Talk:Scouting in Massachusetts

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[edit] Organization

Would Wikipedians entertain the idea of having the Councils-by-state sections recategorized to "Scouting in Arizona", "Scouting in Washington", and so on, rather than a list of every council and district? The reason I would like this considered is

1) no other country's Scouting articles are divided into such minute details (except for The Scout Association of Hong Kong, and really, is that much minutiae important or interesting to the reader?)

2) many councils that a reader may choose to look up, like the Fitchburg Area Council of Massachusetts or the Vigilante Area Council of Montana, went extinct 30+ years ago, yet may be of interest in a more state-based article

3) many states like Alaska share a communal Scout history, only fairly recently being broken into smaller councils, others like North Dakota had several merged into one, and some Scouting histories are better told encompassing an entire state. The fact that Scouts in California prior to the charter of the BSA were the youth arm of the California Highway Patrol, or the fact that Connecticut, while having only eight counties, has had 22 councils over the course of its history, would be well-included in a statewide article

Chris 00:52, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Currently, we have the information pertaining to specific councils clustered in articles by state, right? What, then, is the difference between the 'Councils-by-state sections' and " 'Scouting in Arizona', 'Scouting in Washington', and so on"? Or do articles on singular councils still exist? If so, I think that this discussion should be taken to the Scouting portal. Bcaff 13:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

This was originally posted back before we did that. Chris 02:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rating

With some refs and history, this'd be a B-class article. Rlevse 10:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Historical council information to be folded in

