Wikipedia:WikiProject Syracuse, New York

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Downtown Syracuse skyline.

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Syracuse, New York. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the goals, tasks, and projects below.

After discussion, this WikiProject was started on July 31, 2006.

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Cleanups/Expansions of the Week
The Near Westside is one of the oldest Syracuse neighborhoods. In the early 1900s there were many wealthy families living along West Onondaga Street in many very large homes. The mayor of Syracuse lived in one of those homes. There was a beautiful fountain with many statues at onondaga circle where West Onondaga Street and Delaware Street come together. See Talk:Near Westside, Syracuse for the to-do list. See Cleanup of the week below to add articles that need to be cleaned up.

Cleanups/Expansions of the Week

The Near Westside is one of the oldest Syracuse neighborhoods. In the early 1900s there were many wealthy families living along West Onondaga Street in many very large homes. The mayor of Syracuse lived in one of those homes. There was a beautiful fountain with many statues at onondaga circle where West Onondaga Street and Delaware Street come together.

See Talk:Near Westside, Syracuse for the to-do list.

See Cleanup of the week below to add articles that need to be cleaned up.

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WikiProject on Syracuse, New York

[edit] Scope

There are over 1000 articles that link to Syracuse, New York alone. New Syracuse-related articles are constantly being created, often by good-intentioned but inexperienced editors who violate copyright, or simply violate NPOV and style guidelines. As the Syracuse scope goes far beyond the main article, a greater level of coordination than what can be achieved on one talk page is required.

For starters, the project will focus on articles directly relating to Syracuse (as in locations, buildings, parks, etc. that are in the city proper), as well as the towns (and their respective villages) that share a border with the city.

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Grandparent: WikiProject Cities
Parent: WikiProject U.S. cities
State-level: WikiProject New York

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[edit] Members

I'm in--Niro5 02:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Same here -- Gizzakk 03:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
That makes three --newkai | talk | contribs 03:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I'll try AdamBiswanger1 14:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Will try. About to move there. Tfine80 17:14, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I am very interested in being part of this project. KVenneSyr August 2006 (UTC)
I've already added some, and will continue to contribute. SirJasalot 15 September 2006 (UTC)
TwinsMetsFan - From the city 80 miles to the west (Rochester) and have visited Syracuse on numerous occasions. Happy to help.
Yes, count me in please - would love to help Alucard (Dr.) 31 October 2006
I would like to help also. Have some photos that can be usefull. CrimsonFury 1 December 2006
I'm up for it. Already started by adding every hamlet I could think and fleshing out the article on East Syracuse. Feel free to contact me directly at clarkpark@twcny.rr.com. I wonder if we could get a forum specifically for this subject at Syracuse.com, which encourage a lot of locals to participate. Howard Evans

[edit] Structure

An issue facing the project is Category:Greater Syracuse, New York vs. Category:Onondaga County, New York. Right now Greater Syracuse is in the Onondaga County category, but Greater Syracuse arguably extends beyond Onondaga County... Tough situation. In any case, make sure to add [[Category:Greater Syracuse, New York]] to all Syracuse-related articles, unless there is a more specific subcategory, including:

Not arguably. The Syracuse SMSA includes the western half of Madison County and all of Oswego County. Also, under the heading of Sports, I may be able to come up with some info on the Post-Standard Basketball League of the 1920's and 1930's. A dozen or so major papers across the state sponsored leagues in their area. There was a structure for a state championship tournament between league champions. Split Rock, which was a good deal larger then due to the munitions factory, had a team. East Syracuse's and Minoa's teams were statewide powerhouses in the late 20's and early 30's, due largely to Paul Everett in East Syracuse and Hubie Costello (father of Larry) in Minoa. I still have one of East Syracuse's trophies around here somewhere. My father was the starting center and – remember this was an all White league eighty years ago – was one of the three or four tallest guys in the state at 6'3". ~~Clarkpark~~

[edit] Goals

Ensure that all Syracuse-related articles at least meet basic WP:Style guidelines, are categorized correctly and wikilinked with detail, including its neighborhood if it is located in Syracuse.
Work on completing the neighborhoods.
Continually improve the quality of the better articles so they can reach Good Article status one day.

