Talk:Saginaw, Michigan

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Here are some tasks you can do:
  • Requests:
    • Economy. We have anything for this?
  • Copyedit:
  • Verify:
    • All sections and facts have at least one cite.
    • Anything cited is in agreement with the source used to cite.
  • Cleanup:
    • Notable natives section
    • Media section should be converted to prose. See Media in Saginaw, MI as a start for this.
  • Expand:
    • Topography. There has to be more we can add here.

Contents

[edit] Government and Politics

This section has gotten rather long. It makes sense to create a separate article. --CrazyElk 20:31, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

This article reads like a news story and not an encylopedia. It should be split into separate catagories Asher196

[edit] Rewrite

I am going to take a crack at a rewrite here. This article in its current form can at best be described as "a lot of good ideas that does not flow together" and at worst "a rambling wreck that needs to have quite a bit jettisoned".

Once I get something together, I am going to be bold and post it. spryde | talk 15:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Have at it. I've been thinking about doing the same for a while, but I'm just too lazy. Asher196 (talk) 20:29, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, boredom won out over laziness today. I have done a bit of rework, splitting, and expansion. You can see where I am going with this here. I will work on this more tomorrow if I have time. Quite a few more references are needed and the existing references need to be put into the {{cite web}} format. spryde | talk 21:14, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Moved quite a bit more around, reworded the lede, and cleared some more cruft out. I think we are getting close to a good solid base to expand from. I still have a few more items to add and finish sourcing what is there. Once that is done, we should be able to move forward to get this thing moving towards GA status. spryde | talk 00:39, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite Status Update

Ok, I think we are close. Most of the items here have at least one reference, the basic format is there (thanks BKonrad!), and I don't see anything really un-encyclopedic. I am going to take my list of notes and put a todo list on the top of this page. spryde | talk 14:34, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Museums in Saginaw, Michigan

Should there be a list, and should they include the following:

  • Andersen Enrichment Center-Lucille E. Andersen Memorial Rose Garden - Saginaw
  • Castle Museum of Saginaw County - Saginaw
  • Japanese Cultural Center and Tea House - Saginaw
  • Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum - University Center, Saginaw See, Marshall Fredericks[1]
  • Saginaw Art Museum - Saginaw
  • Saginaw Railway Museum - Saginaw 7&6=thirteen (talk) 03:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)Stan
Museums would go into the Culture section as a separate subheading. I have not had the time to do it. Just make sure that when you add them, you place them in prose form (paragraph) instead of a list and add sources. I have the intentions of bringing this up to GA status and that is a couple of the criteria (no lists and generally sourced) but my time lately is short. FYI, Castle Museum (Saginaw) has an article already :) spryde | talk 12:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll update the list of Museums in Michigan to reflect the article on Castle Museum (Saginaw). I actually wasn't intending to add these myself. This article seems to be so well developed, and have its regular contributors, and I was thinking that it would be better for them to do it. So it was more of a suggestion. than anything else. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 13:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC)Stan

[edit] Children's Zoo at Celebration Square

Additionally, does the following site exist, and should it be noted: Children's Zoo at Celebration Square Saginaw 49 [2] There seem to be lots of other items listed there that haven't made their way into this article. Just asking. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 03:27, 22 February 2008 (UTC)Stan

[edit] Table on highways

Whoever did the table on the highways, I wanted to note that it looks really good. Nice addition to the article, IMHO. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 13:22, 18 April 2008 (UTC)Stan

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum home page
  2. ^ Michigan Travel, Saginaw