Massachusetts Andover 1917 1918
Massachusetts Northampton 1917 1918
Massachusetts Orange 1917 1918
Massachusetts Beverly 1917 1919
Massachusetts Bridgewater 1917 1919
Massachusetts Foxboro 1917 1919
Massachusetts Groton 1917 1919
Massachusetts Harvard 1917 1919
Massachusetts North Adams 1917 1919
Massachusetts Norwood 1917 1919
Massachusetts Stoughton 1917 1919
Massachusetts Williamstown 1917 1919
Massachusetts Weston 1919
Massachusetts Greenfield 1917 1920
Massachusetts Chelsea 1918 1920
Massachusetts First Middlesex Massachusetts 1918 1920 disbanded to 223, 241 and 246 1920
Massachusetts Mishawum 1918 1920
Massachusetts Amherst 1919 1920
Massachusetts Plymouth 1920
Massachusetts Salem 1919 1921
Massachusetts Sommerville 1919 1921
Massachusetts Stoneham 1920 1923
Massachusetts 252 Winchester 1922 1929 changed to 811 1929
Massachusetts 850 Massachusetts Bay Federated 1976 1979 disbanded to 227, 229, 235 and 240 1979
Massachusetts 224 Barnstable County 1915 1925 changed name to Cape Cod 224 1925
Massachusetts 224 Cape Cod 1925 1981 changed name to Cape Cod and Islands 224 1981
Massachusetts 224 Cape Cod and Islands 1981 1995 May 1 changed name to Cape Cod and the Islands 224 1995 May 1
Massachusetts 224 Cape Cod and The Islands 1995 May 1
Massachusetts 225 Annawon 1930
Massachusetts Greater Boston 1911 1918 changed name to Municipal Boston 227 1918
Massachusetts Revere 1918 1919 merged into Boston 227 1930 1919
Massachusetts 242 Medford 1918 1920 ended reformed in 1924 1920
Massachusetts 227 Municipal Boston 1918 1921 changed name to Boston 227 1921
Massachusetts 243 Melrose 1920 1924 merged into Malden 240 1924
Massachusetts 225 Belmont 1919 1925 merged into Arlington 223 1925
Massachusetts 223 Arlington 1922 1926 changed name to Sachem 223 1926
Massachusetts 230 Concord 1919 1926 merged into Waltham-Watertown-Concord 250 1926
Massachusetts 249 Bear Hill 1924 1926 merged into Medford 242 1926
Massachusetts 250 Waltham 1922 1926 changed name to Waltham and Watertown 250 1926
Massachusetts 250 Waltham and Watertown 1926 merged into Waltham-Watertown-Concord 250 1926
Massachusetts 251 Watertown 1923 1926 merged into Waltham 250 1926
Massachusetts 250 Waltham-Watertown-Concord 1926 1927 changed name to Waltham-Watertown-Concord-Wellesley 250 1927
Massachusetts 727 Chelsea 1926 1927 changed name to Inter-City 727 1927
Massachusetts 244 Dedham 1922 1928 merged into Boston 227 1928
Massachusetts 250 Waltham-Watertown-Concord-Wellesley 1927 1928 changed name to Minuteman 250 1928
Massachusetts 727 Inter-City 1927 1928 merged into Boston 227 1928
Massachusetts 770 Sommerville 1927 1930 merged into Boston 227 1930
Massachusetts 811 Winchester 1929 1930 merged into Medford 242 1930
Massachusetts 242 Medford 1924 1932 changed name to Fellsland 242 1932
Massachusetts 250 Minuteman 1928 1932 merged into Sachem 223 1932
Massachusetts 240 Malden 1920 1933 changed name to Quannapowitt 240 1933
Massachusetts 223 Sachem 1926 1959 merged into Minuteman 240 1959
Massachusetts 240 Quannapowitt 1933 1959 merged into Minuteman 240 1959
Massachusetts 242 Fellsland 1932 1959 merged into Minuteman 240 1959
Massachusetts 248 Quincy 1918 1966 merged into Boston 227 1966
Massachusetts 227 Boston 1921 1980 changed name to Greater Boston 227 1980
Massachusetts 227 Greater Boston 1980 1993 April 1 merged into Boston Minuteman 227 1993 April 1
Massachusetts 240 Minuteman 1959 1993 April 1 merged into Boston Minuteman 227 1993 April 1
Massachusetts 227 Boston Minuteman 1993 April 1 http://www.bsaboston.org
Massachusetts 229 Cambridge 1919
Massachusetts 232 Gardner 1921 1924 changed name to Monadnock 232 1924
Massachusetts 231 Fitchburg Area 1918 1965 merged into Nashua Valley 230 1965
Massachusetts 237 Wachusett 1921 1965 merged into Nashua Valley 230 1965
Massachusetts 232 Monadnock 1924 1993 January 1 merged into Nashua Valley 230 1993 January 1
Massachusetts 230 Nashua Valley 1965
Massachusetts 234 Springfield 1915 1923 changed name to Hampden County 234 1923
Massachusetts 236 Holyoke Area 1923 1949 changed name to Mount Tom 236 1949
Massachusetts 234 Hampden County 1923 1960 merged into Pioneer Valley 234 1960
Massachusetts 236 Mount Tom 1949 1960 merged into Pioneer Valley 234 1960
Massachusetts 234 Pioneer Valley 1960
Massachusetts Saugus 1919 1921 merged into Lynn 239 1921
Massachusetts 238 Lowell Area 1912 1926 changed name to Greater Lowell 238 1926
Massachusetts 338 Lowell 1915 1929 changed name to Greater Lowell Area 238 1929
Massachusetts 253 Winthrop 1918 1930 merged into Lynn 239 1930
Massachusetts 239 Lynn 1919 1936 changed name to Bay Shore 239 1936
Massachusetts 239 Bay Shore 1936 1966 merged into North Bay 236 1966
Massachusetts 701 North Shore 1925 1966 merged into North Bay 236 1966
Massachusetts 236 North Bay 1966 1993 January 1 merged into Yankee Clipper 236 1993 January 1
Massachusetts 712 North Essex 1925 1993 January 1 merged into Yankee Clipper 236 1993 January 1
Massachusetts 749 Lone Tree 1926 1993 January 1 merged into Yankee Clipper 236 1993 January 1
Massachusetts 238 Greater Lowell 1927 19991215 merged into Yankee Clipper 236 19991215
Massachusetts 236 Yankee Clipper 1993 January 1
Massachusetts 226 Pittsfield 1915 1922 changed name to Southern Berkshire County 226 1922
Massachusetts 226 Southern Berkshire County 1922 1923 changed name to Berkshire County 226 1923
Massachusetts 235 Hampshire County 1922 1930 changed name to Hampshire-Franklin 235 1930
Massachusetts 226 Berkshire County 1923 1955 changed name to Berkshire 226 1955
Massachusetts 226 Berkshire 1955 1969 merged into Great Trails 243 1969
Massachusetts 235 Hampshire-Franklin 1930 1969 merged into Great Trails 243 1969
Massachusetts 243 Great Trails 1969
Massachusetts 241 Marlboro and Framingham 1919 1925 changed name to Algonquin 241 1925
Massachusetts 241 Algonquin 1925 1996 April 1 merged into Knox Trail 244 1996 April 1
Massachusetts 246 Norumbega 1918 1996 April 1 merged into Knox Trail 244 1996 April 1
Massachusetts 244 Knox Trail 1996 April 1
Massachusetts 245 New Bedford 1916 1924 changed name to New Bedford and Fairhaven 245 1924
Massachusetts 245 New Bedford and Fairhaven 1924 1926 changed name to New Bedford 245 1926
Massachusetts 245 New Bedford 1926 1933 changed name to New Bedford and Fairhaven Area 245 1933
Massachusetts 245 New Bedford and Fairhaven Area 1933 1935 changed name to Cachalot 245 1935
Massachusetts 233 Fall River Area 1916 1946 changed name to Massasoit 233 1946
Massachusetts 245 Cachalot 1935 1971 merged into Moby Dick 245 1971
Massachusetts 233 Massasoit 1946 1972 merged into Moby Dick 245 1972
Massachusetts 588 Cachalot 1935 1972 merged into Moby Dick 245 1972
Massachusetts 245 Moby Dick 1971
Massachusetts 249 Reading 1917 1924 changed name to Bear Hill 249 1924
Massachusetts 228 Brockton 1919 1936 changed name to Squanto 228 1936
Massachusetts 228 Squanto 1936 1969 merged into Old Colony 249 1969
Massachusetts 247 Old Colony 1914 1969 merged into Old Colony 249 1969
Massachusetts 249 Old Colony 1969
Massachusetts 254 Worcester Area 1915 1955 changed name to Mohegan 254 1955
Massachusetts 254 Mohegan 1955