[edit] Projects

Photography: Replace bad-quality, dismal-looking, and questionable-copyright-status photos with better free ones.
- A good third-party source is Flickr. Here's the Syracuse Creative Commons Search String
- If anyone has any requests, just let me know. I am rather busy at the moment, but I am trying to get around and get some decent shots. -- Gizzakk 19:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Same for me. Though I am not formall part of the project, I live near Liverpool High School and do photography, so I can also get some good shots. Contact me through my talk page -- Blown-Upp

[edit] Tasks

Continuous: Keep Syracuse, New York as compact as possible, moving as much details into sub-articles as is reasonable.
Continuous: Keep all Syracuse-related articles properly categorized.
Continuous: Ensure that all links going to the central city article are disambiguated, especially to ensure that links to Syracuse aren't instead meant to go to Syracuse University or Syracuse, Italy.
Plan and develop Portal:Syracuse, New York (See Portal:Philadelphia for an example).
Identify and list all Syracuse-related infoboxes and navigational templates on a subpage, and consider the development of new ones.
Add an assessment scale.

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[edit] Templates

The following are templates related to WikiProject Syracuse:

What to type / Why to use it

What it makes

{{SyracuseNYWikiProject}}

Designates that an article as part of WikiProject Syracuse. Placed on the article's Talk page.

{{PAGENAME}} is part of WikiProject Syracuse, New York, a project which aims to coordinate work for and expand coverage of Syracuse, New York and related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.

{{SyracuseNYWikiProject-Member}}

Designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Syracuse. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page.

{{PAGENAME}} is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York, a project which aims to coordinate work for and expand coverage of Syracuse, New York and related subjects on Wikipedia.
Please feel free to join the project.

{{User WPSyracuseNY}}

Designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Syracuse. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Can be used in addition to or instead of the banner above.

This user is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York.

{{User_SyracuseNY}}

Designates that a user is from Syracuse Metro. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Doesn't require membership in this project to use.

This user is from, lives in, or has lived in the Syracuse, New York metropolitan area.

[edit] Infoboxes

There is just the main infobox template currently in use in the main article. We could use some help creating a template for the "sudo-template" currently in use in some neighborhood articles.

[edit] Stub templates

NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.

Maybe this should be done...

[edit] Other templates

Neighborhood articles use Template:Syracuse Neighborhoods at their bottom:

Armory Square

Hanover Square

Tipperary Hill

Lakefront

Near Westside
North Valley
Northside
Outer Comstock
Salt Springs
Sedgwick
Skytop (South Campus)
Skunk City
South Valley

Marshall Street

[edit] Categories

Category:Greater Syracuse, New York

[edit] Lists

[edit] Cleanup/Expansion of the week

Near Westside, Syracuse

[edit] Queue

Add articles you find of subpar quality below, and they will be "Cleanup of the Week" in the order they were added:

[edit] Past

[edit] New articles related to Syracuse

Please feel free to list your new Syracuse-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article. Listing an article here also increases its visibility so it can be proofread more quickly.

[edit] Requested articles

List topics here that you feel are important but don't have the knowledge or drive to create.

[edit] Arts and Culture

Syracuse Opera
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

[edit] Neighborhoods

The following neighborhood articles have yet to be created:

Elmwood, Syracuse
Lakefront, Syracuse
Near Eastside, Syracuse
Outer Comstock
Salt Springs, Syracuse
Sedgwick, Syracuse
Skytop, Syracuse
South Valley, Syracuse
Southwest, Syracuse
Washington Square, Syracuse

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[edit] Ad hoc surveys

[edit] Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

Requested moves:
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[edit] Deletion links

Articles for deletion (Article deletion):
Deletion review (Article undeletion}:
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[edit] WikiProject Deletion sorting

Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting is a new effort that attempts to classify various articles nominated for votes for deletion by major categories. The Syracuse-related articles at VFD are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Syracuse.

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[edit] Resources

The New Student's Reference Work (for old history)
Hardin, Evamaria: Syracuse Landmarks: An Aia Guide to Downtown and Historic Neighborhoods ISBN 0815602731