Talk:Scouting in Rhode Island

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[edit] Idea

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 01:16, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Historical council information to be folded in

  • Rhode Island Newport 1918 1919 ended reformed 1922
  • Rhode Island 547 Newport 1922 1924 changed name to Newport County 546 1924
  • Rhode Island 547 Newport County 1924 1926 ended 1926
  • Rhode Island 548 Pawtucket 1917 1920 changed name to Pawtucket and Central Falls 548 1922
  • Rhode Island 546 Providence 1916 1926 changed name to Greater Providence Area 546 1926
  • Rhode Island 546 Greater Providence Area 1926 1930 merged into Narragansett 546 1930
  • Rhode Island 548 Pawtucket and Central Falls 1922 1930 merged into Narragansett 546 1930
  • Rhode Island 549 Woonsocket 1924 1930 merged into Narragansett 546 1930
  • Rhode Island 546 Narragansett 1930 http://www.narragansettbsa.org/

[edit] Merge

Shawomet District

  • merge --evrik (talk) 16:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
  • merge-- Rlevse 21:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)