Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York

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For consistency's sake, I would recommend that this project be moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject New York. See Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/State-level WikiProjects. — Jonathan Kovaciny (talk|contribs) 15:33, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I have no problems with that. My only concern is that if it's moved to WP:New York, then some editors might think this is the WikiProject for New York City, not for all of New York State. --TMF T - C 19:19, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
On second thought, if the intro is written well enough, it should be apparent that this is the statewide New York WP and not the project for New York City regardless of what the WikiProject is called. I'll make the move to WP:New York. --TMF T - C 20:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Invitation to new WikiProject

A new WikiProject has been started, and may be of interest to members here. It is WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. It covers all listings on the Register, in all states and territories. Should you be so inclined, please feel free to join. And spread the word to any other interested parties. -Ebyabe 19:51, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Geography of New York?

It occurs to me looking around the articles I've been tagging with the project banner that we could, and should, have a comprehensive Geography of New York article. Maybe this could be our first collaboration. Anyone interested? Daniel Case 12:44, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd definitely be interested in helping to work on an article like this, considering how much could be written about the geography in the state. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 13:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

If you want a good example of how this can be done, see Geography of Texas. Daniel Case 12:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Project directory

Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 19:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] climate section

This article lacks information about climate.
Please add it if you can, citing reliable sources
Many consider a climate section in an encyclopedia article about a nation/state/geographic region to be required.
Please remove this message once this section has been written.


The article New York lacks a section on climate. Jcam 21:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

This is exactly the sort of thing that should go in a geography of New York article. Daniel Case 07:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Upcoming NYC Meetup

You wanted to know when the next meetup was being organized in New York City. Plan for Saturday, 9 December 2006. While you're at it. Come help us decide on a restaurant. See: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC. Spread the word. Thanks. —ExplorerCDT 22:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo request

The corner of Columbus and West 66 St apparently now has a sign that says "Peter Jenning Way," illustrated here: Image:Pjw.jpg. However, as this is a fair use image, I was wondering if someone could go out there and take another shot. Hbdragon88 03:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo request #2

see Talk:Tompkins Square Park. It would be nice to have a photo of the monument for the General Slocum boating disaster. Thanks. --BLueFiSH ✉ 03:40, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 22:15, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphanages in NY State, er New York Botanical Garden

I added a WP:NY banner to the New York Botanical Garden article as requested by a user on the WP:Plants talk page. KP Botany 03:18, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Project pages?

Hey All - quick question here - is there some way, or some page, that lists all of the sites with the wikiproject:new york banner on them? I've been adding the project banner to a number of sites (mainly capital district ones, such as the NYSM) and have found many which should have the banner do not. I would like to become more active within this project, and find such lists to be useful. In the interim, I've been using the New York portal, which is great starting point. Peace -- Oaxaca dan 16:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ratings

I started giving out ratings to pages I frequent. Obviously, if anyone thinks something should change, go ahead and do it. I'm kinda guessing at the moment, and until we have a broader sample of rated articles, it'll be difficult to assess importance. Anyway, Thanks TwinsMetsFan for enabling the rating system. -- Oaxaca dan 04:59, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Binghamton project

I have a proposal out for a Binghamton project: WikiPedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Binghamton. So far not a lot of interest. Would it be better to have it as a Task Force of the NY project first and then become a separate project? Cheesebox 19:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I have withdrawn the Binghamton proposal due to lack of interest. Cheesebox 15:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On March 2, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from New York State WikiProject article Bardavon 1869 Opera House.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lisapollison (talk • contribs).

[edit] Moe Berg FAR

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[edit] New York State Education Department

Hi, New York Wikipedians! The article New York State Education Department needs some cleanup work. The Office of Teaching Initiatives section may have been copied from another website, five subsections that don't seem to belong have been placed in the Mentoring Requirement section, and the latter half of the artcle is written in an unencyclopedic tone. Maybe a New York editor with knowledge about the department can improve the article. --Albany NY 00:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I made some changes. Hope that helps. Kafziel Talk 12:43, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
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