states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa; although no formal designation of the region by the federal government has ever been made following those boundaries.
I argue that The Great Lakes fulfills all three of these nominations.
The Great Lakes Commission implements the Great Lakes Compact for conserving and improving the water and ecology of the Great Lakes; and designates the region.
A number of athletic, corporate, labor, cooperative, industrial, and fraternal organizations include bi-national designations of Ontario and one, two or more American states within the Region.
And a number of scholars, managers and institutions have already so designated, notably Richard White's classic "The Middle Ground: Empires, Republics and Indians in The Great Lakes Region 1620-1815"; the standard aquacultural management manual about safe practices in The Great Lakes Region; and the Joyce Foundation's grant program for The Great Lakes Region.
Anybody agree? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GreatLakesdemocracy ( talk • contribs) 06:14, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Several USN and CS Navy ship images have been placed for deletion as providing no source. The description pages show a claim of US government ownership of the images. See Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2012 January 3 -- 76.65.128.132 ( talk) 07:53, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
This is a useful page for me. But the list of medical schools could easily be made more valuable by including a fixed column of line numbers so that the rank of a school according to any sorting would be immediately evident. I imagine this is easy to do although I would have to learn stuff to do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.135.90 ( talk) 05:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
This statement was copied from the talk page of United States Virgin Islands. Ive seen variations of this at other articles. Is there a specific place where "standards" are discussed or listed? or is this just meant to be a general pointer to this project? i removed the word "standards" from the sentence there, until i can get clarification. If replied to here, please drop a note at my talk page in addition. thanks. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 06:38, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
I found the U.S. Census Factfinder - It says it is ending on January 20, 2012. Please use http://webcitation.org to back up any and all citations from the 2000 U.S. Census Factfinder!
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WhisperToMe ( talk) 14:27, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Assistance is requested as a new editor is violating an MOS and is not responding to requests to talk. The new editor is also violating WP:NOTPROMOTION through attempts to edit as Filipino Americans & List of Filipino Americans in a way to enhance an individual's notability. -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 00:26, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Filipino American#Spinout proposal. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 01:16, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
List of locations in the United States with an English name is a mess. There's no inclusion/exclusion criteria, and we end up with any place with an English-sounding name. For instance, Lincoln, Alabama is in the list, but that town was actually named for American army officer Benjamin Lincoln. The list of inaccuracies goes on and on.
How can we make this list actually useful? Require a reference for every entry? -- JaGa talk 19:54, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I wanted to drop a note here to let people involved in this project know about an open FA nomination for William S. Clark. His article is not currently part of WikiProject United States, but it probably should be. Clark was an American educator who helped establish Sapporo Agricultural College which became Hokkaido University and was a significant figure in East/West relations of that era. I hope that some folks from this project might be inclined to comment. The nomination can be found here. Thanks. Historical Perspective ( talk) 14:26, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
This has led to a lot of articles, particularly Mississippi-, Kentucky- and Utah-related ones, being assessed as Top-priority that should probably only be Mid or Low here, as we generally agreed that broad umbrella topics or very important biographies or whatnot. This isn't the case right now; according to categorization, Egg Bowl is top importance here. I've started cleaning some of these up, but I'd appreciate some help Purpleback pack 89≈≈≈≈ 19:03, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
New template for Inline tags (tags added at the end of sentences) has been created that may be useful to project members.
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I created the Biosecurity in the United States as a split from the biosecurity article. It needs work. -- Alan Liefting ( talk) - 07:30, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
-- Kumioko ( talk) 20:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
I have nominated Katie Holmes for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Brad ( talk) 17:18, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello editors interested in Abraham Lincoln. I just created a proposal for a new WikiProject with a focus on Lincoln, similar to the WikiProject that exists for Barack Obama. Please feel free to comment on my proposal at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Abraham Lincoln. – Muboshgu ( talk) 22:38, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
This is really interesting — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.219.47.42 ( talk) 03:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
I would appreciate it if interested parties would have a look at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas, specifically about the Redesign of the project's main page, and about it joining WikiProject United States. For all intents and purposes, this project has reached a comatose state of involvement. Editors are creating and contributing to Texas articles. But the project site itself has been pretty dead on its own for a long time. Anything anyone add to the current discussions on that page would be appreciated. Maile66 ( talk) 21:07, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Is there somewhere on Internet some data about all US states by race and/or religion? -- 84.245.231.134 ( talk) 17:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)