Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Columbia, Missouri
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Under the entry for Sam Walton it mentions that he was a member of Beta Theta Pi at Mizzou, the oldest fraternity chapter west of the Mississippi River. That is not true. The Alpha Delta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi at Westminster College (Fulton, MO) was founded in 1868. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.35.96.66 (talk) 16:35, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Famous People
In addition to the already created category, I've made a list: List of people from Columbia, Missouri Grey Wanderer 05:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I stubbed in an article for Blind Boone because he was the only famous person on the Columbia page with a red link. It could use some help by someone who knows a little more about Boone. HornColumbia
[edit] History
Created History Article, and respective link on template, could use more work though, especially the 20th century and recent development sections. Grey Wanderer | Talk 09:14, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Names of Columbia
Created a redirect from the page Columbia, Mo also added a reference to the city on the disambiguation page for Como. Can you think of any other names that need adressing? Grey Wanderer 21:55, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Columbia Public Schools
The school pages, especially Rock Bridge and Hickman, need to be fleshed out quite a bit. Americasroof (talk · contribs) and I are currently discussing enrollment size issues on David H. Hickman High School's article. Alums/students should update the pages constantly with new information. I don't know how in depth we want to be getting here, but I made up this article for my school. I kind of like the layout, but it can be changed to fit the needs if it so happens. I'd be willing to take on these pages; if anyone would like to assist me, just let me know. Genius00345 23:22, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
- I've been messing around with the Hickman High School page for some time now, you've probably seen me on there, as an alum its about time I got serious. Nice job with the South Callaway HS page, it blows the city schools out of the water. Grey Wanderer 03:31, 5 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 19:06, 25 October 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 22:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Major Employers
Hey all. I'm new here, so if I've broken any rules of edicate, let me know. I've added myself to this project. I'd like to eventually add to the Columbia, MO page a list of major area employers. Towards that goal, I've stubbed in pages for Shelter Insurance, MFA Oil, & Missouri Employers Mutual. We already have pages for the universities & links to the hospitals -all major employers. Can anyone think of any companies I've missed? There are some big employers that are subsidiaries of other companies: Watlow-columbia & Columbia Foods (oscar meyer), ect. I don't think they need there own page, but if a company is based in Columbia, I think we should see that they get at least a stub entry.
Badbilltucker2, I'm afraid I couldn't figure out how to add the above to your catagories (ps: is there some page that explains this whole catagory thing? I was trying to figure this out in another area & was totally lost. Any help is appriciated) My last thought is that we could add pages for some local columbia things like the MKT link of the Katy trail, Shelter Gardens, and maybe Stevens Park. Any thoughts on that? HornColumbia 05:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- Hey, and welcome,
- Yes and Economy/major area employers section is much need on the main page. Here is the page that explains categorization: Wikipedia:Categorization. On the main WikiProject Columbia page there is a list of articles that need to be created and ones that need to be revised, feel free to add as many as you want to it. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grey Wanderer (talk • contribs) 03:54, 5 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Wikipedia Assessment
Article can now be rated by quality and importance. See Category:Columbia, Missouri articles by quality and Category:Columbia, Missouri articles by importance for listings. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grey Wanderer (talk • contribs) 10:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Wikipedia in the news
I got a kick out of this: http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=24766 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grey Wanderer (talk • contribs) 21:41, 17 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Is this group active?
It seems like it isn't, the MKT trail collaboration didn't get much help from many people and it ended on May 30, but it continued to be the current collaboration for 3 months. The current collaboration that I put up ends today (August 30, 2007) and nobody contributed. I'm wondering if I should leave it or put up another collaboration. Me5000 00:44, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey Me, yeah I know sometimes it's discouraging that we seem to be the only active ones right now, and I've had to back off recently because of school, but the important thing is we keep making progress occasionally people show up create a few pages an leave, and thats fine and remember not everyone who helps out is a member of this project. I would put up a new collaboration at least as a symbolic gesture. Happy editing. Grey Wanderer | Talk 17:10, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Current collaboration time period
The current collaboration time period is generally set at a month, but I think we should set it at 2 weeks. All the collaborations get their edits from wikiproject participants within a week, so it seems silly to leave a collaboration up for so long. Anyone have any input on this? Me5000 20:47, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Articles ranking
I was wondering if the Ragtag Cinema article is still a 2 or if its now a 2.5(if it is, should I move it, or wait for consensus?). I guess I want to feel special and think its better now. I know the article isn't that long now, but I don't think it will ever be too much longer than it currently is. I need to upload a picture for it soon... --Breakyunit (talk) 10:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Looking at some of the articles in stage 2.5 I would say it's long enough to move. You can go ahead and move it, consensus isn't needed for something as simple as that. Me5000 (talk) 15:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
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- Ok, thanks. --Breakyunit (talk) 20:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
